The Emerald Archer Season Two

The Emerald Archer Season Two is the second season of The Emerald Archer. It deals with Oliver Queen trying to be more than a vigilante, by becoming a hero by the name of The Arrow.

Created by Vince Gilligan and David S. Goyer

2012-2013

Cast Recurring
 * Charlie Hunnam as Oliver Queen / The Arrow- 21/21
 * Katie Holmes as Laurel Lance - 21/21
 * Derek Luke as John Diggle
 * Jason Issacs as Eddie Feyers
 * Emma Roberts as Mia Queen- 21/21
 * Shantel Yvonne VanSanten as Felicity Smoak
 * Bryan Cranston as Captain Quentin Lance
 * Nathan Darrow as Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze- 2/21
 * Serinda Swan as  Nora Fields- 2/21
 * Olivia Munn as Bethany Ravencroft
 * Chris Wood as Roy Harper- 3/21
 * Robert Buckley as Tommy Merlyn- 9/21
 * Seth Gabel as Werner Zytle / The Count
 * Kristen Bell as Carrie Cutter
 * Gerard Butler as Robert Dansforth / Roman Sionis / Black Mask - 6/21
 * Nicholas Hoult as Barry Allen / The Flash- 1/21
 * Paul Johnason as Malcolm Merlyn / The Dark Archer-3/21
 * Michael Rowe as Floyd Lawton / Deadshot

Season Two: 2012-2013

 * 1)  "Mr. Freeze"- Five months following the disappearance of Rupert Thorne, the board of directors at Thorne Consolidated decides to appoint Thomas Morgan as their new CEO until Thorne can be found. John and Rojas begin investigating a kidnapping and murder spree, unaware that a scientist named Victor Fries (Nathan Darrow) and his colleague Ferris Boyle are the culprits. Fries has been killing people to see if they're organs are a perfect match for a woman he is obsessed with reviving named Nora Fields (Kristen Hager). Boyle determines that Nora needs an organ transplant, but due to her rare blood type there are no suitable donors available. Fries declares that they will use live donor, even if it means the donor will die in the process. Boyle is at first reluctant to kill an innocent girl, but Fries offers Boyle more money that will put an end to his financial problems. Laurel Lance  is a perfect match, and Fries learns from her friend Joanna de la Vega that Laurel and Oliver are on a double date with Tommy Merlyn and Bethany Ravencroft. Fries then attacks the restaurant and kidnaps Laurel, taking her to an abandoned oil rig where he and Boyle are. Oliver as The Hood now renamed "Arrow", revealed to have given up killing tries to rescue Laurel only to fail.
 * 2)  "A Dead Man Feels No Cold"- Upon learning that Nora is still at Thorne Consolidated, Victor Fries builds an armored suit. Fries arrives at the asylum and, after fighting through security and the police, manages to escape with Nora. Elsewhere, Oliver tries to find clues to where Laurel might be by searching Fries' house. Unfortunately, John appears and asks what he is doing, and after a fist fight, a civilian threatens to call the police if they continue. John tells Oliver  that he knows that he is up to something, and says he will be watching him. Oliver deduces that Fries is at the oil rig and goes there to save Laurel. Fries and Boyle explain the situation to Laurel,  who claims that she is willing to help Nora for the "blood transfusion", but not at the oil rig, prompting Fries to keep Laurel imprisoned. When the time for the operation comes, Laurel realizes that they are lying when they say she will need to be put under for a mere transfusion. She escapes with the help of Koonak. Boyle gives pursuit and almost catches her, before Oliver arrives as The Arrow  Fries arrives, and in the ensuing confrontation, Boyle accidentally shoots one of the fuel tanks and starts a rapidly spreading fire as Fries traps Oliver. Fries insists that Boyle perform the operation, despite the oil rig blazing and ready to explode, but Boyle betrays Fries and attempts to escape, only to be killed by falling wreckage. The Arrow and Laurel work together to save Nora and Koonak. Unfortunately, Fries is killed in the explosion despite Oliver's efforts to save him after he and Laurel  take the other two to his boat. Oliver feels that he hasn't seen the last of Victor Fries and convinces Morgan to revive Nora with an organ transplant operation funded by the company. In the end, Fries is pleased with this while in hiding at the Arctic and John decides to start following Oliver thinking he is The Arrow.
 * 3)  "Everybody Has A Secret"- It has been thirty-six days since Oliver's last encounter with Victor Fries, John begins following Oliver around suspecting that he was involved in the murders committed by Fries and that he was involved in the disappearance of Rupert Thorne. Lance and Tommy Merlyn investigate the sudden release and reinstatement of Frank Pike by Mayor Hill. Rojas reveals that Hill had Commissioner Peter Paulings collect information on police officers who have committed mob murders; in Rojas' case, Hill forced him to falsely confess to providing illegitimate evidence against Flass. Investigating a triad bookmaking office and interrogating Paulings's former partner, Lance learns that Hill and Grey had ties to Adam Hunt  being in his pocket. With the help of Werner Zytle, who is looking into recovering those files so he can have more power, Lance and Rojas investigate Pauling's uptown farm, where they find Pauling's psychotic daughter Juliet (Nicholle Tom) being kept in the attic. After Juliet confesses to the murder of her mother, Lance uses that information to terminate Rojas' case by visiting Paulings, who is now in retirement. Meanwhile, Lance's  friend Leslie Thompkins has a discussion has a discussion with Laurel out of concern that she might be experiencing psychological trauma due to being kidnapped by Victor Fries, but she is surprised by Laurel's statement that the experience she had made her feel alive.
 * 4)  "Flawed"- Lance works to rid corruption from the force, however several masked officers attack him, including Pike, who threatens Laurel. Oliver  tries to get John off his trial by throwing a prison-themed party, maintaining his bachelor playboy facade. He has Eddie  pose as The Arrow and stop a German arms dealer who is in the city to sell automatic weapons to a dangerous street gang led by FP Harper called the Blackgaters. Unfortunately, John doesn't buy the act and still decides to keep investigating Oliver  since John thinks he is dangerous. John also kills a man sent by an unknown person to kill Oliver. John goes to meet his ex-wife Lila Michaels later on and learns about a file that the FBI has on Oliver  since he was away from Starling for so long. Laurel meanwhile undertakes martial arts training from Ted Grant.
 * 5)  "Lone Gunman"- Oliver, as The Arrow  breaks into the house of a billionaire pedophile named Lawrence Tanner in order to collect evidence against him, but Tanner is killed by an assassin known as Dead Shot (Michael Rowe). Oliver decides to build a new dance club above his hideout as a cover for his nighttime disappearances. While comparing the competition, he finds Mia, and starts to become more concerned than ever at her behavior. Meanwhile, Oliver uses the assassin's M.O to learn his true identity, Floyd Lawton, and his assignment given to him by Thomas Morgan to kill businessmen bidding for control over Star Corp. As The Arrow, he enlists the help of Lance  to prevent Lawton's plan. Oliver succeeds in defeating Lawton, but John is shot during the fight. In order to save John's life, Oliver  is forced to reveal his dual identity to him against Eddie's insistence. Meanwhile, Laurel continues to train with Ted, and reveals to him the real reason that she is learning to fight.
 * 6)  "Convicted"- Oliver offers John a chance to fight at his side and help the city, which the latter refuses. Meanwhile, a murderer begins taking out gang members; and when a body shows up in Ted's gym, he becomes a suspect. Ted reveals to The Arrow  that he was once a vigilante who retired after a drug dealer was beaten to death by accident. Ted reveals the murderer was his former protégé Isaac Stanzler, who was responsible for the death of the dealer, but is bested by Oliver before escaping. Isaac kidnaps Ted and Laurel ; but Oliver as The Arrow is able to successfully stop him.  John meets with Oliver and agrees to work with him so that he can both protect the city and prevent Oliver from losing his humanity. Ted decides to continue training Laurel.  Isaac is confronted by a criminal named Jerome Valeska.
 * 7)  "The Last Laugh"- Jerome murders Isaac and leaves his body dressed up as The Arrow. Flashbacks show a young Quentin Lance   (Ben Mckenzie), a young Lee Thompkins, and Captain Harvey Bullock (Donal Logue) investigating the murder of Lila Valeska, a snake dancer with Hally's Circus, and the Flying Connors  and the Lloyd's are suspects. Lance determined that Lila's son Jerome (Cameron Monaghan) is the killer; when questioned, Jerome admits he killed his mother for being a "nagging, drunken whore" and laughs maniacally. In the present, Lance  and Rojas search for Jerome, however they find that his father Paul Cicero is already dead. Oliver realizes that Jerome is going after people he has a grudge on and finds himself on a race against time before his other victims share the same fate as his father. Several citizens start to see Jerome's actions on television and begin having mental breakdowns, and Oliver as The Arrow is forced to break his rule, and kill Jerome.
 * 8)  "Smile Like You Mean It"- Investigating the discovery of a briefly reanimated corpse, John and Rojas pursue ex forensics scientist named Dwight Pollard ( Tom Welling),  as he prepares to resurrect another corpse: Jerome Valeska. Meanwhile, Laurel receives a mysterious letter in the mail and Oliver  believes that it's connected to the one that she got months ago. When the reanimation seemingly fails, Dwight cuts off Jerome's face and wears it as a mask as he leads a cult of Jerome fanatics to take over a news station. SCPD stops the cult, but Jerome awakens belatedly at SCPD  Headquarters and abducts Dwight. Oliver and Laurel  both discover that the person responsible for writing the letter is Laurel's mother Dinah Lance, but Laurel is angry at Dinah  for abandoning her a long time ago. After reattaching his face, Jerome ignites explosives that kill Dwight and knock out Starling's power, causing a citywide blackout.
 * 9)  "The Gentle Art of Making Enemies"- During the blackout, SCPD struggles to contain riots committed by both Jerome's followers and random citizens gone corrupt. Jerome kidnaps and brings Oliver  to a carnival, planning a theatrical execution in front of his followers. Accompanied by Eddie, Lance, John, and Rojas lead the SCPD Strike Force to the carnival. Oliver escapes death and fights Jerome in a house of mirrors, but resists the urge to kill him; Jerome is defeated by Lance  and sent back to Arkham Asylum, and order is restored to the city. Laurel meets with her mother and begins to start trusting her again, however Mia catches Dinah  meeting with FP Harper in an alleyway outside of a diner she and her friends are at. Before Mia could tell Laurel, she gets abducted by a mysterious masked man who calls himself Black Mask.
 * 10)  "See Through"- It's been weeks since Mia has been abducted. Oliver  has been attacking criminals as The Arrow hoping to get more information to Mia's whereabouts. This starts to become more of a concern to Eddie, Felicity, John, and Laurel since Oliver's fatigue continues to worsen and because Oliver seems unable to rest. John is forced to withdraw from taking care of Oliver when he has to investigate the murder of a woman named Felicia. John tracks down her missing husband Ted Gaynor. Ted tells John to stall the investigation until he can sail to Cuba. Ted admits to killing his wife after she found out he was in a group of serial rapists. John kills Gaynor and realizes that they may have abducted Mia. Mia meanwhile is abducted by Black Mask and his men. Black Mask orders Mia  to be disposed of, however Mia gets rescued by Roy Harper (Chris Wood), a street-savvy young man from the Glades.
 * 11)  "One Day One Room"- Oliver feels guilty for what happened to Mia and Mia  refuses to speak to him as she is receiving treatment in the hospital. Mario Hunt tests Mia for an STD and admits she has very recently been raped, she refuses to be treated by anyone but Mario. Meanwhile, Bethany Ravencroft's ex-boyfriend arrives in town intent on winning her back, but when she turns him down, he stabs her, prompting Tommy to take the law into his own hands. John and Felicity  meanwhile take a look at the photo that John took from Gaynor. John and Felicity realize that Lawrence Tanner and CSI Stuart Rawlings are some of the boys in the photo. The only thing common is that Lawrence Tanner was a pedophile and Rawlings was a CSI who was suspected of tampering evidence in a serial rapist case that went cold weeks ago.
 * 12)  "Enter Black Mask Exit Vertigo"- John continues to look into Rawlings' past, so that forces Rawlings to devise a plan to get him suspended from the police force. Mia  decides to get her revenge on Laurel since Mia  feels that Oliver cares more about Laurel than her which is why she tells Laurel  about the meeting her mother had with a member of the Blackgaters. Laurel  confronts her mother about the entire situation and discovers that she owes money to the criminal FP Harper. Zytle  discovers that some of the victims of the Barrel Girls case were members of his night club and arranges a meeting with Black Mask in order to get him to stop what he is doing, however Black Mask's goons kill all of Zytle's  men and Black Mask forces Zytle to give up his criminal empire in order to live. Rawlings breaks into John's house to kill him. Oliver as The Arrow and John both defeat Rawlings causing him to be turned over to the police department.
 * 13)  "Welcome Back, John Diggle"- Before John could question Rawlings about his involvement in the Barrel Girls Gang and a serial rapist case, however he gets murdered while under custody at SCPD. John comes to suspect Detective Frank Pike is behind this, and which is why Roy asks his father FP Harper for information on Pike. Oliver  agrees to pay Dinah's  debt to FP, but Laurel  becomes furious upon discovering the whole thing was a con Dinah and FP ran together, and that Oliver  even suspected this but didn't want her to learn the painful truth. Fugate gives Kristen Kringle a romantic greeting card, but Pike  finds it and mocks him; Kringle later apologizes to Fugate and admits she found the card thoughtful.  FP makes Roy give John the evidence that exposes Pike's involvement in the Rawlings' death, and Pike  is arrested. Zytle meets a man named Elijah Van Dahl (Paul Reubens) at his mother Gertrude's grave and discovers that Elijah is actually his biological father and not Tucker Zytle.
 * 14)  "Beasts of Prey"- John and Rojas investigate a cold case murder. Upon Fugate  discovering a painting of a broken heart as the key evidence, John realizes that the serial killer called "The Ogre" (Milo Ventimiglia) is behind the murder. John then states that everyone who tried to investigate Ogre lost their loved ones. A flashback of a victimized girl reveals the killer's motives and him keeping her prisoner for some time, until he realizes she isn't a fit for his desire, so he kills her. Meanwhile, Zytle reveals his criminal past to Dahl, for which Dahl forgives him. Dahl is told by the doctor that his heart defect is infected and he has little time to live. Upset that Zytle  may receive what they perceive to be "their" inheritance, Dahl's wife Grace and her children Sasha and Charles poison a drink for Zytle to ingest. However, Dahl drinks from the bottle and dies, after stating to Zytle his intentions of changing his will in favor of him. Laurel meanwhile has a hard time trusting Oliver because of what happened which is why she ends things with him permanently after having to bail him and Tommy out a fight. John discovers that he was set up by Mayor Hill, but John still goes after the killer and warns Hill that he will be next.
 * 15)  "Under The Knife"- The Ogre calls John threatening to kill someone he loves if John does not stop the investigation.  Oliver decides to follow Eddie's  advice to not focus on Laurel by organizing a baby shower for Mia, however Malcolm approaches Eddie  in private demanding that he reveals to Mia  that he's her biological father. Following the death of his father, Zytle  is bullied by his step-family. However, when he discovers evidence that they killed his father, his former self returns and he murders his step-family. Investigating the Ogre's first victim, John, Rojas, and Lance  identify the killer as Jason Lennon, who saw John with Carrie Cutter (Jennifer Lawrence), at the Charity Gallery some time ago before she started a relationship with Rupert Thorne, meaning she is the target. The Ogre approaches Carrie at the Ball and brings her to his home.
 * 16)  "The Anvil Or The Hammer"- Jason "The Ogre" Lennon holds Carrie  captive and forces her at knife-point to choose his next victim. Malcolm  continues to pressure Eddie into revealing the truth about him being Mia's  father prompting Eddie to get rid of Malcolm by sending in the League of Assassins after him. The only reason that the League of Assassins want Malcolm dead is because he violated their code by trying to revive Project Avalon. Oliver discovers the truth about Jason's father being a gang leader and orders him to not go near Mia after revealing it at the baby shower. John and Rojas locate Lennon's apartment, but he and Carrie  have already left for her parents' mansion. There, they find Carrie's parents dead, and John kills Lennon after a standoff. Oliver convinces John to let Carrie Cutter see Mario Hunt for therapy and everyone makes a surprising discovery that Black Mask may be the illegitimate son of Charles Sionis.
 * 17)  "In The Shadows"- Oliver and Tommy  are attacked at Queen Manor  by a man dressed like in black. Malcolm reveals that the man Al-Owal, is a member of the League of Assassins, which Malcolm is revealed to have been a member of, and is targeting Malcolm  because of him violating the League's code of conduct. Malcolm tries to get Tommy to leave Starling with him, but Tommy  refuses since he wants nothing to do with his father. Malcolm kills Al-Owal and sends a warning to Ra's. Afterwards, Malcolm decides to leave Starling to keep his family safe. Eddie tells Oliver  the truth about Mia being Malcolm's biological daughter and Oliver  decides to keep this a secret because of Mia's pregnancy. Meanwhile, John gets surprised when his investigation is taken over by Lieutenant Mallory Haywood (Patricia Isaacs), whom he knew from Narcotics. However, Carrie escapes when Haywood is questioning and goes to Mario for trauma counseling. Unfortunately, it turns out Carrie  was driven insane by her ordeal with the Ogre; she reveals she killed her parents and attacks Mario, who neutralizes her in self-defense.
 * 18)  "Fun and Games"- Tommy  attends department store owner Robert Dansforth's party with Bethany while Oliver is there with Mia. However, Tommy  gets targeted by The Trickster, who uses children's toys and games to cause violence. The only reason that Trickster is after Tommy  because a long time ago, Trickster's boss Chester Dunholtz stole his toy designs and Malcolm helped Dunholtz keep his ideas. When Trickster  couldn't fight back, he tries to kill Dunholtz only to kill other people instead, and end up going to jail. Now Trickster is back for revenge and if he can't get Malcolm Merlyn , then he'll get his son. Oliver decides  to ask Barry Allen AKA The Flash to come to Starling to protect Tommy since Barry has dealt with The Trickster before. Meanwhile, Eddie flies John to Central City  so that John can meet Black Mask's alleged mother, however she refuses to help him. Rojas gets approached by Haywood with an offer to replace John as sergeant only if he helps Internal Affairs with investigating John.
 * 19)  "Heroes of Today"- When a drunk driver accidentally causes a truck containing barrels with victims of the Barrel Girls Gang, Lance  has Robert Dansforth and his secretary Lola Bauer go into safety since the truck is registered to Dansforth himself. John thinks that Dansforth might be involved and sends Oliver as The Arrow to check Dansforth's office at night in his department store for clues. However, Oliver  gets attacked by a bounty hunter from the future who calls himself Chronos. Fortunately, Oliver  gets saved by Static, War Hawk, and Green Arrow AKA John Diggle Jr. Oliver then tries to help the three heroes from the future stop Chronos from acquiring a stone that Professor Carter Nichols has which can transport people throughout time. Meanwhile, Tommy  meets the replacement CEO of Merlyn Global Group whose name is Jim Mason. John reveals to Rojas the vendetta that Haywood has against him back when they were in Narcotics.
 * 20)  "Heroes of Tomorrow"- Oliver and War Hawk follow Chronos through a time portal, they both are sent to a very different future version of Starling City (Now renamed Star City). When War Hawk goes missing, Oliver tries to find him, but gets caught by police forces led by Commissioner Sara Lance who is actually working for the leader of Neo Star City, Damian Dahrk (Neal McDonough). As the mystery of how the future changed gets clearer, Oliver  must rely on help from a resistance group led by an older version of Mia's son Conner Queen (Kelsey Grammer),  retrieve the Tempus stone, and find a way back to the present. Meanwhile, John starts to suspect that Dansforth has Oliver and takes matters into his own hands by showing a photo of him and Lola Bauer to Mia. Mia  only identifies Bauer as the person who watched her get raped which is why John goes after her. Tommy discovers that Jim Mason is actually a clone of his deceased brother Murray Merlyn.
 * 21)  "The Big One"- Oliver's situation grows desperate when he, John, and Eddie discover that Mia has been captured by Black Mask. Despite knowing that he's being baited into a trap, John risks his life to save Mia. Oliver  goes to one of Black Mask's camps where Mia was first assaulted, however his car flips over a backhoe on the road. Following his crash, Black Mask and Bauer locates Oliver and ties him up alongside Mia. However, Black Mask is unaware that Oliver has an arrow  on him, which Oliver uses to break free and stab Black Mask on the foot. Black Mask is revealed to actually be Robert Dansforth, whose real name is actually Roman Sionis. Despite Oliver's pleas, Mia kills him and Bauer in anger when Sionis mocks her about the rape and that he is the father of Mia's child. John and Eddie find Oliver and Mia. John learns that Dansforth is dead and decides to pin it on The Arrow  in order to protect Mia. Mia leaves for a monastery in the Himalayas that Oliver suggests to her. Meanwhile, Tommy and Bethany get married.