The Emerald Archer Season Seven

The seventh season of the American television series The Emerald Archer which is based on the DC Comics character Oliver Queen / Green Arrow, premiered on CBS. The season focuses on Team Arrow and S.C.P.D.'s investigations into a string of bizarre ritualistic killings featuring overtly religious apocalyptic symbolism. This season takes inspirations from Batman: Gothic, Gotham by Gaslight, Batman: The Cult, and Batman: Heart of Hush, and Arrow Season 7.

Created by Vince Gillian and David S. Goyer

2015-2016

Main and Recurring Edit

 * Mike Vogel as Oliver Queen / Green Arrow / Superman
 * Dorrian Missick as Mayor Lucas Hilton
 * Omari Hardwick as Agent John Diggle / Spartan
 * Chloe Bennet as Mia Deardren / Red Arrow
 * Helena Mattsson as Dinah Lance / Black Canary
 * Jake Weber as  Eddie Fyers / Recluse
 * Matthew Daddario as Roy "William" Harper / Arsenal
 * Robert Pattinson as Adrian Chase/ Vigilante
 * Nicholas Braun as Walter Steele Jr./ Mr. Terrific
 * Cobie Smulders as Director Lyla Michaels-Diggle 
 * Camrus Johnson as Michael 'Mike' Steele

Villains Edit

 * Tom Pelphrey, Mike Vogel, and as Harvey Elliot / Onomatopoeia 
 * Jenna Malone as Belle
 * Jeremy Davies and Tyler Hoelchin as John Deegan/Doctor Destiny
 * Tony Sirico as Moxie Mannheim/The Doomsday Killer
 * Michael Fassbender as Governor Roman Sionis (Earth-89)
 * Madonna as Lieutenant Charlene Doe / Cupid (Earth-89)
 * Billy Dee Williams as Tommy Merlyn /Two-Timer (Earth-89)
 * Patrick Stewart as Dr. Victor Fries/Mr. Freeze
 * Al Pacino as Sal Maroni (Earth-89)
 * Wesley Snipes as Captain Floyd Lawton/Dead Shot (Earth-89)

Guest Stars Edit

 * Brandon Routh as Dr. Ted Kord / Blue Beetle
 * Michelle Ryan as Captain Selina Kyle / White Cat
 * Tala Ashe as Zari Tomaz
 * Tyler Hoelchin as Clark Kent /Superman / Green Arrow
 * Amy Louise Pemberton as Gideon
 * Nick Zano as Dr./Agent Nate Heywood/Steel
 * Johnny Lee Miller as Mick Rory/Heat Wave
 * Jim Caviezel as Malcolm Merlyn /The Dark Archer / Green Arrow
 * Sophia Cookson as Kara Danvers/Super-Girl
 * Keiynan Lonsdale as Wally West/The Flash
 * David Harewood as J'onn J'onzz/Hank Henshaw/Martian Manhunter
 * Alan Ritchson as Hank Hall/Hawk
 * Elliot Knight as Don Hall/Dove
 * Logan Browning as Briana Bedlam /Huntress
 * David Thewlis as Colonel Jacob Kane
 * Elizabeth Anweis as Diana Hamilton-Deardren
 * Mehcad Brooks as James 'Jimmy' Olsen/Guardian
 * Robin Atkin Downes as Oliver Queen / Green Arrow (Earth-86)
 * Eddie Murphy as Sergeant Roy Harper / Arsenal (Earth-86)
 * Jennifer Jason Leigh as District Attorney Helena Pike / Artemis (Earth-86)
 * David Thewlis as General Jacob Deardren (Earth-86)
 * Danny Johnson as Walter Steele / Tarantula (Earth-86)

Confirmed Plot Lines Edit

 * Moxie Mannheim, Belle, and the Religion of Crime are the main antagonists of this season
 * Adrian Chase will return
 * Dinah will get a new love interest
 * We will get to see more of Diggle's family this year
 * This season is set 2-3 years after the events of the sixth season
 * Onomatopoeia's identity will be revealed and it will be a familiar face
 * In flashbacks, Oliver will infiltrate a military network while working undercover for Colonel Deardren.

Episodes Edit

 * 1) "Those Kind of Things"-Two to three years after defeating Lydia Sacramento, Team Arrow  continue to protect Star City. Dinah Lance, the current Black Canary, retires from the field due to being appointed to be the new police lieutenant. Diggle continues to work at C.A.D.M.U.S. as a high ranking special agent. Walter Steele Jr. continues to assist Mia Deardren with running Queen Enterprises while coping with the death of his father Walter Steele and taking care of his teenage  adoptive brother Michael Steele, who is angry at their father's death. Because of Carl Smith, the FBI investigation, and Lydia Sacramento's attacks on the Queen Administration, the City Council were saddened to want Oliver to go because they feel he is unstable to run the city. However, they do allow Oliver to appoint Hilton to be his successor. Oliver now spends more time being Green Arrow and volunteering at several charity events. Clue Master and his men break into Queen Enterprises to steal a high tech weapon. Green Arrow, Recluse, Red Arrow, Arsenal, and Mr. Terrific intervene. Another vigilante known as Spoiler arrives to try to "spoil" Clue Master's plans. Stephanie Crock visits Mia hoping she can use her connections to Hilton to stop the investigation. Mia questions her and she reveals that Clue Master is her father and that she is Spoiler. Mia decides to not tell Briana about it to avoid her feeling guilty. As mentioned by her, Briana and Hank are now attending a university in Jump City. Clue Master kidnaps Mayor Hilton and his alderman, and reveals that if Briana does not kill herself, he will kill everyone. The team engages Clue Master's gang as Green Arrow, Red Arrow, Recluse, Arsenal, and Mr. Terrific defeat members of the gang and save the aldermen. Stephanie corners Clue Master.Stephanie is then held hostage by Cluemaster atop the canister, holding a vial of acid to her face as Green Arrow tries to stop him. Green Arrow tells Cluemaster to stop and Cluemaster, thinking Green Arrow will only lecture him about how it is morally wrong to disfigure a child, is taken aback when Green Arrow simply reveals Spoiler is his daughter. Spoiler uses the shock of the revelation to gain the upper hand and defeats her father. In the end, the SCPD led by Dinah arrive and arrests Clue Master. Meanwhile,a  murder featuring strange religious symbolism gets the attention of the S.C.P.D.; the killers, as yet unknown, are two men who seem to be a master and a student. In flashbacks, Colonel Deardren sends Oliver to Biyala, so he can infiltrate Tazalla Beatriz's army.
 * 2) "Identity Thief"- The S.C.P.D. investigate when several criminals have been brutally murdered. What is bizarre about this is that the victims have had their faces removed, prompting the Star City press to nickname the killer "Identity Thief". The S.C.P.D. conclude that the Identity Thief is not connected to the Doomsday Killer, however, they dismiss the Identity Thief as a mob enforcer and that his murders are a product of gang disputes. Oliver and Mia prove to be more diligent in their investigation. When interrogating a homeless man, the homeless man tells Green Arrow and Red Arrow that he saw Oliver Queen commit the murder. Green Arrow  and Red Arrow find two more victims with the similar death causes. A thug comes nearby and Green Arrow and Red Arrow interrogate him that Oliver Queen was hiding out in an abandoned theater. Green Arrow and Red Arrow go there to discover that the Identity Thief is Oliver's childhood bully Dr. Harvey Elliott, a surgeon. Harvey has used the criminals he has killed as "donors" for his facial reconstruction to resemble Oliver. Harvey reveals to Green Arrow and Red Arrow that he knows who they are and will continue to get revenge on them. Green Arrow and Red Arrow try to catch Harvey only for him to get away. Elsewhere, Diggle, Michaels, and Walter Jr. travel to London, England, on a mission for C.A.D.M.U.S. However, during the mission, Diggle discovers Michaels has been keeping a secret. Michaels admits to Diggle that she suspects that there is a huge conspiracy going on at C.A.D.M.U.S. which is why she is going off the books. Diggle admits to Michaels that he trusts her and ask that she next time confide this to him, which Michaels accepts. At the S.C.P.D., after Harvey escapes from Oliver and Mia, Eddie suddenly arrives to the precinct killing several officers in a gun battle. In flashbacks, Oliver meets Brianna Stone and Kyle Abbot, an ex soldier who is forced to work with Tazalla, or Tazalla will kill Kyle's family.
 * 3) "A Wanted Man"- With too much on their plate, Oliver decides that their first priority is to clear Eddie's name since Eddie has no memory of attacking the police. The S.C.P.D. have a warrant for Eddie's arrest and put out an APB on him. While Oliver, Eddie, and Mia work to prove Eddie is innocent, Diggle, Walter Jr., and Roy decide to hire someone to find out who the Doomsday Killer is. The person they get is photojournalist James 'Jimmy' Olsen (Mehcad Brooks), known as Superman's Pal and who Oliver knows as Guardian. James has come to Star City to do a story on the Doomsday Killings for Cat Co. Worldwide Media, which he is now the interim CEO of. A police detective named Maggie Sawyer is held captive in the greenhouse with her mouth gagged. Sawyer tries her best to warn the others not to approach her. The police arrive and Hilton stands still after noticing her panic. Hilton spots the tripwire only for an officer to not. Hilton tells the officer not to move but the officer trips the wire. The trap mechanism immediately releases Maggie's support harness.In an event that takes place in only five seconds, Maggie's body falls down while the collar around her neck punctures her jugular vein. Her arms, attached to angel wings, are strung up to her sides. Unfortunately for her, she has become The Angel of Death tableau as a result of the Doomsday Killer's work. Oliver, Hilton, and Mia discover that Eddie has been infected with a virus making him succumb to Elliot's will while Eddie is in custody. Elliot takes control of Eddie again and uses to him to attack everyone until an officer knocks Eddie out with a frying pan. Diggle, James, Roy, and Walter Jr. go the scene where Maggie Sawyer died to investigate. Several members of the Doomsday Killer's cult arrive to kill them. James begins panicking and lets loose a large blast of energy from his eyes, killing several cult members. James then flies off in fear and confusion. Diggle, who is freaking out, yells: "what the fuck?" In flashbacks, Kyle tasks Oliver with killing Ivan Blanca, a Russian arms dealer who really wants to start a potential war. Meanwhile Oliver and Brianna Stone grow closer, which conflicts his mission to stop the Russian arms dealer.
 * 4) "James Olsen"- After Eddie is cleared of all charges, Oliver and the team focus their attention in finding James. After finding James, he confirms that he is not from Krypton, but has powers due to having been experimented on before by Lena Luthor and his sister Kelly Olsen. Because of the experiment, James now has the same superpowers as Superman which means he can now fly, freeze things with his breath, and more. Meanwhile, Onomatopoeia  tests a formula, which is a modification of the one Anthony Ivo used to turn Basil Karlos into Hannibal Bates, on a street thug named Roland Desmond. Desmond's eyes then turn green and for him to make a low pitched roar. They then see a news report on a hulking beast tearing apart the city. James suits up as Guardian and heads out to fight alongside Oliver, Diggle, Eddie, Dinah, Walter Jr., and Mia. As it turns out, the beast is Roland Desmond, who is going by the name Blockbuster and is apparently much stronger than everyone, especially James. Despite this though, the team eventually manage to pull through and Desmond is arrested as he turns back to normal. After this, Oliver gives James an offer to join his team and train with them to learn to use his powers which James happily accepts. James has no intention of leaving until he finds out who the Doomsday Killer is. Harvey ambushes and subdues Hilton. Afterwards, he cuts out his heart, puts him on life support technology formerly used by Victor Fries, and delivers him to Star City General Hospital. In flashbacks, when Lex Luthor is on trial for being a villain known as Agent Liberty, James is shot by Luthor's associate Mercy Graves at Cat Co. before he can go to testify against Luthor. While James was dying from a gunshot wound, Lena injected some Harun-El into his bloodstream, allowing him to access his new-found powers.
 * 5) "Heart Of Onomatopoeia"-  Onomatopoeia  delivers Hilton to the hospital. With Hilton now left in the care of Felicity Smoak, Oliver and the team go looking for Onomatopoeia. Oliver and Diggle locate Onomatopoeia's lair, however, Onomatopoeia  ambushes the duo by showing them the room containing Hilton's heart, alive and pumping, at which time he pumped Green Arrow and Spartan with a paralyzing gas. He then confessed to Green Arrow and Spartan his plan: using his newfound resemblance to Oliver, he would kill and disfigure the real Oliver to steal his identity, eliminating those who knew him best and would regularly interact with Oliver which includes Diggle, and then he would retire with the Queen fortune, reasoning that the other heroes would accept that Green Arrow had earned the right to end his career. Fortunately, Oliver is able to to stave off the effects of the paralysis gas, recover Hilton's heart, and warn Eddie, Walter Jr., Dinah, James, and Mia of Onomatopoeia's  deception. Harvey enters Queen Tower. He captures Walter Jr. to bypass the retina scan to steal Oliver's. When confronted by Green Arrow, Onomatopoeia  turns his gun to him. The Emerald Archer disarms Onomatopoeia  and Walter Jr. slams a glass jar onto his face, before Green Arrow knocks him out. The team then turns Onomatopoeia  over to C.A.D.M.U.S. In flashbacks, Harvey despised both his abusive father and his frail, submissive mother, who came from poverty and willingly endured every abuse dealt to her and her son to keep her lavish lifestyle. For all their failings, however, Harvey's parents made sure he was well-educated, in particular teaching him about the philosophy of Aristotle, which he often quotes. Driven by his desire for independence and wealth, Harvey severed the brake line of his parents' car, causing a crash that killed his father and injured his mother; his mother, however, was saved in an emergency operation by Dr. Robert Queen, which enraged young Elliot. When Oliver's parents were murdered, Harvey resented him for inheriting the Queen family fortune, just as he had hoped to do with his parents' money. Because of this, Harvey bullied Oliver for many years to come. After being excluded from a night club by Oliver, Harvey attacked his crush Grace Blomdahl at the Andres Preparatory Academy, their prep school. Harvey ended up in a psychiatric ward; he blamed Oliver and his mother for his outburst. He is released by an intern named Anthony Ivo. During the next few years, Harvey tended to his mother. Shortly before Oliver returned to Starling City, Harvey befriended a young woman named Peyote Riley (who would later become the second Ventriloquist) a relationship of which his mother never approved. When Harvey's mother recovered from cancer, she disowned him, subsequently cutting him off from the Elliot family fortune in retaliation for his continuing relationship with Peyote. As a result, Harvey killed her by smothering her with a pillow, while Peyote killed their lawyer and destroyed Mrs. Elliot's new will. As far as the rest of the world was concerned, his mother had died of a household accident. Finally the sole recipient of his family's fortune, Harvey abandoned Peyote and began traveling the world, as Oliver had. Although he went on to Harvard University and became a successful surgeon, Harvey continued to harbor an irrational grudge towards his childhood friend.
 * 6) "Elseworlds(Part-One)"-On Earth-86, Green Arrow (Robin Atkin Downes), Arsenal (Eddie Murphy), Artemis (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and Walter Steele  / Tarantula  (Danny Johnson) face off against a villainous cabal in a warehouse in an attempt to rescue Walter' from a villainous cabal. The leaders of the cabal are District Attorney Roman Sionis / Black Mask (Michael Fassbender) and his girlfriend Lieutenant Charlene  Cuttler / Cupid  (Madonna), who are trying to seek revenge for their fathers' death. Black Mask and Cupid has chosen to work with the following criminals: insane gangster Two-Timer (Billy Dee Williams), serial killer Mr. Freeze (Patrick Stewart), vigilante Dead Shot (Wesley Snipes), and gangster Sal Marconi (Al Pacino). Black Mask and Cupid promised their cabal members that they would use their statuses as governor and police lieutenant to grant them pardons for their crimes and revenge if they help them against Team Arrow. Charlene and Black Mask attempts to escape only for Green Arrow to catch them. Green Arrow tells Charlene that Drakkon killed her mother prompting Charlene to feel guilt knowing that Green Arrow is telling the truth despite Black Mask telling her that he is lying. Green Arrow then asks where Walter's daughter is and Charlene  tells Green Arrow that Walter's daughter is dead. Green Arrow becomes enraged at this and throws Charlene off the roof in anger. Because of this, a mysterious mysterious figure uses a powerful book to destroy that Earth feeling that people there would not survive the upcoming crisis. Afterwards, the mysterious figure hands the powerful box over to Iron Height's inmate Lex Luthor. On Earth-41, in Metropolis, Oliver wakes up in bed with Lois Lane in Metropolis and realizes that he has Clark's life. In Star City, C.A.D.M.U.S Headquarters, Clark wakes up sparring with Diggle and realizes that he has Oliver's life. Diggle then makes Clark come with him when he gets an alert that Warehouse X is being robbed by criminals and Clark is forced by Diggle to suit up as Green Arrow. Diggle and Clark foil the robbery but Diggle almost gets killed until he is saved by Oliver as Superman. Oliver and Clark meet with Kara, J'onn, Querl Dox, James, and Alex to discuss the situation at the D.E.O headquarters. Clark's team does not believe them and locks them up. Oliver and Clark use each other's abilities to escape and travel to Earth-21 (Smallville Earth) to get help from this world's Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, and Lois Lane. Meanwhile, an android designed by the military called Red Tornado awakens from Warehouse X and terrorizes Star City. Dox retrieves Oliver and Clark from Earth-21, with their universe's Clark and Bruce helping. After defeating Red Tornado, Dox finds out about the Monitor and Deegan. The figure tells the group that something is coming and they will not be able to stop it. While Earth-21 Clark and Bruce return home, Oliver realizes the figure and Lex are located in Gotham City.
 * 7) "Elseworlds (Part-Two)"- Oliver, Clark, and Lois go to Gotham City where they get arrested by the G.C.P.D. after getting into a fight with Tobias Whale (Chad Coleman) and the Warthogs. G.C.P.D. Chief James Gordon recognizes Oliver, Clark, and Lois which is why he has them released and tells them to meet with Bruce at his nightclub. The trio meets with Bruce, who tells them that Lex was arrested after fleeing to Gotham City and that he is at the Iron Heights Prison. Bruce then remembers how he and Harvey Dent attended Excelsior Academy Preparatory School in the 1990s where they studied fine arts and they were classmate of Lex Luthor. Due to being angered at his mother Martha for marrying Lucius Fox, his stepfather, Bruce was the school bully, working with Harvey to torment Lex and Duncan Allenmeyer, which resulted in Duncan being hit by a car on October 26, 1996. Having realized how badly his actions can affect others, Bruce resolved to become a better person but still feels somewhat responsible for Lex's actions. Oliver tells Bruce that he cannot control the choices that other people make and that Lex chose his path. The trio, with the assistance of Alex and Eddie, break into Iron Heights to confront Lex. They retrieve the "Book of Destiny" but Lex escapes and causes a mass breakout. During a confrontation with inmate Cecil Adams, Oliver and Clark are exposed to fear gas and believe each other to be Lex and Harvey Elliot, respectively. After stopping the breakout, Bruce, as the Batman rouses them from their hallucinatory state. Everyone, minus Bruce, head to C.A.D.M.U.S to restore reality, where Earth-86's Green Arrow warns them about Mar Novu / Monitor. Oliver, Clark, and Earth-86's Green Arrow confront Novu, who says he is rewriting reality to test out worlds to stop an upcoming crisis. Novu steals the book, escapes and returns it to Deegan. He writes a new reality in which Oliver and Clark are criminals known as the Trigger Twins, who have no powers. Oliver and Clark are arrested by Damian Bedlam, Malcolm Merlyn, and Harvey Elliot who are police officers for the Metropolis police department. They find Oliver and Clark, who are known as the criminal duo, the Trigger Twins in this reality, in a alleyway and demand they get on the ground. Officer Elliot walks over to cuff them, taking pleasure in finally bringing Oliver to justice. But before he could pull out his cuffs, Oliver disarms him and shoots at Officers Merlyn and Bedlam, forcing them to take cover. Oliver breaks Elliot's arms and he and Clark make a run for it until they are confronted by a black-suited Superman.
 * 8) ."Elseworlds(Part-Three)"- Clark realizes that the Superman impostor is actually Luthor; they force him to save innocents while they escape to find Dox. Luthor and his forces, including Diggle, Alex, and Eddie, hold Clark's cousin Kara (who is known as Subject 1 and has committed several crimes in that reality) at the D.E.O. Oliver and Clark locate Dox at a nightclub and after having an encounter with alcoholic Lucas Hilton they persuade Dox to take them to Earth-21. They find Clark, who agrees to return with them to Earth-41 while Kara persuades Alex to release her. Arriving on Earth-41, Earth-21 Clark and Oliver fight Luthor and his forces so Clark, Kara, and Alex can retrieve the Book of Destiny. They locate it and Clark uses it to restore Oliver, Kara, and him to their real selves. Luthor retrieves the book and attempts to rewrite reality again. To impede his progress, Clark and Earth-21 Clark slow down time by speeding around the Earth in opposite directions. Oliver confronts the Novu, asking him to spare the two Clark's, but Novu demands something from Oliver in exchange. Earth-21 Lois, J'onn J'onzz, and Bruce fights Luthor and a revived Red Tornado. Clark and Earth-21 Clark are nearly torn apart by their speed but Oliver shoots the book with an arrow enhanced by Novu. Luthor reverts back to himself, though heavily disfigured, and reality is restored. In the aftermath, Oliver and Clark go to a bar to forget about everything. Oliver is contacted by Bruce, who says Luthor, now incarcerated at Slabside Maximum Prison, has made a new friend of masked Charles Halstead; who tells Luthor "Worlds will live, worlds will die, and the universe will never be the same".
 * 9) "John Diggle"- With the Religion of Crime after a vault drive belonging to the Defense Intelligence Agency, Diggle takes Oliver to meet with Dick Stewart(Ernie Hudson), a four star general who runs the D.I.A. Oliver becomes surprised at the tension between the two men after Stewart refuses to give them classified intel and General Stewart reveals that Diggle is his stepson. The Religion of Crime attack Queen Enterprises trying to kill Mia only for Mia to be saved by men sent by General Stewart. Stewart is taken to the Arrowcave, where he explains that his people had been tracking the Religion of Crime's activities and that the drive contains an asset list Team Arrow can now track. Diggle reveals to Oliver his grudge against General Stewart because when Stewart was lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps, Stewart ran an op in Vlatava, during which Diggle's father and a number of others were killed because of a mistake that Stewart made. Six months later, he begun visiting Diggle's mother, before eventually marrying her. Oliver and Eddie do their own research into Stewart. Stewart was briefly appointed as head of DARPA. He also served as a commander during a conflict in Kahndaq, for which he was twice-commended. Following this, he was appointed commandant of the Marine Corps, and later chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. However, they discover that Diggle's father was the one who botched up the mission even though Stewart told Diggle that he did. Stewart gets a call informing him of a single undercover agent, Julian Sion, who is unaccounted for, and so Team Arrow start a search for him. Diggle and the general are ambushed by Mannheim, who subdues and kidnaps them. Mannheim tortures them until Stewart gives up codes to Cygnus X-1 so he can stop torturing Diggle, before they are able to escape. Team Arrow proceeds to prevent the Religion of Crime from stealing the Cygnus X-1, however, they are unsuccessful. Diggle makes amends with Stewart after learning he is blameless in his father's death and that Stewart only lied to him so that he can believe his father was a hero. Mannheim meets with a woman named Belle, who is revealed to be the actual leader of the Religion of Crime and Belle commends Mannheim for acquiring the Cygnus X-1. After Mannheim leaves, Belle is seen holding a picture of Mia and her family. In flashbacks, Tazalla arranges for Oliver to be married with Brianna, but assassins led by a man named Karnataka attacks Biyala, forcing Oliver to accept his darkness. Oliver is then shot by a sharp shooter ending in a cliffhanger.