Starling City (TV Series)

Starling City is an American crime television series developed by Bruno Heller, based on characters published by DC Comics and appearing in the Green Arrow franchise, primarily those of Quentin Lance and Robert Queen. The series stars Joshua Jackson as the young Lance and Josh Holloway as Robert Queen, while Heller executive produces along with Danny Cannon, who also directed the pilot.

2015-2016

Cast Recurring
 * Joshua Jackson as Quentin Lance- 22/22
 * David Ramsey as Tobias Church- 18/22
 * Josh Holloway as Robert Queen / The Hood- 15/22
 * Thandie Newton as Sarah Davies
 * Sean Pertwee as Eddie Fyers
 * Robin Lord Taylor as Werner Zytle
 * Brittany Snow as Dinah Drake
 * Camren Bicondova as Cindy Martinez - 11/22
 * Cory Michael Smith as Temple Fugate
 * Victoria Cartagena as McKenna Hall
 * Andrew Stewart Jones as John Diggle
 * Sanaa Lathan as Liza Warner
 * Cillian Murphy as Butch Mason
 * Morena Baccarin as Claire Wilson
 * Chelsea Spack as Kristin Kringle
 * George Clooney as Gabe
 * Steven Bauer as as Aubrey James
 * Clare Foley as Ivy Pepper

Season 1 Edit
A new recruit in Captain Sarah Davies' Starling City Police Department, Detective Quentin Lance is paired with Tobias Church  to solve one of Starling's most high-profile cases ever: the murder of Oliver and Moria Queen. During his investigation, Lance meets Robert Queen, the father and husband of the victims, which further compels Lance to catch the killer. Along the way, Lance must confront gang boss Liza Warner, as well as many of Starling's future villains, such as Sin and Werner Zytle. Eventually, Lance is forced to form an unlikely friendship with a new vigilante that has come to Starling calling himself the Green Arrow.

Season 1 (2015-2016)

 * 1) "Pilot"- Rookie detective Quentin Lance  and his partner Tobias Church  are assigned to the case of the murder of Moira Queen (Susanna Thompson), and Oliver Queen (Jacob Hoppenbrouwer), which was witnessed by street orphan Cindy Diez. Lance meets Robert Queen  and promises to find the person who killed his family. Their investigation leads them to a parolee named Mario Pepper, whom Church  shoots when he flees and attacks Lance. They discover that Pepper had been framed, leading them to mobster Liza Warner, an associate of Don Adam Hunt. Warner has them captured, but Hunt spares them upon his arrival. In exchange, Hunt orders Lance to kill Werner Zytle, a low-level member of  Warner's gang and informant for Starling MCU investigators  McKenna Hall and John Diggle. Lance fakes Zytle's death, and tells him never to return to Starling. Lance and Church are celebrated for solving the Queen murders, but Lance confesses the truth to Robert and his butler, Eddie Fyers. As Lance leaves, Cindy  is seen lingering around the borders of Queen Manor.
 * 2) "Cindy Martinez"-  The murder of a homeless man leads Lance and Church  to investigate the abductions of street kids by Patti (Lili Taylor) and Doug (Frank Whaley), who are underlings of Dr. Francis Dulmacher, A.K.A the Dollmaker, and have been posing as members of the Mayor's Homeless Outreach Program. Meanwhile, Werner Zytle takes refuge in a rented trailer after his faked death, plotting his return to Starling City . After Patti and Doug escape, with Quillin former worker Morry Quillan (Wayne Duvall) captured, Mayor Aubrey James (Steven Bauer)announces plans to help Starling's homeless kids, which involves rounding them up and shipping them out of town. Patti and Doug return and hijack one of the buses of street kids, including Cindy Martinez. After Church's  interrogation of Quillan, Lance  obtains a clue that leads to Trident International Shipping. Lance and Church arrive and catch Patti and Doug while encountering Martinez. While Robert as plans to find a way to help the children, Lance meets with Martinez who states that she has been watching him during his visits with Robert and might have some information on the person who shot the Queens.
 * 3) "The Balloonman"- Lance and Church track a vigilante who targets corrupt Starling citizens and nicknamed "Balloonman" for strapping his victims to weather balloons. Hall and Diggle question Lance about Zytle who returns to Starling to get revenge on Warner. He gets a job at Boss Salvatore Maroni 's restaurant, and is befriended by Maroni  (David Zayas) himself. Warner  arranges for Hunt's lover Natalia to be disfigured in a phony mugging after Hunt's men severely beat a waiter with whom Warner  had been sexually coupled. Lance realizes that "Balloonman" is social worker Davis Lamond ( Jason Clarke), who was driven to become the Balloonman because of corrupt officials refusing to aid children on the streets. He warns Lance that more vigilantes will follow in his path. At his apartment later, Lance receives a surprise visit from Zytle.
 * 4) "Arkham"- Lance learns of the Arkham Plan when he visits Robert Queen, where Eddie mentions that Hunt and Mayor James are backing the project that will improve the Arkham District. An unnamed hitman (Hakeem Kae-Kazim) has been targeting the city council members involved in the Arkham Project. Robert decides to go after the hitman while dressed in a green hood and suit and despite the pleas that Lance makes, Green Arrow  kills the hitman by breaking his neck. After an attack on Maroni 's restaurant by three masked men, Zytle  is promoted to restaurant manager by Maroni , following his action of saving a bag of money and the death of the previous manager. Warner its two female singers against each other for her nightclub job opening, with the winner being Lara.  Mayor James holds a conference about the Arkham Plan, announcing that Hunt will handle small housing development projects and Maroni  will be refurbishing the Asylum. Later, Zytle  kills the three masked robbers who had attacked Maroni 's restaurant, who it turns out had been hired for just that purpose by Zytle himself, by serving them poisoned cannoli.
 * 5) "Viper"- Robert  plans to find a way to speak to the board members of Queen  Enterprises to learn their connections to the Arkham District Project. A new drug called "Viper" (which is a prototype of Mirakuru) is hitting the street, which endows the user with super-strength, but eventually kills them. Maroni  plans  to rob a casino owned by Hunt, and Zytle reveals his past. Lance  learns that "Viper" is being distributed at a charity event held by WellZyn and Queen Enterprises. Lance hoots the canister on the roof and former WellZyn employee Stan Potolsky (Stephen Dorff)is exposed, jumping off as he suggests they check out Warehouse 39, where Lance and Church  later find nothing. As Warner makes plans to conspire against Huntwith her lover and Russian mob boss Nikolai, a disguised Lara visits him in the park where she shares her opera music with him.
 * 6) " Spirit of The Goat-
 * 7) "Call of The Zytle"-
 * 8) "The Mask"-
 * 9) "Tommy Merlyn"-
 * 10) "Lovecraft"-
 * 11) "Rogues' Gallery-
 * 12) "What The Little Bird Told Him-
 * 13) "Welcome Back,  Quentin Lance"-
 * 14) " The Fearsome Doctor Crane"-
 * 15) "The Scarecrow"-
 * 16) "The Blind Fortune Teller"-
 * 17) "Komodo"-
 * 18) "Everyone Has A Zytle"-
 * 19) "Beasts Of Quarry"-
 * 20) "Under The Knife"-
 * 21) "The Anvil or The Hammer-
 * 22) "All Happy Families Are Alike-