Star City (TV series)



Star City is an American crime drama television series developed by Bruno Heller and based on characters published by DC Comics and appearing in the Green Arrow franchise, primarily those of Quentin Lance and Oliver Queen. Danny Cannon directed the pilot, and he is an executive producer along with Heller. The series stars Joshua Jackson as the young Quentin Lance. It premiered on Fox on September 22, 2014 and concluded on April 25, 2020.

The series is on Lance's early days with the Star City Police Department and about the origin stories of several Green Arrow villains including Count Vertigo, Clock King, Emiko Adachi, Veronica Dale, Vandal Savage, Solomon Grundy, Ra's al Ghul, Brick, Everyman, Talia al Ghul, Prometheus, Deathstroke, and Anarky.

Series Overview
The series follows Gotham City Police Department recruit Larry Lance, who is paired with detective Frank Pike to solve crimes in Star City. At the time, Star City's criminal underworld is emerging after the murder of billionaire Robert Queen, his pregnant wife Moira, whose son Oliver is in care of their family butler Eddie Feyers.

Season 1
1."Pilot"-
 * 1) "Pilot"-Quentin 'Larry' Lance, the recent transfer from the GCPD, is partnered with Frank Pike, a cop who has more respect than him, and are assigned by Captain Tina Boland to solve the case of the murders of Robert and Moira Queen, who were killed by an archer. During the case, Larry meets the Queens' son Oliver and promises him to find his parents' killer. Their investigation leads them to a parolee named Mario Dale, whom Pike kills to protect Lance. They discover that Dale has been framed, leading them to mobster Liza Warner, an associate of Remy Cartier, an organized crime boss. Warner has them captured, but Hunt spares them upon his arrival, revealing that he intended to end the case so that the people of Star City could feel safe, facilitating his illegal activities. In exchange, Cartier orders Lance to kill Werner Zytle, a low-level member of Warner's gang and informant for FBI agents Victor Sage and his partner Samanda Watson. Lance fakes Zytle 's death, and tells him never to return to Star City. Lance confesses the truth to Oliver and his guardian Eddie Feyers, with the promise of finding the real killer. Zytle kills a fisherman. Sin is seen watching the Queen Mansion. Meanwhile, Watson threatens Carrie Cutter, Lance's fiance, to tell him about Carrie's unknown past.
 * 2) "City of Lost Children"-Lance and Pike start investigating the abductions of street kids by Patti and Doug, operatives of Dr. Francis Dulmacher, A.K.A. the Dollmaker, and have been posing as members of the Mayor's Homeless Outreach Program. Mayor Dreyfus announces plans to help Star City's homeless kids, rounding them up and shipping them out of town. Patti and Doug hijack one of the buses of street kids, including Emiko. After Pike's extreme interrogation of an informant, Lance obtains a clue. Lance and Pike arrive and catch Patti and Doug while encountering Emiko. While Oliver has plans to find a way to help the children, Lance meets with Emiko who states that she has been watching him during his visits with Oliver and might have some information on the person who killed the Queens. Meanwhile, Zytle kills two men after they mock his walking pattern. He takes refuge in a rented trailer after his faked death, plotting his return to Starling City, having kidnapped a teenager for ransom. Cartier confronts Warner for her plans to overthrow him, having heard from Zytle. The former warns her by having her lover beaten. Sage and Watson investigate Zytle 's mother.