The Emerald Archer (TV series)

The Emerald Archer is a 2009  television show loosely based off the superhero character Green Arrow. It was created by Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, famous screenwriter David S. Goyer, and newcomer Danny Raymond. The first season follows Oliver Queen (Andrew Lincoln), who returns to Starling after twelve years away from the United States studying science and martial arts. Upon his return to Starling City, he is reunited with his butler, Eddie Fyers (Jake Weber), his sister, Mia Queen (Chloe Bennett ), and his best friend, Tommy Merlyn(Robert Buckley). Oliver rekindles his relationships, while spending his nights hunting down and sometimes killing criminals as a vigilante dressed in a green hood. He uncovers Malcolm Merlyn's (Jim Cazieval's)'s plan to destroy Starling City and rebuild it as his own kingdom. Eddie and Walter Steele (Cary Elwes) join Oliver in his crusade. Oliver also reconnects with his ex-girlfriend, Dinah Lance (Helena Mattson), who is still angry at Oliver for breaking up with her to travel the world. Oliver must also try to deal with Sergeant John Diggle (Erik King), a police officer who discovers he is a vigilante and is obsessed with proving it. The first season also features flashbacks to what Starling was like before Oliver became a vigilante. This season includes some inspirations from ''Arrow, Daredevil and Batman Begins. The Emerald Archer ''premiered on AMC on October 16, 2009, The show, starting from the first season, has received critical-acclaim. It's character development, acting, and visual effects have all been well-received. Fans of the Green Arrow series have also liked the show, saying that "it's a fantastic new take on the infamous vigilante archer that gives the whole Green Arrow franchise justice.

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2009-2010

Main and Recurring Edit

 * Mike Vogel as Oliver Queen / The Hood- 24/24
 * Dorian Missick as Commissioner Lucas Hilton
 * Omari Hardwick as Sergeant John Diggle


 * Chloe Bennet as Mia Queen
 * Jake Weber as Eddie Fyers
 * Cary Elwes as Walter Steele
 * Robert Buckley as Tommy Merlyn
 * Helena Mattson as Dinah Lance
 * Matthew Daddario as Detective Roy Harper
 * Chris Noth as Robert Queen (Flashbacks)
 * Alice Krige as Moira Queen (Flashbacks)
 * Unknown as Frank Pike
 * Jack Bannon as Young Eddie Fyers
 * Joel Courtney as Young Oliver Queen
 * Camilla Mendes as Young Shado
 * Michael Chiklis as Lieutenant Brian Nudocerdo
 * Chelsea Spack as Lisa Kringle

Villains Edit

 * Wendell Pierce as Frederick Tuckman
 * Jim Caviezel as Malcolm Merlyn / The Dark Archer
 * John Doman as Adam Hunt
 * David Zayas as Sal Marconi
 * B.D Wong as Anthony Ivo
 * Robin Lord Taylor as Werner Zytle / Vertigo
 * Nathan Darrow as Dr. Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze
 * Corey Michael Smith as Temple Fugate / The Clock King
 * Tonya Pinkins as Dr. Ethel Peabody
 * Derek Luke as Lucas Hilton Jr.
 * Will Smith as Floyd Lawton/Dead Shot

Season 1 (2009-2010) Edit

 * 1) "Pilot"- Oliver Queen returns home to Starling City at the age of twenty-five from training abroad in martial arts, man-hunting, and science for the past 12 years. Oliver is reunited with his butler Eddie Fyers, best friend Tommy Merlyn, and is surprised to learn that he has a half sister named Mia Queen, who is staying at Queen Manor after her foster parents died in a car crash years ago. At the same time Oliver returns to Starling, John Diggle moves to Starling City, after a transfer from Miami. Both Oliver and Diggle are swiftly acquainted with the corruption and violence of Starling City. When Hilton is picking up Diggle at a train station, they witness a group of corrupt cops led by Ben Singleton harassing a homeless woman. Hilton and Diggle beat them all up and Diggle gives the woman some money. Diggle demands to know from Hilton why there is so much police corruption in Starling City, however, Hilton refuses to answer. Oliver meets with Queen Enterprises CEO Frederick Tuckman , who gives him some papers to sign soon. Knowing the anger Oliver is now in, Eddie suggests a lawyer, and Oliver thinks of another old friend- Dinah Lance. However, Dinah refuses to speak with Oliver due to being angry at him for leaving her as a teenager years ago. Because of this, Oliver decides to ask his friend Tommy Merlyn, who is an executive of Merlyn Corp, for advice. Tommy welcomes Oliver back and says he will look at the papers. Oliver is informed by Eddie that Hilton called for him at Queen Chemicals. Arriving there, and noticing the green pool of hazardous chemicals, Hilton and Oliver, only to learn neither one called the other. It's a trap! The access hatch closes and locks, and water rushes in. In flashbacks, at 2 A.M. Robert Queen sits in the secret underground portion of his study, slowly realizing that he is hearing strange noises coming from his study. After making a brief call to the Starling City Police Department, he arms himself with a handgun and goes up to find a ransacked study. Making his way into the foyer, he encounters three men wearing Halloween-styled masks. After a brief shootout, he manages to badly wound one of the masked individuals, and drive the two others away. Just when Robert thinks everything is okay, he finds that he has taken for granted the badly-wounded intruder who is about to shoot him.
 * 2) "Welcome Back, Oliver Queen"- Working together, Hilton and Oliver find a tunnel 20 feet overhead, and using acrobatics, Oliver gets himself and Hilton to safety. Both agree that someone wants them dead. Nearby, a mysterious man (Jim Caviezel) watches. The next morning, Oliver and Hilton meet with forensic scientist Walter Steele, talking about his late father, whom they described him as "nervous" just before he died. As Steele says he will check around, Oliver meets with Tommy, who demands that he does not sign the papers. While this happens, Tommy gets two phone calls from his father Malcolm. All of a sudden, Tommy's mood swings and he tells Oliver to sign the papers. Oliver changes the subject and asks about Dinah, and Tommy tells him to give her some time. As they leave, two sedans come up behind the Rolls and open fire. A chase begins with Oliver barely making it out alive. Back at Queen Manor, Oliver creates a ruse to explain why he did not turn in the papers yet. Just then, Hilton calls and tells him what Steele found: weekly shipments of hazardous waste. Oliver wants to meet, but Hilton tells Oliver to stay. Oliver gets an idea, alarming Eddie. Later, Oliver arrives at Queen Chemicals, dressed  in a green hood, and follows Hilton, John Diggle, and Roy Harper. Suddenly, the three encounter the bad guys. Oliver helps, but stays out of sight the whole time. After killing the last guy (by shooting him with an arrow ), he and Eddie leave, with Oliver commenting that he may have found something he's good at. Oliver and Eddie meet with Hilton, learning the chemicals were drugs, and later hear that the head bad guy hung himself. Later, Oliver is greeted by a surprise birthday party with Mia, Lucas, Steele, and Tommy. Tommy destroys the papers Oliver was told to sign, as he now owns QueenCorp. Tuckman comes to the party, and tells Oliver that their stock might take a beating if word gets out about the drugs. He gives him a book, "Business for Beginners", and after he leaves, Oliver tells everyone that he has a lot to learn and he's staying in Starling. In flashbacks, just as Robert thinks it is the end for him, Eddie Fyers steps in and puts an end to the intruder .Before sunrise, Frank Pike and his week-long partner Lucas Hilton  arrive at the Queen Manor to investigate the incident. Frank gets chastised by Hilton after he briefly flirts with Sabrina Williams the newscaster, who is on the scene to inquire about the rumors surrounding the robbery. After a long conversation with the Queen couple (in which Frank notes that Eddie Fyers is a sniper and Moira Queen is quite attractive), the detectives quickly depart from the scene, noting that the incident doesn't quite fit the pattern of the recent art thefts that have been plaguing Starling.
 * 3) "Love American Style"- Oliver remembers seeing on the board that Hilton had in his office believing that Queen Enterprises is responsible for all the crime in Starling City. That makes Oliver decide to investigate Frederick Tuckman  by having Eddie convince Tuckman to give him a job in the IT department where he meets Naomi Singh. Unfortunately, Naomi is disappointed since her friend, who was illegally immigrating from Cuba, went missing which is why she asked her boyfriend Michael Adkins to look into it. Oliver, showing sympathy for Naomi, decides to be a step ahead of Michael, and as The Hood investigates a salvage yard owner named Pete Leoncavallo and his mistress Susan McGuire. Oliver discovers that Pete and Susan have been murdering smuggled immigrants who cannot afford to pay for their freedom. Oliver frees the immigrants and sends the evidence he collects to Hilton which leads to their arrests. In flashbacks, At noon, work begins on repairing the damage wrought by the robbery. Robert Queen asks Eddie about the condition of Nigel the gate guard for the Queen Manor, who was knocked unconscious during the incident and is still currently in the hospital. Robert brings up the possibility that he was involved, a subject which angers Eddie due to his previous association with Nigel. Later, Robert gets into a discussion with Oliver Queen and his reaction to the events that have transpired. Oliver reiterates his fascination with monsters as manifested through the eyes of the book Grendel. He also discusses a growing anger with injustice, and how criminals need to be punished. Oliver concludes that he prefers math and science over literature in school, as a true solution can be found with the first two, while there is no simple one for the last. Before he is dismissed, he once again asks permission to take boxing lessons with Eddie, but is rejected outright by Moira. Moira brings up the possibility that the robbery was an inside job, which gives Robert an idea.
 * 4) "A Deadly Shot"- Oliver tracks down a corrupt millionaire named James Holder, who has been supplying defective fire alarms to people in the Glades, which resulted in numerous casualties. When Oliver confronts Holder with the intention of giving him a chance to right his wrongs, Holder is gunned down by Lawton (Will Smith), a mercenary calling himself Dead Shot. Oliver decides to play the spoiled billionaire playboy routine in order to cover suspicion on him. Oliver deduces that Lawton is Dead Shot and that he was assigned to kill businessmen, including Tuckman at an auction. As the Hood, Oliver enlists the help of Hilton to prevent Lawton's plan while providing him with evidence that Gotham City businessman John Deleon, who is at the auction to bid for control over Palmer Tech, contracted Lawton. Hilton then has Deleon arrested. Oliver stops Lawton, apparently killing him. However, Diggle is shot during the fight after saving Frederick Tuckman from being gunned down by the assassin. In order to save Diggle’s life, Oliver is forced to reveal his dual identity to him. In flashbacks, Back at the SCPD on that same afternoon, Frank and Hilton get to the Forensics Department to find some more answers about the man that was killed by Eddie Fyers. Temple Fugate quickly explains the background of the intruder after a quick riddle relating to the man's name. The intruder Byron Stone had been a former inmate of Blackleg Prison after being released only two weeks prior. Frank quickly remembers the time he was arrested, and how Stone had worked as a freelancer for just about every faction around, Sal Marconi and Adam Hunt included.
 * 5) "An Innocent Man"- Oliver offers Diggle a chance to fight at his side and help the city, which the latter refuses. Later, Oliver discovers a connection between Peter Deccan, a death row inmate, and Tim Paul, one of Tuckman’s associates. As the vigilante, he enlists the help of Dinah to prove Deccan's innocence. Working together, the pair uncovers the truth, but Paul has his mercenaries stage a prison riot so that they can have Dinah and Deccan killed before the truth is revealed. Oliver sneaks into the prison dressed as a guard and saves the two, with her realizing that the vigilante is merciless. Deccan is exonerated while Brooder is arrested. Diggle starts to obsessively tail Oliver, determined to prove that he is a vigilante. In flashbacks, Robert recruits the services of Gregory Collins, a former SCPD detective turned private investigator, who had been kept on a retainer by Robert for the past 10 years as a way of helping keep Anthony Ivo and his machinations in check. Robert remembers the awkward years where he allowed Ivo to operate unchecked, followed by the years after, where he funded the various victims of Ivo's experiments who over time either died of sickness and natural causes or just gradually disappeared. Gregory points out that Robert should check up on Karen Jennings, the only living survivor of Pinewood Farms. Robert agrees and after a brief discussion about the break-in, he heads home. But after a series of attempts to contact Karen on the phone fails, he breaks off and heads toward her hideout instead.
 * 6) "Mr. Freeze"- Roy and Diggle 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. Dinah Lance is a perfect match, and Fries learns from her friend Joanna de la Vega that Dinah is having dinner with Tommy. Fries then attacks the restaurant and kidnaps Dinah, taking her to an abandoned oil rig where he and Boyle are. Oliver tries to rescue Dinah only to get injured. In flashbacks, Robert locates Karen Jennings, a former Blackleg inmate on whom experiments were performed at Pinewood Farms, a Queen Enterprises facility, by the Philosopher. Unfortunately, Ivo sends his scientist Fries to kill her with the promise of reviving his wife.
 * 7) "A Dead Man Feels No Cold"- Upon learning that Nora is still at Arkham Asylum, 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 Dinah might be by searching Fries' old house. Diggle appears and asks him what he is doing. After a fist fight between the two, a civilian arrives and orders them to stop fighting or he will call the police. Diggle tells Oliver that he thinks Oliver is not a hero and that Oliver is a coward for hiding behind a hood and not owning up to what he does, and says that he will prove what he truly is soon enough, that he knows that he is up to something, and says that he will be watching him. Oliver deduces that Fries is at the oil rig and goes there to save Dinah. Fries and Boyle explain the situation to Dinah, who claims that she is willing to help Nora for the "blood transfusion", but not at the oil rig, prompting Fries to keep Dinah imprisoned. When the time for the operation comes, Dinah 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 Koontz. Boyle gives pursuit and almost catches her, before Oliver arrives as The Hood. 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. Dinah and The Hood work together to save Nora and Koontz. Unfortunately, Fries is "killed" in the explosion despite Oliver’s efforts to save him after he and Dinah take the other two to his boat. Oliver feels that he hasn't seen the last of Victor Fries and convinces Tuckman to revive Nora with an organ transplant operation funded by Queen Enterprises. In the end, Fries is pleased with this while in hiding at the Arctic. In flashbacks, Barnes has Karen arrested which is why Robert, Steele, and Hilton break her out. Unfortunately, Fries arrives to kill her and Karen sacrifices her life to protect Robert. Feeling vengeful because of this, Robert vows to kill Fries and Ivo since he and Karen had a father-daughter relationship before her death.
 * 8) "Dark City"- After saving Iceberg Lounge owner Werner Zytle from Komodo One, Oliver takes a sample of the gang leader’s blood, but fails to find who it belongs to. Oliver also becomes aware that the Komodo gang is planning to rob Ace Chemicals and reports it to the media. Oliver goes into Ace Chemicals as The Hood, and begins fighting the gang. Sergeant Diggle raids Ace Chemicals with SWAT officers, intent on arresting both Oliver and Komodo One, but the building catches on fire. Komodo One tries to escape on a helicopter, but Oliver pulls him back into the building. Oliver tries to capture Komodo  One, but the masked criminal escapes by jumping into a vat of chemicals. Oliver and Eddie study data on the gang.  Diggle later arrests Oliver on suspicion of being a vigilante in front of Mia. Because of this, Oliver promises Diggle that when this incident is cleared, he is going to sue him for malicious prosecution. Diggle does not care believing that he has enough to put Oliver behind bars. In flashbacks, An armed group robs a bank, and one wearing a red mask throws some of the stolen money into the crowd to ensure their escape. Hilton and Pike identify the "Komodo" as Gus Floyd, but find him dead in the hideout. After a robbery led by Carl Strode, who now wears Floyd's mask, and the Hood becoming a public hero, Hilton and Pike track him to his house where they find him wounded and the mask gone. With information given by Strode, the police find and kill the remainder of the gang in a shootout. A teenage boy steals the mask.
 * 9) "Broken"- Oliver hires Dinah as his attorney and the Judge allows him to go free on bail. Due to Oliver having witnessed the death of his parents, the District Attorney offers Oliver an insanity plea with indefinite treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder in a psychiatric facility. Oliver refuses, instead offering to take a polygraph test to prove his innocence, which he passes. While remanded under house arrest, Oliver throws a prison-themed party, maintaining his bachelor playboy facade. He has Eddie pose as the vigilante and stop an arms dealer named Rum Miro who is in the city to sell automatic weapons to the city's gangs. The plan works and the charges are dropped after Hilton kills a man sent to assassinate Oliver. Diggle deduces that it was Eddie who interfered with the arms deal since he was not seen at the party. Nevertheless, Hilton has Diggle suspended and Oliver decides to drop the lawsuit out of respect for Lucas. In flashbacks, Hilton 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 Aubrey James announces plans to help Starling's homeless kids, rounding them up and shipping them out of town. Patti and Doug hijack one of the buses of street kids, including Shado. After Pike's extreme interrogation of an informant, Hilton obtains a clue. Hilton and Pike arrive and catch Patti and Doug while encountering Kyle. While Oliver has plans to find a way to help the children.
 * 10) "Lucas Hilton Jr."- While at a diner, Hilton reunites with his son Lucas Jr. Lucas Jr. tells his father that he is taking medication to curb his violent impulses, and is trying to turn his life around. Lucas Jr. announces he is planning to get a job at Felicity Smoak's clinic, and asks his father to help him by in turn asking Roy Harper to not speak against against his application. While hunting down old cases, Commissioner Hilton meets another murderer who might have been responsible for the death of Bess Keller, and begins to believe that his son may indeed have changed. In reality, however, Lucas Jr. has become a serial killer. Smoak insists that Lucas Jr. is doing a great job, but his father suspects otherwise and has Steele test his medication. They discover that Lucas Jr. has reversed the formula to increase his homicidal impulses, and correctly deduce he is going to poison an infant nutritional facility. Lucas Jr. abducts Diggle when he is suspended and Diggle tells Lucas Jr. that his father would be ashamed of him. Lucas Jr. then stabs Watson in his femoral arteries. Oliver attempts to find them, and Lucas Jr. explains that he knows The Hood's secret identity – claiming that the Hilton's and Queens are so connected to Starling that it would be impossible for him not to know. Lucas Jr. reveals that he seeks to destroy the Hood — "the weakest man in Starling" — and create a new generation of psychopaths by tainting a baby food production line. Though badly wounded, Diggle stabs Lucas Jr. in the eye when he attacks him. The Hood then bursts through the window and reveals he injected him with a tracking device when he shook hands earlier, noting that, while he might trust people, that does not stop him from being suspicious. When Lucas Jr. tries to run away, his father shoots him in both legs, although he saves his son's life by stopping him from falling off a bridge. It is left ambiguous whether or not Lucas Jr.'s plan actually succeeded. Diggle later trespasses Queen Enterprises to visit Oliver telling them that although Oliver may have saved his life, this does not change anything between them. Becoming annoyed with Diggle, Oliver gets security to throw him out. In flashbacks, Lucas Jr. was a disturbed individual who displayed violent behavior from an early age; as a child, he kills animals and takes them apart as a hobby. He is also implicated in the disappearance of one of his school acquaintances Beth Keller. Dinah Drake swears that she saw her son carrying Bess' key-chain, although this is never proven. Discovering the proof of their son's disturbed mind, both his parents acted on getting their son help. LL would be sentenced to a mental hospital outside of Starling, his father not wanting him surrounded by the likes of Arkham.
 * 11) "Battle Royal"- At a charity event hosted by Tuckman, Mario crashes the party and makes it look like the two of them are best friends much to Tuckman's discomfort. Tuckman is then almost assassinated when someone puts a bomb inside his car and vows vengeance on Mario. Dinah becomes disappointed upon seeing that Oliver has become a selfish millionaire playboy by dating two supermodels while Diggle knows this is an act. Commissioner Hilton assigns John Diggle and rookie officer Amy Rorschach (Lindsey Gort) to take the recently captured Jacob Feebly, an escaped inmate from Arkham Asylum with an expertise in advanced electronics and explosives back to Arkham Asylum. On their way, they argue over whether the vigilante can be trusted with Diggle saying that they are running errands for a criminal while Rorschach replies that the vigilante has changed Starling for the better. As they are heading back, Diggle declares his intention to leave the MCU since Hilton is sending a message to the police that they cannot do their jobs without vigilante help and Rorschach pulls into a vacant lot to confront Allen. However, the two get caught in a confrontation between gangs, Frederick Tuckman and Mario Hunt's gang. Mario's men are gunned down and Mario takes refuge behind Watson and Rohrbach's patrol car which Tuckman subsequently destroys with a rocket launcher. Rorschach and Mario manage to get clear in time while Diggle is rescued by The Hood who proceeds to take out Tuckman and his men. Mario Hunt then threatens to kill Rorschach, but he is dispatched by the Hood. The Hood then leaves. Later, when Tuckman is in custody, he personally threatens Lucas Jr. prompting Diggle to brutally beat Tuckman feeling that threatening someone's family is low, especially for someone like him. In flashbacks, Hilton learns of the Arkham Plan from Robert, who states that Hunt and Mayor James are backing the project that will improve the Arkham District, opposed by Marconi, who has another plan. An independent hitman starts targeting the city council members involved in both opposing sides of the Plan In order to prevent the war, Mayor James holds a conference about a compromise on the Arkham Plan, that Hunt will handle small housing development projects and Marconi will be refurbishing the Asylum.
 * 12) "The Modern Dark Archer"- Mario Hunt's lieutenant, Todd Frighten (Paul Blackthorn), is killed by a mysterious archer dressed in black who uses a shuiken. Hilton deduces that the Throwing Star Killer has returned to Starling, but is ordered by the mayor to keep silent about this situation out of fear that this would cause a public panic. Oliver plans a Christmas party at the mansion to bring back the spirit of the holidays to his family. He saves some hostages from the archer, who calls himself Dark Archer. The experience Dark Archer has in martial arts, archery, and weapons prove to be too much for Oliver to handle. Oliver is then left bloodied, broken, and forced to flee before he is killed. Upon returning to Queen Manor, Queen angrily admits that his best was not enough, and that perhaps the only way to confront a killer like Dark Archer is by using something he is loath to do: killing more people who are a lost cause. Queen retrieves the bow and arrow that was used to kill his parents and begins to prepare for the coming battle. The Dark Archer goes to Merlyn Corp where Fugate is there helping himself to some scotch. Fugate raises his glass to toast Dark Archer and Dark Archer takes off his hood, revealing himself to be Malcolm Merlyn. Merlyn and Fugate are revealed to be planning an event in six months, where thousands of people will die for what Merlyn believes to be for the greater good. Hilton decides to take time off the force and appoints a lieutenant named Angel Rojas (David Zayas) to be commissioner since Hilton wishes to spend more time rehabilitating his son. In flashbacks, Fugate tries to protect Kringle from her abusive boyfriend Tom Doughty, but goes too far when he stabs him to death and has a psychotic breakdown.
 * 13) "Faces Of Death"-
 * 14) "Convicts"-
 * 15) "Timekeeper"-
 * 16) "Housebreaking"-
 * 17) "For Good And All"-
 * 18) "The Scarecrow"-
 * 19) "Childish Things"-
 * 20) "Shado Hawke"-
 * 21) "Shrink Wrap"-
 * 22) "The Secret Experiments"-
 * 23) "Darkness On The Edge of Town"-
 * 24) "Life Behind Bars"-