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

2011-2012

Cast Recurring
 * Charlie Hunnam as Oliver Queen / The Arrow- 21/21
 * Katie Holmes as Laurel Lance / Black Canary - 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
 * Robert Buckley as Tommy Merlyn- 5/21
 * Seth Gabel as Werner Zytle / The Count
 * Kristen Bell as Carrie Cutter
 * Gerard Butler as Slade Wilson / Deathstroke- 14/21
 * Grant Gustin as Barry Allen- 1/21
 * Ellen Pompeo as Isabel Rochev- 9/21
 * Michael Rowe as Floyd Lawton / Deadshot

Season Two: 2011-2012

 * 1) "Warming Up A Frozen Heart"- A man named Victor Fries (Nathan Darrow), gets his colleague Dr. Ferris Boyle to build him an armored suit. Fries arrives at Queen Corp  and, after fighting through security and the police, manages to escape with a woman frozen in suspended animation named Nora Fields. Oliver  then remembers his connection to Fries since he cut funding to his experiments months ago since he was uncomfortable with Fries' obsession on curing Nora Fields since Nora had been frozen sent 1942. Tommy and Laurel  go on a date. Tommy  wants to propose to Laurel, but is interrupted when Dr. Boyle discovers that Laurel is the perfect donor for Nora. Oliver tries to save her, but fails. Zytle saves Oliver from a group of thugs and tells Oliver  to make sure he knows he's on the right side. Oliver tells Felicity and Eddie, that he wants a new name for his alter ego.
 * 2) "The Big Chill"- Continuing from the last episode, Lance gets desperate to find Laurel, which is why he searches for Fries at his home laboratory after getting the address from Walter. John begins to suspect that Oliver is hiding something after seeing him search Fries' home during the middle of the day. Oliver as The Arrow  finds out where Laurel  is being held and goes to rescue her. After an attack on Draco Kosov's restaurant by three masked men, Zytle  is promoted to restaurant manager by Draco, following his action of saving a bag of money and the death of the previous manager.  Later, Zytle kills the three masked robbers who had attacked Draco's restaurant, who it turns out had been hired for just that purpose by Zytle himself, by serving them poisoned cannolis. Tommy begins to get jealous of Oliver thinking Laurel will choose him if she ever finds out his secret.
 * 3) "Home Invasion"- Laurel represents the Moore family who are suing a corrupt businessman, who puts a hit on the family, and the couple's young child is the sole survivor. Laurel  takes the boy into her custody and is saved by Oliver as The Arrow  from the hit-man's attempt. Oliver  offers to let them stay at Queen Manor for their protection. An operation headed up by A.R.G.U.S, a government organization, is set to capture Lawton, but Oliver chooses the Moore's case. As a result, Lawton escapes which upsets John since he wanted to get the guy so badly. The Arrow forces the businessman to confess his crimes, leading to the latter's arrest. After killing the latter, the hit-man comes to the Queen residence to kill all remaining witnesses, but Oliver  manages to subdue him. Tommy decides to end things with Laurel  and focus on being mayor.
 * 4) "Return of The King"- Weapons shipments keep getting intercepted by a gang leader who calls himself "The King", who assaults a gun rally hosted by Tommy with money from Queen Corp, since Oliver  is trying to get Tommy  to become mayor and the board of directors allowed this to present a good image to the public. Laurel Lance's friend Holly Robinson gets shot in the process and Felicity  discovers that the King is Lionel Reed and tracks him down. Slade Wilson gets an idea on how to become mayor since he feels threatened by what Tommy Merlyn has done and arranges for Isabel Rochev's lover Tobias Church  to kidnap Mayor Grange in order to get rid of the extra competition. Laurel meanwhile continues to try to cope with the breakup she had with Tommy. John meanwhile keeps following Oliver around Starling thinking that he is hiding something.
 * 5) "Knock Knock"- Several inmates of Blackgate Prison including Carrie Cutter, Aaron Helzinger, Jerome Valeska, Arnold Dobkins, Richard Sionis and Robert Greenwood are broken out of the prison by Slade Wilson.,  and his cousin/enforcer, Isabel Rochev. All but Sionis agree to join forces with Wilson ; Sionis is strangled to death by Isabel, for his refusal. Wilson orders his group of "Maniax" to begin a public murder spree for the sake of publicity. The Maniax attack SCPD and kill several police officers. Lance gets wounded but is able to escape with help from Rojas and Montoya. Lance gets mad at John for not showing up since John was too busy tailing Oliver. Laurel decides to take up martial arts training from Ted Grant since she wants to protect her loved ones.
 * 6) "The Last Laugh"- Rojas and Lance  search for Jerome, but discover Paul Cicero (Jerome's father) already murdered, Wilson reveals that his family built Starling and he is seeking revenge on those who tarnished his family name. Wilson attends a charity event that Oliver, Eddie, and Laurel also attend. Oliver has no choice but to attend since John keeps tailing him in his spare time. This turns out to be an elaborate ruse wherein Wilson kills Jerome and is perceived to be a hero; he announces his candidacy for mayor. Several citizens of Starling see Jerome's actions on television and begin having mental breakdowns.
 * 7) "Anarky"- Isabel Rochev makes arrangements for Tobias Church to murder all of the candidates so that Slade  can run for office unchallenged. After Church  kills Janice Caulfield, Oliver as The Arrow saves Tommy from getting his face to be horribly damaged by one of Church's thugs, but he doesn't save Laurel who is there acting as a vigilante known as Black Canary. Slade  is outraged by this and orders Church  to fake-kidnap Tommy  in an attempt to tip the voting scales in his favor. The plan goes horribly wrong when Church's hired kidnapper, Lonnie Machin, takes control of the situation. Oliver  decides to pretend to be an alcoholic and goes to a group therapy meeting to discuss about it. John, who follows Oliver there, sees the whole thing and decides to let Oliver go.
 * 8) "Tonight Is The Night"- Slade Wilson gives Carrie Cutter permission to murder John Diggle and Slade offers Oliver a deal: Oliver cuts his support towards Tommy Merlyn  and in return, Slade would give Oliver  the information about his parents' killer and the culprits responsible. Carrie Cutter walks inside the SCPD and Lance suggests that John put himself at risk in order to capture her. While en route to an unknown location on Carrie's  instructions, the squad car is assaulted by Isabel Rochev  and her crew. John wakes up in Starling Cathedral. Felicity  discovers John's location which is why The Arrow engages Isabel's crew and rescues John. John briefly fights Carrie, leading to Carrie anging outside the church and falling, resulting in severe injuries. Following information obtained by Carrie, Lance  rescues Marion Grange and has Slade arrested for kidnapping her. Oliver rejects Slade's offer which makes Slade destroy the evidence.
 * 9) "Survivor Syndrome"- Oliver and Felicity  are working together to locate a missing Olympic athlete named Tom Dalton. As it turned out, Dalton is actually impersonating The Arrow since he wants to takeout the gangster Sal Maroni, who shot his fiance a long time ago when he was at war with Adam Hunt. Oliver manages to save Dalton, but Dalton dies and the police start to suspect that he was The Arrow. Meanwhile, Isabel Rochev gives orders to Mayor Grange to testify that Werner Zytle had him kidnapped and tortured instead of her cousin by threatening to harm Mayor Grange's family. When Wilson tries to look friendly to John and the public, John punches him and is escorted away by police. The policemen turn out to be Wilson's henchmen and they taser John. John wakes up at the docks where John tells him his family's history and that their surname used to be Dumas. Wilson releases John and fights with him, with Job gaining the upper hand. He then leaves and orders his men to kill John, but John is saved by Oliver, as The Arrow.
 * 10) "An Innocent Man"- Oliver offers John a chance to fight at his side and help city, but John refuses since he only views Oliver  as a criminal and Oliver decides to keep him imprisoned in his father's lair. Meanwhile, Wilson gets into police protection in case John might try to go after him which upsets Lance since he is aware that Wilson is corrupt. Oliver discovers that a man named Peter Declan has been framed by a corrupt business leader named Maxie Zeus. As the Arrow, he enlists the help of Laurel to prove Declan's innocence. Working together, the pair uncovers the truth, but Zeus has his mercenaries stage a prison riot so that they can have Laurel  and Declan killed before the truth is revealed. Oliver sneaks into the prison dressed as a guard and saves the two, which is why Lance decides to let Oliver go.  Declan is exonerated while Maxie Zeus is arrested. John agrees to work with Oliver after Felicity tells him about Oliver proving Declan's innocence.
 * 11) "Intersection"- Church brings over a kidnapped Rupert Thorne, who has been missing since the day that Malcolm  tried to reactivate Project Avalon, and Slade  removes one of his eyes in front of the horrified Isabel. Meanwhile, the SCPD Strike Force, led by Lance busts one of Church's  money laundering house, where they're nearly killed by a man with a rocket-propelled grenade. Wilson arrives at the SCPD, where he offers help in cleaning the SCPD's corruption in exchange for support in his candidacy. Lance refuses since he is aware that Wilson  is corrupt. Isabel visits Church  to discuss their next move, which requires hiring arsonists. Lance and Rojas ambush Bridget Pike on a would-be robbery, where her brothers abandon her. While she tries to back off, officer Luke Garrett (Lenny Platt) tries to restrain her, but she accidentally burns him down. Laurel manages to help Bridget escape since she knew Bridget before Lance adopted her and Officer Garrett later dies from the fire. Wilson again visits the SCPD, where Lance decides to support on his candidacy. In his penthouse, Wilson  is visited by Father Creel (Ron Rifkin), who hands him the knife, claiming his warriors are on the way so that Oliver and Mia Queen will die.
 * 12) "By Fire"- After moving away from the Pike brothers and in with Laurel, Bridgit Pike is abducted and further abused by the Pike Brothers after attempting to leave Starling City. Bridgit snaps and murders the other Pike Brothers, beginning a crime spree. After a visit to Laurel's house, Lance arrives at the Pike Brothers apartment where he finds them dead. Oliver  meanwhile goes to meet with Wilson and gets introduced to Isabel, whom he takes a liking to. Bridget Pike is killed in a struggle with the SCPD strike force, publicly announced to be dead which upsets Laurel. Meanwhile, Isabel gets upset with Church  for failing to retrieve the ancient knife from Queen  Enterprises. As it turned out, Malcolm  took the knife in order to protect Oliver  and speaks with an antiques shop owner about the origins of the knife and learns the history behind it: In the 19th century, five families ruled the high council of Starling: Queen, Dumas, Zytle, Elliot, and Kane. During a party, Caleb Dumas (Bryan Howard Conner) allegedly abused Celestine Queen (Sophie Lee Morris). Part of his arm was then cut for punishment by Celestine's brother, Jonathan (Brian S. Carpenter) with the same knife. The Dumas were then exiled to a religious sect, their properties belonged to the Queen's  erasing them from history and forced to change their surname to Wilson.
 * 13) "Speed"- Lance's colleague Detective Joe West (Jesse L. Martin) and reporter Iris West (Candace Patton) come to Starling City seeking to help find Wally West (Keiyan Lionsdale), who is involved in street racing. When Wally refuses to throw a race, Nathan Finch threatens to kill him. Oliver tries to help Wally but when Church leader to a race, Oliver as The Arrow, overhears their plan to blow up Wally's car so he tries to stop the race. Oliver and Isabel spend the evening together which makes Tobias Church begin to get jealous of Oliver. Malcolm comes to Eddie to reveal that he had an affair with Moira resulting in him being Mia's biological father which makes Eddie attack him in anger.
 * 14) "Left Behind"- A mysterious new crime lord named Johnny Gnetto plots to takeover the Glades. John discovers that the plan is to secure all the evidence against street enforcers so they are released from jail and forced to join the new crew, and heads to the police warehouse with Oliver to stop him. Fearing for their lives, Felicity decides to trap the duo in the warehouse and lets Johnny escape. Felicity quits the group since she can't stand worrying about them and decides not to help Ray work on his A.T.O.M suit.
 * 15) "Midnight City"- Oliver warns Laurel to stay off the streets after Oliver as The Arrow saves her from a fight. Johnny kidnaps the city's aldermen, killing one during a rescue attempt. In exchange for the remaining aldermen, Gnetto demands that all police presence evacuate the Glades for good. The team is able to locate the aldermen and successfully rescue them, but Wilson till agrees to remove the police after Johnny reveals that he has targeted every legislative body member. Meanwhile, Felicity decides to rejoin the team and help Ray with his plan.
 * 16) "Uprising"- With the police out of the Glades, The Arrow and Black Canary are tasked with fighting Johnny's men to keep the peace. Lance reluctantly gives Oliver all the information that the police have on Johnny to help locate him. Malcolm spies on the team as they view the evidence against Johnny and realizes that Johnny was the one who killed his wife Lucy twenty years ago. Malcolm propositions the team to join forces to take down Johnny, but the team refuses. Instead, they rally the citizens of the Glades  to take on the thugs. Malcolm nearly kills Johnny until Oliver convinces Malcolm to let the police arrest him. Malcolm  gives him a warning that Wilson  is corrupt and reveals to Oliver why Wilson hates the Queen family so much.
 * 17) "The Son Of Starling"- Oliver and Isabel are kidnapped by Victor Zassz. He manipulates Isabel  into seemingly revealing the name of the man who ordered Oliver's parents killed after being paid by Oliver. She says that the man responsible was Joe Chill, but later claims she lied.
 * 18) "This Ball Of Mud & Meanness"- Oliver  tries to find Chill with Alfred. To get the information, Eddie is forced to fight in an underground fight club, landing Eddie in the hospital. After Oliver goes on the hunt himself,Eddie contacts Lance and Malone, whom he had met on the night that Robert  and Moira Queen were murdered, so that they can save Oliver from potentially being killed. Oliver locates Chill, who later seemingly confirms he is responsible for the murder of Oliver's parents. He asks Oliver to kill him, but Oliver holds back at the last moment and leaves the gun behind, leading to Chill having to commit suicide.
 * 19) "Worse Than A Crime"- Oliver gets captured by Wilson  which is why John and Eddie both make plans to break into Wilson's residence and save Oliver. John, Eddie, and several members of The Count's mob who are angry at Wilson for framing their leader arrive at Wilson's home just as the Order of Saint Dumas is about to kill Oliver. During a clash between the Order and the Odessa Mob  gang in which the Order is defeated, Wilson  and Isabel begin to make their escape.Wilson leaves Isabel  behind to be arrested by the SCPD after Felicity sends Lance an anonymous tip that John is at Wilson's residence.
 * 20) "Deathstroke"- Now that his life is over,Wilson tries to get revenge on Lance but ends up killing a few officers and making an unsuccessful attempt on Lance's life. Eddie confesses to Mia what Malcolm told him which makes Oliver want to talk to Laurel. When Oliver arrives to SCPD, Deathstroke shows up to kill Oliver prompting him and Lance to  flee to the roof, where Lance fights Deathstroke with a pipe, breaks his sword, and rips off his mask, revealing Deathstroke's identity. In the end, Lance is sent to the hospital and Oliver heads home, watched by Deathstroke in the distance.
 * 21) As Lance is still in the hospital, Rojas becomes the acting lieutenant. Oliver and Eddie talk to Isabel, who states the sword Deathstroke used was fake and that the real one is located in her grandfather's tomb. They later arrive at the cemetery, where they steal the sword. Deathstroke arrives, killing Isabel and escaping with the real sword. Oliver and Eddie go to Queen Manor to set up at trap for Wilson while Mia goes away to be with Malcolm. The trap is unsuccessful. John, who has convinced Rojas to let him out, arrives with his partner and shoots Deathstroke multiple times. Unfortunately,Deathstroke remains undefeated until Church and Zytle  arrive. Church fires an RPG, killing Deathstroke. In the end, Oliver quits being The Arrow.