Arrow
The series follows Oliver Queen, billionaire playboy of Starling City,
who spends five years stranded on an island following a shipwreck
that claims the life of everyone else on board, including his father, Robert Queen.
Upon his return to Starling City, he is reunited with his mother, Moira,
her new husband, Walter Steele, the then-current CEO of Queen Consolidated;
and his younger sister, Thea. His best friend, Tommy Merlyn,
the son of billionaire Malcolm Merlyn, and ex-girlfriend Laurel Lance, also greets him.
The first season focuses on Oliver reconnecting with people upon his return,
and spending his nights hunting down the wealthy responsible
for "failing the city" as a hooded vigilante who is not afraid to kill his targets.
He becomes at odds with a secret organization that plans to destroy the Glades,
a section of the city that has become overridden with crime.
John Diggle, who acts as Oliver’s bodyguard in front of the public,
and Felicity Smoak, an IT specialist who works at Queen Consolidated,
assist Oliver in his crusade.
The first season also features flashbacks to Oliver's time on the island,
and how it changed him; this continues in the second season.
In season two, Oliver is driven to stop crime without killing criminals,
motivated by the death of his friend Tommy. His newfound ideals are consistently challenged
by his enemies however, not least of them Deathstroke,
whose vendetta against Oliver thrusts Starling City into chaos and forces him closer
to crossing the line between hero and killer.
Oliver must also contend with outside forces attempting to take over Queen Consolidated,
and continued revelations of his own past, as well as those of his family and friends.
In time, Oliver accepts aspiring vigilante Roy Harper as his protégé,
and begins to receive assistance from Laurel's father, Officer Quentin Lance.
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