[Starling City]
Television Anchorman: Oliver Queen is alive. The Starling City resident was found by fishermen in the North China sea 5 days ago, 5 years after he was missing and presumed dead following the accident at sea which claimed "The Queen's Gambit." Queen is the son of Starling City billionaire Robert Queen, who was also on board but now officially confirmed as deceased. Man: Oliver. I love those odds. Survived by her sister, Laurel... (Laurel walks to the TV turns it off and everyone looks at her; she drops the remote on the table and proceeds to walk away)
[Queen Mansion - Oliver's Bedroom]
Oliver (V.O. Robert: One of us is. [Chuckles]
Oliver: Tommy Merlyn. Walter: (About to take a sip from his wine stops) Well, there's plenty of time for all that. Oliver: What, always chasing after me as a kid? The city awaits. They filed a change of venue. (tasers him) Did he make it to the island? No friends either. Moira: Oliver, I want to introduce you to someone... John Diggle. Do we have an agreement? He reaches his father's old factory, he throws his bags over and scales the fence. Bodyguard 2: Unh! Detective Lance: All right. [Oliver's Welcome Home Party] - Oliver and Tommy check out girls. Thea: Away? You died. My brother and my father died. You're wrong. Find him! Starling City police! Oliver: Who's Adam Hunt? $2 million to anybody that can find a nut bar in a green hood. It is $40 million! Tommy: Dinah Laurel Lance always trying to save the world. Moira: No.
Plan: A: Billionaire; Q: What is Oliver Queen's income? A: Oliver Queen; Q: Who was missing and presumed dead after a shipwreck that claimed the life of his father? A: five years; Q: How long did Oliver Queen spend on a remote Pacific island before he was found? A: Starling City; Q: Where does Oliver Queen return to after being found alive? A: Walter Steele; Q: Who is Oliver's stepfather? A: Thea; Q: What is Oliver's younger sister's name? A: best friend; Q: What is Tommy Merlyn's relationship to Oliver Queen? A: Moira assigns; Q: Who assigns John Diggle as Oliver's bodyguard? A: Laurel Lance; Q: Who is Oliver's former girlfriend? A: Sara; Q: What was the name of Laurel Lance's sister? A: a hooded vigilante archer; Q: What does Oliver Queen disguise himself as at night? A: his dying father's request; Q: What is Oliver Queen trying to fulfill? A: his family; Q: What did Oliver's father want him to right the wrongs of? A: corrupt millionaire Adam Hunt; Q: Who is Oliver's first target? A: millions; Q: How much money has Adam Hunt scammed from people in Starling City? A: Quentin Lance; Q: Who is Laurel's father? A: the vigilante; Q: Who does Laurel's father want to arrest? A: Oliver's mother; Q: Who orchestrated a kidnapping to determine what Robert told him after the shipwreck? A: her son; Q: Who does Oliver's mother have an agenda at odds with? Summary: Billionaire playboy Oliver Queen , missing and presumed dead after a shipwreck that claimed the life of his father, Robert , is discovered alive after five years on a remote Pacific island . He is welcomed home to Starling City by his mother Moira , stepfather Walter Steele , younger sister Thea , and best friend Tommy Merlyn , but they sense he has changed. Moira assigns John Diggle as Oliver's bodyguard. Oliver hides the truth about the man he has become, and tries to reconcile with his former girlfriend, Laurel Lance , whom he cheated on with her sister Sara (who died in the shipwreck). While reconnecting with those closest to him, by night Oliver secretly masquerades as a hooded vigilante archer, attempting to fulfill his dying father's request: to right the wrongs of his family. Oliver's first goal is to take down corrupt millionaire Adam Hunt , who has scammed millions from various people in the city. Laurel's father, police detective Quentin Lance , becomes determined to arrest the vigilante. Meanwhile, it is revealed Oliver's mother has an agenda at odds with her son, having orchestrated a kidnapping to determine what Robert told him after the shipwreck.