Arrow (TV Series) Episode: City of Heroes

"City of Heroes"
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Arrow  Season 2: Episode 1
October 9, 2013
Directors	John Behring
Writers	Greg Berlanti Andrew Kreisberg Marc Guggenheim
Previous Episode	"Sacrifice" (May 15, 2013)
Next Episode	"Identity" (October 16, 2013)

Diggle and Felicity travel to Lian Yu in search of Oliver who left Starling City after The Undertaking. Convinced to return home, Oliver finds that things are in worse shape than he thought – Isabel Rochev is preparing a hostile takeov

The city still needs saving. But not by the Hood. And not by some vigilante who's just crossing names off a List. It needs... Something more.

City of Heroes is an episode of season 2 of Arrow. It premiered on October 9, 2013.

Synopsis for "City of Heroes"

Diggle and Felicity travel to Lian Yu in search of Oliver who left Starling City after The Undertaking. Convinced to return home, Oliver finds that things are in worse shape than he thought – Isabel Rochev is preparing a hostile takeover of Queen Consolidated, Thea refuses to visit Moira in jail, Roy is trying to fill the void left by the Arrow's absence, and Laurel is working with the District Attorney's office to take down the vigilante. Meanwhile, flashbacks to the island show Slade, Shado and Oliver in a desperate situation.

Appearing in "City of Heroes"

Featured Character:

• Oliver Queen

Supporting Characters:

• Laurel Lance
• Moira Queen
• Roy Harper
• Shado (Flashback only)
• Slade Wilson (Flashback only)
• Starling City Police Department
  • Lt. Frank Pike
  • Off. Quentin Lance
• Team Arrow (Unnamed)
  • Felicity Smoak
  • John Diggle
• Thea Queen
• Walter Steele

Antagonists:

• Dr. Anthony Ivo (Unnamed) (Flashback only) (Behind the scenes)
  • Amazo's Crew (First appearance; unnamed) (Flashback only)
• The Hoods (First appearance)
  • Aglin (Single appearance)
  • Baker (First appearance)
  • Colton (Single appearance)
  • Jeff Deveau (Single appearance)
• Stellmoor International (First appearance)
  • Isabel Rochev (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• A.D.A. Adam Donner (First appearance)
• Mayor Altman (First appearance; dies)
• The Canary (Unnamed) (Cameo)
• Channel 52 (First appearance)
  • Bethany Snow (First appearance)
• Iron Heights guards (Cameo)
• Jeff Deveau's wife (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Deceased) (On a TV or computer screen) (In a photograph only)
• Ken Rabehl (Grave)
• Ryan Doucette (Grave)
• Counselor Blood (Mentioned only)
• Colton's sister (Unnamed) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Edward Fyers (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
  • Fyers' Mercenaries (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• God (Mentioned only)
• Mrs. Harper (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• Att. Jean Loring (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• D.A. Kate Spencer (Mentioned only)
• Malcolm Merlyn (Mentioned only)
• Robert Queen (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Roy Harper Sr. (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Tommy Merlyn (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Yao Fei (Deceased) (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Earth-1 (Unnamed)
  • 2008
    • North China Sea (Cameo)
      • Lian Yu
        • Japanese Soldiers' Graves (Mentioned only)
  • 2013
    • Asia
      • North China Sea
        • Lian Yu
          • Slade Wilson's Hideout
    • North America
      • United States of America
        • Keystone City
          • Iron Heights
        • Starling City
          • D.A. Office (First appearance)
          • The Glades (In ruins)
            • Roy Harper's House
            • The Verdant
              • Arrowcave
            • CNRI HQ (Destroyed) (Mentioned only)
          • Queen Consolidated
          • Starling City Cemetery
          • Big Belly Burger (Mentioned only)
          • Queen Mansion (Mentioned only)
          • Starling National Bank (Mentioned only)
        • Central City (Mentioned only)
          • S.T.A.R. Labs (Mentioned only)
    • Europe (Mentioned only)
  • 1773
    • Thirteen Colonies
      • Boston (Mentioned only)
• Hell (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Edward Fyers' Proximity Detector (First appearance) (Flashback only)
• The List (Mentioned only)
• Markov Device (Mentioned only)
• Oliver Queen's Bow
  • Trick Arrows
• Slade Wilson's Mask (Cameo)
• S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator (Mentioned only)
• Vertigo (Mentioned only)
• Yao Fei's Bow (Flashback and main story)

Vehicles:

• Amazo (First appearance; unnamed) (Flashback and main story) (Also in ruins) (Cameo)
• Queen's Gambit (Destroyed) (Mentioned only)

Concepts:

• American War of Independence (Mentioned only)
• The Undertaking (Mentioned only)

Notes

• This episode was anticipated by the "Year One" tv special that recapped Season 1.
  • Year One also introduced Malcom Merlyn's Dark Archer moniker.
• The epilogue of the episode takes place on October 9, 2013.
• This episode introduces the S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator storyline and the Amazo ship which is also seen in ruins in the present.

Trivia

• Being one of the names on the List, Iabel Rochev was first mentioned in "Pilot".
• The Stellmoor International trying to take over the Queen Consolidated is a nod to the company acquiring Queen Industries in Green Arrow (Volume 5).
• Two of the Undertaking victims, Ken Rabehl and Ryan Doucette references two Arrow crew members.

See Also

• 11 Images from Arrow (TV Series) Episode: City of Heroes
• Episodes of Arrow (TV Series)
• Images from Arrow (TV Series)
• Gallery for the Arrow (TV Series) series

Recommended Media

• None.

Links and References

• None.

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