Arrow (TV Series) Episode: Honor Thy Fathers

"Honor Thy Fathers"
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Arrow  Season 5: Episode 21
May 10, 2017
Directors	Laura Belsey
Writers	Marc Guggenheim Sarah Tarkoff
Previous Episode	"Underneath" (May 3, 2017)
Next Episode	"Missing" (May 17, 2017)

The people closest to you will always pay the most for your sins. You are paying for your father's. Who will pay for yours?

—Anatoly Knyazev

Honor Thy Fathers is an episode of season 5 of Arrow. It premiered on May 10, 2017.

Appearing in "Honor Thy Fathers"

Featured Characters:

• Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

• Anatoly Knyazev (Flashback only)
• Quentin Lance
• Robert Queen (On a TV or computer screen) (Flashback and main story)
• Team Arrow
  • Black Canary (Dinah Drake)
  • Mister Terrific (Curtis Holt)
  • Overwatch (Felicity Smoak)
  • Spartan (John Diggle)
  • Wild Dog (Rene Ramirez)
• Thea Queen

Antagonists:

• Derek Sampson
  • Derek Sampson's Gang
    • Gilmour (Behind the scenes)
• Konstantin Kovar (Flashback only) (Cameo)
  • Konstantin Kovar's organization (Unnamed) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Prometheus (Adrian Chase)

Other Characters:

• Channel 52
• Darren Coffman (Single appearance)
• Henry Goodwin (Single appearance) (Also as a corpse)
• Ms. Nave (Cameo)
• Seven 6 News Channel (Cameo)
• Star City Police Department
  • Anti-Crime Unit
• Zoe Ramirez
• Judge Balderrama (Mentioned only)
• Isabel Rochev (Mentioned only)
• Justin Claybourne (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• KGB (Mentioned only)
• Malcolm Merlyn (Mentioned only)
• Moira Queen (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Queen Consolidated (Mentioned only)
• Roy Harper (Mentioned only)
• Samantha Clayton (Mentioned only)
• Shado (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Slade Wilson (Mentioned only)
• Taiana Venediktov (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Talia al Ghul (Mentioned only)
• United States Government (Mentioned only)
• Unnamed fisherman (Mentioned only)
• William Clayton (Mentioned only)
• Harrison Ford (Mentioned only)

Locations

• Earth-1
  • 2012
    • North China Sea (Flashback only)
      • Lian Yu (Flashback only)
    • United States of America
      • Starling City
        • Queen Mansion (On a TV or computer screen) (Flashback only)
    • China
      • Hong Kong (Mentioned only)
    • Russia (Mentioned only)
  • 2017
    • United States of America
      • Star City
        • A.R.G.U.S. Headquarters
        • The Bunker
        • City Hall
        • Fairbanks Chemical (Single appearance)
        • Oliver Enterprises (Single appearance) (In ruins)
        • Robert Queen Applied Science Center
        • Star City Metro Police
        • Lamb Valley (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Hōzen (Mentioned only)
• Oliver Queen's Bow
  • Trick Arrows
• Prometheus' Bow (Cameo)
• Prometheus' Sword
• Prometheus' Throwing Star (Cameo)
• Slade Wilson's Mask (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Spartan's Helmet
• T-Spheres

Vehicles:

• The Amazo (In ruins) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Fishing boat (Mentioned only)
• Oliver Queen's Plane (First appearance chronologically) (Flashback only)
• Team Arrow van

Concepts:

• Metahumans
• The Undertaking (Mentioned only)

Notes

• Anatoly's words imply that the flashbacks from this episode take place three days before the opening scene of "Pilot".
• This episode reveals many details from Oliver's five years of Hell, including:
  • The real content of Robert Queen's message for Thea that Oliver found in "The Return";
  • The circumstances behind the presence of Slade Wilson's damaged mask on the shores of Lian Yu;
  • Anatoly's plan for Oliver's rescue in "Pilot".

Trivia

• The title of this episode is a reference to the Season 1 episode, "Honor Thy Father".

See Also

• Images from Arrow (TV Series) Episode: Honor Thy Fathers
• 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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