Lian Yu is an episode of season 5 of Arrow. It premiered on May 24, 2017.
Synopsis for "Lian Yu"
Appearing in "Lian Yu"
Featured Characters:
- Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Dark Archer (Malcolm Merlyn) (Dies)
- Deathstroke (Slade Wilson) (Apparent Death)
- Moira Queen (Flashback only)
- Nyssa al Ghul (Apparent Death)
- Samantha Clayton (Apparent Death)
- Team Arrow
- Curtis Holt (Apparent Death)
- Dinah Drake (Apparent Death)
- Felicity Smoak (Apparent Death)
- John Diggle (Apparent Death)
- Quentin Lance (Apparent Death)
- Rene Ramirez (Apparent Death)
- Thea Queen (Apparent Death)
Antagonists:
- Adrian Chase (Dies)
- Black Siren (Laurel Lance) (Apparent Death)
- Captain Boomerang (Digger Harkness) (Dies)
- Evelyn Sharp (Apparent Death)
- Talia al Ghul (Apparent Death)
- Talia al Ghul's cult (Unnamed)
- Konstantin Kovar (Also as a corpse) (Dies in flashback)
- Konstantin Kovar's organization (Unnamed) (Flashback only) (Disbands)
- Gennady (Real name revealed) (Dies in flashback)
- Konstantin Kovar's organization (Unnamed) (Flashback only) (Disbands)
Other Characters:
- Anatoly Knyazev (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Unnamed A.R.G.U.S. Agent (Single appearance)
- Unnamed fisherman (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Unnamed first mate (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- William Clayton
- Ghosts (Mentioned only)
- Joe Wilson (Mentioned only)
- Justin Claybourne (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Laurel Lance (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- League of Assassins (Disbanded) (Mentioned only)
- Ra's al Ghul (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Noah Kuttler (Mentioned only)
- Robert Queen (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Sara Lance (Mentioned only)
- Shado (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
Locations
- Earth-1
- 2012
- Lian Yu (Flashback only)
- Japanese Prison (Flashback only)
- United States of America
- Starling City (Flashback only)
- Queen Mansion (Flashback only)
- Starling City (Flashback only)
- Lian Yu (Flashback only)
- 2017
- North China Sea
- Lian Yu
- A.R.G.U.S. Prison
- Chinese Monastery (First appearance) (Destroyed)
- United States of America
- Star City (Mentioned only)
- Lian Yu
- North China Sea
- 2012
- Hell (Mentioned only)
- Purgatory (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Dark Archer's Bow
- Deathstroke Suit
- Deathstroke's Sword
- Mirakuru (Mentioned only)
- Nyssa al Ghul's Bow
- Oliver Queen's Bow
- Prometheus' Sword
- Prometheus' Throwing Star (Cameo)
- Talia al Ghul's Bow
- Trick Boomerangs (Cameo)
- Yao Fei's Bow (Flashback only) (Cameo)
Vehicles:
- Adrian Chase's motorboat (Single appearance)
- The Amazo (In ruins) (Cameo)
- Fishing boat (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Konstantin Kovar's helicopter (Single appearance) (Flashback only) (Destroyed)
- Oliver Queen's Plane (Destroyed)
- Queen's Gambit (Destroyed) (Mentioned only)
Concepts:
Notes
- The events of this episode takes place before the events of The Flash episode, "Infantino Street".
- The flashbacks of this episode conclude the storyline of Oliver's five years of Hell and come full circle with the events of "Pilot".
- Evelyn Sharp was never seen again after this episode but it is implied that she died because of the explosions in the epilogue.
Trivia
- The episode opens with Oliver saying "The name of the island they found me on is Lian Yu. It's Mandarin, for Purgatory" which also are the first lines of "Pilot".
- Adrian Chase kills himself by shooting himself with a gun like his Pre-Flashpoint counterpart did (albeit with different motivations) in Vigilante #50.
- It also mirrors the death of Robert Queen from the flashbacks of "Pilot".
- Malcolm Merlyn dying to save his daughter, Thea, also mirrors Robert Queen sacrificing himself to save his son, Oliver.
See Also
- 2 Images from Arrow (TV Series) Episode: Lian Yu
- Episodes of Arrow (TV Series)
- Images from Arrow (TV Series)
- Gallery for the Arrow (TV Series) series
Recommended Media
- None.
Links and References
- None.
Footnotes