Arrow (TV Series) Episode: The Calm

"The Calm"
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Arrow  Season 3: Episode 1
October 8, 2014
Directors	Glen Winter
Writers	Greg Berlanti Marc Guggenheim Andrew Kreisberg
Previous Episode	"Unthinkable" (May 14, 2014)
Next Episode	"Sara" (October 15, 2014)

You should know it's extremely easy to kill someone the world already thinks is dead.

—Amanda Waller

The Calm is an episode of season 3 of Arrow. It premiered on October 8, 2014.

Appearing in "The Calm"

Featured Character:

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

Supporting Characters:

• Laurel Lance
• League of Assassins
  • The Canary (Sara Lance) (Dies)
• Lyla Michaels
• Starling City Police Department
  • Cpt. Quentin Lance
• Team Arrow
  • Felicity Smoak
  • John Diggle
  • Roy Harper

Antagonists:

• A.R.G.U.S. (Flashback and main story)
  • Amanda Waller (Flashback only)
  • Maseo Yamashiro (First appearance) (Flashback only)
• Ray Palmer (First appearance)
• Sara Lance's murderer (Unnamed) (Voice) (Behind the scenes)
• Vertigo (Werner Zytle) (First appearance)
• Vincent Steelgrave (First appearance)
  • Vincent Steelgrave's Crew (First appearance)
    • Calvin Nico (Single appearance)
    • Cronan (Single appearance; dies)
    • Greg Osborne (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Akio Yamashiro (First appearance) (Flashback only)
• Barry Allen (Cameo)
• Channel 52
• Dr. Lockhart
• Luciano Costa (Single appearance)
• Mikhail Petrov (Single appearance)
• Sara Diggle (First appearance; unnamed)
• Shintaro Shimosawa (Single appearance)
• Tatsu Yamashiro (First appearance) (Flashback only)
• Unnamed TV host (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
• "Wildcat" (First appearance) (Cameo)
• Count Vertigo (Cecil Adams) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Ferris Air (Mentioned only)
• God (Mentioned only)
• Malcolm Merlyn (Mentioned only)
• Moira Queen (Mentioned only)
• Ned Foster (Mentioned only)
• Palmer Tech (Mentioned only)
• Slade Wilson (Mentioned only)
  • Mirakuru Army (Mentioned only)
• Starling City D.A. (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• Stellmoor International (Disbanded) (Mentioned only)
• Taliban (Mentioned only)
• Thea Queen (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Earth-1 (Unnamed)
  • 2009
    • China
      • Hong Kong (Flashback only)
        • Yamashiro House (First appearance) (Flashback only)
    • United States of America
      • Starling City (Mentioned only)
  • 2014
    • United States of America
      • Central City (Cameo)
      • Starling City
        • Corrado Italian Bistro (First appearance)
        • The Glades
          • Verdant
            • Arrowcave
        • Queen Consolidated
        • Rockets Arena (First full appearance)
        • Starling City Courthouse
        • Starling City Sewers
        • Starling General Hospital
        • Steelgrave's Hideout (Single appearance)
        • Tech Village (First appearance)
        • D.A. Office (Mentioned only)
        • Robert Queen Applied Sciences Center (Destroyed) (Mentioned only)
        • Starling City Sentinel (Mentioned only)
      • New York City
        • Wall Street (Mentioned only)
    • China
      • Hong Kong (Mentioned only)
    • Italy
      • Amalfi Coast (Mentioned only)
    • Lian Yu (Mentioned only)
    • Nanda Parbat (Mentioned only)
• Hell (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Mirakuru (Mentioned only)
• Oliver Queen's Bow
  • Trick Arrows
• Palmer Tech Smartwatch (First appearance) (Cameo)
• Roy Harper's Bow
• TX40 Satellite Frequency Communicator (Single appearance)
• Vertigo
• Yamashiro Katana (First appearance) (Flashback only)

Vehicles:

• M1-A1 Tank (Mentioned only)
• Steelgrave's Truck (First appearance)

Concepts:

• The Siege (Mentioned only)
• The Undertaking (Mentioned only)

Notes

• This episode takes place four months after the events of "Unthinkable".
  • The story continues from the epilogue of Arrow: Season 2.5 #24.
  • Oliver and Barry's story is continued in The Flash series premiere, "Pilot".

Trivia

• Ray Palmer stating that he wants to rebrand Starling City as Star City foreshadows the events of Green Arrow".
• This isn't actually the first time Werner Zytle drugs Oliver Queen. He actually used his enhanced Vertigo drug on him during the events of Arrow: Season 2.5 #7 which takes place before the events of this episode.
• Ostrander Rum is a reference to the DC writer, John Ostrander.

See Also

• 8 Images from Arrow (TV Series) Episode: The Calm
• 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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