The men and women I've targeted are dangerous, corrupt, a virulent cancer. Cancers like James Holder, whose corporation put defective smoke detectors in low-income housing in The Glades. There have been many fires and too many funerals. But cancers can be fought and conquered. All it takes is a surgeon... and the right instrument. 
Lone Gunmen is an episode of season 1 of Arrow. It premiered on October 24, 2012.
Synopsis for "Lone Gunmen"
Appearing in "Lone Gunmen"
Featured Character:
- The Hood (Oliver Queen) (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- John Diggle
- Laurel Lance (Flashback and main story)
- Felicity Smoak (First appearance)
- Moira Queen
- Solntsevskaya Bratva (First appearance)
- Alexi Leonov (First appearance)
- The Mechanic (First appearance; unnamed)
- Starling City Police Department
- Thea Queen
- Tommy Merlyn
- Walter Steele
- Yao Fei (First full appearance) (Flashback only)
Antagonists:
- Deadshot (Floyd Lawton) (Real name revealed) (First full appearance) (Flashback and main story) (Apparent Death)
- Edward Fyers (Unnamed) (Flashback only) (Behind the scenes)
- Fyers' Mercenaries (First appearance) (Flashback only)
- Holder Group (Single appearance)
- James Holder (Single appearance; dies) (Flashback and main story)
- Max Fuller (First appearance)
- Poison Club Security (Single appearance)
- Patel Industries
- Warren Patel (Cameo)
Other Characters:
- Carly Diggle (First appearance)
- CNRI
- FBI (Behind the scenes)
- Gina (Walter Steele's associate) (Single appearance) (Cameo)
- INTERPOL (Behind the scenes)
- NSA (Behind the scenes)
- Unidac Industries (Behind the scenes)
- WEBG
- Merritt Davis (Unnamed) (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
- Andy Diggle (Mentioned only)
- Carl Rasmussen (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Carl Rasmussen's children (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Carl Rasmussen's wife (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Deadshot's victims (Deceased)
- Andy Haskell (Mentioned only)
- Danny Anselm (Mentioned only)
- Joseph Cray (Mentioned only)
- Jim Pate (Mentioned only)
- Rob Murdoch (Mentioned only)
- Todd Pittson (Mentioned only)
- Wes Anselm (Mentioned only)
- Jergens (CNRI case) (Mentioned only)
- The List's villains (Mentioned only)
- Gordon Verheul (Mentioned only)
- Ken Shane (Mentioned only)
- Marc Piler (Mentioned only)
- Yasemin Soze (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Margo (Thea Queen's friend) (Mentioned only)
- Max Fuller's ex-wife (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Robert Queen (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Sara Lance (Mentioned only)
- Starling City Sentinel (Mentioned only)
- Evan Gibson (Mentioned only)
- Ron Troupe (Mentioned only)
- William Shakespeare (Mentioned only)
- Hamlet (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Earth-1 (Unnamed)
- 2007
- North China Sea
- Lian Yu (Flashback only)
- Yao Fei's Hideout (Flashback only)
- Lian Yu (Flashback only)
- North China Sea
- 2012
- United States of America
- Starling City
- 1700 Broadway
- Papp Motel (Single appearance)
- Big Belly Burger (First appearance)
- Bratva's Garage (First appearance)
- Bratva's Hideout (First appearance)
- The Glades
- CNRI HQ
- Queen Industrial Inc. Steel Factory (In ruins)
- Queen Consolidated
- Queen Mansion
- Poison Club (Real name revealed) (First full appearance)
- Starling City Courthouse
- Starling City Exchange Building (Real name revealed) (First full appearance)
- Starling Metro Police
- 1700 Broadway
- Chicago (Mentioned only)
- Starling City
- Corto Maltese (Mentioned only)
- Markovia (Mentioned only)
- United States of America
- 2007
- Purgatory (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Lian Yu Herbs (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
- The List
- Oliver Queen's Bow
- Yao Fei's Bow (Flashback only)
Vehicles:
- Queen's Gambit (Destroyed) (Mentioned only)
Notes
- Warren Patel's story is actually concluded in Arrow #0 which was released even before the pilot of Arrow.
Trivia
- Deadshot as well as Yao Fei's Hideout and the Poison Club were first glimpsed in the digital version of the "Time's Arrow" story (digitally released on October 10, 2012) from Arrow #1.
- Deadshot's victims includ a Joseph Cray. However, another Joseph Cray will later appear as a Senator of the United States as well as a villain of Deadshot and Suicide Squad in "Suicidal Tendencies".
- Among the many victims, there are Yasemin Soze, who is a Turkish arms dealer for the Suicide Squad in the comics, and Marc Piler, a man who once posed as Deadshot in Suicide Squad #51.
- Like James Holder, Yasemin Soze also appears among the names on the List.
- Deadshot's victims also include Wes Anselm and Andy Haskell, who are two of Deadshot's targets respectively featured in Deadshot #3 and Deadshot #4.
- One of the other victims is also a nod to the Smallville director, Glen Winter.
- Among the many victims, there are Yasemin Soze, who is a Turkish arms dealer for the Suicide Squad in the comics, and Marc Piler, a man who once posed as Deadshot in Suicide Squad #51.
- Papp Motel is named after George Papp, co-creator of Green Arrow.
See Also
- 7 Images from Arrow (TV Series) Episode: Lone Gunmen
- 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