Oliver Queen used to be a high-profile celebrity. The kind who are famous because dad is worth a billion dollars. He partied, played the field and beat up paparazzi until a five-year trip to a deserted island changed him in, oh, just a few ways.
Five years ago, he was on a boat with his father; his lady friend, Sarah Lance ; and a few other men when a terrible storm blew through and sank their boat. Sarah drowned immediately, but Oliver, his father and another survivor were able to make it to the lifeboat.
When there wasn't enough water for the three men and Oliver didn't look like he was going to make it, his father made an unthinkable sacrifice. He shot the other man and then turned the gun on himself. Before he died, he shared some deep secrets with Oliver about how he had "failed" their city and about the corrupt men who were tearing it apart.
After finally being rescued by fishermen, Oliver is home and ready to serve up some justice. He takes some time to reunite with his mother and his sister, Thea , whom he completely adores. He stops by to try to make amends with his ex, Laurel , but she's clearly not having any of it. The cheating and being responsible for her sister's death is a little hard to get over. Then, he sets out on the town with his old best friend and eternal bachelor, Tommy .
It takes about one minute on the big-city streets for Oliver to get in trouble. Three tazor-happy, mask-wearing bad guys show up and kidnap the duo. They want to know what Oliver's dad told him before he died. There isn't much time for a discussion though, since Oliver sneeks out of the handcuffs and demolishes them with some mad fighting skills.
Oliver tells Detective Lance that a hooded vigilante saved him and Tommy, but the detective's not buying it — and he certainly doesn't seem to like Oliver much. That's probably because he's Sarah and Laurel's dad.
Between building his superhero lair and doing the most impressive set of pull-ups I have ever seen, Oliver tries to keep up appearances at the swanky party thrown in his honor. He pulls a Bruce Wayne and plays the expected role of immature bachelor for his cheering fans. But, behind that ready-to-party facade, he is actually preparing to take down Adam Hunt, the multimillionaire who stole $40 million from innocent people.
When Hunt refuses to give back the money, Oliver crashes into his office and takes out his bodyguards with arrows and some intense hand-to-hand combat. But Detective Lance is prepared for the hooded hero and busts in. Oliver does what anyone would do and jumps out of the window of the skyscraper and disappears into the night. Then, he hacks into Hunt's bank account and transfers the $40 million into the accounts of the people he stole it from.
I have to know what kind of magical island he was stranded on where he learned how to master a crossbow, fight like a ninja and hack into bank accounts!
Twist you didn't see coming: His mother hired the kidnappers to try to find out what he knows! Well, that's just bad parenting.
Check out the Deathstroke screen cap from this trailer @ http://superpodcasto.com/2012/06/the-cws-arrow-first-major-villain-appearance-could-be/ \"After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the Pacific. When he returns home to Starling City, his devoted mother Moira, much-beloved sister Thea, and best friend Tommy welcome him home, but they sense Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island. While Oliver hides the truth about the man he\'s become, he desperately wants to make amends for the actions he took as the boy he was. Most particularly, he seeks reconciliation with his former girlfriend, Laurel Lance. As Oliver reconnects with those closest to him, he secretly creates the persona of Arrow -- a vigilante -- to right the wrongs of his family, fight the ills of society, and restore Starling City to its former glory. By day, Oliver plays the role of a wealthy, carefree and careless philanderer he used to be -- flanked by his devoted chauffeur/bodyguard, John Diggle -- while carefully concealing the secret identity he turns to under cover of darkness. However, Laurel\'s father, Detective Quentin Lance, is determined to arrest the vigilante operating in his city. Meanwhile, Oliver\'s own mother, Moira, knows much more about the deadly shipwreck than she has let on -- and is more ruthless than he could ever imagine.\"