Arrow season 1
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Season 1 | |
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No. of episodes | 23 |
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Original network | The CW |
Original release | October 10, 2012 May 15, 2013 | –
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The first season of the American action television series Arrow premiered on October 10, 2012 at 8:00 pm (ET) on The CW, consisting of a total of 23 episodes after the network ordered a full season on October 22, 2012.[1] The series is based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow, a costumed crime-fighter created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp. The showrunners for this season were Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg.
Season one follows Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell), billionaire playboy of Starling City, who spends five years shipwrecked on a mysterious island. Upon his return to Starling City, he is reunited with his mother, Moira Queen (Susanna Thompson), his sister, Thea Queen (Willa Holland), and his friend, Tommy Merlyn (Colin Donnell). Oliver rekindles his relationships, while spending his nights hunting down and sometimes killing criminals as a hooded vigilante. He uncovers a conspiracy to destroy "The Glades", a poorer section of the city that has become overridden with crime. John Diggle (David Ramsey) and Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards) assist Oliver in his crusade. Oliver also reconnects with ex-girlfriend, Laurel Lance (Katie Cassidy), who is still angry over his role in her sister's presumed death. The first season also features flashbacks to Oliver's time on the island, and how it changed him.
The first season was generally well received by critics, and averaged 3.68 million viewers each week. Amell's portrayal of Oliver Queen/Arrow drew comparison to Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games, while the season itself was found to be still looking for its own identity. The season would go on to win multiple awards, including twenty-one nominations in various categories. The season was released on DVD and Blu-ray on September 17, 2013.
Cast and characters
Main
- Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen / The Arrow
- Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance
- Colin Donnell as Tommy Merlyn
- David Ramsey as John Diggle
- Willa Holland as Thea Queen
- Susanna Thompson as Moira Queen
- Paul Blackthorne as Quentin Lance
Recurring
- Jamey Sheridan as Robert Queen
- Kelly Hu as Chien Na Wei / China White
- Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak[a]
- John Barrowman as Malcolm Merlyn
- Jessica De Gouw as Helena Bertinelli / Huntress
- Colin Salmon as Walter Steele
- Annie Ilonzeh as Joanna De La Vega
- Roger Cross as Lucas Hilton
- Byron Mann as Yao Fei
- Janina Gavankar as McKenna Hall
- Manu Bennett as Slade Wilson
- Christie Laing as Carly Diggle[b]
- Colton Haynes as Roy Harper
- Alex Kingston as Dinah Lance
- Jeffrey Nordling as Frank Bertinelli
- Sebastian Dunn as Edward Fyers
- Celina Jade as Shado
- Chin Han as Frank Chen
- Adrian Holmes as Frank Pike
- Jarod Joseph as Alan Durand
Guest
- Michael Rowe as Floyd Lawton / Deadshot[c]
- Kyle Schmid as Kyle Reston / Ace
- Tahmoh Penikett as Nick Salvati
- Brian Markinson as Adam Hunt
- Jacqueline MacInnes Wood as Sara Lance
- Emma Bell as Emily Nocenti
- Andrew Dunbar as Garfield Lynns / Firefly
- Ben Browder as Ted Gaynor
- Seth Gabel as The Count
- Currie Graham as Derek Reston / King
- Sarah-Jane Redmond as Mrs. Reston / Queen
- David Anders as Cyrus Vanch
- John Cassini as Russo
- James Callis as Dodger
- Danny Nucci as Chief Raynes
- Ona Grauer as Vivian
- Audrey Marie Anderson as Lyla Michaels
- J. August Richards as Mr. Blank
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Pilot" | David Nutter | Story by : Greg Berlanti & Marc Guggenheim Teleplay by : Andrew Kreisberg & Marc Guggenheim | October 10, 2012 | 296818 | 4.14[2] |
2 | 2 | "Honor Thy Father" | David Barrett | Story by : Greg Berlanti & Marc Guggenheim Teleplay by : Andrew Kreisberg & Marc Guggenheim | October 17, 2012 | 2J7302 | 3.55[3] |
3 | 3 | "Lone Gunmen" | Guy Bee | Story by : Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg Teleplay by : Marc Guggenheim & Andrew Kreisberg | October 24, 2012 | 2J7303 | 3.51[4] |
4 | 4 | "An Innocent Man" | Vince Misiano | Moira Kirland & Lana Cho | October 31, 2012 | 2J7304 | 3.05[5] |
5 | 5 | "Damaged" | Michael Schultz | Wendy Mericle & Ben Sokolowski | November 7, 2012 | 2J7305 | 3.75[6] |
6 | 6 | "Legacies" | John Behring | Moira Kirland & Marc Guggenheim | November 14, 2012 | 2J7306 | 3.83[7] |
7 | 7 | "Muse of Fire" | David Grossman | Story by : Andrew Kreisberg Teleplay by : Geoff Johns & Marc Guggenheim | November 28, 2012 | 2J7307 | 3.74[8] |
8 | 8 | "Vendetta" | Ken Fink | Beth Schwartz & Andrew Kreisberg | December 5, 2012 | 2J7308 | 3.35[9] |
9 | 9 | "Year's End" | John Dahl | Story by : Greg Berlanti & Marc Guggenheim Teleplay by : Andrew Kreisberg & Marc Guggenheim | December 12, 2012 | 2J7309 | 3.11[10] |
10 | 10 | "Burned" | Eagle Egilsson | Moira Kirland & Ben Sokolowski | January 16, 2013 | 2J7310 | 3.06[11] |
11 | 11 | "Trust But Verify" | Nick Copus | Gabrielle Stanton | January 23, 2013 | 2J7311 | 3.14[12] |
12 | 12 | "Vertigo" | Wendey Stanzler | Wendy Mericle & Ben Sokolowski | January 30, 2013 | 2J7312 | 2.97[13] |
13 | 13 | "Betrayal" | Guy Bee | Lana Cho & Beth Schwartz | February 6, 2013 | 2J7313 | 2.96[14] |
14 | 14 | "The Odyssey" | John Behring | Story by : Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg Teleplay by : Andrew Kreisberg & Marc Guggenheim | February 13, 2013 | 2J7314 | 3.29[15] |
15 | 15 | "Dodger" | Eagle Egilsson | Beth Schwartz | February 20, 2013 | 2J7315 | 3.15[16] |
16 | 16 | "Dead to Rights" | Glen Winter | Geoff Johns | February 27, 2013 | 2J7316 | 3.17[17] |
17 | 17 | "The Huntress Returns" | Guy Bee | Jake Coburn & Lana Cho | March 20, 2013 | 2J7317 | 3.02[18] |
18 | 18 | "Salvation" | Nick Copus | Drew Z. Greenberg & Wendy Mericle | March 27, 2013 | 2J7318 | 2.65[19] |
19 | 19 | "Unfinished Business" | Michael Offer | Bryan Q. Miller & Lindsey Allen | April 3, 2013 | 2J7319 | 2.92[20] |
20 | 20 | "Home Invasion" | Ken Fink | Ben Sokolowski & Beth Schwartz | April 24, 2013 | 2J7320 | 3.10[21] |
21 | 21 | "The Undertaking" | Michael Shultz | Jake Coburn & Lana Cho | May 1, 2013 | 2J7321 | 2.89[22] |
22 | 22 | "Darkness on the Edge of Town" | John Behring | Drew Z. Greenberg & Wendy Mericle | May 8, 2013 | 2J7322 | 2.62[23] |
23 | 23 | "Sacrifice" | David Barrett | Story by : Greg Berlanti Teleplay by : Marc Guggenheim & Andrew Kreisberg | May 15, 2013 | 2J7323 | 2.77[24] |
Production
On January 12, 2012, The CW was preparing a new series centered around the character Green Arrow, developed by Andrew Kreisberg, Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim.[25] A week later, the series, now known as Arrow, was ordered to pilot, which was directed by David Nutter, who also directed the pilot for Smallville, a series following Clark Kent on his journey to become Superman.[26] At the end of the month, Stephen Amell was cast in the titular role of Oliver Queen.[27] When developing the series, producer Marc Guggenheim expressed that the creative team wanted to "chart [their] own course, [their] own destiny", and avoid any direct connections to Smallville, which featured its own Green Arrow/Oliver Queen (Justin Hartley), opting to cast a new actor in the role of Oliver Queen.[28] Unlike with Smallville, the series does not initially feature super-powered heroes and villains. Instead, the creative still took inspiration from Smallville, as one of the main themes of Arrow was to "look at the humanity" of Oliver Queen, as Smallville had done with Clark Kent. The decision not to include superpowers was, in part, based on the executives' desire to take a realistic look at the characters in this universe.[29] The series was given a full season pick up on October 22, 2012.[1]
"I think the idea is to—not all the time, and not with a set regularity—but I think it is critical to explore how he went from the person that he was when he left the island—which is extremely different: he's spoiled, he's entitled, he's a bit of a jerk—and he comes off it something very, very different. So we're going to explore how he gets there."[29]
—Stephen Amell on the use of flashback storytelling.
The series develops relationship triangles: some love triangles, others designed to catch characters in "philosophical debates".[30] Kreisberg provides one such example: "Every week, Oliver will be facing a bad guy, but the truth is, his real nemesis is Detective Lance, who's trying to bring him into justice.[...] His daughter is going to be caught in the middle, because she loves and respects her father, and she's always believed in what he believed, but at the same time, she's going to see this dark urban legend out there that's actually doing a lot of good; the kind of good that she wants to be doing in her role as a legal aid attorney."[30] Learning from previous experiences working in television, the producers worked early on identifying the major story arcs for the series, specifically the first season, including "mapping out" how to accomplish them. Taking inspiration from Christopher Nolan's Batman film series, the creative team decided to "put it all out there" and "not hold back" from episode to episode.[30]
The team strives to include various DC Comics characters and aspects of the DC universe. Guggenheim cited Big Belly Burger, a restaurant franchise introduced in the Superman comics, which appears in Arrow's third episode and onward. Kreisberg said, "There are so many characters in the DC Universe who haven't gotten their due in TV and film. We're so excited to reach into [the DC comics] roster and take some of these lesser-known characters that are beloved by fans, and do our spin on the characters."[31]
Casting
On January 31, 2012 Stephen Amell became the first actor to be cast, having previously appeared on other CW dramas such as The Vampire Diaries and 90210.[32] Fan reaction to Amell's castin was mixed, with many fans wanting Hartley to reprise his role from Smallville.[33] Amell was one of the first actors to audition for the role of Oliver Queen, and Kreisberg felt that he "hit the target from the outset" and "everyone else just paled in comparison".[28] Arrow's pilot script was the first Amell auditioned for during pilot season, having received multiple scripts at the start of the year.[34] Producer Marc Guggenheim expressed that the creative team wanted to "chart [their] own course, [their] own destiny", and avoid any direct connections to Smallville, which featured its own Green Arrow/Oliver Queen who was portrayed by Justin Hartley. Instead, they opted to cast a new actor in the titular role.[28] Amell, who was already in shape from Rent-a-Goalie, did physical fitness training at Tempest Freerunning Academy out of Reseda, California. He received archery training as well, which included watching a video on how archery has been displayed inaccurately or poorly in television and film before learning the basics of shooting a bow.[28] For Amell, the appeal of portraying Queen was that he saw multiple roles tied to the same character: "There's Queen the casual playboy; Queen the wounded hero; Queen the brooding Hamlet; Queen the lover; Queen the man of action, and so on."[28]
Amy Brenneman made a point of really befriending me before we started shooting [Private Practice] [...] I was really taken with how she connected with me, person to person, before we tried to connect, actor to actor. So, I made a real point to do that [with the Arrow cast] [...] I think that you can see that [we hit it off] [...] If you have to put your hand on somebody's shoulder, if you've done it before, it makes it easier to do. Sometimes it's imperceptible, but I think it's what takes things from good to great, or from 2D to 3D.
Amell interview with Collider[34]
A week later, David Ramsey was cast as the original character John Diggle, named after the Green Arrow: Year One writer Andy Diggle.[35] Ramsey enjoyed the fact that he did not have to worry about matching the comic books. It allowed him to "just kind of take [his character], and run with it".[36] On February 14, 2012 Susanna Thompson was cast as Moira Queen.[37] The following day, Katie Cassidy and Willa Holland were announced to play Laurel Lance and Thea Queen, respectively. Laurel Lance is an attorney and Oliver's ex-girlfriend, named after Dinah Laurel Lance, who "may or may not end up being the Black Canary with time".[38] Cassidy said she was drawn to the show by Berlanti, Nutter, Kreisberg, and Guggenheim, whom she called smart, creative, and edgy.[39] Hollands' character is described as "Oliver's celebutante younger sister who's testing the boundaries of acceptable behavior".[40] She is partially based on the character Mia Dearden, sharing her middle name, using Mia as an alias in Season 3 and taking the codename "Speedy" in the season 3 finale. Subsequently. Brian Markinson was cast as guest-star villain Adam Hunt, described as "Hunt is a corrupt businessman who is ripping off some people — behavior that has gotten the attention of Dinah Laurel Lance and her CNRI firm".[41] On February 21, 2012 Colin Donnell was cast as Tommy Merlyn, named after Green Arrow's archenemy Merlyn. He is described as "Oliver's best friend, a playboy “trustafarian” who assumes the good times will roll again now that Oliver has returned, only to learn Oliver is a changed man".[42] On March 2, 2012, Paul Blackthorne and Jamey Sheridan were cast as Quentin Lance and Robert Queen, the fathers of Laurel and Oliver respectively, with Blackthorne being the last regular cast member to be cast.[43] Jacqueline MacInnes Wood was cast as Sara Lance, Laurel's sister, for the pilot. However, when the character returned in the second season, Wood was replaced by Caity Lotz.[44]
Filming
Production on the pilot began in March 2012 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[45] The series features two distinct timelines, which requires more specific planning in the filming schedule. Filming for the island flashbacks takes place in Vancouver's Whytecliff Park area, near beachfront homes. The production team is tasked with keeping the buildings out of camera frame.[31] Additionally, producer Marc Guggenheim finds the process arduous: "Stephen [Amell] has to wear a wig, and his look has to be changed... there's a lot. It's actually incredibly ambitious to do these flashbacks every week, every single episode. Because like Andrew [Kreisberg] said, it's almost like it's its own show."[31] Hatley Castle, located in Royal Roads University was used for exterior shots for the Queen family mansion. Hatley Castle had previously been used as the Luthor ancestral home in Smallville.[46] Vancouver's Terminal City Ironworks Complex doubles as the exterior for Queen Industrial, Inc, in which Oliver sets up his hideout and later his club Verdant.[47] It has also been used on several other occasions, such as the warehouse in which Oliver and Tommy are kidnapped in the pilot episode, or the base of operations for the Chinese Triad in episode 108 "Vendetta".[48]
Filming for the rest of the season commenced on July 18, 2012 and finalized on April 18, 2013.
Costumes
"Arrow, we really wanted him urban, and sexy, and you could almost wear the costume down the street and it would look cool in today's world. That was a big goal with Arrow and the way the story was set up with his character."
—Costume Designer Colleen Atwood[49]
The realistic approach to the series included the costume design for Oliver's vigilante persona, created by Colleen Atwood.[50] According to Amell, it was important for the suit to be functional, and the best way that he knew for that was if he could put the costume on by himself: "If I can put it on by myself, I think that people will buy it. And that was our idea. That's our world. My boots are actually Nike Frees, which is kind of cool. It's leather and it's tight and it's aggressive, but I can move in it. People will like it."[29][51] David Nutter, the director of the pilot episode, said that "We're creating a real, believable world in which Oliver Queen can do incredible things. Colleen Atwood's great work on the Arrow costume reflects that effort."[52]
Music
To compose the score for Arrow, executive producer Greg Berlanti invited Blake Neely, with whom he had first worked with on Everwood, Neely created a score that combined electronic and orchestral cues, varying between action themes and romantic ones.[53] Berlanti told Neely the series would be dark, and the music should be as well. After reading the pilot script, Neely went away to start composing on his own.[54] According to Neely, "Of course, Oliver has his main theme but also sub-themes for the many layers of his character. He and Laurel have a love theme. Mom had a theme for the Undertaking. The bad guys all have themes, which makes it sad for me when one of them dies. So I try not to become attached to bad guy themes. Diggle has a theme. Even the Island itself has a theme."[53] The soundtrack was released on September 17, 2013. It was composed by Blake Neely.
Reception
Critical reception
Season one received favorable reviews, with a Metacritic score of 73 out of 100, based on reviews from 25 critics, making it the highest rated CW show in five years.[55][56] Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes calculated an approval rating of 86%, based on 35 reviews, for the first season. The site's consensus reads: "The CW nails the target with Arrow, a comic book-inspired series that benefits from cinematic action sequences, strong plotting, and intriguing characters."[57]
Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times called the series an interesting setup with a quality look, describing Amell as "a poster boy (no doubt literally) for the Katniss Everdeen set."[58] Brian Lowry at Variety described the series as a "handsome but stiff surrogate for Batman that could benefit from sharper execution."[59] In reviewing the final episode of season one, Alasdair Wilkins of The A.V. Club gave the season as a whole a rating of B+, noting that the show "hasn't quite figured everything out yet, but it's had some standout episodes."[60]
Ratings
Arrow's premiere episode drew 4.14 million viewers, making it The CW's most-watched telecast of any show on any night in three years, and The CW's most-watched series premiere since The Vampire Diaries in 2009. In its second episode, Arrow became the only new network drama in the 2012–13 season to hold its ratings in both adults 18–34 and adults 18–49 from its premiere to its second week.[1] The first season finished as the 130th ranked show, with an average viewership of 3.68 million.[61] In Australia, the premiere received 1.32 million viewers, making it the third most-watched broadcast on the network that night.[62] The UK broadcast was the highest-rated telecast of the week on Sky 1, with 1.85 million viewers.[63] In Canada, the first episode got 1.32 million viewers, making it the fourth most-watched airing of the night and the twenty-third of the week.[64]
No. | Title | Air date | Rating/share (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
DVR (18–49) |
DVR viewers (millions) |
Total (18–49) |
Total viewers (millions) |
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1 | "Pilot" | October 10, 2012 | 1.3 | 4.14[2] | 0.4 | 0.88 | 1.7 | 5.02[65] |
2 | "Honor Thy Father" | October 17, 2012 | 1.3 | 3.55[3] | — | — | — | — |
3 | "Lone Gunmen" | October 24, 2012 | 1.1 | 3.51[4] | — | — | — | — |
4 | "An Innocent Man" | October 31, 2012 | 1.0/3 | 3.05[5] | 0.5 | — | 1.5[66] | — |
5 | "Damaged" | November 7, 2012 | 1.3/4 | 3.75[6] | — | — | — | — |
6 | "Legacies" | November 14, 2012 | 1.2/3 | 3.83[7] | — | — | — | — |
7 | "Muse of Fire" | November 28, 2012 | 1.3/4 | 3.74[8] | — | — | — | — |
8 | "Vendetta" | December 5, 2012 | 1.1/3 | 3.35[9] | — | — | — | — |
9 | "Year's End" | December 12, 2012 | 1.0/3 | 3.11[10] | 0.5 | — | 1.5[67] | — |
10 | "Burned" | January 16, 2013 | 1.1/3 | 3.06[11] | 0.5 | — | 1.6[68] | — |
11 | "Trust But Verify" | January 23, 2013 | 1.1/3 | 3.14[12] | — | — | — | — |
12 | "Vertigo" | January 30, 2013 | 0.9/3 | 2.97[13] | 0.5 | 1.30 | 1.4 | 4.28[69] |
13 | "Betrayal" | February 6, 2013 | 1.0/3 | 2.96[14] | 0.5 | — | 1.5[70] | — |
14 | "The Odyssey" | February 13, 2013 | 1.1/3 | 3.29[15] | — | — | — | — |
15 | "Dodger" | February 20, 2013 | 0.9/3 | 3.15[16] | 0.5 | — | 1.4[71] | — |
16 | "Dead to Rights" | February 27, 2013 | 1.0/3 | 3.17[17] | — | — | — | — |
17 | "The Huntress Returns" | March 20, 2013 | 1.0/3 | 3.02[18] | — | — | — | — |
18 | "Salvation" | March 27, 2013 | 0.9/3 | 2.65[19] | 0.5 | — | 1.4[72] | — |
19 | "Unfinished Business" | April 3, 2013 | 0.9/3 | 2.92[20] | 0.4 | — | 1.3[73] | — |
20 | "Home Invasion" | April 24, 2013 | 1.0/3 | 3.10[21] | 0.5 | — | 1.5[74] | — |
21 | "The Undertaking" | May 1, 2013 | 0.9/3 | 2.89[22] | — | — | — | — |
22 | "Darkness on the Edge of Town" | May 8, 2013 | 0.9/3 | 2.62[23] | — | — | — | — |
23 | "Sacrifice" | May 15, 2013 | 0.9/3 | 2.77[24] | 0.4 | — | 1.3[75] | — |
Accolades
Year | Award | Category | Recipients | Outcome |
---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | Satellite Awards[76] | Satellite Award for Best Television Series – Genre | Arrow | Nominated |
IGN Awards[77] | Best TV Hero | Stephen Amell/Arrow | Nominated | |
2013 | People's Choice Awards[78] | Favorite New TV Drama | Arrow | Nominated |
Leo Awards[79][80] | Best Dramatic Series | Joseph Patrick Finn, Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg, Melissa Kellner Berman, Drew Greenberg, Jennifer Lence, Wendy Mericle, Carl Ogawa | Nominated | |
Cinematography | Glen Winter ("Pilot") | Won | ||
Gordon Verheul ("Lone Gunman") | Nominated | |||
Best Visual Effects | Jean-Luc Dinsdale, Pauline Burns, Andrew Orloff, Dave Gauthier ("Burned") | Won | ||
Best Production Design | Richard Hudolin ("Pilot") | Won | ||
Best Casting | Coreen Mayrs, Heike Brandstatter ("An Innocent Man") | Nominated | ||
Best Stunt Coordination | J.J. Makaro ("Pilot") | Won | ||
J.J. Makaro ("Vertigo") | Nominated | |||
NewNowNext Awards[81] | Best New Indulgence | Arrow | Nominated | |
Cause You're Hot | Stephen Amell | Nominated | ||
Saturn Awards[82] | Best Youth-Oriented Series on Television | Arrow | Nominated | |
Teen Choice Awards[83] | Choice TV Show: Fantasy/Sci-Fi | Nominated | ||
Choice TV Breakout Show | Nominated | |||
Choice TV Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi | Stephen Amell | Nominated | ||
Choice TV Breakout Star | Nominated | |||
Choice TV Actress: Fantasy/Sci-Fi | Katie Cassidy | Nominated | ||
Canadian Society of Cinematography Awards[84] | Cinematographer Awards for TV Drama Cinematography | Glen Winter csc, Arrow ("Pilot") | Won | |
Broadcast Music, Inc.[85] | BMI Television Music Awards | Blake Neely | Won |
Home media
Arrow: Season 1 was released as a 5-disc DVD set and as a 9-disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack set on September 17, 2013 in the United States and September 23, 2013 in the United Kingdom. The DVD/Blu-ray box sets contain additional features, including making-of featurettes, deleted scenes, gag reel, and highlights from the Paley Fest 2012.[86]
Notes
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