Season 1

episodes

1. 1. Pilot 2012-10-10 43 min 7.4 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. Back in Starling City, Oliver...
2. 2. Honor Thy Father 2012-10-17 42 min 7.4 Oliver heads to the courthouse to get his death certificate repealed and is pleasantly surprised to run into Laurel, who is there prosecuting Martin Somers, a criminal with ties to the Chinese Triad....
3. 3. Lone Gunmen 2012-10-24 42 min 7.6 Oliver is surprised when someone shoots and kills one of his targets. As his plan is to bring people to justice vs. outright killing them, Oliver doesn't appreciate the help and searches for the gunma...
4. 4. An Innocent Man 2012-10-31 43 min 7.7 Oliver still hasn't figured out how to get back in Laurel's good graces, but a late night bonding session with Thea gives him the inspiration he needs. Looking into a suspicious murder case, Oliver re...
5. 5. Damaged 2012-11-07 42 min 7.9 After Detective Lance arrests Oliver for murder, Oliver tells Moira the only lawyer he'll allow to represent him is Laurel. Laurel takes the case which puts her at odds with her father. Oliver offers...
6. 6. Legacies 2012-11-14 42 min 7.5 A gang of bank robbers, dubbed The Royal Flush Gang, hits a local bank and seriously wounds an off-duty police officer during a heist. Diggle tells Oliver he needs to deviate from his father's list an...
7. 7. Muse of Fire 2012-11-28 41 min 7.5 Oliver encounters a mysterious woman, Helena Bertinelli, daughter of mob boss Frank Bertinelli, who he can finally be himself with, but he soon comes to realize she's hiding dangerous secrets of her o...
8. 8. Vendetta 2012-12-05 42 min 7.3 As Oliver and Helena grow closer, Oliver trains her to be his ally, complete with showing her how to use a crossbow. Diggle disapproves of Oliver sharing his secret with Helena as he's not sure she ca...
9. 9. Year's End 2012-12-12 43 min 7.9 Oliver discovers that after he and his father went missing, Moira and Thea stopped celebrating Christmas. Determined to make up for lost time and restore a sense of normalcy to the Queen household, Ol...
10. 10. Burned 2013-01-16 43 min 7.4 Oliver’s confidence is shaken after being beaten by the Dark Archer and he takes a break from being Arrow. However, when Laurel calls Arrow for help investigating a firefighter’s suspicious death, he...
11. 11. Trust But Verify 2013-01-23 43 min 7.6 The next person on Arrow's list is Diggle's commanding officer and mentor from Afghanistan, Ted Gaynor. Oliver suspects Ted is responsible for recent armoured truck robberies, but Diggle defends Ted a...
12. 12. Vertigo 2013-01-30 43 min 7.8 Thea is in trouble with the police after she gets caught using a drug called "Vertigo." Oliver thinks the only way to keep her out of jail is to find the dealer, a man who goes by the name of "The Cou...
13. 13. Betrayal 2013-02-06 42 min 8.0 Cyrus Vanch, a nefarious criminal, is recently released from prison and intends to re-secure his position as leader of the underworld. His first step is to take down his biggest opponent in the city -...
14. 14. The Odyssey 2013-02-13 43 min 7.9 After Oliver is shot, he turns to a surprising person for help - Felicity. Diggle is stunned when he sees Felicity walk through the front door of the lair dragging a dying Oliver behind her, and the t...
15. 15. Dodger 2013-02-20 42 min 7.5 Felicity tells Oliver he's all work and no play, so he asks Detective McKenna on a date. A jewel thief named Dodger hits Starling City and targets someone very close to Oliver. Meanwhile, while workin...
16. 16. Dead to Rights 2013-02-27 41 min 8.0 Oliver and Diggle learn that Deadshot is still alive and his next target is Malcom. Malcom invites Tommy to attend a benefit honoring Malcom for his work with Starling City but Tommy refuses to attend...
17. 17. The Huntress Returns 2013-03-20 42 min 7.7 With his nightclub set to open and a new romance brewing with McKenna, Oliver is as happy as he's been since returning to Starling City. But when Oliver's ex, The Huntress, suddenly returns to town, s...
18. 18. Salvation 2013-03-27 42 min 7.7 An angry resident of The Glades who calls himself "The Savior" embarks on a kidnapping and killing spree to punish those he believes have wronged the residents of his neighborhood. To make things wors...
19. 19. Unfinished Business 2013-04-03 42 min 7.6 When a young woman meets a violent death after partying at Verdant, Detective Lance and his new partner, Detective Hilton inform Oliver and Tommy that she was on the drug Vertigo. Oliver immediately p...
20. 20. Home Invasion 2013-04-24 42 min 7.7 Deadshot returns to Starling City after taking down a U.S. Ambassador and six others overseas. By keeping tabs on A.R.G.U.S.'s manhunt for the assassin, Oliver, Diggle, and Felicity learn that a sting...
21. 21. The Undertaking 2013-05-01 42 min 8.0 Finding it difficult to mend fences with Tommy and Diggle, Oliver instead focuses on crossing another name off the list. While digging through a crooked accountant's laptop, Felicity discovers a trans...
22. 22. Darkness on the Edge of Town 2013-05-08 42 min 8.3 With the Undertaking days away, Malcolm dons his black hood to conclude business with seismologist Dr. Brion Markov and his team. Oliver and Moira entertain a number of surprise - and mostly unwelcome...
23. 23. Sacrifice 2013-05-15 42 min 8.5 Oliver and Diggle race to stop the Dark Archer from unleashing his vengeance on The Glades. However, they run into a roadblock after Detective Lance picks up Felicity for questioning. Tommy and Oliver...