S1 E1
Status
Ended
Network
The CW
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Season 1  "Pilot"  1x1

Aired 11 years ago - Oct 10, 2012

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 slowly reconnects with those closest to him. Oliver has brought back many new skills from his time on the island and despite the watchful eye of his new bodyguard John Diggle, Oliver manages to secretly create the persona of Arrow -- a vigilante -- to right the wrongs of his family and fight the ills of society. As Arrow, Oliver will atone for the past sins of his family while he searches for the personal redemption he needs.

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Mr. Merlyn phoned. He wants to join you for dinner.
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in the process,
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The storm's a category 2.
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Super bowl winners... Giants, Steelers, Saints, Packers,
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Hey, don't forget about tomorrow, buddy.
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Sarah, we're gonna be fine.
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A rock! That is sweet.
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You came back from the dead.
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I get to say "I told you so" a lot.
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It was my fault.
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but I'm sorry.
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He told me I'm gonna kill you.
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flew in and single-handedly took out 3 armed kidnappers.
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pay a king's ransom to get your boy back
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I want to be the person you always told me I could be.
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a little more than 4 years now.
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Hey. You missed.
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All right. Well, uh, thanks for your time.
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♪ 'Cause I work damn hard ♪
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What's "Twilight"?
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My brother and my father died.
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I asked somebody to do something.
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I got 5 years of debauchery to catch up on.
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Tell me you saw that.
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Hey, everybody. $2 million to anybody
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and by the same guy who rescued us at the warehouse.
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If hypothetically $50,000 magically appeared
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