Arrow (TV Series) Episode: Year's End

"Year's End"
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Arrow  Season 1: Episode 9
December 12, 2012
Directors	John Dahl
Writers	Greg Berlanti Marc Guggenheim Andrew Kreisberg
Previous Episode	"Vendetta" (December 4, 2012)
Next Episode	"Burned" (January 16, 2013)

Oliver throws a family Christmas party in an attempt to restore a sense of normalcy to the Queen household. Meanwhile, Tommy asks Laurel to spend the holiday with him, but she feels she needs to be with her father since Christmas was her late sister's birthday.

The other archer told me that somebody compiled the List. I always assumed it was my father. But what if it wasn't?

—Oliver Queen

Year's End is an episode of season 1 of Arrow. It premiered on December 12, 2012.

Synopsis for "Year's End"

Oliver throws a family Christmas party in an attempt to restore a sense of normalcy to the Queen household. Meanwhile, Tommy asks Laurel to spend the holiday with him, but she feels she needs to be with her father since Christmas was her late sister's birthday.

Appearing in "Year's End"

Featured Character:

• The Hood (Oliver Queen) (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

• Felicity Smoak
• Moira Queen
• Laurel Lance
• Starling City Police Department
  • Commissioner Brian Nudocerdo (Single appearance)
  • Sgt. Quentin Lance
• Team Arrow (Unnamed)
  • John Diggle
• Thea Queen
• Tommy Merlyn
• Walter Steele
• Yao Fei (Flashback only)

Antagonists:

• "The Other Archer" (Mr. Merlyn)
  • Sagittarius Company (Behind the scenes)
  • Tempest Organization (Behind the scenes)
    • Douglas Miller (Single appearance)
• Eddie Fyers (Flashback only)
  • Billy Wintergreen (Unnamed) (Flashback only)
  • Fyers' Mercenaries (Flashback only)

Other Characters:

• Dark Archer's hostages (Single appearance) (Unnamed)
• The List's villains (Behind the scenes)
  • Adam Hunt (Dies) (Cameo)
  • Nelson Ravich (Single appearance; dies) (Cameo)
  • Brian J. Dickerson (Mentioned only)
  • Brody Wickham (Mentioned only)
  • Christine Alpert (Mentioned only)
  • Frank Bertinelli (Mentioned only)
  • Gionni Iacnci (Mentioned only)
  • Jeremy Koorng (Mentioned only)
  • Nick Major (Mentioned only)
  • Paul Henry (Mentioned only)
  • Scott Morgan (Mentioned only)
• Sara Lance (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
• Shane Colvin (Single appearance)
• Adam Hunt's daughter (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• Chinese Army (Mentioned only)
• God (Mentioned only)
• Helena Bertinelli (Mentioned only)
• Joanna De La Vega (Mentioned only)
• Robert Queen (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Robin Hood (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Earth-1 (Unnamed)
  • 2007
    • Lian Yu (Flashback only)
      • Yao Fei's Hideout (Flashback only)
  • 2012
    • United States of America
      • Starling City
        • Adam Hunt's Home (Single appearance) (Cameo)
        • Big Belly Burger
        • The Glades
          • Queen Steel Factory (Behind the scenes)
            • The Lair
        • Laurel Lance's Apartment
        • Queen Consolidated
        • Queen Consolidated Warehouse
        • Queen Mansion
        • Starling General Hospital
        • Starling Metro Police

Items:

• Dark Archer's Bow (First appearance)
• Deathstroke's Sword (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• The List
• Oliver Queen's Bow
  • Trick Arrows
• Yao Fei's Bow (Flashback only)

Vehicles:

• Oliver Queen's Motorcycle (Mentioned only)
• Queen's Gambit (Mentioned only)

Notes

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Trivia

• Malcolm Merlyn jokingly proposes "Green Arrow" as a name for "The Hood" which Oliver shrugs off rather quickly.
  • However, Oliver will adopt this moniker three years later.

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Recommended Media

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