McKenna Hall

Detective McKenna Hall is a temporarily former vice police officer with the Starling City Police Department, and an old friend and the ex-girlfriend of Oliver Queen, and an old friend of the late Tommy Merlyn. When Oliver needed help to take down Vertigo, he went to her for the police's file on The Count. She later went on two dates with Oliver and shared a kiss with him. She later began a romantic relationship with Oliver. McKenna at the same time was chosen by Quentin Lance to be his partner in finding the Hood's identity. This romantic relationship however ended after she was shot by Helena Bertinelli, and became temporarily paralyzed, where she had to move with her sister to Coast City, which she claimed has the best physical therapy facility in the country.

Biography
She has a history with Oliver. Prior to Oliver's shipwreck on Lian Yu, she was a fellow partygoer of Oliver's. She was once banned from a bar for taking off her clothes. In the 5 year gap, became a police officer.

In "Vertigo",

In "Dodger",

In "Dead to Rights",

In "The Huntress Returns", McKenna tells both the Arrow and The Huntress to hold their ground and surrender, the Huntress fires her shot gun at her. Though McKenna was wearing a vest, she was still harmed by a bullet.

Personality
McKenna is a very honest person and is very passionate about her work as a police officer. She is also not very tolerant of vigilantes.

Comics

 * Arrow #27

Trivia

 * McKenna Hall is possibly named after a character from Batman comics, Melody McKenna of the Gotham City Police Department, who also has a similar dislike for vigilantes.
 * At the San Diego Comic Con, it was revealed that McKenna Hall was originally planned to be killed off, but kept her due to how audience members took to her. She was also mentioned to possibly come back to Starling City in Season 2.

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