Pilot (Arrow)

"Pilot" is the first and pilot episode of Arrow. It aired on October 10, 2012.

Synopsis
Presumed dead, Oliver Queen returns home after five years on an island in the Pacific. However, his friends and family discover that times have changed, that Oliver is changed. Oliver secretly creates the persona of "Arrow", in order to fulfill his father's wishes, and his first target is the tyrannical businessman, Adam Hunt.

Quotes
Oliver Queen: I am returning not the boy who was shipwrecked, but the man who will bring justice to those who have poisoned my city.

Laurel Lance: Why are you here, Ollie? Oliver: To apologize.

Oliver: Who's Adam Hunt?''' Detective Lance''': He's a millionaire bottom feeder, and I'm kind of surprised you aren't friends.

Tommy Merlyn: Now by my rough estimate, you have not had sex in 1,839 days. As your wingman, I highly recommend Carmen Golden.

Oliver: I got 5 years of debauchery to catch up on.

Filming
Many scenes were filmed at BB Studios in Burnaby, British Columbia in Canada. Also filmed there was Smallville, a former DC superhero show shown on The CW, based on Superman comics.

Hatley Castle was used to shoot as the Queen Mansion. This again shares with Smallville, beings filmed as Luthor Mansion in the show.

Scenes were filmed in Gastown, Vancouver.

Filming came to an end on April 3, 2012.