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Oliver may have been against those who had "failed" Starling City, but the Hood wasn't exactly the best solution. That's changed when Season 2 begins. Oliver has changed, after all, ever since he didn't stop the Undertaking. There has been so much discussion about the topics that happened in the Arrow Season 1 finale that I almost forgot we hadn't checked back in with Starling City since then.

In "City of Heroes" we learned that instead of sticking around for the fallout from the disaster of Malcolm Merlyn's Undertaking, Oliver skipped town and let Starling City fend for itself. That didn't seem like the reaction of a hero, did it? As the city started to rebuild, Oliver had retreated to his island and only when Diggle and Felicity tracked him down did he return - not to act as the vigilante, but to attempt to save Queen Consolidated from a hostile takeover by Isabel Rochev Arrow Season 2 guest star Summer Glau.

Needless to say, there have been a lot of changes in Oliver's absence, not only in real life, but in relation to his recollection of his previous. Arrow Season 2 starts this Wednesday October 9th. You may have forgotten what happened in the first season due to post-traumatic stress disorder. Or, you might have missed it entirely and now want to tune in because of all those shirtless promo posters of the male cast.

They have a somewhat rocky relationship. For instance, their first meeting was Yao shooting him with an arrow. But it was only for the very best of reasons, really.

This sets up a pattern of abuse that borders on comical, as it is a toss-up at any given time if Yao will protect him or beat him down. Edward Fyers: The Bad Guy. I remember my sixteenth year being one of the worst years of my life. It all started a couple months shy of my sixteenth birthday when my mother told us that our father had been abusing some substances, which I will remain nameless. She told us that there may be a slight chance of us moving to Texas to live with my aunt.

That was just my home life. All of this started coming down and weighting on me pretty darn heavy. So I thought and pondered over a few sleepless nights and broke up with that girlfriend and. Last week, Oliver Queen finally came to the realization that his best friend's father is not only the man responsible for kidnapping Walter Steele , but he's also the man directly responsible for his father's death.

By Nicholas Raymond Published Oct 03, Share Share Tweet Email 0. Sometime afterwards, Walter visited Moira, who was struggling to cope with the loss of her husband and son. He firmly declared that they were going out for lunch, refusing to take no for an answer. This outing began to lift Moira out of her depressive state. In late , when his apparently dead step-son, Oliver, returned from a 5-year-long shipwreck, Walter greeted him with warm and open arms.

Initially, there was some distrust on Oliver's side, but with Walter's continued support and concern of him, they eventually began to grow on one another. After Oliver's death in absentia was revoked, Walter and Moira gave him a tour of Queen Consolidated. Walter proudly described the company's success in new scientific fields and revealed they would be breaking ground for a new Applied Sciences site, which would be named in honor of Robert.

He attempted to mediate a heated discussion between Moira and Oliver regarding the latter working at the company, remaining stoic even at Oliver's outburst over the changes in his life, including Walter's marriage to his mother. Later, Walter spoke at the Applied Sciences groundbreaking ceremony, only to be interrupted by Oliver, who took the stage and publicly declared his refusal to follow in Robert's footsteps.

With Unidac Industries going into receivership, Walter decided to try and acquire it for the company. This caught the attention of Detectives Quentin Lance and Lucas Hilton once two other bidders were killed. Walter maintained his innocence, pointing out there were many other interested parties. At the auction, Walter was pleasantly surprised at Oliver's attendance. When his stepson expressed worry over the other bidders' deaths, Walter tried to assure him they would be safe.

Sure enough however, the responsible assassin attempted to kill Walter, but Detective Lance saved him from the line of fire and escorted him to safety. Walter asked Felicity Smoak from the company's I. Felicity later revealed the money was used to set up offshore limited liability company called Tempest , which purchased a warehouse in Starling City three years ago.

Curious, Walter went to the warehouse, determined the password to the lock Robert and discovered the wreckage of the Queen's Gambit inside, much to his shock.

Walter coldly requested that Lance halt his interrogation until Oliver's attorney arrived. Musing how Lance was on a personal vendetta, Walter was taken aback when Oliver requested that the detective's daughter, Laurel Lance , represent him. Walter told his head of security to discreetly transfer the contents of the warehouse, but the man was killed before he could do so. Walter and Moira then spoke about the matter. Walter knew that his wife was connected to something dangerous, feeling he couldn't trust anything Moira says.

That one was tough. He went on to explain that he had wanted Salmon to appear because the finale was meant to be a strong call back to the Arrow series pilot and that Salmon's Walter was a huge part of that. It's a tricky thing. We had tried to get Colin back over the course of several seasons, and some things are meant to be and some things are not.