Arrow is a modern retelling of the adventures of legendary DC hero Green Arrow. 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. He returned home to Starling City, welcomed by his devoted mother Moira, beloved sister Thea and former flame Laurel Lance. With the aid of his trusted chauffeur/bodyguard John Diggle, the computer-hacking skills of Felicity Smoak and the occasional, reluctant assistance of former police detective, now beat cop, Quentin Lance, Oliver has been waging a one-man war on crime.

Frustrated with flaws in the legal system, Supreme Court Justice Cyrus Garza gives up his lifetime appointment. Hoping to change the system from his private practice, Garza and his team use inside knowledge of the legal system to help "the little guy".

Tony King's acting career is going down the drain with his only prospect for fame being a home improvement show on a low-rent cable channel. Not giving in to his failed career, Tony decides to book as many celebrity guests as he can to boost his own career in Hollywood Residential.