Arrow S01E09 Year's End

In Starling City, Adam Hunt is in his office trying to raise business after being discredited after his arrest. As he talks on the phone, he hears someone in the next room, hangs up, and turns. Hunt demands to know what the intruder wants, but the man shoots Hunt in the chest and walks out.

Oliver and Diggle are training at the hideout and Diggle notes that three of the men on Robert's list have given up in the next week. Once they finish, Diggle says he's taking his nephew Christmas shopping and Oliver realizes that it's Christmas. He explains that he didn't keep track of Christmas on the island, and remembers how Robert would put a Christmas tree in every room of the mansion. Diggle suggests that Oliver take a break and enjoy the holiday with his family. Yao Fei returns to the cave and opens it up. Oliver complains that he ran out of food days ago, but Yao Fei leaves him a bottle of water and a rabbit. He then hauls Fyers and Oliver hits him. When Oliver points out that Fyers would have killed him and Yao Fei say that Oliver can either kill him or leave the island on the prisoner's plane.

Oliver returns home and finds Thea dressed up for their parents' dinner party. He asks why there are no decorations up and Thea says that everyone has been busy. Oliver joins the party where the Queens and Malcolm Merlyn are having supper with Police Commissioner Brian Nudocerdo. They discuss the vigilante and Oliver suggests that the Hood needs a better name. Malcolm suggests "Green Arrow" but Oliver dismisses it as lame. Walter gets a call from Felicity and takes it outside. She tells him that seven of the names on the list that Walter found have been targeted by the vigilante. Another one is Doug Miller, the head of applied science at Queen Consolidated.

An aide comes in to tell Nudocerdo that something has come up. He tells the party that the vigilante has struck again and killed Adam Hunt. A few moments later, Oliver fakes a call and steps out.

Nudocerdo meets with Quentin at Hunt's apartment. Hunt was shot with three black arrows and as Oliver listens outside, Quentin tells the commissioner that they're dealing with a copycat.