Oliver discovers that after he and his father went missing, Moira and Thea stopped celebrating Christmas. Determined to make up for lost time and restore a sense of normalcy to the Queen household, Oliver decides to throw the family a Christmas party. Meanwhile, Tommy asks Laurel to spend Christmas with him but she points out that Christmas was also her sister's Sara's birthday and she needs to be with her father. Tommy suggests changing things up might be the best way for everyone to heal but Laurel isn't sure her father is ready for that.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 1 Episode 9 of Arrow resulted in a 1.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Arrow Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Pilot
• s01e02 - Honor Thy Father
• s01e03 - Lone Gunmen
• s01e04 - An Innocent Man
• s01e05 - Damaged
• s01e06 - Legacies
• s01e07 - Muse of Fire
• s01e08 - Vendetta
• s01e09 - Year's End
• s01e10 - Burned
• s01e11 - Trust But Verify
• s01e12 - Vertigo
• s01e13 - Betrayal
• s01e14 - The Odyssey
• s01e15 - Dodger
• s01e16 - Dead to Rights
• s01e17 - The Huntress Returns
• s01e18 - Salvation
• s01e19 - Unfinished Business
• s01e20 - Home Invasion
• s01e21 - The Undertaking
• s01e22 - Darkness on the Edge of Town
• s01e23 - Sacrifice

Arrow Show Summary

After a unhappy shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the Pacific. When he returns home to Starling City Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island. While he hides the truth about the man he's become, he desperately wants to make amends for the actions he took as the boy he was.

As the Green Arrow - a vigilante - he protects his city with the help of former soldier John Diggle, computer-science expert Felicity Smoak, his vigilante-trained sister Thea Queen, Deputy Mayor Quentin Lance, brilliant inventor Curtis Holt, and his new recruits, street-savvy Rene Ramirez and meta-human Dinah Drake.

Oliver has finally solidified and strengthened his crime-fighting team only to have it threatened when unexpected enemies from his past return to Star City, forcing Oliver to rethink his relationship with each member of his 'family'.