I've rented season 1 of Arrow from my local library and have watched up to episode 5. These are my observations:
[li]Oliver apparently just decided to become a vigilante because of his father's vague last words and a list of names (I assume he used invisible ink). Why would he think they meant anything and why does it matter to him?[/li]
[li]It seems like it's going to draw out the explanation of what happened to him on the island over the season, but since it informs his entire motivation for what he does, I really need to know it already.[/li]
[li]It only took him one day to get started. How did he do that? He has portable hacking devices and dictation machines converted into arrows, so how did he get those? And why is he good at hacking when he apparently dropped out of every school and if he was self-taught, what did he do with his reference material?[/li]
[li]Are we supposed to assume that the targets get convicted based on their recorded confessions to Oliver? Because the police have no evidence that they weren't being blackmailed or tortured, as the tone of their voice would suggest.[/li]
[li]Apparently his mother wants him dead. Why? He doesn't seem to have had a secret prior to the 'accident', so she could only have a reason to kill his father. Even so, why go to all this trouble of staging a shipwreck and then recovering the boat just to get found out?[/li]
[li]Oliver thinks he's better than the other vigilante because he gives his targets a chance. But he sill goes straight to using lethal force against the hired goons. Why does he value the lives of the people he's trying to take down, but is willing to kill others just because of who employs them?[/li]
[li]Do all the action scenes take place in the same poorly lit docklands?[/li]
[li]Why did the police drop the charges against Oliver? He was caught in the act on CCTV, and earlier footage would show him placing his equipment in that bin. Any other explanation for him collecting it during the attack would require such a leap of logic that it becomes utterly implausible, regardless of whether the cop had a personal grudge against him.[/li]