Arrow, The New TV Show....

Arrow is the story of “billionaire playboy” Oliver Queen, who lived his life in debauchery until his father’s yacht had a fatal crash and Oliver was lost on a brutal island for five years. While there, he learned to survive and worked a lot on his abs. Most important, he learned how to make and shoot arrows plus develops some cat-quick jumping skills that he mixes in with all kinds of non-gun-related badassery.

Finally rescued, he comes home with a new mission - which honestly is a little vague. He wants to “save his city”- the fictional Starling City. His family’s money had a lot to do with the downfall of the place, and there’s some as-yet-unexplained mythology that his dad passed down to him via a book with names in it. Just a guess from the pilot, but if your name is in that book, Arrow is going to put the hurt on you.

All of this fits perfectly with The CW’s love of superheroes and hunks. Arrow stars Stephen Amell, and he’s got the abs of steel, the good-looking mug and athletic ability. And he fires off any number of arrows of varying makes. Some kill you, others don’t. Some blow up. Others penetrate concrete and stick there. Have a 7-year-old boy make a list of awesome arrows, and they are pretty much in this show.

The show comes from executive producers Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg and David Nutter. Guggenheim and Kreisberg wrote the pilot, and Nutter directed it.

Now, the show has a plot, too. Oliver had a girlfriend named Laurel Lance (Katie Cassidy), but the naughty party boy took Laurel’s equally hot sister on the fatal yacht trip. And she died.

The CW's latest drama, Arrow, proves to be both on-brand and entertaining - if you turn off the snark detector and downplay the need for plausibility or logic. But hey, it seems that’s what makes The CW tick, at least from a distance, so going all-in on Arrow is easier than expected.

You don’t have to be a DC Comics nut to realize Arrow essentially is Green Arrow, though some liberties have been taken with the overall story. You can argue it out among yourselves whether Arrow nails the details or just the spirit of Green Arrow, but the fact is, not that many people know of the superhero avenger anyway, so nevermind all that.