document_title: Arrow (season 1)

question_text: what episode of arrow does felicity first appear

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text: Arrow (season 1)

text: Cast and characters[edit]

text: Main[edit]

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Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen / The Hood
Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance
Colin Donnell as Tommy Merlyn
David Ramsey as John Diggle
Willa Holland as Thea Queen
Susanna Thompson as Moira Queen
Paul Blackthorne as Quentin Lance

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text: Recurring[edit]

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Jamey Sheridan as Robert Queen
Kelly Hu as Chien Na Wei / China White
Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak[a]
John Barrowman as Malcolm Merlyn / Dark Archer
Jessica De Gouw as Helena Bertinelli / Huntress
Colin Salmon as Walter Steele
Annie Ilonzeh as Joanna De La Vega
Roger Cross as Lucas Hilton
Byron Mann as Yao Fei
Janina Gavankar as McKenna Hall
Manu Bennett as Slade Wilson
Christie Laing as Carly Diggle[b]
Colton Haynes as Roy Harper
Alex Kingston as Dinah Lance
Jeffrey Nordling as Frank Bertinelli
Sebastian Dunn as Edward Fyers
Celina Jade as Shado
Chin Han as Frank Chen
Adrian Holmes as Frank Pike
Jarod Joseph as Alan Durand

text: Guest[edit]

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Michael Rowe as Floyd Lawton / Deadshot[c]
Kyle Schmid as Kyle Reston / Ace
Tahmoh Penikett as Nick Salvati
Brian Markinson as Adam Hunt
Jacqueline MacInnes Wood as Sara Lance
Emma Bell as Emily Nocenti
Andrew Dunbar as Garfield Lynns / Firefly
Ben Browder as Ted Gaynor
Seth Gabel as The Count
Chelah Horsdal as Kate Spencer
Currie Graham as Derek Reston / King
Sarah-Jane Redmond as Mrs. Reston / Queen
David Anders as Cyrus Vanch
John Cassini as Russo
James Callis as Winnick Norton / Dodger
Danny Nucci as Raynes
Ona Grauer as Vivian
Audrey Marie Anderson as Lyla Michaels
J. August Richards as Mr. Blank

text: Episodes[edit]

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1
"Pilot"
David Nutter
Story by : Greg Berlanti & Marc Guggenheim
Teleplay by : Andrew Kreisberg & Marc Guggenheim
October 10, 2012 (2012-10-10)
296818
4.14[2]

Billionaire playboy Oliver Queen, missing and presumed dead after a shipwreck that claimed the life of his father, Robert, is discovered alive after five years on a remote Pacific island. He is welcomed home to Starling City by his mother Moira, stepfather Walter Steele, younger sister Thea, and best friend Tommy Merlyn, but they sense he has changed. Moira assigns John Diggle as Oliver's bodyguard. Oliver hides the truth about the man he has become, and tries to reconcile with his former girlfriend, Laurel, whom he cheated on with her sister Sara (who died in the shipwreck). While reconnecting with those closest to him, by night Oliver secretly masquerades as a hooded vigilante archer, attempting to fulfill his dying father's entreaty: to right the wrongs of his family. Oliver's first goal is to take down corrupt millionaire Adam Hunt, who has scammed millions from various people in the city. Laurel's father, police detective Quentin Lance, becomes determined to arrest the vigilante. Meanwhile, it is revealed Oliver's mother has an agenda at odds with her son, having orchestrated a kidnapping to determine what Robert told him after the shipwreck.

2
2
"Honor Thy Father"
David Barrett
Story by : Greg Berlanti & Marc Guggenheim
Teleplay by : Andrew Kreisberg & Marc Guggenheim
October 17, 2012 (2012-10-17)
2J7302
3.55[3]

Laurel brings a civil suit against millionaire Martin Somers, who is also one of Oliver's targets, for taking part in drug trades with the Triad that ultimately led to the death of a young woman's father. As the vigilante, Oliver threatens Somers to make him confess to the murder as penance for all of the wrongs he has done to the city. Instead, Somers contacts the Triad, who send the assassin Chien Na Wei to kill Laurel. Oliver saves Laurel from Chien; he later obtains Somers' confession and gives an audio recording of it to Quentin. Meanwhile, Moira and Walter push Oliver to take a position at the company. Oliver stymies their efforts by using the opening of the company's new applied sciences division to publicly opt out of the position, knowing that he cannot simultaneously honor Robert's request to fight for the city and be the man Moira wants him to be. She is revealed to be conspiring with a man affiliated with a symbol that exists in Robert's book possessed by Oliver. A flashback to Oliver's time on the island shows him being attacked by an unknown hooded figure wielding a bow and arrow.

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3
"Lone Gunmen"
Guy Bee
Story by : Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg
Teleplay by : Marc Guggenheim & Andrew Kreisberg
October 24, 2012 (2012-10-24)
2J7303
3.51[4]

Oliver tracks down another millionaire from his list, before the latter is killed by an assassin known as Deadshot. Oliver decides to build a new dance club above his hideout as a cover for his nighttime disappearances. While comparing the competition, he finds Thea, who reveals that Laurel and Merlyn had been involved during Oliver's absence. Laurel becomes suspicious when Oliver does not react to it, and concludes he already knew. She and Merlyn start dating again. Meanwhile, Oliver uses the assassin's M.O. to learn his true identity, Floyd Lawton, and his assignment to kill businessmen including Walter at an auction. As the vigilante, he enlists the help of Quentin to prevent Lawton's plan. Oliver succeeds, apparently killing Lawton in the process, but Diggle is shot during the fight. In order to save Diggle's life, Oliver is forced to reveal his dual identity to him. Flashbacks reveal that the Asian archer who attacked Oliver was actually trying to help him; Oliver misunderstands and escapes; and is revealed to be pursued by an unknown group of armed men.

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4
"An Innocent Man"
Vince Misiano
Moira Kirland & Lana Cho
October 31, 2012 (2012-10-31)
2J7304
3.05[5]

Oliver offers Diggle a chance to fight at his side and help the city, which the latter refuses. Later, Oliver discovers a connection between Peter Declan, a death row inmate, and Jason Brodeur, one of the men on his list. As the vigilante, he enlists the help of Laurel to prove Declan's innocence. Working together, the pair uncovers the truth, but Brodeur has his mercenaries stage a prison riot so that they can have Laurel and Declan killed before the truth is revealed. Oliver sneaks into the prison dressed as a guard and saves the two, with her realizing that the vigilante is merciless. Declan is exonerated while Brodeur is arrested. Diggle meets with Oliver and agrees to work with him so that he can both protect the city and protect Oliver from losing his humanity. Quentin arrests Oliver on suspicion of being the vigilante. Meanwhile, Walter discovers that Moira has been keeping the salvaged and sabotaged family yacht hidden in a warehouse. Flashbacks show that the archer forced Oliver to kill a bird for food, making it the latter's first kill. He was also taught to forget Laurel.

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5
"Damaged"
Michael Schultz
Wendy Mericle & Ben Sokolowski
November 7, 2012 (2012-11-07)
2J7305
3.75[6]

Oliver hires Laurel as his attorney and his bail is accepted. Given Oliver's time on the island, the District Attorney offers an insanity plea with indefinite treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder in a psychiatric facility. Oliver declines, instead offering to take a polygraph test to prove his innocence, which he passes. While remanded under house arrest, Oliver throws a prison-themed party, maintaining his bachelor playboy facade. He has Diggle pose as the vigilante and stop a German arms dealer who is in the city to sell automatic weapons to the city's gangs. The plan works and the charges are dropped after Quentin kills a man who was sent by Moira's co-conspirator to kill Oliver. However, Laurel begins to suspect Oliver. Moira threatens her associate to stay away from her family. Walter leaves the house after confronting Moira on her lies. Flashbacks show Oliver caught and tortured by the armed men, led by Edward Fyers, for the location of the archer, who is revealed to be a former military officer, before being saved by the latter.

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"Legacies"
John Behring
Moira Kirland & Marc Guggenheim
November 14, 2012 (2012-11-14)
2J7306
3.83[7]

Oliver begins preparing to attack another individual from the list, but Diggle argues that he should expand his work and help the police stop a group of bank robbers. Oliver initially refuses, believing that it detracts from his mission to right Robert's wrongs, but agrees finally. The former deduces that the robbers are actually a family unit, and that the leader Derek Reston worked for Queen Industries before Robert outsourced 1500 jobs to China and the Reston family lost their home as a result. Feeling guilty, Oliver tries to persuade Derek to right his own wrongs, but learns that the family are going to rob another bank. During Oliver's confrontation, Derek is fatally shot. Meanwhile, Merlyn throws Laurel a fundraiser to support her law firm, CNRI, hoping to prove his love for her that way. Oliver and Moira manage to regain their emotional connection. Flashbacks show Oliver having a dream of Robert blaming him for his idleness and reveal how Oliver first discovered the target names in his father's notebook.

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7
"Muse of Fire"
David Grossman
Story by : Andrew Kreisberg
Teleplay by : Geoff Johns & Marc Guggenheim
November 28, 2012 (2012-11-28)
2J7307
3.74[8]

Moira is almost shot by a mysterious assailant who was attempting to assassinate an associate of mob boss Frank Bertinelli. Oliver attempts to infiltrate Frank's business to discover the identity of the attacker. Frank blames Chien and the Triad gang for the murders of his people. Oliver learns that the attacker is Helena Bertinelli, Frank's daughter, with whom the former had just been on a date. Helena reveals that she is looking for revenge against her father, who she blames for the murder of her fiancé, who according to Frank was gathering evidence against him to give FBI. Helena and Oliver are abducted by Frank's right-hand man, Nick Salvati, in connection to the deaths; she reveals that she was the one gathering evidence and kills Salvati after learning he was the one who killed her fiancé. She also deduces Oliver's identity as the vigilante after witnessing him fight Frank's henchmen. In the end, Helena and Oliver share a kiss. Meanwhile, Tommy is cut off financially by his father, Malcolm, who is revealed to be Moira's co-conspirator. Laurel sticks with him, stating that she does not want him for money. Walter returns home.

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"Vendetta"
Ken Fink
Beth Schwartz & Andrew Kreisberg
December 5, 2012 (2012-12-05)
2J7308
3.35[9]

Oliver decides to teach Helena that there is justice outside of revenge after witnessing her try to kill the head of the Triad. Diggle expresses his disapproval, but to no avail. She dresses as a purple vigilante and the duo has another man from the list arrested. Helena starts to buy into the idea, but leaves him after finding out that Laurel was his former girlfriend and believing that they are still together. Helena goes after the Triad, killing their leader. As a result, Chien and her men go after Frank, believing him to be responsible, but Oliver gets there in time to stop them. Oliver also stops Helena from killing Frank, who is arrested; and she threatens to reveal his identity if he tries to come after her in the future. Meanwhile, Tommy finally tells Oliver about Malcolm's action and asks for a job at the club that Oliver is attempting to build, which is accepted. Using Felicity's help, Walter learns more about the secret organization that Moira is a part of, finding a notebook containing the list.

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9
"Year's End"
John Dahl
Story by : Greg Berlanti & Marc Guggenheim
Teleplay by : Andrew Kreisberg & Marc Guggenheim
December 12, 2012 (2012-12-12)
2J7309
3.11[10]

Hunt is killed by a mysterious archer. Quentin deduces that a copycat is at work, but his superior publicly blames the hooded vigilante. Oliver plans a Christmas party at the mansion to bring back the spirit of the holidays to his family. He saves some hostages from the archer, and the two archers are injured after fighting, with Oliver realizing that Robert wasn't the author of the list. The archer escapes and is revealed to be Malcolm. Walter finds out about the vigilante's objective and is kidnapped by one of Malcolm's associates. The organization's plan is revealed to be starting six months later, when thousands of people will die for what it believes to be for the greater good. Flashbacks show the Chinese archer, Yao Fei, capturing Fyers, who tells Oliver that the island was a prison for dangerous criminals and that his unit was tasked to exterminate the inmates, including Yao, after the program was shut down. Yao is captured by the unit while leading Oliver to a possible escape from the island; and the latter escapes.

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10
"Burned"
Eagle Egilsson
Moira Kirland & Ben Sokolowski
January 16, 2013 (2013-01-16)
2J7310
3.06[11]

Six weeks after his fight with Malcolm, Oliver avoids any activities as his vigilante, despite insistence from Diggle. When a firefighter is killed in the line of duty, Laurel suspects that he was murdered and steals the phone the vigilante gave Quentin in order to contact him for help. Tracking down the suspect, Oliver is overpowered during the confrontation, but discovers that the murderer is a former firefighter. Oliver learns that the murderer is Garfield Lynns, a firefighter thought to have died in a massive fire several years prior, but survived with severe burns. Lynns shows up at a fundraiser held for support of the victims in order to kill the fire chief. As the vigilante, Oliver saves the chief before Lynns commits suicide. The media calls the vigilante a hero while Oliver decides to continue his hunt of the list members. Moira decides to take over for Walter as C.E.O. Quentin plants a listening device on the phone to monitor Laurel's communications with the vigilante. Flashbacks show Oliver killing a mercenary, wearing his uniform and recovering his tools, including a map.

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11
"Trust But Verify"
Nick Copus
Gabrielle Stanton
January 23, 2013 (2013-01-23)
2J7311
3.14[12]

After an armored truck is robbed, Oliver believes that one of the thieves is former Marine Ted Gaynor, from his target list. Diggle dismisses Oliver's assumption, as Gaynor was Diggle's commanding officer during his time in Afghanistan. Oliver finds Gaynor and steals encrypted data, as Diggle prevents the former from getting any information directly from Gaynor. The data is revealed to be plans for robbing armored trucks, which Oliver uses to track the thieves. Diggle learns that Gaynor was the mastermind behind the robberies, and is forced to join Gaynor's team, but backs out of helping them at last. Oliver arrives in time and kills Gaynor. Meanwhile, Thea tells Oliver her belief that Moira and Malcolm are involved as the former believes they were before Robert's death. Oliver asks Moira, who states Robert was the unfaithful. Tommy refuses Malcolm's request to sign the paper of selling the clinic established by the former's mother, who died when he was 8 and Malcolm left him for years subsequently. Thea is arrested by the police after having a crash as a result of drug use. Flashbacks show Oliver being captured by the mercenaries as Yao was apparently working for them.

12
12
"Vertigo"
Wendey Stanzler
Wendy Mericle & Ben Sokolowski
January 30, 2013 (2013-01-30)
2J7312
2.97[13]

The judge dismisses the plea bargain of Thea and orders the charges brought to trial. Helping Thea, Oliver begins working on tracking down the supplier of the drug, which is known as Vertigo; he discovers that the supplier is called "The Count", and arranges a meeting through his contacts with the Russian mob. The meeting is broken up by the police, and the Count injects Oliver with a dose of Vertigo. While showing the effects of overdose, the latter still continues his investigation. He uses the ingredients to track the location of the Count. As the vigilante, Oliver is able to confront the Count and inject him with Vertigo, causing irreparable damage. Laurel persuades Quentin to get Thea community service and two years of probation, which she begins serving at Laurel's legal office. Felicity shows Oliver the list of names that Steele discovered, and informs him that they came from Moira. Flashbacks show Yao overpowering Oliver in a mandatory duel and making him appear dead. His body is thrown to a waterfall, where he wakes up and finds an upgraded map, planted by Yao.

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13
"Betrayal"
Guy Bee
Lana Cho & Beth Schwartz
February 6, 2013 (2013-02-06)
2J7313
2.96[14]

Moira denies knowledge about the list. Diggle decides to investigate her daily activities. Laurel enlists the help of the vigilante when criminal Cyrus Vanch is released from prison. Using the microphone inside the phone, Quentin and his team intercept the vigilante, who manages to escape. Vanch kidnaps Laurel. Quentin and the vigilante team up to save Laurel, as the former realizes that Vanch has contacts on the police force and that was how he learned of her. The duo saves Laurel. She demands Quentin to stay away from her for betraying her trust. In order to protect her, Oliver decides to cut his contact with her as the vigilante. Diggle presents evidence to Oliver that his mother is connected to the group he is hunting, and that she also knew of Robert's yacht. Oliver decides to interrogate his mother as the vigilante. In flashbacks, Oliver meets Slade Wilson, an Australian Intelligence operative who came to the island to free Yao Fei. It is revealed that the masked mercenary who tortured Oliver was Wilson's partner; and Wilson has the same mask. He starts training Oliver to get him ready to infiltrate the airfield, the only apparent way out.

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14
"The Odyssey"
John Behring
Story by : Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg
Teleplay by : Andrew Kreisberg & Marc Guggenheim
February 13, 2013 (2013-02-13)
2J7314
3.29[15]

Oliver is critically shot by Moira and escapes. He exposes his secret to Felicity, and asks her to take him to his hideout. With Diggle's help, the bullet is removed and Oliver is stabilized. Felicity refuses to join Oliver's fight, but decides to help them find Steele. Oliver convinces Diggle to stop investigating Moira until they find out more about the organization. Flashbacks show Oliver being trained. Wilson reveals that his former partner is Billy Wintergreen, who was sent with Wilson to find out Fyers' mission. Their plane was shot down and they were captured by Fyers' men. Wintergreen accepted Fyers' offer to change sides. After infiltrating the airstrip, Wilson reveals plans to send in an airstrike to wipe out all of Fyers' operation. Oliver heads out to save Yao, but is recaptured by Fyers. Before he can be executed, Wilson arrives, rescuing Oliver and killing Wintergreen. Although they miss the supply aircraft, Wilson and Oliver decide to continue to work together to get off the island, with the former stating that Fyers is hired by another party for a purpose. Yao is revealed to have changed sides because his daughter, Shado, is held captive by Fyers.

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"Dodger"
Eagle Egilsson
Beth Schwartz
February 20, 2013 (2013-02-20)
2J7315
3.15[16]

Oliver learns of a jewel thief named "Dodger", who uses hostages tagged with bomb collars. Felicity suggests that Oliver bug the phone of Detective McKenna Hall, an old friend of Oliver's, to gain information on the Dodger. She also convinces Oliver to ask Hall out on a date so that he can have some down time. Through the wire tap, Oliver is able to determine the Dodger's next location, but is stunned by a bomb thrown by the thief, who gets away. To draw out the Dodger, Oliver donates antique jewels to an auction. It works; but when Felicity confronts the thief, he places a collar on her to ensure his getaway. Oliver manages to stop the Dodger and deactivate the collar. Diggle starts dating his former sister-in-law. Thea has a run-in with a thief named Roy Harper, and Moira attempts to make a deal with Chien to have Malcolm killed, so that she can leave the secret organization, whose plan is called the "Undertaking". Flashbacks show Oliver trying to treat Wilson's infected wound by finding the herbs Yao used; and is intercepted by a wounded man who asks for help; but Oliver leaves him as the former believes it to be a trap.

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"Dead to Rights"
Glen Winter
Geoff Johns
February 27, 2013 (2013-02-27)
2J7316
3.17[17]

Oliver kills a hired gunman, and realizes that the latter's target is not safe yet. Chien hires Lawton, who is revealed to have survived Oliver's attack, to take out Malcolm after the previous gunman's death. Malcolm asks Tommy to attend an award ceremony where Malcolm will be receiving a humanitarian award; Tommy is persuaded by Oliver to attend. At the last moment, Oliver discovers that Malcolm is the target and races to the event to save him. Although he is almost caught by Hall, Oliver manages to get Malcolm away from Chien's men. Malcolm is shot with one of Lawton's poisonous bullets, and Oliver is forced to reveal his identity to Tommy so that he can save Malcolm's life. Malcolm and Tommy reconcile. The former tells Moira about his belief that someone from the organization attempted to kill him. Laurel is confronted by her mother, Dinah, who states that Sara, the former's sister, might be alive. During a flashback, Oliver is shown repairing a damaged radio, which Wilson uses to tune into the radio communications of Fyers. They find out that Fyers possesses an advanced anti-aircraft missile launcher.

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"The Huntress Returns"
Guy Bee
Jake Coburn & Lana Cho
March 20, 2013 (2013-03-20)
2J7317
3.02[18]

Helena returns to Starling City to kill Frank after she learns that he plans to make a deal with the F.B.I. for witness protection. Oliver opens his nightclub and refuses her request for help; and she attacks Tommy to force his assistance. Helena is captured by the police's trap. Oliver breaks her out to protect his secret and demands that she leave Starling City. Instead, she forces Felicity to find Frank's location. Oliver manages to stop Helena from killing Frank;, but when Hall arrives, Helena shoots her and escapes. In the hospital, Hall breaks up with Oliver, heading to Helena's tarnish on Oliver's character. Meanwhile, Tommy's knowledge of Oliver's secret affects his relationship with Laurel; but the former reconciles with Oliver. Dinah presents her evidence of Sara's existence to Quentin and Laurel. Thea and Roy get closer. In a flashback to the island, Oliver and Wilson steal the circuit board of the anti-aircraft missile launcher, which the latter states can start a war, and offer Fyers a trade of the board with a way out of the island.

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"Salvation"
Nick Copus
Drew Z. Greenberg & Wendy Mericle
March 27, 2013 (2013-03-27)
2J7318
2.65[19]

Another vigilante appears in Starling City and kidnaps one of Oliver's targets, a slumlord who had charges dropped against him because he was able to pay off the District Attorney. The new vigilante, who is identified as Joseph Falk, kills the slumlord over a live broadcast. The former kills several prosecutors the same way before going after Harper. Diggle finds out that Falk is using an abandoned subway car, and Oliver is able to catch the car and kill Falk. Oliver realizes the secret organization's plans involve The Glades, a neighborhood filled with crime. Laurel proves to Dinah and Quentin that Sara is not alive. It is revealed that Dinah knew of Sara's plan to escape with Oliver. Malcolm contacts the Triad to find the traitors. Moira turns over her co-conspirator, Frank Chen, to Malcolm, who kills Chen, believing her to be innocent. Flashbacks to the island show Oliver and Wilson freeing Shado, but at the cost of Fyers reacquiring the board. She claims to know Fyers' scheme.

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"Unfinished Business"
Michael Offer
Bryan Q. Miller & Lindsey Allen
April 3, 2013 (2013-04-03)
2J7319
2.92[20]

When a girl dies after using a new form of Vertigo, Oliver sets out to interrogate the Count and determines the latter has lost his mind from the Vertigo overdose. When news reports state that the Count escaped the asylum, Oliver suspects that the Count was faking his mental illness. Meanwhile, Quentin finds loose connections between Tommy and Vertigo, and attempts to uncover the truth, which almost leads him to discovering Oliver's hideout. Oliver realizes that the Count's psychiatrist is behind the re-emergence of Vertigo. Oliver kills the doctor, and opts not to kill the Count, who has truly lost his mind and was the scapegoat of the doctor's actions. Tommy quits the club after realizing that Oliver suspected him with the drug dealing. Malcolm gives him a job. Oliver decides to help Diggle find Lawton, who killed Diggle's brother. In a flashback, Shado reveals that Yao Fei took the blame of a massacre committed by the Chinese government and was exiled to the island. Now Fyers is using him as a scapegoat for his schemes. She begins training Oliver to use a bow.

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"Home Invasion"
Ken Fink
Ben Sokolowski & Beth Schwartz
April 24, 2013 (2013-04-24)
2J7320
3.10[21]

Laurel represents the Moore family who are suing a corrupt businessman, who puts a hit on the family, and the couple's young child is the sole survivor. Laurel takes the boy into her custody and is saved by the vigilante from the hitman's attempt. Tommy suggests that they go to Oliver's for protection. An operation headed up by A.R.G.U.S, a government organization, is set to capture Lawton, but Oliver chooses the Moores case. As a result, Lawton escapes and Diggle decides to leave Oliver, who forces the businessman to confess his crimes, leading to the latter's arrest. After killing the latter, the hitman comes to the Queen residence to kill all remaining witnesses, but Oliver manages to kill him. Tommy decides to leave Laurel, believing that he could never compete with Oliver should she discover that he is the vigilante. Elsewhere, Roy starts searching for the vigilante; and Thea agrees to help. During a flashback to the island, Shado continues teaching Oliver to use a bow before Yao Fei brings Fyers' men to their hideout.

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21
"The Undertaking"
Michael Shultz
Jake Coburn & Lana Cho
May 1, 2013 (2013-05-01)
2J7321
2.89[22]

Oliver tracks down an accountant of the secret organization and steals his laptop. While decrypting it, Felicity uncovers a link to Walter—a money transfer was made to Dominic Alonzo, an underground casino owner who was hired to kidnap Walter. The pair infiltrate the casino; and Alonzo claims that Walter was killed. Oliver informs his family and Moira confronts Malcolm, who proves to her that Walter is still alive. Oliver, who was listening in, discovers that Malcolm is heading the secret organization, and uses Felicity to ascertain Walter's location. As the vigilante, Oliver frees Walter. Meanwhile, Laurel asks Tommy for the truth about why he left, and Tommy states that Oliver still loves her, a claim he confirms. He asks Diggle to help him stop the "Undertaking". In a flashback, Robert is shown disagreeing with Malcolm's proposed "Undertaking", which would involve leveling the Glades with a machine, which will be built in five years, and killing thousands of people in order to rebuild the area. As a result, Malcolm has a bomb planted on the Queens' yacht just before Robert boards it to head to China for his plan to stop the former.

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22
"Darkness on the Edge of Town"
John Behring
Drew Z. Greenberg & Wendy Mericle
May 8, 2013 (2013-05-08)
2J7322
2.62[23]

Malcolm kills the scientists who worked on the device. Diggle dresses as the vigilante and kidnaps Oliver and Moira in an attempt to uncover the truth. The plan works and Oliver's team breaks into Malcolm's company for information. Quentin finally approves Laurel's feelings for Oliver, who realizes that he could cease being the vigilante if he stops the Undertaking. Thus, Oliver gets involved with her again, which is seen by Tommy. Malcolm has the device moved. The vigilante attempts to kill him, who reveals that he is the other archer; the two fight until Malcolm gets the upper hand, discovering Oliver's secret. Meanwhile, Walter files for divorce, revealing to know Moira's involvement in his kidnapping. Roy reveals to Thea that he wants to find the vigilante so that the latter can train the former, pushing her away from himself. In a flashback, the man Oliver chose not to help previously is revealed to be working for Fyers, who reveals that he plans to cripple the Chinese economy by blowing up commercial planes going into the country. His employer is revealed to be a woman. He murders Yao Fei after forcing him to take credit for the attacks via video recording.

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23
"Sacrifice"
David Barrett
Story by : Greg Berlanti
Teleplay by : Marc Guggenheim & Andrew Kreisberg
May 15, 2013 (2013-05-15)
2J7323
2.77[24]

Malcolm imprisons Oliver; but later manages to escape. He confronts Moira about the Undertaking, which prompts her to hold a press conference and reveal to the city her involvement with Malcolm and the plan to destroy the Glades. She is arrested while Malcolm confirms her claims to Tommy and reveals that he is the other. Quentin, with help from Felicity, is able to dismantle the device. Diggle and Oliver go after and mortally wound Malcolm, who reveals that there is a second device shortly before he dies. The device activates and begins to level the east side of the Glades. Thea goes into the Glades to save Roy, who decides to stay and help others. Laurel is trapped in her office; but Tommy arrives and helps her escape before being trapped himself. Oliver arrives too late, and Tommy dies. In a flashback, Fyers fires a missile at an approaching airliner, but Oliver and Shado manage to override the coordinates and destroy the missile. Afterward, Oliver kills Fyers, revealed to have gained relative skill with bow.

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text: Production[edit]

text: On January 12, 2012, The CW was preparing a new series centered around the character Green Arrow, developed by Andrew Kreisberg, Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim.[25] A week later, the series, now known as Arrow, was ordered to pilot, which was directed by David Nutter, who also directed the pilot for Smallville, a series following Clark Kent on his journey to become Superman.[26] At the end of the month, Stephen Amell was cast in the titular role of Oliver Queen.[27] When developing the series, producer Marc Guggenheim expressed that the creative team wanted to "chart [their] own course, [their] own destiny", and avoid any direct connections to Smallville, which featured its own Green Arrow/Oliver Queen (Justin Hartley), opting to cast a new actor in the role of Oliver Queen.[28] Unlike with Smallville, the series does not initially feature super-powered heroes and villains. Instead, the creative still took inspiration from Smallville, as one of the main themes of Arrow was to "look at the humanity" of Oliver Queen, as Smallville had done with Clark Kent. The decision not to include superpowers was, in part, based on the executives' desire to take a realistic look at the characters in this universe.[29] The series was given a full season pick up on October 22, 2012.[1]

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text:
"I think the idea is to—not all the time, and not with a set regularity—but I think it is critical to explore how he went from the person that he was when he left the island—which is extremely different: he's spoiled, he's entitled, he's a bit of a jerk—and he comes off it something very, very different. So we're going to explore how he gets there."[29]

—Stephen Amell on the use of flashback storytelling.

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text: The series develops relationship triangles: some love triangles, others designed to catch characters in "philosophical debates".[30] Kreisberg provides one such example: "Every week, Oliver will be facing a bad guy, but the truth is, his real nemesis is Detective Lance, who's trying to bring him into justice.[...] His daughter is going to be caught in the middle, because she loves and respects her father, and she's always believed in what he believed, but at the same time, she's going to see this dark urban legend out there that's actually doing a lot of good; the kind of good that she wants to be doing in her role as a legal aid attorney."[30] Learning from previous experiences working in television, the producers worked early on identifying the major story arcs for the series, specifically the first season, including "mapping out" how to accomplish them. Taking inspiration from Christopher Nolan's Batman film series, the creative team decided to "put it all out there" and "not hold back" from episode to episode.[30]

text: The team strives to include various DC Comics characters and aspects of the DC universe. Guggenheim cited Big Belly Burger, a restaurant franchise introduced in the Superman comics, which appears in Arrow's third episode and onward. Kreisberg said, "There are so many characters in the DC Universe who haven't gotten their due in TV and film. We're so excited to reach into [the DC comics] roster and take some of these lesser-known characters that are beloved by fans, and do our spin on the characters."[31]

text: Casting[edit]

text: On January 31, 2012 Stephen Amell became the first actor to be cast, having previously appeared on other CW dramas such as The Vampire Diaries and 90210.[32] Fan reaction to Amell's castin was mixed, with many fans wanting Justin Hartley to reprise his role from Smallville.[33] Amell was one of the first actors to audition for the role of Oliver Queen, and Kreisberg felt that he "hit the target from the outset" and "everyone else just paled in comparison".[28] Arrow's pilot script was the first Amell auditioned for during pilot season, having received multiple scripts at the start of the year.[34] Producer Marc Guggenheim expressed that the creative team wanted to "chart [their] own course, [their] own destiny", and avoid any direct connections to Smallville, which featured its own Green Arrow/Oliver Queen who was portrayed by Hartley. Instead, they opted to cast a new actor in the titular role.[28] Amell, who was already in shape from Rent-a-Goalie, did physical fitness training at Tempest Freerunning Academy out of Reseda, California. He received archery training as well, which included watching a video on how archery has been displayed inaccurately or poorly in television and film before learning the basics of shooting a bow.[28] For Amell, the appeal of portraying Queen was that he saw multiple roles tied to the same character: "There's Queen the casual playboy; Queen the wounded hero; Queen the brooding Hamlet; Queen the lover; Queen the man of action, and so on."[28]

text:
Developing chemistry

Amy Brenneman made a point of really befriending me before we started shooting [Private Practice] [...] I was really taken with how she connected with me, person to person, before we tried to connect, actor to actor. So, I made a real point to do that [with the Arrow cast] [...] I think that you can see that [we hit it off] [...] If you have to put your hand on somebody's shoulder, if you've done it before, it makes it easier to do. Sometimes it's imperceptible, but I think it's what takes things from good to great, or from 2D to 3D.

Amell interview with Collider[34]

text: A week later, David Ramsey was cast as the original character John Diggle, named after the Green Arrow: Year One writer Andy Diggle.[35] Ramsey enjoyed the fact that he did not have to worry about matching the comic books. It allowed him to "just kind of take [his character], and run with it".[36] On February 14, 2012 Susanna Thompson was cast as Moira Queen.[37] The following day, Katie Cassidy and Willa Holland were announced to play Laurel Lance and Thea Queen, respectively. Laurel Lance is an attorney and Oliver's ex-girlfriend, named after Dinah Laurel Lance, who "may or may not end up being the Black Canary with time".[38] Cassidy said she was drawn to the show by Berlanti, Nutter, Kreisberg, and Guggenheim, whom she called smart, creative, and edgy.[39] Hollands' character is described as "Oliver's celebutante younger sister who's testing the boundaries of acceptable behavior".[40] She is partially based on the character Mia Dearden, sharing her middle name, using Mia as an alias in Season 3 and taking the codename "Speedy" in the season 3 finale. Subsequently. Brian Markinson was cast as guest-star villain Adam Hunt, described as "Hunt is a corrupt businessman who is ripping off some people — behavior that has gotten the attention of Dinah Laurel Lance and her CNRI firm".[41] On February 21, 2012 Colin Donnell was cast as Tommy Merlyn, named after Green Arrow's archenemy Merlyn. He is described as "Oliver's best friend, a playboy “trustafarian” who assumes the good times will roll again now that Oliver has returned, only to learn Oliver is a changed man".[42] On March 2, 2012, Paul Blackthorne and Jamey Sheridan were cast as Quentin Lance and Robert Queen, the fathers of Laurel and Oliver respectively, with Blackthorne being the last regular cast member to be cast.[43] Jacqueline MacInnes Wood was cast as Sara Lance, Laurel's sister, for the pilot. However, when the character returned in the second season, Wood was replaced by Caity Lotz.[44]

text: Filming[edit]

text: Production on the pilot began in March 2012 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[45] The series features two distinct timelines, which requires more specific planning in the filming schedule. Filming for the island flashbacks takes place in Vancouver's Whytecliff Park area, near beachfront homes. The production team is tasked with keeping the buildings out of camera frame.[31] Additionally, producer Marc Guggenheim finds the process arduous: "Stephen [Amell] has to wear a wig, and his look has to be changed... there's a lot. It's actually incredibly ambitious to do these flashbacks every week, every single episode. Because like Andrew [Kreisberg] said, it's almost like it's its own show."[31] Hatley Castle, located in Royal Roads University was used for exterior shots for the Queen family mansion. Hatley Castle had previously been used as the Luthor ancestral home in Smallville.[46] Vancouver's Terminal City Ironworks Complex doubles as the exterior for Queen Industrial, Inc, in which Oliver sets up his hideout and later his club Verdant.[47] It has also been used on several other occasions, such as the warehouse in which Oliver and Tommy are kidnapped in the pilot episode, or the base of operations for the Chinese Triad in episode 108 "Vendetta".[48]

text: Filming for the rest of the season commenced on July 18, 2012 and finalized on April 18, 2013.

text: Costumes[edit]

text:
"Arrow, we really wanted him urban, and sexy, and you could almost wear the costume down the street and it would look cool in today's world. That was a big goal with Arrow and the way the story was set up with his character."

—Costume Designer Colleen Atwood[49]

text: The realistic approach to the series included the costume design for Oliver's vigilante persona, created by Colleen Atwood.[50] According to Amell, it was important for the suit to be functional, and the best way that he knew for that was if he could put the costume on by himself: "If I can put it on by myself, I think that people will buy it. And that was our idea. That's our world. My boots are actually Nike Frees, which is kind of cool. It's leather and it's tight and it's aggressive, but I can move in it. People will like it."[29][51] David Nutter, the director of the pilot episode, said that "We're creating a real, believable world in which Oliver Queen can do incredible things. Colleen Atwood's great work on the Arrow costume reflects that effort."[52]

text: Music[edit]

text:
Arrow - Original Television Soundtrack: Season 1

Soundtrack album by Blake Neely

Released
September 17, 2013 (2013-09-17)

Length
1:17:35

Label
WaterTower Music

Blake Neely chronology

Arrow - Original Television Soundtrack: Season 1
Arrow - Original Television Soundtrack: Season 2

text: To compose the score for Arrow, executive producer Greg Berlanti invited Blake Neely, with whom he had first worked with on Everwood, Neely created a score that combined electronic and orchestral cues, varying between action themes and romantic ones.[53] Berlanti told Neely the series would be dark, and the music should be as well. After reading the pilot script, Neely went away to start composing on his own.[54] According to Neely, "Of course, Oliver has his main theme but also sub-themes for the many layers of his character. He and Laurel have a love theme. Mom had a theme for the Undertaking. The bad guys all have themes, which makes it sad for me when one of them dies. So I try not to become attached to bad guy themes. Diggle has a theme. Even the Island itself has a theme."[53] The soundtrack was released on September 17, 2013. It was composed by Blake Neely.

text:
[show]Track listing

No.
Title
Length

1.
"Five Years"
1:54

2.
"Returning Home / Scars"
2:53

3.
"City in Ruin"
1:20

4.
"Setting Up the Lair"
2:27

5.
"Loss and Regrets"
2:38

6.
"On the List"
1:40

7.
"Vigilante Justice"
2:10

8.
"Honor Thy Father"
1:45

9.
"Inhospitable Island / Deathstroke"
2:09

10.
"I Forgot Who I Was"
4:00

11.
"Train and Hunt"
2:38

12.
"Betrayed By Those You Love"
1:51

13.
"Chasing the Hood"
2:27

14.
"Damaged"
1:39

15.
"The Dark Archer / It Is I Who Failed This City"
3:31

16.
"Working Together But Alone"
1:53

17.
"The Count"
2:02

18.
"Friends in Arms"
2:36

19.
"Trust But Verify"
2:37

20.
"Join Us"
1:55

21.
"Trusting a Friend, Saving an Enemy"
1:57

22.
"Sins of the Father"
1:27

23.
"I Can't Lose You Twice"
3:17

24.
"Search for Salvation"
3:29

25.
"Shado Sees an Emerging Hero"
1:57

26.
"Unfinished Business / Saving Walter"
2:29

27.
"A Way Off the Island"
2:15

28.
"Sacrifice"
4:52

29.
"Oliver Queen Suite"
9:47

Total length:
1:17:35

text: Reception[edit]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: Season one received favorable reviews, with a Metacritic score of 73 out of 100, based on reviews from 25 critics, making it the highest rated CW show in five years.[55][56] Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes calculated an approval rating of 86%, based on 35 reviews, for the first season. The site's consensus reads: "The CW nails the target with Arrow, a comic book-inspired series that benefits from cinematic action sequences, strong plotting, and intriguing characters."[57]

text: Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times called the series an interesting setup with a quality look, describing Amell as "a poster boy (no doubt literally) for the Katniss Everdeen set."[58] Brian Lowry at Variety described the series as a "handsome but stiff surrogate for Batman that could benefit from sharper execution."[59] In reviewing the final episode of season one, Alasdair Wilkins of The A.V. Club gave the season as a whole a rating of B+, noting that the show "hasn't quite figured everything out yet, but it's had some standout episodes."[60]

text: Ratings[edit]

text: Arrow's premiere episode drew 4.14 million viewers, making it The CW's most-watched telecast of any show on any night in three years, and The CW's most-watched series premiere since The Vampire Diaries in 2009. In its second episode, Arrow became the only new network drama in the 2012–13 season to hold its ratings in both adults 18–34 and adults 18–49 from its premiere to its second week.[1] The first season finished as the 130th ranked show, with an average viewership of 3.68 million.[61] In Australia, the premiere received 1.32 million viewers, making it the third most-watched broadcast on the network that night.[62] The UK broadcast was the highest-rated telecast of the week on Sky 1, with 1.85 million viewers.[63] In Canada, the first episode got 1.32 million viewers, making it the fourth most-watched airing of the night and the twenty-third of the week.[64]

text:
No.
Title
Air date
Rating/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR
(18–49)
Total
(18–49)

1
"Pilot"
October 10, 2012
1.3
4.14[2]
0.4
1.7

2
"Honor Thy Father"
October 17, 2012
1.3
3.55[3]
N/A
N/A

3
"Lone Gunmen"
October 24, 2012
1.1
3.51[4]
N/A
N/A

4
"An Innocent Man"
October 31, 2012
1.0/3
3.05[5]
0.5
1.5[65]

5
"Damaged"
November 7, 2012
1.3/4
3.75[6]
N/A
N/A

6
"Legacies"
November 14, 2012
1.2/3
3.83[7]
N/A
N/A

7
"Muse of Fire"
November 28, 2012
1.3/4
3.74[8]
N/A
N/A

8
"Vendetta"
December 5, 2012
1.1/3
3.35[9]
N/A
N/A

9
"Year's End"
December 12, 2012
1.0/3
3.11[10]
0.5
1.5[66]

10
"Burned"
January 16, 2013
1.1/3
3.06[11]
0.5
1.6[67]

11
"Trust But Verify"
January 23, 2013
1.1/3
3.14[12]
N/A
N/A

12
"Vertigo"
January 30, 2013
0.9/3
2.97[13]
0.5
1.4

13
"Betrayal"
February 6, 2013
1.0/3
2.96[14]
0.5
1.5[68]

14
"The Odyssey"
February 13, 2013
1.1/3
3.29[15]
N/A
N/A

15
"Dodger"
February 20, 2013
0.9/3
3.15[16]
0.5
1.4[69]

16
"Dead to Rights"
February 27, 2013
1.0/3
3.17[17]
N/A
N/A

17
"The Huntress Returns"
March 20, 2013
1.0/3
3.02[18]
N/A
N/A

18
"Salvation"
March 27, 2013
0.9/3
2.65[19]
0.5
1.4[70]

19
"Unfinished Business"
April 3, 2013
0.9/3
2.92[20]
0.4
1.3[71]

20
"Home Invasion"
April 24, 2013
1.0/3
3.10[21]
0.5
1.5[72]

21
"The Undertaking"
May 1, 2013
0.9/3
2.89[22]
N/A
N/A

22
"Darkness on the Edge of Town"
May 8, 2013
0.9/3
2.62[23]
N/A
N/A

23
"Sacrifice"
May 15, 2013
0.9/3
2.77[24]
0.4
1.3[73]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
Year
Award
Category
Recipients
Outcome

2012
Satellite Awards[74]
Satellite Award for Best Television Series – Genre
Arrow
Nominated

IGN Awards[75]
Best TV Hero
Stephen Amell/Arrow
Nominated

2013
People's Choice Awards[76]
Favorite New TV Drama
Arrow
Nominated

Leo Awards[77][78]
Best Dramatic Series
Joseph Patrick Finn, Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg, Melissa Kellner Berman, Drew Greenberg, Jennifer Lence, Wendy Mericle, Carl Ogawa
Nominated

Cinematography
Glen Winter ("Pilot")
Won

Gordon Verheul ("Lone Gunman")
Nominated

Best Visual Effects
Jean-Luc Dinsdale, Pauline Burns, Andrew Orloff, Dave Gauthier ("Burned")
Won

Best Production Design
Richard Hudolin ("Pilot")
Won

Best Casting
Coreen Mayrs, Heike Brandstatter ("An Innocent Man")
Nominated

Best Stunt Coordination
J.J. Makaro ("Pilot")
Won

J.J. Makaro ("Vertigo")
Nominated

NewNowNext Awards[79]
Best New Indulgence
Arrow
Nominated

Cause You're Hot
Stephen Amell
Nominated

Saturn Awards[80]
Best Youth-Oriented Series on Television
Arrow
Nominated

Teen Choice Awards[81]
Choice TV Show: Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Nominated

Choice TV Breakout Show
Nominated

Choice TV Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Stephen Amell
Nominated

Choice TV Breakout Star
Nominated

Choice TV Actress: Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Katie Cassidy
Nominated

Canadian Society of Cinematography Awards[82]
Cinematographer Awards for TV Drama Cinematography
Glen Winter csc, Arrow ("Pilot")
Won

Broadcast Music, Inc.[83]
BMI Television Music Awards
Blake Neely
Won

text: Home media[edit]

text: Arrow: Season 1 was released as a 5-disc DVD set and as a 9-disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack set on September 17, 2013 in the United States and September 23, 2013 in the United Kingdom. The DVD/Blu-ray box sets contain additional features, including making-of featurettes, deleted scenes, gag reel, and highlights from the Paley Fest 2012.[84]

text: Notes[edit]

text:
Jump up ^ In addition to an uncredited role in "Year's End", Rickards also co-starred in two episodes.
Jump up ^ Laing co-starred in two episodes before she was promoted to recurring in the ninth episode.
Jump up ^ Also credited as a co-star in two episodes.

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document_title: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

question_text: african teams that has qualified for world cup 2018

question_tokens: african teams that has qualified for world cup 2018

text: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

text: Qualified teams[edit]

text:
Team
Method of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Consecutive
finals
appearances
Previous best
performance

 Russia
Hosts
012 December 2010
11th1
2014
2
Fourth place (1966)2

 Brazil
CONMEBOL Round Robin winners
0228 March 2017
21st
2014
21
Winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)

 Iran
AFC Third Round Group A winners
0312 June 2017
5th
2014
2
Group stage (1978, 1998, 2006, 2014)

 Japan
AFC Third Round Group B winners
0431 August 2017
6th
2014
6
Round of 16 (2002, 2010)

 Mexico
CONCACAF Fifth Round winners
051 September 2017
16th
2014
7
Quarter-finals (1970, 1986)

 Belgium
UEFA Group H winners
063 September 2017
13th
2014
2
Fourth place (1986)

 South Korea
AFC Third Round Group A runners-up
075 September 2017
10th
2014
9
Fourth place (2002)

 Saudi Arabia
AFC Third Round Group B runners-up
085 September 2017
5th
2006
1
Round of 16 (1994)

 Germany
UEFA Group C winners
095 October 2017
19th3
2014
17
Winners (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014)

 England
UEFA Group F winners
105 October 2017
15th
2014
6
Winners (1966)

 Spain
UEFA Group G winners
116 October 2017
15th
2014
11
Winners (2010)

 Nigeria
CAF Third Round Group B winners
127 October 2017
6th
2014
3
Round of 16 (1994, 1998, 2014)

 Costa Rica
CONCACAF Fifth Round runners-up
137 October 2017
5th
2014
2
Quarter-finals (2014)

 Poland
UEFA Group E winners
148 October 2017
8th
2006
1
Third place (1974, 1982)

 Egypt
CAF Third Round Group E winners
158 October 2017
3rd
1990
1
First round (1934), Group stage (1990)

 Iceland
UEFA Group I winners
169 October 2017
1st
–
1
–

 Serbia
UEFA Group D winners
179 October 2017
12th4
2010
1
Fourth place (1930, 1962)5

 Portugal
UEFA Group B winners
1810 October 2017
7th
2014
5
Third place (1966)

 France
UEFA Group A winners
1910 October 2017
15th
2014
6
Winners (1998)

 Uruguay
CONMEBOL Round Robin runners-up
2010 October 2017
13th
2014
3
Winners (1930, 1950)

 Argentina
CONMEBOL Round Robin third place
2110 October 2017
17th
2014
12
Winners (1978, 1986)

 Colombia
CONMEBOL Round Robin fourth place
2210 October 2017
6th
2014
2
Quarter-finals (2014)

 Panama
CONCACAF Fifth Round third place
2310 October 2017
1st
–
1
–

 Senegal
CAF Third Round Group D winners
2410 November 2017
2nd
2002
1
Quarter-finals (2002)

 Morocco
CAF Third Round Group C winners
2511 November 2017
5th
1998
1
Round of 16 (1986)

 Tunisia
CAF Third Round Group A winners
2611 November 2017
5th
2006
1
Group stage (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006)

  Switzerland
UEFA Second Round winners
2712 November 2017
11th
2014
4
Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954)

 Croatia
UEFA Second Round winners
2812 November 2017
5th
2014
2
Third place (1998)

 Sweden
UEFA Second Round winners
2913 November 2017
12th
2006
1
Runners-up (1958)

 Denmark
UEFA Second Round winners
3014 November 2017
5th
2010
1
Quarter-finals (1998)

 Australia
CONCACAF v AFC play-off winners
3115 November 2017
5th
2014
4
Round of 16 (2006)

 Peru
OFC v CONMEBOL play-off winners
3215 November 2017
5th
1982
1
Quarter-finals (1970), Second round (1978)6

text:
1: This is the 4th appearance of Russia at the FIFA World Cup; however, FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the Soviet Union who themselves qualified on 7 occasions.

2: Russia's best result is group stage in 1994, 2002 and 2014; however, FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the Soviet Union who achieved this result.

3: Germany between 1951 and 1990 is often referred to as "West Germany", as a separate East German state and team existed then.

4: This is the 2nd appearance of Serbia at the FIFA World Cup. However, FIFA considers Serbia as the successor team of the Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro national teams, who between them qualified on 10 occasions.

5: No official third place match took place in 1930 and no official third place was awarded at the time; both United States and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals. However, FIFA lists the teams as third and fourth respectively using the overall records of the teams in the tournament.

6: In 1978, the second round was another group stage which involved 8 teams qualified from the first round.

text: Qualification process[edit]

text: The number of teams participating in the final tournament is 32. Even though the qualification process began in March 2015, the allocation of slots for each confederation was discussed by the FIFA Executive Committee on 30 May 2015 in Zürich after the FIFA Congress.[14] It was decided that the same allocation as 2014 would be kept for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments.[15]

text: Proposal for expansion[edit]

text: In October 2013, UEFA President Michel Platini proposed that the World Cup finals should be expanded from 32 to 40 teams starting from 2018. The format would have been the same, but in groups of five instead of four.[16] This was in response to FIFA President Sepp Blatter's comments that Africa and Asia deserved more spots in the World Cup finals at the expense of European and South American teams.[17] However, FIFA general secretary Jérôme Valcke said that expansion in 2018 would be "unlikely", while Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko said that the country was "preparing on the basis that 32 teams will be taking part."[18][19] Expansion was ultimately delayed until 10 January 2017, when the FIFA Council voted unanimously to expand to 48 teams starting in the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[20]

text: Summary of qualification[edit]

text: While all FIFA members entered the tournament, not all competed. Zimbabwe were expelled from the competition on 12 March 2015 for their failure to pay former coach José Claudinei a severance fee and Indonesia were excluded from the qualifying competition following the suspension of their football association by FIFA on 30 May 2015.[3] Kuwait had a number of their qualifiers cancelled for a similar suspension that began while their campaign was underway,[21] which eventually resulted in their elimination. Brazil were the first team to achieve qualification for the tournament following their 3–0 victory over Paraguay on 28 March 2017.[22] Peru became the 32nd and final team to qualify when, 233 days after Brazil secured their place, they beat New Zealand 2–0 on aggregate in the OFC-CONMEBOL play-off.[23]

text:
Confederation
Available slots in finals
Teams started
Teams eliminated
Teams qualified
Qualifying start date
Qualifying end date

AFC
4.5
46
41
5
12 March 2015
15 November 2017

CAF
5
54
49
5
7 October 2015
14 November 2017

CONCACAF
3.5
35
32
3
22 March 2015
15 November 2017

CONMEBOL
4.5
10
5
5
8 October 2015
15 November 2017

OFC
0.5
11
11
0
31 August 2015
15 November 2017

UEFA
13+1
54+1
41
13+1
4 September 2016
14 November 2017

Total
31+1
210+1
179
31+1
12 March 2015
15 November 2017

text: Note: One team each from AFC, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, and OFC played in the inter-confederation play-offs, between 10–15 November 2017 (CONCACAF v AFC and OFC v CONMEBOL).

text: Note: UEFA total includes +1 for Russia as hosts.

text: Format[edit]

text: The formats of the qualifying competitions depended on each confederation (see below). Each round might be played in either of the following formats:[24]

text:
League format, where more than two teams formed groups to play home-and-away round-robin matches, or in exceptions permitted by the FIFA Organizing Committee, single round-robin matches hosted by one of the participating teams or on neutral territory.
Knockout format, where two teams played home-and-away two-legged matches.

text: Tiebreakers[edit]

text: In league format, the ranking of teams in each group is based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):[24]

text:
Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
Overall goal difference
Overall goals scored
Points in matches between tied teams
Goal difference in matches between tied teams
Goals scored in matches between tied teams
Away goals scored in matches between tied teams (if the tie is only between two teams in home-and-away league format)
Fair play points

first yellow card: minus 1 point
indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points
direct red card: minus 4 points
yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points

Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee

text: In cases where teams finishing in the same position across different groups are compared for determining which teams advance to the next stage, the criteria is decided by the confederation and require the approval of FIFA (regulations Article 20.8).[24]

text: In knockout format, the team that has the higher aggregate score over the two legs progresses to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finish level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs progresses. If away goals are also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time are played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e. if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team qualifies by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out (regulations Article 20.9).[24]

text: Confederation qualification[edit]

text: AFC[edit]

text: The AFC Executive Committee meeting on 16 April 2014 approved the proposal to merge the preliminary qualification rounds of the FIFA World Cup and the AFC Asian Cup, which will be expanded to 24 teams starting in 2019:[25]

text:
First round: A total of 12 teams (teams ranked 35–46) played home-and-away over two legs. The six winners advanced to the second round.
Second round: A total of 40 teams (teams ranked 1–34 and six first round winners) were divided into eight groups of five teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The eight group winners and the four best group runners-up advanced to the third round of FIFA World Cup qualification as well as qualified for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup finals.
Third round: The 12 teams (an increase from 10 for 2014) which advanced from the second round were divided into two groups of six teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The top two teams of each group qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the two third-placed teams advanced to the fourth round.
Fourth round: The two third-placed teams of each group from the third round played home-and-away over two legs. The winners advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs, playing the fourth-placed CONCACAF team.

text: A total of 24 teams eliminated from World Cup qualification in the second round compete in the third round of 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification (which is separate from the third round of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification), where they are divided into six groups of four teams and compete for the remaining slots of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. The 24 teams consist of the 16 highest ranked teams eliminated in the second round, and the eight teams that advanced from the play-off round of 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification which are contested by the remaining 12 teams eliminated in the second round.[26]

text: Final positions (third round)[edit]

text: The draw for the third round was held on 12 April 2016 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[27]

text: Group A

text:
Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification

1
 Iran
10
6
4
0
10
2
+8
22
Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup

—
1–0
2–2
2–0
1–0
2–0

2
 South Korea
10
4
3
3
11
10
+1
15

0–0
—
1–0
2–1
3–2
3–2

3
 Syria
10
3
4
3
9
8
+1
13
Advance to fourth round

0–0
0–0
—
1–0
2–2
3–1

4
 Uzbekistan
10
4
1
5
6
7
−1
13

0–1
0–0
1–0
—
2–0
1–0

5
 China PR
10
3
3
4
8
10
−2
12

0–0
1–0
0–1
1–0
—
0–0

6
 Qatar
10
2
1
7
8
15
−7
7

0–1
3–2
1–0
0–1
1–2
—

text: Group B

text:
Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification

1
 Japan
10
6
2
2
17
7
+10
20
Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup

—
2–1
2–0
1–2
2–1
4–0

2
 Saudi Arabia
10
6
1
3
17
10
+7
19

1–0
—
2–2
3–0
1–0
1–0

3
 Australia
10
5
4
1
16
11
+5
19
Advance to fourth round

1–1
3–2
—
2–0
2–0
2–1

4
 United Arab Emirates
10
4
1
5
10
13
−3
13

0–2
2–1
0–1
—
2–0
3–1

5
 Iraq
10
3
2
5
11
12
−1
11

1–1
1–2
1–1
1–0
—
4–0

6
 Thailand
10
0
2
8
6
24
−18
2

0–2
0–3
2–2
1–1
1–2
—

text: Play-off for 5th place (fourth round)[edit]

text: The third-placed teams from each group in the third round played against each other home-and-away over two legs to determine which team advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.

text:
Team 1
Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg

Syria
2–3
 Australia
1–1
1–2 (a.e.t.)

text: CAF[edit]

text: The CAF Executive Committee approved the format for the qualifiers of the 2018 FIFA World Cup on 14 January 2015.[28] However, on 9 July 2015 FIFA officially announced that only three rounds would be played instead of four.[29]

text:
First round: A total of 26 teams (teams ranked 28–53) played home-and-away over two legs. The 13 winners advanced to the second round.
Second round: A total of 40 teams (teams ranked 1–27 and 13 first round winners) played home-and-away over two legs. The 20 winners advanced to the third round.
Third round: The 20 teams which had advanced from the second round were divided into five groups of four teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The winners of each group qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

text: Zimbabwe, even though they entered the competition, were expelled on 12 March 2015 for their failure to pay former coach José Claudinei a severance fee.[2] Therefore, only 53 African teams were involved in the draw.

text: Final positions (third round)[edit]

text: The draw for the third round was held on 24 June 2016 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[30]

text: Group A

text:
Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification

1
 Tunisia
6
4
2
0
11
4
+7
14
Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup

—
2–1
0–0
2–0

2
 DR Congo
6
4
1
1
14
7
+7
13

2–2
—
4–0
3–1

3
 Libya
6
1
1
4
4
10
−6
4

0–1
1–2
—
1–0

4
 Guinea
6
1
0
5
6
14
−8
3

1–4
1–2
3–2
—

text: Group B

text:
Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification

1
 Nigeria
6
4
1
1
11
6
+5
13
Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup

—
1–0
4–0
3–1

2
 Zambia
6
2
2
2
8
7
+1
8

1–2
—
2–2
3–1

3
 Cameroon
6
1
4
1
7
9
−2
7

1–1
1–1
—
2–0

4
 Algeria
6
1
1
4
6
10
−4
4

3–0[a]
0–1
1–1
—

text: Jump up ^ FIFA awarded Algeria a 3–0 win as a result of Nigeria fielding the ineligible player Shehu Abdullahi, after the match had ended in a 1–1 draw. Abdullahi failed to serve a one-game ban after receiving two yellow cards in the qualifying competition.[31]

text: Group C

text:
Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification

1
 Morocco
6
3
3
0
11
0
+11
12
Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup

—
0–0
3–0
6–0

2
 Ivory Coast
6
2
2
2
7
5
+2
8

0–2
—
1–2
3–1

3
 Gabon
6
1
3
2
2
7
−5
6

0–0
0–3
—
0–0

4
 Mali
6
0
4
2
1
9
−8
4

0–0
0–0
0–0
—

text: Group D

text:
Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification

1
 Senegal
6
4
2
0
10
3
+7
14
Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup

—
0–0
2–0
2–1

2
 Burkina Faso
6
2
3
1
10
6
+4
9

2–2
—
4–0
1–1

3
 Cape Verde
6
2
0
4
4
12
−8
6

0–2
0–2
—
2–1

4
 South Africa
6
1
1
4
7
10
−3
4

0–2[a]
3–1
1–2
—

text: Jump up ^ FIFA ordered a replay of the original South Africa v Senegal match after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld the lifetime ban of match referee Joseph Lamptey. Originally South Africa had defeated Senegal 2–1.[32]

text: Group E

text:
Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification

1
 Egypt
6
4
1
1
8
4
+4
13
Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup

—
1–0
2–0
2–1

2
 Uganda
6
2
3
1
3
2
+1
9

1–0
—
0–0
1–0

3
 Ghana
6
1
4
1
7
5
+2
7

1–1
0–0
—
1–1

4
 Congo
6
0
2
4
5
12
−7
2

1–2
1–1
1–5
—

text: CONCACAF[edit]

text: An amendment to the qualification process for this tournament had been suggested,[33] which would see the first three rounds played as knockout rounds, with both the fourth round and the final round (referred to as 'The Hex') played as group stages. The first round would be played during the FIFA international dates of 23–31 March 2015.[34] CONCACAF announced the full details on 12 January 2015:[35][36]

text:
First round: A total of 14 teams (teams ranked 22–35) played home-and-away over two legs. The seven winners advanced to the second round.
Second round: A total of 20 teams (teams ranked 9–21 and seven first round winners) played home-and-away over two legs. The ten winners advanced to the third round.
Third round: A total of 12 teams (teams ranked 7–8 and ten second round winners) played home-and-away over two legs. The six winners advanced to the fourth round.
Fourth round: A total of 12 teams (teams ranked 1–6 and six third round winners) were divided into three groups of four teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The top two teams of each group advanced to the fifth round.
Fifth round: The six teams which advanced from the fourth round played home-and-away round-robin matches in one single group. The top three teams qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the fourth-placed team advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs, playing the winners of the Asian Football Confederation play-off.

text: Final positions (fifth round)[edit]

text: The draw for the fifth round (to decide the fixtures) was held on 8 July 2016 at the CONCACAF headquarters in Miami Beach, United States.[37]

text:
Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification

1
 Mexico
10
6
3
1
16
7
+9
21
Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup

—
2–0
1–0
3–0
1–1
3–1

2
 Costa Rica
10
4
4
2
14
8
+6
16

1–1
—
0–0
1–1
4–0
2–1

3
 Panama
10
3
4
3
9
10
−1
13

0–0
2–1
—
2–2
1–1
3–0

4
 Honduras
10
3
4
3
13
19
−6
13
Advance to inter-confederation play-offs

3–2
1–1
0–1
—
1–1
3–1

5
 United States
10
3
3
4
17
13
+4
12

1–2
0–2
4–0
6–0
—
2–0

6
 Trinidad and Tobago
10
2
0
8
7
19
−12
6

0–1
0–2
1–0
1–2
2–1
—

text: CONMEBOL[edit]

text: The qualification structure was the same as the previous five editions. The ten teams played in a league of home-and-away round-robin matches. The top four teams qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the fifth-placed team advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs, playing the winners of the Oceania Football Confederation qualifying competition.

text: Unlike previous qualifying tournaments where the fixtures were pre-determined, the fixtures were decided by a draw held on 25 July 2015, at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia.[38]

text: Final positions[edit]

text:
Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification

1
 Brazil
18
12
5
1
41
11
+30
41
Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup

—
2–2
3–0
2–1
3–0
3–0
3–0
2–0
5–0
3–1

2
 Uruguay
18
9
4
5
32
20
+12
31

1–4
—
0–0
3–0
1–0
3–0
4–0
2–1
4–2
3–0

3
 Argentina
18
7
7
4
19
16
+3
28

1–1
1–0
—
3–0
0–0
1–0
0–1
0–2
2–0
1–1

4
 Colombia
18
7
6
5
21
19
+2
27

1–1
2–2
0–1
—
2–0
0–0
1–2
3–1
1–0
2–0

5
 Peru
18
7
5
6
27
26
+1
26
Advance to inter-confederation play-offs

0–2
2–1
2–2
1–1
—
3–4
1–0
2–1
2–1
2–2

6
 Chile
18
8
2
8
26
27
−1
26

2–0
3–1
1–2
1–1
2–1
—
0–3
2–1
3–0[a]
3–1

7
 Paraguay
18
7
3
8
19
25
−6
24

2–2
1–2
0–0
0–1
1–4
2–1
—
2–1
2–1
0–1

8
 Ecuador
18
6
2
10
26
29
−3
20

0–3
2–1
1–3
0–2
1–2
3–0
2–2
—
2–0
3–0

9
 Bolivia
18
4
2
12
16
38
−22
14

0–0
0–2
2–0
2–3
0–3[a]
1–0
1–0
2–2
—
4–2

10
 Venezuela
18
2
6
10
19
35
−16
12

0–2
0–0
2–2
0–0
2–2
1–4
0–1
1–3
5–0
—

text: ^ Jump up to: a b FIFA awarded Peru and Chile 3–0 wins as a result of Bolivia fielding the ineligible player Nelson Cabrera. Originally Bolivia had defeated Peru 2–0 and drawn 0–0 with Chile. Nelson Cabrera had previously represented Paraguay and did not meet eligibility rules.[39]

text: OFC[edit]

text: The qualification structure was as follows:[40][29]

text:
First round: American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa, and Tonga played a round-robin tournament at a single country. The winners advanced to the second round.
Second round (OFC Nations Cup): A total of eight teams (Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Vanuatu, and the first round winner) played the tournament at a single country. For the group stage, they were divided into two groups of four teams. The top three teams of each group advanced to the third round of World Cup qualifying. The top two teams of each group also advanced to the knockout stage (semi-finals and final) to decide the 2016 OFC Nations Cup winners which would play in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.
Third round: The six teams which advanced from the second round were divided into two groups of three teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The two group winners met in a two-legged match with the winners advancing to the inter-confederation play-offs, playing the fifth-placed CONMEBOL team.

text: The OFC had considered different proposals of the qualifying tournament.[41] A previous proposal adopted by the OFC in October 2014 would have the eight teams divided into two groups of four teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches in the second round, followed by the top two teams of each group advancing to the third round to play in a single group of home-and-away round-robin matches to decide the winners of the 2016 OFC Nations Cup which would qualify to the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.[42] However, it was later reported in April 2015 that the OFC had reversed its decision, and the 2016 OFC Nations Cup was played as a one-off tournament similar to the 2012 OFC Nations Cup.[43]

text: Final positions (third round)[edit]

text: The draw for the third round was held on 8 July 2016 at the OFC headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[44]

text: Group A

text:
Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification

1
 New Zealand
4
3
1
0
6
0
+6
10
Advance to OFC Final

—
2–0
2–0

2
 New Caledonia
4
1
2
1
4
5
−1
5

0–0
—
2–1

3
 Fiji
4
0
1
3
3
8
−5
1

0–2
2–2
—

text: Group B

text:
Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification

1
 Solomon Islands
4
3
0
1
6
6
0
9
Advance to OFC Final

—
1–0
3–2

2
 Tahiti
4
2
0
2
7
4
+3
6

3–0[a]
—
1–2

3
 Papua New Guinea
4
1
0
3
6
9
−3
3

1–2
1–3
—

text: Jump up ^ FIFA awarded Tahiti a 3–0 win as a result of the Solomon Islands fielding the ineligible player Henry Fa'arodo, after Tahiti had defeated the Solomon Islands 1–0. Fa'arodo failed to serve a one-game ban after receiving two yellow cards in the 2016 OFC Nations Cup.[45]

text:
Final
The draw for the final (which decided the order of legs) was held on 15 June 2017 at the OFC headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[46] The winners of the final advanced to inter-confederation play-offs.

text:
Team 1
Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg

New Zealand
8–3
 Solomon Islands
6–1
2–2

text: UEFA[edit]

text: Russia qualified automatically as hosts. The qualifying format for the remaining FIFA-affiliated UEFA teams was confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee meeting on 22–23 March 2015 in Vienna.[47][48]

text:
First round (group stage): The 52 UEFA teams affiliated with FIFA at the time of the draw were divided into nine groups (seven groups of six teams and two groups of five teams) to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The winners of each group qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the eight best runners-up advanced to the second round (play-offs). With the admission of Gibraltar and Kosovo as FIFA members in May 2016, both national teams were eligible to make their debuts in World Cup qualifying.[6] With initially two groups in the first round having only five teams, Kosovo was assigned to Group I as it was decided that Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia should not play against Kosovo for security reasons, and Gibraltar was then added to Group H,[7][8] so that each of the nine groups then had six teams.
Second round (play-offs): The eight best runners-up from the first round played one other team over two legs, home and away. The four winners qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

text: Final positions (first round)[edit]

text: The draw for the first round was held on 25 July 2015, at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia.[29]

text: Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup

text: Advance to Second round (play-offs)

text:
Group A
Group B
Group C

Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
Pts

1
 France
10
23

2
 Sweden
10
19

3
 Netherlands
10
19

4
 Bulgaria
10
13

5
 Luxembourg
10
6

6
 Belarus
10
5

Source: FIFA

Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
Pts

1
 Portugal
10
27

2
  Switzerland
10
27

3
 Hungary
10
13

4
 Faroe Islands
10
9

5
 Latvia
10
7

6
 Andorra
10
4

Source: FIFA

Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
Pts

1
 Germany
10
30

2
 Northern Ireland
10
19

3
 Czech Republic
10
15

4
 Norway
10
13

5
 Azerbaijan
10
10

6
 San Marino
10
0

Source: FIFA

Group D
Group E
Group F

Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
Pts

1
 Serbia
10
21

2
 Republic of Ireland
10
19

3
 Wales
10
17

4
 Austria
10
15

5
 Georgia
10
5

6
 Moldova
10
2

Source: FIFA

Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
Pts

1
 Poland
10
25

2
 Denmark
10
20

3
 Montenegro
10
16

4
 Romania
10
13

5
 Armenia
10
7

6
 Kazakhstan
10
3

Source: FIFA

Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
Pts

1
 England
10
26

2
 Slovakia
10
18

3
 Scotland
10
18

4
 Slovenia
10
15

5
 Lithuania
10
6

6
 Malta
10
1

Source: FIFA

Group G
Group H
Group I

Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
Pts

1
 Spain
10
28

2
 Italy
10
23

3
 Albania
10
13

4
 Israel
10
12

5
 Macedonia
10
11

6
 Liechtenstein
10
0

Source: FIFA

Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
Pts

1
 Belgium
10
28

2
 Greece
10
19

3
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
10
17

4
 Estonia
10
11

5
 Cyprus
10
10

6
 Gibraltar
10
0

Source: FIFA

Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
Pts

1
 Iceland
10
22

2
 Croatia
10
20

3
 Ukraine
10
17

4
 Turkey
10
15

5
 Finland
10
9

6
 Kosovo
10
1

Source: FIFA

text: In deciding the eight best runners-up, the matches against the sixth-placed team in each group were discarded.[49]

text:
Pos
Grp
Team

v
t
e

Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification

1
B
  Switzerland
8
7
0
1
18
6
+12
21
Advance to second round (play-offs)

2
G
 Italy
8
5
2
1
12
8
+4
17

3
E
 Denmark
8
4
2
2
13
6
+7
14

4
I
 Croatia
8
4
2
2
8
4
+4
14

5
A
 Sweden
8
4
1
3
18
9
+9
13

6
C
 Northern Ireland
8
4
1
3
10
6
+4
13

7
H
 Greece
8
3
4
1
9
5
+4
13

8
D
 Republic of Ireland
8
3
4
1
7
5
+2
13

9
F
 Slovakia
8
4
0
4
11
6
+5
12

text: Play-offs (second round)[edit]

text: The draw for the second round (play-offs) was held on 17 October 2017 at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland.[52] The winners of each tie qualified for the World Cup.

text:
Team 1
Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg

Northern Ireland
0–1
  Switzerland
0–1
0–0

Croatia
4–1
 Greece
4–1
0–0

Denmark
5–1
 Republic of Ireland
0–0
5–1

Sweden
1–0
 Italy
1–0
0–0

text: Inter-confederation play-offs[edit]

text: There were two inter-confederation playoffs to determine the final two qualification spots for the finals. The first legs were played on 10 and 11 November 2017, and the second legs were played on 15 November 2017.[53][54]

text: The matchups were decided at the preliminary draw which was held on 25 July 2015, at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia.[29]

text: CONCACAF v AFC[edit]

text:
Team 1
Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg

Honduras
1–3
 Australia
0–0
1–3

text: OFC v CONMEBOL[edit]

text:
Team 1
Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg

New Zealand
0–2
 Peru
0–0
0–2

text: Top goalscorers[edit]

text:
Robert Lewandowski
 Mohammad Al-Sahlawi
 Ahmed Khalil

text: Cristiano Ronaldo

text:
Tim Cahill
 Romelu Lukaku
 Christian Eriksen
 Sardar Azmoun

text:
Mile Jedinak
 Omar Kharbin
 Edinson Cavani

text:
Carlos Ruiz
 André Silva
 Hassan Al-Haidos
 Ali Mabkhout

text:
Yang Xu
 Mehdi Taremi
 Chris Wood
 Marcus Berg
 Jozy Altidore

text: For each confederation and inter-confederation play-offs, see sections in each article:

text:
AFC
CAF
CONCACAF
CONMEBOL
OFC
UEFA
Inter-confederation play-offs


document_title: McLintock!

question_text: where was the john wayne movie mclintock filmed

text: McLintock!

text: Synopsis[edit]

text: Cattle, timber and mining baron George Washington "G.W." McLintock (John Wayne) is living the single life on his ranch. He is estranged from wife Katherine (Maureen O'Hara), who left him two years before, suspecting him of adultery. She has been living the society life back in the East while their daughter Becky (Stefanie Powers) is completing her college degree.

text: Following a meeting with a group of homesteaders whom he cautions against trying to farm on the Mesa Verde:

text: "God made that land for the buffalo. it serves pretty well for cattle. But it hates the plow! And even the government should know you can't farm six thousand feet above sea level!"

text: He hires one of them, attractive widow Louise Warren (Yvonne De Carlo), as his cook and housekeeper. G.W. welcomes both her and her two children into his home, including grown son Dev (Patrick Wayne), who is handy with his fists, good with cattle, and is an excellent chess player, who had had to leave Purdue University on the death of his father.

text: Katherine (a.k.a. Katie), returns to the town of McLintock, seeking a divorce from G.W. He declines to give her one, and has no idea why she has been so angry with him for two years that she moved out.

text: Following a misunderstanding which leads to a Comanche subchief nearly being lynched by a hotheaded settler father who believes his daughter has been kidnapped, there is a gigantic brawl at the mud slide by one of McLintock's mines. Significantly, Katherine is in there swinging on her estranged husband's side as the local Indians watch the white folks make fools of themselves.

text: Rebecca "Becky" McLintock returns to town, along with her banjo-playing love interest, "Junior" Douglas (Jerry Van Dyke). Junior is approved of by Katherine but not G.W. However, she soon falls for Dev (of whom G.W. approves wholeheartedly), and they become engaged after he takes her across his knee and spanking her with a coal shovel following a sharp exchange between them. When they announce the engagement, G.W. and Mrs. Warren both give their blessings.

text: The same train that brought Becky home from college also brought back Chief Puma of the Comanche tribe, an honored enemy and blood brother of G.W., who has been released from prison by the federal government. The territorial governor is out to force the local Comanche tribe off their lands and onto a reservation near Fort Sill.

text: At the request of Chief Puma, McLintock acts as the spokesman for the Comanche, translating Puma's speech into English at the kangaroo court hearing organized by Governor Humphrey. The governor announces that the Indians will be moved to Oklahoma, and Chief Puma and his subchiefs are imprisoned again. With the illicit help of G.W., a breakout is arranged and an Army train is looted of a cargo of Krag-Jorgenson rifles and ammunition. The Comanche head out on what Puma had called "the last fight of the Comanche," hotly pursued by the local troop of U.S. Cavalry. This has the effect of bringing what Humphrey and Agard, the local Indian agent, have been doing to the attention of Washington. It is implied that both will shortly be removed from office.

text: At the Fourth of July celebration during which the Comanche breakout takes place, McLintock finally has enough of Katherine's behavior. Following one insult too many, G.W. pursues Katherine through the streets and shops of the town like Nemesis, Katherine losing her clothing one piece at a time until she is down to her corset and bloomers. After an epic chase, he finally catches her, spanks her bottom with a coal shovel, and tells her that now she can have her divorce. She decides she does not want a divorce after all, and G.W. and Katherine happily reconcile.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
John Wayne as George Washington "G.W." McLintock
Maureen O'Hara as Katherine McLintock
Patrick Wayne as Devlin Warren
Stefanie Powers as Becky McLintock
Jack Kruschen as Jake Birnbaum
Chill Wills as Drago
Yvonne De Carlo as Louise Warren
Jerry Van Dyke as Matt Douglas Jr.
Edgar Buchanan as Bunny Dull
Perry Lopez as Davey Elk
Strother Martin as Agard
Gordon Jones as Matt Douglas
Robert Lowery as Gov. Cuthbert H. Humphrey
Hank Worden as Curly Fletcher
Michael Pate as Puma
Bruce Cabot as Ben Sage, Sr.
Edward Faulkner as Ben Sage, Jr.
Mari Blanchard as Camille
Leo Gordon as Jones
Chuck Roberson as Sheriff Jeff Lord
Bob Steele as Train Engineer
Aissa Wayne as Alice Warren
"Big" John Hamilton as Fauntleroy Sage

text: Production[edit]

text: The script was developed by John Wayne. He offered the job of directing to Andrew McLaglen, who had directed a number of low budget features and had worked widely in television. It was the first movie fully produced by Wayne's son, Michael, although Michael Wayne had worked on a number of other films in various capacities. The male juvenile lead was John Wayne's younger son, Patrick.[2]

text: The film was shot at Old Tucson Studios, west of Tucson, Arizona and also at San Rafael Ranch House - San Rafael State Natural Area South of Patagonia, Arizona and Nogales.[4][2]

text: Many of the cast and crew, notably Andrew McLaglen, Bruce Cabot, Chill Wills, Edward Faulkner, Strother Martin, and Maureen O'Hara, had worked with Wayne on other productions. Wayne insisted a supporting role be given to Yvonne de Carlo, whose husband had been injured making How the West Was Won.[5] Michael Wayne estimated the budget as being between $3.5-4 million.[2]

text: As in many another John Wayne film, Wayne is frequently shown wearing his favorite "Red River D" belt buckle. It can be best seen at the end of the scene where the Comanche ride through town on the way to "the last fight of the Comanche," approximately 10 minutes from the end of the movie.

text: In the Special Feature "Maureen O'Hara and Stefanie Powers Remember McLintock!" O'Hara reported that when she and Wayne filmed the famous scene in which he spanked her with a coal scuttle shovel, he did not pull his strokes. "He really spanked me! My bottom was black and blue for weeks!"[6]

text: Music[edit]

text:
"Love in the Country" sung by The Limeliters
Music coordinator "By" Dunham
"Love in the Country" words & music by "By" Dunham & Frank DeVol
"Just Right for Me", "Cakewalk", "When We Dance" words & music by "By" Dunham

text: Reception[edit]

text: The film was a box-office success, and a timely one, since The Alamo had cost Wayne in both financial and "box-office capital" terms.[7] McLintock! grossed $14,500,000 in North America,[3] earning $7.25 million in US theatrical rentals.[8] It was the 11th highest-grossing film of 1963.

text: Andrew McLaglen said the film "put me in the big time."[9] He made four more films with Wayne.

text: According to Bosley Crowther, "the broadly comic Western ... sounded like a promising idea"; "the scenery is opulent and the action out-of-doors, the color lush and the cast made up almost entirely of recruits from John Ford's long cinematic cycle commemorating the tradition of the American frontier."[1] Since "the direction was entrusted to a relative newcomer, Victor McLaglen's television-trained son, Andrew V. McLaglen ... good intentions, when the task at hand is as difficult as lusty farce, are not enough."[1] Emanuel Levy, in a review years after the film's release, said the film is "significant because it marks the beginning of Wayne's attempt to impose his general views, not just political ones, on his pictures. Most of Wayne's screen work after McLintock! would express his opinions about education, family, economics, and even friendship."[10]

text: Novelization[edit]

text: Richard Wormser wrote a novelization of the screenplay.[11]

text: Public domain status[edit]

text: Produced by John Wayne's Batjac Productions for United Artists, John Wayne's estate retained the rights to the film. In 1994, a legal case determined the film was in the public domain in the United States, but the music score remained under copyright.[12][13][14][15]

text: Video releases[edit]

text: Despite being available in public domain distributors for the past decade, the first official home video issue of the film was released in the mid-1990s by MPI Home Video. Years later, in 2005, Paramount struck a distribution deal with Batjac and thus is now the home video rights holder for this film. Despite this, numerous versions of the film are still being released on home video, both sanctioned and unsanctioned by Batjac.

text: The official DVD presentation includes restored and remastered video and audio with extensive documentary, commentary, and bonus features. The High and the Mighty, Hondo, and Island in the Sky—three other John Wayne features—were issued around the same time.

text: There are also several Blu-ray releases of this film sanctioned by Batjac—one from Paramount with bonus features, and a no-frills issue from Olive Films.

text: Comic book adaption[edit]

text: Gold Key: McLintock! (March 1964)[16]


document_title: Santa Claus's reindeer

question_text: name of the reindeer in santa clause 2

question_tokens: name of the reindeer in santa clause 2

text: Santa Claus's reindeer

text: List[edit]

text: In traditional lore, Santa Claus's sleigh is led by eight reindeer: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Dunder (variously spelled Donder and Donner), and Blixem (variously spelled Blixen and Blitzen), with Rudolph being a 20th-century inclusion.[2][3]

text: The names Dunder and Blixem derive from Dutch words for thunder and lightning, respectively. In the premiere episode of The Simpsons, Homer misremembers them collectively as "Donna Dixon".[4]

text: Origins[edit]

text: Single reindeer[edit]

text: The first reference to Santa's sleigh being pulled by a reindeer appears in Old Santeclaus with Much Delight, an illustrated children's poem published in New York in 1821.[5][6] The names of the author and the illustrator are not known.[6] The poem, with eight colored lithographic illustrations, was published by William B. Gilley as a small paperback book entitled The Children's Friend: A New-Year's Present, to the Little Ones from Five to Twelve.[7]

text: Eight reindeer[edit]

text: The 1823 poem by Clement C. Moore "A Visit from St. Nicholas" (also known as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas") is largely credited for the contemporary Christmas lore that includes eight named reindeer.[8]

text: The relevant segment of the poem reads:

text:
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
but a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny rein-deer,
with a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.

More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and call'd them by name:
"Now, Dasher! Now, Dancer! Now, Prancer, and Vixen!
"On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Dunder and Blixem!

"To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
"Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"

text:
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky;

text: In An American Anthology, 1787–1900, Edmund Clarence Stedman reprints the 1844 Clement C. Moore version of the poem, including the German spelling of "Donder and Blitzen," rather than the original 1823 version using the Dutch spelling, "Dunder and Blixem".[1] Both phrases translate as "Thunder and Lightning" in English, though German for "thunder" is now spelled Donner, and the Dutch words would now be spelled Donder and Bliksem.

text: Rudolph (the red-nosed reindeer)[edit]

text: Rudolph's story was originally written in verse by Robert L. May for the Montgomery Ward chain of department stores in 1939, and published as a book to be given to children in the store at Christmas time.[9] According to this story, Rudolph's glowing red nose made him a social outcast among the other reindeer. Santa Claus's worldwide flight one year was imperiled by severe fog. Visiting Rudolph's house to deliver his presents, Santa observed Rudolph's glowing red nose in the darkened bedroom and decided to use him as a makeshift lamp to guide his sleigh. Rudolph accepted Santa's request to lead the sleigh for the rest of the night, and he returned home a hero for having helped Santa Claus.

text: Rudolph's story is a popular Christmas story that has been retold in numerous forms, most notably a popular song, a stop motion television special and an animated feature film. The television special departed significantly from Robert L. May's original story, depicting Rudolph as Donner's son, who lived among Santa Claus's reindeer from birth. In 1998, a film titled Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie was released that depicted Rudolph as Blitzen's son.

text: In comics[edit]

text: The comic strip Over the Hedge (which debuted in 1995), added a character named Ralph, the Infrared Nosed Reindeer, who is Rudolph's brother and has a nose that emits infrared radiation.

text: In film[edit]

text:
The feature film, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998), introduces Mitzi as Rudolph's mother and Blitzen's wife (as opposed to the Rankin/Bass version, wherein Donner is Rudolph's father and his mother is unnamed). It also features two other reindeer Rudolph's love interest Zoey and his cousin and rival Arrow, the latter of whom is Cupid's son.
The animated movie Annabelle's Wish tells the story of a young calf who dreams to fly after meeting Santa and his reindeer. Many years later in her old age she is granted her wish, and is transformed into a reindeer herself as she leads Santa's team.
Chet is a young reindeer in training who is introduced in the 2002 feature film, The Santa Clause 2 (2002).
In the film Blizzard (2003), the title character is Blitzen's daughter. The film also includes Delphi, Blitzen's mate and Blizzard's mother.
In the 2011 film Arthur Christmas, Arthur along with his grandfather Grandsanta use a team of reindeer who are the great-great-grandchildren of the original eight, to pull Grandsanta's old sleigh.

text: In literature[edit]

text: L. Frank Baum's story The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1902) includes a list of ten reindeer, none of which match the names of the versions found in "A Visit from St. Nicholas". Flossie and Glossie are Santa's principal reindeer in Baum's story. Claus gathers eight more reindeer, named in rhyming pairs: Racer and Pacer, Fearless and Peerless, Ready and Steady, Feckless and Speckless.

text: In music[edit]

text:
"Run Rudolph Run" (1958), recorded by Chuck Berry a popular Christmas-rock song about Rudolph
"Shadrack The Black Reindeer", was recorded by Loretta Lynn for a 1974 Christmas single.[10]
Joe Diffie's album Mr. Christmas (1995) features the song "Leroy the Redneck Reindeer".[11]
Australian trio Tripod wrote the song Fabian for their album Fegh Maha (2004), about an arrogant and self-serving reindeer. The song begins with a list of the reindeer: "You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and... Chopper and Nixon."[12]

text: In television[edit]

text:
The stop-motion animated TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) features Fireball, son of Blitzen, as one of several reindeer trying out for the sleigh team. Another reindeer is said to be the son of Dasher and struggles at flying, along with two other reindeer fawns of the same age. A young fawn named Clarice is also featured and eventually becomes Rudolph's love interest. Donner is portrayed as Rudolph's father, while his mother is left unnamed.

A stop-motion animated sequel, Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979), features an additional antagonist reindeer named Scratcher.

In the animated television special Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966), the Grinch disguises his dog Max as a reindeer.
"Lightning", from the Sesame Street Christmas special, "Elmo Saves Christmas" 1996), is a reindeer-in-training.
In the TV special Robbie the Reindeer (1999), the eponymous Robbie is ostensibly assumed to be the son of Rudolph. His special feature is his nose, which has supernatural powers that allow him to jump and fly farther and faster than most reindeer.
The South Park Christmas special "Red Sleigh Down" (2002), Santa's sleigh is shot down over Iraq, killing the eight famous reindeer. The protagonists go to rescue him with Santa's backup team: Steven, Fluffy, Horace, Chantel, Skippy, Rainbow, Patches and Montel.
In the TV special Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen (2006), Rusty is said to be Rudolph's younger brother. Unlike the other reindeer, Rusty is flightless, so instead assists Santa and the other reindeer from air traffic control.
The TV series, My Friends Tigger & Pooh, introduced a special Super Sleuth Christmas Movie (2007) that included Vixen's husband Frost and daughter Holly.
The television special, The Flight Before Christmas (2008), features Niko, a wild reindeer whose mother Oona claims he was fathered by one of Santa's team. After a falling out with his herd, he runs away to try to meet his father, learning to fly in the process. His father turns out to be Prancer. A sequel titled Little Brother, Big Trouble: A Christmas Adventure was released and featured Niko gaining a stepbrother named Jonni, after Oona marries a reindeer named Lenni.
Thrasher is a top-secret, oversized reindeer introduced in the Disney TV special Prep & Landing (2009). He leads the titular "prep and landing" team of elves in a sleigh ahead of Santa Claus' main sled and is Dasher's second cousin.


document_title: Going in Style (1979 film)

question_text: who was in the original going in style

question_tokens: who was in the original going in style

text: Going in Style (1979 film)

text: Plot[edit]

text: Joe (George Burns), Al (Art Carney), and Willie (Lee Strasberg) are three senior citizens who share a small apartment in Queens, New York City. Their days are spent on a park bench, reading newspapers, feeding pigeons, and fending off obnoxious children. It is a dull life, and Joe is desperate to break the monotony. After their monthly visit to their local bank to deposit their social security checks, Joe suggests: "How would you guys like to go on a stick-up?" They have no experience as criminals, but Joe puts together a plan. "Do you think it'll work?" asks Willie. "Who cares? replies Joe. "I feel like I'm 50 again!"

text: They pick a suitable bank in Manhattan; Al surreptitiously borrows three pistols from the gun collection of his nephew, Pete (Charles Hallahan), who lives with his wife and children a few miles away. Pete is an honest, hard-working guy who dreams of opening his own gas station, but his living expenses consume his entire modest salary.

text: The trio, disguised with Groucho Marx–style novelty glasses, pulls off the heist, netting $35,000. The excitement is too much for Willie, who suffers a fatal heart attack later that day. At his funeral, Joe and Al give $25,000 to Pete and his family, claiming it is the proceeds from Willie's life insurance policy. They decide to splurge the rest on a whirlwind excursion to Las Vegas.

text: After Willie's funeral, they board the first flight of their lives. At a fancy Las Vegas hotel, they take $2,500 to a craps table. Al, gambling for the first time, goes on an incredible streak, winning more than $70,000. Joe notices several pit bosses staring at them, and worries that they might be asking questions about the old guys with all the money. He and Al cash their chips and catch the first plane back to New York City. After sleeping late, Joe wakes up and turns on the radio for the afternoon news. He hears that their eccentric robbery has become the talk of the town. Joe tries to wake Al, but his friend has died in his sleep.

text: Joe informs Pete that his uncle has died, then tells him about the bank heist and the Las Vegas adventure. He says he has a feeling that police are closing in on him. He gives Pete the remaining bank loot and the Vegas winnings, and tells him to store the cash in his safe deposit box and never tell anyone about it. The next day, on his way to Al's funeral, Joe's hunch proves correct, and he is arrested. At the police station, he immediately confesses to the robbery and says he hid the money where no one will ever find it. A nervous young prosecutor patronizes him, and says he might avoid jail if he returns the cash. Joe tells him to "go to hell".

text: Pete visits Joe in prison and suggests giving back at least the stolen portion of the money in the hope of a lighter sentence. Joe explains that he's an old man with no family and now, no friends. "I'm a prisoner, in prison or out." Now, he no longer has to cook or clean for himself, eats three square meals a day, and is being treated like a king by his fellow inmates, who will soon start asking where he hid the money. He tells Pete to enjoy his "inheritance", and not to worry about him. "Besides," he says, with a wink, "no tinhorn joint like this could ever hold me!"

text: Cast[edit]

text:
George Burns as Joe
Art Carney as Al
Lee Strasberg as Willie
Charles Hallahan as Pete
Pamela Payton-Wright as Kathy
Siobhan Keegan as Colleen
Brian Neville as Kevin

text: Reception[edit]

text: Critic Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film three and a half stars, remarking that it "treats old age with a lot of bitterness. And my suspicion is that this picture will be a healthy catharsis for anyone who is old or is thinking about becoming old." Siskel added that "what this remarkable movie is after is duplicating the texture of being old in America. And, as we spend the final days with these three characters, we discover that what growing old is about for so many people is being alone. In one heart-tugging scene after another, we see the maturity it takes to make peace with yourself as you grow old. We see the strength it takes to be willing to sit quietly." Siskel offered particular praise for Burns' performance, stating that "Fans of George Burns . . . will be startled by his performance in this film. Burns, who has always seemed so cheerful on film, lets out some of his rage at growing old. He does this in a controlled, quiet way that reveals he is one remarkable actor."[2][3]

text: The film has an 89% approval rating from Rotten Tomatoes.[4]

text: Remake[edit]

text: In 2015, Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema began production on a remake of Going in Style, directed by Zach Braff, written by Theodore Melfi and starring Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Alan Arkin. The remake was released on April 7, 2017.