- "People without the last name Queen are human beings, too."
- —Sam Hackett to Oliver Queen[src]
Samuel "Sam" Hackett (born c. 1983) is the son of the late Dave Hackett and a late unnamed woman.
Biography
Early Life
In 1989, when Sam was six years old, his mother died.
Oliver Queen mentioned meeting Sam several times when they were kids.[1]
Father gone missing
In 2007, Sam's father, Dave Hackett, went missing on the Queen's Gambit, but his death was never confirmed.
Sam was arrested for a number of minor crimes, including drunk and disorderly conduct, possession of drugs, and assault.
At some point, Sam stole his father's identity and started working for the Star City Electric Company.[1]
Discovering the truth
In 2019, after Oliver started working the SCPD, Sam hacked into the DA's office's computer and obtain the unredacted transcripts of Oliver's therapy sessions with Dr. Parker while he was incarcerated at Slabside. That was when Sam learned the truth that Oliver's father killed his. Before learning the truth, Sam believed his father was still alive and was planning a trip to the North China Sea to search for him.
Sam kidnapped Rich Kannon, a reporter, and forced him to make a video saying that unless Oliver quit the SCPD then "people would suffer".
Later, Sam hacked into the Star City power grid thereby causing the SCPD headquarters building to become electrified. He threatened that unless Oliver confessed to what his father did then he'd electrocute an officer to death every minute.
After Oliver confessed to how Sam's father died, Sam threatened that unless the SCPD killed Oliver he'd kill everyone in the building. Dinah destroyed the machine Sam was using to control the electricity and Sam was arrested.[1]
Personality
Sam seemed to have been suffering from his years of monomania and alcohol usage. After learning that Oliver was Green Arrow, he hacked Jarrett Parker's torture sessions and learned his father had been murdered by Robert Queen before committing suicide.
With the hope/delusion that his father was still alive broken, Sam wanted "revenge"; being just slightly less insane that Stanley Dover. He threatened Oliver to confess to Dave's murder; which he did. Even with the truth revealed, he still couldn't be satisfied and even ordered Oliver to be murdered by cops for no clear reason.
Appearances
Arrow
Season 7
Behind the scenes
- In the DC comics, Hackett is a former pilot for the Royal Air Force, but Hackett eventually came into the employ of a heroin manufacturer named China White. China conducted her business from an island volcano in Fiji, and communicated her orders to Hackett from there. Over a decade ago, Hackett insinuated his way into the lifestyle of millionaire playboy Oliver Queen. He convinced Oliver to invest in several illegal offshore accounts, though Oliver was unaware that the money was being used for drug trafficking.