Season 3 (Arrow)

The third season of Arrow premiered on October 8, 2014 on The CW, the day after The Flash. The season will consist of 23 episodes.

Official synopsis
In the aftermath of his victory, Season Three opens with The Arrow now a hero to the citizens of Starling. Crime is down, people feel safer, and Captain Lance even calls off the Anti-Vigilante Task Force. Basking in his success, Oliver believes he can finally have a private life and asks Felicity out on a date. But the second Oliver takes his eye off the ball, a deadly villain reappears in Starling, forcing Oliver to realize that he can never be Oliver Queen – not as long as the city needs The Arrow.

Main cast

 * Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen/The Arrow
 * Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance/Black Canary
 * David Ramsey as John Diggle
 * Willa Holland as Thea Queen
 * Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak
 * Colton Haynes as Roy Harper/Arsenal
 * John Barrowman as Malcolm Merlyn/Dark Archer
 * Paul Blackthorne as Captain Quentin Lance

Recurring cast

 * Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer
 * Karl Yune as Maseo Yamashiro/Sarab
 * Cynthia Addai-Robinson as Amanda Waller
 * Rila Fukushima as Tatsu Yamashiro
 * Audrey Marie Anderson as Lyla Michaels
 * J.R. Ramirez as Ted Grant/Wildcat
 * Vinnie Jones as Daniel Brickwell/Brick
 * Katrina Law as Nyssa al Ghul
 * Austin Butler as Chase
 * Matt Nable as Ra's al Ghul
 * Peter Stormare as Werner Zytle/Vertigo
 * David Nykl as Anatoly Knyazev
 * Marc Singer as General Matthew Shrieve
 * Caity Lotz as Sara Lance/The Canary
 * Grant Gustin as Barry Allen/The Flash

Confirmed plot points

 * Ra's al Ghul will be the season's main antagonist.
 * This season was initially intended not to revisit super powers and abilities and be much more grounded. However, after the major success of the two-episode crossover with The Flash, executive producer Marc Guggenheim stated "he had a change of heart".
 * There will be 1 or 2 Suicide Squad-themed episodes.
 * The 18th episode will feature the phrase "hospital sex".
 * The dynamic of the show will be changed in the 18th episode.