Season 3 (Arrow)

Arrow was renewed for a third season on February 13, 2014. It premiered on October 8, 2014, the day after The Flash.

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
 * Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance
 * 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

 * Karl Yune as Maseo Yamashiro
 * Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer
 * Cynthia Addai-Robinson as Amanda Waller
 * J.R. Ramirez as Ted Grant
 * Audrey Marie Anderson as Lyla Michaels
 * Katrina Law as Nyssa al Ghul
 * Caity Lotz as Sara Lance/The Canary
 * Matt Nable as Ra's al Ghul
 * Rila Fukushima as Tatsu Yamashiro
 * Austin Butler as Chase
 * David Nykl as Anatoly Knyazev

Confirmed plot points

 * Ra's al Ghul will be the season's main antagonist.
 * The season will not revisit super powers and abilities ad be much more grounded.
 * Malcolm Merlyn will have a considerably major role from episode 10,, and onwards.
 * There will be a Malcolm-centric episode, flashing back to the very beginnings of his road to becoming the Dark Archer.