Season 3 (Arrow)

The third season of Arrow premiered on October 8, 2014 on The CW and concluded on May 13, 2015. The season consisted 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/Al Sah-him
 * Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance/Black Canary
 * David Ramsey as John Diggle
 * Willa Holland as Thea Queen/Speedy
 * Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak
 * Colton Haynes as Roy Harper/Arsenal
 * John Barrowman as Malcolm Merlyn/Dark Archer/Ra's al Ghul
 * Paul Blackthorne as Captain Quentin Lance

Recurring cast

 * Karl Yune as Maseo Yamashiro/Sarab
 * Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer/The Atom
 * Rila Fukushima as Tatsu Yamashiro
 * Brandon Nomura as Akio Yamashiro
 * Matt Nable as Ra's al Ghul
 * Katrina Law as Nyssa al Ghul
 * Cynthia Addai-Robinson as Amanda Waller
 * Audrey Marie Anderson as Lyla Michaels/Harbinger
 * J.R. Ramirez as Ted Grant/Wildcat
 * Marc Singer as General Matthew Shrieve
 * Caity Lotz as Sara Lance/The Canary
 * Grant Gustin as Barry Allen/The Flash
 * Vinnie Jones as Danny Brickwell/Brick
 * Kelly Hu as Chien Na Wei/China White
 * Amy Gumenick as Carrie Cutter/Cupid
 * Austin Butler as Chase
 * Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon
 * Celina Jade as Mei
 * Peter Stormare as Werner Zytle/Vertigo
 * Nick E. Tarabay as Digger Harkness/Captain Boomerang
 * Danielle Panabaker as Dr. Caitlin Snow
 * Manu Bennett as Slade Wilson

Trivia

 * This is the first season to not have a main character killed off. Although Colton Haynes who played Roy Harper left the show, which technically doesn't count as being killed off. But it does continue the pattern of losing a main cast per season.
 * Susanna Thompson who portrayed Moira Queen does not appear in any episodes this season, making her the first main cast member (current or former) to have not have appeared in every season, even in a guest role.
 * This is the first season where said season's main antagonist dies.
 * With the flashbacks in being revolved around Deadshot, this season marks the first time flashbacks have centered entirely around a recurring or guest character.

Home media release
A boxset of the third season, titled Arrow: Complete Third Season, will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on September 22, 2015. It will contain additional features, deleted scenes, a gag reel and the Arrow panel from the San Diego Comic-Con International 2014.