- "My name is Oliver Queen. After five years in hell, I have come home with only one goal -- to save my city. Now others have joined my crusade. To them, I am Oliver Queen. To the rest of Starling City, I am someone else. I am something else."
- ―Oliver Queen
Season Three Arrow | |
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Season Premiere |
October 8th, 2014 |
Season Finale | May 13th, 2015 |
Episode Count | 23 |
Cast | Stephen Amell; Katie Cassidy; David Ramsey; Willa Holland; Emily Bett Rickards; Colton Haynes; John Barrowman; Paul Blackthorne |
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Season Three of Arrow aired on the CW Network from October 8th, 2014 to May 13th, 2015, spanning a total of twenty-three episodes. Returning cast members from previous seasons include Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen, 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 and Paul Blackthorne as Detective Quentin Lance. Actress Susanna Thompson had departed the series following the demise of her character, Moira Queen, in season two. Another season two regular, Manu Bennett is downgraded from series to regular to guest star, making only a few sporadic appearances as Slade Wilson. Actor John Barrowman, who had been a guest star in previous seasons as Malcolm Merlyn, is now bumped up to main cast member status.
Tragedy haunts Team Arrow as the group loses one of their own to an unidentified assassin. As the group searches for the identity of the killer, tensions mount from within, and the tight cohesion that the heroes rely upon begins to erode. The League of Assassins sets its sites on Starling City, forcing Oliver Queen to accept aid from his worst enemy - Malcolm Merlyn. All of this leads to a showdown between Ollie and the leader of the League, Ra's al Ghul - of which only one survives.
Another major change between this season and previous ones was the departure of flashback scenes involving Lian Yu. Instead, the pre-series years of Oliver Queen showcased events taking place in Hong Kong.
Episodes[]
Episode | Title | Airdate |
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3x1 | The Calm | October 8th, 2014 |
3x2 | Sara | October 15th, 2014 |
3x3 | Corto Maltese | October 22nd, 2014 |
3x4 | The Magician | October 29th, 2014 |
3x5 | The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak | November 5th, 2014 |
3x6 | Gulity | November 12th, 2014 |
3x7 | Draw Back Your Bow | November 19th, 2014 |
3x8 | The Brave and the Bold | December 3rd, 2014 |
3x9 | The Climb | December 10th, 2014 |
3x10 | Left Behind | January 21st, 2015 |
3x11 | Midnight City | January 28th, 2015 |
3x12 | Uprising | February 4th, 2015 |
3x13 | Canaries | February 11th, 2015 |
3x14 | The Return | February 18th, 2015 |
3x15 | Nanda Parbat | February 25th, 2015 |
3x16 | The Offer | March 18th, 2015 |
3x17 | Suicidal Tendencies | March 25th, 2015 |
3x18 | Public Enemy | April 1st, 2015 |
3x19 | Broken Arrow | April 15th, 2015 |
3x20 | The Fallen | April 22nd, 2015 |
3x21 | Al Sah-him | April 29th, 2015 |
3x22 | This is Your Sword | May 6th, 2015 |
3x23 | My Name is Oliver Queen | May 13th, 2015 |
Cast[]
Principal cast[]
Guest stars[]
Actor | Role |
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Brandon Routh | Ray Palmer |
Audrey Marie Anderson | Lyla Michaels |
J.R. Ramirez | Ted Grant |
Katrina Law | Nyssa al Ghul |
David Cubitt | Mark Shaw |
Karl Yune | Maseo Yamashiro |
Rila Fukushima | Tatsu Yamashiro |
Alex Kingston | Dinah Lance |