Season 3 (Arrow)

The third season of premiered on October 8, 2014, on The CW and concluded on May 13, 2015. The season consisted of 23 total episodes during its run.

Synopsis
After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the Pacific. He returned home to Starling City, bent on righting the wrongs of his family and fighting injustice. To do this, he creates the persona of the Arrow and allies himself with former military man John Diggle, computer-science expert Felicity Smoak, street brawler Roy Harper and international assassin Sara Lance, while keeping his secret from those closest to him including his sister Thea, who has allied herself with his most deadly enemy. Rivalries and allegiances will shift as Oliver faces his most difficult challenge yet.

Main Cast

 * Stephen Amell as The Arrow/Al Sah-him (Oliver Queen)
 * Katie Cassidy as Black Canary/The Canary (Laurel Lance)
 * David Ramsey as Freelancer (John Diggle)
 * Willa Holland as Speedy (Thea Queen)
 * Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak
 * Colton Haynes as Arsenal (Roy Harper)
 * John Barrowman as Dark Archer/Ra's al Ghul (Malcolm Merlyn)
 * Paul Blackthorne as Quentin Lance

Recurring Cast

 * Kelly Hu as China White (Chien Na Wei)
 * Roger Cross as Lucas Hilton
 * Alex Kingston as Dinah Lance
 * Adrian Holmes as Frank Pike
 * Caity Lotz as The Canary (Sara Lance)
 * Cynthia Addai-Robinson as Amanda Waller
 * Brandon Routh as Atom (Ray Palmer)
 * Bex Taylor-Klaus as Sin
 * Audrey Marie Anderson as Lyla Michaels
 * Karl Yune as Sarab (Maseo Yamashiro)
 * Rila Fukushima as Katana (Tatsu Yamashiro)
 * Peter Stormare as Vertigo (Werner Zytle)
 * J.R. Ramirez as Wildcat (Ted Grant)
 * Katrina Law as Nyssa al Ghul
 * Matt Nable as Ra's al Ghul
 * Charlotte Ross as Donna Smoak
 * Christina Cox as Celia Castle
 * Amy Gumenick as Cupid (Carrie Cutter)
 * Austin Butler as Chase
 * Marc Singer as Matthew Shrieve

In-Universe Guest Stars

 * Grant Gustin as The Flash (Barry Allen)
 * Danielle Panabaker as Caitlin Snow
 * Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon

Soundtrack
On November 13, 2015, an album consisting of incidental music from the season was released digitally on Spotify and Amazon Music.