The Return

"The Return"

Episode
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Information

Season 3 » Episode 14

Episode number

60 of 170

Airdate

February 18, 2015

Chronology

Preceded by	Followed by
Canaries	Nanda Parbat

"The Return"^[1] is the fourteenth episode of the third season of Arrow, and the sixtieth episode overall. It aired on February 18, 2015.

“	Slade. I told myself I wasn't going to come down here. That I never needed to see you again. You'll be happy to know I was wrong. You think I won't get out of here? You think I won't kill those you care for? Well, I keep my promises, kid. I keep my promises!	”
— Oliver Queen and Slade Wilson^[src]

Synopsis[edit | hide | hide all]

Malcolm puts Oliver and Thea in a dangerous situation that lands them on Lian Yu with Oliver's former enemy, Deathstroke. A flashback reveals when Oliver and Maseo returned to Starling City to retrieve the Omega bioweapon, and despite being under strict orders from Amanda Waller not to reveal himself to anyone, Oliver looks in on his family, Laurel, and Tommy.

Appearances[edit | hide]

Characters[edit | hide]

Protagonists[edit | hide]

Oliver Queen
Laurel Lance (flashback)
Thea Queen
Malcolm Merlyn
Quentin Lance (flashback)
Tommy Merlyn (flashback)
Maseo Yamashiro (flashback)

Antagonists[edit | hide]

Mockingbird (Amanda Waller) (flashback)
China White (Chien Na Wei) (flashback)
Captain Boomerang (Digger Harkness) (mentioned)
Jordan Kern (flashback)
Matthew Shrieve (flashback)
Peter Kang (flashback)
Ra's al Ghul (mentioned)
Slade Wilson

Other Characters[edit | hide]

Andy Diggle (flashback)
Felicity Smoak (flashback)
Frank (flashback)
John Diggle (flashback)
Lucas Hilton (flashback)
Moira Queen (mentioned in flashback)
Robert Queen (video in flashback)
Sara Lance (mentioned)
Shado (grave)
Taiana Venediktov (grave)
Yao Fei Gulong (grave)

Teams and Organizations[edit | hide]

A.R.G.U.S.
League of Assassins (mentioned)
SCPD (flashback)
Starling City Rockets (hat)
United States Military (flashback; Matthew Shrieve)
Weathersby Posner (mentioned in flashback)

Species[edit | hide]

Humans

Objects and Concepts[edit | hide]

Alpha-Omega (flashback)
- Alpha (mentioned in flashback)
- Omega (flashback)
Oliver Queen's Bow and Arrow (mentioned)
The List (mentioned in flashback)

Locations[edit | hide]

Earth-1
- Earth
  - China (mentioned in flashback)
  - Corto Maltese (mentioned)
  - Hong Kong (mentioned in flashback)
  - Lian Yu
    - A.R.G.U.S. Supermax Site
  - Nanda Parbat (mentioned)
  - United States of America
    - San Francisco (flashback)
    - Washington
      - Starling City
        Thea Queen's Loft
        
        Queen Mansion (flashback)

Notes[edit | hide]

This episode focuses on the flashback storyline, similar to The Promise.

Gallery[edit | hide]

Oliver tells Thea not to kill Slade
Title Card

References[edit | hide]

↑ 'Deathstroke' Is Back! ARROW Season 3, Episode 14 Description; "The Return"

Arrow
Season 1	Pilot (Arrow) • Honor Thy Father • Lone Gunmen • An Innocent Man • Damaged • Legacies • Muse of Fire • Vendetta • Year's End • Burned • Trust but Verify • Vertigo • Betrayal (Arrow) • The Odyssey • Dodger • Dead to Rights • The Huntress Returns • Salvation (Arrow) • Unfinished Business • Home Invasion • The Undertaking • Darkness on the Edge of Town (Arrow) • Sacrifice (Arrow)
Season 2	City of Heroes • Identity (Arrow) • Broken Dolls • Crucible • League of Assassins • Keep Your Enemies Closer • State v. Queen • The Scientist • Three Ghosts • Blast Radius • Blind Spot • Tremors (Arrow) • Heir to the Demon • Time of Death • The Promise • Suicide Squad (Arrow) • Birds of Prey (Arrow) • Deathstroke (Arrow) • The Man Under the Hood • Seeing Red (Arrow) • City of Blood • Streets of Fire • Unthinkable
Season 3	The Calm • Sara • Corto Maltese • The Magician • The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak • Guilty • Draw Back Your Bow • The Brave and the Bold (Arrow) • The Climb • Left Behind (Arrow) • Midnight City • Uprising • Canaries • The Return • Nanda Parbat • The Offer • Suicidal Tendencies • Public Enemy • Broken Arrow (Arrow) • The Fallen • Al Sah-him • This Is Your Sword • My Name Is Oliver Queen
Season 4	Green Arrow • The Candidate • Restoration • Beyond Redemption • Haunted (Arrow) • Lost Souls (Arrow) • Brotherhood • Legends of Yesterday • Dark Waters • Blood Debts • A.W.O.L. • Unchained • Sins of the Father (Arrow) • Code of Silence • Taken • Broken Hearts • Beacon of Hope • Eleven-Fifty-Nine • Canary Cry • Genesis • Monument Point • Lost in the Flood • Schism
Season 5	Legacy (Arrow) • The Recruits • A Matter of Trust • Penance • Human Target • So It Begins • Vigilante • Invasion! (Arrow) • What We Leave Behind • Who Are You? (Arrow) • Second Chances • Bratva • Spectre of the Gun • The Sin-Eater • Fighting Fire with Fire • Checkmate (Arrow) • Kapiushon • Disbanded • Dangerous Liaisons (Arrow) • Underneath • Honor Thy Fathers • Missing • Lian Yu
Season 6	Fallout (Arrow) • Tribute • Next of Kin • Reversal • Deathstroke Returns • Promises Kept • Thanksgiving • Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2 • Irreconcilable Differences • Divided • We Fall • All for Nothing • The Devil's Greatest Trick • Collision Course (Arrow) • Doppelganger • The Thanatos Guild • Brothers in Arms • Fundamentals • The Dragon • Shifting Allegiances • Docket No. 11-19-41-73 • The Ties That Bind (Arrow) • Life Sentence
Season 7	Inmate 4587 • The Longbow Hunters • Crossing Lines • Level Two • The Demon • Due Process • The Slabside Redemption • Unmasked • Elseworlds, Part 2 • My Name Is Emiko Queen • Past Sins • Emerald Archer • Star City Slayer • Brothers & Sisters • Training Day (Arrow) • Star City 2040 • Inheritance • Lost Canary • Spartan • Confessions • Living Proof • You Have Saved This City
Season 8	Starling City • Welcome to Hong Kong • Leap of Faith • Present Tense • Prochnost • Reset • Purgatory (Arrow) • Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four • Green Arrow & The Canaries • Fadeout

[1] 'Deathstroke' Is Back! ARROW Season 3, Episode 14 Description; "The Return"

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