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as Oliver Queen
as Dinah "Laurel" Lance
as Walter Steele
as John Diggle
as Robert Queen
as Quentin Lance
as Thea Queen
as Felicity Smoak
as Roy
as Malcolm Merlyn
as Chase
as Tommy Merlyn
as Ra's al Ghul
as Ray Palmer
as Nyssa
as Vertigo
as Brick
as Lyla
as Ted Grant
as Maseo
as Carrie Cutter
as Amanda Waller
as Sara
as Deathstroke
as Barry/The Flash
as Donna Smoak
as Simon Lacroix/Komodo
as Jake Simmons/Deathbolt
as Tatsu
as Michael Amar/Murmur
as Mark Shaw
as Deadshot
as Deadshot
as Joseph Cray
as Dinah
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Critic Reviews for Arrow: Season 3
All Critics (9) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (1)
"The Calm" introduced us to someone we barely recognized - Oliver with a positive outlook on life.
The result was a gritty season that, while still on the weaker side, featured several of the show's best moments.
Arrow's context heading into its fourth season? Well, it kind of sucked last year, but it built up enough goodwill in its second season for me to continue giving this show the benefit of the doubt.
The show went in some new directions this season that were necessary for Oliver's character...I liked that, but I can see how that alienated some fans. It still had some excellent moments, but it is slipping...
What a breath of fresh air Routh's Ray Palmer is! Obviously the character was conceived in no small part as a complement to Emily Bett Rickards' take on Felicity.
The visual appeal of the show is consistently improving.
Audience Reviews for Arrow: Season 3
Incredibly ambitious, Season 3 of Arrow is extraordinarily daring and action-packed. This season Oliver Queen runs afoul of Ra's al Ghul, industrialist Ray Palmer takes over Queen Consolidated and develops a secret weapons project, and Laurel Lance trains to become the new Black Canary in the wake of her sister's death. Additionally, there are several crossover episodes with The Flash spin-off series that are quite exciting. However, the show's format of having a flashback B-story throughout the season is wearing thin and doesn't really work this time (as it feels especially contrived). And, the direction that the show is headed in is rather dubious; with the "Arrow" persona having been burned by Ra's' war with Queen. Reaching a little beyond its grasp, Arrow's third season falls a bit short, but it's still tremendously entertaining and is full of thrills.
Super Reviewer
This is why I always take Rotten Tomatoes scores for TV seasons with a grain of salt. There is no way this season of Arrow gets a 100%. This season is where the show hit a bump in the road and instead of plowing through, it got way too confident and jumped off the rails and crashed into a school bus. Even though this is a superhero show and you have to suspend belief for some things that happen, this show is so off track from the tone that was set in the first two seasons that I deleted it off my DVR and have no interest in watching the show again. Also, the continued flashbacks are really weighing on everyone.
Super Reviewer
It's very hard to live up to the brilliance that we got in the second season, and while the third season isn't as good as the second, it's just as interesting, if not more. With new characters like the very likeable Ray Palmer, played by former Superman actor Brandon Routh, and the very evil Ra's al Ghul, played by Matt Nable, this show adds something special that actually lacked a little bit from previous seasons. The show starts out in a very dark way and it continues to the very end. John Barrowman returns for real this season and every time he is on the screen, he completely shines and he is actually the character who probably have the biggest character arc in this entire season, and that comes from a season where EVERYBODY have a character arc! Even though this isn't the perfect follow-up to season two, it's still a really good one.
Super Reviewer
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