Arrow Season 3 Spoilers: Premiere Is Complete Opposite of Season 2

The CW's Arrow returns for Season 3 on Oct. 8, which means fans will soon be able to watch the adventures of Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) and his allies once more. Luckily, we don't have to wait until October to get a sense of what to expect in the new season.

TVLine has posted its Fall TV spoilers spectacular, and Arrow is one of the entries on the list. So without further ado, let's see what the site has to report:

"The Season 3 premiere, titled 'The Calm,' is 'a complete inverse' of the superhero hit's sophomore opener, in which Oliver was despondent, his alter ego disgraced, EP Marc Guggenheim notes. Rather, 'Arrow's starting to win the hearts of the city.'

Cue the arrival of a different sort of adversary, in entrepreneur Ray Palmer (Superman Returns' Brandon Routh). 'He's not like Sebastian Blood, looking at Oliver with disdain. Oliver quite frankly just doesn't play at this guy's level.' (As for talk that Ray, who is not yet The Atom, will catch Felicity's eye, the EP affirms: 'The chemistry between Brandon and Emily [Bett Rickards] is pretty undeniable.')

Episode 3 will focus on dad-to-be Diggle, Episode 5 delves into Felicity's past (with NYPD Blue's Charlotte Ross as her mom), viewers will get to sit in on the limo convo between Malcolm and daughter Thea, and Ted 'Wildcat' Grant (played by J.R. Ramirez as a Latino boxing instructor) will play a role in Laurel's evolution into Canary."

The site also has a bonus spoiler from Guggenheim on the Hong Kong flashbacks. "We know from Episode 2.16 that Oliver and Amanda Waller really do not like each other," he told the site. "You'll see in the premiere why that is."

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