Manu Bennett Returning to Arrow in Season 3 as Slade Wilson, aka Deathstroke

Fans of the CW's Arrow are already buzzing this week thanks to the crossover with The Flash, which started Tuesday night and concludes Wednesday night with "The Brave and The Bold." But those same fans also received a treat Tuesday when news broke that Manu Bennett would return to the show as Slade Wilson, aka Deathstroke, later in Season 3!

MTV News first reported the scoop.

The Australian actor played Slade in the first two seasons of the show. He first appeared in the flashbacks to Oliver's time on the island of Lian Yu in Season 1, and he and Ollie soon became friends and allies. But after Slade, all hopped up on Mirakuru, learned of Oliver's role in Shado's death, he snapped and vowed to destroy Ollie's world.

Bennett will return in Episode 14 of Season 3, but it's unclear if he will appear in the present day or in a flashback. We last saw Slade in the Season 2 finale when Oliver locked him away in ARGUS' prison on Lian Yu, so it's possible Oliver could go visit him in the jail, perhaps to get some advice on how to fight Ra's Al Ghul.

A flashback seems less likely, as Oliver thought Slade was dead after he stabbed him in the eye on the freighter. So it's unlikely the two met again in Oliver's time away from Starling City.

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