The Emerald Archer Season Three

The Emerald Archer Season Three is the third season of The Emerald Archer. It deals with Oliver trying to understand if he can be both Oliver Queen and The Arrow.

Created by Vince Gilligan and David S. Goyer

2012-2013

Cast Recurring Episodes
 * Charlie Hunnam as Oliver Queen / The Arrow / Al-Sahim- 21/21
 * Katie Holmes as Laurel Lance / Black Canary- 4/21
 * Derek Luke as John Diggle / Spartan - 21/21
 * Emma Roberts as Mia Queen
 * Jason Issacs as Eddie Feyers
 * Shantel Yvonne VanSanten as Felicity Smoak
 * Chris Wood as Roy Harper / Speedy
 * Paul Johnason as Malcolm Merlyn / The Dark Archer
 * Bryan Cranston as Captain Quentin Lance
 * Will Wheaton as Ray Palmer / The Atom- 1/21
 * Seth Gabel as Werner Zytle / Count Vertigo- 8/21
 * Robert Pattinson as D.A Adrian Chase / The Vigilante- /21
 * Matt Nable as Ra's Al Ghul- 7/21
 * Katrina Law as Nyssa Raatko / Nyssa Al Ghul- 5/21
 * Rachel Skarsten as Talia Al Ghul- 1/21
 * Nicholas Hoult as Barry Allen / The Flash- 1/21
 * 1) "The Calm"- The newly appointed Captain Haywood assembles a task force against The Arrow for being a vigilante. Elsewhere, Rupert Thorne, who has returned to Starling, attempts to kill The Arrow in a bid to raise his profile. After losing the first battle, Oliver and John  are able to stop Thorne, along with some help from Laurel as Black Canary. It is also revealed that Mallory Haywood only become captain after blackmailing Mayor Hamilton Hill into promoting her with evidence of his corruption. Meanwhile, businessman Jim Mason successfully acquires Thorne Consolidated under a plan of rebuilding Starling City, and giving it the name of "Star City". Oliver and Felicity go on a first date, but Oliver ends it explaining how he cannot be both The Arrow and Oliver Queen, although he acknowledges loving her. Laurel is shot in the chest with arrows by an unseen figure before falling from a rooftop to her death. Tommy  is stranded on a deserted island, with the world believing him to be dead. At the mansion, Jim accuses Bethany, revealed to be alive, of killing Tommy.
 * 2) "Laurel"- Eddie takes Laurel's body to the team. John alerts Oliver to another archer in the city killing people. Oliver  follows a lead and is able to identify the archer as Simon Lacroix. The team learns of Lacroix's next target and intercepts him. The team begins to suspect that Lacroix killed Laurel, but Lacroix reveals that he was not present in Starling  at the time of her death. The team buries Laurel; and they decide not to tell Lance  that she is dead. Felicity decides to work for Jim. Tommy returns home to the shock of Bethany. He quickly learns that Bethany attempted to kill him, and takes measures to ensure that doesn't happen again.
 * 3) "Identity"- Roy fails to stop a truck robbery committed by Hideo Katsu, who has revealed to have been alive when Oliver was known as The Hood since their last confrontation. When The Arrow attempts to convince Roy  to stop being a vigilante, the former discovers that medicine being sent to Leslie Thompkins' clinic in the Glades is being stolen. Oliver sets a trap for Hideo Katsu, who escapes having his clawed henchman Ben Turner fight him; the police arrive and the two escape. Meanwhile, John poses as The Arrow when breaking into Laurel's apartment to find clues to who may have killed her. However, John is forced to escape when he is discovered by Captain Haywood, who mistakenly believes the vigilante is connected to Laurel's disappearance. Oliver manages to stop Hideo Katsu and Ben Turner when they try to perform another robbery. Leslie Thompkins reveals to Oliver that when Mia was born, Robert  asked her to do a DNA test on Mia  to see if she was his daughter. Robert did know that Mia wasn't his daughter, but despite that, he still loved her as if she were his own. John meets with a woman named Tina Boland, someone that Laurel was suppose to meet at the night of her murder. John protects Tina  from her abusive boyfriend.
 * 4) "Fly-fishing"- Oliver goes looking for Mia at the monastery in the Himalayas where he meets Talia Al Ghul, (Rachel Skarsten). Talia reveals that Mia  has left the monastery after meeting with Malcolm Merlyn, whom she now knows is her biological father. Meanwhile, Lance  tries to identify a body, which John recognizes as that of the drug dealer Fish's girlfriend, Jenny Paige (Candace King). Realizing that the Fish may have killed her, John assumes the Fish is still in town and races to find him for revenge on causing a cop in Narcotics to die from one of his drugs. Flashbacks show John's time in Narcotics with Mallory Haywood and Detective Briggs. Haywood developed a personal vendetta towards John for allowing Briggs to be consumed by an addiction from Fish's drugs which resulted in the officer in question shooting a man, paralyzing him from the waist down and then shooting himself in the head. John decides that Fish might never be convicted which is why he and Eddie take Fish to the docks and murder him. Oliver later on goes to Bhutan looking for Malcolm  and gets himself thrown into a prison for theft.
 * 5) "Survival of The Fittest"- While serving time in prison for theft and after being sent to solitary for attacking several prisoners in self defense, Oliver meets Nyssa Al Ghul (Katrina Law), who invites him to join the League of Assassins in exchange for his release from prison. Meanwhile back in Starling, John is upset when he realizes that he may be partially responsible for Fish's skinned doorman, Marc Owens, (Chris Warren). Oliver  goes on a trip searching for a blue poppy in order to gain entry into the League of Assassins while being alone for the first time. Oliver finds himself unprepared for the many dangers that await him, but ends up finding a poppy in the end. Felicity  suggests to John that police officer Dorian Chase might be responsible for killing Marc Owens due to a grudge that he has on him for being released on a case he worked on. While tailing Dorian, John observes him attack a man and shove him in the trunk of his car. He calls Lance and the two of them watch Dorian torture one of Fish's former hemp suppliers. They see Dorian release the man, proving his is not the one responsible for the murders. Lance  then arrests Dorian only for his brother Adrian Chase to call in a favor to have his brother released. Oliver finally meets Ra's Al Ghul (Matt Noble) and presents the blue poppy to Nyssa. Felicity continues to work for Jim.
 * 6) "Vigilante"- A new vigilante appears in Starling City, one who kills criminals in cold blood. Oliver wonders if he should just leave the League of Assassins and continue looking for Mia, however Nyssa refuses to let him leave. Becoming a vigilante known as Spartan , John intercepts the Vigilante during a bank robbery, but he gets away, so does the head of the robbers. Tommy Merlyn  forces one of the robbers to reveal the leader's location and Spartan saves him from the Vigilante. Oliver and Nyssa continue to grow closer as they train. John poses as a bank robber to lure out the Vigilante, who again escapes even after John defeats and nearly unmasks him. Oliver  and Nyssa both work together when they try to stop rouge League of Assassins member Kyodoi Ken, who is using his teachings for darkness.
 * 7) "Brave and The Bold"- While training with Ra's Al Ghul, Oliver begins torturing Kyodoi Ken to effectively get information. John, Eddie, and Felicity track down the home of Digger Harkness, the boomerang-wielding murderer, but they only find A.R.G.U.S operatives looking for the same man. Barry Allen arrives in Starling City to help Felicity investigate Laurel's death. Digger attempts to kill John's ex-wife Lila Michaels; however Spartan and The Flash arrive to stop him. Later, Lila reveals that Digger was part of the Suicide Squad. John's extreme interrogation methods lead Barry to question how emotionally stable John. Digger traces Oliver's  hideout, where he wounds Lila before escaping. In order to leave town, Digger plants 5 bombs around the city. While John captures Digger, Barry uses both him, Felicity, and Eddie to defuse the bombs at the same time. Digger is sent to an A.R.G.U.S prison.
 * 8) "Savage"- Professor Harrison Wells  of S.T.A.R Labs sends Felicity the DNA results of who might have murdered Laurel Lance, and it appears to be Oliver's DNA.  Realizing something is not right, John begins to suspect that Mia may have killed Laurel. Oliver learns from torturing Kyodoi that Kyodoi is associated with a warlord named Vandal Savage. Against Ra's' orders, Oliver  travels to North Africa to stop Vandal Savage (Casper Crump). Realizing that Savage is much tougher than he expected, Oliver  seeks help from Lana Lang, who is now a vigilante known as the Angel of Plateau, to stop him. Roy, learning that Mia could still be in Starling  gets an offer from Captain Haywood to use as bait to capture the Skinner in exchange for her help in finding Mia.
 * 9) "Al-Sah Him"- Ra's prepares to grant Oliver Queen membership into the League of Assassins for taking down Vandal Savage and Kyodoi Ken. Ra's recounts his time in a tribe of nomads in a desert somewhere in Arabia, near a city whose inhabitants' ancestors had journeyed to the Arabian Peninsula from China. Developing an interest in the sciences at an early age, Ra's abandoned his tribe to live in the city where he pursued life as a researcher. He subsequently became a physician and married a woman named Sora. However, Sora was killed by a prince whom Ra's had cured upon discovering the Lazarus Pit and Ra's was given blame for her death by the sultan. Ra's eventually managed to get his revenge on the Sultan and then went on to found the League of Assassins. After completing his training and purging his fears, Oliver learns that the League intends to destroy Starling, believing it to be corrupt and beyond saving. Oliver rejects the League's cause and burns down their temple during his escape. Ra's is killed by falling debris, while Oliver saves the unconscious Nyssa. John discovers that The Skinner is a tree-trimmer named Victor Zassz and Lance  discovers that John never had Roy registered as an informant.
 * 10) "Corto Maltese"- Oliver returns to Starling and learns from Felicity that Mia might have murdered Laurel, which is why Oliver decides to bring Mia  home. Felicity tracks Mia to Corto Maltese. Mia initially refuses to return. While he waits to convince her, Oliver assists Lila  on a mission for A.R.G.U.S to ascertain the whereabouts of one of its agents, Mark Shaw. Mark is revealed to have broken into the A.R.G.U.S. database and stolen information to sell on the black market. Oliver and Lila manage to stop him, who convinces Lila  to tell Director Amanda Waller that he is dead. After a last minute plea and revealing how Robert  was aware that Mia wasn't his biological daughter but still loved her as if she were his own, Mia agrees to return, which Malcolm  allows. John realizes that Roy has been kidnapped by The Skinner, whom the police believe to be Victor Zassz (Jesse Borrego)). Unfortunately, the only witness, Zassz's employee Marcus ( Donald Glover), is too afraid to talk to the police.
 * 11) "Dodger"- Oliver  learns of a jewel thief named "Dodger", who uses hostages tagged with bomb collars. Felicity suggests that Oliver  bug the phone of Captain Mallory Haywood, an old friend of Oliver's, to gain information on the Dodger. She also convinces Oliver  to ask Haywood out on a date so that he can have some down time. Through the wire tap, Oliver is able to determine the Dodger's next location, but is stunned by a bomb thrown by the thief, who gets away. To draw out the Dodger, Oliver  donates antique jewels to an auction. It works; but when Felicity  confronts the thief, he places a collar on her to ensure his getaway. Oliver as The Arrow  manages to stop the Dodger and deactivate the collar. John visits Rupert Thorne at prison and discovers that Thorne is still managing his criminal enterprises while behind bars. Thorne was the one who ordered Victor Zassz to start killing people in order to find the drug dealer Fish, who owes Thorne money. However, Thorne is unaware that Fish is actually dead because of John. Oliver  gets abducted later on while leaving Thorne Consolidated.
 * 12) "Suicidal Tendencies"-
 * 13) "Survivor Syndrome"-
 * 14) "Night Fall"-
 * 15) "The Damage A Person Can Do"-
 * 16) "Never Fear"-
 * 17) "The Return of Death Stroke"-
 * 18) "Double Trouble"-
 * 19) "The Fallen"-
 * 20) "This Is Your Sword"-
 * 21) "My Name Is Oliver Queen"-