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The Senatorial race between Jonathan and Lex heats up when Jonathan receives an anonymous threat warning him to drop out of the election. When Clark finds Jonathan badly beaten he determines to find the attackers. Lois is thrown into the mix when she is captured and she is forced to assassinate Jonathan during his speech.

In the season premiere, Oliver must transform from vigilante to hero. Diggle and Felicity travel to the island of Lian Yu in search of Oliver, who left Starling City after the devastation of The Undertaking and his failure to avert it. Convinced to return home, Oliver finds that things are in much worse shape than he imagined – Isabel Rochev (recurring guest star Summer Glau) is preparing a hostile takeover of Queen Consolidated, Thea refuses to visit Moira in jail, Roy is trying to fill the void left by the Arrow's absence, and Laurel is working with the District Attorney's office to take down the vigilante. Meanwhile, flashbacks to the island show Oliver's mentors Slade (new series star Manu Bennett), Shado (guest star Celina Jade) and Oliver in a desperate situation.

Heroes are forged and sacrifices made in this epic season finale as Oliver and Diggle race to stop the Dark Archer from unleashing his vengeance on The Glades. However, they run into a roadblock after Detective Lance picks up Felicity for questioning. Tommy and Oliver's already tumultuous relationship takes a turn for the worse after Oliver makes a confession about Laurel. After hearing of the danger in The Glades, Thea races to find Roy, inadvertently putting herself directly in the line of fire for Malcolm's devious plan. On the island, Oliver, Slade and Shado are locked in a life-or-death struggle against Edward Fyers (recurring guest star Sebastian Dunn) as his missiles lock on a full Ferris Air jetliner.

Lance continues his mission to take down the Arrow so Felicity orders Oliver to keep a low profile. However, when a meta-human named Jake Simmons (guest star Doug Jones), who kills people with blasts of energy and plasma, starts terrorizing Starling City, Oliver is forced to ask Ray for help. The unlikely duo is forced to team up to save the city from the DC Comics villain known as Deathbolt.

DC Comics' Bronze Tiger and China White wreak havoc on the Glades. Oliver finds out that medicine being sent to Glades Memorial Hospital is being hijacked by thieves – and without an influx of supplies, the hospital will close. When Roy attempts to stop the thieves, he fails and is arrested by Officer Lance. Oliver gets into a heated battle with China White (recurring guest star Kelly Hu) and her new partner, Ben Turner, aka the Bronze Tiger (guest star Michael Jai White), over the supplies. Meanwhile, Laurel makes plans to catch the Arrow, and Thea gives Roy an ultimatum.

Clark tells Jor-El he's ready to begin his training but Jor-El orders him to go back to Metropolis and sever his relationship with Lois. Meanwhile, Chloe is surprised when Lois returns with no recollection of disappearing for a few weeks and Lois meets John, an opinionated new reporter on The Daily Planet.