Arrow Season 3 Spoilers: Stephen Amell Drops Hint About Season 4

The CW's Arrow has portrayed a somewhat different Oliver Queen from the one in the comics. Rather than a socially conscious activist, the Arrow on Arrow is a more introverted, brooding character who doesn't even use the Green Arrow name. But could that change in Season 4?

Star Stephen Amell spoke to The Hollywood Reporter and revealed how Oliver's defeat at the hands of Ra's al Ghul in Season 3 changes him going forward.

"[Oliver] comes back [to Starling City] having been humbled, which is an important lesson for anybody," he said. "[The fight] was not even that close. This will make perfect sense when you see season four, but the Arrow persona, the vigilante, the hood - that's a flawed persona. We saw it be flawed. We saw him lose. There has to be something more. We'll see that eventually."

In case you missed it, here is the official description for the next episode, entitled "Canaries."

"VERTIGO (GUEST STAR PETER STORMARE) RETURNS AND PITS CANARY AGAINST BLACK CANARY - Oliver (Stephen Amell) is thrown by the changes within Team Arrow. He's used to calling the shots but sees that the team has evolved in his absence and tensions quickly escalate in the lair. Oliver is furious that Laurel (Katie Cassidy) has been going out as the Black Canary and tells her to stop risking her life, but when Vertigo (guest star Peter Stormare) hits the streets again, Laurel goes against Oliver's wishes and tracks down Vertigo who hits her with a full dose of the drug. Laurel's biggest fears revolve around her sister Sara (guest star Caity Lotz) so the Vertigo causes her to hallucinate an epic fight between Canary and Black Canary. Meanwhile, Chase (guest star Austin Butler) surprises Thea (Willa Holland), and Roy (Colton Haynes) warns Thea to stay away from Malcolm (John Barrowman). Michael Schultz directed the episode written by Jake Coburn & Emilia Ortega Aldrich."

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