Arrow Season 3 Spoilers: New Episode 'The Return' Closes Chapter on Deathstroke, But He Will Come Back

Season 3 of the CW's Arrow returns next week with a new episode entitled "The Return," which appropriately features the return of Manu Bennett as Slade Wilson aka Deathstroke. Showrunner Marc Guggenheim revealed in a new interview that this will be a final chapter of sorts, but it won't be the last time we see Deathstroke.

"It feels like a coda to Season Two," he told EW.com. "It's not just the final battle, but the final interactions between Oliver and Slade that we didn't have the screen time to do at the end of Season 2 because you're racing to the end of the season. It's nice to be able to write a little bit of an epilogue for these two characters. It's not to say it's the last time we'll ever see Slade again, but certainly the story of Oliver versus Slade, the revenge for Shado's death, that's the kind of stuff this puts a nice capstone on. When we see Slade again, he'll be in a different headspace. We'll take his character in a new and different direction."

In case you missed it, here is the official description for Episode 14:

"THE RETURN OF DEATHSTROKE AND TOMMY MERLYN - Malcolm (John Barrowman) puts Oliver (Stephen Amell) and Thea (Willa Holland) in a dangerous situation that lands them on Lian Yu with Oliver's former enemy, Deathstroke (guest star Manu Bennett). A flashback reveals when Oliver and Maseo (guest star Karl Yune) returned to Starling City to retrieve the Omega bio weapon, and despite being under strict orders from Amanda Waller (guest star Cynthia Addai-Robinson) not to reveal himself to anyone, Oliver looks in on his family, Laurel (Katie Cassidy) and Tommy (guest star Colin Donnell). Dermott Downs directed the episode written by Marc Guggenheim & Erik Oleson."

TVLine recently caught up with Bennett to get some more details on his return to the show in Episode 14. Many fans have wondered if Slade would show up in the present day or in flashbacks, but Bennett has confirmed that Deathstroke is back in business in the present.

"Slade is definitely [resurfacing] in the present day," he said. "Not that he's ever happy, but he's particularly unhappy. When he comes back, he's out for blood."

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