Season 2 (Arrow)

## Season 2

"*You helped turn me into a killer when I needed to be one. And I'm alive today because of you. I made it home because of you. And I got to see my family again. But over the past year, I needed to be more... but I faltered. But then I stopped you. Without killing. You helped me become a hero, Slade. Thank you.*"
—Oliver Queen to Slade Wilson[src]
The **second season** of *Arrow* premiered on October 9, 2013 on The CW and concluded on May 14, 2014. The season consisted of 23 episodes.

## Cast

### Main cast

* Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen/The Arrow
* Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance
* David Ramsey as John Diggle
* Willa Holland as Thea Queen
* Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak
* Colton Haynes as Roy Harper
* Manu Bennett as Slade Wilson/Deathstroke
* Susanna Thompson as Moira Queen
* Paul Blackthorne as Officer/Detective Quentin Lance

### Recurring cast

* John Barrowman as Malcolm Merlyn/Dark Archer
* Kelly Hu as Chien Na Wei/China White
* Jessica De Gouw as Helena Bertinelli/The Huntress
* Colin Salmon as Walter Steele
* Roger Cross as Lucas Hilton
* Annie Ilonzeh as Joanna de la Vega
* Celina Jade as Shado
* Alex Kingston as Dinah Lance
* Jeffrey Nordling as Frank Bertinelli
* Adrian Holmes as Frank Pike
* Summer Glau as Isabel Rochev/Ravager
* Kevin Alejandro as Sebastian Blood/Brother Blood
* Caity Lotz as Sara Lance/The Canary
* Dylan Bruce as Adam Donner
* Teryl Rothery as Jean Loring
* Bex Taylor-Klaus as Cindy "Sin" Simone
* Jimmy Jean-Louis as The Captain
* Jesse Hutch as Daily
* Audrey Marie Anderson as Lyla Michaels/Harbinger
* Dylan Neal as Anthony Ivo
* Cynthia Addai-Robinson as Amanda Waller/Mockingbird
* Chelah Horsdal as Kate Spencer
* Nicholas Lea as Mark Francis
* Sean Rogerson as Peter
* Artine Brown as Hendrick Von Arnim

## Home media release

Main article: Arrow: The Complete Second Season
A boxset of the second season, titled *Arrow: The Complete Second Season*, was released on DVD and Blu-ray on September 16, 2014. It contains additional features, deleted scenes, gag reel and the *Arrow* panel from the San Diego Comic-Con International 2013.

Arrow - The Complete Second Season region 1 cover.pngDVD boxsetArrow - The Complete Second Season region A cover.pngBlu-ray boxset
## Tie-in novel

A novel titled *Arrow: Vengeance* was released on February 23, 2016. The events of the novel takes place before the events of *Arrow* and later *Arrow* season 2. It tells the story from the perspectives of Slade Wilson, Isabel Rochev, and Sebastian Blood.

## Trivia

* Prior to the season premiere, "City of Heroes", The CW aired a TV special to promote this season, titled *Year One*.
* This is the second season to have a main character killed off.
* This is the last season in which the main antagonist is not killed until Season 6.
* John Barrowman was also credited as a special guest star in "State v. Queen".
* Season 2 marks Emily Bett Rickards and Colton Haynes' first, as well as Susanna Thompson's last and Manu Bennett's only season as a series regular.
* Season 2 is the only season of *Arrow* that has two episodes ("The Promise" and "Streets of Fire") named after songs by Bruce Springsteen.
	+ Season 8 would have been the second, but according to Marc Guggenheim, the latter episode's original title "Livin' In the Future" was changed at the request of Warner Bros due to the inclusion of the backdoor pilot for the proposed *Green Arrow and the Canaries* spin-off.

## Gallery

### Promotional images

Season 2 first promo.pngPromotional posterOliver Queen season 2 shirtless promo.pngJohn Diggle season 2 shirtless promo.pngSlade Wilson season 2 shirtless promo.pngRoy Harper season 2 shirtless promo.pngOliver Queen season 2 character promo 1.pngOliver Queen season 2 character promo 2.pngThe Arrow masked promo.pngArrow - Unthinkable promo - His city burns. Will he fight fire with fire?.pngPromotional poster for "Unthinkable".
### Videos

Comic-Con 2013 Video - ArrowArrow Season 2 Comic Con Exteneded Trailer HDCover-to-Cover Arrow Season 2Arrow - Another Player PreviewArrow - Sharper PreviewArrow Season 2 New Promo "Sharpe"' Short Version (HD)Arrow Season 2 Promo 2 "The Real Me" (HD)Arrow - Full Circle Extended Trailer
## References

1. ↑ - Marc Guggenheim (@mguggneheim) - Twitter
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