Watch the First Clip from ARROW Season 3

Arrow returns for a third season next week, and my DVR is set. Today we have a clip from the premiere episode to pique your interest. In the wake of last season’s takeover of Queen Consolidated, Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) is working at Tech Village, where her skills are obviously woefully underutilized, especially her skill of wearing fierce pencil skirts. Luckily, Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) still has some odd jobs for her to do, and maybe they are also dating. That is going to piss off our friend Mick Joest, who had a lot of words to write on the subject last year. I’m sure that whatever happens between them won’t last too long for now. We know Ollie is a disaster with the ladies, and he is going to be busy trying to get his company back — and fighting Ra's al Ghul.

Here is a synopsis of the season opener:

With crime in Starling City at an all-time low thanks to the Arrow and his team, Oliver thinks he can finally balance being both the Arrow and Oliver Queen and asks Felicity out on a date. However, when a new villain (guest star Peter Stormare) emerges, who has claimed the name Vertigo from the recently deceased Count, Oliver is caught off-guard and someone close to him is hurt. Oliver and a newly suited up Roy take on the Count. Meanwhile, Diggle becomes a father, Lance is promoted to Captain, Laurel joins Arrow’s inner circle and Felicity gets a part-time job at a tech store to make ends meet. Also, Oliver fights to regain his company, Queen Consolidated, but comes up against a very worthy opponent – the charming Ray Palmer.

Season three of Arrow premieres Wednesday, October 8.