Read official synopsis for season 5

CW have released the official synopsis for upcoming fifth season of "Arrow."

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Synopsis

Newly appointed Mayor Oliver Queen finds himself challenged as he fights on two fronts for the future of Star City. With Diggle back in the military and Thea adamant about hanging up her hood as Speedy, Team Green Arrow is down to just Oliver and Felicity – but they’re no longer the only vigilantes in town.

Green Arrow’s public defeat of Damien Darhk at the end of Season Four has inspired a new crop of masked heroes to step up and defend the city, though their painful inexperience makes them obstacles, rather than allies, in the field. The arrival of a deadly new adversary will force Oliver to confront questions about his own legacy, both as mayor and as the Green Arrow.

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Arrow stars Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen, Katie Cassidy as Dinah “Laurel” Lance, David Ramsey as John Diggle, Willa Holland as Thea Queen, Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak, John Barrowman as Malcom Merlyn, with Paul Blackthorne as Detective Lance.

On the season four finale, Arrow stabbed Damien Darhk dead and saved Star City from a dramatic and catastrophic conflict, Diggle revealed he is re-enlisting in the army, and Oliver was sworn in as as mayor of Star City.

"Arrow" returns for its fifth season on October 5, 2016.