‘Arrow’ season 3 spoilers: When will Caity Lotz return?

Is one Canary about to meet the other? The challenge with introducing Caity Lotz back into the “Arrow” universe is ultimately a pretty simple one: After all, the character is dead. You have to work a whole lot harder to formulate a way to organically bring the original Canary back into the series.

Luckily, it appears as though the writers have figured out a way for “Canaries,” which is the upcoming February 11 episode of the series. We’re going to warn you right now, though, that there are some spoilers ahead! The CW released an official synopsis earlier today, and it offers up some details on Oliver Queen in addition to a few more all about how Sara comes back in a tripped-out drug sequence for the new Black Canary in Laurel Lance:

“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).”

First of all, this feels like a fun way to bring back Lotz to the world, since it also creates some hopefully-awesome action sequences. Will we admit that we’re a little worried the rest of the story? Sure, mostly because we figure that Ra’s al Ghul has to factor in here again at some point.

As for Oliver’s return to Starling City … well, we knew that was coming. We’re a little surprised that the network went ahead and spelled it out, but hopefully those of you who didn’t want to know heeded the warning in advance.

If you missed it, head over here to listen to our most-recent podcast on the winter premiere. Also, sign up now to get some other targeted TV scoop via our CarterMatt Newsletter. (Photo: The CW.)