Arrow - Episode 5.08 - Invasion! (100th Episode) - Promo, Sneak Peeks, Inside the Episode, Interview, Promotional Photos & Press Release

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Sneak Peek 2
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Source: ComicBook.com

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Sneak Peek
Thanks to Ivan for the heads up.

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Inside the Episode
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Interview

The Arrow boss says he takes pride in each of the show’s 100 episodes. “We never skimped on the writing, the production or in the post-process going, ‘This is going to be one of those stinkers, we might as well cut our losses and move on,’” Guggenheim says. “We worked as hard as we possibly can on the scripts. If episodes have come in bad, we reshoot. We’re going to pick up a scene for episode 510, not because the scene didn’t turn out well, but because there was just one moment that wasn’t landing the way it needed to land to pay off another moment. Even in season 5, we have no problems with doing reshoots, or pickups, or anything we need to do to make each episode as successful as it can possibly be.”

But Guggenheim also admits he harbors some regrets. “The truth is, I don’t think I’ve ever been involved with an hour of television on any show where there hasn’t been something I wanted to take back,” he says. “Doing 23 episodes a year, you’re just constantly running, so nothing ever turns out exactly the way you want it to. In other words, my list of regrets is actually incredibly long; it’s 100 episodes long. I’d say probably my biggest regret is I wish we had allowed the Oliver-Felicity storyline in season 4 to unfold at a more natural pace. We had set these tentpoles at the beginning of the season, and we were a bit too rigorous on how we hit them. That was a case where the planning overtook the storytelling. We didn’t do things as naturally and as elegantly as we should have.”

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Read More on EW

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Promo

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Promotional Photos
Thanks to Lilah for the heads up.

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Press Release

“Invasion!”— (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET) (Content Rating TBD) (HDTV)

ARROW CELEBRATES 100 EPISODES; THE EPIC SUPERHERO CROSSOVER CONTINUES — Oliver (Stephen Amell) wakes up to a life where he never got on The Queen’s Gambit.  Robert (guest star Jamey Sheridan) and Moira Queen (guest star Susanna Thompson) are alive and well.  Laurel (guest star Katie Cassidy) is his loving fiancée and their wedding is imminent.  Everything seems perfect, but Oliver starts to notice small imperfections that make him question this new reality.  Meanwhile, Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) and the recruits take on a new threat with help from The Flash (guest star Grant Gustin) and Supergirl (guest star Melissa Benoist).  James Bamford directed the episode with story by Greg Berlanti and written by Marc Guggenheim & Wendy Mericle (#508).  Original airdate 11/30/2016.

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The CW

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  BTS Photos + Episode Info/Teases
  
  Title Revealed
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  The crossover is based on the 1988 DC Comics event series Invasion!, in which The Dominators led an alliance of alien races against Earth after fueling hysteria that our superhuman population was too large and too powerful to go unchecked.
  
  "I'm giving you an exclusive -- becuase you're the only one who's asked," Guggenheim joked. "Arrow episode 508 is called 'Invasion!' with the exclamation point. And Legends of Tomorrow 207 is going to be 'Invasion!'. I'll leave it up to you to guess what The Flash is called."
  

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  ComicBook.com

  
  

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  BTS Photo featuring Willa Holland
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  Last day on #Arrow100 -- pic.twitter.com/iVkkILTRwl

  — Stephen Amell (@StephenAmell) October 11, 2016

  
  
  

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  BTS Photo featuring Katie Cassidy
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  #Arrow100 pic.twitter.com/FTmXfYG4m6

  — Stephen Amell (@StephenAmell) October 8, 2016

  
  
  

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  BTS Photo including Supergirl
  
  

  pic.twitter.com/Wz1F9Mzvrq

  — Stephen Amell (@StephenAmell) September 28, 2016

  
  
  

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  BTS Photo featuring Emily Bett Rickards and David Ramsey
  
  

  🏹💯 pic.twitter.com/to8SAKhXoa

  — Stephen Amell (@StephenAmell) September 27, 2016

  
  
  

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  BTS Photo featuring Caity Lotz
  
  

  Everyone is here. 🏹💯 pic.twitter.com/4VFfVfIeKu

  — Stephen Amell (@StephenAmell) September 26, 2016

  
  
  

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  New BTS Photo
  Thanks to Iamgreenarrow for the heads up.
  
  

  pic.twitter.com/TrVLVuwd9H

  — Stephen Amell (@StephenAmell) September 26, 2016

  
  
  

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  Another BTS Photo of the Mystery Guest
  
  

  🤔🤔🤔 pic.twitter.com/q87ovQxtX3

  — Stephen Amell (@StephenAmell) September 26, 2016

  
  
  BTS Photo of Stephen Amell and David Ramsey
  Thanks to Iamgreenarrow for the heads up.
  
  

  🏹💯 pic.twitter.com/wFxgFnCrFz

  — Stephen Amell (@StephenAmell) September 26, 2016

  
  
  

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  Mystery Guest
  Thanks to ODA for the heads up. Who do you think it might be?
  
  

  Mystery Guest. pic.twitter.com/nsRL2yaKJD

  — Stephen Amell (@StephenAmell) September 24, 2016

  
  
  

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  Episode 100. pic.twitter.com/qLtYyB5e8U

  — Stephen Amell (@StephenAmell) September 24, 2016

  
  
  BTS Photo of Paul Blackthorne and Stephen Amell
  
  

  First day of shooting #Arrow100 Time flies when you're having fun and working with this fine gent! @StephenAmell pic.twitter.com/Cq0895WcA3

  — Paul Blackthorne (@PaulBlackthorne) September 23, 2016

  
  
  

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  Katie Cassidy Teases Return via Facebook Post
  
  
  
  Table Read Photo
  Thanks to Iamgreenarrow and tsukikomew for the heads up.
  
  

  Arrow 100th Episode Table Read. No Flashpoint. No flashbacks. pic.twitter.com/bs4KXiPVNx

  — Marc Guggenheim (@mguggenheim) September 23, 2016

  
  
  

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  Script Cover (100th Episode)
  Thanks to tsukikomew for the heads up.
  
  

  History in the making. Let's make our own history and have 200,000 twitter followers before Ep.100 (Nov 30). Let's do it! #200for100 #Arrow https://t.co/88I8vWH4vh

  — ArrowWritersRoom (@ARROWwriters) September 19, 2016

  
  
  

  We're in prep. @GBerlanti @MericlesHappen @JamesBamford pic.twitter.com/Gh1DZAEfes

  — Marc Guggenheim (@mguggenheim) September 19, 2016