Inside the Episode
Producer @MericlesHappen previews Diggle's prison break on a new #Arrow, TONIGHT at 8/7c on The CW. pic.twitter.com/bABF0xvflt
— Arrow (@CW_Arrow) October 26, 2016
Sneak Peek
Dialogue Tease
#DialogueTease “You alright over there? Because I’ve been doing a lot of talking and you haven’t, which is very weird“ #Penance #Arrow
— ArrowWritersRoom (@ARROWwriters) October 26, 2016
“Penance” — (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET) (TV-14, LV) (HDTV)
OLIVER STEPS IN FOR DIGGLE — Oliver (Stephen Amell) and Lyla (guest star Audrey Marie Anderson) team up on a secret mission for Diggle (David Ramsey). Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) finds out and disapproves of the plan and opts to stay behind. When Tobias Church (guest star Chad L. Coleman) launches a deadly assault against the city, Felicity must decide if she wants to send the recruits out sans the Green Arrow. Dermott Downs directed the episode written by Brian Ford Sullivan & Oscar Balderrama (#504). Original airdate 10/26/2016.
OLIVER STEPS IN FOR DIGGLE — Oliver (Stephen Amell) and Lyla (guest star Audrey Marie Anderson) team up on a secret mission for Diggle (David Ramsey). Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) finds out and disapproves of the plan and opts to stay behind. When Tobias Church (guest star Chad L. Coleman) launches a deadly assault against the city, Felicity must decide if she wants to send the recruits out sans the Green Arrow. Dermott Downs directed the episode written by Brian Ford Sullivan & Oscar Balderrama (#504). Original airdate 10/26/2016.
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Promo & Post Mortem Interviews
On Prometheus making his presence to Oliver known:
“[Episode] 506 is when things really start to kick into a higher gear. It’s a 23-episode season. This is true for all the shows, especially when you’ve got a big bad that’s being introduced in the first episode: How do you strike that balance between it becoming the Prometheus show and becoming incredibly repetitive and teasing it out? 506 felt very right to us, because 505 feels like the end of a chapter, as it often is on Arrow. 506 kicks things into another gear.”
On Felicity’s relationship with Detective Malone becoming public information:
“No secrets stay secret on Arrow forever. Oliver’s going to find out about Felicity’s boyfriend in 505. Because I’m spoiling that, I’m not going to spoil when Felicity’s boyfriend finds out that Felicity is working with Arrow.”
“[Episode] 506 is when things really start to kick into a higher gear. It’s a 23-episode season. This is true for all the shows, especially when you’ve got a big bad that’s being introduced in the first episode: How do you strike that balance between it becoming the Prometheus show and becoming incredibly repetitive and teasing it out? 506 felt very right to us, because 505 feels like the end of a chapter, as it often is on Arrow. 506 kicks things into another gear.”
On Felicity’s relationship with Detective Malone becoming public information:
“No secrets stay secret on Arrow forever. Oliver’s going to find out about Felicity’s boyfriend in 505. Because I’m spoiling that, I’m not going to spoil when Felicity’s boyfriend finds out that Felicity is working with Arrow.”
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BACK FROM THE DEADSHOT | Arrow somewhat famously phased out its Suicide Squad characters, as their summer big-screen debut neared. So how were they able to “resurrect” Deadshot, for Diggle’s visions? “It’s always a case-by-case thing,” said Guggenheim. “In this case, it was really simple. I went to the writers’ room, this was a pitch on the table, I shot an email off to [DC Comics CCO] Geoff Johns, I got a response back, and Deadshot’s in the episode.”
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Extended Promo