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Arrow 508 Review: Invasion

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              This was not the 100th episode that I expected, but it was one I totally enjoyed. Arrow, for me has always been about trust, family, love, and choices.  Each of the 4 main characters of all 5 seasons has had to learn lessons on trust, family, love, and the choices they make and how to live with the consequences of those choices.  In some respects Barry and Oliver parallel each other.  Barry is younger and an optimist while Oliver is the older pessimist.   Barry loved his parents and didn't want them die, so he does what he knows he should not do, break time, and save them.  Oliver, in a small way, has a chance to stay with his parents, but he chooses not to.  He knows that it isn't real, and having something real even though he has to live with pain, is better than something is not real.  Barry has learned that too, we hope, but he learned too late.  The 100th episode paid tribute to all that w...