The Starling Tribune Reporters SP, Chris and Michelle review the finale Arrow episode “Fadeout.” In this episode the reporters discuss all the goodness of the Arrow finale episode that was 8 years in the making, the final spectacular 3 minute non-stop fight scene, the changes Oliver made for those he loved and the entirety of Star City, the conclusions of character stories as well as what’s next for several characters in the Arrowverse, and how Emily Bett Rickard’s return to the show turned out. The reporters also reflect on the series as a whole and it’s place in the Arrowverse and the history of comicbook TV. The reporters also give their favorite memories of the Starling Tribune podcast, hear some great feedback from GonnaGeek Network owner Stephen and give a nod to all of the former Starling Tribune hosts.

Episode: “Fadeout” [Season 8 Episode 10]
Air Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Director: James Bamford
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0051466/?ref_=tt_ov_dr
Arrow credits:
Uncredited stunt coordinator and fight coordinator for the pilot
Fight choreographer - 7x (started 2012)
Stunt coordinator - 23x
Fight coordinator - 38x
Supervising stunt coordinator - 21x
Directing - 17x (Brotherhood, 1st)

Writers: Beth Schwartz
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2584087/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr4
Arrow credits:
Current showrunner
Written by: 32x - 1st: Vendetta (S1E8, 2012)
Executive story editor - 23x
Story by - 2x
Teleplay by - 1x
Co-producer - 23x (2015 - 2016)
Co-executive producer - 46x (2016- 2018)
Executive producer - 32x (2018 - 2020)

Marc Guggenheim
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0973233/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5
Arrow credits:
Developed by - 170 episodes
Written by - 21x
Teleplay - 19x
Story by - 7x
Executive producer - 126x (2012 - 2020)
Consulting producer - 30x (2018 - 2020)

Arrow premiered October 10, 2012 and ran for 170 episodes.

Promo: https://www.cbr.com/green-arrow-and-the-canaries-first-promo/

Arrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating
01 Starling City 15-Oct-19 0.84
02 Welcome To Hong Kong 22-Oct-19 0.77
03 Leap Of Faith 29-Oct-19 0.76
04 Present Tense 5-Nov-19 0.62
05 Prochnost 19-Nov-19 0.74
06 Reset 26-Nov-19 0.79
07 Purgatory 3-Dec-19 0.83
08 Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four 14-Jan-20 1.41
09 Green Arrow And The Canaries 21-Jan-20 0.92
10 Fadeout 28-Jan-20 0.73
Arrow: Hitting The Bullseye Special 28-Jan-20 0.66

Legends Of Tomorrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating
00 Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five 14-Jan-20 1.35
01 Meet The Legeends 21-Jan-20 0.72

Supergirl

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating
01 Event Horizon 6-Oct-19 1.26
02 Stranger Beside Me 13-Oct-19 0.97
03 Blurred Lines 20-Oct-19 0.92
04 In Plain Sight 27-Oct-19 0.95
05 Dangerous Liaisons 3-Nov-19 0.78
06 Confidence Women 10-Nov-19 0.8
07 Tremors 17-Nov-19 0.79
08 The Wrath Of Rama Khan 1-Dec-19 0.87
09 Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One 8-Dec-19 1.67
10 The Bottle Episode 19-Jan-20 0.84
11 Back From The Future – Part One 0.81

The Flash

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating
01 Into the Void 8-Oct-19 1.62
02 A Flash of the Lighting 16-Oct-19 1.27
03 Dead Man Running 22-Oct-19 1.38
04 There Will Be Blood 29-Oct-19 1.48
05 Kiss Kiss Breach Breach 5-Nov-19 1.19
06 License To Elongate 19-Nov-19 1.29
07 The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 1 26-Nov-19 1.17
08 The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 2 3-Dec-19 1.32
09 Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three 10-Dec-19 1.71

Black Lightning

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating
01 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Birth of the Blackbird 7-Oct-19 1.16
02 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Maryam’s Tasbih 14-Oct-19 0.63
03 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Three: Agent Odell's Pipe-Dream 21-Oct-19 0.61
04 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Four: Lynn's Ouroboros 28-Oct-19 0.52
05 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Five: Requiem for Tavon 11-Nov-19 0.71
06 The Book of Resistance: Chapter One: Knocking on Heaven's Doo 18-Nov-19 0.62
07 The Book of Resistance: Chapter Two: Henderson's Opus 25-Nov-19 0.65
08 The Book of Resistance: Chapter Three: The Battle of Franklin Terrace 2-Dec-19 0.60
09 The Book of Resistance: Chapter Four: Earth Crisis 9-Dec-19 0.90
10 The Book of Markovia: Chapter One: Blessings and Curses Reborn 20-Jan-20 0.54
11 The Book of Markovia: Chapter Two: Lynn's Addiction 27-Jan-20 0.66

Batwoman

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating
01 Pilot 6-Oct-19 1.86
02 The Rabbit Hole 13-Oct-19 1.45
03 Down Down Down 20-Oct-19 1.22
04 Who Are You? 27-Oct-19 1.29
05 Mine Is A Long And A Sad Tale 3-Nov-19 1.16
06 I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury 10-Nov-19 1.09
07 Tell Me The Truth 17-Nov-19 1.01
08 A Mad Tea-Party 1-Dec-19 1.01
09 Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two 9-Dec-19 1.71
10 How Queer Everything Is Today! 19-Jan-20 0.79
11 An Un-Birthday Present 26-Jan-2020 0.67

Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters
• What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name?
o The series finale
• Fight scenes and stunts
o Getting to Bryne - 2012
 This is the fight filmed for the finale
 Oliver doing all the things against a lot of bad dudes
 First room: 3 cuts - 1 (shot guy in stairwell), 2 (slide guy’s head in water), backward tracking (slams guy into pipe, dent), top of stairwell, pause, shoot guy anyway, cut to next room
 Second room: 4 cuts - 1 (shooting up to guy at top of stairs), 2 (guys shoots, pan over, guy into pipe, cut), 3 (flip guy over pipes, jump over pipes, cut), run out and cut to 3rd room
 Third room: 1(slam guy into wall, cut to guy on ground), 2 (flip guy over, cut to another angle), 3 (cut during climb up stairs), slo mo surround; overhead shot, angle up to see Oliver’s face, gas, arrow up; shoots guys on way up
 Zip to next roof; slo mo hero landing (nice butt shot); gets shot, knocks weapon out of Byrne’s hand
 Time of sequence: 3 minutes
• They’re alive!
o Moira Queen
o Tommy Merlyn
o Emiko Queen
o Quentin Lance
o Rory Regan - Ragman
• Where are they now?
o Malcolm Merlyn
o Artemis
o Huntress
o Walter
• Documentary
o Nice callback to S7 (Episode 150)
o Why is everyone talking about Crisis?????
• Flashbacks
o 2012
 Tarallo
 Diggle not in field yet
 John Bryne - Diggle talks him into sending him to jail; ends up kidnapping William b/c prison ruined him (guess Oliver forgot to include prison reform in the reboot)
 Diggle talks to Oliver about losing himself; if Oliver listened, then was he all grimdark and brooding over the next 7 seasons?

o Robert killing himself
o
• Oliver Queen / Green Arrow / Spectre
o V/O summarizing 8 seasons and Crisis
o All of 8 arrows
o I made an amazing Star City. The other cities? On your own, LOL
o Father’s death shaped him
o Power comes from the hips, Diggle
o Mom’s office; first saw her before he came back
• Felicity
o Doesn’t want to meet Mia at first
o Archer scanning protocol on computer
o Arrives after news of William’s kidnapping
o Hackity hackity hack!
o Scene w/Felicity and Monitor in the future
o Where they first met, his office, red pen
• John Diggle / Spartan
o One month since crisis; mission far from over
o Salmon ladder w/green shirt on
o Called team together to help get William
o “Suit up”
o Lyla - Oliver put our family back together
o Mission is over; cleaned out Bunker
o Moving to Metropolis
o Did they adopt Connor?
o Speech at funeral; inspired us to be heroes; I was his brother; life will go on; Oliver’s mission lives on; universe is bigger than we can imagine
o Meteor; box w/green glow; Lantern
• Thea Queen
o Oliver saves Moira, but her death inspired her to train with Malcolm. How/why did she become Speedy?
o Agrees to marry Roy; does Mia have any cousins?
• Roy Harper
o Arm!!!!
o
• Laurel / Black Siren
o The Mark of Four tattoo
o Oliver’s sacrifice didn’t bring back your Laurel, Quentin; Quentin - there was nothing about you that needed to be fixed
o
• Dinah Drake / Black Canary
o Plans to move to Metropolis - being police chief of a safe city is boring. Really?
o Why didn’t we see her disappear?
• Rene Ramirez / Wild Dog
o Running for mayor
• Quentin Lance
o Current mayor
o Speech at statue; blamed Oliver for a lot of things; hunted and persucted him; Oliver is a reminder that anyone can change
o
• Tommy
o We buried a bunch of mementos
o Why does he know about Crisis??????
• Curtis
• Rory / Ragman
o Clears room; “my way is scarier”
o Took time for rags to work again; been doing the hero thing; says Rene is most like Oliver
• Anatoly
• William
o Kidnapped
o Does he remember meeting the future version of his sister as he grows up?
• Mia Queen
o Episode takes place after GAatC; she goes out as Green Arrow to rescue William. Why isn’t she asked about mysterious person as Green Arrow 20 years ago and why haven’t seen them since?
o Lets Byrne live
o Shows young William parts of bow
o Introduces herself to Felicity
• Sara Lance
o Gets Mia to attend funeral
o
• Barry Allen
o At funeral
• Kara Danvers
o At funeral
• Talia and Nyssa al Ghul
o Kudos to SP for willing this into existence
o Marriage was father’s joke - Nyssa
o Nyssa calls Sara her beloved

Overall feelings about the finale
• Chris
• SP
o It was great closure to the series and great fan service
 Overlook the inadequacies / breaks in continuity
o Oliver Queen’s, Laurel and Sara Lantz’s 13 year journey complete
o Stephen’s finale on Arrow was really episode 7
o Too bad they couldn’t do a 5 year flashback for old time’s sake.
o Salmon ladder
o Mark of 4
o
• Michelle

Favorite Moments from the series / What the series meant to you

• Chris
• SP
o Allowed me to follow every moment, EVERY episode in the Arrowverse since 2012
o Crossovers were my favorite - I love world building
o It wasn’t perfect
o Outlasted Marvel TV, and grew
 Simpsons and Cosby Show
o Amazing villains and characters
 Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman)
 China White (Kelly Hu)
 Deadshot (Michael Rowe)
 Edward Fyers (Sebastian Dunn)
 The Huntress (Jessica De Gouw)
 Frank Bertinelli (Jeffrey Nordling)
 Theodore Graynor (Ben Browder)
 Billy Wintergreen (Jeffrey C. Robinson)
 The Dodger (James Callis)
 Mr. Blank (J. August Richards)
 Deathstroke (Manu Bennett)
 Isabel Rochev (Summer Glau)
 Shrapnel (Sean Maher)
 Bronze Tiger (Michael Jai White)
 Nyssa al Ghul (Katrina Law)
 Cupid (Amy Gumenick)
 Ra's al Ghul (Matt Nable)
 Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough)
 Vandal Savage (Casper Crump)
 Prometheus (Josh Segarra)
 Tobias Church (Chad L. Coleman)
 Konstantin Kovar (Dolph Lundgren)
 Talia al Ghul (Lexa Doig)
 Kirk Acevedo (The Dragon akak Ricardo Diaz)
 Adrian Paul
 Emiko Queen (Sea Shimooka)
 Cayden James (Michael Emerson),
 Anatoly Knyazev (David Nykl)
 LaMonica Garrett- The Montor
o Building the Arrowverse
o
• Michelle

Favorite / memorable moments from the podcast

• Chris
• SP
o The podcast was always like a team. Like Team Arrow
 Chris was there from day one and helped with the video production side of things – like Diggle
 Michelle took on the shownotes. Sara
 Heather- our woman on the keyboard took care of the audio edit
 Wing – was like Oliver’s father who started us on the journey
 JS like Yoa Fei
 Jay like Tommy
 Neil like Anatoli
o All the voices from the intro
o Back channel comms
o
• Michelle

NEXT EPISODE

Link to Promo: https://comicbook.com/dc/2020/01/22/arrow-fadeout-preview-series-finale-the-cw/ (Date: 21 Jan 2020)

Episode: “Fadeout” [Season 8 Episode 10]
Air Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Summary: The final events in the story of the Green Arrow.
Director: James Bamford
Writers: Beth Schwartz & Marc Guggenheim

IMDB link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9700192/?ref_=ttep_ep10

Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday Evenings at 7:30 PM eastern or 6:30 PM Central at www.geeks.live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. Contact us: @StarlingTribune - starlingtribune@gmail.com - www.starlingtribune.com - www.facebook.com/starlingtribune - 612-888-CAVE or 612-888-2283.

Starling Tribune is proud to be a member of the GonnaGeek network found at GonnaGeek.com. For more geeky podcast visit GonnaGeek.com.

You can find us wherever you can listen to podcasting including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Pandora, on Amazon Alexa, and iHeartRadio under ''Starling Tribune." We are very thankful for all of our positive iTunes reviews. You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at www.starlingtribune.com

This podcast was recorded on Thursday January 30th, 2020.

Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoyed the show!

Audio Production by Stargate Pioneer of GonnaGeek.com.

The Starling Tribune Reporters SP, Chris and Michelle review the penultimate Arrow season 8 episode 9 “Green Arrow & The Canaries.” In this episode the reporters discuss if Oliver Queen’s Crisis sacrifice was honored appropriately in the timeline, ponder why Oliver chose to keep the Earth 2 Laurel, what Earth Prime timeframe is Laurel from in the episode, the awesomeness of two canaries cries back again, wonder when the Crisis effects are fully settled and who’s memories will get restored and who stays oblivious, ask if 2040 Star City is still part of the Arrowverse of 2020, note that cool women don’t look at explosives, admire the good stunt action in the episode, smile at the return of the Queen Mansion, their theories of who the main villain is in the episode, search their memories on any other follow on series with a 20 year time jump, their wishes for what a green lit Green Arrow and the Canaries series would look like, and how the reporters are taking the other CW Arrowverse shows post-Crisis. Join the show next week for the final Arrow episode review and final Starling Tribune episode!

Episode:            “Green Arrow & the Canaries” [Season 8 Episode 9]

Air Date:           Tuesday, January 21, 2020 

Director:           Tara Miele

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1301113/?ref_=tt_ov_dr

                        3x Arrow / 1x Batwoman / 2x Hawaii Five-O

Writers: Beth Schwartz

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2584087/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr4

                        32x Arrow - Current showrunner

Marc Guggenheim

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0973233/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5

                        21x Arrow - Former showrunner

                        Jill Blankenship

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6669558/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr6

                        6x Arrow / 7x The Last Ship

                        Oscar Balderrama

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2421455/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr7

                        21x Arrow

Promo: https://www.cbr.com/green-arrow-and-the-canaries-first-promo/

Arrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Starling City 15-Oct-19 0.84

02 Welcome To Hong Kong 22-Oct-19 0.77

03 Leap Of Faith 29-Oct-19 0.76

04 Present Tense 5-Nov-19 0.62

05 Prochnost 19-Nov-19 0.74

06 Reset 26-Nov-19 0.79

07 Purgatory 3-Dec-19 0.83

08 Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four 14-Jan-20 1.41

09 Green Arrow And The Canaries 21-Jan-20 0.92

Legends Of Tomorrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

00 Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five 14-Jan-20 1.35

01 Meet The Legeends 21-Jan-20 0.72

Supergirl

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Event Horizon 6-Oct-19 1.26

02 Stranger Beside Me 13-Oct-19 0.97

03 Blurred Lines 20-Oct-19 0.92

04 In Plain Sight 27-Oct-19 0.95

05 Dangerous Liaisons 3-Nov-19 0.78

06 Confidence Women 10-Nov-19 0.8

07 Tremors 17-Nov-19 0.79

08 The Wrath Of Rama Khan 1-Dec-19 0.87

09 Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One 8-Dec-19 1.67

10 The Bottle Episode 19-Jan-20 0.84

The Flash

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Into the Void 8-Oct-19 1.62

02 A Flash of the Lighting 16-Oct-19 1.27

03 Dead Man Running 22-Oct-19 1.38

04 There Will Be Blood 29-Oct-19 1.48

05 Kiss Kiss Breach Breach 5-Nov-19 1.19

06 License To Elongate 19-Nov-19 1.29

07 The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 1 26-Nov-19 1.17

08 The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 2 3-Dec-19 1.32

09 Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three 10-Dec-19 1.71

Black Lightning

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Birth of the Blackbird 7-Oct-19 1.16

02 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Maryam’s Tasbih 14-Oct-19 0.63

03 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Three: Agent Odell's Pipe-Dream 21-Oct-19 0.61

04 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Four: Lynn's Ouroboros 28-Oct-19 0.52

05 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Five: Requiem for Tavon 11-Nov-19 0.71

06 The Book of Resistance: Chapter One: Knocking on Heaven's Doo 18-Nov-19 0.62

07 The Book of Resistance: Chapter Two: Henderson's Opus 25-Nov-19 0.65

08 The Book of Resistance: Chapter Three: The Battle of Franklin Terrace 2-Dec-19 0.60

09 The Book of Resistance: Chapter Four: Earth Crisis 9-Dec-19 0.90

10 The Book of Markovia: Chapter One: Blessings and Curses Reborn 20-Jan-20 0.54

Batwoman

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Pilot 6-Oct-19 1.86

02 The Rabbit Hole 13-Oct-19 1.45

03 Down Down Down 20-Oct-19 1.22

04 Who Are You? 27-Oct-19 1.29

05 Mine Is A Long And A Sad Tale 3-Nov-19 1.16

06 I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury 10-Nov-19 1.09

07 Tell Me The Truth 17-Nov-19 1.01

08 A Mad Tea-Party 1-Dec-19 1.01

09 Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two 9-Dec-19 1.71

10 How Queer Everything Is Today! 19-Jan-20 0.79

Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters

• What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name?
• • The spin-off of the show
  • Mia Queen in the future
  • 2040
  • Future arrow flanked by canaries
• Fight scenes and stunts
• • Street
  • • Canaries fight; both have cry
    • Mia remembers how to fight
    • Car blown up
    • Deathstroke
  • Complex
  • • Meta dampers
    • Trevor’s the kidnapper and Deathstroke
    • 3 against a bunch a thugs
    • Bianca decks one
    • Trevor blows the place
    • “She” won’t let you stop what’s coming
    • Cool chicks zipline away from explosions
• Mia Queen
• • In the mansion; proposal from JJ, family ring
  • Graduate, socialite
  • Doesn’t recognized either Canary; Laurel uses ring to bring back her memories
  • Not the Green Arrow; not happy getting memories back
  • Living in father’s shadow
  • Decides to pick up the bow
  •  
• William
• • Alive; Smoak Tech
  • Grew up with Mia
  • Has the Hosen; symbol is tattoo
  • Tranqed and taken
• Zoe
• • Alive
• Laurel / Black Siren
• • Motorcycle
  • From one year in the future; city in chaos
  • Ring made by Cisco
  • Suit up
  • Thinks JJ is behind the mask
  • People are who they are no matter the timeline
  • Still has issues w/feelings
  • Sara helped her get back in time; Mia accused of failing the city in 2041
• Dinah Drake / Black Canary
• • Owns a club and sings
  • Day after Oliver’s funeral, she woke up in 2040 and doesn’t exist
  • She can do computer stuff too
  • Decides to get back into the hero thing
• Rene Ramirez / Wild Dog
• • Mayor of safest city 
• Bianca Bertenelli
• • Laurel tries to warn her; ignores her; gets taken
  • Helena’s daughter; Helena’s disappeared
  • Family - she’s fine; home bugged
• JJ Diggle
• • Mia directly accuses him of kidnapping 
  • Forced to remember other life
• Connor
• • Out of rehab
  • Troubled one
• Oliver Queen / Green Arrow
• John Diggle / Spartan
• Lyla / Harbinger
• Thea Queen
• Roy Harper

NEXT EPISODE

Link to Promo: https://comicbook.com/dc/2020/01/22/arrow-fadeout-preview-series-finale-the-cw/  (Date: 21 Jan 2020) 

Episode: “Fadeout” [Season 8 Episode 10]

Air Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 

Summary: The final events in the story of the Green Arrow.

Director: James Bamford

Writers: Beth Schwartz & Marc Guggenheim 

IMDB link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9700192/?ref_=ttep_ep10 

Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday Evenings at 7:30 PM eastern or 6:30 PM Central at www.geeks.live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. Contact us: @StarlingTribune - starlingtribune@gmail.com - www.starlingtribune.com - www.facebook.com/starlingtribune - 612-888-CAVE or 612-888-2283.

Starling Tribune is proud to be a member of the GonnaGeek network found at GonnaGeek.com. For more geeky podcast visit GonnaGeek.com.

You can find us wherever you can listen to podcasting including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Pandora, on Amazon Alexa, and iHeartRadio under ''Starling Tribune." We are very thankful for all of our positive iTunes reviews. You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at www.starlingtribune.com

This podcast was recorded on Thursday January 23th, 2020.

Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoyed the show!

Audio Production by Stargate Pioneer of GonnaGeek.com.

The Starling Tribune Reporters SP and Chris review the 2019 Arrowverse Crossover Crisis On Infinite Earths Part Four (technically Arrow Season 8 Episode 8) and Crisis On Infinite Earths Part Five (technically Legends Of Tomorrow Season 5 Episode 0). The reporters discuss the Arrowverse conversion to Earth Prime, how the Speedforce and the Multiverse interact, Oliver Queen is now the Full-on Specter and what does that mean along with Oliver Queen’s sacrificial death, the AMAZING Justice League Ezra Miller scene with the Arrowverse Flash Grant Gustin, Sara Lance taking on the leader of the Arroverse Justice League, the J’onn J’onzz Headache Tour, Beebo’s big crossover moment, what needs to be done post-Crisis with character and storyline explanations, post-Crisis character recovery of Lyla Michaels and Nash Wells, the faults of the crossover story including Wally West and Reverse Flash, the pros and cons of how the crossover was produced, and will the Starling Tribune reporters continue to watch the Arrowverse post-Crisis.

Episode: “Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part 4” [Arrow: Season 8 Episode 8]
Air Date: Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Director: Glen Winter
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0935732/?ref_=tt_ov_dr
1x Stargirl / 9x Arrow / 2x Titans / 1x Doom Patrol / 10x Supergirl / 5x Flash / 2x Legends / 12x Smallville

Writers: Marc Guggenheim
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0973233/?ref_=tt_ov_wr
19x Arrow / 10x Legends

Marv Wolfman
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0938379/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr4
Numerous character created by credits / 1x Arrow

Episode: “Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part 5” [Legends of Tomorrow: Season 5 Episode 0]
Air Date: Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Director: Gregory Smith
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0808376/?ref_=tt_ov_dr
6x Legends / 3x Riverdale / 4x Flash / 7x Arrow / 1x Supergirl

Writers: Keto Shimizu
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2582956/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5#writer
15x Legends / 11x Arrow / 1x Flash

Ubah Mohamed
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6763803/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr6
6x Legends / 1x Arrow

Promo: https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/12/09/crisis-on-infinite-earths-spoilers-part-3-trailer-watch-online-the-flash/

Arrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating
01 Starling City 15-Oct-19 0.84
02 Welcome To Hong Kong 22-Oct-19 0.77
03 Leap Of Faith 29-Oct-19 0.76
04 Present Tense 5-Nov-19 0.62
05 Prochnost 19-Nov-19 0.74
06 Reset 26-Nov-19 0.79
07 Purgatory 3-Dec-19 0.83
08 Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four 14-Jan-20 1.41

Legends Of Tomorrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating
00 Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five 14-Jan-20 1.35

Supergirl

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating
01 Event Horizon 6-Oct-19 1.26
02 Stranger Beside Me 13-Oct-19 0.97
03 Blurred Lines 20-Oct-19 0.92
04 In Plain Sight 27-Oct-19 0.95
05 Dangerous Liaisons 3-Nov-19 0.78
06 Confidence Women 10-Nov-19 0.8
07 Tremors 17-Nov-19 0.79
08 The Wrath Of Rama Khan 1-Dec-19 0.87
09 Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One 8-Dec-19 1.67

The Flash

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating
01 Into the Void 8-Oct-19 1.62
02 A Flash of the Lighting 16-Oct-19 1.27
03 Dead Man Running 22-Oct-19 1.38
04 There Will Be Blood 29-Oct-19 1.48
05 Kiss Kiss Breach Breach 5-Nov-19 1.19
06 License To Elongate 19-Nov-19 1.29
07 The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 1 26-Nov-19 1.17
08 The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 2 3-Dec-19 1.32
09 Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three 10-Dec-19 1.71

Black Lightning

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating
01 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Birth of the Blackbird 7-Oct-19 1.16
02 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Maryam’s Tasbih 14-Oct-19 0.63
03 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Three: Agent Odell's Pipe-Dream 21-Oct-19 0.61
04 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Four: Lynn's Ouroboros 28-Oct-19 0.52
05 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Five: Requiem for Tavon 11-Nov-19 0.71
06 The Book of Resistance: Chapter One: Knocking on Heaven's Doo 18-Nov-19 0.62
07 The Book of Resistance: Chapter Two: Henderson's Opus 25-Nov-19 0.65
08 The Book of Resistance: Chapter Three: The Battle of Franklin Terrace 2-Dec-19 0.60
09 The Book of Resistance: Chapter Four: Earth Crisis 9-Dec-19 0.90

Batwoman

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating
01 Pilot 6-Oct-19 1.86
02 The Rabbit Hole 13-Oct-19 1.45
03 Down Down Down 20-Oct-19 1.22
04 Who Are You? 27-Oct-19 1.29
05 Mine Is A Long And A Sad Tale 3-Nov-19 1.16
06 I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury 10-Nov-19 1.09
07 Tell Me The Truth 17-Nov-19 1.01
08 A Mad Tea-Party 1-Dec-19 1.01
09 Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two 9-Dec-19 1.71

Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters
• What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name?
o Parts 4 and 5 of crossover
o Crisis across the multiverse
o Part 5 - Welcome to Earth Prime!
• Fight scenes and stunts
o Lex and Supergirl in Monitor’s lab; his powers against hers
o Giant Beebo!
 Sara coordinates fight
 Batwoman realizes Beebo not real
 Distraction - Sargon the Sorcerer
o Everyone versus Anti-Monitor and the shadow demons
 Sara in charge
 Ray and Ryan - matter can’t be created or destroyed; shrinking indefinitely in the microverse
 Geek Team - Nash, Ryan, Mick, Black Lightning, Killer Frost
 Supers, J’onn, Alex, Sara, Ray, Batwoman, Barry, Dreamer, Spartan, Rene
 Don’t call Black Lighting Sparkles
 Barry puts bomb together; brings Ray to fight
 Ray to Supergirl - throw like a girl
• Time Travel / Crisis / Cameos
o Vanishing Point
 Paragons trapped for months; some have given up
 Kara volunteers Lex to go through teleporter
 Spectre - Speed Force is the key to getting Paragons back, unlocks Barry’s full potential
o Speed Force
 Barry has to find Sara, Kate, Oliver, J’onn
 Use power of memory and connection; moments of victory and defeat; bonds formed
 Oliver - where they met; Queen Consolidated
 Surprise cameo - Ezra Miller’s Barry Allen (Is this cosplay? Want a selfie? Told Victor this is possible) Compare outfits
 Kate - Oliver/Ray interaction
 Oliver/Kara alien conversation - Invasion crossover; J’onn arrives
 Book of Destiny Fight - Oliver’s special arrow; Barry not there when it actually happened; Oliver remembers everything and tells Barry about his deal w/the Monitor
 Sara - Diggle and Laurel when Sara died; Diggle tells Laurel to be the Canary; Barry touches Sara and brings her back
o 10,000 years ago
 Kara, Ryan, and Lex land on Maltus, try to stop Monitor
 Lex attacks Kara and Ryan; has Big Bad Guy Plans - Universal Domination; wants to team w/the Monitor - The Brave and the Bald
o Anti-Universe
 Paragons vs. Anti-Monitor
 Oliver/Spectre; Paragons are strong enough to hold the line; Spectre will light the spark, they will fan the flames
 Lex - if anyone’s going to take over the universe, it’s me!
 Anti-Monitor vs. Spectre; energy fight; Spectre grabs Anti-Monitor, energy erupts from Oliver
 Lex - use book to focus
 Energy explosion; end of one universe; rebirth of another
o Earth Prime
 Paragons don’t know what’s new; they’re the only ones who remember Crisis
 Lex Luthor - Nobel Peace Prize; during speech, winks at Kara
 J’onn J’onzz goes around and gives everyone the worst headache ever; our worlds combined; Argo saved
 Kara and Flash realize they are same Earth during fight w/Weather Witch; Marv Wolfman cameo
 Superman - boys?
 Baby Sara!
 Heroes are accepted; Justice League formed by Barry
o Oliver VO - multiverse split again
 Earth-Prime
 Earth-2 = Stargirl
 Earth-12 = Green Lanterns
 Earth-19 = Swamp Thing
 Earth-9 = Titans
 Earth-21 = Doom Patrol
 Earth-96 = Routh’s Superman!
• Oliver Queen / Green Arrow / Spectre
o Trained w/Corrigan in Purgatory for months - remembering everything that made him Oliver Green and the Green Arrow
o Dying is the easy part; real heroes have to keep going
o President gives speech - parting words for the character and the show
• Team Arrow
o Diggle - upset he wasn’t there for the 2 times Oliver died; “he was my brother”
o Rene - we had a Rory on our team once
• Supergirl
o Holds burnt Superman-96’s cape - similar to comics, in a way
o It’s just up, up and away
• Team Supergirl
o J’onn J’onzz - Hero Paragon; new outfit; gives everyone the worst headache ever
• Superman -
o Has 2 sons now
• Superman - 96 (Routh)
o Yellow shield back
• Batwoman
o Learns from Oliver/Ray interaction: don’t trust each other, then let people in, end up being good friends, bond stronger than iron
• Barry Allen / Flash
o Missing for months; returns when Lex and Ryan try their teleportation device
o Full potential unlocked
o Trusts Oliver w/every cell in his body
o Heart-to-heart w/Sara
o Old Star Labs facility becomes Hall of Justice
• Team Flash
o N/A
• Sara Lance / White Canary
o Searches for Oliver
o With Oliver’s death, everyone who knew the original me is gone (except her mom right?) ; my ties to this Earth are gone
• Ray / Atom
o There’s a super me!
• Ryan Choi
o Part of Team Geek
o Helps create Microverse to trap Anti-Monitor
o Large city = bureaucracy
• Team Legends
o Nate and Ava on Waverider; Behrad’s on the ship
o Mick - book signing; Rebecca Silver; call him Rebecca
o Known for dealing w/magic stuff
• Monitor
o Planet Maltus: 10,000 years ago - time travel to Dawn of Time, creating Anti-Monitor
• Harbinger
o Does Lyla remember her time as Harbinger?
• Anti-Monitor
o There is always one Monitor who can’t resist traveling to Dawn of Time
• Lex Luthor
o Gave himself some upgrades
o Wants to be in charge of everything
o Made himself “The Best Guy” when Earth Prime was formed
o After fight knows what it feels like to be a hero
o Boss of DEO
• Pariah / Nash Wells
o Anti-matter monitor
• Black Lightning
o Part of Earth Prime and the Justice League
• Thorns:
o SP
 Series letdown
 Vibe?
 Elongated Man?
 Slow pacing 1-3
 4-5 almost different shows
 Ollie died
 Nash Wells- redeemable?
o Chris
 Pacing was off it seemed we crawled for 1-3 then 4-5 flew.
 Wish we could have had more characters in the final fight
 No reverse flash? Since season 1 of flash it's been implied reverse flash plays a role and he doesn’t appear
 Not sure what this merging means for history. All of the folks we know have their memories restored but to a common person on Earth Prime do they remember the hood basically murdering people (kinda tarnishes Ollie)
o Michelle
 Did J’onn visit Lyla? Does she remember being Harbinger?
 WHERE IS WALLY?????????????????
 Where is Cisco and the others? Article cited at bottom states, “Maybe one day we will tell that story,” Guggenheim hedges, “but again, all of those actors need to be paid, and they need to be paid a crossover rate that is above and beyond their episodic rate. That forces us to make hard financial choices that unfortunately occasionally drive the creative choices.”
• Roses
o SP -
 Never been done before over this many shows and this many episodes

o Chris
 Combining earths opens some cool opportunities.
 Justice League formation is awesome.
 BEEBO! Everyone loves Beebo
 Sara gets heavily featured and proven that as Captain she’s already a leader of people. Makes sense she would lead the group. Also continuous with a trend in DC where normal humans play a fundamental role in a team
 Routh as Supes one more time. I literally cheered when i saw him in suit on screen again.
o Michelle
 OMG they combined all the current CW DC shows (Stargirl on her own Earth)
 Sara in charge; given great moments: leading fight w/Beebo, heart-to-heart w/Barry; coordinating fight w/Anti-Monitor and shadow demons; speech to Anti-Monitor - For Oliver!
 Surprise Flash cameo
 Black Lightning part of Justice League. Also - Justice League! Hall of Heroes!
 Kara happy Kate on same Earth during fight w/Beebo
 Baby Sara!
 Justice for Brandon Routh - amazing shot as Superman
• Point of discussion - will you watch the other shows?
• For reference: Crisis on Infinite Earths: Easter Eggs and References in Part Three (14 Jan 2020) https://comicbook.com/dc/2020/01/14/crisis-on-infinite-earths-spoilers-part-4-5-easter-eggs/#21
• 'Crisis on Infinite Earths' Burning Qs Answered! (15 Jan 2020) https://tvline.com/gallery/crisis-on-infinite-earths-burning-questions-answered/the-flash-season-5-photos-16-2/

NEXT EPISODE

Link to Promo: https://www.cbr.com/green-arrow-and-the-canaries-first-promo/ (Date: 15 Jan 2020)

Episode: “Green Arrow & the Canaries” [Season 8 Episode 9]
Air Date: Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Summary: In the year 2040 - Mia Queen has everything she could have ever wanted - until Laurel and Dinah suddenly show up in her life again and things take a shocking turn; Laurel and Dinah track a kidnapping victim who has direct ties to Mia.
Director: James Bamford
Writers: Beth Schwartz, Marc Guggenheim, Jill Blankenship and Oscar Balderrama

IMDB link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9700188/?ref_=ttep_ep9

Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday Evenings at 7:30 PM eastern or 6:30 PM Central at www.geeks.live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. Contact us: @StarlingTribune - starlingtribune@gmail.com - www.starlingtribune.com - www.facebook.com/starlingtribune - 612-888-CAVE or 612-888-2283.

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This podcast was recorded on Thursday January169th, 2020.

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The Starling Tribune Reporters SP and Chris review the 2019 Arrowverse Crossover Crisis On Infinite Earths Part Three (technically Flash Season 6 Episode 9). The reporters discuss Diggle and Vibe’s return to the crossover and how their stories were treated, Michelle geeks out over the Lucifer cameo, the highlight of the episode and the crossover with John Wesley Shipp’s sacrifice and nod to his 1990 Flash series, SP give a bit of Black Lightning cameo background, if Jon Cryer’s Lex Luther is now a Paragon, the general plot shortfalls or thorns in the episode, if the cameos were treated well and that they are looking forward to the completion of the crossover next week.

Episode:            “Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part 3” [Flash: Season 6 Episode 9]

Air Date:           Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Director:           David McWhirter

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574765/?ref_=tt_ov_dr

                        7x Flash / 5x Supergirl / 8x Blindspot

Writers: Eric Wallace - story by

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0908630/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr6

                        7x Flash / 6x Teen Wolf / 5x Eureka

Lauren Certo - teleplay

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6359496/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr4 

                        11x Flash 

Sterling Gates - teleplay

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2264361/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5

                        8x Flash / 1x Supergirl

Promo: https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/12/09/crisis-on-infinite-earths-spoilers-part-3-trailer-watch-online-the-flash/

Arrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Starling City 15-Oct-19 0.84

02 Welcome To Hong Kong 22-Oct-19 0.77

03 Leap Of Faith 29-Oct-19 0.76

04 Present Tense 5-Nov-19 0.62

05 Prochnost 19-Nov-19 0.74

06 Reset 26-Nov-19 0.79

07 Purgatory 3-Dec-19 0.83

Legends Of Tomorrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

Supergirl

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Event Horizon 6-Oct-19 1.26

02 Stranger Beside Me 13-Oct-19 0.97

03 Blurred Lines 20-Oct-19 0.92

04 In Plain Sight 27-Oct-19 0.95

05 Dangerous Liaisons 3-Nov-19 0.78

06 Confidence Women 10-Nov-19 0.8

07 Tremors 17-Nov-19 0.79

08 The Wrath Of Rama Khan 1-Dec-19 0.87

09 Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One 8-Dec-19 1.67

The Flash

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Into the Void 8-Oct-19 1.62

02 A Flash of the Lighting 16-Oct-19 1.27

03 Dead Man Running 22-Oct-19 1.38

04 There Will Be Blood 29-Oct-19 1.48

05 Kiss Kiss Breach Breach 5-Nov-19 1.19

06 License To Elongate 19-Nov-19 1.29

07 The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 1 26-Nov-19 1.17

08 The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 2 3-Dec-19 1.32

09 Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three 10-Dec-19 1.71

Black Lightning

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Birth of the Blackbird 7-Oct-19 1.16

02 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Maryam’s Tasbih 14-Oct-19 0.63

03 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Three: Agent Odell's Pipe-Dream 21-Oct-19 0.61

04 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Four: Lynn's Ouroboros 28-Oct-19 0.52

05 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Five: Requiem for Tavon 11-Nov-19 0.71

06 The Book of Resistance: Chapter One: Knocking on Heaven's Doo 18-Nov-19 0.62

07 The Book of Resistance: Chapter Two: Henderson's Opus 25-Nov-19 0.65

08 The Book of Resistance: Chapter Three: The Battle of Franklin Terrace 2-Dec-19 0.60

09 The Book of Resistance: Chapter Four: Earth Crisis 9-Dec-19 0.90

Batwoman

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Pilot 6-Oct-19 1.86

02 The Rabbit Hole 13-Oct-19 1.45

03 Down Down Down 20-Oct-19 1.22

04 Who Are You? 27-Oct-19 1.29

05 Mine Is A Long And A Sad Tale 3-Nov-19 1.16

06 I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury 10-Nov-19 1.09

07 Tell Me The Truth 17-Nov-19 1.01

08 A Mad Tea-Party 1-Dec-19 1.01

09 Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two 9-Dec-19 1.71

Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters

• What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name?
  • Part 3 of crossover
  • Crisis across the multiverse 
• Fight scenes and stunts

• Time Travel / Crisis / Cameos
  • Earth-203 New Gotham - Huntress (Birds of Prey TV show)
  • Plan to rescue as many from other Earths and bring them to Earth 1
• Oliver Queen / Green Arrow - Earth 1
  • Trip to Purgatory; Constantine needs help to get into Purgatory, goes to Earth-666 and gets Lucifer to help (repayment for Maze); picture fades, trapped in Purgatory
  • Constating, Diggle, and Mia go to Purgatory - Lian Yu for Oliver
  • Oliver attacks; Diggle gets him back
  • Jim Corrigan - Constatine knows him too; Corrigan - your destiny is to save everyone, you must become the Spectre
• Team Arrow
  • Diggle pissed about not being told about Oliver
• Supergirl - Earth 38
  • Determined to use book to bring back her Earth
• Team Supergirl
  • J’onn J’onzz - Hero Paragon
• Superman - 38 (Hoechlin)

• Superman - 96 (Routh)
  • Couldn’t save people; black - even in the darkest time, hope brings us out
• Batwoman - Earth 1
  • Gets Lex to talk about the book, giving Lex the opportunity to rip out a page
  • Confronts Kara about using the book; we’re doomed if something happens to you
  • Gives Kara Bruce’s kryptonite thing; Kara tells her to keep it
• Barry Allen / Flash - Earth 1
  • Go to source of anti-matter wave - in Central City - with Killer Frost and Vibe
  • Nash is Pariah - witness tragedy
  • Earth-90 Flash on treadmill
  • Convinces Black Lightning to help
  • Flashtime conversation w/Flash 90 - time for Flash to vanish in Crisis
  • Go reverse on treadmill
  • Parting moments w/Cisco and Caitlin
  • Earth 90 Barry takes Barry’s speed force; keep riding the lightning, son
  • Bonding moment w/Black Lightning; lessons from fathers 
• Team Flash
  • Cisco helps Ray w/detector
  • Killer Frost and Elongated Man
  • Paragon of Love
  • Cisco - Vibe again “thanks” to Monitor; gets Flash
  • Iris - Barry’s tells her that her heart will convince Ryan to be a hero; parting moment with Barry
• Sara Lance / White Canary

• Ray / Atom 
• Ryan Choi
  • Paragon of humanity
  • Recognizes Ray Palmer; working in miniaturization
  • I’m no hero; if the world’s ending, then I need to be home
  • Iris talks him into helping them
• Team Legends

• Monitor
  • Anti-Monitor wants to replace this universe with his own
  • Can only attempt to save what remains
  • Sent Earth-90 Flash away, allowing Anti-Monitor to find him
  • His world and family died; distracted by work
  • Only Earth left
  • You’ll know what to do when the moment arrives, Pariah
• Harbinger
  • Arrives on Waverider; memory fuzzy
  • Flash and Superman figure out she’s the enemy; is the Anti-Monitor; destroys Earth-1

• Anti-Monitor
  • Flash 90 on treadmill; failsafe - cannon destroy all Earths at once.
  • Takes over Harbinger
  • Mobius
  • Takes Novu’s power; destroys Earth-1
• Lex Luthor
  • Of course he’s going to take a page from the book and make himself a hero 
• Pariah
  • Controlled by Anti-Monitor; bears witness
  • Cisco vibes his memories
  • Brings Black Lightning, who doesn’t know about multiple Earths and whose Earth is gone
  • Teleports Flash, Sara, Batwoman, Supergirl, Superman, J’onn J’onzz, and Ryan to the Vanishing Point - outside of time and space; Lex comes out of Superman to rewrite destiny
• Black Lightning
  • Contains energy from canon
  • Not from Earth-1
  • Rage against the dying of the light 
• Thorns:
  • SP
    • All three episodes sort of feel like a waste now because everything is gone
    • Loved the cameos, but some are obscure for Arrowverse fans
      • Choi
      • Lucifer
      • Spectre
      • Stargate Pioneer
    • Jon Cryer - what a great Lex - plus the Christopher Reeve connection in Superman IV. Yes, I know we’ve discussed it before but I felt it needed to be mentioned again.
    • The way the Flash cast just miraculously portals in
      • Punctuates the separate episodes and not true continuous miniseries event
    • Black Lightning just a bit more than a cameo
    • It would have been nice to see Oracle on Earth 203
    • World’s Finest confrontation ...a bit old with Batman v Superman
    • Why does Vibe live again when Cisco went through the whole arc of becoming non meta again? - I know,because plot and he was the only one to get through the treadmill force field. But….really?
  • Chris
    • Why isn’t Dig the Green Lantern yet?
    • Spectre reveal kinda came out of nowhere
  • Michelle 
    • Still upset that we didn’t see Nash become Pariah or Lyla become Harbinger and why she ended up w/Anti-Monitor and as the Anti-Monitor
    • If Anti-Monitor could destroy all Earths at once, why not do so? (I know, because plot, but still)
    • Oliver didn’t need to become the Spectre; Corrigan would’ve been great to see
  • Roses
    • SP - 
      • All the cameos.
      • John Wesley Shipp’s 90’s flash gets an ending
      • Diggle’s issue about not being with Oliver - true to the characters
      • Routh’s Superman … again.
    • Chris
      • John Wesley Shipp is OG flash again! and we get an actual 90s flash flashback
      • Brandon Routh is still great. Can we give him a Superman show?
      • Diggle and Oliver’s friendship is shown to be a big deal when he’s the one that pulls him out.
      • Lex tricks everyone (keep in mind he sees himself as a hero normally). BUt bummed it's Routh Supes that is gone :(
      • Kara and Kate conversation ends when Kara tells her to keep the kryptonite

• Michelle 
  • Lucifer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love Tom Ellis and the show. Maze is Mazikeen, loyal servant/friend of Lucifer’s; Constantine helped bring her out of Hell to Earth; there are rules preventing Lucifer from just bringing whoever he wants out of Hell; even Lucifer has to go back to Hell; visit is pre-TV show
  • Treadmill from comics; a Flash has to die; flashback to Flash TV show (knew this was going to happen, still teared up anyway)
  • Logical reason to bring in Black Lightning
  • Diggle brings back Oliver
  • Still loving Snart as the voice of the Waverider
• For reference: Crisis on Infinite Earths: Easter Eggs and References in Part Three (10 Dec 2019) https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/12/11/crisis-on-infinite-earths-part-3-easter-eggs/

ARROW NEWS:

1. CW Reveals When Arrow, Flash, Batwoman and More Return From Winter Hiatus (Date: 18 Dec 2019)
   1. Both Arrow and DC's Legends of Tomorrow will air on Jan. 14 to close out the Arrowverse's "Crisis on Infinite Earths".
   2. Official premiere dates: 
   3. Batwoman: Jan. 19, 8 p.m.
   4. Supergirl: Jan. 19, 9 p.m
   5. Black Lightning: Jan. 20, 9 p.m.
   6. Arrow: Jan. 21, 8 p.m.
   7. DC's Legends of Tomorrow: Jan. 21, 9 p.m.
   8. The Flash: Feb. 4, 8 p.m.
   9. https://www.cbr.com/cw-arrowverse-riverdale-black-lightning-midseason-premiere-dates/

CW ARROWVERSE NEWS:

1. The CW Renews 13 Series Including ‘Batwoman’, ‘Nancy Drew’, ‘The Flash’, ‘Riverdale’ & ‘All American’ (Date: 7 Jan 2020)
   1. The CW has ordered second seasons of Batwoman and Nancy Drew, along with renewing All American (Season 3), Black Lightning (Season 4), Charmed (Season 3), DC’S Legends of Tomorrow (Season 6), Dynasty (Season 4), The Flash (Season 7), In the Dark (Season 3), Legacies (Season 3), Riverdale (Season 5), Roswell, New Mexico (Season 3), and Supergirl (Season 6).
   2. https://deadline.com/2020/01/the-cw-renews-13-series-batwoman-nancy-drew-the-flash-riverdale-all-american-1202823557/

NEXT EPISODE

Link to Promo: https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/12/09/crisis-on-infinite-earths-spoilers-part-3-trailer-watch-online-the-flash/ (Date: 10 Dec 2019) 

Episode: “Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part 4” [Arrow: Season 8 Episode 8] and “Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part 5” [Legends of Tomorrow: Season 5 Episode 0]

Air Date: Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Summary: After their defeat in Crisis Part 3 at the hands of the Anti-Monitor, the 7 paragons must fight to bring back the multiverse. Worlds lived, worlds died. Nothing will ever be the same.

Part 4 Director: Glen Winter

Part 4 Writers: Marc Guggenheim

Part 5 Director: Gregory Smith

Part 5 Writers: Keto Shimizu & Ubah Mohamed

IMDB link: Part 4:  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9641260/?ref_=ttep_ep8

Part 5: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9724506/?ref_=ttep_ep_cur

Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday Evenings at 7:30 PM eastern or 6:30 PM Central at www.geeks.live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. Contact us: @StarlingTribune - starlingtribune@gmail.com - www.starlingtribune.com - www.facebook.com/starlingtribune - 612-888-CAVE or 612-888-2283.

Starling Tribune is proud to be a member of the GonnaGeek network found at GonnaGeek.com. For more geeky podcast visit GonnaGeek.com.

You can find us wherever you can listen to podcasting including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Pandora, on Amazon Alexa, and iHeartRadio under ''Starling Tribune." We are very thankful for all of our positive iTunes reviews. You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at www.starlingtribune.com

This podcast was recorded on Thursday January 9th, 2020.

Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoyed the show!

Audio Production by Stargate Pioneer of GonnaGeek.com.

The Starling Tribune Reporters SP and Chris review the 2019 Arrowverse Crossover Crisis On Infinite Earths Part Two (technically Batwoman Episode 9). The reporters discuss the how appropriate the heroes’ reactions were to Oliver’s death, the quest for the paragons, the questionable character treatment of The Harbinger and Pariah, the confusing nature of Legends Of Tomorrow in the crossover, the special role of Kevin Conroy as Batman in the crossover, Smallville’s Tom Welling and Erica Durance in the crossover and what happened with the Kryptonite, Brandon Routh shinning as Superman, the Crossover end credit logo, the reveal of the Anti-Monitor, the World’s Finest side quest and how the Book Of Destiny was used.

Episode:            “Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two” [Batwoman: Season 1 Episode 9]

Air Date:           Monday, December 9, 2019

Director:           Laura Belsey

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0069513/?ref_=tt_ov_dr

                        1x Batwoman / 7x Arrow / 1x The Flash / 2x The Walking Dead

Writers: Don Whitehead

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2453861/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr4 

                        2x Batwoman / 2x Stitchers / 13x Smallville

Holly Henderson

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1177855/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5 

                        2x Batwoman / 2x Stitchers / 13x Smallville

Promo: https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/12/09/crisis-on-infinite-earths-part-2-batwoman-promo-cw/

Arrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Starling City 15-Oct-19 0.84

02 Welcome To Hong Kong 22-Oct-19 0.77

03 Leap Of Faith 29-Oct-19 0.76

04 Present Tense 5-Nov-19 0.62

05 Prochnost 19-Nov-19 0.74

06 Reset 26-Nov-19 0.79

07 Purgatory 3-Dec-19 0.83

Legends Of Tomorrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

Supergirl

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Event Horizon 6-Oct-19 1.26

02 Stranger Beside Me 13-Oct-19 0.97

03 Blurred Lines 20-Oct-19 0.92

04 In Plain Sight 27-Oct-19 0.95

05 Dangerous Liaisons 3-Nov-19 0.78

06 Confidence Women 10-Nov-19 0.8

07 Tremors 17-Nov-19 0.79

08 The Wrath Of Rama Khan 1-Dec-19 0.87

09 Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One 8-Dec-19 1.67

The Flash

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Into the Void 8-Oct-19 1.62

02 A Flash of the Lighting 16-Oct-19 1.27

03 Dead Man Running 22-Oct-19 1.38

04 There Will Be Blood 29-Oct-19 1.48

05 Kiss Kiss Breach Breach 5-Nov-19 1.19

06 License To Elongate 19-Nov-19 1.29

07 The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 1 26-Nov-19 1.17

08 The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 2 3-Dec-19 1.32

09 Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three 10-Dec-19 1.71

Black Lightning

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Birth of the Blackbird 7-Oct-19 1.16

02 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Maryam’s Tasbih 14-Oct-19 0.63

03 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Three: Agent Odell's Pipe-Dream 21-Oct-19 0.61

04 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Four: Lynn's Ouroboros 28-Oct-19 0.52

05 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Five: Requiem for Tavon 11-Nov-19 0.71

06 The Book of Resistance: Chapter One: Knocking on Heaven's Doo 18-Nov-19 0.62

07 The Book of Resistance: Chapter Two: Henderson's Opus 25-Nov-19 0.65

08 The Book of Resistance: Chapter Three: The Battle of Franklin Terrace 2-Dec-19 0.60

09 The Book of Resistance: Chapter Four: Earth Crisis 9-Dec-19 0.90

Batwoman

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Pilot 6-Oct-19 1.86

02 The Rabbit Hole 13-Oct-19 1.45

03 Down Down Down 20-Oct-19 1.22

04 Who Are You? 27-Oct-19 1.29

05 Mine Is A Long And A Sad Tale 3-Nov-19 1.16

06 I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury 10-Nov-19 1.09

07 Tell Me The Truth 17-Nov-19 1.01

08 A Mad Tea-Party 1-Dec-19 1.01

09 Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two 9-Dec-19 1.71

Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters

• What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name?
• • Part 2 of crossover
  • Crisis across the multiverse 
• Fight scenes and stunts
• • Super fight
  • • Can tell when computer animation is used
    • Lois knocks Lex out; Lois and Iris use book; Lois speech to bring 96 back
  • Mia and Sara kick Hex’s butt; Sara gives Hex his scar
• Time Travel / Crisis / Cameos
• • Earth-74: Snart as Waverider’s AI
  • Earth-99: Conroy as Batman; exo suit to walk; older
  • • Kate and Kara
    • Kate died 5 years ago; Beth lived
    • Batman - start w/a code, then take a life, then taking others becomes easy; trophies from kills, including Superman
    • Batman - gave authorities too much power; has Kryptonite in suit
    • Kate kicks Bruce; “There is no hope”
  • Earth-75: Metropolis
  • • Superman killed - Superman dies comic scene
  • Earth-167
  • • Tom Welling! So buff; tosses Krytonite
    • Kent farm; gave up powers; has daughters w/Lois
    • Punches Lex - his Earth, president
    • Not everyone looks the same going from Earth to Earth
  • Earth-96: Metropolis
  • • Routh Superman; Joker gassed the Daily Planet, killing everyone Superman knew
    • Luthor tired of killing Superman; has 38 and 96 fight
  • Earth-18: North Dakota
  • • Lazarus Pit
    • Jonah Hex tries to stop them; Sara gives him his scar
    • Sara - Mia won’t take no for an answer like her father; smart like her mother
    • Oliver comes back; Sara tranqed body
• Oliver Queen / Green Arrow - Earth 1
• • Sara, Kate, and Kara pour one for him
  • Constantine finds parallel universes; finds Lazarus Pit
  • Constantine can’t bring Oliver’s soul back b/c antimatter messing w/his magical powers
• Team Arrow
• Supergirl - Earth 38
• • We should be able to undo this
  • Doesn’t trust Monitor
• Team Supergirl
• Superman - 38 (Hoechlin)
• Superman - 96 (Routh)
• • Kingdom Come and from Superman Returns
  • Instant chemistry w/Lois
• Batwoman - Earth 1
• • Who wants to meet Batman?
  • New and unfriendly
  • Just started - yet was active last year
  • Took Kryptonite from Bruce
• Barry Allen / Flash - Earth 1
• • We’re going to use a Lazarus Pit to bring Oliver back
• Team Flash
• Sara Lance / White Canary
• • Promised crew to no more crossovers
  • Mia - Nyssa told me everything about you and Lazarus Pits
• Ray / Atom 
• • Paragon detector
• Team Legends
• • Earth-74: Snart is this Waverider’s AI - any preference to how you want to die, Harbinger
  • Rory’s ship; trying to be a writer; Harbinger, we need you - Rory “You had me at beer”
  • Rory - Good with the baby; reads his self-published novel
• Monitor
• • Need Ray’s lab
  • Need the 7 paragons - beings of the purest will
  • • Kara - hope
    • Kate - courage (bat of the future)
    • Sara - destiny
    • Superman 96 - truth
  • Got Book of Destiny by going back in time; knew Luthor was going to steal the book
  • Book of the Guardians - given to Felicity
• Harbinger
• • Keeping Diggle in the dark
  • Book making heard headaches
  • Goes to the Anti-Monitor
• Lex Luthor
• • Has a part to play; destiny unfulfilled
  • Steals book; mission - kill all Superman 
• Pariah
• Thorns:
• • SP
  • • Oliver’s death is devastating, but whole planets have been destroyed

• • • • Felicity (Chris good point)
    • Is Lyla Lyla or Harbinger. Diggle at home with JJ?
    • Yea I liked Leonard on the Earth-74 Waverider, but why not use the ACTUAL Waverider?
    • The book of destiny - who can use it and who cannot? - Not exactly the same book as last crossover
    • Epic Superman v Superman fight destruction - they definitely need a glass repair service on Earth-96
    • If the Monitor knew who the paragons were - why waste time sending them on their journey to Earth-99?
    •  
  • Chris
  • • Where Diggle? He should be here and be a potential voice of reason for not using a Lazarus Pit
    • Its a sendoff for Smallville but no Welling in suit
    • • Blue K theory? (doesn’t really matter now)
      • I'm conflicted here it's a good sendoff to Clark. Part of his narrative in the show was that he wanted to me normal at times.  I think I built it up too much in my mind. But tbh I'm a bit salty we still never got Welling in the suit
    • CG on the Super fight was a bit rough but TV budget so okay
    • What’s up with Lyla? Is this going to be explained in the comic tie-in?
    • Sidequest the episode.  Big stakes from part 1 aren’t really in play here
  • Michelle 
  • • Tom Welling not in Superman suit
    • Lazarus Pit, really? The multiverse is ending; Barry spends a lot of time on side mission
    • Harbinger’s going to Anti-Monitor really not explained
• Roses
• • SP - 
  • • “Yea. I kind of promised my crew we’d never have to do another crossover”
    • Jonathan crying and being passed off from person to person until Mick stops him
    • World’s Finest Teamup to Earth-99. “Bat Of The Future”
    • Lois has a thing for ALLSupermen
    • Lex Luther’s “Superfriends” comment to Earth-167 Superman
    • It was fitting to have Batman in the Batwoman episode
    • Superman v Superman fight was made better by two actors: Brandon Routh and Tyler Hoechlin
    • For all the Legends Of Tomorrow side characters to be in Crisis, it was good to see Jonah Hex
    • End credit symbols are pretty cool
    •  
  • Chris
  • • Leo replaces Gideon
    • Routh is still a perfect Superman. This is the series they should be pursuing. 
    • • He is from Superman Returns via reference to his son Jason
    • Kara eyes up Routh Supes gets told he’s her cousin by Superman prime was fun
    • Ray and Supes trading quips on teh Waverider was fun
    • Having not watched Cryer in Supergirl I don’t know what he was like previously but he nails it as Lex
    • Kevin Conroy is batman even if its evil batman.
    • • they took my batman and put him in live action. Normally I complain about guggenheim and his need to defy expectations of fans. I actually liked it here. To many people Kevin Conroy is the definitive version of batman. One who never kills. To take this version and have him be a broken version similar to Dark Knight Returns Batman was not what I expected. And seeing Conroy pull off broken Batman both physically and mentally was quite the show.
    • Teased me with Batman Beyond when referencing a Gotham from the future
    • Smallville
    • • Didn’t expect to get it.
      • Like the nod to Lex as president
      • Wish there had been more
    • Alternate earth Mick is still delightful as is his babysitting
  • Michelle 
  • • Tom Welling!!!! Everyone noticing how buff he is
    • Like the Kara/Constantine/Mia teamup
    • Kate and Kara develop relationship
    • Cryer gets to be more Lex Luthor-y than on Supergirl
    • Kate has character development w/interaction w/Bruce
    • Brandon Routh gets to show the world why he’s a great Superman and deserves to take over from Cavill
    • Episode made me like Superman again

• For reference: Crisis on Infinite Earths: Easter Eggs and References in Part Two (10 Dec 2019) https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/12/10/crisis-infinite-earths-part-2-easter-eggs/ 

ARROW NEWS:

1. CW Reveals When Arrow, Flash, Batwoman and More Return From Winter Hiatus (Date: 18 Dec 2019)

1. Both Arrow and DC's Legends of Tomorrow will air on Jan. 14 to close out the Arrowverse's "Crisis on Infinite Earths".
2. Official premiere dates: 
3. Batwoman: Jan. 19, 8 p.m.
4. Supergirl: Jan. 19, 9 p.m
5. Black Lightning: Jan. 20, 9 p.m.
6. Arrow: Jan. 21, 8 p.m.
7. DC's Legends of Tomorrow: Jan. 21, 9 p.m.

FEEBACK:

1. DISCORD: yakk0dotorg 12/12/2019
   1. Here’s a pretty interesting interview with Brandon Routh on the crossover and his time as Ray and Superman. https://youtu.be/owOvkaOgab0
2. FACEBOOK: ‎‎Anthony McDowell‎
   1. I am sad that the Starling Tribune is about to shut down. Y'alls coverage of the show plus the One-shots and other stuff yuns do is fantastic. Just listened to Purgatory and thought that I would mention that on VUDU you can buy the bundles of Invansion and Crisis On Earth-X. They haven't got Elseworlds bundled yet but hopefully they do, and obviously I hope eventually they get Crisis On Infinite Earths bundled too. Thanks, I appreciate y'all, it's been fun listening to y'alls coverage, and looking forward to these last little bit of episodes. Thanks!
3. REDDIT (via Chris):
   1. https://www.reddit.com/r/arrow/comments/e9vu1r/crisis_spoilers_star_city/
   2. Posted byu/rleach1001
   3. 7 days ago
   4. [Crisis Spoilers] Star City
   5. spoiler
   6. Star City 2046 can't be the same Earth featured in Legends of Tomorrow. I know Sara said the Waverider jumped dimensions, but she has to be wrong. In Legends of Tomorrow S1E6, Sara meets future Oliver and he says:
   7. "30 years ago, you and Ray hopped on a spaceship, and you never came back."
   8. In Crisis Part One, they meet alternate Oliver, and he says:
   9. "You're dead. You... you went down with the Gambit."
   10. So, Earth-16 is an alternate Earth that's very similar to Star City 2046, but Sara actually died on the Gambit. She never got on the Amazo, joined the League, or came back to Star City. Star City 2046 was a potential future for Earth-1 that was avoided.

NEXT EPISODE

Link to Promo: https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/12/09/crisis-on-infinite-earths-spoilers-part-3-trailer-watch-online-the-flash/ (Date: 9 Dec 2019) 

Episode: “Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part 3” [Flash: Season 6 Episode 9]

Air Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Summary: Pariah enlists Black Lightning to help stop the Anti-Monitor after Flash-90 Shares what he learned from his battle in 'Elseworlds'. With the help of Black Lightning, Barry, Cisco and Killer Frost come up with a plan that could save them all. Meanwhile, Iris has a heart-to-heart with Ryan Choi while Oliver and Diggle return to an old familiar stomping ground.

Director: David McWhirter

Writers: Lauren Certo & Sterling Gates / Eric Wallace (story by)

IMDB link:  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9641254/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt

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The Starling Tribune Reporters SP and Chris review the 2019 Arrowverse Crossover Crisis On Infinite Earths Part One (technically Supergirl Season 5 Episode 9) with the help of Michelle’s notes once again. Michelle was out sick for the week. The reporters discuss the final Arrow included crossover episode part one including why you should enjoy these episodes while you have access to them, that this is simply the MOST AMBITIOUS crossover in the history of television spanning SIX currently airing television shows, why its time to geek out over all the cameos, the reporter’s takes on the Earth-16 adventure (more to come in a later episode), the reporter’s roses and thorns with this episode of the crossover, why Arrow fans might feel cheated at the big Arrow moment and Marc Guggenheim’s reasons for it,if the crossover can be produced like a 5 episode miniseries or a 5 episode premium streaming series, why James Bamford would have been a great addition to the Supergirl episode production staff, and what was that deal between the Monitor and Oliver Queen about anyway?

Episode:            “Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One” [Supergirl: Season 5 Episode 9]

Air Date:           Sunday, December 8, 2019

Director:           Jesse Warn

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1168394/?ref_=tt_ov_dr 

                        13x Supergirl / 6x Arrow / 4x The Flash / 8x Spartacus

Writers: Robert L. Rovner            (story by)

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0746362/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr8 

                        17x Supergirl (7x story / 5x teleplay / 5x written)

Marc Guggenheim (story by)      

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0973233/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr9 

                        3x story by-Supergirl: Crisis on Earth-X Pt 1, Elseworlds Pt 3, Crisis Part 1

Derek Simon (teleplay by)

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2037807/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr6 

                        Supergirl: 23x executive story editor, 22x story editor, 12x written, 7x staff writer, 5x teleplay, 2x story by

Jay Faerber (teleplay by)

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4732141/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr7 

                        2x Supergirl (also producer) / 9x Zoo / 2x Star-Crossed

Promo:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSLAd-G42w8&feature=youtu.be

Arrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Starling City 15-Oct-19 0.84

02 Welcome To Hong Kong 22-Oct-19 0.77

03 Leap Of Faith 29-Oct-19 0.76

04 Present Tense 5-Nov-19 0.62

05 Prochnost 19-Nov-19 0.74

06 Reset 26-Nov-19 0.79

07 Purgatory 3-Dec-19 0.83

Legends Of Tomorrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

Supergirl

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Event Horizon 6-Oct-19 1.26

02 Stranger Beside Me 13-Oct-19 0.97

03 Blurred Lines 20-Oct-19 0.92

04 In Plain Sight 27-Oct-19 0.95

05 Dangerous Liaisons 3-Nov-19 0.78

06 Confidence Women 10-Nov-19 0.8

07 Tremors 17-Nov-19 0.79

08 The Wrath Of Rama Khan 1-Dec-19 0.87

09 Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One 8-Dec-19 1.67

The Flash

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Into the Void 8-Oct-19 1.62

02 A Flash of the Lighting 16-Oct-19 1.27

03 Dead Man Running 22-Oct-19 1.38

04 There Will Be Blood 29-Oct-19 1.48

05 Kiss Kiss Breach Breach 5-Nov-19 1.19

06 License To Elongate 19-Nov-19 1.29

07 The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 1 26-Nov-19 1.17

08 The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 2 3-Dec-19 1.32

09 Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three 10-Dec-19 1.71

Black Lightning

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Birth of the Blackbird 7-Oct-19 1.16

02 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Maryam’s Tasbih 14-Oct-19 0.63

03 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Three: Agent Odell's Pipe-Dream 21-Oct-19 0.61

04 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Four: Lynn's Ouroboros 28-Oct-19 0.52

05 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Five: Requiem for Tavon 11-Nov-19 0.71

06 The Book of Resistance: Chapter One: Knocking on Heaven's Doo 18-Nov-19 0.62

07 The Book of Resistance: Chapter Two: Henderson's Opus 25-Nov-19 0.65

08 The Book of Resistance: Chapter Three: The Battle of Franklin Terrace 2-Dec-19 0.60

09 The Book of Resistance: Chapter Four: Earth Crisis 9-Dec-19 0.90

Batwoman

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Pilot 6-Oct-19 1.86

02 The Rabbit Hole 13-Oct-19 1.45

03 Down Down Down 20-Oct-19 1.22

04 Who Are You? 27-Oct-19 1.29

05 Mine Is A Long And A Sad Tale 3-Nov-19 1.16

06 I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury 10-Nov-19 1.09

07 Tell Me The Truth 17-Nov-19 1.01

08 A Mad Tea-Party 1-Dec-19 1.01

09 Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two 9-Dec-19 1.71

Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters

• What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name?
• • Part 1 of crossover
  • Crisis across the multiverse 
• Fight scenes and stunts
• • Supergirl saves Wil Wheaton from Spike
  • Batwoman takes down members of Alice’s gang
  • Tower
  • • Atom, Batwoman, Mia, Oliver vs. Shadow Demons
    • Supers helping w/earthquake stuff
    • Batwoman allows Ray to upgrade batarang
    • Supers come back w/Flash
    • Rooftop fight
    • Monitor - must retreat
    • Oliver - I have to fight; shocks Monitor; runs out of arrows; puts up his fists; “dies”
• Time Travel / Crisis / Cameos
• • Monitor VO: Big bang - life; multiverse multiplying like mitosis; Age of Heroes finally born; heroes in time to save multiverse
  • Earth-89: Gotham - Keaton’s Batman world - Alexander Knox (Robert Whul) reads paper
  • Earth 9 - San Francisco - DC Universe Titans destroyed
  • Earth X - The Ray
  • Earth 66 - Burt Ward walking dog - “Holy crimson skies of death!”
  • Earth 38 - Supergirl’s world - Wil Wheaton - doomsday sign (Michelle: I did not see this cameo coming)
  • Earth 16 - 2046
  • • Legends landed in an alternate Earth’s future
    • Lois, Sara, and Brainiac go
    • Bunker - Oliver has baby; Oliver and Sara fight; Sara and Old Man Oliver talk 
• Oliver Queen / Green Arrow - Earth 1
• • Gives Mia her own Green Arrow suit and bow; there should always be at least one Green Arrow
  • Upset when Barry says he’s going to die; demands to see the Monitor; Oliver - Kara and Barry are supposed to live; Monitor spared lives to save them last year; this is a new crossover (LOL), a new problem
  • Saved 1 billion
  • Barry and Kara - save us
  • Mia - find your mother and William
• Team Arrow
• Supergirl - Earth 38
• • Warns Argo, but too late
  • Convinces Batwoman others are ok
  • Has hope; Krypton is a spirit; fight for what’s right
  • 3 billion to Earth 1
• Team Supergirl
• • J’onn - tells team about Monitor and Crisis; has Legion’s ship
  • Coordinate evacuation to Earth 1
  • Lana - build portal; awkward convo w/Alex Danvers; I would help even w/o apology; I’m not evil
  •  
• Superman - 38 (Hoechlin)
• • Son - Jonathan: Lois, Alura, and Clark puts him in pod to Earth (Brando’s dialogue)
  • Monitor saves Clark and Lois at the last minute
• Superman - (Routh)
• Batwoman - Earth 1
• • Michelle - BW asks about Alice, which is the current storyline; the timeline is off; last year she met Supergirl & co, but her show started at the beginning of her superhero career
  •  
• Barry Allen / Flash - Earth 1
• Team Flash
• Sara Lance / White Canary
• • Never thought I would see parent Oliver
• Ray / Atom 
• • Last year at Woodstock - Janis Joplin noticed him and gave her a new song
• Team Legends
• Monitor
• • This is not the ending I saw for Oliver
• Harbinger
• • Collects hero; brings them to Earth 38
  • Explains what’s going on to team; Earth 38 - tipping point
  • Raises the Quantum Tower - Monitor placed them on key Earths 
  • Have to protect tower from Anti-Monitor
• Lex Luthor
• Pariah
• • Don’t see Nash become Pariah (Michelle: Where’s Psycho Pirate?)
  • Witness to Anti-Monitor’s actions
  • Everything is doomed
• Thorns:
• • SP
  • • Disconnected episode by episode production

• • • • Focused on the show episode’s cast (In this case Supergirl)
    • Plot progressing too fast (Better on second viewing)
    • Vast destruction and death not easily comprehensible
    • • Too much, too quick
    • Jonathan’s single escape wasn’t necessary - why Earth-16?
    • William not in Crossover and doesn;’t get to experience Oliver dying
    • Batwoman’s timeline
    • Where did Mia’s Arrow suit come from?
    • Supergirl subplots - especially Lena Luther was not necessary
    • • How many billions died because Lena argues about helping?
    • Ray was vulnerable while giving Batwoman upgrade
    • Arrow’s death scene - full quiver to no quiver instantly
    • Where are his knives/blades?
    • Scene cut short
    • Arrow dies on Supergirl - not on Arrow.Pretty big deal.
    • Pariah just appears like Harbinger. No origin story
  • Chris
  • • Lena sucks
    • pacing seemed off.
    • Ollie death to ‘subvert our expectations’ bs
    • Ollie’s magic quiver
    • shadow demons looks like dementors
  • Michelle - don’t see Lyla become Harbinger or her relationship w/Monitor; don’t see Nash become Pariah; wanted tower to become part of plot like in comics; wish crossover treated like 5 hour movie, not upset Oliver died in Part 1, but just because it’s called Supergirl doesn’t mean all the stupid subplots from the show have to be in the crossover (I think we’ve had this complant every crossover)
• Roses
• • SP - 
  • • “Age Of Heroes” Multiverse Intro
    • Worldbuilding - All the Earths, all of DC’s screen coming together
    • 4th Wall broken early and often - didn’t take itself too seriously
    • Homages to 78 Superman with Jonathan was cool
    • Chyron’s really helped map out where people were
    • Supergirl and Superman comforting each other in the face of tremendous loss - DEO Balcony
    • Avenger’s Age Of Ultron battle around the machine / Harry Potter 
    • Tons of female leads. Lyla/Harbinger, Supergirl, Sara, Alex Danvers, Lena Luther, Batwoman
  • Chris
  • • Legends team trivia with time goof. hell yeah
    • Ollie and Sarah friendship is solid and referenced a lot
    • Happily ever after for Clark/Lois
    • Ray is a delight (batwoman upgrades and nerding out)
    • Getting to see Amell play another Ollie is fun
    • Symmetry for Kal-El and Jonathon 
    • Other Earths (Batman 89 awesome)
  • Michelle - fixed Legends 2046 plot hole / great Old Man Ollie-Sara moment; Batwoman: interactions w/Ray, trusting Kara, and kicking butt; Amell’s acting is on point; Mia gets suit from Dad
• For reference: Crisis on Infinite Earths: Easter Eggs and References in Part One (8 Dec 2019) https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/12/08/crisis-on-infinite-earths-spoilers-part-1-easter-eggs-cameos/#1 

NEXT EPISODE

Link to Promo: https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/12/09/crisis-on-infinite-earths-part-2-batwoman-promo-cw/ (Date: 8 Dec 2019) 

Episode: “Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part 2” [Batwoman: Season 1 Episode 9]

Air Date: Monday, December 9, 2019

Summary: The group uses Ray's invention to track new recruits to help save the universe. The Monitor sends Iris, Clark and Lois in search of a mysterious Kryptonian, while Kate and Kara head out to find Bruce Wayne. In addition, Mia challenges Sara, Rory discovers a hidden talent, and Lex Luthor returns.

Director: Laura Belsey

Writers: Don Whitehead & Holly Henderson

IMDB link:  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11199024/?ref_=ttep_ep9

Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday Evenings at 7:30 PM eastern or 6:30 PM Central at www.geeks.live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. Contact us: @StarlingTribune - starlingtribune@gmail.com - www.starlingtribune.com - www.facebook.com/starlingtribune - 612-888-CAVE or 612-888-2283.

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This podcast was recorded on Thursday December 12th, 2019.

Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoyed the show!

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The Starling Tribune Reporters SP and Chris review the Arrow finale season seventh episode “Purgatory” with the help of Michelle’s notes. The reporters discuss the final Arrow pre-Crisis episode including the return of Yoa Fei, Billy Wintergreen and Edward Fryers; the effective CGI use in the episode; why SP’s knives are better than Stephen Amell’s knives, speculate on who is going to teach Mia how to slap water, Lyla’s transformation into Harbinger, how a path for Diggle to become the Green Lantern was missed, speculation on how Roy’s arm will be replaced, if we thought we wasted our time with the Flash Forwards, and Oliver’s great final moments with Mia and Williams. The duo also prepare themselves for Crisis by discussing the seven year build up to Crisis, the confusing nature of the pre-crisis cut scene, Chris expands a popular Monitor fan theory, discussing some of Marc Guggenheim last minute pre-crisis news, and what would be change for the better for fans post crisis.

Episode:            “Purgatory” [Season 8 Episode 7]

Air Date:           Tuesday, December 3, 2019 

Director:           James Bamford

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0051466/?ref_=tt_ov_dr 

                        18x Arrow / 1x Supergirl

Writers: Rebecca Bellotto

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3428799/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr4 

                        10x Arrow

Rebecca Rosenberg

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9455161/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5 

                        2x Arrow

Promo: https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/arrow/arrow-oliver-queen-is-going-to-save-the-multiverse-in-the-new-promo-for-season-8-episode-7-purgatory-a171886

Arrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Starling City 15-Oct-19 0.84

02 Welcome To Hong Kong 22-Oct-19 0.77

03 Leap Of Faith 29-Oct-19 0.76

04 Present Tense 5-Nov-19 0.62

05 Prochnost 19-Nov-19 0.74

06 Reset 26-Nov-19 0.79

07 Purgatory 3-Dec-19 0.83

Legends Of Tomorrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

Supergirl

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Event Horizon 6-Oct-19 1.26

02 Stranger Beside Me 13-Oct-19 0.97

03 Blurred Lines 20-Oct-19 0.92

04 In Plain Sight 27-Oct-19 0.95

05 Dangerous Liaisons 3-Nov-19 0.78

06 Confidence Women 10-Nov-19 0.8

07 Tremors 17-Nov-19 0.79

08 The Wrath Of Rama Khan 1-Dec-19 0.87

The Flash

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Into the Void 8-Oct-19 1.62

02 A Flash of the Lighting 16-Oct-19 1.27

03 Dead Man Running 22-Oct-19 1.38

04 There Will Be Blood 29-Oct-19 1.48

05 Kiss Kiss Breach Breach 5-Nov-19 1.19

06 License To Elongate 19-Nov-19 1.29

07 The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 1 26-Nov-19 1.17

03 The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 2 3-Dec-19 1.32

Black Lightning

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Birth of the Blackbird 7-Oct-19 1.16

02 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Maryam’s Tasbih 14-Oct-19 0.63

03 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Three: Agent Odell's Pipe-Dream 21-Oct-19 0.61

04 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Four: Lynn's Ouroboros 28-Oct-19 0.52

05 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Five: Requiem for Tavon 11-Nov-19 0.71

06 The Book of Resistance: Chapter One: Knocking on Heaven's Doo 18-Nov-19 0.62

07 The Book of Resistance: Chapter Two: Henderson's Opus 25-Nov-19 0.65

08 The Book of Resistance: Chapter Three: The Battle of Franklin Terrace 2-Dec-19 0.60

Batwoman

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Pilot 6-Oct-19 1.86

02 The Rabbit Hole 13-Oct-19 1.45

03 Down Down Down 20-Oct-19 1.22

04 Who Are You? 27-Oct-19 1.29

05 Mine Is A Long And A Sad Tale 3-Nov-19 1.16

06 I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury 10-Nov-19 1.09

07 Tell Me The Truth 17-Nov-19 1.01

08 A Mad Tea-Party 1-Dec-19 1.01

Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters

• What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name?
• • Back to Lian Yu
  • Learning to live in the now
  • Instead of being stuck in limbo, chose life
• Fight scenes and stunts
• • Plane hit by missile
  • Fyers on island
  • • Oliver and Laurel
    • Laurel takes out guy w/sword
    • Edward Fyers and Billy Wintergreen
  • Oliver catches arrow - Yao Fei!
  • Fyers camp
  • • Oliver and Yao Fei spring traps
    • Yao Fei - patience; uses sunlight reflected off compass to burn rope
  • Oliver to Fyers
  • • Oliver not alone; superhero lineup (minus Roy)
    • Device doesn’t work first time
    • Need a specific DNA code; Oliver has to come back
    • Big fight; guns, explosions, arrows; slo-mo moments; Diggle and Oliver back to device
    • DNA sequence is Lyla’s; device does get rid of dead people
    • Lyla has to go
• Time Travel / Crisis
• Flashforward
• • Future Team Arrow
  • • Mia

• • • Upset at Dad; hero first, dad second
    • Goes after Dad
  • William
  • • Has to build the thing
    • Admits to pushing Dad away b/c thought he wouldn’t lose Dad; don’t let last moments be in anger
    • Builds weapon; island energy
    • Gives Roy the hosen, who gives it back
  • Connor
  • • Parents create Knightwatch
    • Missions sent parents on many trips
• Oliver Queen / Green Arrow
• • VO about returning to island, purgatory
  • Has to convince others that Monitor is ok
  • Energy spikes on island
  • Has to tell kids his fate
  • Fyers on island - given a new lease on life
  • I have to go after Fyers; Yao Fei - don’t get distracted
  • Yao Fei - you chose to avoid going back to family; you need to breathe, Oliver; you need to say good-bye; I didn’t get to say good-bye to Shado
  • You live w/children now
  • Apologizes to kids
  • Activating the device will end the dead people
  • William: I’ve forgiven you; hugs
  • Diggle - please track down Felicity and tell her to contact William; best man I’ve ever known
  • “Every mission has an end”
  • Good-bye moments
  • Mia: you being a hero is why you weren’t in my life
  • Island made him angry; island changed him; all moments brought him her
  • Mia, you’re going to create your own stories (spin-off reference)
• John Diggle / Spartan
• • Confronts Lyla; Monitor claimed he saved her from blast in Afghanistan
  • Protecting family
  • We always have a choice
  • Hard for him to accept Oliver isn’t going to make
• Lyla / Harbinger
• • Brought kids to island; have to build a weapon
  • Build weapon to survive Crisis
  • Lyla - now I am a Harbinger of what’s to come
• Laurel / Black Siren
• • Parenting advice
• Thea Queen
• Dinah Drake / Black Canary
• • Knows how to fly a plane; brings Rene, Roy and plutonium
• Rene Ramirez / Wild Dog
• • Hurt
• Roy Harper
• • Arm pinned; Diggle and Connor try to free his arm
  • I pick amputation; Connor knows how (comic book) 

NEXT EPISODE

Link to Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSLAd-G42w8&feature=youtu.be (Date: 3 Dec 2019) 

Episode: “Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One” [Supergirl: Season 5 Episode 9]

Air Date: Sunday, December 8, 2019 

Summary: The Monitor sends Harbinger to gather the worlds' greatest heroes - Supergirl, The Flash, Green Arrow, Batwoman, White Canary, The Atom and Superman - in preparation for the impending Crisis. With their worlds in imminent danger, the superheroes suit up for battle while J'onn and Alex recruit Lena to help them find a way to save the people of Earth-38.

Director: Jesse Warn

Writers: Robert L. Rovner          (story by) & Derek Simon (teleplay by) & Marc Guggenheim (story by)      

IMDB link:  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9419518/?ref_=ttep_ep9

Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday Evenings at 7:30 PM eastern or 6:30 PM Central at www.geeks.live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. Contact us: @StarlingTribune - starlingtribune@gmail.com - www.starlingtribune.com - www.facebook.com/starlingtribune - 612-888-CAVE or 612-888-2283.

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This podcast was recorded on Thursday December 5th, 2019.

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The Starling Tribune Reporters SP, Chris and Michelle review the Arrow finale season sixth episode “Reset.” The reporters discuss some speculation on why Diggle was not in the time loop, that this season has been based on manipulation and not trust, the complexity of building up to Crisis in Arrow’s final 10 episode limited season, how great it was to see Paul Blackthrone again, the warehouse fight sequence choreography, some major issues with the reset in reset that SP had including that the Monitor has done nothing to help Team Arrow trust him, why there was no title sequence and RIPBigBellyBurger.

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Episode:            “Reset” [Season 8 Episode 6]

Air Date:           Tuesday, November 26, 2019 

Director:           David Ramsey

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0708981/?ref_=tt_ov_dr

                        2x Arrow

Writers: Onalee Hunter

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1370980/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr4

                        4x Arrow / 8x The Last Ship

Maya Houston

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8529121/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5

                        1x Arrow / 2x Minimum Wage 

Promo:https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/11/20/arrow-reset-preview-the-cw/ 

Arrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Starling City 15-Oct-19 0.84

02 Welcome To Hong Kong 22-Oct-19 0.77

03 Leap Of Faith 29-Oct-19 0.76

04 Present Tense 5-Nov-19 0.62

05 Prochnost 19-Nov-19 0.74

06 Reset 26-Nov-19 0.79

Legends Of Tomorrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

Supergirl

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Event Horizon 6-Oct-19 1.26

02 Stranger Beside Me 13-Oct-19 0.97

03 Blurred Lines 20-Oct-19 0.92

04 In Plain Sight 27-Oct-19 0.95

05 Dangerous Liaisons 3-Nov-19 0.78

06 Confidence Women 10-Nov-19 0.8

07 Tremors 17-Nov-19 0.79

The Flash

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Into the Void 8-Oct-19 1.62

02 A Flash of the Lighting 16-Oct-19 1.27

03 Dead Man Running 22-Oct-19 1.38

04 There Will Be Blood 29-Oct-19 1.48

05 Kiss Kiss Breach Breach 5-Nov-19 1.19

06 License To Elongate 19-Nov-19 1.29

07 The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 1 26-Nov-19 1.17

Black Lightning

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Birth of the Blackbird 7-Oct-19 1.16

02 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Maryam’s Tasbih 14-Oct-19 0.63

03 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Three: Agent Odell's Pipe-Dream 21-Oct-19 0.61

04 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Four: Lynn's Ouroboros 28-Oct-19 0.52

05 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Five: Requiem for Tavon 11-Nov-19 0.71

06 The Book of Resistance: Chapter One: Knocking on Heaven's Doo 18-Nov-19 0.62

07 The Book of Resistance: Chapter Two: Henderson's Opus 25-Nov-19 0.65

Batwoman

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Pilot 6-Oct-19 1.86

02 The Rabbit Hole 13-Oct-19 1.45

03 Down Down Down 20-Oct-19 1.22

04 Who Are You? 27-Oct-19 1.29

05 Mine Is A Long And A Sad Tale 3-Nov-19 1.16

06 I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury 10-Nov-19 1.09

07 Tell Me The Truth 17-Nov-19 1.01

Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters

• What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name?
• • Time loop! 
  • Groundhog Day / Edge of Tomorrow
  • 6:27 pm
  • Resets mission; reset’s Oliver’s focus - The Monitor is fighting the same fight
• No opening title sequence
• Fight scenes and stunts
• • Hostage situation
  • • Quentin goes in; Oliver does his thing w/arrows
  • Found hideout
  • • Oliver, Laurel, Lance
    • Bomb hidden in wall
    • Lyla there; shoots Oliver; you can’t fight this
  • Hideout pt. 2
  • • Anderson White; disabled bomb
    • Go to warehouse; Lance gets shot
  • Warehouse
  • • Oliver fights guys to get Lance out
    • Lance shot
    • Oliver running out of arrows
    • Lance - how many times? 60? 100?
    • Lance - no saving me from this; dies voluntarily 
• Time Travel / Crisis
• • Time loop
  • Lance believes Oliver
  • Laurel is there too
  • Lance is assassinated
  • Oliver brings Diggle to bomb; Diggle gives good advice
  • Lyla tells Oliver that he’s missing the point; can’t fight it
  • Loops ends for Laurel when she gets her chance to say good-bye to Quentin, which is all she ever wanted
  • Lyla - Oliver, you have to accept what is coming
  • Quentin - I made peace at end
  • Lyla - now you understand; Oliver - I can’t change my fate?
• FTA
• • Mia
  • • In time loop at the beginning.
    • Oliver tells them the time with them is a gift
  • Connor
  • • In time loop at the beginning.
    • Oliver tells them the time with them is a gift
  • William
  • • In time loop at the beginning.
    • Oliver tells them the time with them is a gift
• Oliver Queen / Green Arrow
• • Lyla tranqed them 2 days ago; all is fine, go to the party
  • Lyla - double agent
  • Quentin Lance is the mayor; vigilante program global; Palmer Tech; Lance - I recovered from shot, escaped fate
  • This is a test, Laurel; we’re not giving up
  • I’m not giving up
  • Tells kids he’s proud of them; all of you will be fine no matter what happens
  • Asks Lance - when did you decide I wasn’t the enemy anymore? His daughters; fighting for the same goal
  • Hanging on to something for a long time; thanks Quentin for everything; enters an empty room
  • Ends up w/Laurel, kids, and Diggle on Lian Yu
• John Diggle / Spartan
• • In the time loop as a NPC
• Lyla / Harbinger
• • Knows about time loop
  • Been working for Monitor for a long time; to protect her family; all we can do is try to survive it
  • Big evil coming; Oliver, you are the only chance we have
  • Monitor needed to know Oliver was up to the task
  • Involved children as a gift
• Laurel Lance / Black Siren
• • Trapped in same time loop; surprised Lance is there
  • Tells Lance how he died
  • I’m trying to be a hero b/c of you, Quentin
  • Got a chance to say good-bye to Lance; she’s at peace
  • Monitor gifted her the chance to make her peace w/Lance
• Dinah Drake / Black Canary
• • Captain of SCPD
• Rene Ramirez / Wild Dog
• • In the time loop with May Lance
• Roy
• Quentin Lance
• • Mayor, escaped fate, goes into hostage situation
  • Believes Oliver b/c of what he’s seen and learning from doubting Oliver
  • Happy to see Laurel
  • Assassinated
  • Takes Laurel’s news about his death in stride
  • Not giving up; at the end, made peace with fate 

NEXT EPISODE

Link to Promo: https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/arrow/arrow-oliver-queen-is-going-to-save-the-multiverse-in-the-new-promo-for-season-8-episode-7-purgatory-a171886 (26 Nov 2019)

Episode: “Purgatory” [Season 8 Episode 7]

Air Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2019 

Summary: Oliver's mission takes him to Lian Yu where he tries to ignore the repercussions of the looming Crisis until he receives help from an old friend. Meanwhile, a united Team Arrow faces a recognizable villain.

Director: James Bamford

Writers: Rebecca Bellotto and Rebecca Rosenberg

IMDB link:  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9700190/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt

Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday Evenings at 7:30 PM eastern or 6:30 PM Central at www.geeks.live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. Contact us: @StarlingTribune - starlingtribune@gmail.com - www.starlingtribune.com - www.facebook.com/starlingtribune - 612-888-CAVE or 612-888-2283.

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This podcast was recorded on Friday November 27th, 2019.

Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoyed the show!

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The Starling Tribune Reporters SP, Chris and Michelle review the Arrow finale season fifth episode “Prochnost.” The reporters discuss the strength it takes to show the weaknesses and mistakes you have made to others, the fact that Oliver DID NOT answer all the question his kids had for him, Mia’s tennis ball (and perhaps slapping water) training, the return of Anatoly to the show, the moment of Laurel’s decision, the awesome Mountainous Mustache cage fighter, Diggle’s attempt to help redeem Roy and what is Lyla betraying Team Arrow for?

Starling Tribune - Season 8 Edition – “Prochnost” Review (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) ST255

Episode:            “Prochnost” [Season 8 Episode 5]

Air Date:           Tuesday, November 19, 2019 

Director:           Laura Belsey

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0069513/?ref_=tt_ov_dr

                        7x Arrow / 2x The Walking Dead / 1x Flash / 2x Preacher

Writers: Benjamin Raab

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1437177/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr4

                        4x Arrow / 2x Flash / 7x Warehouse 13

Deric A. Hughes

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1898703/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5

                        4x Arrow / 2x Flash / 7x Warehouse 13

Promo:https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/arrow/arrow-oliver-queen-meets-the-unexpected-in-the-new-promo-for-season-8-episode-4-present-tense-a171376 

Arrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Starling City 15-Oct-19 0.84

02 Welcome To Hong Kong 22-Oct-19 0.77

03 Leap Of Faith 29-Oct-19 0.76

04 Present Tense 5-Nov-19 0.62

05 Prochnost 19-Nov-19 0.74

Legends Of Tomorrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

Supergirl

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Event Horizon 6-Oct-19 1.26

02 Stranger Beside Me 13-Oct-19 0.97

03 Blurred Lines 20-Oct-19 0.92

04 In Plain Sight 27-Oct-19 0.95

05 Dangerous Liaisons 3-Nov-19 0.78

06 Confidence Women 10-Nov-19 0.8

07 Tremors 17-Nov-19 0.79

The Flash

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Into the Void 8-Oct-19 1.62

02 A Flash of the Lighting 16-Oct-19 1.27

03 Dead Man Running 22-Oct-19 1.38

04 There Will Be Blood 29-Oct-19 1.48

05 Kiss Kiss Breach Breach 5-Nov-19 1.19

06 License To Elongate 19-Nov-19 1.29

Black Lightning

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Birth of the Blackbird 7-Oct-19 1.16

02 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Maryam’s Tasbih 14-Oct-19 0.63

03 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Three: Agent Odell's Pipe-Dream 21-Oct-19 0.61

04 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Four: Lynn's Ouroboros 28-Oct-19 0.52

05 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Five: Requiem for Tavon 11-Nov-19 0.71

06 The Book of Resistance: Chapter One: Knocking on Heaven's Doo 18-Nov-19 0.62

Batwoman

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Pilot 6-Oct-19 1.86

02 The Rabbit Hole 13-Oct-19 1.45

03 Down Down Down 20-Oct-19 1.22

04 Who Are You? 27-Oct-19 1.29

05 Mine Is A Long And A Sad Tale 3-Nov-19 1.16

06 I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury 10-Nov-19 1.09

07 Tell Me The Truth 17-Nov-19 1.01

Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters

• What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name?
• • Prochnost means strength in Russian
  • Said during toast after mission in bar
  • Takes strength to tell people about your mistakes
• Fight scenes and stunts
• • Spartan and Roy
  • • Smash and grab
    • Roy - arrows; punches guy
    • Get the stuff
  • Fight club
  • • Run by Bratva
    • Oliver to fight for plans
    • Kids show up
    • Oliver ruthless; Mia impressed
    • Bratva find Mia; Bratva kill General; take Oliver and Mia
  • Bratva
  • • Tied their thumbs
    • Mia to line; 60 seconds to ring the bell
    • Mia almost made it; she knows how to fight
    • Oliver dislocates thumb; gets them out of chairs; canary cry
  • Fight Club part 2
  • • Mia and Oliver go in w/green hoods
    • William sets them up to fight 6 men
    • Knife snuck into ring
    • Canary takes care of muscle upstairs; Anatoly shoots guy about to shoot Laurel
    • Guys come with guns; Oliver and Mia use smoke things to cover escape; William is the “guy in the suit”
• FTA
• • Mia
  • • Takes time to learn
    • Tells Dad about fighting for money
    • When I try to be like my dad or any hero, I fail
    • Now one of Anatoly’s favorite Americans
  • William
  • • These computers are so old
    • Speaks Russian
• Oliver Queen / Green Arrow
• • Tennis ball lesson w/Mia; lessons on speciality arrows
  • Stick training
  • Bring kids on mission
  • Friends again w/Anatoly; brothers
  • Doesn’t want kids to know the bad he’s done, so no Bratva
  • For me, you’re still kids; my job to protect both of you; hate me if you want to, but you’re going home
  • Anatoly - important kids see success and failures; you have to let them live; they’re not weak
  • He, Diggle, and Laurel hit with tranq darts at end
• John Diggle / Spartan
• • I know where some plutonium is
  • Trying to help Roy atone
  • Tells Roy about his future
• Lyla / Harbinger
• • The Monitor is trying to save Earths
  • What deal does she have?
• Laurel Lance / Black Siren
• • Learns about Lyla
  • Mia - we’re flawed; learn how to be your own person and hero
  • Gets apology from Anatoly
  • Turns down Monitor’s plan; wants Lyla to tell the truth; brings out Diggle and Oliver
• Roy (aka Jason)
• • Just this once
  • Decides to stay and help team

ARROW NEWS:

1. Crisis on Infinite Earths Poster Promises the End of the Worlds (Date: 22 Nov 2019)
   1. The CW has released the official poster for the upcoming Arrowverse crossover "Crisis on Infinite Earths."
   2. The image is a true who's who of The CW's shared superhero universe, as it features The Monitor assembling John Constantine, Lois Lane (Elizabeth Tulloch), Superman (Tyler Hoechlin), Harbinger, Kingdom Come Superman, Lex Luthor, J'onn J'onzz, Iris West-Allen, The Flash (John Wesley Shipp), Vibe, Black Lightning, Batwoman, Green Arrow, Heat Wave, White Canary, The Flash (Barry Allen) and Supergirl.
   3. What I find interesting - 2 Supermans - 2 Flashes 
   4. https://www.cbr.com/arrowverse-crisis-on-infinite-earths-poster/

NEXT EPISODE

Link to Promo: https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/11/20/arrow-reset-preview-the-cw/ (19 Nov 2019)

Episode: “Reset” [Season 8 Episode 6]

Air Date: Tuesday, November 26, 2019 

Summary: Oliver is faced with a life-or-death situation after being double-crossed by Lyla; Laurel has an opportunity to make amends.

Director: David Ramsey

Writers: Onalee Hunter and Maya Houston

IMDB link:  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9700180/?ref_=tt_ep_nx

Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday Evenings at 7:30 PM eastern or 6:30 PM Central at www.geeks.live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. Contact us: @StarlingTribune - starlingtribune@gmail.com - www.starlingtribune.com - www.facebook.com/starlingtribune - 612-888-CAVE or 612-888-2283.

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You can find us on iTunes under ''Starling Tribune." We are very thankful for all of our positive iTunes reviews. You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at www.starlingtribune.com

This podcast was recorded on Thursday November 21st, 2019.

Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoyed the show!

Audio Production by Stargate Pioneer of GonnaGeek.com.

The Starling Tribune Reporters SP, Chris and Michelle review the Arrow finale season fourth episode “Present Tense.” The reporters discuss the Team Arrow kids reuniting with their parents, Curtis and his Gummy Bears, both present and future Team Arrow fighting together (rather epically), their predictions on Laurel’s future roles with Oliver and the Monitor, if we will see Anatoly next episode and the touching late night kitchen snacks with Dad as Oliver cooks for his kids together perhaps the first and only time.

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Episode:            “Present Tense” [Season 8 Episode 4]

Air Date:           Tuesday, November 5, 2019 

Director:           Kristin Windell

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934663/?ref_=tt_ov_dr

                        5x Arrow / 1 Agents of Shield / 1x The Flash / 1x Legends

Writers:             Oscar Balderrama

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2421455/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr4

                        20x Arrow

Jeane Wong

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2777027/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5

                        3x Arrow

Promo:https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/arrow/arrow-oliver-queen-meets-the-unexpected-in-the-new-promo-for-season-8-episode-4-present-tense-a171376 

Arrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Starling City 15-Oct-19 0.84

02 Welcome To Hong Kong 22-Oct-19 0.77

03 Leap Of Faith 29-Oct-19 0.76

04 Present Tense 5-Nov-19 0.62

Legends Of Tomorrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

Supergirl

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Event Horizon 6-Oct-19 1.26

02 Stranger Beside Me 13-Oct-19 0.97

03 Blurred Lines 20-Oct-19 0.92

04 In Plain Sight 27-Oct-19 0.95

05 Dangerous Liaisons 3-Nov-19 0.78

06 Confidence Women 10-Nov-19

The Flash

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Into the Void 8-Oct-19 1.62

02 A Flash of the Lighting 16-Oct-19 1.27

03 Dead Man Running 22-Oct-19 1.38

04 There Will Be Blood 29-Oct-19 1.48

05 Kiss Kiss Breach Breach 5-Nov-19 1.19

Black Lightning

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Birth of the Blackbird 7-Oct-19 1.16

02 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Maryam’s Tasbih 14-Oct-19 0.63

03 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Three: Agent Odell's Pipe-Dream 21-Oct-19 0.61

04 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Four: Lynn's Ouroboros 28-Oct-19 0.52

05 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Five: Requiem for Tavon 11-Nov-19 0.71

Batwoman

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Pilot 6-Oct-19 1.86

02 The Rabbit Hole 13-Oct-19 1.45

03 Down Down Down 20-Oct-19 1.22

04 Who Are You? 27-Oct-19 1.29

05 Mine Is A Long And A Sad Tale 3-Nov-19 1.16

06 I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury10-Nov-19 1.09

Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters

• What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name?
• • Things are tense b/t everyone
  • Stress eating
• Fight scenes and stunts
• • Grant is Deathstroke
  • • Bomb trap
    • The pros have to save the kids
  • Stopping Grant
  • • Mia and Oliver 

• • • Arrows
    • Fight 
    • Oliver talks Mia down
  • Dinah and Rene at police station
  • • Bomb
  • Connor, Laurel, Diggle at relay
  • • Connor defuses bomb
  • Curtis and William
  • • Overwatch
• Time Travel / Crisis
• • They have changed the future
• FTA
• • Mia
  • • We need to keep out mouths shut
    • We need to take on JJ
    • Walks right into a trap
    • You put mission above your family
    • I’m fine w/o you, Dad. I was trained by Nyssa
    • Trusts Laurel
  • Connor
  • • Helps with investigation
    • Has to tell truth about JJ
  • William
  • • We’re in the past; we’re from 2041
    • We should leave Felicity out of this because of time travel rules
    • Comes out to dad
    • Tells them the truth about future
    • I do the same moody, broody thing, Dad
    • I wanted you to try harder, Dad
• Oliver Queen / Green Arrow
• • Has to tell team about Mia
  • Upset kids didn’t grow up together
  • Felicity and he knew William was gay
  • New Deathstroke in town
  • Yep, Mia’s my kid
  • On a mission to kill a God
  • Suit up!
  • Guilt over losing someone doesn’t leave
  • Father-daughter bonding time
• John Diggle / Spartan
• • Upset at Connor
  • Failing JJ reminds him of failing Andy
  • Accepts Connor; trains with him
  • All that green in his jacket!
• Laurel Lance / Black Siren
• • Use to play for team villain 
  • Sense murderous intent; knows Mia is planning to kill Grant
  • Oliver’s a dick
  • Tells Mia about how she talked Felicity out of killing Diaz
  • Planning w/Dinah
• Monitor
• • Makes Laurel an offer - your Earth restored for betraying Oliver
• Dinah Drake / Black Canary
• • We need to be better every single day
  • We all failed to save this city
  • Now we need to be our best
  • Grant to Gotham - Blackgate
• Rene Ramirez / Wild Dog
• • We need to ask the kids about future
  • Finds out he will be mayor
  • Let's start the Canary Network now
  • Speech; make our future now 
• Curtis!
• • Kids from future!
  • Hackity hackity hack
  • Analyzes fabric from Earth-2
  • Stuff we need is in Russia (machine HA...L 3000)

ARROW NEWS:

1. ARROW: Emily Bett Rickards & Joe Dinicol Both Confirmed To Return For The Series Finale (Date: 01 Nov 2019)
   2020. After bowing out at the end of season seven and heading off with The Monitor (LaMonica Garrett) to reunite with her long lost husband Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell), it sounds like fans will get to see that reunion realized on-screen as Amell has confirmed today that Emily Bett Rickards will reprise her role as Felicity Smoak for the series finale of Arrow, which is expected to air on January 28, 2020.
   2021. On another note, Rick Gonzalez revealed late last night that Joe Dinicol will also return for the series finale as Rory Regan, a.k.a. Ragman. He initially appeared in a recurring capacity in season five and returned for a cameo last season.
   2022. https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/arrow/arrow-emily-bett-rickards-joe-dinicol-both-confirmed-to-return-for-the-series-finale-a171427
2. Paul Blackthorne Is Arrow's Latest Final-Season Encore — But How? (Date: 04 Nov 2019)
   1. TVLine has learned that Blackthorne, an original cast member who wrapped his original run at the end of Season 6, will appear in multiple episodes of the Arrowverse flagship series’ farewell run.
   2. https://tvline.com/2019/11/04/arrow-final-season-paul-blackthorne-returns-quentin-lance/
3. Arrow: The CW Announces Two-Hour Series Finale Date (Date: 08 Nov 2019)
   1. Arrow's finale will be a two-hour event, beginning with a preview of the finale on Tuesday, January 28, at 8 p.m. The finale itself, which is titled "Fadeout," will air at 9 p.m. on the same day.
   2. https://www.cbr.com/arrow-cw-two-hour-series-finale-date/
4. Arrow Enters Its Final Week of Production (Date: 11 Nov 2019)
   1. Arrow showrunner Beth Schwartz announced that the CW drama has entered its final week of production.  Schwartz was short and sweet, writing "Last week of production on Arrow."
   2. https://www.cbr.com/arrow-final-week-production/
5. Stephen Amell Has Shot His Last Scene for Arrow (Date: 14 Nov 2019)
   1. After eight seasons, Stephen Amell is finally done playing Oliver Queen. For the past week, members of the Arrow cast and crew have been shooting the series finale, "Fadeout." Now, star Stephen Amell has announced he filmed his final scene for the show. "Words can’t even begin to express what Arrow has meant to me," Amell wrote on Twitter. "Best eight years of my life. The cast and crew of the show have become my family. I’m going to miss them. I’m wrapped."
   2. https://www.cbr.com/arrow-stephen-amell-wrapped-filming/

GENERAL NEWS:

1. The CW Sets Legends of Tomorrow Season 5 Debut Date (Date: 08 Nov 2019)
   1. Legends of Tomorrow will return at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, January 21, following an episode of Arrow. Although details about the premiere are being kept under wraps at this time, the first episode of Legends of Tomorrow Season 5 will follow a special episode of the series tying into the upcoming "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover. That special episode will air on January 14, 2020, which is after the winter hiatus.
   2. https://www.cbr.com/cw-legends-tomorrow-season-5-debut-date/

NEXT EPISODE

Link to Promo: https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/arrow/arrow-the-team-heads-to-russia-in-the-new-promo-for-season-8-episode-5-prochnost-a171494 (Date: 5 Nov 2019) 

https://www.cbr.com/arrow-oliver-mia-russian-fight-club-promo/ (12 Nov 2019)

Episode: “Prochnost” [Season 8 Episode 5]

Air Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 

Summary: Upon learning the key to oppose The Monitor, Oliver and team return to Russia on a mission to gather the necessary materials; Connor reunites with a figure from his past.

Director: Laura Belsey

Writers: Benjamin Raab and Deric A. Hughes

IMDB link:  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9700178/?ref_=tt_ep_nx

Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday Evenings at 7:30 PM eastern or 6:30 PM Central at www.geeks.live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. Contact us: @StarlingTribune - starlingtribune@gmail.com - www.starlingtribune.com - www.facebook.com/starlingtribune - 612-888-CAVE or 612-888-2283.

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This podcast was recorded on Thursday November 14th, 2019.

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The Starling Tribune Reporters SP, Chris and Michelle review the Arrow finale season third episode “Leap Of Faith.” The reporters discuss the Talia surprise and the SHOCKING ending with Zoe. They discuss how well the Arrow storylines are being tied up as the series nears its ultimate conclusion, Oliver’s last pre-Crisis family moment, a deep dive into the Arrow Flash Forwards, and how we liked the return to Nada Parbat

Starling Tribune - Season 8 Edition – “Leap Of Faith” Review (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) ST253

Episode:            “Leap of Faith” [Season 8 Episode 3]

Air Date:           Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Director:           Katie Cassidy

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1556320/?ref_=tt_ov_dr

                        1x Arrow

Writers: Emilio Ortega Aldrich

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3598136/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr4

                        17x Arrow

Elizabeth Kim

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3655243/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5

                        4x Arrow

Promo:https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/arrow/arrow-thea-queen-reunites-with-her-brother-in-the-new-promo-for-season-8-episode-3-leap-of-faith-a171267

Arrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Starling City 15-Oct-19 0.84

02 Welcome To Hong Kong 22-Oct-19 0.77

03 Leap Of Faith 29-Oct-19 .076

Legends Of Tomorrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

Supergirl

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Event Horizon 6-Oct-19 1.26

02 Stranger Beside Me 13-Oct-19 0.97

03 Blurred Lines 20-Oct-19 0.92

04 In Plain Sight 27-Oct-19 0.95

The Flash

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Into the Void 8-Oct-19 1.62

02 A Flash of the Lighting 16-Oct-19 1.27

03 Dead Man Running 22-Oct-19 1.38

04 There Will Be Blood 29-Oct-19 1.48

Black Lightning

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Birth of the Blackbird 7-Oct-19 1.16

02 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Maryam’s Tasbih 14-Oct-19 0.63

03 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Three: Agent Odell's Pipe-Dream 21-Oct-19 0.61

04 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Four: Lynn's Ouroboros 28-Oct-19 0.52

Batwoman

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Pilot 6-Oct-19 1.86

02 The Rabbit Hole 13-Oct-19 1.45

03 Down Down Down 20-Oct-19 1.22

04 Who Are You? 27-Oct-19 1.29

Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters

• What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name?
• • Putting trust in each other
  • William telling Mia that he’s got this
  • Lyla telling John that she’s got this
  • Thea telling Oliver that she can help him
• Fight scenes and stunts
• • Oliver catches arrow; fight; Thea!
  • Creepy place
  • • Thea and Oliver fight Talia’s people!
  • Tomb
  • • Thanatos Guild shows up; more sword fighting!
    • Talia does the smoke bomb thing to cover retreat
  • Kasnia - Lyla and John
  • • Lyla takes out guy; twist guy’s arm to shoot other guy
    • Diggle takes others out
  • Thea and Talia
  • • sword fight
    • Thea wraps Talia’s neck in chains
    • Talia yields
  • Oliver takes out Athena? Rubble and fire
  • Future
  • • Mia - sword to throat; Zoe saves
    • Canary things
    • JJ “kills” Zoe
    • Light - William, Connor, and Mia taken to past
• Time Travel / Crisis
• • William, Mia, Connor to their past / our present
• Flashforward
• • Mia
  • • Frak! 
    • Let’s just storm the castle
    • Worried about losing William
  • Connor
  • • Who’s leading the team anyway?
  • William
  • • Shocked intruders w/Felicity trap
    • Hackity hackity hack
    • Operating from a place of fear is not the best way to go
  • Zoe
  • • OMG!!!!
  • JJ
  • • Destroy unification movement
• Oliver Queen / Green Arrow
• • Contacted Sara about League history; no help
  • Gets help from Talia - paying back her debt
  • Sky Gods gave gives to first Ra’s
  • Scavenger hunt
  • Talia disappointed Oliver didn’t memorize the map
  • Shoots thing to stop trap - one heck of a trap
  • Talia drugs Oliver
  • Climb up mountain w/Thea
  • My death has to mean my family is safe
  • Talia caught by Athena; weapons taken
  • Shoots guys so Thea can go after Talia
  • Balance of good and evil - not kept, then god-like being will arrive
  • If I’m working w/the bad guy, I have to stop him
  • Parting w/Speedy
• John Diggle / Spartan
• • Hong Kong - Ben Turner on op, so Lyla had them stay there
  • Kasnia - looking for Turner’s family
  • Seeing Earth 2 disappear has changed him a little; less risky
  • Sets up Turner’s family w/protection
• Lyla / Harbinger
• • Still can’t trust everyone at ARGUS
  • Make choices from a place of strength
  • Becomes a distraction
• Thea Queen
• • Nyssa - gone after pits destroyed
  • Wants to take down guild
  • Roy - did come back, but left
  • What are you not telling me, Ollie? Oliver tells her
  • I know Arabic
  • Shutting me out again, Ollie?
  • Just stop, Ollie
  • Our parents turned us into heroes
  • Follows Talia
  • Talia - you have the sword now, so leading is not my thing
  • League of Heroes - asks Talia to be a part of it; we’ve all made mistakes (This is the spin-off Michelle wants to see)

GENERAL NEWS:

1. Batwoman Receives Full Season 1 Order at The CW (Date: 25 Oct 2019)
   1. The CW's Batwoman has received a full Season 1 order, with the network granting the DC series a back nine order. Batwoman has outperformed much of The CW lineup during its first season. Where Batwoman has made a significant impression is on digital streaming, with Batwoman gaining an 80% jump. 
   2. https://www.cbr.com/batwoman-full-season-1-order/
2. Superman & Lois Series in Development at The CW, Starring Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch — Get Details (Date: 28 Oct 2019)
   1. TVLine has learned that Superman & Lois, from Warner Bros. TV, is currently in development and it will follow “the world’s most famous Super Hero and comic books’ most famous journalist” as they “deal with all the stress, pressures and complexities that come with being working parents in today’s society.” Tyler Hoechlin, who originated the role of the Arrowverse’s Superman/Clark Kent on Supergirl, and Elizabeth Tulloch, who made her debut as Lois in last year’s “Elseworlds” crossover event, will reprise their roles for the prospective new series.
   2. https://tvline.com/2019/10/28/superman-lois-lane-series-in-development-the-cw/
3. HBO Max Will Host Every DC Live-Action Film (Date: 29 Oct 2019)
   1. HBO Max announced that every live-action DC Comics superhero film will be available within the first year of the streaming service's May 2020 launch. This includes every Batman and Superman movie from the last 40 years.
   2. https://www.cbr.com/hbo-max-will-host-every-dc-film/
4. Green Lantern & ‘Strange Adventures’: Greg Berlanti And DC Go Cosmic For HBO Max (Date: 29 Oct 2019)
   1. Television super-producer Greg Berlanti’s ever-expanding screen interpretation of the DC Comics Universe is going cosmic with two new series for the HBO Max streaming platform: Strange Adventures and a Green Lantern-inspired show.
   2. “Both of these original DC properties we’ll be creating for HBO Max will be unlike anything seen on television,” said Berlanti, who announced both projects Tuesday at the HBO Max WarnerMedia Day presentation. “An anthology series of cautionary tales set in a world where superpowers exist, and, in what promises to be our biggest DC show ever made, we will be going to space with a Green Lantern television series, but I can’t reveal any more about that just yet.”
   3. https://deadline.com/2019/10/green-lantern-strange-adventures-hbo-max-series-greg-berlanti-dc-1202771899/

NEXT EPISODE

Link to Promo: https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/arrow/arrow-oliver-queen-meets-the-unexpected-in-the-new-promo-for-season-8-episode-4-present-tense-a171376 (Date: 29 Oct 2019) 

Episode: “Present Tense” [Season 8 Episode 4]

Air Date: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 

Summary: When a mysterious new Deathstroke appears in Star City, Oliver and Team Arrow insist on taking down this villain themselves. Meanwhile reeling from the loss of one of their own, the future Team Arrow figures out a new way to try and stop JJ.

Director: Kristin Windell

Writers: Oscar Balderrama and Jeane Wong

IMDB link:  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9700176/?ref_=tt_ep_nx

Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday Evenings at 7:30 PM eastern or 6:30 PM Central at www.geeks.live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. Contact us: @StarlingTribune - starlingtribune@gmail.com - www.starlingtribune.com - www.facebook.com/starlingtribune - 612-888-CAVE or 612-888-2283.

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You can find us on iTunes under ''Starling Tribune." We are very thankful for all of our positive iTunes reviews. You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at www.starlingtribune.com

This podcast was recorded on Thursday October 31st, 2019.

Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoyed the show!

Audio Production by Stargate Pioneer of GonnaGeek.com.

The Starling Tribune Reporters SP, Chris and Michelle review the Arrow finale season second episode “Welcome To Hong Kong.” The reporters discuss their takes on how this episode was another well done trip done memory lane for Arrow’s final season, how Flash and Arrow are the two main CW shows leading into the Crisis crossover so far, Lyla’s on-screen reveal as The Monitor’s Harbinger, Laurel’s reaction to Earth-2’s destruction, how Oliver is re-evaluating where he is with things prior to Crisis, the possibility of additional Arrow characters in the Crisis Crossover and the reporters reactions of the episode’s Flash-Forward scenes.

Starling Tribune - Season 8 Edition – “Welcome To Hong Kong” Review (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) ST252

Episode:            “Welcome to Hong Kong” [Season 8 Episode 2]

Air Date:           Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Director:           Antonio Negret

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0624423/?ref_=tt_ov_dr

                        3x Supergirl / 5x Arrow / 4x The 100 / 2x Legends / 1x Flash

Writers: Sarah Tarkoff

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3582666/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5

                        13x Arrow

Jill Blankenship

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6669558/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr4

                        5x Arrow / 7x The Last Ship

Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfj3xucI8Xk

Arrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Starling City 15-Oct-19 0.84

02 Welcome To Hong Kong 22 Oct 19 0.77

Legends Of Tomorrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

Supergirl

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Event Horizon 6-Oct-19 1.26

02 Stranger Beside Me 13-Oct-19 0.97

03 Blurred Lines 20-Oct-19 0.92

The Flash

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Into the Void 8-Oct-19 1.62

02 A Flash of the Lighting 16-Oct-19 1.27

03 Dead Man Running 22-Oct-19 1.38

Black Lightning

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Birth of the Blackbird 7-Oct-19 1.16

02 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Maryam’s Tasbih 14-Oct-19 0.63

03 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Three: Agent Odell's Pipe-Dream 21-Oct-19 0.61

Batwoman

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Pilot 6-Oct-19 1.86

02 The Rabbit Hole 13-Oct-19 1.45

03 Down Down Down 20-Oct-19 1.22

Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters

• What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name?
• • Going back to Hong Kong
• Fight scenes and stunts
• • Hallway fight
  • • Oliver and Diggle punch their way through
    • Laurel - canary cry
  • ARGUS
  • • Gang busts in
    • Diggle and Oliver fight 
    • Guys w/guns
    • Katana burst through window
  • Safe house
  • • Triad show up when Arrow, Spartan and Katana arrive
    • China White and Olver fight
    • Triad gets Wong
  • Garrison
  • • Oliver drops in; fights 4 guys
    • Tranq guy
    • Upload data
    • Alpha/Omega virus has been recreated
  • Exchange
  • • Katana jumps down
    • Oliver fights
    • Spartan breaks some arms
    • China White v. Katana
    • Oliver shoot while jumping down
    • Lyla backs up Spartan
    • Tatsu gets detonator; China White stabs her
    • China White about to kill Katana; Laurel saves her
    •  
• Time Travel / Crisis
• Flashforward
• • Mia
  • • Bossy bossy stuff
    •  
  • Connor
  • • JJ could’ve killed us; JJ out to sell stuff
    • Blames self b/c John and Lyla spent lots of time w/him
    • Joined gang to get his brother back
  • William
  • • Hackity hackity hack
  • Zoe
  • • I know street stuff too, Mia
  • JJ
  • • Chat w/Connor
    • Bigger picture - I have vision; I knew you would come here
    • Once movement is gone, I will have power
    • Sent people to liar
    • Deathstroke never a mask
• Oliver Queen / Green Arrow
• • Redirected b/c of saving Laurel Lance
  • Earth-2 destroyed; Monitor not happy he’s not following orders
  • Bring Dr. Wong to Monitor
  • Dr. Wong missing
  • Tatsu - Mar Novu - when w/Crescent Order, crisis brewing
  • Memories of Felicity
  • Dr. Wong - safe house
  • Tatsu - you’re reminding me of your old self
  • Let’s lure China White out w/virus
  • Tatsu - why does the Monitor want Wong?
  • I left my family, if the Monitor can’t fix this, then it would be for nothing
  • China White - leveraged Suicide Squad mess to her advantage
  • Am I making the right choice? I want answers
  • Going to Nanda Parbat
• John Diggle / Spartan
• • Harbinger sends her regards; gets them into ARGUS space
• Lyla
• • Arrives in Hong Kong; helps Laurel
  • Survivor’s guilt - move forward; you’re needed, Laurel
  • Meets w/the Monitor 
• Thea Queen
• Laurel Lance
• • Wants to save her Earth; those were real people
  • Fix this -- Earth 2 is gone, like a shadow
• Monitor
• • Sacrifice of Earth 2 necessary
  • Gets Dr. Wong from Lyla/Harbinger

ARROW NEWS:

1. Arrow's Stephen Amell Has Socks With Pictures of Himself and Grant Gustin (Date: 21 Oct 2019)
   1. On Monday Amell, who has been hard at work filming the final episodes of Arrow as well as episodes of the upcoming "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover event, took to Twitter to share that he had finished up work early for the day and that he was "getting comfy" at home. The Tweet included a photo of his idea of "getting comfy" and, well, these may be the best socks ever. Check it out below. No, you do not need to adjust your computer settings or your mobile device's brightness. Those are, in fact, socks featuring both Amell and Gustin looking kind of cozy with bright red hearts around them.
   2. https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/10/21/arrow-stephen-amell-grant-gustin-socks-/
2. Arrow Showrunner Announces Last Day of Writers Room (Date: 22 Oct 2019)
   1. On Tuesday, series showrunner Beth Schwartz took to Twitter to reveal that the show's writers room is in its last official day. She accompanied the tweet with the rather-appropriate hashtag "#EndOfAnEra". Seeing as certain key sets for the series are already being taken down, and Amell recently revealed that he only as one episode of the series left to film, the fact that the writers room is coming to a close both is and isn't a surprise. Still, it's yet another heartbreaking indication of the series' impending end.
   2. https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/10/22/arrow-spoilers-final-season-series-finale-the-cw-writers/

3. Arrow: Amell Shares BTS Video of His Last Scene Ever with Gustin's Flash (Date: 23 Oct 2019)
   1. As principal photography on the epic Arrowverse crossover "Crisis on Infinite Earths" comes to a close, Stephen Amell has shared a behind-the-scenes look at his last scene with longtime costar Grant Gustin.
   2. The actor is seen accidentally dozing off on the set in full costume before being awakened by Gustin's arrival. Amell noted that he learned much from his costar over their many years working together, both as an actor and through his character.
   3. https://www.cbr.com/arrow-stephen-amell-grant-gustin-flash-last-scene/

NEXT EPISODE

Link to Promo: https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/arrow/arrow-thea-queen-reunites-with-her-brother-in-the-new-promo-for-season-8-episode-3-leap-of-faith-a171267  (Date: 22 Oct 2019) 

Episode: “Leap of Faith” [Season 8 Episode 3]

Air Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 

Summary: Reunited with his sister, Oliver and Thea find themselves searching through a familiar maze of catacombs; John and Lyla partner on a special ops mission.

Director: Katie Cassidy

Writers: Emilio Ortega Aldrich and Elizabeth Kim

IMDB link:  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9700172/?ref_=tt_ep_nx

Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday Evenings at 7:30 PM eastern or 6:30 PM Central at www.geeks.live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. Contact us: @StarlingTribune - starlingtribune@gmail.com - www.starlingtribune.com - www.facebook.com/starlingtribune - 612-888-CAVE or 612-888-2283.

Starling Tribune is proud to be a member of the GonnaGeek network found at GonnaGeek.com. For more geeky podcast visit GonnaGeek.com.

You can find us on iTunes under ''Starling Tribune." We are very thankful for all of our positive iTunes reviews. You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at www.starlingtribune.com

This podcast was recorded on Thursday October 24th, 2019.

Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoyed the show!

Audio Production by Stargate Pioneer of GonnaGeek.com.

Starling Tribune - Season 8 Edition – “Starling City” Review (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) ST251

The Starling Tribune Reporters SP, Chris and Michelle review the Arrow final season premiere episode “Starling City.” The reporters discuss their takes on all of the CW network DC Comics TV shows so far this year, what an amazing mind trip and walk down memory lane Starling City was, that the reporters are now refugees on Earth-1 (gee, thanks Arrow writers), Thea Queen’s Earth-2 heartbreaking fate, Michelle’s reaction to the Salmon Ladder scene, Diggle finally is able to stop Oliver, Oliver’s fantastic speech to Tommy (thank you Beth), Chris and SP’s head canon on the Hood versus Green Arrow fight, Oliver’s heartache at the end and what exactly might have happened to Earth-2’s Robert Queen.

Episode:            “Starling City” [Season 8 Episode 1]

Air Date:           Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Director:           James Bamford

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0051466/?ref_=tt_ov_dr

                        1x Supergirl / 18x Arrow

Writers: Beth Schwartz

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2584087/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr4

                        2x Legends / 30x Arrow

Marc Guggenheim

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0973233/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5

                        18x Arrow / 10x Legends

Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stnRqN3E_l8

Arrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Starling City 15-Oct-19 0.84

Legends Of Tomorrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

Supergirl

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Event Horizon 6-Oct-19 1.26

02 Stranger Beside Me 13-Oct-19 0.97

The Flash

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Into the Void 8-Oct-19 1.62

02 A Flash of the Lighting 15-Oct-19 1.27

Black Lightning

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Birth of the Blackbird 7-Oct-19 1.16

02 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Maryam’s Tasbih 14-Oct-19 0.63

Batwoman

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Pilot 6-Oct-19 1.86

02 The Rabbit Hole 13-Oct-19 1.45

Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters

• What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name?
• • Going back to where it started
  • Batman Mask on Lian Yu
  • Thea Dead
  • Malcolm married Moira - Walter gone
• Fight scenes and stunts
• • Queen Merlyn / Applied Sciences
  • • Oliver breaks in, using Moira’s card
    • People are dead
    • Alternate Arrow comes in; they fight
    • Arrow ready to hit Oliver; Black Siren - Oliver, why are you on my Earth?
  • Arrow to Merlyn; Dark Archer comes in; they fight
  • • Oliver discovers Tommy is the Dark Archer
  • Deathstroke’s people fight Mia, Zoe, and Conner
  • • Took Vasquez
    • Meet JJ!
  • Get Dwarf Star Particles
  • • Diggle - gun; Siren, Chase, and Oliver fight dudes
    • Oliver knocks out Rene and Dinah; my Earth - better teacher
    • Tommy and Oliver fight; catching arrows, sword action
    • Oliver - when we lose people, we can go into the darkness or into the light; good speech gets Tommy to power down 
  • Getting Vasquez
  • • William is Overwatch
    • Conner, Mia, Zoe 
    • JJ splits arrow
    • Plan fails; Mia - my way now
    •  
  • Escape Scene
  • • Crisis is taking everyone just like in this week’s Flash
    • Laurel, Diggle and Oliver Escape
    •  
• Time Travel / Crisis
• • Monitor - some are greater, there are heros
  • Season 1 - Oliver coming home
  • • No Walter; Malcolm and Moira are together; Tommy at mansion; Thea overdosed on Vertigo
    • Tommy - married, divorce, twice
    • Oliver mentions William, has a picture of Felicity and Mia
    • Moira - everything I’ve done, I’ve done for my children
  • Adrian on salmon ladder / Black Siren’s lair
  • • Sent to that Earth and landed on Lian Yu - 12 years on island
    • Dark Archer - Oliver: it’s Malcolm
    • No Oliver shirtless salmon ladder
  • Dwarf Star Particles - only found on that Earth
  • • Alternative energy
  • IT run by Curtis; Felicity runs SmoakTech
  • Dinah Drake - sargent - cop investigating Dark Archer attacking The Hood; Rene security for Merlyn
  • Diggle hired to guard Oliver -- Felicity figured out Oliver is on another Earth; Cisco let Diggle borrow universe hopper; Oliver tells Diggle about Crisis coming
  • Oliver - I’m trying to save others; Diggle - you’re my brother, Oliver; Oliver gets him with the same move
  • Tommy and Rene tranq Oliver
  • Tommy - nothing can save this city; Oliver - Tommy is doing the Undertaking to get revenge for Thea
  • Oliver climbs chains, falls, frees self; Diggle helps escape
  • Diggle - this Earth sucks b/c you aren’t in it
  • Oliver - I’ve been wrong before; goes to Chase and Siren for help
  • Chase figures out where Oliver is from; Chase knows Bruce Wayne
  • Oliver says good-bye to Mom
  • City under attack - vaporizes: Mom and Oliver - like comic version of Flash dying; this Earth gone
• Flashforward
• • William at cocktail party; unification 
  • • Zoe, Mia, and Conner
    • Deathstroke’s people charge in
  • Mia needs to start being part of a team
  • No wall - Deathstroke gang expand territory
• Oliver Queen / Green Arrow
• John Diggle / Spartan
• Thea Queen
• Dinah Drake / Black Canary
• Rene Ramirez / Wild Dog

ARROW NEWS:

1. Arrow Had to Clear the Destruction of [SPOILER] with The Flash Writers (Date: 16 Oct 2019)
   2. "We knew pretty fast when we started breaking the season as a whole that we wanted to start -- you know, we don't have that many episodes -- big, and we wanted to introduce the upcoming crisis immediately because that is what this season is about and what Oliver is struggling with the entire time,"Schwartz explained, acknowledging the show had approached the writers of The Flash for permission to destroy Earth-2. "They were very gracious about it."
   3. At this time, it's unknown if recurring Flash characters Harry Wells and Jesse Quick managed, both denizens of Earth-2, escaped their world's destruction. However, according to Arrow star Stephen Amell, Oliver witnessing the destruction of an alternate Earth will continue to impact him for the rest of the season.
   4. https://www.cbr.com/arrow-clear-destruction-earth-2-flash-writers/
2. Green Arrow and the Canaries: Arrow Spinoff Series Gets First Promo Poster (Date: 16 Oct 2019)
   1. A new poster for the upcoming female-centric Arrow spinoff spotlights the new Green Arrow Mia Smoak (Katherine McNamara), as well as the two Canaries (Katie Cassidy and Juliana Harkavy), Laurel Lance and Dinah Drake. The art was shared by Arrow co-creator Marc Guggenheim. "Arrow's final season bows today, so it feels appropriate to share this glimpse of its future," he wrote. Stylized to look like a comic book, the art features Laurel and Dinah in their current costumes, while Mia seems to be wearing one inspired by her father.
   2. https://www.cbr.com/green-arrow-and-the-canaries-arrow-spinoff-series-first-promo-poster/

3. Crisis on Infinite Earths: Stephen Lobo Cast as Jim Corrigan, AKA The Spectre (Date: 16 Oct 2019)
   1. Another DC Comics icon will make their Arrowverse debut during the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover. IGN can exclusively reveal that Detective Jim Corrigan, human host of the powerful cosmic entity known as the Spectre, will appear in the crossover.
   2. The CW has cast Stephen Lobo (Continuum, Supernatural) as Jim Corrigan. The network isn't confirming whether The Spectre himself will appear, though given the character's role in the original Crisis on Infinite Earths comic, that seems a distinct possibility.
   3. In the comics, Corrigan is a mortal human bonded to the Spectre, a powerful supernatural avenger. That bond is intended to give the so-called "Spirit of Vengeance" a conscience and a better perspective on mortal affairs. The two are among many heroes who do battle with the Anti-Monitor during Crisis.
   4. https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/16/crisis-on-infinite-earths-spectre-jim-corrigan-casting-crossover-cw-arrow-stephen-lobo

FEEDBACK

DISCORD:

RandyWalker

I totally forgot that Earth-2 Laurel went back to Earth-2. NGL I totally didn’t pay attention to the ending few episodes of season 7. The FTA sucked then and it’s still bad.

Adrian Chase’s hair was sexy

yakk0dotorg

very satisfying premiere of Arrow last night. I enjoyed it a lot.

StephenJondrew

Totally agree - right from start to finish.

I loved the ending seconds. It was so good. Also, the Diggle-car scene was a fantastic moment. I enjoyed how that whole Diggle debut played out.

E-MAIL:

From David:

First off I wanted to start off by saying I am going to miss your podcast. I look forward to your arrow recap every week. A couple of thoughts. Am I the only one who notices that the Queen mansion looked different. The foyer didnt look the same as it did in season 1 and 2. Also, do you guys have any speculation as to what happened to Robert Queen on Earth 2?  The last thing I remember was that he was the hood. I also know people hate the Flash Forwards but I actually think they are building to a place where Oliver will end up in the future recruiting Mia and her team, since the Monitor told Felicity in the finale of season 7 "Believe me, the world will need her as well"

NEXT EPISODE

Link to Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfj3xucI8Xk (Date: 15 Oct 2019) 

Episode: “Welcome to Hong Kong” [Season 8 Episode 2]

Air Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 

Summary: Oliver, John, Laurel, and Tatsu seek out an important person within The Monitor's plan. Connor has a heart to heart with his brother.

Director: Antonio Negret

Writers: Sarah Tarkoff and Jill Blankenship

IMDB link:  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9700174/?ref_=ttep_ep_cur

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Starling Tribune - Season 7.5 Edition – “Terms Of Service” and “Hey, World!” Review (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) ST250

The Starling Tribune Reporters SP, Chris and Michelle review the Legends Of Tomorrow season 4 penultimate and finale episodes “Terms Of Service” and “Hey, World!” The reporters discuss Mithra the dragon, Zari’s future in the balance, Gary’s Fair Godmothers experience, Nora’s sparkly transition, Constantine and Astra’s relationship, the quest to rescue Ray, Hank Heywood’s beautiful final moment, the Monitor’s cameos, why Bebo didn’t make an appearance, and the season final conflict with Neron and Tabitha.

Episode:           “Terms of Service” [Season 4 Episode 15]

Air Date:           Monday, May 13, 2019

Director:           April Mullen

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0611983/?ref_=tt_ov_dr  

                        2x Killjoys / 4x Wynonna Earp / 3x Legends / 1x The 100

Writers: Grainne Godfree

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3113826/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5  

                        4x The Tomorrow People / 1x Arrow / 6x Flash / 15x Legends

Ubah Mohamed

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6763803/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr6  

                        CREDITS

Promo: https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/05/07/legends-of-tomorrow-terms-of-service-preview/

Episode:           “Hey, World!” [Season 4 Episode 16]

Air Date:           Monday, May 20, 2019

Director:           Kevin Mock

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0595136/?ref_=tt_ov_dr  

                        1x Chuck / 1x Flash / 5x Legends

Writers: Phil Klemmer

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0459237/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5  

                        12x Chuck / 3x The Tomorrow People / 13x Legends

Keto Shimizu

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2582956/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr6  

                        11x Arrow / 13x Legends

Promo: https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/2019/05/13/legends-of-tomorrow-spoilers-season-4-finale-trailer-preview-promo-arrowverse/

Arrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Inmate 4587 15-Oct-18 1.43

02 The Longbow Hunters 22-Oct-18 1.18

03 Crossing Lines 29-Oct-18 1.15

04 Level Two 5-Nov-18 1.08

05 The Demon 12-Nov-18 1.26

06 Due Process 19-Nov-18 1.03

07 The Slabside Redemption 26-Nov-18 1.31

08 Unmasked 3-Dec-18 1.35

09 Elseworlds Part 2 10-Dec-18 2.06

10 My Name Is Emiko Queen 21-Jan-19 1.22

11 Past Sins 28-Jan-19 1.18

12 Emerald Archer 4-Feb-19 1.07

13 Star City Slayer 11-Feb-19 1.09

14 Brothers & Sisters 4-Mar-19 0.89

15 Training Day 11-Mar-19 1.02

16 Star City 2040 18-Mar-19 1.00

17 Inheritance 25-Mar-19 1.01

18 Lost Canary 15-Apr-19 0.71

19 Spartan 22-Apr-19 0.71

20 Confessions 29-Apr-19 0.64

21 Living Proof 6-May-19 0.63

22 You Have Saved This City 13-May-19  0.95

Legends Of Tomorrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Virgin Gary 22-Oct-18 1.00

02 Witch Hunt 29-Oct-18 0.94

03 Dancing Queen 5-Nov-18 0.86

04 Wet Hot American Bummer 12-Nov-18 0.90

05 Tagumo Attacks 19-Nov-18 0.91

06 Tender Is The Nate 26-Nov-18 0.97

07 Hell No, Dolly! 3-Dec-18 0.93

08 Legends of To-Meow-Meow 10-Dec-18 1.10

09 Lucha de Aquestas 1-Apr-19 0.92

10 The Getaway 8-Apr-19 0.95

11 Séance & Sensibility 15-Apr-19 0.98

12 The Eggplant, The Witch & The Wardrobe 22-Apr-19 0.85

13 Egg MacGuffin 29-Apr-19 0.91

14 Nip Stuck 6-May-19 0.94

15 Terms Of Service 13-May-19 0.99

16 Hey World 20-May-19 1.05

Supergirl

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 American Alien 14-Oct-18 1.52

02 Fallout 21-Oct-18 1.34

03 Man Of Steel 28-Oct-18 1.28

04 Ahimsa 4-Nov-18 1.23

05 Parasite Lost 11-Nov-18 1.16

06 Call To Action 18-Nov-18 1.13

07 Rather the Fallen Angel 25-Nov-18 1.15

08 Bunker Hill 2-Dec-18 1.26

09 Elseworlds Part 3 11-Dec-18 2.17

10 Suspicious Minds 20-Jan-19 1.04

11 Blood Memory 27-Jan-19 1.34

12 Menagerie 17-Feb-19 1.15

13 What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way 3-Mar-19 1.14

14 Stand and Deliver 10-Mar-19 1.05

15 O Brother, Where Art Thou 17-Mar-19 1.07

16 The House of L 24-Mar-19 1.12

17 All About Eve 31-Mar-19 1.06

18 Crime and Punishment 21-Apr-19 0.99

19 American Dreamer 28-Apr-19 1.14

20 Will The Real Miss Tessmacher Please Stand Up 5-May-19 1.05

21 Red Dawn 12-May-19 1.11

22 The Quest For Peace 19-May-19 1.07

The Flash

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Nora 9-Oct-17 2.08

02 Blocked 16-Oct-18 1.69

03 The Death of Vibe 23-Oct-18 1.87

04 News Flash 30-Oct-18 1.75

05 All Doll’d Up 13-Nov-18 1.73

06 The Icicle Cometh 20-Nov-18 1.60

07 O Come, All Ye Thankful 27-Nov-18 1.79

08 What’s Past Is Prologue 4-Dec-18 1.78

09 Elseworlds Part 1 9-Dec-18 1.83

10 The Flash & The Furious 15-Jan-19 1.64

11 Seeing Red 22-Jan-19 1.88

12 Memorabilia 29-Jan-19 2.04

13 Goldfaced 5-Feb-19 1.89

14 Cause and 12-Feb-19 XS 1.71

15 King Shark vs. Gorilla Grodd 1.67

16 Failure Is An Orphan 12-Mar-19 1.55

17 Time Bomb 19-Mar-19 1.64

18 Godspeed 16-Apr-19 1.31

19 Snow Pack 23-Apr-19 1.63

20 Gone Rogue 30-Apr-19 1.37

21 The Girl With The Red Lightning 6-May-19 1.45

22 Legacy 14-May-19 1.53

BLACK LIGHTNING

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter One: Rise of the Green Light Babies 9-Oct-18 1.16

02 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Two: Black Jesus Blues 16-Oct-18 1.02

03 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Three: Master Lowry 23-Oct-18 1.18

04 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Four: Translucent Freak 30-Oct-18 0.97

05 The Book Of Blood: Chapter One: Requiem 13-Nov-18 0.90

06 The Book Of Blood: Chapter Two: The Perdi 20-Nov-18 0.99

07 The Book Of Blood: Chapter Three: The Sange 27-Nov-18 1.06

08 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter One: Exodus 4-Dec-18 0.96

09 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter Two: Gift of the Magi 11-Dec-18 1.13

10 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter Three: Angelitos Negros 21-Jan-19 0.86

11 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter One: Prodigal Son 28-Jan-19 0.93

12 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter Two: Just And Unjust 4-Feb-19 0.95

13 The Book of Secrets: Chapter Three: Pillar of Fire 11-Feb-19 0.94

14 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter Four: Original Sin 4-Mar-19 0.77

15 The Book Of The Apocalypse: Chapter One: The Alpha 11-Mar-19 0.75

16 The Book Of The Apocalypse: Chapter Two: The Omega 18-Mar-19 0.85

Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters

• What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name?
• • Terms of Service - fine print of Neron’s app
  • Hey, World! - Theme park is Heywood
• Time travel
• • 2019 Washington DC
  • • Young Zari and Mom
    • TV - Ray Palmer, warning us of dangers of monster
    • PalmerX 2019 - Power in the Palm(er) of you hand
    • Young Zari brings dragon to school; teacher uses app to get dragon taken away
    • Odd weather - fear causing a portal to Hell
  • 2019 Heywood
  • • Stage show - Super Heroes vs. Monsters
    • Zari streaming video
    • Good actors doing bad acting 
    • The Monitor is there, eating popcorn
    • Rory - brats don’t respect art
    • Dragon shows up, all grown thanks to Tabitha
    • Dragon goes outside, get back inside
    • Tabitha vs. Sara
    • Young Zari gets between Dragon and Sara - Dance!
    • Dragon eats Tabitha, turns back into young dragon
    • Neron uses her staff to open portal
    • Constantine vs. Neron - Neron chokes Constantine, who is Nate
    • Zari arrives; Nate and Dad; Dad starts to sing, which makes the others sing; Minataur on guitar, filling Tabitha’s staff with love
    • We did this last year?
    • Nate comes back; Zari out of temporal zone
    • Nate hugs Zari’s brother
• Fight scenes and stunts
• • Free monsters
  • • Zari poses as a prisoner
    • Charlie poses as various people
    • Get monsters out
  • Hearing
  • • Tabitha uses Charlie
    • Sara fights Tabitha
• Sara Lance / White Canary
• • Time to retake the Bureau
  • Get monsters out of Bureau
  • We forget we were the losers when we started
  • Waverider has all the monsters
  • Zari, if you stay on the ship, you will be protected from time changes
  • Commercial - pose as Supergirl, Nate as GA, Gary as Flash
  • Rate her as Captain: 
• Ray Palmer / The Atom 
• • Playing Jenga with Vandal Savage, made friends
  • Nora kisses him
  • Nora gets him, his coin, back 
• Ray Palmer /Neron
• • Been fighting monsters; monsters among us
  • Developed Eyes app; save people
  • Zari’s a witch - breeding fear
  • Fear is power
  • Make Earth Hell Again
• Mick Rory / Heat Wave
• • Drinking with the Orge
• Zari
• • Dragon egg in backpack
  • 2 years from now - Argus will take control
  • Takes Charlie to her home; starts to read the fine print - user agrees to give their soul to Neron
  • Forgets Dragon egg
  •  
• John Constantine
• • Price on his head in Hell
  • Looking for Masher, soul trader
  • Learns of Neron’s plan - bring a lot of souls to Hell, become King
  • My soul belongs to Neron, so take me to Triumvirate
  • Chose - Astra or Ray; picks Astra, who’s a grown woman 
  • Being tortured; Nora finds him, frees him
  • Need his token, which is like money
  • Goes to Astra and get her help to get to vault; Astra takes coins for herself
  • Learn deal - if Neron hurts Nate, Ray gets his body back
• Charlie 
• • Stays behind
  • Is used by Tabitha to be the monster at a hearing
  • Pep talk to monsters
• Gideon 
• • Plans and arsenal
  • Possible changes to Zari’s future - no Zari on Legends 
• Nate Heywood / Steel 
• • Dragon egg
  • Theme park - we need a place where people can learn to not fear monsters
  • Gets book, which Rory stole from the Bureau, to create park
  • Sacrifices himself
• Ava Sharpe  
• •  
• Time Bureau
• • Nora 
  • • tired of waiting
    • 327 years - Fairy Godmother in Hell; rescued by Neron
    • Sent to Neron to pretend to be his date
    • Tabitha helping Nora, fellow witch
    • Calls for Fairy Godmother, who tells Gary that they are not friends
    • Becomes the Fairy Godmother - trapped
  • Gary 
  • • is tied to the Fairy Godmother; 3 nipples
    • Fairy Godmother wants Gary to send Legends to Hell
    • just wants to be part of the team; wishes to be part of book club
    • Makes himself captain of the Waverider; gets Sara and Ava, then wishes for the Mick and Nate - trying to help you
    • Tired of being treated like a joke - gets Fairy Godmother to treat Legends awful
    • Gets apologies
    • Sends Fairy Godmother, Nora, to Hell to get Ray- is Nora
  • Mona 
  • • locked up
    • Shift or die
    • Taking care of creatures on ship
    • Trying to get the monsters to prepare a show

ARROW NEWS:

1. Arrow: How & When Stephen Amell Decided to Leave the Show (Date: 02 Oct 2019)
   1. The actor said he decided to depart during a break in filming for Season 6, and while he suggested he would leave the show following Season 7, but Greg Berlanti convinced him to try a different strategy for his exit.
   2. "I decided midway through Season 6 — basically over the Christmas break — that it was time to be done, and I broached that subject with [Arrowverse overlord] Greg [Berlanti]," he said. "He and and I talked for about a month before he formally notified [CW president] Mark [Pedowitz] and [WBTV president] Peter Roth, because he was like, 'Think about this a lot, let’s talk about it, because once I kick it up the chain, once the ball starts rolling….' So I thought about it then. I assumed that [the series] was going to end at the end of 7, but Greg’s smarter than me, and he had a really good idea about a limited run in Season 8."
   3. https://www.cbr.com/arrow-when-stephen-amell-decided-to-leave/
2. Colton Haynes is returning to Arrow for the final season (Date: 3 Oct 2019)
   1. EW has exclusively learned that Colton Haynes is indeed returning to Arrow and will recur in the final season. The news arrives two months after the star’s demotion from series regular status sparked some fear that he might not appear in the CW superhero drama’s farewell song. Thankfully, those worries were all for naught.
   2. “We couldn’t have ended the show without having him back,” showrunner Beth Schwartz tells EW.
   3. https://ew.com/tv/2019/10/03/arrow-colton-haynes-returns-season-8/?utm_term=4187FD02-E610-11E9-AF67-32954744363C&utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_ew&utm_content=link&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com
3. ‘Arrow’ Spinoff Starring Katherine McNamara, Katie Cassidy & Juliana Harkavy Set As CW Backdoor Pilot (Date: 24 Sept 2019)
   1. The CW is moving forward with another Arrow spinoff headlined by Katherine McNamara, Katie Cassidy and Juliana Harkavy reprising their Arrow roles.
   2. The new superhero squad is a next-generation version of Team Arrow with the costumed offspring of the original membership. At the center of the next-gen collective is Smoak, the fierce daughter of Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) aka Green Arrow, the central character of Arrow and the former mayor of Star City.
   3. https://deadline.com/2019/09/the-cw-sets-arrow-mia-smoak-spin-off-katherine-mcnamara-katie-cassidy-and-juliana-harkavy-1202743492/

GERNEAL DC NEWS:

1. 'Supernatural's Osric Chau Joins 'Crisis' Crossover — Is This the New Atom? (Date: 26 Sept 2019)
   1. TV Insider has learned exclusively that Osric Chau has been cast the recurring role of Ryan Choi for this winter's Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover. So does this explain why Brandon Routh, who currently plays Ray Palmer on Legends, is actually appearing as the "Kingdom Come" version of Superman in the Crisis event? Are they setting us up for a new Atom to replace Routh when he exits Legends this season (along with wife Courtney Ford, who plays Nora Dahrk)?
   2. https://www.tvinsider.com/817540/osric-chau-cast-crisis-of-infinite-earths-ryan-choi-atom/
2. Batwoman's Ruby Rose Discusses Stunt Injury: 'I Broke My Neck' (Date: 01 Oct 2019)
   1. Ruby Rose has stepped up her involvement in doing her own stunts for Batwoman and, in a new interview, she elaborated on how she discovered she had broken her neck while filming the upcoming Arrowverse series.
   2. While promoting the CW series on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Rose noted she had herniated two discs in her spine while filming the series pilot. Although she initially believed the pain and discomfort to be a broken rib, the sensation persisted for months while she was filming a movie in Romania where she similarly performed her own stunts. After receiving an MRI, Rose learned the true extent of her injury, with only a tiny portion of her spine not severed.
   3. Running the risk of becoming paraplegic should she strain and move her back in even the slightest sensitive position, Rose underwent surgery to repair her spine, taking time off to recuperate before jumping back into filming the rest of the series.
   4. https://www.cbr.com/batwomans-ruby-rose-stunt-injury-broke-neck

NEXT EPISODE

Link to Promo Photos: https://www.cbr.com/arrow-season-8-black-canary-diggle-starling-city-photos/ (Date: 10 Sept 2019) 

Episode: “Starling City” [Season 8 Episode 1]

Air Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Summary: In the wake of discovering what his future holds, Oliver will find himself pit against his most challenging battle yet, one that will leave the multiverse hanging in the balance.

Director: James Bamford

Writers: Beth Schwartz & Marc Guggenheim

IMDB link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9695550/?ref_=ttep_ep1

Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday Evenings at 7:30 PM eastern or 6:30 PM Central at www.geeks.live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. Contact us: @StarlingTribune - starlingtribune@gmail.com - www.starlingtribune.com - www.facebook.com/starlingtribune - 612-888-CAVE or 612-888-2283.

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Starling Tribune - Season 7.5 Edition – “Nip/Stuck” Review (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) ST249

The Starling Tribune Reporters SP, Chris and Michelle review the Legends Of Tomorrow season 4 fourteenth episode “Nip/Stuck.” The reporters discuss why Gideon followed Mick’s order, they take some time to rate Sara as a Captain for the episode, the ins and outs of Gary Green taking over the Time Bureau, Mona’s growing relationship with Wolfie, who Tabitha is, why the show used The Donner Pass and that Constatine finally gets his trip to hell.

Episode:            “Nip/Stuck” [Season 4 Episode 14]

Air Date:           Monday, May 6, 2019

Director:           David Geddes

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0311454/?ref_=tt_ov_dr  

                        6x Legends (95 Cinematographer credits)

Writers: Ray Utarnachitt

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1234711/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5 

13. Legends / 1x Supergirl / 1x The Flash

Matthew Maala

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5279759/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr6 

                        11x Legends

Promo: https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/04/30/legends-of-tomorrow-spoilers-nip-stuck-trailer-preview-the-cw/

Arrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Inmate 4587 15-Oct-18 1.43

02 The Longbow Hunters 22-Oct-18 1.18

03 Crossing Lines 29-Oct-18 1.15

04 Level Two 5-Nov-18 1.08

05 The Demon 12-Nov-18 1.26

06 Due Process 19-Nov-18 1.03

07 The Slabside Redemption 26-Nov-18 1.31

08 Unmasked 3-Dec-18 1.35

09 Elseworlds Part 2 10-Dec-18 2.06

10 My Name Is Emiko Queen 21-Jan-19 1.22

11 Past Sins 28-Jan-19 1.18

12 Emerald Archer 4-Feb-19 1.07

13 Star City Slayer 11-Feb-19 1.09

14 Brothers & Sisters 4-Mar-19 0.89

15 Training Day 11-Mar-19 1.02

16 Star City 2040 18-Mar-19 1.00

17 Inheritance 25-Mar-19 1.01

18 Lost Canary 15-Apr-19 0.71

19 Spartan 22-Apr-19 0.71

20 Confessions 29-Apr-19 0.64

21 Living Proof 6-May-19 0.63

22 You Have Saved This City 13-May-19  0.95

Legends Of Tomorrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Virgin Gary 22-Oct-18 1.00

02 Witch Hunt 29-Oct-18 0.94

03 Dancing Queen 5-Nov-18 0.86

04 Wet Hot American Bummer 12-Nov-18 0.90

05 Tagumo Attacks 19-Nov-18 0.91

06 Tender Is The Nate 26-Nov-18 0.97

07 Hell No, Dolly! 3-Dec-18 0.93

08 Legends of To-Meow-Meow 10-Dec-18 1.10

09 Lucha de Aquestas 1-Apr-19 0.92

10 The Getaway 8-Apr-19 0.95

11 Séance & Sensibility 15-Apr-19 0.98

12 The Eggplant, The Witch & The Wardrobe 22-Apr-19 0.85

13 Egg MacGuffin 29-Apr-19 0.91

14 Nip Stuck 6-May-19 0.94

15 Terms Of Service 13-May-19 0.99

16 Hey World 20-May-19 1.05

Supergirl

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 American Alien 14-Oct-18 1.52

02 Fallout 21-Oct-18 1.34

03 Man Of Steel 28-Oct-18 1.28

04 Ahimsa 4-Nov-18 1.23

05 Parasite Lost 11-Nov-18 1.16

06 Call To Action 18-Nov-18 1.13

07 Rather the Fallen Angel 25-Nov-18 1.15

08 Bunker Hill 2-Dec-18 1.26

09 Elseworlds Part 3 11-Dec-18 2.17

10 Suspicious Minds 20-Jan-19 1.04

11 Blood Memory 27-Jan-19 1.34

12 Menagerie 17-Feb-19 1.15

13 What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way 3-Mar-19 1.14

14 Stand and Deliver 10-Mar-19 1.05

15 O Brother, Where Art Thou 17-Mar-19 1.07

16 The House of L 24-Mar-19 1.12

17 All About Eve 31-Mar-19 1.06

18 Crime and Punishment 21-Apr-19 0.99

19 American Dreamer 28-Apr-19 1.14

20 Will The Real Miss Tessmacher Please Stand Up 5-May-19 1.05

21 Red Dawn 12-May-19 1.11

22 The Quest For Peace 19-May-19 1.07

The Flash

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Nora 9-Oct-17 2.08

02 Blocked 16-Oct-18 1.69

03 The Death of Vibe 23-Oct-18 1.87

04 News Flash 30-Oct-18 1.75

05 All Doll’d Up 13-Nov-18 1.73

06 The Icicle Cometh 20-Nov-18 1.60

07 O Come, All Ye Thankful 27-Nov-18 1.79

08 What’s Past Is Prologue 4-Dec-18 1.78

09 Elseworlds Part 1 9-Dec-18 1.83

10 The Flash & The Furious 15-Jan-19 1.64

11 Seeing Red 22-Jan-19 1.88

12 Memorabilia 29-Jan-19 2.04

13 Goldfaced 5-Feb-19 1.89

14 Cause and 12-Feb-19 XS 1.71

15 King Shark vs. Gorilla Grodd 1.67

16 Failure Is An Orphan 12-Mar-19 1.55

17 Time Bomb 19-Mar-19 1.64

18 Godspeed 16-Apr-19 1.31

19 Snow Pack 23-Apr-19 1.63

20 Gone Rogue 30-Apr-19 1.37

21 The Girl With The Red Lightning 6-May-19 1.45

22 Legacy 14-May-19 1.53

BLACK LIGHTNING

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter One: Rise of the Green Light Babies 9-Oct-18 1.16

02 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Two: Black Jesus Blues 16-Oct-18 1.02

03 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Three: Master Lowry 23-Oct-18 1.18

04 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Four: Translucent Freak 30-Oct-18 0.97

05 The Book Of Blood: Chapter One: Requiem 13-Nov-18 0.90

06 The Book Of Blood: Chapter Two: The Perdi 20-Nov-18 0.99

07 The Book Of Blood: Chapter Three: The Sange 27-Nov-18 1.06

08 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter One: Exodus 4-Dec-18 0.96

09 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter Two: Gift of the Magi 11-Dec-18 1.13

10 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter Three: Angelitos Negros 21-Jan-19 0.86

11 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter One: Prodigal Son 28-Jan-19 0.93

12 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter Two: Just And Unjust 4-Feb-19 0.95

13 The Book of Secrets: Chapter Three: Pillar of Fire 11-Feb-19 0.94

14 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter Four: Original Sin 4-Mar-19 0.77

15 The Book Of The Apocalypse: Chapter One: The Alpha 11-Mar-19 0.75

16 The Book Of The Apocalypse: Chapter Two: The Omega 18-Mar-19 0.85

Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters

• What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name?
• Time travel
• • Donner Pass - Ice Age - 1.3 million years ago
  • • Neron brings Constantine; needs door to Hell opened so Tabitha can come through
    • Neron threatens to harm Ray’s body, making Constantine use his magic
    • Group plays Ray’s card game
    • Heat loosens ship
  • Celtic Village - 55 BCE
  • • Neron takes Constantine to village led by Constatine’s ancestor, who can teach Constantine how to open portal
    • Ancestor created a rift between humans and magical creatures; fear is a powerful weapon
    • Has a Puca, creatures that aren’t really evil 
    • Does everyone in Hell deserve to be there?
    • Constantine reveals himself to King, who decides to kill Constantine 
    • Neron - a lot of beings are waiting for you, Constantine
    • King uses his people’s fear to power sword
    • Portal opens; Constantine stabilizes it to save Puca
    • Sword fight w/King
    • Sword fight w/Neron
    • Waverider comes; don’t give up on haircut
    • Constantine jumps into portal to Hell
    • Neron summons Tabitha - the Fairy Godmother!
• Fight scenes and stunts
• •  
• Sara Lance / White Canary
• • Mick says fire; Sara realizes it was a trap
  • You get us out of this, Mick
  • Turn on the heat, Gideon, because Ray would want us to have fun
  • Powers up ship; lever time!
  • Frees ship!
  • Rate her as Captain: 
• Ray Palmer / The Atom 
• • Card game
  • Has a survival guide
• Mick Rory / Heat Wave
• • Ray’s gone; you end a traitor teammate before they take you out
  • Points out that Sara goes off and has fun; rest of crew has that right too
  • Ray always has a plan
  • To Sara - we’re the last two
• Zari
• • Dragon egg
  • Crew figures out she’s with Nate
• John Constantine
• • Shoot now, Sara
  • I’ve let too many people down 
• Charlie 
• • Poses as Mick to get Mick and Sara to stop arguing
• Gideon 
• • Created a Constantine tracker
  • Told crew pass will be home to future group who had to resort to cannibalism
  • Why did she follow Mick’s order?
• Nate Heywood / Steel 
• • Wickstable - dragon name
  •  
• Ava Sharpe  
• • “Gary Green is all the man we need”
  • Ignores call from Waverider
  • Gets to Waverider; Gary and Neron have the Time Bureau
• Time Bureau
• • Gary - 2019 Time Bureau
  • • Ava gives Gary the authority to do performance review
    • Confident
    • Everyone says “
    • ”
    • Mona knows something is up; pretends to have had her review
    • Nipple is an eye that memorizes people
    • Neron shows up
  • Nora - 
  • • Worse ID picture ever; read manual
    • Paperwork trouble because system thinks she’s 15
    • Uses Mona idea to trap her because she’s under Gary’s spell
  • Mona
  • • Wolfie - you’re not alone, Mona
    • Taken to Gary
    • Turns into Wolfie; fights Nora and Ava, slams them into each other, bringing them to their senses
    • Wolfie removes nipple

ARROW NEWS:

1. Legends of Tomorrow's Jonah Hex will return in the Arrowverse's 'Crisis on Infinite Earths' crossover (Date: 6 September 2019)
   1. EW has learned that Johnathon Schaech (DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Now Apocalypse) is returning as Jonah Hex for the Arrowverse’s forthcoming crossover. At this point, there aren’t any details on how his DC Comics gunslinger will fit into the epic five-hour event, which includes Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, and Batwoman.
   2. https://ew.com/tv/2019/09/06/jonah-hex-arrowverses-crisis-on-infinite-earths-crossover/
2. Crisis on Infinite Earths Recruits The Flash's John Wesley Shipp (Date: 10 September 2019)
   90. Shipp has a role to play in this year's five-show Arrowverse crossover. However, there's no word yet on which role he will reprise for the event. Throughout his Arrowverse tenure, Shipp has played three separate characters: Henry Allen, Jay Garrick and the Barry Allen of Earth-90. Henry died in Season 2, so it likely won't be this character. In Season 4, Jay announced his plan to train a new Flash for Earth-3, after which he would retire from the superhero life. As such, it's possible for Jay to return with his new trainee in tow.
   91. https://www.cbr.com/crisis-on-infinite-earths-john-wesley-shipp/
3. Arrow Favorite Willa Holland to Return and Recur During Final Season (Date: 18 September 2019)
   1. The character that Arrow fans most hoped would put in an appearance during the final season — Oliver’s sister, played by former series regular Willa Holland — will indeed be seen again, TVLine has learned. But wait, there’s more: Holland is confirmed to not just guest-star but recur during the CW series’ 10-episode farewell run.
   2. https://tvline.com/2019/09/18/arrow-willa-holland-returns-final-season-thea/?fbclid=IwAR2QJpp7uXz2vRsOUdHF_N5taCD1RgObN1ruQNVfYV92BPKnP-ZzIbPunr8
4. Tom Welling To Reprise ‘Smallville’ Clark Kent Role In Arrowverse Crossover On the CW (Date: 19 Sept 2019)
   1. And then there were three. Tom Welling is set to reprise his Smallville role as Clark Kent in the CW’s upcoming DC Arrowverse crossover, joining two other actors who have played the Man of Steel, Tyler Hoechlin and Brandon Routh that are already set to portray the character in the crossover.
   2. https://deadline.com/2019/09/tom-welling-reprise-smallville-clark-kent-role-arrowverse-crossover-the-cw-1202738738/

NEXT EPISODE

Link to Promo: https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/05/07/legends-of-tomorrow-terms-of-service-preview/  (Date: 7 May 2019) 

Episode: “Terms of Service” [Season 4 Episode 15]

Air Date: Monday, May 13, 2019

Director: April Mullen

Writers: Grainne Godfree & Ubah Mohamed

IMDB link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8312964/?ref_=tt_ep_nx 

Link to Promo: https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/2019/05/13/legends-of-tomorrow-spoilers-season-4-finale-trailer-preview-promo-arrowverse/  (Date: 13 May 2019) 

Episode: “Hey, World!” [Season 4 Episode 16]

Air Date: Monday, May 20, 2019

Director: Kevin Mock

Writers: Phil Klemmer & Keto Shimizu

IMDB link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8312968/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt 

Summary: Sara and Ava concoct a bold plan to take back the Time Bureau; Zari and Charlie must work together to discover what Neron is planning; Constantine is given a tough choice on who to save from Hell.

Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday Evenings at 7:30 PM eastern or 6:30 PM Central at www.geeks.live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. Contact us: @StarlingTribune - starlingtribune@gmail.com - www.starlingtribune.com - www.facebook.com/starlingtribune - 612-888-CAVE or 612-888-2283.

Starling Tribune is proud to be a member of the GonnaGeek network found at GonnaGeek.com. For more geeky podcast visit GonnaGeek.com.

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This podcast was recorded on Thursday September 19th, 2019.

Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoyed the show!

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Starling Tribune - Season 7.5 Edition – “Egg MacGuffin” Review (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) ST248

The Starling Tribune Reporters SP, Chris and Michelle review the Legends Of Tomorrow season 4 thirteenth episode “Egg MacGuffin.” The Reporters discuss what the real MacGuffin was, they struggle and ultimately FAIL to remember the name of the Entrapment film, a question if Nate can actually be knocked out, a possible Hallmark Romanti-Con, if Gary’s turn was believable, if Nate’s decision to save Ray was the right decision and if Nora will be able to handle her love Ray.

Episode:            “Egg MacGuffin” [Season 4 Episode 13]

Air Date:           Monday, April 29, 2019

Director:           Christopher Tammaro

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0848699/?ref_=tt_ov_dr  

                        2x Legends / 54 camera and electrical department credits (31x Legends)

Writers: James Eagan

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247063/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5  

                        3x Hellcats / 2x Ash vs Evil Dead / 7x Legends

Tyron B. Carter

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8620229/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr6  

                        1x Arrow / 5x Legends

Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Rrq-be8u0

Arrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Inmate 4587 15-Oct-18 1.43

02 The Longbow Hunters 22-Oct-18 1.18

03 Crossing Lines 29-Oct-18 1.15

04 Level Two 5-Nov-18 1.08

05 The Demon 12-Nov-18 1.26

06 Due Process 19-Nov-18 1.03

07 The Slabside Redemption 26-Nov-18 1.31

08 Unmasked 3-Dec-18 1.35

09 Elseworlds Part 2 10-Dec-18 2.06

10 My Name Is Emiko Queen 21-Jan-19 1.22

11 Past Sins 28-Jan-19 1.18

12 Emerald Archer 4-Feb-19 1.07

13 Star City Slayer 11-Feb-19 1.09

14 Brothers & Sisters 4-Mar-19 0.89

15 Training Day 11-Mar-19 1.02

16 Star City 2040 18-Mar-19 1.00

17 Inheritance 25-Mar-19 1.01

18 Lost Canary 15-Apr-19 0.71

19 Spartan 22-Apr-19 0.71

20 Confessions 29-Apr-19 0.64

21 Living Proof 6-May-19 0.63

22 You Have Saved This City 13-May-19  0.95

Legends Of Tomorrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Virgin Gary 22-Oct-18 1.00

02 Witch Hunt 29-Oct-18 0.94

03 Dancing Queen 5-Nov-18 0.86

04 Wet Hot American Bummer 12-Nov-18 0.90

05 Tagumo Attacks 19-Nov-18 0.91

06 Tender Is The Nate 26-Nov-18 0.97

07 Hell No, Dolly! 3-Dec-18 0.93

08 Legends of To-Meow-Meow 10-Dec-18 1.10

09 Lucha de Aquestas 1-Apr-19 0.92

10 The Getaway 8-Apr-19 0.95

11 Séance & Sensibility 15-Apr-19 0.98

12 The Eggplant, The Witch & The Wardrobe 22-Apr-19 0.85

13 Egg MacGuffin 29-Apr-19 0.91

14 Nip Stuck 6-May-19 0.94

15 Terms Of Service 13-May-19 0.99

16 Hey World 20-May-19 1.05

Supergirl

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 American Alien 14-Oct-18 1.52

02 Fallout 21-Oct-18 1.34

03 Man Of Steel 28-Oct-18 1.28

04 Ahimsa 4-Nov-18 1.23

05 Parasite Lost 11-Nov-18 1.16

06 Call To Action 18-Nov-18 1.13

07 Rather the Fallen Angel 25-Nov-18 1.15

08 Bunker Hill 2-Dec-18 1.26

09 Elseworlds Part 3 11-Dec-18 2.17

10 Suspicious Minds 20-Jan-19 1.04

11 Blood Memory 27-Jan-19 1.34

12 Menagerie 17-Feb-19 1.15

13 What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way 3-Mar-19 1.14

14 Stand and Deliver 10-Mar-19 1.05

15 O Brother, Where Art Thou 17-Mar-19 1.07

16 The House of L 24-Mar-19 1.12

17 All About Eve 31-Mar-19 1.06

18 Crime and Punishment 21-Apr-19 0.99

19 American Dreamer 28-Apr-19 1.14

20 Will The Real Miss Tessmacher Please Stand Up 5-May-19 1.05

21 Red Dawn 12-May-19 1.11

22 The Quest For Peace 19-May-19 1.07

The Flash

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Nora 9-Oct-17 2.08

02 Blocked 16-Oct-18 1.69

03 The Death of Vibe 23-Oct-18 1.87

04 News Flash 30-Oct-18 1.75

05 All Doll’d Up 13-Nov-18 1.73

06 The Icicle Cometh 20-Nov-18 1.60

07 O Come, All Ye Thankful 27-Nov-18 1.79

08 What’s Past Is Prologue 4-Dec-18 1.78

09 Elseworlds Part 1 9-Dec-18 1.83

10 The Flash & The Furious 15-Jan-19 1.64

11 Seeing Red 22-Jan-19 1.88

12 Memorabilia 29-Jan-19 2.04

13 Goldfaced 5-Feb-19 1.89

14 Cause and 12-Feb-19 XS 1.71

15 King Shark vs. Gorilla Grodd 1.67

16 Failure Is An Orphan 12-Mar-19 1.55

17 Time Bomb 19-Mar-19 1.64

18 Godspeed 16-Apr-19 1.31

19 Snow Pack 23-Apr-19 1.63

20 Gone Rogue 30-Apr-19 1.37

21 The Girl With The Red Lightning 6-May-19 1.45

22 Legacy 14-May-19 1.53

BLACK LIGHTNING

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter One: Rise of the Green Light Babies 9-Oct-18 1.16

02 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Two: Black Jesus Blues 16-Oct-18 1.02

03 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Three: Master Lowry 23-Oct-18 1.18

04 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Four: Translucent Freak 30-Oct-18 0.97

05 The Book Of Blood: Chapter One: Requiem 13-Nov-18 0.90

06 The Book Of Blood: Chapter Two: The Perdi 20-Nov-18 0.99

07 The Book Of Blood: Chapter Three: The Sange 27-Nov-18 1.06

08 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter One: Exodus 4-Dec-18 0.96

09 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter Two: Gift of the Magi 11-Dec-18 1.13

10 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter Three: Angelitos Negros 21-Jan-19 0.86

11 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter One: Prodigal Son 28-Jan-19 0.93

12 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter Two: Just And Unjust 4-Feb-19 0.95

13 The Book of Secrets: Chapter Three: Pillar of Fire 11-Feb-19 0.94

14 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter Four: Original Sin 4-Mar-19 0.77

15 The Book Of The Apocalypse: Chapter One: The Alpha 11-Mar-19 0.75

16 The Book Of The Apocalypse: Chapter Two: The Omega 18-Mar-19 0.85

Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters

• What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name?
• • Egg - dragon egg
  • MacGuffin - a thing that drives the plot forward, motivates characters
• Time travel
• • Present - Romance Convention
  • • Mick doesn’t like how rude Charlie is being
    • Mick tries to train Charlie to be Rebecca
    • Mick respects his fans
    • Mona goes to finally meet Rebecca Silver
    • Mona recognizes Charlie and goes after her
    • Mick confesses
  • Present - Time Bureau
  • • Book club
    • Everyone thinks Neron is gone; awkward Nate and Zari flirting 
    • Ava didn’t read the book; she drinks wine while listening to Mona; this time, Sara
    • Constantine cures Nora; she knows he has Ray
  • Arctic - 1933
  • • Find dragon egg
  • New York - Adventurers’ Society - 1933
  • • Sara - send Nate and Zari
    • Nata and Zari try to get others to join mission
    • Indiana Jones type map - their covers are from movie
    • Nate majorly geeking out
    • Gordon Gilchrist - taking credit for team’s work
    • Nate tries talking; Zari knocks guy out and takes keys
    • Nate does the sexy moves through the wires
    • Egg is a fake; Nate and Zari think this whole thing is a set-up; in come the Nazis
    • Call Sara - mission is real; air and steel escape from Nazis
    • Vincent took egg
    • Punching Nazis - Sara and Ava
    • Zari catches egg
• Sara Lance / White Canary
• • Time to get personal lives in order; “relationship expert”
  • Tries to read book for book club; listens to audio version while working out
  •  
  • Rate her as Captain: 
• Ray Palmer / The Atom 
• • Brings Nora flowers
  • Confused by hand moving on its own
  • Tries to fight Neron; Neron wants him to kill someone he loves
  • Doing science in the lab
  • Tries to find Constantine; Neron disables Gideon
  • Gary tries to help; reads about demonic possession
  • Has to admit he doesn’t love Gary
  • Neron talks to Gary; he sees his potential and promises to make him whole
  • Ray hits Nate; he can’t say he’s possessed
  • Nate tries to convince Ray he can fight Neron
  • Ray gives Neron control for exchange of Nate’s safety
  • Constatine has Ray; Gary comes; Neron gives Gary his nipple back; Constatine tries to talk Gary out of it; Neron points out how Gary is treated; Gary takes nipple
  • Neron and Gary leave
• Mick Rory / Heat Wave
• • Fan mail; Rebecca doesn’t do Cons
• Zari
• • Dragon egg
  •  
• John Constantine 
• Charlie 
• • Easy score - I’ll be Rebecca and we get $20,000
• Gideon 
• •  
• Nate Heywood / Steel 
• •  
• Ava Sharpe  
• • Asks Nora to be an official part of the Bureau so she can find Neron
• Time Bureau
• • Mona reads to Nora

GENERAL NEWS:

1. ‘DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow’: Brandon Routh & Courtney Ford To Depart CW Drama As Series Regulars In Season 5 (Date: 22 August 2019)
   1. DC’s Legends of Tomorrow will be bidding farewell to two series regulars during the superhero team-up drama’s upcoming fifth season: Brandon Routh, who plays Ray Palmer/Atom, and Courtney Ford, who portrays Nora Darhk. Routh and Ford’s exits stem from a creative decision to wrap up their storyline. Because of the nature of the time-traveling Legends of Tomorrow, there has been a natural character turnover, with series regulars leaving as their stories come to an end and new ones coming on board. Of the large regular ensemble cast that started in Season 1, only a couple will still be on the show by the end of this coming season.
   2. https://deadline.com/2019/08/brandon-routh-courtney-ford-exit-dcs-legends-of-tomorrow-series-regulars-season-5-the-cw-1202702311/

NEXT EPISODE

https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/04/30/legends-of-tomorrow-spoilers-nip-stuck-trailer-preview-the-cw/ (Date: 29 April 2019) 

Episode: “Nip/Stuck” [Season 4 Episode 14]

Air Date: Monday, May 6, 2019

Summary: When Sara hesitates to make a tough call, Rory steps up creating a wedge in the team. Meanwhile, Ava gives Gary the responsibility of handling the Bureau performance reviews for all the Agents.

Director: David Geddes

Writers: Ray Utarnachitt & Matthew Maala

IMDB link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8312962/?ref_=tt_ep_nx

Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday Evenings at 7:30 PM eastern or 6:30 PM Central at www.geeks.live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. Contact us: @StarlingTribune - starlingtribune@gmail.com - www.starlingtribune.com - www.facebook.com/starlingtribune - 612-888-CAVE or 612-888-2283.

Starling Tribune is proud to be a member of the GonnaGeek network found at GonnaGeek.com. For more geeky podcast visit GonnaGeek.com.

You can find us on iTunes under ''Starling Tribune." We are very thankful for all of our positive iTunes reviews. You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at www.starlingtribune.com

This podcast was recorded on Thursday September 5th, 2019.

Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoyed the show!

Audio Production by Stargate Pioneer of GonnaGeek.com.

Starling Tribune - Season 7.5 Edition – The Eggplant, the Witch & the Wardrobe (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) ST247

The Starling Tribune Reporters Stargate Pioneer, Michelle and Chris review the Legends Of Tomorrow fourth season twelfth episode titled " The Eggplant, the Witch & the Wardrobe.” The reporters discuss Zari’s difficulties with Nate, Sarah and Ava’s long term relationship issues, notice that Tabitha was introduced, enjoy the Nora and Constantine team-up and look forward to Neuron-Ray. The reporters also help each other out with Zmojis, long term relationships and mattress shipping.

Episode:            “The Eggplant, the Witch & the Wardrobe” [Season 4 Episode 12]

Air Date:           Monday, April 22, 2019 

Director:           Mairzee Almas

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0021772/?ref_=tt_ov_dr  

                        9x Smallville / 1x Alphas / 1x Haven / 2x Defiance / 3x Lost Girl / 2x Lucifer / 2x Arrow / 1x Supergirl / 5x The 100 / 2x 12 Monkeys / 2x Outlander / 4x Legends

Writers: Morgan Faust

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1158909/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5 

                        6x Legends 

Daphne Miles

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3514580/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr6   

                        1x The Vampire Diaries / 2x Legends

Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwYf0aEqYUE

Arrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Inmate 4587 15-Oct-18 1.43

02 The Longbow Hunters 22-Oct-18 1.18

03 Crossing Lines 29-Oct-18 1.15

04 Level Two 5-Nov-18 1.08

05 The Demon 12-Nov-18 1.26

06 Due Process 19-Nov-18 1.03

07 The Slabside Redemption 26-Nov-18 1.31

08 Unmasked 3-Dec-18 1.35

09 Elseworlds Part 2 10-Dec-18 2.06

10 My Name Is Emiko Queen 21-Jan-19 1.22

11 Past Sins 28-Jan-19 1.18

12 Emerald Archer 4-Feb-19 1.07

13 Star City Slayer 11-Feb-19 1.09

14 Brothers & Sisters 4-Mar-19 0.89

15 Training Day 11-Mar-19 1.02

16 Star City 2040 18-Mar-19 1.00

17 Inheritance 25-Mar-19 1.01

18 Lost Canary 15-Apr-19 0.71

19 Spartan 22-Apr-19 0.71

20 Confessions 29-Apr-19 0.64

21 Living Proof 6-May-19 0.63

22 You Have Saved This City 13-May-19  0.95

Legends Of Tomorrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Virgin Gary 22-Oct-18 1.00

02 Witch Hunt 29-Oct-18 0.94

03 Dancing Queen 5-Nov-18 0.86

04 Wet Hot American Bummer 12-Nov-18 0.90

05 Tagumo Attacks 19-Nov-18 0.91

06 Tender Is The Nate 26-Nov-18 0.97

07 Hell No, Dolly! 3-Dec-18 0.93

08 Legends of To-Meow-Meow 10-Dec-18 1.10

09 Lucha de Aquestas 1-Apr-19 0.92

10 The Getaway 8-Apr-19 0.95

11 Séance & Sensibility 15-Apr-19 0.98

12 The Eggplant, The Witch & The Wardrobe 22-Apr-19 0.85

13 Egg MacGuffin 29-Apr-19 0.91

14 Nip Stuck 6-May-19 0.94

15 Terms Of Service 13-May-19 0.99

16 Hey World 20-May-19 1.05

Supergirl

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 American Alien 14-Oct-18 1.52

02 Fallout 21-Oct-18 1.34

03 Man Of Steel 28-Oct-18 1.28

04 Ahimsa 4-Nov-18 1.23

05 Parasite Lost 11-Nov-18 1.16

06 Call To Action 18-Nov-18 1.13

07 Rather the Fallen Angel 25-Nov-18 1.15

08 Bunker Hill 2-Dec-18 1.26

09 Elseworlds Part 3 11-Dec-18 2.17

10 Suspicious Minds 20-Jan-19 1.04

11 Blood Memory 27-Jan-19 1.34

12 Menagerie 17-Feb-19 1.15

13 What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way 3-Mar-19 1.14

14 Stand and Deliver 10-Mar-19 1.05

15 O Brother, Where Art Thou 17-Mar-19 1.07

16 The House of L 24-Mar-19 1.12

17 All About Eve 31-Mar-19 1.06

18 Crime and Punishment 21-Apr-19 0.99

19 American Dreamer 28-Apr-19 1.14

20 Will The Real Miss Tessmacher Please Stand Up 5-May-19 1.05

21 Red Dawn 12-May-19 1.11

22 The Quest For Peace 19-May-19 1.07

THE FLASH

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Nora 9-Oct-17 2.08

02 Blocked 16-Oct-18 1.69

03 The Death of Vibe 23-Oct-18 1.87

04 News Flash 30-Oct-18 1.75

05 All Doll’d Up 13-Nov-18 1.73

06 The Icicle Cometh 20-Nov-18 1.60

07 O Come, All Ye Thankful 27-Nov-18 1.79

08 What’s Past Is Prologue 4-Dec-18 1.78

09 Elseworlds Part 1 9-Dec-18 1.83

10 The Flash & The Furious 15-Jan-19 1.64

11 Seeing Red 22-Jan-19 1.88

12 Memorabilia 29-Jan-19 2.04

13 Goldfaced 5-Feb-19 1.89

14 Cause and 12-Feb-19 XS 1.71

15 King Shark vs. Gorilla Grodd 1.67

16 Failure Is An Orphan 12-Mar-19 1.55

17 Time Bomb 19-Mar-19 1.64

18 Godspeed 16-Apr-19 1.31

19 Snow Pack 23-Apr-19 1.63

20 Gone Rogue 30-Apr-19 1.37

21 The Girl With The Red Lightning 6-May-19 1.45

22 Legacy 14-May-19 1.53

BLACK LIGHTNING

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter One: Rise of the Green Light Babies 9-Oct-18 1.16

02 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Two: Black Jesus Blues 16-Oct-18 1.02

03 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Three: Master Lowry 23-Oct-18 1.18

04 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Four: Translucent Freak 30-Oct-18 0.97

05 The Book Of Blood: Chapter One: Requiem 13-Nov-18 0.90

06 The Book Of Blood: Chapter Two: The Perdi 20-Nov-18 0.99

07 The Book Of Blood: Chapter Three: The Sange 27-Nov-18 1.06

08 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter One: Exodus 4-Dec-18 0.96

09 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter Two: Gift of the Magi 11-Dec-18 1.13

10 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter Three: Angelitos Negros 21-Jan-19 0.86

11 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter One: Prodigal Son 28-Jan-19 0.93

12 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter Two: Just And Unjust 4-Feb-19 0.95

13 The Book of Secrets: Chapter Three: Pillar of Fire 11-Feb-19 0.94

14 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter Four: Original Sin 4-Mar-19 0.77

15 The Book Of The Apocalypse: Chapter One: The Alpha 11-Mar-19 0.75

16 The Book Of The Apocalypse: Chapter Two: The Omega 18-Mar-19 0.85

Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters

• What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name?
• • The Eggplant - Zari trying to tell Nate she likes him; Mona suggests emojis
  • The Witch - Nora
  • The Wardrobe - what Ava and Sara had to build to start their way out of Purgatory
  • Take on the title of the C.S. Lewis novel, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
• Time travel
• • 2019 Ava’s apartment
  • • Place is a mess
• Fight scenes and stunts
• •  
• Sara Lance / White Canary
• • Ava’s missing
  • Demands Constantine send her to Purgatory
  •  
  • Rate her as Captain: 
• Ray Palmer / The Atom 
• • Stands up for Nora
  • Tells Nate about Neron
  • Helps Nate deal about Hank
  • Constantine not impressed w/his knight in shining armor bit
  • Leaves Bureau - starts to whistle
• Mick Rory / Heat Wave
• • Love’s love
  • Gives Zari words to send to Nate - erotic but vulnerable
• Zari
• • Mona wants her to send Nate emojis - eggplant
  • Texts Nate - asks him out
• John Constantine
• • Thinks Neron took Ava
  • Says Nora is a liability
  • Argues about how to deal w/Neron w/Nora
  • Keeping Neron locked up is not a good idea
  • People can’t cross barrier
  • Offers to flash Desmond; he refuses
  • Thinks Nora killed Neron
• Charlie 
• • Poses as Ava so Constantine and get Neron to Time Bureau prison
• Gideon 
• •  
• Nate Heywood / Steel 
• • Shreds files connected to Heyworld
  • Gets call from crew building theme park
  • Crew building from Nate’s drawings
  • Tells crew to tear it down
  • Rushes to confront Neron
  • Hank went behind Neron’s back; Neron wanted to put fear into people w/creatures
  • Changes mind about theme park; steels up to stop wrecking ball
  • Phone busted
• Ava Sharpe  
• • Gone about 2 weeks
  • Nora finds her - being prepared for being a new vessel
  • Her purgatory - Ikea type store
  • Gary enters the circle and ends up in her purgatory
  • They have to put a wardrobe together
  • • Sara moves in w/o reading directions
    • Defending herself in argument about creature
    • Build wardrobe together
    • Sara - it’s not perfect, but it’s ours - wardrobe opens
  • Mattress department
  • • Beware of Tabitha
    • Most important decision
    • Ava - Sara, do you just flip something over when it gets saggy
    • Ava - worried about getting old w/Sara; sit on mattress, age
    • Sara - I haven’t thought about planning for future until Ava
    • Pick 50 year
  • Apartment
  • • Do dishes; pick up trash; light goes; mess just builds
    • Argue about moving in together
    • Sara - we’re superheroes; Ava wants a regular life w/Sara
    • They argue; Ava disappears
    • Room full of different Avas
  • Room full of Avas
  • • Pick quickly b/c of Tabitha
    • Sara - not leaving w/o Ava
  • As Is section
  • • Sara loves regular Ava
• Time Bureau
• • Gary - I knew Ava needed me
  • Nora confronts Neron 
  • • remembers when she met Constantine
    • Neron - waiting for Tabitha to be released; needs a vessel for his Tabitha
    • Tempts Nora w/returning her father
    • Nora chokes Constantine; enters circle
    • Neron leaves Desmond’s body; Constantine and Nora battle; Ray interrupts battle
    • Neron is out of Desmond’s body

ARROW NEWS:

1. How Arrow saved the TV superhero — and why it had to end (Date: 17 July 2019)
   1. As 'Arrow' prepares for the end, Stephen Amell and the producers reflect on its origin story and preview the 'Crisis'-bound eighth and final season.
   2. Long article
   3. About the show ending, Stephen Amell said, “I’m very emotional and melancholy, but it’s time. I’m 38 years old, and I got this job when I was 30. I’d never had a job for more than a year. The fact that I’ve done this for the better part of a decade, and I’m not going to do it anymore, is a little frightening.”
   4. https://ew.com/comic-con/2019/07/17/arrow-final-season-cover-story/
2. Amell Enlists AEW's Cody Rhodes for New Wrestling Series, Heels (Date: 20 Aug 2019)
   1. Shortly after it was announced that Arrow star Stephen Amell would headline Starz's upcoming pro-wrestling drama Heels, the actor put a call out to an old friend to join him: AEW star and executive vice president Cody Rhodes. "Hey @CodyRhodes -- wanna come and help me make a tv show?" Amell tweeted along with a screenshot of Deadline's original announcement. "Congratulations!" Rhodes replied. "...and yea, of course[.]"
   2. https://www.cbr.com/stephen-amell-cody-rhodes-heels/

3. The CW Has No Current Plans to End Any Other Arrowverse Shows (Date: 4 August 2019)
   1. The CW's Arrowverse of shows will be going through an interesting evolution later this year, when Arrow officially wraps up its run with a 10-episode final season. As network president Mark Pedowitz revealed during The CW's presentation at the Television Critics Association press tour, there are no current plans for the other veteran Arrowverse shows - The Flash, Supergirl, and Legends of Tomorrow - to wrap up. Pedowitz noted that "hopefully it will be a long time from now" until that discussion comes about.
   2. "We believe in these franchises," Pedowtiz explained. "This universe will continue for many many years."
   3. https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/08/04/arrowverse-shows-ending-arrow-the-flash-supergirl-legends-batwoman/
4. Arrow Season 8: Colton Haynes Drops Out as Series Regular (Date: 8 Aug 2019)
   1. Colton Haynes is dropping out as a series regular on the upcoming Arrow season 8, which will also serve as the series final season. The change in Haynes status on the show was confirmed during the recent TCA press tour, with Arrow executive producer Beth Schwartz noting the following: “We hope to have him back. We love him and he’s obviously one of the foundations of the show."
   2. https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/08/08/arrow-season-8-colton-haynes-exits-drops-out-series-regular/
5. Colton Haynes Twitter Account (Date: 8 Aug 2019)
   1. Getting a lot of angry messages so just to clarify...I didn’t exit the last season of Arrow. I was not asked to come back for the final season as a series regular. But y’all know Roy...he’s never gone for too long
   2. https://twitter.com/ColtonLHaynes/status/1159550976543510529

GENERAL DC NEWS:

1. Arrowverse: Here's When The Crisis on Infinite Earths Crossover Airs (Date: 4 Aug 2019)
   1. Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 1 will air on Supergirl on Sunday, December 8 at 8 pm ET/PT.
   2. Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 2 will air on Batwoman on Monday, December 9 at 8 pm ET/PT.
   3. Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 3 will air on The Flash on Tuesday, December 10 at 8 pm ET/PT.
   4. Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 4 will air on Arrow on Tuesday, January 14 at 8 pm ET/PT.
   5. Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 5 will on DC's Legends of Tomorrow on Tuesday, January 14 at 9 pm ET/PT. - Not the season premiere; considered a special episode
   6. https://www.cbr.com/arrowverse-crisis-on-infinite-earths-air-dates/

NEXT EPISODE

Link to Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Rrq-be8u0 (Date: 22 April 2019) 

Episode: “Egg MacGuffin” [Season 4 Episode 13]

Air Date: Monday, April 29, 2019

Summary: While Ray is worried about Nora, he is suddenly faced with his own problem that forces him to do the unthinkable. Nate and Zari are stuck in an awkward limbo, so Sara devises a plan to send them on an easy mission together. Meanwhile, Charlie and Rory are approached with a lucrative offer that could upend their lives.

Director: Christopher Tammaro

Writers: James Eagan & Tyron B. Carter

IMDB link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8312956/?ref_=tt_ep_nx 

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Starling Tribune - Season 7.5 Edition – “Séance and Sensibility” Review (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) ST246

The Starling Tribune Reporters Chris and Michelle review the Legends Of Tomorrow season 4 eleventh episode “Séance and Sensibility.” The Reporters discuss the Bollywood number that Zari (and the rest of the cast) rocked, Hank’s funeral and Nate’s coming to terms finally with his father, Hanks’ endgame plan to develop a magical creature park, how Neron’s plans are starting to materialize, and all the news from San Diego Comic Con 2019. Catch Starling Tribune now on the Pandora App too!

Episode:            “Séance and Sensibility” [Season 4 Episode 11]

Air Date:           Monday, April 15, 2019 

Director:           Alexandra La Roche

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0190597/?ref_=tt_ov_dr

                        1x Riverdale / 3x Legends / 4x Flash / 2x Arrow / 1x Supergirl

Writers: Grainne Godfree

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3113826/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5

                        15x Legends / 7x Flash / 1x Arrow

Jackie Canino

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10485737/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr6

                        1x Legends

Promo: https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/04/08/legends-of-tomorrow-spoilers-season-4-seance-and-sensibility-tra/

Arrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Inmate 4587 15-Oct-18 1.43

02 The Longbow Hunters 22-Oct-18 1.18

03 Crossing Lines 29-Oct-18 1.15

04 Level Two 5-Nov-18 1.08

05 The Demon 12-Nov-18 1.26

06 Due Process 19-Nov-18 1.03

07 The Slabside Redemption 26-Nov-18 1.31

08 Unmasked 3-Dec-18 1.35

09 Elseworlds Part 2 10-Dec-18 2.06

10 My Name Is Emiko Queen 21-Jan-19 1.22

11 Past Sins 28-Jan-19 1.18

12 Emerald Archer 4-Feb-19 1.07

13 Star City Slayer 11-Feb-19 1.09

14 Brothers & Sisters 4-Mar-19 0.89

15 Training Day 11-Mar-19 1.02

16 Star City 2040 18-Mar-19 1.00

17 Inheritance 25-Mar-19 1.01

18 Lost Canary 15-Apr-19 0.71

19 Spartan 22-Apr-19 0.71

20 Confessions 29-Apr-19 0.64

21 Living Proof 6-May-19 0.63

22 You Have Saved This City 13-May-19  0.95

Legends Of Tomorrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Virgin Gary 22-Oct-18 1.00

02 Witch Hunt 29-Oct-18 0.94

03 Dancing Queen 5-Nov-18 0.86

04 Wet Hot American Bummer 12-Nov-18 0.90

05 Tagumo Attacks 19-Nov-18 0.91

06 Tender Is The Nate 26-Nov-18 0.97

07 Hell No, Dolly! 3-Dec-18 0.93

08 Legends of To-Meow-Meow 10-Dec-18 1.10

09 Lucha de Aquestas 1-Apr-19 0.92

10 The Getaway 8-Apr-19 0.95

11 Séance & Sensibility 15-Apr-19 0.98

12 The Eggplant, The Witch & The Wardrobe 22-Apr-19 0.85

13 Egg MacGuffin 29-Apr-19 0.91

14 Nip Stuck 6-May-19 0.94

15 Terms Of Service 13-May-19 0.99

16 Hey World 20-May-19 1.05

Supergirl

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 American Alien 14-Oct-18 1.52

02 Fallout 21-Oct-18 1.34

03 Man Of Steel 28-Oct-18 1.28

04 Ahimsa 4-Nov-18 1.23

05 Parasite Lost 11-Nov-18 1.16

06 Call To Action 18-Nov-18 1.13

07 Rather the Fallen Angel 25-Nov-18 1.15

08 Bunker Hill 2-Dec-18 1.26

09 Elseworlds Part 3 11-Dec-18 2.17

10 Suspicious Minds 20-Jan-19 1.04

11 Blood Memory 27-Jan-19 1.34

12 Menagerie 17-Feb-19 1.15

13 What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way 3-Mar-19 1.14

14 Stand and Deliver 10-Mar-19 1.05

15 O Brother, Where Art Thou 17-Mar-19 1.07

16 The House of L 24-Mar-19 1.12

17 All About Eve 31-Mar-19 1.06

18 Crime and Punishment 21-Apr-19 0.99

19 American Dreamer 28-Apr-19 1.14

20 Will The Real Miss Tessmacher Please Stand Up 5-May-19 1.05

21 Red Dawn 12-May-19 1.11

22 The Quest For Peace 19-May-19 1.07

The Flash

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Nora 9-Oct-17 2.08

02 Blocked 16-Oct-18 1.69

03 The Death of Vibe 23-Oct-18 1.87

04 News Flash 30-Oct-18 1.75

05 All Doll’d Up 13-Nov-18 1.73

06 The Icicle Cometh 20-Nov-18 1.60

07 O Come, All Ye Thankful 27-Nov-18 1.79

08 What’s Past Is Prologue 4-Dec-18 1.78

09 Elseworlds Part 1 9-Dec-18 1.83

10 The Flash & The Furious 15-Jan-19 1.64

11 Seeing Red 22-Jan-19 1.88

12 Memorabilia 29-Jan-19 2.04

13 Goldfaced 5-Feb-19 1.89

14 Cause and 12-Feb-19 XS 1.71

15 King Shark vs. Gorilla Grodd 1.67

16 Failure Is An Orphan 12-Mar-19 1.55

17 Time Bomb 19-Mar-19 1.64

18 Godspeed 16-Apr-19 1.31

19 Snow Pack 23-Apr-19 1.63

20 Gone Rogue 30-Apr-19 1.37

21 The Girl With The Red Lightning 6-May-19 1.45

22 Legacy 14-May-19 1.53

BLACK LIGHTNING

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter One: Rise of the Green Light Babies 9-Oct-18 1.16

02 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Two: Black Jesus Blues 16-Oct-18 1.02

03 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Three: Master Lowry 23-Oct-18 1.18

04 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Four: Translucent Freak 30-Oct-18 0.97

05 The Book Of Blood: Chapter One: Requiem 13-Nov-18 0.90

06 The Book Of Blood: Chapter Two: The Perdi 20-Nov-18 0.99

07 The Book Of Blood: Chapter Three: The Sange 27-Nov-18 1.06

08 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter One: Exodus 4-Dec-18 0.96

09 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter Two: Gift of the Magi 11-Dec-18 1.13

10 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter Three: Angelitos Negros 21-Jan-19 0.86

11 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter One: Prodigal Son 28-Jan-19 0.93

12 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter Two: Just And Unjust 4-Feb-19 0.95

13 The Book of Secrets: Chapter Three: Pillar of Fire 11-Feb-19 0.94

14 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter Four: Original Sin 4-Mar-19 0.77

15 The Book Of The Apocalypse: Chapter One: The Alpha 11-Mar-19 0.75

16 The Book Of The Apocalypse: Chapter Two: The Omega 18-Mar-19 0.85

Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters

• What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name?
  • Seance - contacting the dead during Hank’s funeral
  • Sensibility - Jane Austen wrote “Sense and Sensibility”; Mona and love; Zari and love
• Time travel
  • 1802 - Bath, England
    • Wedding: bride confesses to loving the maid; the groom confesses to loving bride’s mother; passions erupt
    • Regency thing - walk around room while conversing
    • Lord Remington - old man; his coachman has caused a stir
    • Mona tries to convince Jane to keep writing by telling her about her future. 
    • High on dust - Zari starts to sing, and the show bursts into a Bollywood number
  • Waverider
    • God sends his dust into the air and gets into everyone’s dream
    • Truth - Fugitive is Sunjay, born long ago, gathered Kamadeva’s ashes
    • Bollywood song infects the Waverider
  • Fight scenes and stunts
    • Mona turns into Wolfie
      • Knocks out Charlie
      • Goes to Jane Austen, blames her for wasting time on romance, her writing is all lies
      • Jane Austen - I do believe in love
    • Sara Lance / White Canary
      • Smash someone else, and if thinking about person, you like them
    • Ray Palmer / The Atom 
      • Feels bad about being sweet on Nora while she’s a suspect
      • Bromance solid
      • Hears sounds behind mirror; Nora tells him she’s innocent
      • Sneaks Nora onto the Waverider; has to hide her; hijinks ensue
      • Sleeps in the chair
    • Mick Rory / Heat Wave
      • Stays at funeral; tells Nate the eulogy is for him, to get him to say what he needs to
    • Zari
      • Ladies try to tell her she likes Nate
      • Gets it on with the coachman; figures out he is the fugitive; he’s Kamadeva, the Hindu God of Love
      • Resists his charms and cuffs him
      • Romance isn’t real; just for novels
      • Takes dust with Sunjay
    • John Constantine
      • Notices praying aunt and covered mirrors
      • Flashes of Hank’s spirit
      • Summons Hank’s spirit into Mick
      • Deal - unlimited funds for access to magical creatures; demon - Neron
      • Image of self in mirror talking to him; punches mirror, it’s Neron in Desmond’s body
    • Charlie 
      • Wants Mona to go Wolfie
    • Gideon
      • DJ Gideon
    • Mona
      • Wearing Jane Austen shirt, names disappearing
      • Just tell people how you feel
      • Love overcomes any obstacle - Jane calls her a fool
      • Romance is real; you should take a risk
      • Tells Zari to wait for something real; then finds out Sunjay has a 1000 wives
    • Nate Heywood / Steel 
      • Father’s funeral
      • Tells team to go get fugitive
      • Toast - talks about the bad; Mother - tells story about how trip to Disney World got canceled because Nate had to go to the hospital; Hank dressed up as Mickey Mouse
      • Pulls Disney book and finds hidden door; finds true plans - an idea for an amusement park for magical creatures based on Nate’s ideas from childhood - Heywood.
      • At the end of the day, Hank was just as wacky as the Legends

ARROW NEWS:

1. Arrow Resurrects Two Dead Characters for Season 8 (Date: 12 July 2019)
   1. "Adrian Chase comes back in a different way than expected," showrunner Beth Schwartz said. "We're really excited about that because obviously he's one of our favorite villains." On the subject of Tommy Merlyn, executive producer Marc Guggenheim promised Donnell is "not coming back as the Tommy we know."
   2. https://www.cbr.com/arrow-season-8-colin-donnell-josh-segarra/
2. Arrow's Final Season Will Bring Back a Long-Dead Queen Family Member (Date: 23 July 2019)
   1. Susanna Thompson will be reprising her role as Moira Queen, Oliver Queen's mother, in some capacity for the premiere of Arrow's eighth -- and last -- season. "It's a love letter to the show; it really is," Guggenheim said of Thompson's return. "I was telling [executive producer] Beth [Schwartz], it felt a lot like the series finale, not the season premiere, in the best possible way, almost to the point where we're like, 'What are we going to do for the series finale?' I mean, we know, obviously, but it has that kind of resonance to it, and that's exciting."
   2. https://www.cbr.com/arrow-season-8-susanna-thompson-return-moira-queen/
3. Arrow Season 8: Chicago Fire Vet Charlie Barnett Cast as [Spoiler] (Date: 20 July 2019)
   1. Arrow‘s flash-forward family is expanding: Charlie Barnett (Chicago Fire) has joined the CW drama’s eighth and final season in the series-regular role of John Diggle, Jr., aka J.J.
   2. https://tvline.com/2019/07/20/arrow-charlie-barnett-cast-john-diggle-jr-season-8/?fbclid=IwAR38EZ1T6AsKX59V8LdpCdZqjjo512nxnULM3ES3yeyhd5c4HArAqbqI8t8
4. Arrow Final Season Trailer Recaps Those Oliver Has Loved and Lost, Teases Returns (From the Dead?) (Date: 20 July 2019)
   1. The first teaser video for Arrow‘s final season emotionally revisits all those whom Oliver Queen has loved… and lost… over the years, before teases the familiar faces he will encounter while fulfilling his commitment to the Monitor.
   2. https://tvline.com/2019/07/20/arrow-final-season-8-trailer-tommy-merlyn-adrian-chase-return/?fbclid=IwAR2FvkAIgwlumJuJfswwApzkOKBxh1-9UubPADaJOjW-7IJQLKfUKgwcjZo
5. Arrow Showrunner Reveals Episode 8x02 Title (Date: 23 July 2019)
   1. In a Twitter post, Schwartz shared a photo of the script's cover page alongside a Green Arrow statue. The title of the episode? "Welcome to Hong Kong".
   2. https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/07/23/arrow-season-8-episode-2-title-revealed-the-cw/

CRISIS NEWS:

1. Tyler Hoechlin & Brandon Routh To Suit Up As Superman For Arrowverse Crossover On the CW (Date: 19 July 2019)
   1. The producers of the DC franchise on the CW are planning a big stunt involving one of DC’s most recognizable superheroes, Superman. Two actors who have played the Man of Steel, Tyler Hoechlin and Brandon Routh, will portray him in different time frames.
   2. https://deadline.com/2019/07/tyler-hoechlin-brandon-routh-superman-arrowverse-crossover-the-cw-1202649053/

2. Original Robin Burt Ward to Appear in Crisis On Infinite Earths (Date: 20 July 2019)
   1. During the Batwoman panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, it was revealed that Burt Ward has a role in the upcoming crossover, where he will debut in the Ruby Rose-led series. Ward played Robin alongside Adam West's Batman in the original Batman TV show. He has continued to lend his voice to the role over the years, but now he'll make an appearance in the Arrowverse. But, it is not confirmed that he will play his original version of Robin, an alternate version of the character, or a new character altogether.
   2. https://screenrant.com/arrowverse-crisis-on-infinite-earths-crossover-burt-ward/?utm_content=bufferb0c5c&utm_medium=Social-Distribution&utm_source=SR-FB-P&utm_campaign=SR-FB-P
3. Elizabeth Tulloch will return as Lois Lane in 'Crisis on Infinite Earths' crossover (Date: 22 July 2019)
   1. EW has exclusively learned that Elizabeth Tulloch will reprise her role as Lois Lane in “Crisis on Infinite Earths,” which will also feature Tyler Hoechlin’s Superman. Not only that, but we’ll also meet Clark and Lois’ child in the five-hour, multiverse-threatening event.
   2. https://ew.com/tv/2019/07/22/elizabeth-tulloch-lois-lane-arrowverse-crisis-on-infinite-earths/
4. The Flash's Cavanagh Will Play Another Classic DC Character (Date: 23 July 2019)
   1. "As part of 'Crisis on Infinite Earths' crossover, Tom will be playing Pariah as part of the crossover," The Flash showrunner Eric Wallace revealed at the show's Comic-Con International panel. "He works for the Anti-Monitor."
   2. "In the original miniseries, it's Pariah who is very much integral in releasing the Anti-Monitor," he continued. "For Tom to play such a pivotal character... it's just going to tear your guts out and make you cry." The first half of The Flash Season 6 will "lead up to a very, very big twist at the end of the Bloodwork case that launches 'Crisis.'"
   3. https://www.cbr.com/tom-cavanagh-crisis-on-infinite-earths-pariah/

SUPERGIRL NEWS:

1. Supergirl: Mehcad Brooks Exiting the CW Series Next Season (Date: 19 July 2019)
   5. Mehcad Brooks, who portrays James Olsen on Supergirl, is leaving the CW series in its upcoming Season 5. Brooks is leaving the series to shift his attention to work on feature films, developing a cable series and writing a book.
   6. https://www.cbr.com/mehcad-brooks-exiting-supergirl/
2. Jeremy Jordan Returning to 'Supergirl' for Season 5 (Exclusive) (Date: 18 July 2019)
   1. Jeremy Jordan, who departed Supergirl after season three, will be reuniting with the crew on the upcoming fifth season of The CW superhero drama as tech wiz Winn, ET has exclusively learned. Jordan is expected to appear in three episodes in the second half of the season, after the annual DC crossover event, though the context in which he comes back and additional storyline details are being kept under wraps.
   2. https://www.etonline.com/jeremy-jordan-returning-to-supergirl-for-season-5-exclusive-128853
3. Supergirl Season 5 Casts Veronica Mars Vet as Budding Superhero Acrata, Plus Several Other Intriguing Additions (Date: 20 July 2019)
   1. Two new faces are coming to Supergirl in Season 5 as series regulars — and they have very different plans for National City. 
   2. Julie Gonzalo is playing DC Comics character Andrea Rojas (aka Acrata), who has a mystical secret.” As revealed on the panel, Andrea will take over as the head of CatCo.
   3. Staz Nair will play as “hardened reporter William Dey, who’s not interested in making friends, he just wants to get the story — but his ties to the criminal underworld could prove problematic.”
   4. Both characters will make their debut in Supergirl‘s fifth season premiere, airing Sunday, Oct. 6. 
   5. And here’s another fun reveal: Jesse Rath’s sister, Meghan Rath (Hawaii Five-0), will appear as a female Brainiac 5.
   6. The show also unveiled an official first look at Kara’s new costume for Season 5 — Supergirl has pants!
   7. https://tvline.com/2019/07/20/supergirl-season-5-cast-new-characters-acrata-william-dey/?fbclid=IwAR0Sz1TpXFlRyhYlB1ujwTuxVzNGS-6B08LU_XdCYaRHFs1e0CICBOEgNz4
4. Supergirl Battles Lena Luthor in First Season 5 Trailer (Date: 20 July 2019)
   1. The first look at the fifth season of The CW's Supergirl was unveiled Saturday at Comic-Con International in San Diego. "One of our big bads this season is Leviathan, so we're bringing that into our canon this year... This season is going to be about how technology effects us," executive producer Robert Rovner explained. "We'll be seeing how our villains this season use technology against us and how our heroes bring us back."
   2. https://www.cbr.com/supergirl-season-5-sdcc-trailer/?utm_content=bufferadea7&utm_medium=Social-Distribution&utm_source=CBR-TW&utm_campaign=CBR-TW

FLASH NEWS

1. The Flash Will Launch New Storytelling Format for Season 6 (Date: 23 July 2019)
   6. The Flash is trying something new for Season 6. Instead of one season-long story arc, Season 6 will be broken down into two chapters that feature their own individual villains. The first half will end in this year's five-show crossover "Crisis on Infinite Earths," then pick up afterwards with a new story for the second half.
   7. https://www.cbr.com/flash-season-6-two-villains-chapters/
2. The Flash Season 6 Will Bring Back Wally West's Kid Flash (Date: 24 July 2019)
   6. Wally West will return to The Flash for Season 6. At Comic-Con International in San Diego, showrunner Eric Wallace revealed Kid Flash will be back -- and he will help his namesake take on one of their greatest villains yet.
   7. "Let's bring Wally West back," Wallace announced at the panel. "Why don't we do it this season... and have Kid Flash and Flash fight one of the greatest Flash villains."
   8. At the time of writing, it is unknown whether Wally will appear in the first half, second half or both

NEXT EPISODE

Link to Promo: https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/04/08/legends-of-tomorrow-spoilers-season-4-seance-and-sensibility-tra/ (Date: 8 April 2019) 

Episode: “Séance and Sensibility” [Season 4 Episode 11]

Air Date: Monday, April 15, 2019 

Summary: When Mona discovers that her favorite author, Jane Austen, might be at the epicenter of a magical alert, Mona, Sara, Charlie and Zari find themselves in 1809.

Director: Alexandra La Roche

Writers: Grainne Godfree & Jackie Canino

IMDB link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8312950/?ref_=tt_ep_nx

Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday Evenings at 7:30 PM eastern or 6:30 PM Central at www.geeks.live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. Contact us: @StarlingTribune - starlingtribune@gmail.com - www.starlingtribune.com - www.facebook.com/starlingtribune - 612-888-CAVE or 612-888-2283.

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You can find us on iTunes under ''Starling Tribune." We are very thankful for all of our positive iTunes reviews. You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at www.starlingtribune.com

This podcast was recorded on Thursday July 25th, 2019.

Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoyed the show!

Audio Production by Stargate Pioneer of GonnaGeek.com.

Starling Tribune - Season 7.5 Edition – “The Getaway” Review (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) ST245

Episode:            “The Getaway” [Season 4 Episode 10]

Air Date:           Monday, April 8, 2019 

Director:           Viet Nguyen

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0629152/?ref_=tt_ov_dr  

                        2x The Flash / 2x Legends / 1x Lucifer / 4x iZombie

Writers: Matthew Maala

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5279759/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5 

                        11x Legends

Ubah Mohamed

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6763803/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr6 

                        2x The Whispers / 1x Arrow / 5x Legends

Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45o3W_oT4DI

Arrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Inmate 4587 15-Oct-18 1.43

02 The Longbow Hunters 22-Oct-18 1.18

03 Crossing Lines 29-Oct-18 1.15

04 Level Two 5-Nov-18 1.08

05 The Demon 12-Nov-18 1.26

06 Due Process 19-Nov-18 1.03

07 The Slabside Redemption 26-Nov-18 1.31

08 Unmasked 3-Dec-18 1.35

09 Elseworlds Part 2 10-Dec-18 2.06

10 My Name Is Emiko Queen 21-Jan-19 1.22

11 Past Sins 28-Jan-19 1.18

12 Emerald Archer 4-Feb-19 1.07

13 Star City Slayer 11-Feb-19 1.09

14 Brothers & Sisters 4-Mar-19 0.89

15 Training Day 11-Mar-19 1.02

16 Star City 2040 18-Mar-19 1.00

17 Inheritance 25-Mar-19 1.01

18 Lost Canary 15-Apr-19 0.71

19 Spartan 22-Apr-19 0.71

20 Confessions 29-Apr-19 0.64

21 Living Proof 6-May-19 0.63

22 You Have Saved This City 13-May-19  0.95

Legends Of Tomorrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Virgin Gary 22-Oct-18 1.00

02 Witch Hunt 29-Oct-18 0.94

03 Dancing Queen 5-Nov-18 0.86

04 Wet Hot American Bummer 12-Nov-18 0.90

05 Tagumo Attacks 19-Nov-18 0.91

06 Tender Is The Nate 26-Nov-18 0.97

07 Hell No, Dolly! 3-Dec-18 0.93

08 Legends of To-Meow-Meow 10-Dec-18 1.10

09 Lucha de Aquestas 1-Apr-19 0.92

10 The Getaway 8-Apr-19 0.95

11 Séance & Sensibility 15-Apr-19 0.98

12 The Eggplant, The Witch & The Wardrobe 22-Apr-19 0.85

13 Egg MacGuffin 29-Apr-19 0.91

14 Nip Stuck 6-May-19 0.94

15 Terms Of Service 13-May-19 0.99

16 Hey World 20-May-19 1.05

Supergirl

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 American Alien 14-Oct-18 1.52

02 Fallout 21-Oct-18 1.34

03 Man Of Steel 28-Oct-18 1.28

04 Ahimsa 4-Nov-18 1.23

05 Parasite Lost 11-Nov-18 1.16

06 Call To Action 18-Nov-18 1.13

07 Rather the Fallen Angel 25-Nov-18 1.15

08 Bunker Hill 2-Dec-18 1.26

09 Elseworlds Part 3 11-Dec-18 2.17

10 Suspicious Minds 20-Jan-19 1.04

11 Blood Memory 27-Jan-19 1.34

12 Menagerie 17-Feb-19 1.15

13 What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way 3-Mar-19 1.14

14 Stand and Deliver 10-Mar-19 1.05

15 O Brother, Where Art Thou 17-Mar-19 1.07

16 The House of L 24-Mar-19 1.12

17 All About Eve 31-Mar-19 1.06

18 Crime and Punishment 21-Apr-19 0.99

19 American Dreamer 28-Apr-19 1.14

20 Will The Real Miss Tessmacher Please Stand Up 5-May-19 1.05

21 Red Dawn 12-May-19 1.11

22 The Quest For Peace 19-May-19 1.07

The Flash

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Nora 9-Oct-17 2.08

02 Blocked 16-Oct-18 1.69

03 The Death of Vibe 23-Oct-18 1.87

04 News Flash 30-Oct-18 1.75

05 All Doll’d Up 13-Nov-18 1.73

06 The Icicle Cometh 20-Nov-18 1.60

07 O Come, All Ye Thankful 27-Nov-18 1.79

08 What’s Past Is Prologue 4-Dec-18 1.78

09 Elseworlds Part 1 9-Dec-18 1.83

10 The Flash & The Furious 15-Jan-19 1.64

11 Seeing Red 22-Jan-19 1.88

12 Memorabilia 29-Jan-19 2.04

13 Goldfaced 5-Feb-19 1.89

14 Cause and 12-Feb-19 XS 1.71

15 King Shark vs. Gorilla Grodd 1.67

16 Failure Is An Orphan 12-Mar-19 1.55

17 Time Bomb 19-Mar-19 1.64

18 Godspeed 16-Apr-19 1.31

19 Snow Pack 23-Apr-19 1.63

20 Gone Rogue 30-Apr-19 1.37

21 The Girl With The Red Lightning 6-May-19 1.45

22 Legacy 14-May-19 1.53

BLACK LIGHTNING

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter One: Rise of the Green Light Babies 9-Oct-18 1.16

02 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Two: Black Jesus Blues 16-Oct-18 1.02

03 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Three: Master Lowry 23-Oct-18 1.18

04 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Four: Translucent Freak 30-Oct-18 0.97

05 The Book Of Blood: Chapter One: Requiem 13-Nov-18 0.90

06 The Book Of Blood: Chapter Two: The Perdi 20-Nov-18 0.99

07 The Book Of Blood: Chapter Three: The Sange 27-Nov-18 1.06

08 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter One: Exodus 4-Dec-18 0.96

09 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter Two: Gift of the Magi 11-Dec-18 1.13

10 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter Three: Angelitos Negros 21-Jan-19 0.86

11 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter One: Prodigal Son 28-Jan-19 0.93

12 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter Two: Just And Unjust 4-Feb-19 0.95

13 The Book of Secrets: Chapter Three: Pillar of Fire 11-Feb-19 0.94

14 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter Four: Original Sin 4-Mar-19 0.77

15 The Book Of The Apocalypse: Chapter One: The Alpha 11-Mar-19 0.75

16 The Book Of The Apocalypse: Chapter Two: The Omega 18-Mar-19 0.85

Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters

• What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name?
• • Team escapes w/an RV called The Getaway
  • Nora escapes b/c getting blamed
• Time travel
• • 1973 Orlando
  • • President Nixon tells the truth about being a crook
    • Nixon’s truth telling causes a global crisis and no career for Robert Redford
    • Sara and Ray go and take Nixon; Charlie uses her powers
    • “We forgot Charlie!”
    • Barnes Family Vacation
    • Jar gets stuck; cops called; Ray freaks out; the bug goes nuts because all of the lies
    • Bug goes into Ray, who tells the truth, cop thinks it’s drugs
    • RV gets pulled over by Hank, truth bug gets into Nixon
    • Ray flashes Nixon
• Fight scenes and stunts
• • Diner
  • • Mona in wolf form, attacks agents
    • Mona hits Constantine, throws Sara
    • Sara - I was wrong; don’t bury feelings
    • Mona returns to regular self 
• Sara Lance / White Canary
• • Still on the outs w/the Bureau and has to be worried about Mona
  • Cuts Mona off - need to 
  • Has trouble reading a map
  • Everything is not fine; blames Mona for situation
  • Maybe family is the people you don’t mind being annoyed by
  • Rate her as Captain: 
• Ray Palmer / The Atom 
• • Wants to talk about feelings
  • Tells a lot of truth about Constantine and Sara
• Mick Rory / Heat Wave
• • Don’t touch the red button
  • Kill all the cops
• Zari
• • Has a thing for Nate
  • Has Gary help w/exposing the conspiracy
  • Bricks the ship
  • Takes over the airwaves
  • Arrives in Waverider
• John Constantine
• •  Pulls out insect - agent of Ma’at, goddess of truth; feeds off lies
  • Spell - fake RV goes straight, real one turns off road
  • Gives Sara her own pep talk
• Charlie 
• • Pretends to be Nixon
• Gideon
• •  
• Mona
• • Tries to tell Sara the truth
  • In charge of the roach, but pokes hole for air
  • Takes bike
  • Confronts Bureau goons in diner
• Nate Heywood / Steel 
• • Pretending to be on Hank’s side
  • Says they can trust Gary
  • Gets Hank to reveal info to reset password; gets to know Hank better
  • Hank tells him info about Legends, gets Hank to pull over, gives Zari info
  • Feels closer to Hank
  • Gets Hank to release Legends, no more lies
  •  
• Ava Sharpe  
• • Leave of absence; Hank in charge
• Time Bureau
• • Hank wants to catch the Legends
  • • Take over Waverider
    • Hank hunts for Legends the “old-fashioned” way
    • Hank takes cop car - new sheriff in town
    • Neron contacts him using public telephone
    • Gets radio on
    • Everything I’ve done is for you
    • Meets Neron in office and tells him that he doesn’t want to be partners anymore; says Nate is his partner
    • Neron attacks Hank; Nora feels it, escapes to try to save Hank; Nate blames her, so she escapes
  • Gary - index cards and yarn
  • • Gary goes to Nora for help
    • Nora and Gary discover paperwork connecting Hank to past properties
    • Nora feels Neron’s presence
    • Baltimore test site - Zari saw this w/Argus in future

ARROW NEWS:

1. Arrow's Katherine McNamara Promoted to Series Regular for Final Season (Date: 11 July 2019)
   1. TVLine has learned that Katherine McNamara, who debuted and recurred during Season 7 as the 2040 street fighter-turned-rebel leader, has been promoted to series regular status for the CW drama’s 10-episode farewell run.
   2. The news comes as little surprise seeing as Joseph David-Jones, who plays Future Connor Hawke — Ben Turner aka Bronze Tiger’s son, who is ultimately adopted by Diggle and Lyla — was himself promoted to series regular last month. Plus, as first reported by TVLine, the role of Diggle and Lyla’s grown-up biological son, John Jr., is being cast for the flash-forward storyline, in which he thus far has only been referenced or encountered off-screen.
   3. Arrow kicks off its 10-episode final season on Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 9;8c, with the premiere titled “Starling City.”
   4. https://tvline.com/2019/07/11/arrow-final-season-8-katherine-mcnamara-series-regular-mia/

GENERAL DC News

1. Legends of Tomorrow: Constantine to Return for Season 5 (Date: 10 July 2019)
   1. Ryan is returning as a series regular for the show's fifth season which will debut at midseason. This will surely be good news for Constantine fans as well as will be very helpful for the Legends themselves considering how the Season 4 finale teased at a major new threat coming for not just the team, but the world.
   2. https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/07/10/legends-of-tomorrow-matt-ryan-constantine-series-regular-season-/
2. DC's Legends of Tomorrow ups Astra actress to series regular for season 5 (Date: 11 July 2019)
   5. Astra Logue will continue to cause trouble for DC’s Legends of Tomorrow in season 5. EW can exclusively reveal that Olivia Swann, who portrays Astra, a.k.a. Constantine’s Achilles heel, has been promoted to series regular for season 5. It’s fair to say this doesn’t mean anything good for the Legends seeing as how last season ended with Astra releasing the souls of Genghis Khan, Charles Manson, and many other historical bad guys back into the world of the living.
   6. “A lot of what Constantine is going to be dealing with this is season is his very complicated relationship with her and a desire to save her despite all the pain and trouble she’s putting us through,” producer Keto Shimizu says.
   7. https://ew.com/tv/2019/07/11/legends-of-tomorrow-olivia-swann-astra-season-5-big-bad/?fbclid=IwAR1zBlzTX-AvAV542Dkwru8L3t2QDASfBo9kTGVrs34cJIExf2QHrxNTTZs

NEXT EPISODE

Link to Promo: https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/04/08/legends-of-tomorrow-spoilers-season-4-seance-and-sensibility-tra/ (Date: 8 April 2019) 

Episode: “Séance and Sensibility” [Season 4 Episode 11]

Air Date: Monday, April 15, 2019 

Summary: When Mona discovers that her favorite author, Jane Austen, might be at the epicenter of a magical alert, Mona, Sara, Charlie and Zari find themselves in 1809.

Director: Alexandra La Roche

Writers: Grainne Godfree & Jackie Canino

IMDB link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8312950/?ref_=tt_ep_nx

Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday Evenings at 7:30 PM eastern or 6:30 PM Central at www.geeks.live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. Contact us: @StarlingTribune - starlingtribune@gmail.com - www.starlingtribune.com - www.facebook.com/starlingtribune - 612-888-CAVE or 612-888-2283.

Starling Tribune is proud to be a member of the GonnaGeek network found at GonnaGeek.com. For more geeky podcast visit GonnaGeek.com.

You can find us on iTunes under ''Starling Tribune." We are very thankful for all of our positive iTunes reviews. You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at www.starlingtribune.com

This podcast was recorded on Thursday July 11th, 2019.

Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoyed the show!

Audio Production by Stargate Pioneer of GonnaGeek.com.

Starling Tribune - Season 7.5 Edition – “Lucha de Apuestas” Review (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) ST244

Episode:            “Lucha de Apuestas” [Season 4 Episode 9]

Air Date:           Monday, April 1, 2019 

Director:           Andrew Kasch

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1756590/?ref_=tt_ov_dr 

                        1x Legends / various shorts and documentaries

Editor: 21x Legends / 1x Flash / 1x Black Lightning 

Writers: Keto Shimizu

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2582956/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5 

                        13x Legends / 11x Arrow 1x Flash / 7x The Cape

Tyron B. Carter

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8620229/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr6 

                        5x Legends / 1x Arrow

Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkUxJZ12NDk

Arrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Inmate 4587 15-Oct-18 1.43

02 The Longbow Hunters 22-Oct-18 1.18

03 Crossing Lines 29-Oct-18 1.15

04 Level Two 5-Nov-18 1.08

05 The Demon 12-Nov-18 1.26

06 Due Process 19-Nov-18 1.03

07 The Slabside Redemption 26-Nov-18 1.31

08 Unmasked 3-Dec-18 1.35

09 Elseworlds Part 2 10-Dec-18 2.06

10 My Name Is Emiko Queen 21-Jan-19 1.22

11 Past Sins 28-Jan-19 1.18

12 Emerald Archer 4-Feb-19 1.07

13 Star City Slayer 11-Feb-19 1.09

14 Brothers & Sisters 4-Mar-19 0.89

15 Training Day 11-Mar-19 1.02

16 Star City 2040 18-Mar-19 1.00

17 Inheritance 25-Mar-19 1.01

18 Lost Canary 15-Apr-19 0.71

19 Spartan 22-Apr-19 0.71

20 Confessions 29-Apr-19 0.64

21 Living Proof 6-May-19 0.63

22 You Have Saved This City 13-May-19  0.95

Legends Of Tomorrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Virgin Gary 22-Oct-18 1.00

02 Witch Hunt 29-Oct-18 0.94

03 Dancing Queen 5-Nov-18 0.86

04 Wet Hot American Bummer 12-Nov-18 0.90

05 Tagumo Attacks 19-Nov-18 0.91

06 Tender Is The Nate 26-Nov-18 0.97

07 Hell No, Dolly! 3-Dec-18 0.93

08 Legends of To-Meow-Meow 10-Dec-18 1.10

09 Lucha de Aquestas 1-Apr-19 0.92

10 The Getaway 8-Apr-19 0.95

11 Séance & Sensibility 15-Apr-19 0.98

12 The Eggplant, The Witch & The Wardrobe 22-Apr-19 0.85

13 Egg MacGuffin 29-Apr-19 0.91

14 Nip Stuck 6-May-19 0.94

15 Terms Of Service 13-May-19 0.99

16 Hey World 20-May-19 1.05

Supergirl

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 American Alien 14-Oct-18 1.52

02 Fallout 21-Oct-18 1.34

03 Man Of Steel 28-Oct-18 1.28

04 Ahimsa 4-Nov-18 1.23

05 Parasite Lost 11-Nov-18 1.16

06 Call To Action 18-Nov-18 1.13

07 Rather the Fallen Angel 25-Nov-18 1.15

08 Bunker Hill 2-Dec-18 1.26

09 Elseworlds Part 3 11-Dec-18 2.17

10 Suspicious Minds 20-Jan-19 1.04

11 Blood Memory 27-Jan-19 1.34

12 Menagerie 17-Feb-19 1.15

13 What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way 3-Mar-19 1.14

14 Stand and Deliver 10-Mar-19 1.05

15 O Brother, Where Art Thou 17-Mar-19 1.07

16 The House of L 24-Mar-19 1.12

17 All About Eve 31-Mar-19 1.06

18 Crime and Punishment 21-Apr-19 0.99

19 American Dreamer 28-Apr-19 1.14

20 Will The Real Miss Tessmacher Please Stand Up 5-May-19 1.05

21 Red Dawn 12-May-19 1.11

22 The Quest For Peace 19-May-19 1.07

The Flash

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Nora 9-Oct-17 2.08

02 Blocked 16-Oct-18 1.69

03 The Death of Vibe 23-Oct-18 1.87

04 News Flash 30-Oct-18 1.75

05 All Doll’d Up 13-Nov-18 1.73

06 The Icicle Cometh 20-Nov-18 1.60

07 O Come, All Ye Thankful 27-Nov-18 1.79

08 What’s Past Is Prologue 4-Dec-18 1.78

09 Elseworlds Part 1 9-Dec-18 1.83

10 The Flash & The Furious 15-Jan-19 1.64

11 Seeing Red 22-Jan-19 1.88

12 Memorabilia 29-Jan-19 2.04

13 Goldfaced 5-Feb-19 1.89

14 Cause and 12-Feb-19 XS 1.71

15 King Shark vs. Gorilla Grodd 1.67

16 Failure Is An Orphan 12-Mar-19 1.55

17 Time Bomb 19-Mar-19 1.64

18 Godspeed 16-Apr-19 1.31

19 Snow Pack 23-Apr-19 1.63

20 Gone Rogue 30-Apr-19 1.37

21 The Girl With The Red Lightning 6-May-19 1.45

22 Legacy 14-May-19 1.53

BLACK LIGHTNING

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter One: Rise of the Green Light Babies 9-Oct-18 1.16

02 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Two: Black Jesus Blues 16-Oct-18 1.02

03 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Three: Master Lowry 23-Oct-18 1.18

04 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Four: Translucent Freak 30-Oct-18 0.97

05 The Book Of Blood: Chapter One: Requiem 13-Nov-18 0.90

06 The Book Of Blood: Chapter Two: The Perdi 20-Nov-18 0.99

07 The Book Of Blood: Chapter Three: The Sange 27-Nov-18 1.06

08 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter One: Exodus 4-Dec-18 0.96

09 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter Two: Gift of the Magi 11-Dec-18 1.13

10 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter Three: Angelitos Negros 21-Jan-19 0.86

11 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter One: Prodigal Son 28-Jan-19 0.93

12 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter Two: Just And Unjust 4-Feb-19 0.95

13 The Book of Secrets: Chapter Three: Pillar of Fire 11-Feb-19 0.94

14 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter Four: Original Sin 4-Mar-19 0.77

15 The Book Of The Apocalypse: Chapter One: The Alpha 11-Mar-19 0.75

16 The Book Of The Apocalypse: Chapter Two: The Omega 18-Mar-19 0.85

Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters

• What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name?
• • Mexican wrestling - Lucha libre
  • Lucha de Apuestas - special type of match - loser takes off mask
  • Ava and Sara reveal their masks - their views on the mission differ
  • Mona gets a new side
  • Hank’s involvement in a cover up is discovered
• Time travel
• • 2018 - Time Bureau
  • • Mona is blamed for the Kaupe’s escape
    • Hank not happy with Ava; wants Mona fired and threatens Ava’s job
  • 1961 - Mexico City
  • • El Lobo - Konane hiding in plain sight
    • Konane - The Hero of the People; no plan, no story, just wins
    • Konane - saves Mona from crowd; take her to where he’s been living
    • Constantine and Mona help Konane learn choreography
    • Mona uses Rory’s book to explain to Konane why he needs to lose
    • Extraction team orders evacuation
    • Mona ready to send Konane home; Bureau guy kills Konane; Mona changes into a werewolf; Mona kills Bureau guy
  •  
• Fight scenes and stunts
• • Konane fights Legends
  • • Protecting home; Mona stops him
    • Sara tranqs Konane
    • Constantine smashes bottle
    • Charlie keeps crowd involve
    • Rory and Ray fight
    • Bureau guy ends up in ring; Konane and El Cura fight him
    • Bureau guy ready to shoot Konane; El Cura does his signature move
  • Match
  • • Ray hits Time Bureau guy with chair
    • Rory - finally, a real fight
• Sara Lance / White Canary
• • Tells Mona that they believe her, but she didn’t mean it
  • Focused on task to “save” Ava
  • Ava overrides Gideon’s controls to contact her; Ava not happy, so masks location; hangs up on Ava
  • Goes to gala to talk to Ava; tango and talk
  • Upset that Ava thinks it is okay for Hank to experiment on creatures 
  • Rate her as Captain: 
• Ray Palmer / The Atom 
• • Petition to become interim captain - no time travel
  • Team building card game to learn from mistakes
  • Talked into saving Mexico City by Charlie and Constantine
  • Acts as the referee 
• Mick Rory / Heat Wave
• • Reveals true plan to Mona
  • Surprised to hear Mona use his story to explain situation
  • Tells Mona that Buck and Gamora couldn’t be together; they are from different worlds; gives Mona a time device
  •  
• Zari
• • Convinces Sara to look into the Bureau
  • Finds evidence; Nate knows number - belongs to Hank
  • Gets actual footage from Hank’s phone
• John Constantine
• • Modern morality play - Lucha Libre
  • El Cura - fan of his movies; defeated by Konane
  • Gives pep talk to El Cura 
• Charlie 
• •  
• Gideon 
• • Lobo’s disappearance causes riots
• Nate Heywood / Steel 
• • Family throwing a fundraising benefit
  • Invites Zari to gala
  • Mom wants grandchildren
  • Uses photo moment so Zari can get phone
  • Confronts Hank about footage; Hank says there was a purpose; Nate says he’s upset he wasn’t brought in, which is an act
  •  
• Ava Sharpe  
• • I shouldn’t have been off galavanting
  • Doesn’t believe in coverup; wants Sara to turn in Konane and Mona
  • Won’t listen to Sara; orders and extraction team to stop match 
  • Looks like you saved history again. Hangs up on Sara.
  • Legends were sending creatures to Hell; why is protecting them now more important than protecting me, Sara?
• Time Bureau
• • Mona’s parents say she was in a cycling accident; parents not happy with Mona
  • Gary sent to fire Mona; no one believes her story; Gary about to flash her; struggle; Gary gets flashed instead; Mona gets his jacket and time bracelet
  • Konane at hospital; Mona sends him into time; shot by Rory
  • Gary comes back completely confused

ARROW NEWS:

1. The CW Sets Fall Premiere Dates for The Flash, Batwoman, Arrow and More (Date: 17 June 2019)
   1. SUNDAY, OCT. 6
      1. 8 pm BATWOMAN (series premiere)
      2. 9 pm Supergirl (season premiere)
   2. TUESDAY, OCT. 8
      1. 8 pm The Flash (season premiere)
   3. TUESDAY, OCT. 15
      1. 8 pm The Flash (new episode)
      2. 9 pm Arrow (final season premiere)
   4. MONDAY, OCT. 21
      1. 8 pm All American (new episode)
      2. 9 pm Black Lightning (season premiere)
   5. https://tvline.com/2019/06/17/the-cw-fall-premiere-dates-the-flash-batwoman-arrow/
2. WBTV Announces Comic-Con International's Arrowverse Panel Lineup (Date: 24 June 2019)
   1. SATURDAY, JULY 20 — Ballroom 20
   2. ‪10:30–11:45 a.m. Batwoman Pilot Screening and Q&A
   3. 3:30–4:15 p.m. Arrow Special Video Presentation and Q&A
   4. 4:15–5:00 p.m. Supergirl Special Video Presentation and Q&A 
   5. 5:00–5:45 p.m. Black Lightning Special Video Presentation and Q&A
   6. 5:45–6:30 p.m. The Flash Special Video Presentation and Q&A
   7. https://www.cbr.com/wbtv-announces-comic-con-internationals-arrowverse-panel-lineup/
3. Tala Ashe’s Twitter Account (Date: 24 June 2019)
   1. We Are Lotzers @caitylotzarmy
      1. Disappointed to hear that #LegendsOfTomorrow won't be at this year's #SDCC
   2. Tala Ashe’s reply:
      1. us not being invited to comic con is the most on-brand Legends thing to happen to us this week (year??)
   3. https://twitter.com/talaashe/status/1143286344455770112
4. Stephen Amell’s Twitter Account (Date: 24 June 2019)
   1. Stephen Amell’s reaction to Arrow being a clue on Jeopardy: This is sh!t you can’t buy.
   2. Clue: This show starring Stephen Amell as a billionaire who takes aim at crime began in 2012; get the point?
   3. https://twitter.com/StephenAmell/status/1143169106620776449

GENERAL DC News

1. DC Comics Just Killed Its Vertigo Imprint (Date: 21 June 2019)
   1. DC Entertainment has confirmed that as of January 2020, Vertigo—renamed in part for last year’s shakeup as DC Vertigo—will wrap up operations, as will the DC Zoom and DC Ink YA brands.
   2. Replacing Vertigo, Zoom, and Ink will be three new age-banded labels for all of DC Comics’ content: DC Kids, for readers aged 8-12; DC, for readers 13 and above; and finally DC Black Label, for readers 17 and above.
   3. In a statement acknowledging the closure, DC Editor in Chief Dan DiDio stated: We’re returning to a singular presentation of the DC brand that was present throughout most of our history until 1993 when we launched Vertigo to provide an outlet for edgier material. That kind of material is now mainstream across all genres, so we thought it was the right time to bring greater clarity to the DC brand and reinforce our commitment to storytelling for all of our fans in every age group. This new system will replace the age ratings we currently use on our material.

NEXT EPISODE

Link to Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45o3W_oT4DI (Date: 1 April 2019) 

Episode: “The Getaway” [Season 4 Episode 10]

Air Date: Monday, April 8, 2019

Summary: When Hank commandeers the Waverider in 1973, the Legends find themselves on the run in an RV after kidnapping the President who is only able to tell the truth.

Director: Viet Nguyen

Writers: Matthew Maala & Ubah Mohamed

IMDB link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8312946/?ref_=tt_ep_nx

Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday Evenings at 7:30 PM eastern or 6:30 PM Central at www.geeks.live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. Contact us: @StarlingTribune - starlingtribune@gmail.com - www.starlingtribune.com - www.facebook.com/starlingtribune - 612-888-CAVE or 612-888-2283.

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This podcast was recorded on Thursday June 27th, 2019.

Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoyed the show!

Audio Production by Stargate Pioneer of GonnaGeek.com.

Starling Tribune - Season 7.5 Edition – “Legends of To-Meow-Meow” Review (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) ST243

Episode:            “Legends of To-Meow-Meow” [Season 4 Episode 8]

Air Date:           Monday, December 10, 2018

Director:           Ben Hernandez Bray

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004554/?ref_=tt_ov_dr  

                        3x Arrow / 3x Legends / 2x Supergirl

Writers: James Eagan

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247063/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5  

                        2x Reaper / 3x Hellcats / 7x Legends

Ray Utarnachitt

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1234711/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr6  

                        2x Person of Interest / 1x Flash / 1x Supergirl / 13x Legends

Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-jvqxTqMbU

Arrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Inmate 4587 15-Oct-18 1.43

02 The Longbow Hunters 22-Oct-18 1.18

03 Crossing Lines 29-Oct-18 1.15

04 Level Two 5-Nov-18 1.08

05 The Demon 12-Nov-18 1.26

06 Due Process 19-Nov-18 1.03

07 The Slabside Redemption 26-Nov-18 1.31

08 Unmasked 3-Dec-18 1.35

09 Elseworlds Part 2 10-Dec-18 2.06

10 My Name Is Emiko Queen 21-Jan-19 1.22

11 Past Sins 28-Jan-19 1.18

12 Emerald Archer 4-Feb-19 1.07

13 Star City Slayer 11-Feb-19 1.09

14 Brothers & Sisters 4-Mar-19 0.89

15 Training Day 11-Mar-19 1.02

16 Star City 2040 18-Mar-19 1.00

17 Inheritance 25-Mar-19 1.01

18 Lost Canary 15-Apr-19 0.71

19 Spartan 22-Apr-19 0.71

20 Confessions 29-Apr-19 0.64

21 Living Proof 6-May-19 0.63

22 You Have Saved This City 13-May-19  0.95

Legends Of Tomorrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Virgin Gary 22-Oct-18 1.00

02 Witch Hunt 29-Oct-18 0.94

03 Dancing Queen 5-Nov-18 0.86

04 Wet Hot American Bummer 12-Nov-18 0.90

05 Tagumo Attacks 19-Nov-18 0.91

06 Tender Is The Nate 26-Nov-18 0.97

07 Hell No, Dolly! 3-Dec-18 0.93

08 Legends of To-Meow-Meow 10-Dec-18 1.10

09 Lucha de Aquestas 1-Apr-19 0.92

10 The Getaway 8-Apr-19 0.95

11 Séance & Sensibility 15-Apr-19 0.98

12 The Eggplant, The Witch & The Wardrobe 22-Apr-19 0.85

13 Egg MacGuffin 29-Apr-19 0.91

14 Nip Stuck 6-May-19 0.94

15 Terms Of Service 13-May-19 0.99

16 Hey World 20-May-19 1.05

Supergirl

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 American Alien 14-Oct-18 1.52

02 Fallout 21-Oct-18 1.34

03 Man Of Steel 28-Oct-18 1.28

04 Ahimsa 4-Nov-18 1.23

05 Parasite Lost 11-Nov-18 1.16

06 Call To Action 18-Nov-18 1.13

07 Rather the Fallen Angel 25-Nov-18 1.15

08 Bunker Hill 2-Dec-18 1.26

09 Elseworlds Part 3 11-Dec-18 2.17

10 Suspicious Minds 20-Jan-19 1.04

11 Blood Memory 27-Jan-19 1.34

12 Menagerie 17-Feb-19 1.15

13 What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way 3-Mar-19 1.14

14 Stand and Deliver 10-Mar-19 1.05

15 O Brother, Where Art Thou 17-Mar-19 1.07

16 The House of L 24-Mar-19 1.12

17 All About Eve 31-Mar-19 1.06

18 Crime and Punishment 21-Apr-19 0.99

19 American Dreamer 28-Apr-19 1.14

20 Will The Real Miss Tessmacher Please Stand Up 5-May-19 1.05

21 Red Dawn 12-May-19 1.11

22 The Quest For PEave 19-May-19 1.07

The Flash

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Nora 9-Oct-17 2.08

02 Blocked 16-Oct-18 1.69

03 The Death of Vibe 23-Oct-18 1.87

04 News Flash 30-Oct-18 1.75

05 All Doll’d Up 13-Nov-18 1.73

06 The Icicle Cometh 20-Nov-18 1.60

07 O Come, All Ye Thankful 27-Nov-18 1.79

08 What’s Past Is Prologue 4-Dec-18 1.78

09 Elseworlds Part 1 9-Dec-18 1.83

10 The Flash & The Furious 15-Jan-19 1.64

11 Seeing Red 22-Jan-19 1.88

12 Memorabilia 29-Jan-19 2.04

13 Goldfaced 5-Feb-19 1.89

14 Cause and 12-Feb-19 XS 1.71

15 King Shark vs. Gorilla Grodd 1.67

16 Failure Is An Orphan 12-Mar-19 1.55

17 Time Bomb 19-Mar-19 1.64

18 Godspeed 16-Apr-19 1.31

19 Snow Pack 23-Apr-19 1.63

20 Gone Rogue 30-Apr-19 1.37

21 The Girl With The Red Lightning 6-May-19 1.45

22 Legacy 14-May-19 1.53

BLACK LIGHTNING

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter One: Rise of the Green Light Babies 9-Oct-18 1.16

02 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Two: Black Jesus Blues 16-Oct-18 1.02

03 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Three: Master Lowry 23-Oct-18 1.18

04 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Four: Translucent Freak 30-Oct-18 0.97

05 The Book Of Blood: Chapter One: Requiem 13-Nov-18 0.90

06 The Book Of Blood: Chapter Two: The Perdi 20-Nov-18 0.99

07 The Book Of Blood: Chapter Three: The Sange 27-Nov-18 1.06

08 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter One: Exodus 4-Dec-18 0.96

09 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter Two: Gift of the Magi 11-Dec-18 1.13

10 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter Three: Angelitos Negros 21-Jan-19 0.86

11 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter One: Prodigal Son 28-Jan-19 0.93

12 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter Two: Just And Unjust 4-Feb-19 0.95

13 The Book of Secrets: Chapter Three: Pillar of Fire 11-Feb-19 0.94

14 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter Four: Original Sin 4-Mar-19 0.77

15 The Book Of The Apocalypse: Chapter One: The Alpha 11-Mar-19 0.75

16 The Book Of The Apocalypse: Chapter Two: The Omega 18-Mar-19 0.85

Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters

• What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name?
• Time travel
• • 1962 - Las Vegas
  • • Zari’s a cat
    • Charlie finds Red, a leprechaun
    • Ray, Nate, and Rory burst in with guns; Ray kills leprechaun
    • Retro music: Custodians of the Chronology

NEXT EPISODE

Link to Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkUxJZ12NDk (Date: 11 March 2019)

Episode: “Lucha de Apuestas” [Season 4 Episode 9]

Air Date: Monday, April 1, 2019

Summary: When the Legends hear that Mona has let a fugitive go, they must head to 1961 Mexico City to clean up her mess. Mona tries to convince the Legends and the Bureau that the people responsible for releasing the fugitive were some mysterious Men in Black and not her.

Director: Andrew Kasch

Writers: Keto Shimizu & Tyron B. Carter

IMDB link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8312942/?ref_=tt_ep_nx

Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday Evenings at 7:30 PM eastern or 6:30 PM Central at www.geeks.live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. Contact us: @StarlingTribune - starlingtribune@gmail.com - www.starlingtribune.com - www.facebook.com/starlingtribune - 612-888-CAVE or 612-888-2283.

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You can find us on iTunes under ''Starling Tribune." We are very thankful for all of our positive iTunes reviews. You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at www.starlingtribune.com

This podcast was recorded on Thursday June 13th, 2019.

Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoyed the show!

Audio Production by Stargate Pioneer of GonnaGeek.com.

Starling Tribune - Season 7.5 Edition – Hell No, Dolly (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) ST242

Episode:            “Hell No, Dolly!” [Season 4 Episode 7]

Air Date:           Monday, Dec 3, 2018

Director:           April Mullen

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0611983/?ref_=tt_ov_dr  

                        2x Killjoys / 3x Legends / 4x Wynonna Earp

Writers: Grainne Godfree

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3113826/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5  

                        4x The Tomorrow People / 1x Arrow / 6x Flash / 15x Legends

Morgan Faust

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1158909/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr6  

                        6x Legends

Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8TPwcRD9bQ

Arrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Inmate 4587 15-Oct-18 1.43

02 The Longbow Hunters 22-Oct-18 1.18

03 Crossing Lines 29-Oct-18 1.15

04 Level Two 5-Nov-18 1.08

05 The Demon 12-Nov-18 1.26

06 Due Process 19-Nov-18 1.03

07 The Slabside Redemption 26-Nov-18 1.31

08 Unmasked 3-Dec-18 1.35

09 Elseworlds Part 2 10-Dec-18 2.06

10 My Name Is Emiko Queen 21-Jan-19 1.22

11 Past Sins 28-Jan-19 1.18

12 Emerald Archer 4-Feb-19 1.07

13 Star City Slayer 11-Feb-19 1.09

14 Brothers & Sisters 4-Mar-19 0.89

15 Training Day 11-Mar-19 1.02

16 Star City 2040 18-Mar-19 1.00

17 Inheritance 25-Mar-19 1.01

18 Lost Canary 15-Apr-19 0.71

19 Spartan 22-Apr-19 0.71

20 Confessions 29-Apr-19 0.64

21 Living Proof 6-May-19 0.63

22 You Have Saved This City 13-May-19  0.95

Legends Of Tomorrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Virgin Gary 22-Oct-18 1.00

02 Witch Hunt 29-Oct-18 0.94

03 Dancing Queen 5-Nov-18 0.86

04 Wet Hot American Bummer 12-Nov-18 0.90

05 Tagumo Attacks 19-Nov-18 0.91

06 Tender Is The Nate 26-Nov-18 0.97

07 Hell No, Dolly! 3-Dec-18 0.93

08 Legends of To-Meow-Meow 10-Dec-18 1.10

09 Lucha de Aquestas 1-Apr-19 0.92

10 The Getaway 8-Apr-19 0.95

11 Séance & Sensibility 15-Apr-19 0.98

12 The Eggplant, The Witch & The Wardrobe 22-Apr-19 0.85

13 Egg MacGuffin 29-Apr-19 0.91

14 Nip Stuck 6-May-19 0.94

15 Terms Of Service 13-May-19 0.99

Supergirl

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 American Alien 14-Oct-18 1.52

02 Fallout 21-Oct-18 1.34

03 Man Of Steel 28-Oct-18 1.28

04 Ahimsa 4-Nov-18 1.23

05 Parasite Lost 11-Nov-18 1.16

06 Call To Action 18-Nov-18 1.13

07 Rather the Fallen Angel 25-Nov-18 1.15

08 Bunker Hill 2-Dec-18 1.26

09 Elseworlds Part 3 11-Dec-18 2.17

10 Suspicious Minds 20-Jan-19 1.04

11 Blood Memory 27-Jan-19 1.34

12 Menagerie 17-Feb-19 1.15

13 What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way 3-Mar-19 1.14

14 Stand and Deliver 10-Mar-19 1.05

15 O Brother, Where Art Thou 17-Mar-19 1.07

16 The House of L 24-Mar-19 1.12

17 All About Eve 31-Mar-19 1.06

18 Crime and Punishment 21-Apr-19 0.99

19 American Dreamer 28-Apr-19 1.14

20 Will The Real Miss Tessmacher Please Stand Up 5-May-19 1.05

21 Red Dawn 12-May-19 1.11

The Flash

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Nora 9-Oct-17 2.08

02 Blocked 16-Oct-18 1.69

03 The Death of Vibe 23-Oct-18 1.87

04 News Flash 30-Oct-18 1.75

05 All Doll’d Up 13-Nov-18 1.73

06 The Icicle Cometh 20-Nov-18 1.60

07 O Come, All Ye Thankful 27-Nov-18 1.79

08 What’s Past Is Prologue 4-Dec-18 1.78

09 Elseworlds Part 1 9-Dec-18 1.83

10 The Flash & The Furious 15-Jan-19 1.64

11 Seeing Red 22-Jan-19 1.88

12 Memorabilia 29-Jan-19 2.04

13 Goldfaced 5-Feb-19 1.89

14 Cause and 12-Feb-19 XS 1.71

15 King Shark vs. Gorilla Grodd 1.67

16 Failure Is An Orphan 12-Mar-19 1.55

17 Time Bomb 19-Mar-19 1.64

18 Godspeed 16-Apr-19 1.31

19 Snow Pack 23-Apr-19 1.63

20 Gone Rogue 30-Apr-19 1.37

21 The Girl With The Red Lightning 6-May-19 1.45

22 Hey, World! 13-May-19 1.53

BLACK LIGHTNING

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter One: Rise of the Green Light Babies 9-Oct-18 1.16

02 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Two: Black Jesus Blues 16-Oct-18 1.02

03 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Three: Master Lowry 23-Oct-18 1.18

04 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Four: Translucent Freak 30-Oct-18 0.97

05 The Book Of Blood: Chapter One: Requiem 13-Nov-18 0.90

06 The Book Of Blood: Chapter Two: The Perdi 20-Nov-18 0.99

07 The Book Of Blood: Chapter Three: The Sange 27-Nov-18 1.06

08 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter One: Exodus 4-Dec-18 0.96

09 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter Two: Gift of the Magi 11-Dec-18 1.13

10 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter Three: Angelitos Negros 21-Jan-19 0.86

11 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter One: Prodigal Son 28-Jan-19 0.93

12 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter Two: Just And Unjust 4-Feb-19 0.95

13 The Book of Secrets: Chapter Three: Pillar of Fire 11-Feb-19 0.94

14 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter Four: Original Sin 4-Mar-19 0.77

15 The Book Of The Apocalypse: Chapter One: The Alpha 11-Mar-19 0.75

16 The Book Of The Apocalypse: Chapter Two: The Omega 18-Mar-19 0.85

Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters

• What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name?
• • The killer is a spirit that possess dolls
• Time travel
  • Killer walk through walls; Marie Laveau blamed
  • Victims are blondes locked in their bedrooms
  • Laveau senses a Dybbuk from another time; wicked spirit that can’t cross over
  • Ray finds girl with doll; picked wrong doll, gets knocked out
  •  
  • Mona’s first day
  • Bonds with Konane, notices he is injured; uses Hawaiian language book to talk to him
  • “Men in Black” take Konane; Mona goes to stop them; Konane attacks men, Mona tries to stop him, he cuts her; he runs
  • Constantine asks Charlie to help him change time
  • If he doesn’t meet the Legends, Charlie never loses her powers
  • Charlie pretends to be Amaya, gets past him to leave bar
  • Sees flashes of meeting Dez in alley, a few days later
  • Next plan: go to time after meeting Dez and getting him to break up; uses time stone
  • Dez made deal with Neron; he sent Neron back to hell along with Dez
  • Breaks up with Dez; medallion vanishes; time quake happens
  • Time freezes
  • Charlie on Waverider; Zari turned into a cat
• • 1869 New Orleans
  • 2018 Time Bureau
  • 2018 New Orleans - 5 months ago
• Fight scenes and stunts
  • Ava really excited to track a serial killer
  • Stein doll cuts Ava
  • Ava and Stein doll fight
  • Mike the Spike escapes
  • Puppet attacks Ray
  • Sara kicks attack doll
• • Fight against sailor doll; Rory burns doll
  • Spirit finds puppet of Stein
• Sara Lance / White Canary
• • No such thing as a B-team
  • Torn between Rory and Ava on diary issue
  • Knows the doll always comes back
  • Has to explain why the Legends put up with Rory’s little habits
  • “Makes” dinner for Ava and Rory
  • Rate her as Captain:
• Ray Palmer / The Atom
• • Grows a mustache
  • Quiz on cereal box: serial killer question - Marie Laveau; time fugitive
• Mick Rory / Heat Wave
• • Garima is on the ship
  • Angry at Ava
  • Calls Ava a clone, a fake girlfriend
• Zari
• • Has to give Constantine and Charlie a time lecture
  • Tries to find a time loophole; can’t
  • Angry at Constantine
• John Constantine
  • They lived together
  • Dez gave him necklace, has a protection spell
  • Wanted Dez to get out of town
• • Remembering meeting Dez; having memory flashes while being in New Orleans
  • Taken by man; locked in coffin; man with Marie Laveau; she felt the medallion
  • Flashback to time w/Dez (Desmond)
  • Gideon placed tracker in his knickers on orders from Sara; found by Charlie and Zari
  • Asks Charlie for help
  • Neron came to John; the demon wants to take over hell; demon owns his soul
  • Neron needs souls to take over Hell
• Charlie
• • Trying to get her powers back
  • Loves New Orleans
  • Getting older because she is in a body
• Gideon
• •  
• Nate Heywood / Steel
• • Has to give Gary flirting advice
  • Thinks Mona has a crush on Gary, but she actually has a crush on Konane
  • Encourages Mona to follow her heart
• Ava Sharpe  
• • Not a fan of the Waverider only having 1 bathroom
  • Upset Rory still has the diary, so took it
  • Thinks spirit is Mike the Spike
• Time Bureau

ARROW NEWS:

1. Arrow Promotes Joseph David-Jones to Series Regular for Final Season (Date: 4 June 2019)
   1. John Diggle’s adopted son will be sticking around: Arrow has promoted Joseph David-Jones, who recurs as Connor Hawke, to series regular for the abbreviated eighth and final season.
   2. https://tvline.com/2019/06/04/arrow-season-8-joseph-david-jones-series-regular-connor-hawke/
2. ‘Arrowverse’ Endgame? CW Chief Details ‘Crisis On Infinite Earths’ Mega-Event (Date: )
   1. “Crisis On Infinite Earths,” the mega-crossover next fall that will unite the entire Arrowverse family of franchises – Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, and Batwoman – in a five-episode epic that will span two quarters.
   2. Three episodes will air in December with the two concluding installments arriving in January. Legends won’t be on the fall schedule so it premieres in January, which locks it in as one of the host series for the final two episodes. The crossover will link the final season of Arrow, the original brand that lends its name to the Arrowverse collective, with the inaugural season of Batwoman.
   3. https://deadline.com/2019/05/arrowverse-endgame-cw-chief-details-crisis-on-infinite-earths-mega-event-1202616631/
3. The CW Fall Schedule: Batwoman Teams Up With Supergirl, The Flash and Arrow Reunite on Tuesdays (Date: 16 May 2019)
   1. Batwoman, the latest Arrowverse series starring Ruby Rose, will air Sundays at 8/7c, followed by Supergirl.
   2. Arrow moves to Tuesdays at 9/8c for its final season, reuniting with The Flash, which will air 8/7c.
   3. Black Lightning is moving to Mondays at 9/8c, which is after All American.
   4. https://tvline.com/2019/05/16/the-cw-fall-lineup-2019-batwoman-the-flash-arrow/

NEXT EPISODE

Link to Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-jvqxTqMbU (Date: 3 Dec 2018)

Episode: “Legends of To-Meow-Meow” [Season 4 Episode 8]

Air Date: Monday, December 10, 2018

Summary: After Constantine breaks the cardinal rule, he, Charlie and Zari try to deal with the ramifications without telling anyone else.

Director: Ben Hernandez Bray

Writers: James Eagan & Ray Utarnachitt

IMDB link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8312944/?ref_=ttep_ep8

Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday Evenings at 7:30 PM eastern or 6:30 PM Central at www.geeks.live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. Contact us: @StarlingTribune - starlingtribune@gmail.com - www.starlingtribune.com - www.facebook.com/starlingtribune - 612-888-CAVE or 612-888-2283.

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Starling Tribune - Season 7 Edition – You Have Saved This CityLiving Proof (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) ST241

Episode:            “You Have Saved This City” [Season 7 Episode 22]

Air Date:           Monday, May 13, 2019

Director:           James Bamford

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0051466/?ref_=tt_ov_dr

                        1x Supergirl / 14x Arrow

Writers: Beth Schwartz

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2584087/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr4

                        2x Legends / 29x Arrow

Rebecca Bellotto

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3428799/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5

                        9x Arrow / Staff writer 20x Arrow

Promo: https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/arrow/arrow-its-brother-vs-sister-in-the-new-promo-for-the-season-7-finale-you-have-saved-this-city-a168213

Arrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Inmate 4587 15-Oct-18 1.43

02 The Longbow Hunters 22-Oct-18 1.18

03 Crossing Lines 29-Oct-18 1.15

04 Level Two 5-Nov-18 1.08

05 The Demon 12-Nov-18 1.26

06 Due Process 19-Nov-18 1.03

07 The Slabside Redemption 26-Nov-18 1.31

08 Unmasked 3-Dec-18 1.35

09 Elseworlds Part 2 10-Dec-18 2.06

10 My Name Is Emiko Queen 21-Jan-19 1.22

11 Past Sins 28-Jan-19 1.18

12 Emerald Archer 4-Feb-19 1.07

13 Star City Slayer 11-Feb-19 1.09

14 Brothers & Sisters 4-Mar-19 0.89

15 Training Day 11-Mar-19 1.02

16 Star City 2040 18-Mar-19 1.00

17 Inheritance 25-Mar-19 1.01

18 Lost Canary 15-Apr-19 0.71

19 Spartan 22-Apr-19 0.71

20 Confessions 29-Apr-19 0.64

21 Living Proof 6-May-19 0.63

22 You Have Saved This City 13-May-19  0.95

Legends Of Tomorrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Virgin Gary 22-Oct-18 1.00

02 Witch Hunt 29-Oct-18 0.94

03 Dancing Queen 5-Nov-18 0.86

04 Wet Hot American Bummer 12-Nov-18 0.90

05 Tagumo Attacks 19-Nov-18 0.91

06 Tender Is The Nate 26-Nov-18 0.97

07 Hell No, Dolly! 3-Dec-18 0.93

08 Legends of To-Meow-Meow 10-Dec-18 1.10

09 Lucha de Apuestas 1-Apr-19 0.92

10 The Getaway 8-Apr-19 0.95

11 Séance & Sensibility 15-Apr-19 0.98

12 The Eggplant, The Witch & The Wardrobe 22-Apr-19 0.85

13 Egg MacGuffin 29-Apr-19 0.91

14 Nip Stuck 6-May-19 0.94

15 Terms Of Service 13-May-19 0.99

Supergirl

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 American Alien 14-Oct-18 1.52

02 Fallout 21-Oct-18 1.34

03 Man Of Steel 28-Oct-18 1.28

04 Ahimsa 4-Nov-18 1.23

05 Parasite Lost 11-Nov-18 1.16

06 Call To Action 18-Nov-18 1.13

07 Rather the Fallen Angel 25-Nov-18 1.15

08 Bunker Hill 2-Dec-18 1.26

09 Elseworlds Part 3 11-Dec-18 2.17

10 Suspicious Minds 20-Jan-19 1.04

11 Blood Memory 27-Jan-19 1.34

12 Menagerie 17-Feb-19 1.15

13 What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way 3-Mar-19 1.14

14 Stand and Deliver 10-Mar-19 1.05

15 O Brother, Where Art Thou 17-Mar-19 1.07

16 The House of L 24-Mar-19 1.12

17 All About Eve 31-Mar-19 1.06

18 Crime and Punishment 21-Apr-19 0.99

19 American Dreamer 28-Apr-19 1.14

20 Will The Real Miss Tessmacher Please Stand Up 5-May-19 1.05

21 Red Dawn 12-May-19 1.11

The Flash

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Nora 9-Oct-17 2.08

02 Blocked 16-Oct-18 1.69

03 The Death of Vibe 23-Oct-18 1.87

04 News Flash 30-Oct-18 1.75

05 All Doll’d Up 13-Nov-18 1.73

06 The Icicle Cometh 20-Nov-18 1.60

07 O Come, All Ye Thankful 27-Nov-18 1.79

08 What’s Past Is Prologue 4-Dec-18 1.78

09 Elseworlds Part 1 9-Dec-18 1.83

10 The Flash & The Furious 15-Jan-19 1.64

11 Seeing Red 22-Jan-19 1.88

12 Memorabilia 29-Jan-19 2.04

13 Goldfaced 5-Feb-19 1.89

14 Cause and 12-Feb-19 XS 1.71

15 King Shark vs. Gorilla Grodd 1.67

16 Failure Is An Orphan 12-Mar-19 1.55

17 Time Bomb 19-Mar-19 1.64

18 Godspeed 16-Apr-19 1.31

19 Snow Pack 23-Apr-19 1.63

20 Gone Rogue 30-Apr-19 1.37

21 The Girl With The Red Lightning 6-May-19 1.45

22 Hey, World! 13-May-19 1.53

BLACK LIGHTNING

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter One: Rise of the Green Light Babies 9-Oct-18 1.16

02 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Two: Black Jesus Blues 16-Oct-18 1.02

03 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Three: Master Lowry 23-Oct-18 1.18

04 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Four: Translucent Freak 30-Oct-18 0.97

05 The Book Of Blood: Chapter One: Requiem 13-Nov-18 0.90

06 The Book Of Blood: Chapter Two: The Perdi 20-Nov-18 0.99

07 The Book Of Blood: Chapter Three: The Sange 27-Nov-18 1.06

08 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter One: Exodus 4-Dec-18 0.96

09 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter Two: Gift of the Magi 11-Dec-18 1.13

10 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter Three: Angelitos Negros 21-Jan-19 0.86

11 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter One: Prodigal Son 28-Jan-19 0.93

12 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter Two: Just And Unjust 4-Feb-19 0.95

13 The Book of Secrets: Chapter Three: Pillar of Fire 11-Feb-19 0.94

14 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter Four: Original Sin 4-Mar-19 0.77

15 The Book Of The Apocalypse: Chapter One: The Alpha 11-Mar-19 0.75

16 The Book Of The Apocalypse: Chapter Two: The Omega 18-Mar-19 0.85

Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters

• What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name?
  • Star City is saved in the present and in the future
  • Oliver and Felicity hand over the reigns to the team (present) and the kids (future)
• Fight scenes and stunts
  • Rooftop
    • Team trapped by SPCD
    • Oliver shoots, generator sparks; everyone gets away
  • Future Canary Bunker
    • Group under arrest; handcuffs another Felicity
    • Mia stabs one; uses gun of another to shoot another
    • Alena fights; Roy fights; Archer has a predictive algorithm
    • One Zeta shoots others; it’s Connor!
  • Galaxy One - future
    • Zoe - “duck”, uses flash/gas thing
    • Rescues Rene and William
  • Shopping Center
    • Find weapon using signals and traces and such
    • Cops confront team; Dinah uses bo staff
    • Guy starts to get angry, Bronze Tiger decks him
    • Drones have bacteria; have to be frozen; Oliver conveniently has ice arrows
  • Telecom
    • Need to shut down relay; Oliver has team destroy thing as he goes get Emiko
    • Roy shots arrows; Spartan uses guns; Bronze Tiger has claws
    • All the fighting against 9th Circle goons
    • Flip kicks!
    • Dinah, Laurel show up; Rene and cops come - Bingsley alive and told truth
    • Relay down
    • Evacuating building
  • Emiko vs. Oliver
    • Emiko pushes button; nothing happens
    • Oliver tries to talk her down
    • Arrows miss; camera spins during spin move
    • Fight; Oliver - your ties to 9th Circle killed your mother; you’re in cycle just like me
    • 9th Circle comes in; Virgil with Beatrice; upset world knows about them
    • Beatrice stabs Emiko
    • Emiko and Oliver fight 9th Circle goons; Oliver - “I don’t leave my family”
    • Oliver and Emiko take out a lot of goons; Beatrice fights Emiko and kills her
    • Oliver uses rope/zipline arrow to leave exploding building - No more Palmer Tech
  • Checkpoint
    • Mia scanned; Archer offline, but rebooting
    • Mia kicks Dale
    • Explosives in each tower of wall
    • Mia will have William talk her way to blowing up wall
    • Zoe, Connor, Mia and William; Zoe and Connor use sonic thing
    • Mia uses arrow to get to top of wall; shoots Zeta and slams one through door; plants device; William types the things; Mia thinks she will die
    • William gives Mia 60 seconds; Mia kicks Zetas off wall
    • Mia uses rope/zipline arrow to descend wall
    • Wall goes boom
  • Flashforward
    • Felicity
      • Mom mode
      • Put backdoor in; erased Mia from Archer
      • Rene and Dinah convince Felicity that the kids are capable
      • Feels she failed because kids don’t have normal lives and aren’t safe - what she promised Oliver
      • At Oliver’s grave - Mia and William don’t need her protection; promised Oliver to protect them until they could protect themselves; says goodbye to both; going on a new journey; Monitor shows up; Felicity has been waiting a long time to see Oliver again; where they are going is a one-way trip
    • William
      • Use Mia’s DNA as a virus
      • How Roy got to island is a long story
    • Mia
      • Mom, you trained me all of my life
      • Gets bow from Roy
    • Others
      • Dale’s plan is to kill most of people of Star City
      • Dinah leaves Canaries to Zoe; Dinah, Roy, and Felicity will take the fall
    • Oliver Queen / Green Arrow
      • Team being blamed for action because of evidence
      • Bronze Tiger on parole thanks to team
      • We did it - City thinks they are heroes
      • Felicity and I are taking a step back, and we can because of team - Legacy: “I always hoped it would be saving this city. But now I know that my greatest legacy is this team.” Didn’t end alone
      • Quotes Tommy; mark of four; I hope this isn’t the last time we are all in this bunker together
      • Team faces suits arm in arm
      • As Bunker shuts off, looks into camera with tears in eyes
    • Felicity Smoak / Overwatch
      • Target keeps moving; all tied to same detonated; at Palmer Tech, which was part of Queen
      • Shuts down Bunker with Oliver and Diggle - OTA!
      • Go into hiding because of 9th Circle; original plan was to be in hiding for a short time
      • Knows baby is a girl - that early???
      • There will always be a threat; our children can’t have normal lives
    • Olicity Montage
      • On porch
      • Birth of Mia
      • Mia a few month old; Oliver being a dad
      • Wine, “Mom juice,” time - miss team, but break good.
      • Oliver wants to look into getting shared custody of William
      • Hear something; Monitor arrives; Now? Now.
      • Flashback to deal Oliver made
      • Oliver will die, but his help is needed during Crisis to save millions of lives, including Felicity and children - Multiverse needs saving
      • Monitor - the world needs Mia
      • Oliver has leave immediately; says goodbye to Mia and Felicity
      • “We are the best parts of each other”
    • John Diggle / Spartan
      • Lyla takes JJ, Connor, and Zoe to safe site
      • Offers Bronze Tiger a job, but he goes to spend time w/son
      • Pillars of heroism
      • End of an era; new cycle of heroes
      • Finds home for Oliver and Felicity in neighborhood with a bunch of ex spies
      • In charge of maintaining Bunker
    • Dinah Drake / Black Canary
      • Present - at end of episode, still Captain
      • Comes up with idea to use pillars as a way of know they will always help each other
    • Rene Ramirez / Wild Dog
      • Future - with Canaries; Glades will need help; need heros
    • Roy
      • Need to atone for what we did
    • Curtis
      • Modified portable cryo things
      • “No one die”
      • Asking Nick to marry him
    • Laurel
      • Emiko helped be realize who I really am
    • Emiko Queen
      • Calls bomb threat to get people out to create easier targets
      • 9th Circle not happy; Virgil wants her to blow things up now
      • “Without terror there is no target”
      • I’m the boss, so shut up
      • I made sure the 9th Circle will kill you and the family
      • “I wanted to be a Queen”

NEXT EPISODE

Link to Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8TPwcRD9bQ (Date: 26 Nov 2018)

Episode: “Hell No, Dolly!” [Season 4 Episode 7] - Legends of Tomorrow -

Air Date: Monday, December 3, 2018

Summary: Sara tries to help Rory and Ava to get along, while a new magical creature attacks the Legends. Meanwhile, Constantine is forced to confront his tragic past and Mona has a crush on someone.

Director: April Mullen

Writers: Grainne Godfree & Morgan Faust           

IMDB link:  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8312948/?ref_=ttep_ep7

Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday Evenings at 7:30 PM eastern or 6:30 PM Central at www.geeks.live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. Contact us: @StarlingTribune - starlingtribune@gmail.com - www.starlingtribune.com - www.facebook.com/starlingtribune - 612-888-CAVE or 612-888-2283.

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This podcast was recorded on Tuesday May 15th, 2019.

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Starling Tribune - Season 7 Edition – Living Proof (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) ST240

Episode:            “Living Proof” [Season 7 Episode 21]

Air Date:           Monday, May 6, 2019

Director:           Gordon Verheul

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0894166/?ref_=tt_ov_dr

                        2x Andromeda / 6x Arrow

Writers: Oscar Balderrama

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2421455/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr7

                        2x Eli Stone / 1x Drop Dead Diva / 19x Arrow

Sarah Tarkoff

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3582666/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr8

                        6x Vixen / 13x Arrow

Promo: https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/arrow/arrow-everythings-about-to-explode-in-the-new-promo-for-season-7-episode-21-living-proof-a168064

Arrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Inmate 4587 15-Oct-18 1.43

02 The Longbow Hunters 22-Oct-18 1.18

03 Crossing Lines 29-Oct-18 1.15

04 Level Two 5-Nov-18 1.08

05 The Demon 12-Nov-18 1.26

06 Due Process 19-Nov-18 1.03

07 The Slabside Redemption 26-Nov-18 1.31

08 Unmasked 3-Dec-18 1.35

09 Elseworlds Part 2 10-Dec-18 2.06

10 My Name Is Emiko Queen 21-Jan-19 1.22

11 Past Sins 28-Jan-19 1.18

12 Emerald Archer 4-Feb-19 1.07

13 Star City Slayer 11-Feb-19 1.09

14 Brothers & Sisters 4-Mar-19 0.89

15 Training Day 11-Mar-19 1.02

16 Star City 2040 18-Mar-19 1.00

17 Inheritance 25-Mar-19 1.01

18 Lost Canary 15-Apr-19 0.71

19 Spartan 22-Apr-19 0.71

20 Confessions 29-Apr-19 0.64

21 Living Proof 6-May-19 0.63

Legends Of Tomorrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Virgin Gary 22-Oct-18 1.00

02 Witch Hunt 29-Oct-18 0.94

03 Dancing Queen 5-Nov-18 0.86

04 Wet Hot American Bummer 12-Nov-18 0.90

05 Tagumo Attacks 19-Nov-18 0.91

06 Tender Is The Nate 26-Nov-18 0.97

07 Hell No, Dolly! 3-Dec-18 0.93

08 Legends of To-Meow-Meow 10-Dec-18 1.10

09 Lucha de Apuestas 1-Apr-19 0.92

10 The Getaway 8-Apr-19 0.95

11 Séance & Sensibility 15-Apr-19 0.98

12 The Eggplant, The Witch & The Wardrobe 22-Apr-19 0.85

13 Egg MacGuffin 29-Apr-19 0.91

14 Nip Stuck 6-May-19 0.94

Supergirl

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 American Alien 14-Oct-18 1.52

02 Fallout 21-Oct-18 1.34

03 Man Of Steel 28-Oct-18 1.28

04 Ahimsa 4-Nov-18 1.23

05 Parasite Lost 11-Nov-18 1.16

06 Call To Action 18-Nov-18 1.13

07 Rather the Fallen Angel 25-Nov-18 1.15

08 Bunker Hill 2-Dec-18 1.26

09 Elseworlds Part 3 11-Dec-18 2.17

10 Suspicious Minds 20-Jan-19 1.04

11 Blood Memory 27-Jan-19 1.34

12 Menagerie 17-Feb-19 1.15

13 What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way 3-Mar-19 1.14

14 Stand and Deliver 10-Mar-19 1.05

15 O Brother, Where Art Thou 17-Mar-19 1.07

16 The House of L 24-Mar-19 1.12

17 All About Eve 31-Mar-19 1.06

18 Crime and Punishment 21-Apr-19 0.99

19 American Dreamer 28-Apr-19 1.14

20 Will The Real Miss Tessmacher Please Stand Up 5-May-19 1.05

The Flash

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Nora 9-Oct-17 2.08

02 Blocked 16-Oct-18 1.69

03 The Death of Vibe 23-Oct-18 1.87

04 News Flash 30-Oct-18 1.75

05 All Doll’d Up 13-Nov-18 1.73

06 The Icicle Cometh 20-Nov-18 1.60

07 O Come, All Ye Thankful 27-Nov-18 1.79

08 What’s Past Is Prologue 4-Dec-18 1.78

09 Elseworlds Part 1 9-Dec-18 1.83

10 The Flash & The Furious 15-Jan-19 1.64

11 Seeing Red 22-Jan-19 1.88

12 Memorabilia 29-Jan-19 2.04

13 Goldfaced 5-Feb-19 1.89

14 Cause and 12-Feb-19 XS 1.71

15 King Shark vs. Gorilla Grodd 1.67

16 Failure Is An Orphan 12-Mar-19 1.55

17 Time Bomb 19-Mar-19 1.64

18 Godspeed 16-Apr-19 1.31

19 Snow Pack 23-Apr-19 1.63

20 Gone Rogue 30-Apr-19 1.37

21 The Girl With The Red Lightning 1.45

BLACK LIGHTNING

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter One: Rise of the Green Light Babies 9-Oct-18 1.16

02 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Two: Black Jesus Blues 16-Oct-18 1.02

03 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Three: Master Lowry 23-Oct-18 1.18

04 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Four: Translucent Freak 30-Oct-18 0.97

05 The Book Of Blood: Chapter One: Requiem 13-Nov-18 0.90

06 The Book Of Blood: Chapter Two: The Perdi 20-Nov-18 0.99

07 The Book Of Blood: Chapter Three: The Sange 27-Nov-18 1.06

08 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter One: Exodus 4-Dec-18 0.96

09 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter Two: Gift of the Magi 11-Dec-18 1.13

10 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter Three: Angelitos Negros 21-Jan-19 0.86

11 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter One: Prodigal Son 28-Jan-19 0.93

12 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter Two: Just And Unjust 4-Feb-19 0.95

13 The Book of Secrets: Chapter Three: Pillar of Fire 11-Feb-19 0.94

14 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter Four: Original Sin 4-Mar-19 0.77

15 The Book Of The Apocalypse: Chapter One: The Alpha 11-Mar-19 0.75

16 The Book Of The Apocalypse: Chapter Two: The Omega 18-Mar-19 0.85

Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters

• What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name?
• • Oliver is “living proof” that people can change and better themselves
• Fight scenes and stunts
• • Everyone survives a huge explosion, except Dinah’s bo
  • Boiler Room
  • • Need to turn off generator in 8 minutes; room full of benzine
    • Parkour Genius Roy activate! Roy turns off generator and comes back up just in time (parkour cool, but team worrying about Roy has no tension because we know he lives)
  • Fake fight w/Emiko
  • • Teams fights goons; Roy flip kicks; Dinah “makes” a staff; building about to explode, instead of leaving, Oliver fights Emiko; Oliver shoots Emiko, all team “dead”
  • SPCD
  • • Emiko stole Oliver’s arrows to frame him for attack against cops
    • Weapon stolen
    • Diggle and Rene shoot goons
    • More Roy flip kicks
    • Oliver and Emiko on roof - Oliver tries to talk Emilko down
    • Cops show up
• Flashforward
• • Zeta - Army for Galaxy One
  • Felicity - we need to destroy Archer, which has been upgraded; they tried before, but failed. Alena is the one who stole Archer
  • William finds blind spots; goes to Dale’s office to hack his computer; Felicity says no; William angry at Felicity for leaving him out of their lives; Felicity regrets it; they wanted him to have normal life. Why did she leave me out of her life?
  • Instead of talking to Felicity more, William goes behind her back and gets himself and Rene taken.
  • Alena - deal turned into hostile takeover; Dale threatened her family, so she hid
  • Galaxy One invades hideout
• Oliver Queen / Green Arrow
• • Hallucinations with Tommy - he does not wake up until team gets there
  • • Oliver wants to kill Emiko; Tommy doesn’t want him to
    • Stuck in father’s cycle - need to break free of lies and hate
    • Can keep past from hurting your kids
    • Tommy - fear leads to cruelty; be the best parts of yourself: “your loyalty, your selflessness, your courage, your compassion” - these are the qualities of the 4-pointed star
  •  
• Felicity Smoak / Overwatch
• • SPCD - real footage sent to cops; bomb’s file activated by Archer, which is created by Felicity; gives Alena hug and uses “canary cry” to knock out cops
  • Gets to bunker
  • Generator on is bad thing with chemicals all around
  • Tries to appeal to Emiko’s humanity by telling her about baby (know about baby - Diggle, Alena, Emiko, Laurel, Nyssa)
  • I want to do better than my parents; Alena - get a good firewall and go offline; Alena will run company
  •  
• John Diggle / Spartan
• • Wants to help Roy; Roy took the fall once
• Dinah Drake / Black Canary
• • My job is at risk
  • One to take the fall is better than all of us
  • Later to Roy - I was wrong, I made mistakes; try to better yourself
• Rene Ramirez / Wild Dog
• • All the work we’ve done this past year is all gone
• Emiko Queen
• • Goes to bunker

GENERAL DC News

1. The CW's Batwoman Announces Series Order with First Teaser (Date: 7 May 2019)
   1. The CW has announced the Arrowverse spinoff Batwoman has been picked up for a series order. Along with the announcement is the first teaser for the series, featuring the iconic Bat symbol and our first look at the show's logo. Played by Ruby Rose, Batwoman made her Arrowverse debut during this season's yearly crossover event, titled "Elseworlds."
   2. Even though Batwoman will follow Kate Kane's exploits in Gotham City, the series will only get "as close as it possibly can" to Batman without ever physically introducing him. As for his alter ego, Bruce Wayne, he "remains off-limits for the foreseeable future" as far as The CW is concerned.
   3. https://www.cbr.com/batwoman-cw-series-order-first-teaser/
2. Jeopardy Featured A Question on DC's Legends Of Tomorrow (Date: 9 May 2019)
   1. Last night's episode of Jeopardy! featured a question about DC's Legends of Tomorrow -- although nobody on the episode could successfully answer it. But for comic book fans, the coolest thing going on last night was a reference to The CW superhero show, in which Caity Lotz plays Sara Lance/White Canary, a role she originated on Arrow. “Filipino martial arts training helped Caity Lotz play Sara Lance, the “White Canary,” who leads the time travelers on this DC show,” the answer read (the question, of course, was “What is DC’s Legends of Tomorrow?”).
   2. https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/05/09/jeopardy-featured-a-question-on-dcs-legends-of-tomorrow/

NEXT EPISODE

Link to Promo: https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/arrow/arrow-its-brother-vs-sister-in-the-new-promo-for-the-season-7-finale-you-have-saved-this-city-a168213 (Date: 6 May 2019)

Episode: “You Have Saved This City” [Season 7 Episode 22]

Air Date: Monday, May 13, 2019

Summary: The battle between Oliver and Emiko comes to a boiling point which brings back some familiar faces and leaves others in dire jeopardy.

Director: James Bamford

Writers: Beth Schwartz and Rebecca Bellotto      

IMDB link:  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7508750/?ref_=ttep_ep_cur

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Starling Tribune - Season 7 Edition – Confessions (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) ST239

Episode:            “Confessions” [Season 7 Episode 20]

Air Date:           Monday, April 29, 2019

Director:           Tara Miele

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1301113/?ref_=tt_ov_dr

                        2x Hawaii Five -O / 2x Arrow

Writers: Onalee Hunter

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1370980/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr4

                        7x The Last Ship / 3x Arrow

Emilio Ortega Aldrich

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3598136/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5

                        16x Arrow

Promo: https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/arrow/arrow-oliver-queen-has-been-framed-in-the-new-promo-for-season-7-episode-20-confessions-a167927

Arrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Inmate 4587 15-Oct-18 1.43

02 The Longbow Hunters 22-Oct-18 1.18

03 Crossing Lines 29-Oct-18 1.15

04 Level Two 5-Nov-18 1.08

05 The Demon 12-Nov-18 1.26

06 Due Process 19-Nov-18 1.03

07 The Slabside Redemption 26-Nov-18 1.31

08 Unmasked 3-Dec-18 1.35

09 Elseworlds Part 2 10-Dec-18 2.06

10 My Name Is Emiko Queen 21-Jan-19 1.22

11 Past Sins 28-Jan-19 1.18

12 Emerald Archer 4-Feb-19 1.07

13 Star City Slayer 11-Feb-19 1.09

14 Brothers & Sisters 4-Mar-19 0.89

15 Training Day 11-Mar-19 1.02

16 Star City 2040 18-Mar-19 1.00

17 Inheritance 25-Mar-19 1.01

18 Lost Canary 15-Apr-19 0.71

19 Spartan 22-Apr-19 0.71

20 Confessions 29-Apr-19 0.64

Legends Of Tomorrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Virgin Gary 22-Oct-18 1.00

02 Witch Hunt 29-Oct-18 0.94

03 Dancing Queen 5-Nov-18 0.86

04 Wet Hot American Bummer 12-Nov-18 0.90

05 Tagumo Attacks 19-Nov-18 0.91

06 Tender Is The Nate 26-Nov-18 0.97

07 Hell No, Dolly! 3-Dec-18 0.93

08 Legends of To-Meow-Meow 10-Dec-18 1.10

09 Lucha de Apuestas 1-Apr-19 0.92

10 The Getaway 8-Apr-19 0.95

11 Séance & Sensibility 15-Apr-19 0.98

12 The Eggplant, The Witch & The Wardrobe 22-Apr-19 0.85

13 Egg MacGuffin 29-Apr-19 0.91

Supergirl

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 American Alien 14-Oct-18 1.52

02 Fallout 21-Oct-18 1.34

03 Man Of Steel 28-Oct-18 1.28

04 Ahimsa 4-Nov-18 1.23

05 Parasite Lost 11-Nov-18 1.16

06 Call To Action 18-Nov-18 1.13

07 Rather the Fallen Angel 25-Nov-18 1.15

08 Bunker Hill 2-Dec-18 1.26

09 Elseworlds Part 3 11-Dec-18 2.17

10 Suspicious Minds 20-Jan-19 1.04

11 Blood Memory 27-Jan-19 1.34

12 Menagerie 17-Feb-19 1.15

13 What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way 3-Mar-19 1.14

14 Stand and Deliver 10-Mar-19 1.05

15 O Brother, Where Art Thou 17-Mar-19 1.07

16 The House of L 24-Mar-19 1.12

17 All About Eve 31-Mar-19 1.06

18 Crime and Punishment 21-Apr-19 0.99

19 American Dreamer 28-Apr-19 1.14

The Flash

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Nora 9-Oct-17 2.08

02 Blocked 16-Oct-18 1.69

03 The Death of Vibe 23-Oct-18 1.87

04 News Flash 30-Oct-18 1.75

05 All Doll’d Up 13-Nov-18 1.73

06 The Icicle Cometh 20-Nov-18 1.60

07 O Come, All Ye Thankful 27-Nov-18 1.79

08 What’s Past Is Prologue 4-Dec-18 1.78

09 Elseworlds Part 1 9-Dec-18 1.83

10 The Flash & The Furious 15-Jan-19 1.64

11 Seeing Red 22-Jan-19 1.88

12 Memorabilia 29-Jan-19 2.04

13 Goldfaced 5-Feb-19 1.89

14 Cause and 12-Feb-19 XS 1.71

15 King Shark vs. Gorilla Grodd 1.67

16 Failure Is An Orphan 12-Mar-19 1.55

17 Time Bomb 19-Mar-19 1.64

18 Godspeed 16-Apr-19 1.31

19 Snow Pack 23-Apr-19 1.63

20 Gone Rogue 30-Apr-19 1.37

BLACK LIGHTNING

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter One: Rise of the Green Light Babies 9-Oct-18 1.16

02 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Two: Black Jesus Blues 16-Oct-18 1.02

03 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Three: Master Lowry 23-Oct-18 1.18

04 The Book Of Consequences: Chapter Four: Translucent Freak 30-Oct-18 0.97

05 The Book Of Blood: Chapter One: Requiem 13-Nov-18 0.90

06 The Book Of Blood: Chapter Two: The Perdi 20-Nov-18 0.99

07 The Book Of Blood: Chapter Three: The Sange 27-Nov-18 1.06

08 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter One: Exodus 4-Dec-18 0.96

09 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter Two: Gift of the Magi 11-Dec-18 1.13

10 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter Three: Angelitos Negros 21-Jan-19 0.86

11 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter One: Prodigal Son 28-Jan-19 0.93

12 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter Two: Just And Unjust 4-Feb-19 0.95

13 The Book of Secrets: Chapter Three: Pillar of Fire 11-Feb-19 0.94

14 The Book Of Secrets: Chapter Four: Original Sin 4-Mar-19 0.77

15 The Book Of The Apocalypse: Chapter One: The Alpha 11-Mar-19 0.75

16 The Book Of The Apocalypse: Chapter Two: The Omega 18-Mar-19 0.85

Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters

• What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name?
  • Team interrogated about events at a metro station
  • Learn they covered up truth - Roy killed guards because of blood lust
• Fight scenes and stunts
  • Aerodyne
    • First refuses Team’s help
    • Toth in league with 9th Circle
    • Thermal fogger
    • Roy Harper - parkour genius; jumps, flips, gets shot
    • Roy starts shooting; Emiko dodges an arrow Matrix style
    • Roy beats guys with bow and does flip kicks; gets taken out by Virgil
  • Switch room
    • Felicity and Roy
    • Roy leaves
  • Roy
    • Fights 9th goons in hallway; gets knocked in head
  • Diggle and Rene
    • Went to shaft
    • Rene goes after Emiko
  • Rene
    • Tries to talk Emiko down; learns Emiko is the leader
    • Emiko shoots his hand
  • Oliver
    • Went to vent room
    • Shoots device; fights guys; sweep kicks
    • Gets electric bow; kicks lots of ass
    • Frames Emiko
  • Truth
    • Dinah helped Oliver in vent room, so he had help
    • Roy fought in hallway, got hit, then came back, violent, beat 9th Circle guy with pipe, guards showed up, he beat them
  • Abandoned building
    • Felicity says Emiko is there; team goes
    • No thermal imaging
    • Team spreads out
    • Oliver chases Emiko; finds her; she wants him to die a villain
    • She blows up building
  • Oliver Queen / Green Arrow
    • Team went to subway platform to stop the 9th Circle from releasing bioweapon
    • Has to confess the truth about Emiko
    • Figures out truth about Roy; upset Roy didn’t tell him
  • Felicity Smoak / Overwatch
    • Can’t stop eating
  • John Diggle / Spartan
    • Agrees with Oliver - if one of team goes down, we all go down
  • Dinah Drake / Black Canary
    • Acts like a hardass during questioning
    • Lies about being on mission
    • Helps team cover truth about Roy, but not happy about it
  • Rene Ramirez / Wild Dog
    • Emiko was nice to me once, so maybe she’s not 100% evil
    • Prints on pipe
    • Says Roy not part of team; sides with Dinah
  • Emiko Queen
    • Confesses to Oliver that she could’ve saved their father
    • Wants to ruin Oliver’s life - even though he had nothing to do with their father being a jerk
    • Stole security footage and gave it to police
  • Roy Harper
    • Called in by Oliver; Oliver doesn’t want to tell Thea about their evil half sister yet
    • Been destroying pits with Thea and Nyssa
    • Incredible at parkour
    • Thanatos Guild got him; pit used to bring him back, then destroyed

ARROW NEWS:

GENERAL DC News

1. The Flash Gives Major Shout-Out to DC Writer Gail Simone (Date: 30 April 2019)
   1. The Flash just gave DC writer Gail Simone her due. In "Gone Rogue," the latest episode, Nora West-Allen stole blueprints from a company named after her. In the very opening of the episode, Nora headed straight for G. Simone & Associates: Architecture, Planning, Interiors. There, she took the blueprints for McCulloch Technologies off the server, then fried it with her Speed Force lightning.
   2. Simone, of course, can be credited with bringing Rag Doll into the spotlight. In her cult classic run on The Secret Six with Dale Eaglesham, Rag Doll was an integral member of the team; the character quickly became a DC fan favorite after her run. Since Rag Doll was featured heavily in "Gone Rogue," it makes sense for Simone to get such a major shout-out.
   3. In addition to her work on The Secret Six, Simone is a prolific comic book writer. Her major credits include Birds of Prey, Batgirl, Wonder Woman, Red Sonja, Deadpool, Leaving Megalopolis and Clean Room. She recently wrote Domino for Marvel Comics and now serves as chief architect for Lion Forge's superhero line, which makes her Flash namedrop all the more fitting.
   4. https://www.cbr.com/flash-gail-simone-reference/