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

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

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1x Supergirl / 18x Arrow

Writers: Beth Schwartz

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2x Legends / 30x Arrow

Marc Guggenheim

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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