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 p...
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
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