Podcast appearances and mentions of malcolm merlyn

Kevonte and Lance discuss the fifth season finale of Arrow, Lian Yu. They talk the long-awaited return of Slade Wilson, Malcolm Merlyn's "sacrifice," Prometheus still being "ten steps ahead," and the end of an era for the series!BULLSEYE, OFF THE MARK, MISS, or FAILED THIS CITY?Lance: BULLSEYEKevonte: BULLSEYEArtwork by Tom Gehrke: https://tomsart.threadless.com/PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: https://twitter.com/donotfailourpodFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/alwaysmallvilleEMAIL: alwaysarow@gmail.com

Kevonte Chilous and Lance Laster discuss the Arrow tie-in comics Season 2.5 and The Dark Archer. They talk filling in the gap between seasons two and three, Malcolm Merlyn's secret (retconned) past, the current state of the Arrowverse, and more! Season 2.5BULLSEYE, OFF THE MARK, MISS, or FAILED THIS CITY?Lance: BULLSEYEKevonte: BULLSEYEThe Dark ArcherBULLSEYE, OFF THE MARK, MISS, or FAILED THIS CITY?Lance: MISSKevonte: MISSArtwork by Tom Gehrke: https://tomsart.threadless.com/PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: https://twitter.com/donotfailourpodFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/alwaysmallvilleEMAIL: alwaysarow@gmail.com

Kevonte Chilous and Lance Laster discuss the Arrow tie-in comics Season 2.5 and The Dark Archer. They talk filling in the gap between seasons two and three, Malcolm Merlyn's secret (retconned) past, the current state of the Arrowverse, and more! Season 2.5BULLSEYE, OFF THE MARK, MISS, or FAILED THIS CITY?Lance: BULLSEYEKevonte: BULLSEYEThe Dark ArcherBULLSEYE, OFF THE MARK, MISS, or FAILED THIS CITY?Lance: MISSKevonte: MISSUnited Federation of Podcasts is brought to you by listeners like you. Special thanks to these patrons on Patreon whose generous contributions help produce the podcast! Tim CooperChrissie De Clerck-SzilagyiMahendran RadhakrishnanJim McMahonCasey PettittJustin OserVictor GamboaVera BibleJim StoffelGreg MolumbyTom Van ScotterKevin ScharfTom ElliotAlexander GatesFit RogersVanessa VaughanThad HaitAnn MarieJoe MignoneJosh BrewingtonYou can become a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/ufpearth

Kevonte Chilous and Lance Laster discuss Volume 2 of the Arrow tie-in comic books. They talk unanswered questions in the show getting answers in the comics, more backstory for characters like Slade Wilson and Malcolm Merlyn, the tropes of the Bourne franchise, and much more! BULLSEYE, OFF THE MARK, MISS, or FAILED THIS CITY?Lance: BULLSEYEKevonte: BULLSEYEArtwork by Tom Gehrke: https://tomsart.threadless.com/PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: https://twitter.com/donotfailourpodFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/alwaysmallvilleEMAIL: alwaysarow@gmail.com

Kevonte Chilous and Lance Laster discuss Volume 2 of the Arrow tie-in comic books. They talk unanswered questions in the show getting answers in the comics, more backstory for characters like Slade Wilson and Malcolm Merlyn, the tropes of the Bourne franchise, and much more! BULLSEYE, OFF THE MARK, MISS, or FAILED THIS CITY?Lance: BULLSEYEKevonte: BULLSEYEUnited Federation of Podcasts is brought to you by listeners like you. Special thanks to these patrons on Patreon whose generous contributions help produce the podcast! Tim CooperPluto’s OrbitSimon De LucaChrissie De Clerck-SzilagyiMahendran RadhakrishnanJim McMahonVera BibleJustin OserVictor GamboaTom ElliotChristopher LutzCasey PettittGreg MolumbyKevin ScharfAlexander GatesFit RogersVanessa VaughanChris TribuzioTom Van ScotterThad HaitJim StoffelAnn MarieJoe MignoneYou can become a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/ufpearth

The Legion of Doom has a new member! Malcolm Merlyn joins Damien and Thawne to get the amulet and throw the Legends off. Dany and Devon discuss the season 2 villains, Sara's choice to not change things, and Mick and Amaya's friendship. Email: gaygalswatch@gmail.com Twitter: Gay Gals Watch- @GayGalsWatch Dany- @XanDany Devon- @KDevNic

GalaxyCon brings you John Barrowman; Captain Jack Harkness from Torchwood/Doctor Who, Malcolm Merlyn in Arrow, and much more to answer fan questions during our live Q&A.To see more upcoming events go to GalaxyCon.com.

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.

Greetings, friends! I hope that those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving are having a lovely time with friends and/or family, eating and drinking a lot, and feeling thankful! Those of you who don't celebrate it...I wish the same thing! This episode is a slightly creepier one, more in the same vein as the Dickens episode in tone. There's a mystery here, with a strange child that wanders around plaintively begging for his mom, and he's wearing an old-timey gas mask so that makes it EXTRA creepy. By the time the episode wraps up, we're still in the middle of this story and I'm not sure what's going on. Also, Malcolm Merlyn is in this episode playing a dashing rogue with a spaceship of his own, and while I obviously think the Doctor is right not to trust him, I also figure the Doctor is mostly jealous of his charm. He wants Rose all to himself, obviously. Thank you so much for listening, and I will see you in 2 weeks with a new episode!

"The Thanatos Guild" is after Thea and the knowledge that they think she possesses. The Guild is a branch of the League of Assassins that Malcolm Merlyn started before he died. They're looking for a map that he left behind and only Thea Queen can get it for them. Nyssa al Ghul isn't too keen on letting them get it though, so she goes to warn Thea before the get there. This newest threat has caused a little snag in Thea and Roy's departure from this chaotic life. But the Guild isn't going to leave them alone until they get what they want. So Thea dons the red hood again to track down the map. Once they get it, Felicity does her best to discover what's on it, while her sister wife Nyssa looks over her shoulder. Roy is getting a little irritated that they keep getting pulled back in, but Thea isn't so sure she wants to escape this life now. This makes Oliver think about his choice to give up the hood too. Looks like our heroes still have some soul searching to do. Finally, after a little tussle with the Guild, Thea bleeds on the map and discovers a disturbing secret that gives her a new goal in life. Jay and Josh explore what it takes in life to make you truly happy on this week's Green Justice: An Arrow Podcast! Listen in and justice will be served...to your MP3 player!

Arrow Season 1, Episodes 13-14 - After a brief hiatus, the Speedy Arrowcast team is back in fighting form for another Flashback episode, this time covering episodes 13 and 14 of season 1. Important topics this week include the voice-changing magic inherent in Malcolm Merlyn’s office, Laurel Lance’s fighting skills, and why to check for off-by-one errors in your arrow counts. Plus, a special heartfelt message from Guy. To subscribe to all our Arrow-related content, check out this feed: http://feeds.theincomparable.com/arrow Host Dan Moren with Guy English and John Moltz.

After a brief hiatus, the Speedy Arrowcast team is back in fighting form for another Flashback episode, this time covering episodes 13 and 14 of season 1. Important topics this week include the voice-changing magic inherent in Malcolm Merlyn’s office, Laurel Lance’s fighting skills, and why to check for off-by-one errors in your arrow counts. Plus, a special heartfelt message from Guy. To subscribe to all our Arrow-related content, check out this feed: http://feeds.theincomparable.com/arrow Host Dan Moren with Guy English and John Moltz.

Arrow Season 1, Episodes 13-14 - After a brief hiatus, the Speedy Arrowcast team is back in fighting form for another Flashback episode, this time covering episodes 13 and 14 of season 1. Important topics this week include the voice-changing magic inherent in Malcolm Merlyn’s office, Laurel Lance’s fighting skills, and why to check for off-by-one errors in your arrow counts. Plus, a special heartfelt message from Guy. To subscribe to all our Arrow-related content, check out this feed: http://feeds.theincomparable.com/arrow Host Dan Moren with Guy English and John Moltz.

Starling Tribune – Season 5.5 Edition – Legends Of Tomorrow The Chicago Way (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) #157   Episode:            “The Chicago Way” [Season 2 Episode 8] Air Date:           Wednesday, December 8, 2016 Director:           Ralph Hemecker             http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0375973/?ref_=tt_ov_dr             24x Once Upon a Time | 2x Legends | 5x Flash | 1x Vampire Diaries             Writers: Sarah Nicole Jones             http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5099297/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5 5x Legends | 3x Forever | 8x Longmire   Ray Utarnachitt             http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1234711/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr6 6x Legends | 1x Justice League Action | 1x Flash | 4x Tomorrow People   Weekly Ratings   Arrow Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Legacy 5-Oct-16 1.89 02 The Recruits 12-Oct-16 1.94 03 A Matter Of Trust 19-Oct-16 1.79 04 Penance 26-Oct-16 1.87 05 Human Target 2-Nov-16 1.61 06 So It Begins 9-Nov-16 1.95 07 Vigilante 16-Nov-16 1.86 08 Invasion 30-Nov-16 3.55 09 What We Leave Behind 7-Dec-16 1.94 10 Who Are You 25-Jan-17 1.68 11 Second Chances 1-Feb-17 1.91 12 Bratva 8-Feb-17 1.61 13 Spectre Of The Gun 15-Feb-17 1.66 14 The Sin-Eater 22-Feb-17 1.54 15 Fighting Fire with Fire 1-Mar-17 1.60 16 Checkmate 15-Mar-17 1.53 17 Kapiushon 22-Mar-17 1.38 18 Disbanded 29-Mar-17 1.55 19 Dangerous Liaisons 26-Apr-17 20 Underneath 3-May-17 21 Honor Thy Fathers 10-May-17 22 Missing 17-May-17 23 Lian Yu 24-May-17   Legends Of Tomorrow Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Out Of Time 13-Oct-2016 3.01 02 Justice Society of America 20-Oct-2016 2.83 03 Shogun 27-Oct-2016 2.71 04 Abominations 3-Nov-2016 1.75 05 Compromised 10-Nov-2016 1.77 06 Outlaw Country 17-Nov-2016 1.85 07 Invasion 1-Dec-2016 3.39 08 The Chicago Way 8-Dec-2016 2.00 09 Raiders Of The Lost Art 24-Jan-2016 1.74 10 The Legion Of Doom 31-Jan-2017 1.78 11 Turncoat 7-Feb-17 1.89 12 Camelot/3000 21-Feb-17 1.64 13 Land Of The Lost 7-Mar-17 1.54 14 Moonshoot 14-Mar-17 1.34 15 Fellowship of the Spear 21-Mar-17 1.72 16 Doomworld 28-Mar-17 1.59 17 Aruba 4-Apr-17 1.52   Supergirl Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 The Adventures of Supergirl 10-Oct-16 3.06 02 The Last Children of Krypton 17-Oct-16 2.66 03 Welcome to Earth 24-Oct-16 2.65 04 Survivors 31-Oct-16 2.22 05 Crossfire 7-Nov-16 2.47 06 Changing 14-Nov-16 2.35 07 The Darkest Place 21-Nov-16 2.61 08 Medusa 28-Nov-16 3.53 09 Supergirl Lives 23-Jan-17 2.65 10 We Can Be Heroes 30-Jan-17 2.35 11 The Martian Chronicles 6-Feb-17 2.4 12 Luthors 13-Feb-17 2.52 13 Mr. & Mrs. Mxyzptlk 20-Feb-17 2.24 14 Homecoming 27-Feb-17 2.17 15 Exodus 6-Mar-17 2.16 16 Star-Crossed 20-Mar-17 2.07 17 Distant Sun 27-Mar-17 2.21 18 Ace Reporter 24-Apr-17   THE FLASH Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Flashpoint 4-Oct-16 3.17 02 Paradox 11-Oct-16 2.80 03 Magenta 18-Oct-16 2.67 04 The New Rogues 25-Oct-16 2.80 05 Monster 1-Nov-16 2.77 06 Shade 15-Nov-16 3.01 07 Killer Frost 22-Nov-16 2.95 08 Invasion! 29-Nov-16 4.15 09 The Present 6-Dec-16 3.14 10 Borrowing Problems From The Future 24-Jan-17 2.68 11 Dead Or Alive 31-Jan-17 3.06 12 Untouchable 7-Feb-17 2.94 13 Attack on Gorilla City 21-Feb-17 2.78 14 Attack On Central City 28-Feb-17 2.87 15 The Wrath of Savitar 7-Mar-17 2.52 16 Into The Speed Force 14-Mar-17 2.39 17 Duet 21-Mar-17 2.71 18 Abra Kadabra 28-Mar-17 2.39 19 The Once And Future Flash 25-Apr-17 20 I Know Who You Are 2-May-17   What was the overall theme for this episode / What was the link to the ep. name Go up against Al Capone Chicago Style - like a criminal Go up against Legion of Doom Chicago Style - tough, don't give in Fight scenes & Stunts: Share your thoughts Against Capone's men Save Ness Full gear; use powers Vixen and Rory steal Capone's booze Guns Team against Capone's men Rescue Sara knocks guy out Steel blocks bullets Against Thawne Speed gun doesn't work long Thawne flees because of watch Gun fight Time Travel: Share your thoughts 1927 Chicago Al Capone Elliot Ness; Nate has to impersonate Concrete galoshes Speakeasy Tommy guns Stylish costumes 1967 LA Episode ends with a flash, showing Rip as a director Sara Lance / White Canary   Finally realizes time is sacred Refuses Malcolm's offer Upset at Stein for Lily Gives Legion amulet to save Stein Forgives Stein Ray Palmer / The Atom Sibling rivalry with Nate New exosuit Has no plan Mick Rory / Heat Wave Doesn't want to be a part of operation Visions of Snart You're a dog, Mick Doing the right thing gets you killed, Mick Is she worth it, Mick? Comes up with plan to get to Capone Have to act like a criminal Teams up with Vixen, rob Capone Martin Stein / Firestorm Distracted because of visions of Lily Confesses to Sara Jefferson Jackson / Firestorm Knows when Martin lies Gets speed gun from armory Nate Heywood / Steel “Look at how much history I know” attitude Sib rivalry with Ray Plan flops Amaya Jiwe / Vixen Teams with Mick Almost gets Thawne Steals booze for Mick Hugs Mick Rip Hunter 1967 LA Gideon “He becomes something worse, a politician” Legion of Doom Damien Darhk Helps set up distraction Eobard Thawne / Reverse-Flash Pretends to be Stein to get on ship Watch beeps, he has to run Pieces make one amulet Reveals plan - get the Spear of Destiny Malcolm Merlyn Finally shows up Making Capone mayor creates an aberration; LoD knows Legends will come Makes offer to Sara; life would be normal   ARROW NEWS The Latest Supergirl, Flash, and Arrow Seasons Arrive on Netflix (Date: 02 June 2017) Joining DC's Legends of Tomorrow and Riverdale, which had already made their way to the streaming giant, the latest seasons of The Flash, Arrow, and Supergirl have arrived on Netflix as part of a deal with The CW. Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/06/02/the-latest-supergirl-flash-and-arrow-seasons-arrive-on-netflix/        The Flash: Kevin Smith compares the digital effects to Arrow's (Date: 31 May 2017) Kevin Smith sits down with executive producer Andrew Kreisberg to discuss how Arrow differs from the other shows in the Berlantiverse, specifically when it comes to the visual effects budget. “The visual effects budget of Arrow is literally a tenth [of Supergirl and The Flash],” explains Kreisberg, adding that the arrows are created digitally. “It's a lot of stunt-work. It's all practical by design.” Link:http://ew.com/tv/2017/05/31/the-flash-kevin-smith-effects-dvd/    ARROW's DEATHSTROKE Wants His Own Show - And His Co-Creator Agrees (Date: 01 June 2017) CW's Deathstroke, Manu Bennett, made a surprise return to Arrow this season, and now he wants to spin-off into his own show. Fortunately for Bennett, someone key to Deathstroke agrees - none other than Deathstroke's co-creator, Marv Wolfman, who tweeted his support in response to Bennett's campaign. Link:https://www.newsarama.com/34725-arrow-s-deathstroke-wants-his-own-show-and-his-creator-agrees.html         Arrow Season 5 Blu-ray, DVD Information Released (Date: 06 June 2017) Warner Bros. Home Entertainment today announced the release of Arrow: The Complete Fifth Season on Blu-ray and DVD on September 19, 2017. The release contains all 23 exhilarating episodes from the fifth season, the show's 2016 Comic-Con Panel, never-before-seen featurettes, and much more. Arrow: The Complete Fifth Season is priced to own at $49.99 SRP for the DVD and $54.97 SRP for the Blu-ray which includes a Digital Copy. Arrow: The Complete Fifth Season is also available to own on Digital HD via purchase from various digital retailers. Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/06/06/arrow-season-5-blu-ray-dvd-information-released/    The CW Sets Fall Premiere Dates for Flash, Supernatural, Dynasty, 7 Others (Date: 08 June 2017) MONDAY, OCTOBER 9 8/7c Supergirl Season 3 premiere TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10 8 pm The Flash Season 4 premiere; 9 pm DC's Legends of Tomorrow Season 3 premiere THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 9 pm Arrow Season 6 premiere Link:Thttp://tvline.com/2017/06/08/the-cw-premiere-dates-fall-2017-flash-riverdale/   GENERAL DC TV NEWS Supergirl Casts Odette Annable as Reign, Season 3's Big Bad (Date: 31 May 2017) Cloverfield and Pure Genius alum Odette Annable has joined the third-season cast of The CW's Supergirl in the role of Reign. Warner Bros. Television confirms that "Reign will be the big bad of Season 3, as part of an exciting interpretation of the infamous World Killer storyline from the pages of the DC Comics." Introduced in 2012, Reign is a Worldkiller and her origin is a mystery even to her. All she knows about herself is her name, that she is a Worldkiller, and that Krypton and Earth hold the answers for her questions about her origin. Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/05/31/supergirl-odette-annable-reign/      The Flash Scoop: Season 4 Villain Is Exactly Who You Think It Is — Cast Him! (Date: 01 June 2017) The following will come as little surprise to The Flash fans who were paying attention during the last six episodes of Season 3: Barry Allen's next adversary — once he finds his way out of the Speed Force prison, that is! — will be Clifford DeVoe aka The Thinker, sources tell TVLine. Link:https://tvline.com/2017/06/01/flash-season-4-villain-spoilers-thinker-clifford-devoe/    Legends of Tomorrow Recruits Classic DC Heroine (Date: 06 June 2017) The CW has announced that Tala Ashe (American Odyssey) will join the cast as Zari Adrianna Tomaz, a character better known to DC Comics fans — not to mention viewers of 1970s Saturday-morning television — as the superheroine Isis. Ashe's character is described by the network as a Muslim-American woman from the year 2030 who lives in a world of contradictions: “Technology has brought about incredible change in her future — too bad human nature hasn't kept pace. Fear, prejudice and a lack of care for the planet have forced Zari to become a “'grey hat hacktivist.' A computer nerd with a wry, combative attitude. A woman living a double life who doesn't realize that she has secret, latent powers derived from an ancient, mystical source.” Link:http://www.cbr.com/legends-of-tomorrow-casts-isis/      NEXT EPISODE   Episode:   “Raiders of the Lost Art” [Season 2 Episode 9] Air Date:           Tuesday, January 24, 2017 Summary:         Damien Dahrk and Malcolm Merlyn create a big aberration as they attempt to capture Rip in 1967. Director:           Dermott Downs Writers: Keto Shimizu and Chris Fedak IMDB:   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5584112/?ref_=ttep_ep9       Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday nights at 9:00 PM eastern or 8:00 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. 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Starling Tribune - Season 5 Edition – Lian Yu (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) #154   The Official Arrow and Green Arrow Podcast of the Gonna Geek Network Covering DC Comics and CW Based DC Comic TV Shows   Episode:            “Lian Yu” [Season 5 Episode 23] Air Date:           Wednesday, May 24, 2017 Director:           Jesse Warn             http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1168394/?ref_=tt_ov_dr             6x Arrow | 8x The Originals | 1x Riverdale | 4x The Flash | 1 Supergirl | 2x The Shannara Chronicles | 4x The Vampire Diaries | 8x Spartacus: War of the Damned | 1x Spartacus: Gods of the Arena             Writers: Wendy Mericle             http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1355890/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr4 Arrow showrunner | 21x Arrow   Marc Guggenheim             http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0973233/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5 Executive producer Arrow, Legends | 14x Arrow | 8x Legends   Promo: http://www.cbr.com/arrow-season-5-finale-promo/     Weekly Ratings   Arrow   Season high (non-crossover) - 02 The Recruits 12-Oct-16 1.94 Season low -20 Underneath 3-May-17 1.36   Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Legacy 5-Oct-16 1.89 02 The Recruits 12-Oct-16 1.94 03 A Matter Of Trust 19-Oct-16 1.79 04 Penance 26-Oct-16 1.87 05 Human Target 2-Nov-16 1.61 06 So It Begins 9-Nov-16 1.95 07 Vigilante 16-Nov-16 1.86 08 Invasion 30-Nov-16 3.55 09 What We Leave Behind 7-Dec-16 1.94 10 Who Are You 25-Jan-17 1.68 11 Second Chances 1-Feb-17 1.91 12 Bratva 8-Feb-17 1.61 13 Spectre Of The Gun 15-Feb-17 1.66 14 The Sin-Eater 22-Feb-17 1.54 15 Fighting Fire with Fire 1-Mar-17 1.60 16 Checkmate 15-Mar-17 1.53 17 Kapiushon 22-Mar-17 1.38 18 Disbanded 29-Mar-17 1.55 19 Dangerous Liaisons 26-Apr-17 1.36 20 Underneath 3-May-17 1.36 21 Honor Thy Fathers 10-May-17 1.65 22 Missing 17-May-17 1.44 23 Lian Yu 24-May-17 1.72   Legends Of Tomorrow   Season high (non-crossover)- 01 Out Of Time 13-Oct-2016 3.01 Season low -14 Moonshoot 14-Mar-17 1.34   Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Out Of Time 13-Oct-2016 3.01 02 Justice Society of America 20-Oct-2016 2.83 03 Shogun 27-Oct-2016 2.71 04 Abominations 3-Nov-2016 1.75 05 Compromised 10-Nov-2016 1.77 06 Outlaw Country 17-Nov-2016 1.85 07 Invasion 1-Dec-2016 3.39 08 The Chicago Way 8-Dec-2016 2.00 09 Raiders Of The Lost Art 24-Jan-2016 1.74 10 The Legion Of Doom 31-Jan-2017 1.78 11 Turncoat 7-Feb-17 1.89 12 Camelot/3000 21-Feb-17 1.64 13 Land Of The Lost 7-Mar-17 1.54 14 Moonshoot 14-Mar-17 1.34 15 Fellowship of the Spear 21-Mar-17 1.72 16 Doomworld 28-Mar-17 1.59 17 Aruba 4-Apr-17 1.52   Supergirl   Season high (non-crossover) - 01 The Adventures of Supergirl 10-Oct-16 3.06 Season low -19 Alex 1-May-17 1.75   Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 The Adventures of Supergirl 10-Oct-16 3.06 02 The Last Children of Krypton 17-Oct-16 2.66 03 Welcome to Earth 24-Oct-16 2.65 04 Survivors 31-Oct-16 2.22 05 Crossfire 7-Nov-16 2.47 06 Changing 14-Nov-16 2.35 07 The Darkest Place 21-Nov-16 2.61 08 Medusa 28-Nov-16 3.53 09 Supergirl Lives 23-Jan-17 2.65 10 We Can Be Heroes 30-Jan-17 2.35 11 The Martian Chronicles 6-Feb-17 2.4 12 Luthors 13-Feb-17 2.52 13 Mr. & Mrs. Mxyzptlk 20-Feb-17 2.24 14 Homecoming 27-Feb-17 2.17 15 Exodus 6-Mar-17 2.16 16 Star-Crossed 20-Mar-17 2.07 17 Distant Sun 27-Mar-17 2.21 18 Ace Reporter 24-Apr-17 1.80 19 Alex 1-May-17 1.75 20 City of Lost Children 8-May-17 1.88 21 Resist 15-May-17 1.93 22 Nevertheless She Persisted 22-May-17 2.12   THE FLASH   Season high (non-crossover) - 01 Flashpoint 4-Oct-16 3.17 Season low - 18 Abra Kadabra 28-Mar-17 2.39   Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Flashpoint 4-Oct-16 3.17 02 Paradox 11-Oct-16 2.80 03 Magenta 18-Oct-16 2.67 04 The New Rogues 25-Oct-16 2.80 05 Monster 1-Nov-16 2.77 06 Shade 15-Nov-16 3.01 07 Killer Frost 22-Nov-16 2.95 08 Invasion! 29-Nov-16 4.15 09 The Present 6-Dec-16 3.14 10 Borrowing Problems From The Future 24-Jan-17 2.68 11 Dead Or Alive 31-Jan-17 3.06 12 Untouchable 7-Feb-17 2.94 13 Attack on Gorilla City 21-Feb-17 2.78 14 Attack On Central City 28-Feb-17 2.87 15 The Wrath of Savitar 7-Mar-17 2.52 16 Into The Speed Force 14-Mar-17 2.39 17 Duet 21-Mar-17 2.71 18 Abra Kadabra 28-Mar-17 2.39 19 The Once And Future Flash 25-Apr-17 2.67 20 I Know Who You Are 2-May-17 2.69 21 Cause and Effect 9-May-17 2.71 22 Infantino Street 16-May-17 2.48 23 Finish Line 23-May-17 3.04   Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters What was the overall theme for this episode / What was the link to the ep. name Back to where it all began - the island Fight scenes & Stunts: Share your thoughts Cages Boomerang betrays; Chase made better offer Talia threatens Samantha Slade seems to change sides Artemis puts gun to Ollie's head Slade attacks Boomerang Ollie flips Artemis over Talia and Boomerang smoke out after Nyssa and Merlyn arrive Samantha, Felicity, Thea and Curtis freed Nyssa confronts Talia Nyssa upset Talia left her to face father alone Talia - hey, daddy not gonna give ring to me, so went my own way Talia - how dare you side with father's killer Nyssa - father always ashamed of me Nyssa and Talia fight with swords, kicks Nyssa wins Ninjas attack; Slade takes care of them Talia - kill me, dad would want you to; Nyssa - knocks her out Ollie caught Slade seems to betray again Ollie taken by Siren to Diggle, Lance, Rene, and Dinah Sonic dampener stopped cry; Ollie gives her Curtis's device Dinah screams them free Dinah and Black Siren fight - cry against each other; knocks them back; Lance knocks out Siren Talia's ninjas aren't that talented - Slade takes care of many, so does Diggle; Rene beats a couple of them up Ollie chases Chase; they fight (cut with fight w/Kovar) Chase wants Ollie to kill him Ollie has Chase in chokehold (cut with same hold w/Kovar) Rest of team there; Ollie doesn't kill Chase Final fight on boat Fight between Ollie and Chase Chase has William Ollie shoots Chase in foot Chase kills himself; island goes boom Flashbacks: Share your thoughts Ollie vs. Kovar Ollie fights guys with guns hand-to-hand, breaks guy's neck, gets gun Ollie shoots guys Ollie sets trap, impales guy with tree Ollie shoots down Kovar's helicopter Ollie and Kovar fight; Ollie breaks his neck (cut between fight with Chase) Ollie:   I don't want to rely on Slade; knocked out Argus guard to free Slade; gave Slade info on his son (Joseph Wilson, aka Jericho) Slade - your pasts haunts you because you suffer from survivor's guilt; have to forgive self for surviving and for sins Why didn't he have everyone go to the Argus ship???? I'm not a killer anymore Done blaming self Diggle Beats up ninjas Thea We are orphans because of Slade and Merlyn Steps on the only land mine on island Doesn't want Merlyn to save her, but he shoves her out of way Misses Merlyn; saw the father he could have been Felicity Kisses Ollie Talks about evil dad taking bullet for her Quentin Lance Knocks out Black Siren Calls Dinah “Black Canary” Curtis / Mr. Terrific Makes bad joke about finding plane after Merlyn sacrifices himself Rene / Wild Dog Beats up ninjas Dinah Drake / Black Canary Fight against Black Siren Artemis Smug; maybe leaving me part of plan Still wants Ollie dead Rory / Ragman Last minute save? D.A. Adrian Chase / Prometheus 10 steps ahead still Plants bombs all over island - how did he get $$$$ Was taking William always part of the plan? Force Ollie to choose between son and the team? Would he have killed William? Wanted to die all this time - deadman switch; he dies, all die All of this because Ollie killed a father that wasn't there for him? What we know: Claybourne's son; knows about The List; has moves Ollie learned from Talia; learned about Flash & co and multiple universes Who is alive? Who is dead? Ollie - on boat - alive William - on boat - alive Prometheus - on boat - dead (shot himself) Felicity - on island Diggle - on island Curtis - on island Dinah - on island - alive (actor promoted to series regular) Rene - on island - alive (actor promoted to series regular) Thea - on island Merlyn - on island - dead - landmine - JB confirmed Boomerang - on island - dead - Merlyn Talia - on island Nyssa - on island Black Siren - on island - alive (actor promoted to series regular) Samantha - on island Slade - on island Artemis - on island in cage Quentin - on island Argus guard   ARROW NEWS:   The Arrow Easter Egg That Sealed One Character's Fate (Date: 24 May 2017) Before Oliver (Stephen Amell) had his final showdown with Konstantin Kovar (Dolph Lundgren) in the flashbacks on tonight's episode of Arrow, the show gave a look ahead at the Bratva boss's destiny. Earlier in the episode, as Oliver, Slade, and Talia were exploring Lian Yu, the camera panned across the forest floor to reveal a set of skeletal remains wearing a black leather jacket. The body was that of Konstantin Kovar, who wouldn't die at Oliver's hand for about another 20 minutes in the episode. Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/05/25/the-arrow-easter-egg-dolph-lundgren/   Arrow's John Barrowman Licks Katrina Law's Donut (Date: 24 May 2017) Katrina Law, who returned to her role as Nyssa al Ghul in tonight's episode, shared a video taken while on set. In it, Law talks to Nick E. Tarabay (Digger Harkness/Captain Boomerang) about her love of donuts, seemingly unaware that John Barrowman (Malcolm Merlyn) is behind her. Barrowman taps Law on the shoulder, sneaks up behind her, and licks her donut. And in traditional Arrow fashion, the video is accompanied by dramatic music and camera movements. Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/05/25/arrow-season-five-finale-barrowman-katrina-law/   Arrow: John Barrowman Confirms He's Done With The Arrowverse (Date: 25 May 2017) Here's what Barrowman had to say about his exit: “I am very sad to be leaving the Arrowverse. I love playing Malcolm Merlyn, and you know - that's it really. As sad as it may be, I understand how shows must change and also characters must change and develop. But that doesn't mean I'm not very sad and upset about it. I appreciate your support and love you all,” the actor told fans. Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/05/25/arrow-john-barrowman-leaves-malcolm-merlyn-dies/ GENERAL DC TV NEWS The CW Boss On Plans For New 4-Series DC Crossover & Peak Superhero TV (Date: 18 May 2017) The now-traditional DC superhero crossover on the CW will be back next season with another big four-series event in the fourth quarter, more specifically November. Like the very successful four-night crossover last December, which delivered the CW's most watched week in six years, the stunt will include the DC series on the fall schedule, Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow. Link:http://deadline.com/2017/05/the-cw-dc-crossover-arrow-the-flash-supergirl-legends-of-tomorrow-2017-peak-superhero-tv-1202097060/   Supergirl Season 2 Blu-ray, DVD Information Released (Date: 24 May 2017) The CW and Warner Bros home entertainment have announced that Supergirl: The Complete Second Season will release on Blu-ray and DVD on Aug. 22, 2017. The set contains all 22 episodes of Supergirl's second season, an exclusive commentary with Andrew Kreisberg and Kevin Smith, the show's 2016 Comic-Con panel, featurettes, and more extras. Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/05/24/supergirl-season-2-blu-ray/   Supergirl: Cat Grant Won't Be Series Regular in Season 3 (Date: 25 May 2017) While Flockhart was listed as a series regular by The CW in press release for Season Three, the actress won't be a full-time cast member. Instead, she's expected to appear as a guest star in a handful of episodes, “if the scheduling can be worked out.” Given the revelation that Cat has known Kara's biggest secret for some time, fans will undoubtedly hope schedules do work out, as Kara could surely use some sage advice from her mentor as she faces more challenges. Link:http://www.cbr.com/supergirl-cat-grant-season-3/   NEXT EPISODE   Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday nights at 9:00 PM eastern or 8:00 PM Central at www.geeks.live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. 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Welcome to the DC TV Report for the week ending Saturday May 20th, 2017. IAs submitted by Edward O'Hare, nickname To Be Determined. Six new episodes, three of them were penultimate. So many bombshells. So much excitement: Gotham: The Court of Owls broke Captain Barnes out of Arkham Asylum and Dr. Hugo Strange used his blood to make Tetch virus airborne. Kathryn tested Jim by having him watch the gas be released on a small group of innocents. With some help from Oswald and Firefly, Jim took down a Talon and saved the day. The Court later captured Oswald and caged him in a cell next to Ed. Lee continued pursuing her vendetta against Jim, and ended up resigning from GCPD. The Shaman taught Bruce to channel his pain and let go of his rage. Ivy found Selina in a coma and turned her hospital room into a greenhouse. The plants woke Selina up, and she was off to Wayne Manor. Last Minute Reveal: Kathryn wanted Jim killed and Barnes broke through his bonds ready to perform an execution!   Lucifer: Chloe and Lucifer investigated the murder of an orderly at a psych ward. One of the patients claimed to be God and Lucifer learned he might not have been lying. Chloe took a Doctor on a weird double date with Maze and Amenadiel and embarrassed herself asking for help with the case. Lucifer checked himself into the psych ward, broke out Dad, and tried pulling a parent trap with him and Charlotte. Chloe broke up the fun. Turns out the killer was a nurse. After losing his belt buckle, God remembered he wasn't God. Luci and Amenadiel figured out the buckle was a missing piece of the Flaming Sword of Eden that offered divine enlightenment. Charlotte drowned her sorrows in Dave. Last Minute Reveal: Lucifer showed the guy who wasn't his Dad to a taxi and became determined to return to heaven and punish his real father!    Supergirl: Penultimate Episode - Rhea planned to enslave the Earth, proclaim it New Daxam, and force Mon-El and Lena to get hitched. After an Air Force One attack, President Marsden revealed herself to be an alien refugee and ordered Alex to break into the DEO and destroy Rhea's ship with a positron cannon. Cat Grant returned, reminded us why she is the most dynamic character on the show, inspired Kara to go after Rhea, and with help from Winn, inspired all of National City to fight back against the Daxamites. Lillian Luthor and Cyborg Superman helped Kara rescue Lena and Mon-El but pulled a double-cross. When Alex learned Kara was still aboard Rhea's ship, she hesitated and the positron cannon was destroyed. Last Minute Reveal: Rhea stepped aside and let Kara get punched out… by Superman!   The Flash: Penultimate Episode - Barry traveled into the past and brought back Captain Cold to help him break into ARGUS, neutralize King Shark, and take the Dominators' Crystal. The mission was a success (sort of), and Captain Cold returned to the past, advising Barry not to play by Savitar's rules. Tracey continued her romance with HR. Joe and Wally tried hiding with Iris on Earth 2, but Savitar tricked HR into revealing their location. Savitar crippled Wally and snatched Iris. Cisco got vibes of Killer Frost and finally met her in the forest for a final showdown. Barry confronted Savitar on Infantino Street and tried using the Speed Force bazooka but it did not work, and Savitar drew his blade to kill Iris. Last Minute Reveal: As Barry ran, we saw a video message from Iris to Barry reciting her wedding vows. Barry failed to save Iris and held her body in his arms!   iZOMBIE: Liv went “Red” and nearly choked out Blaine but believed he didn't steal the cure. Liv rolled up preschool teacher brains with PB&J and became extremely friendly and encouraging. Turns out the teacher was banging three of his students' moms and was killed by one of their hubbies. Blaine was feeling down until Don stole his brain business and left him, shot in the gut. One of Peyton's cases was blown up by attorney Harry Thorne and the next day the defendant hung himself. Peyton asked Ravi to blue-soak the brain for answers. Major and Justin discovered the Scratching Post. Justin went on a sort-of-date with Liv. Major and Justin tracked down Harley Johns and confronted him on a dark road at night. Last Minute Reveal: Harley ran over Justin, who went “Red”, chased down Harley and jumped on the hood of his car, before getting thrown. Harley took a video of Justin's attack and now has proof Zombies exist!   ARROW: Penultimate Episode – 5 years ago, Kovar injected Oliver with a serum that caused him to feel extreme pain and hallucinate his past failures. A vision of Laurel convinced him not to kill himself. In the present, the team threw Ollie a surprise birthday party. Then one-by-one Adrian Chase had each teammate kidnapped by Talia al-Ghul's army, including Evelyn and Black Siren. Turns out Wild Dog didn't abandon his daughter after all. Quentin met Black Siren and it took time for him to realize she wasn't Laurel. Malcolm Merlyn showed up to help. Oliver learned that his son, William, had also been snatched, tried stopping Chase, but ultimately had to let him escape. Nyssa al-Ghul joined Oliver's cause. Oliver tracked Chase to his old island and set out to rescue his friends. Last Minute Reveal: Oliver entered the ARGUS submarine prison and asked Deathstroke for help!

Starling Tribune - Season 5 Edition – Dangerous Liaisons (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) #150   The Official Arrow and Green Arrow Podcast of the Gonna Geek Network Covering DC Comics and CW Based DC Comic TV Shows   Episode:            “Dangerous Liaisons” [Season 5 Episode 19] Air Date:           Wednesday, April 26, 2017 Director:           Joel Novoa             http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1629105/?ref_=tt_ov_dr             1x Arrow | God's Slave (2013 film) | Machsom (2013 short film)             Writers: Speed Weed             http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2373535/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr4 8x Arrow | 7x Haven | 3x Law & Order: SVU   Elizabeth Kim             http://www.imdb.com/name/nm8620228/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5 1x Arrow | Has been the assistant to Marc Guggenheim Promo: https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/arrow/arrow-felicity-takes-on-prometheus-in-this-new-promo-for-season-5-episode-19-dangerous-liaisons-a150027     Weekly Ratings   Arrow Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Legacy 5-Oct-16 1.89 02 The Recruits 12-Oct-16 1.94 03 A Matter Of Trust 19-Oct-16 1.79 04 Penance 26-Oct-16 1.87 05 Human Target 2-Nov-16 1.61 06 So It Begins 9-Nov-16 1.95 07 Vigilante 16-Nov-16 1.86 08 Invasion 30-Nov-16 3.55 09 What We Leave Behind 7-Dec-16 1.94 10 Who Are You 25-Jan-17 1.68 11 Second Chances 1-Feb-17 1.91 12 Bratva 8-Feb-17 1.61 13 Spectre Of The Gun 15-Feb-17 1.66 14 The Sin-Eater 22-Feb-17 1.54 15 Fighting Fire with Fire 1-Mar-17 1.60 16 Checkmate 15-Mar-17 1.53 17 Kapiushon 22-Mar-17 1.38 18 Disbanded 29-Mar-17 1.55 19 Dangerous Liaisons 26-Apr-17 1.36 20 Underneath 3-May-17 21 Honor Thy Fathers 10-May-17 22 Missing 17-May-17 23 Lian Yu 24-May-17   Legends Of Tomorrow Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Out Of Time 13-Oct-2016 3.01 02 Justice Society of America 20-Oct-2016 2.83 03 Shogun 27-Oct-2016 2.71 04 Abominations 3-Nov-2016 1.75 05 Compromised 10-Nov-2016 1.77 06 Outlaw Country 17-Nov-2016 1.85 07 Invasion 1-Dec-2016 3.39 08 The Chicago Way 8-Dec-2016 2.00 09 Raiders Of The Lost Art 24-Jan-2016 1.74 10 The Legion Of Doom 31-Jan-2017 1.78 11 Turncoat 7-Feb-17 1.89 12 Camelot/3000 21-Feb-17 1.64 13 Land Of The Lost 7-Mar-17 1.54 14 Moonshoot 14-Mar-17 1.34 15 Fellowship of the Spear 21-Mar-17 1.72 16 Doomworld 28-Mar-17 1.59 17 Aruba 4-Apr-17 1.52   Supergirl Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 The Adventures of Supergirl 10-Oct-16 3.06 02 The Last Children of Krypton 17-Oct-16 2.66 03 Welcome to Earth 24-Oct-16 2.65 04 Survivors 31-Oct-16 2.22 05 Crossfire 7-Nov-16 2.47 06 Changing 14-Nov-16 2.35 07 The Darkest Place 21-Nov-16 2.61 08 Medusa 28-Nov-16 3.53 09 Supergirl Lives 23-Jan-17 2.65 10 We Can Be Heroes 30-Jan-17 2.35 11 The Martian Chronicles 6-Feb-17 2.4 12 Luthors 13-Feb-17 2.52 13 Mr. & Mrs. Mxyzptlk 20-Feb-17 2.24 14 Homecoming 27-Feb-17 2.17 15 Exodus 6-Mar-17 2.16 16 Star-Crossed 20-Mar-17 2.07 17 Distant Sun 27-Mar-17 2.21 18 Ace Reporter 24-Apr-17   THE FLASH Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Flashpoint 4-Oct-16 3.17 02 Paradox 11-Oct-16 2.80 03 Magenta 18-Oct-16 2.67 04 The New Rogues 25-Oct-16 2.80 05 Monster 1-Nov-16 2.77 06 Shade 15-Nov-16 3.01 07 Killer Frost 22-Nov-16 2.95 08 Invasion! 29-Nov-16 4.15 09 The Present 6-Dec-16 3.14 10 Borrowing Problems From The Future 24-Jan-17 2.68 11 Dead Or Alive 31-Jan-17 3.06 12 Untouchable 7-Feb-17 2.94 13 Attack on Gorilla City 21-Feb-17 2.78 14 Attack On Central City 28-Feb-17 2.87 15 The Wrath of Savitar 7-Mar-17 2.52 16 Into The Speed Force 14-Mar-17 2.39 17 Duet 21-Mar-17 2.71 18 Abra Kadabra 28-Mar-17 2.39 19 The Once And Future Flash 25-Apr-17 20 I Know Who You Are 2-May-17   Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters What was the overall theme for this episode / What was the link to the ep. name Felicity's risky alliance with Helix Felicity's demanding Helix's help finding Chase Helix has someone who can help, but is held by Argus Felicity helps Helix steal two keys to free hacker, Cayden James Helix burns Felicity; trick her into triggering an EMP in Arrowcave Lyla's willingness to act like Waller; things are different on this side of the desk Holding James without a trial or charges because he's allegedly dangerous Her behavior risking marriage Fight scenes & Stunts: Share your thoughts Chase spotted going into an arcade Rigs games to shoot real bullets Changes Outzoned game to show him as Prometheus and “Game Over” Escapes by tunnels (duh) Team decides to help Argus Argus agent attacked by hired goons Car cornered, explosions Canary cry Gun fight Team lets person go because Felicity asked Felicity vs. Team Gunfire Hack turrets; hack laser fence Canary cry Dinah uses bo staff; Curtis uses T-spheres; Ollie hand-to-hand Felicity steps in front of Ollie's gun and traps him behind laser fence Helix gets James, but don't take off hood in front of Felicity Flashbacks: Share your thoughts None! Ollie:   Gives platitudes as mayor Tries to talk Felicity from the edge and fails Still wearing silly black mask and using guns Diggle Can't believe that one of the best people he knows, Felicity, is willing to cross the line Upset at Lyla because she's acting like Amanda Waller; the job is changing her; she approves of using an off-book black site on US soil and holding a person of interest without a trial Thea Vacay Felicity Determined to find Chase; fueled by grief Upset Ollie won't back her play Willing to take the burden from Ollie of doing anything it takes to do the right thing, even if it means selling her soul Doesn't see that Helix is playing her Crosses line by helping Helix free a dangerous hacker Quentin Lance Bonds with Rene father to father Helps Rene because he would do anything to see daughters again Arranges visit between Rene and daughter Curtis / Mr. Terrific Acts as Overwatch during a mission Awkward McAwardity Uses T-spheres Rene / Wild Dog Bromance with Lance Confesses hurt daughter - passed out drunk, she burnt hand with soup After visit with daughter, calls lawyer Dinah Drake / Black Canary Canary cry - twice! Kicks butt with bo staff Artemis Traitor Rory / Ragman Walkabout D.A. Adrian Chase / Prometheus Out in the wind; gone a week What we know: Claybourne's son; knows about The List; has moves Ollie learned from Talia; learned about Flash & co and multiple universes   ARROW NEWS:   May Sweeps/Finale Preview: Get 130+ Spoilers, Plus Exclusive Photos! (Date: 24 April 2017) PRE-FINALE: While Team Arrow, A.R.G.U.S. and the SCPD launch a manhunt for Adrian Chase, Helix offers Felicity a solution to that problem — in trade for something big and illegal. On the heels of that, things get intense when Oliver and Felicity are trapped in the bunker together, while Lyla and Diggle deal with marital issues. Oliver also will deal with the forced release of violent criminals prosecuted by Chase as well as the delivery of a mysterious corpse encased in concrete. SEASON FINALE (MAY 24): Chase keeps 10 steps ahead of Team Arrow, forcing Oliver to face his violent past and answer the question once and for all: Is he a killer, or a hero? To answer that, Oliver will be forced to let go of the fate his father burdened him with and aim for a new legacy. And as Oliver's five years' worth of flashbacks come to an end,  you will see how he planned his escape from Lian Yu — while in the present, Oliver bids said island a final farewell. Link:https://tvline.com/gallery/may-sweeps-spoilers-2017-finale-episodes-photos/#!2/sweeps-arrow/   9 Spoilers From Your Favorite Shows' Season Finales (Date: 24 April 2017) The ultimate showdown between the Emerald Archer and Prometheus will speak to Oliver's legacy in the Arrow finale, welcoming back a number of familiar faces, including Black Siren (Katie Cassidy), Nyssa al Ghul (Katrina Law) and Slade Wilson (Manu Bennett), while taking viewers back to where it all started on the island both in flashback and present day. "Chase has been trying to prove to the world and to Oliver that he's not a hero, he's a killer, and he's going to pull out one final, big whamo at the end that's going to leave Oliver reeling," EP Wendy Mericle says of the action-packed hour, which she promises will be very explosive. "We might lose some people." Link:http://ew.com/tv/season-finales-2017-spoilers/arrow/   Spoiler Room: Scoop on Scandal, Arrow, S.H.I.E.L.D., and more (Date: xx month year) Anything Arrow? — The finale is going to bring the show full circle to what we saw in the pilot — and more! Here's what EP Wendy Mericle tells me: “We've managed to hopefully stick the landing on it in a cool way that allows us to see both some of the moments right before we first met Oliver in the pilot, where he launched that flaming arrow and it lit up that signal fire, and also maybe a little bit after as well, some of the more emotional moments that we never got to see in the pilot.” Link:http://ew.com/tv/2017/04/21/spoiler-room-scandal-arrow-agents-shield/   Is Arrow Planning A The Walking Dead-Style Season Finale Cliffhanger? It Sounds Like It (Date: 24 April 2017) During an interview with ComicBook.com earlier today, Arrow executive producer Wendy Mericle referred to the upcoming season finale as a cliffhanger, and indicated that fans might not know who lives and who dies until season six. "We're going to have a big bang of an ending, and we're not going to know really the outcome until the end of season 6," Mericle told ComicBook.com. "We don't often do cliffhangers in the way that we're doing this season, and we're excited about this ending." Mericle said of the flashbacks that have served as a kind of backup story in the show's first five seasons, “Moving forward into season 6, we're not calling it a reboot, because really the show is called Arrow and it's still about Oliver and his team, and that's not changing, but we don't have the flashbacks. What that's going to allow us to do is keep that device when we want it, but we don't have to keep pushing the five year storyline down the road. It gives us a lot more real estate to play around with, a lot more space to hopefully bring in some cool villains and to tell new character stories, and we have a lot of new characters on the show whose backstories we haven't really had the chance to experience." Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/04/24/will-arrow-use-the-walking-dead-cliffhanger-in-finale/     GENERAL DC TV NEWS May Sweeps Preview and Finale Spoilers (Date: 24 April 2017) THE FLASH - PRE-FINALE:- Barry travels to 2024 to find out Savitar's identity, where he encounters future versions of himself as well as his Team Flash friends. Upon returning to the present, Barry & Co. meet a scientist (House‘s Anne Dudek) who may be the key to stopping Savitar, but they must — literally, and with great difficulty — fight to keep Killer Frost from getting to her first. Afterward, Caitlin's icy alter ego makes an interesting proposal. SEASON FINALE (MAY 23): After discovering Savitar's true identity, Team Flash prepares for a final, epic battle with the God of Speed… while struggling with a major setback. Expect a season-ending cliffhanger that will leave viewers — and the heroes — questioning how they will move forward in Season 4. Link:https://tvline.com/gallery/may-sweeps-spoilers-2017-finale-episodes-photos/#!11/undefined/   May Sweeps Preview and Finale Spoilers (Date: 24 April 2017) PRE-FINALE: The final episodes of Season 2 will test Kara's friendship with Lena, first by introducing Ms. Luthor's ex-beau — the dangerous and shady Jack Spheer (iZombie‘s Rahul Kohli) — and then by setting up a potential alliance between Lena and Queen Rhea, whose mysterious plan quickly escalates. Meanwhile, Kara and Maggie will grow closer as they team up to rescue Alex from a life-threatening situation, and James will find a new purpose as Guardian becomes National City's only hope against a string of deadly attacks. SEASON FINALE (MAY 22): In addition to meeting the infamous General Zod, viewers should keep an eye out for some returning favorites as the season comes to a climax. “With the return of Superman and Cat Grant (Calista Flockhart first resurfaces on May 15), we are poised for our biggest most exciting episode of the season,” executive producer Andrew Kreisberg says. “Big fights, big guest stars, big emotion — it's going to be amazing.” Link:https://tvline.com/gallery/may-sweeps-spoilers-2017-finale-episodes-photos/#!23/distant-sun-4/    Supergirl Casts Man of Steel and Smallville Alum Mark Gibbon as General Zod (Date: 21 April 2017) Mark Gibbon, a Canadian character actor who played one of the oil rig workers rescued by Superman in Man of Steel, will next take on the role of General Zod in Supergirl. Gibbon will be a recognizable face to fans of geek entertainment, with roles on TV and in film including Smallville, Arrow, and The X-Files. He also has a voice-acting resume that includes playing the Incredible Hulk, The Thing, and Nick Fury in various Marvel animated projects. Link:http://comicbook.com/dc/2017/04/21/supergirl-casts-man-of-steel-and-smallville-alum-marc-gibbon-as-/   The Flash's Future Shock: 'Barry Is in Shambles' After Losing Iris (Date: 20 April 2017) The Barry of the future “is a guy who has lost everything,” Grant Gustin told TVLine while standing adjacent to the Flash's time tunnel set, which for this episode was made to look dusty, desolate and in disrepair. With a nod to that mess, “Barry looks pretty similar — he is in shambles,” Gustin said. “He does not look good.” Devastated by losing the love of his life, this Barry is “totally alone” until his past self arrives, setting the stage for double the Gustin. “It's a lot of scenes with Barry and Barry, and they're pretty emotional scenes from both sides,” says the actor. All told, “They were some of the more challenging scenes I've done — if not just this year, in the whole series, because I'm my own scene partner.” Link:http://tvline.com/2017/04/20/the-flash-season-3-episode-19-preview-future-barry/   The Flash's Danielle Panabaker Breaks Down Killer Frost's Chilling New Look (Date: 26 April 2017) In her previous, Earth-Two incarnation, Killer Frost was clad in leather pants and a jacket, “so this is pretty different with the skirts and stuff,” Danielle Panabaker shared during our visit to the CW hit's set, where the warm actress was almost (almost) jarring to lay eyes on, wearing her full costume (including a tiny extra flourish not spied in either of these exclusive photos). Link:http://tvline.com/2017/04/26/the-flash-season-3-killer-frost-new-costume-danielle-panabaker/   Our First Look at a Major Superman Villain's Arrival on Supergirl (Date: 27 April 2017) Mark Gibbon has been spotted on set in action as General Zod. Behold, even set video of him being a jerk and heat visioning some people! Also spotted on set was Tyler Hoechlin, returning to action as the Man of Steel. Link:http://io9.gizmodo.com/our-first-look-at-a-major-superman-villains-arrival-on-1794686350   ARROW CAST & CREW INTERVIEWS Arrow boss teases trials ahead before ultimate Prometheus showdown (Date: 25 April 2017) When Arrow returns after its long hiatus, Felicity will find herself going up against Team Arrow. With Adrian Chase (Josh Segarra) still on the loose, mysterious hacker organization Helix offers Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) a way to track him down in exchange for her services involving something illegal. Needless to say, Oliver (Stephen Amell) & Co. won't be happy. But Ollie and Felicity will be forced to face their divide head on next week when the duo gets trapped in the bunker together. Will this actually bring them closer together? EW turned to executive producer Wendy Mericle to get the scoop. Link:http://ew.com/tv/2017/04/25/arrow-season-5-finale-spoilers/   Michelle ARROW EP TEASES DEATHSTROKE'S RETURN, AL GHUL SIBLING RIVALRY & MORE (Date: 26 April 2017) As “Arrow” hurtles towards its Season 5 finale, Oliver Queen and his team are in more trouble than ever. They may have dealt Prometheus a major blow, but he's still at large. Meanwhile, Felicity is knee-deep with the mysterious hacker group Helix, which has some dubious intentions. Even as Team Arrow deals with these threats on two fronts, the return of Katie Cassidy's Black Siren looms in the distance, threatening to kick off with an emotional gut punch. Nevertheless, executive producer Wendy Mericle is looking forward to “Arrow's” future with a lot of hope. Speaking with CBR, Mericle addressed all of the threats facing Team Arrow. She also explained how Season 1 characters like Deathstroke and Yao Fei will return, delved into Felicity's relationship with Oliver, teased Malcolm Merlyn and Artemis' important roles in the Season 5 finale, discussed how the show will fill the gap left by the flashbacks in Season 6 and more.     FEEDBACK   Replies to post about Black Siren Chris Campbell I like her as black siren a lot more than I ever did as laurel or canary lol Adam Nelson Chris is going to love it. :p Haley Malle #NoLaurelNoArrow   NEXT EPISODE   Promo for Next Week's: Episode - “Underneath” (Date: 27 April 2017) Article:https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/arrow/arrow-oliver-felicity-are-trapped-in-the-new-extended-promo-for-season-5-episode-20-underneath-a150661 Episode:   “Underneath” [Season 5 Episode 20] Air Date:           Wednesday, May 3, 2017 Summary:         Oliver and Felicity get trapped in the bunker together, while Diggle and Lyla deal with marital issues. Director:           Wendey Stanzler Writer:  Wendy Mericle and Beth Schwartz IMDB:   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5607522/?ref_=tt_ep_nx Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday nights at 9:00 PM eastern or 8:00 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. 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Starling Tribune – Season 5.5 Edition – Legends Of Tomorrow Compromised (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) #147   The Official Arrow Podcast of the Gonna Geek Network   Episode:            “Compromised” [Season 2  Episode 5] Air Date:           Thursday, November 10, 2016 Director:      David Geddes                    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0311454/?ref_=tt_ov_dr                    2x Legends                    Writers:       Keto Shimizu                    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2582956/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5 4x Legends | 11x Arrow | 1x Flash | 7x The Cape   Grainne Godfree                    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3113826/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr6 6x Legends | 6x Flash | 4x The Tomorrow People Promo:https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/legends_of_tomorrow/new-extended-promo-for-legends-of-tomorrow-season-2-episode-5-compromised-a146519     Weekly Ratings   Arrow Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Legacy 5-Oct-16 1.89 02 The Recruits 12-Oct-16 1.94 03 A Matter Of Trust 19-Oct-16 1.79 04 Penance 26-Oct-16 1.87 05 Human Target 2-Nov-16 1.61 06 So It Begins 9-Nov-16 1.95 07 Vigilante 16-Nov-16 1.86 08 Invasion 30-Nov-16 3.55 09 What We Leave Behind 7-Dec-16 1.94 10 Who Are You 25-Jan-17 1.68 11 Second Chances 1-Feb-17 1.91 12 Bratva 8-Feb-17 1.61 13 Spectre Of The Gun 15-Feb-17 1.66 14 The Sin-Eater 22-Feb-17 1.54 15 Fighting Fire with Fire 1-Mar-17 1.60 16 Checkmate 15-Mar-17 1.53 17 Kapiushon 22-Mar-17 1.38 18 Disbanded 29-Mar-17 1.55 19 Dangerous Liaisons 26-Apr-17 20 Underneath 3-May-17 21 Honor Thy Fathers 10-May-17 22 Missing 17-May-17 23 TBD 24-May-17   Legends Of Tomorrow Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Out Of Time 13-Oct-2016 3.01 02 Justice Society of America 20-Oct-2016 2.83 03 Shogun 27-Oct-2016 2.71 04 Abominations 3-Nov-2016 1.75 05 Compromised 10-Nov-2016 1.77 06 Outlaw Country 17-Nov-2016 1.85 07 Invasion 1-Dec-2016 3.39 08 The Chicago Way 8-Dec-2016 2.00 09 Raiders Of The Lost Art 24-Jan-2016 1.74 10 The Legion Of Doom 31-Jan-2017 1.78 11 Turncoat 7-Feb-17 1.89 12 Camelot/3000 21-Feb-17 1.64 13 Land Of The Lost 7-Mar-17 1.54 14 Moonshoot 14-Mar-17 1.34 15 Fellowship of the Spear 21-Mar-17 1.72 16 Doomworld 28-Mar-17 1.59 17 Aruba 4-Apr-17 1.52   Supergirl Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 The Adventures of Supergirl 10-Oct-16 3.06 02 The Last Children of Krypton 17-Oct-16 2.66 03 Welcome to Earth 24-Oct-16 2.65 04 Survivors 31-Oct-16 2.22 05 Crossfire 7-Nov-16 2.47 06 Changing 14-Nov-16 2.35 07 The Darkest Place 21-Nov-16 2.61 08 Medusa 28-Nov-16 3.53 09 Supergirl Lives 23-Jan-17 2.65 10 We Can Be Heroes 30-Jan-17 2.35 11 The Martian Chronicles 6-Feb-17 2.4 12 Luthors 13-Feb-17 2.52 13 Mr. & Mrs. Mxyzptlk 20-Feb-17 2.24 14 Homecoming 27-Feb-17 2.17 15 Exodus 6-Mar-17 2.16 16 Star-Crossed 20-Mar-17 2.07 17 Distant Sun 27-Mar-17 2.21 18 Ace Reporter 24-Apr-17   THE FLASH Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Flashpoint 4-Oct-16 3.17 02 Paradox 11-Oct-16 2.80 03 Magenta 18-Oct-16 2.67 04 The New Rogues 25-Oct-16 2.80 05 Monster 1-Nov-16 2.77 06 Shade 15-Nov-16 3.01 07 Killer Frost 22-Nov-16 2.95 08 Invasion! 29-Nov-16 4.15 09 The Present 6-Dec-16 3.14 10 Borrowing Problems From The Future 24-Jan-17 2.68 11 Dead Or Alive 31-Jan-17 3.06 12 Untouchable 7-Feb-17 2.94 13 Attack on Gorilla City 21-Feb-17 2.78 14 Attack On Central City 28-Feb-17 2.87 15 The Wrath of Savitar 7-Mar-17 2.52 16 Into The Speed Force 14-Mar-17 2.39 17 Duet 21-Mar-17 2.71 18 Abra Kadabra 28-Mar-17 2.39 19 The Once And Future Flash 25-Apr-17   What was the overall theme for this episode / What was the link to the ep. name Sara's tempted to kill Darhk, which would compromise time Darhk infiltrated the Reagan administration, compromising US history Fight scenes & Stunts: Share your thoughts DEA bust in Miami - Thawne swoops in and kills everyone before Darhk can get off a shot Worst White House infiltration of all time Sara pulls knife, spotted Firestorm stops bullets Rory and Ray cross the streams; things go boom! White House fight - best slow walk to “Danger Zone” ever Obsidian, Firestorm, Vixen, Steel, and Sara vs. Russians and Darhk's men Sara takes down the tall henchman Sara spares Darhk Time Travel: Share your thoughts 1987 Miami Darhk in “Miami Vice” finest outfit - to him it's been 45 years since he's seen Thawne Darhk becomes part of Reagan administration, causing a time quake Young Stein's career taken him to White House and not meetings; missing dinner on wife's birthday; Older Stein lectures Young Stein about ignoring Clarissa Sara spares Darhk's life by telling him his future - doesn't this violate the rules of time travel? Darhk demands to work with Thawne and change his destiny; Thawne agrees Sara Lance / White Canary   Still struggling with being Captain and her need for revenge against Darhk Gets called out by Jax - not okay for him to correct history, but okay for her to do it Her need for vengeance makes her slip up during first White House fight Ray Palmer / The Atom Struggling with finding out who he is without the suit Becomes Mick's partner; tries to be cool, wears Snart's jacket, wants to improve gun Brings snacks to stakeout Sciences his way to a solution to disarm the bomb Mick Rory / Heat Wave Tries to make Ray his partner; gives Ray Snart's cold gun Realizes his mistake; tells Ray, “You're Ray Palmer, you can science your way out of anything” Martin Stein / Firestorm Supportive of Sara's journey to accepting she is a worthy Captain Surprised to see his younger self, especially when his younger self goes to Darhk Gets injured when Young Stein stabbed Lectures younger self about ignoring Clarissa Dances with his wife Jefferson Jackson / Firestorm Wants to make small changes to history; Stein tells him that even small changes could send ripples across time Nate Heywood / Steel With Amaya to reach out to JSA Amaya Jiwe / Vixen Thinks women and men are equal by the 1980s - we wish Feels guilty that the JSA is no more and failed a mission in 1956 Was going to leave the JSA with Rex after the war Asks Todd/Obsidian for help getting into the state dinner Rip Hunter MIA Gideon Maker of amazing 80s fashion Healer of Young Stein Justice Society of America (JSA) Rex Tyler/Hourman - Obsidian - Shocked to see Amaya; helps team; not trusted to go on mission in 1956 because of misbelief that gay men could not be trusted; has a man to go home to in the present Commander Steel - Dr. Mid-Nite - Stargirl - Legion of Doom Damien Darhk Drug deal for 1st century ax that belonged to Nero's bodyguard Recognizes Sara - Lazarus pit? Lost item got from Russians - item was for Thawne Demands to time travel with Thawne Eobard Thawne / Reverse-Flash Wanted Darhk to get certain item Agrees to bring Darhk into operation Malcolm Merlyn   ARROW NEWS Arrow Boss: Oliver/Felicity-Centric Episode Will Offer 'Full-On Exploration' of Why Season 4 Breakup Happened (Date: 03 April 2017) Amell first teased the “Olicity”-centric episode last month, tweeting that he was filming the “first episode EVER where the same actor shares every single one of my scenes with me. Going to be great.” He added, “And by my scenes I mean our scenes. By definition. Super cool episode.” Amell was referring to Season 5, Episode 20, which is titled “Underneath,” airs during May sweeps and will revisit, in depth, Felicity's termination of their wedding engagement after learning that Oliver 1) had a son, 2) didn't tell her, and 3) then didn't include his bride-to-be in the decision to send young William and his mother away, to safety. Link:http://tvline.com/2017/04/03/arrow-season-5-olicity-episode-20-breakup-answers/        American Ninja Warrior Announces Celeb Edition with Stephen Amell, Derek Hough (Date: 05 April 2017) American Nina Warrior announced its first ever celebrity edition Wednesday, and the cast is pretty nuts. Arrow's Stephen Amell will trade in his salmon ladder for the floating steps and compete against Dancing with the Stars' Derek Hough, Parenthood's Erika Christensen, Today's Natalie Morales, comedian Nikki Glaser, actress Mena Suvari, former Yankees player Nick Swisher, comedian Jeff Dye and Olympic decathlon and heptathon champion Ashton Eaton. The special episode will kick off the night on Thursday, May 25 at 8/7c on NBC. Link:http://www.tvguide.com/news/american-ninja-warrior-celeb-edition-stephen-amell-derek-hough/?ftag=TVG_Twitter    Arrow: Dangerous Liaisons Synopsis Released (Date: 06 April 2017) The CW has released the official synopsis for "Dangerous Liaisons," the next episode of Arrow season 5. Oliver (Stephen Amell), Team Arrow, ARGUS and the SCPD kick off a citywide manhunt for Adrian Chase (Josh Segurra).  Helix tells Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) they have a way to find Chase but they will need something big, and illegal, from her in return.  Joel Novoa directed the episode written by Speed Weed & Elizabeth Kim. Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/04/06/arrow-dangerous-liaisons-synopsis-released/    GENERAL DC TV NEWS Legends of Tomorrow EP Klemmer Compares Season 3 To Game of Thrones (Date: 03 April 2017) Executive producer Phil Klemmer suggested that fans should get used to losses and that they're committed to going the full Game of Thrones in season 3 so that fans never have the comfort of assuming that anyone is safe. “It's always been a rule since the Hawkman death [in the pilot], Greg [Berlanti] said it before the show was even a show about how his mission was to make this not like network TV, that no one would be bulletproof, that it was more like the Ned Stark idea of anybody could lose their head at any time. As we've been roughly breaking out next season, we're more committed to that than ever. Again, that's a really bittersweet thing because we think the dynamic of the characters have is so special and wonderful, and at the same time, you don't want the audience to become too comfortable on the show. It is supposed to be a wild ride. You need that real consequences and real bloodshed to counterbalance the fluffiness and the silliness of the show. Otherwise it would just float off into space.” Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/04/03/legends-of-tomorrow-showrunner-compares-season-3-to-game-of-thro/      How The Supergirl Effects Team Brought Parasite To Life (Date: 04 April 2017) The CW has released this video showing the visual effects for the Parasite episode of Supergirl from earlier this season. The episode was called Changing, the sixth of the season, and featured scientist Rudy Jones becoming the classic DC villain. It also showed us both Mon-El and Guardian in action after Supergirl and J'onn J'onzz were drained by Parasite. There's no dialogue in the video, but you can see from the different effects shots how many different layers are needed for some of what look like simple scenes and how much of the shots are practical compared to computer generated. Link:https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/04/04/supergirl-effects-team-brought-parasite-life/    TVLine Items: Legends Star's Status, People's Choice Moves to E! and More (Date: 06 April 2017) At least one of Legends of Tomorrow‘s season-ending mysteries has been solved. As the CW drama's sophomore run came to a close this week, Rip Hunter (played by original cast member Arthur Darvill) quietly packed a bag and bid the Waverider and its new captain, Sara, adieu. That, however, does not mean viewers have seen the last of the Brit. “We've got plans for Rip for next year,” Legends showrunner Marc Guggenheim told Entertainment Weekly Radio on Thursday. “It's just in a different capacity than him being a member of the team.” As for another burning Q — whether sister series such as Arrow and The Flash will reflect the weird reality on hand when the Legends crash-landed in 2017 Los Angeles — Guggenheim in a word said no. “We never want television to feel like a homework assignment,” where viewers of one #DCTV show must track all of them. “That said… there will be an explanation in Season 3 as to why you're not seeing dinosaurs run through Central City.” Link:https://tvline.com/2017/04/06/legends-of-tomorrow-season-3-rip-hunter-returns/      The Once And Future Flash Synopsis Released Online (Date: 06 April 2017) Barry (Grant Gustin) travels to the future to find out Savitar's still unknown identity in the hopes of saving Iris (Candice Patton).  Upon his arrival in 2024, Barry encounters future versions of his Team Flash friends, who, following the death of Iris, have become very different people, profoundly impacted by their showdown with Savitar.  It will be up to Barry to infuse a sense of hope back into the team, as he proves to be hero his future friends have been waiting for. Meanwhile, back in 2017, the hunt for Killer Frost (Danielle Panabaker) continues.  Tom Cavanagh directed the episode written by Carina Adly MacKenzie. Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/04/06/the-once-and-future-flash-synopsis-released-online/    iZombie's Rahul Kohli Comes to Supergirl in "Ace Reporter" Synopsis (Date: 06 April 2017) Lena's (guest star Katie McGarth) ex-boyfriend, Jack Spheer (guest star Rahul Kohli), comes to National City to unveil his big breakthrough in nano-technology, which has the potential to eradicate all diseases. Lena asks Kara to attend Jack's conference with her for support. When Kara sees Snapper (guest Star Ian Gomez) in attendance she's inspired to tap back into her reporter skills and questions Jack on his discovery, which ultimately leads to a bigger investigation that puts everyone in danger. Armen V. Kevorkian directed the episode written by Paula Yoo & Caitlin Parrish. Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/04/06/izombies-rahul-kohli-comes-to-supergirl-in-ace-reporter-synopsis/      ABRA KADABRA Summoned for CW's THE FLASH (Date: 06 March 2017) Actor David Dastmalchian has been cast as the villainous Abra Kadabra for the current season of the CW's The Flash. In comic books, Abra Kadabra is a time-traveling villain and sometimes Rogue who uses his future technology to simulate magic powers in pursuit of criminal gain. As for Dastmalchian, the actor is a comic book TV and movie veteran, having appeared on Gotham, and in the films Ant-Man and The Dark Knight. Link:http://www.newsarama.com/33467-abra-kadabra-cast-for-flash.htmlNeil Kevin Smith Returning to Supergirl For Another Season 2 Episode (Date: 18 Jan 2017) Smith told ComicBook.com that he will return for a second episode this season -- the as-yet-untitled seventeenth episode of the season. Smith said that midway through the episode “Supergirl Lives”, producers started feeling out his schedule. Ultimately, they offered him episode 17, which he described as "sweet," saying that it was nice that producers liked the job he was doing enough to bring him back within the season. Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/01/18/kevin-smith-returning-to-supergirl-for-another-season-2-episode/?utm_source=Comicbook.com&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=170118_180220_Comicbook.com%20Daily%20Newsletter&utm_content=Link       NEXT EPISODE   Promo for Next Week's: Episode - “Outlaw Country” (Date: 10 Nov 2016) Article:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6LbxC2B_dg   Episode:   “Outlaw Country” [Season 2 Episode 6] Air Date:        Thursday, November 17, 2016 Summary:      The Legends find Jonah Hex in trouble with his arch-nemesis Quentin Turnbull when they arrive in the Old West. Director:         Cherie Nowlan Writers:          Matthew Maala and Chris Fedak IMDB:   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5584106/?ref_=ttep_ep6     Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday nights at 9:00 PM eastern or 8:00 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. 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Starling Tribune - Season 5 Edition – Kapiushon (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) #145   The Official Arrow Podcast of the Gonna Geek Network   Episode:            “Kapiushon” [Season 5 Episode 17] Air Date:           Wednesday, March 22, 2017 Director:      Kevin Tancharoen                    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1160495/?ref_=tt_ov_dr                    2x Arrow | 1x Iron Fist | 8x Agents of Shield | 1x Legends | 2x Flash | 1x Supergirl                    Writers:       Brian Ford Sullivan                    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6893205/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr4 11x Arrow | 7x Vixen   Emilio Ortega Aldrich                    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3598136/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5 8x Arrow Promo:https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/arrow/arrow-oliver-reaches-his-breaking-point-in-this-new-extended-promo-for-season-5-episode-17-kapiushon-a149660     Weekly Ratings   Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating Arrow 01 Legacy 5-Oct-16 1.89 02 The Recruits 12-Oct-16 1.94 03 A Matter Of Trust 19-Oct-16 1.79 04 Penance 26-Oct-16 1.87 05 Human Target 2-Nov-16 1.61 06 So It Begins 9-Nov-16 1.95 07 Vigilante 16-Nov-16 1.86 08 Invasion 30-Nov-16 3.55 09 What We Leave Behind 7-Dec-16 1.94 10 Who Are You 25-Jan-17 1.68 11 Second Chances 1-Feb-17 1.91 12 Bratva 8-Feb-17 1.61 13 Spectre Of The Gun 15-Feb-17 1.66 14 The Sin-Eater 22-Feb-17 1.54 15 Fighting Fire with Fire 1-Mar-17 1.60 16 Checkmate 15-Mar-17 1.53 17 Kapiushon 22-Mar-17 1.38 18 Disbanded 29-Mar-17 19 Dangerous Liaisons 26-Apr-17 20 Underneath 3-May-17 21 Honor Thy Fathers 10-May-17   Legends Of Tomorrow Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Out Of Time 13-Oct-2016 3.01 02 Justice Society of America 20-Oct-2016 2.83 03 Shogun 27-Oct-2016 2.71 04 Abominations 3-Nov-2016 1.75 05 Compromised 10-Nov-2016 1.77 06 Outlaw Country 17-Nov-2016 1.85 07 Invasion 1-Dec-2016 3.39 08 The Chicago Way 8-Dec-2016 2.00 09 Raiders Of The Lost Art 24-Jan-2016 1.74 10 The Legion Of Doom 31-Jan-2017 1.78 11 Turncoat 7-Feb-17 1.89 12 Camelot/3000 21-Feb-17 1.64 13 Land Of The Lost 7-Mar-17 1.54 14 Moonshoot 14-Mar-17 1.34 15 Fellowship of the Spear 21-Mar-17 1.72 16 Doomworld 28-Mar-17 17 Aruba 4-Apr-17   Supergirl Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 The Adventures of Supergirl 10-Oct-16 3.06 02 The Last Children of Krypton 17-Oct-16 2.66 03 Welcome to Earth 24-Oct-16 2.65 04 Survivors 31-Oct-16 2.22 05 Crossfire 7-Nov-16 2.47 06 Changing 14-Nov-16 2.35 07 The Darkest Place 21-Nov-16 2.61 08 Medusa 28-Nov-16 3.53 09 Supergirl Lives 23-Jan-17 2.65 10 We Can Be Heroes 30-Jan-17 2.35 11 The Martian Chronicles 6-Feb-17 2.4 12 Luthors 13-Feb-17 2.52 13 Mr. & Mrs. Mxyzptlk 20-Feb-17 2.24 14 Homecoming 27-Feb-17 2.17 15 Exodus 6-Mar-17 2.16 16 Star-Crossed 20-Mar-17 2.07 17 Distant Sun 27-Mar-17 TBD 18 Ace Reporter 24-Apr-17   THE FLASH Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Flashpoint 4-Oct-16 3.17 02 Paradox 11-Oct-16 2.80 03 Magenta 18-Oct-16 2.67 04 The New Rogues 25-Oct-16 2.80 05 Monster 1-Nov-16 2.77 06 Shade 15-Nov-16 3.01 07 Killer Frost 22-Nov-16 2.95 08 Invasion! 29-Nov-16 4.15 09 The Present 6-Dec-16 3.14 10 Borrowing Problems From The Future 24-Jan-17 2.68 11 Dead Or Alive 31-Jan-17 3.06 12 Untouchable 7-Feb-17 2.94 13 Attack on Gorilla City 21-Feb-17 2.78 14 Attack On Central City 28-Feb-17 2.87 15 The Wrath of Savitar 7-Mar-17 2.52 16 Into The Speed Force 14-Mar-17 2.39 17 Duet 21-Mar-17 2.71 18 Abra Kadabra 28-Mar-17 19 The Once And Future Flash 25-Apr-17   Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters What was the overall theme for this episode / What was the link to the ep. name Kapiushon - means Hood Birth of “The Hood” - Ollie's claim that giving the darkness a name will give him a way to live and to justify killing Fight scenes & Stunts: Share your thoughts Moscow shipyard Guns vs Ollie's arrows (“I was keeping overwatch”) Kovar vs Ollie Brutal MMA style / Ollie shows off his training with Talia Anatoly says Kovar will be brought to justice; Ollie kills him anyway Guess Bratva is not good at taking a pulse - Kovar lives thanks to Merlyn Flashbacks: Share your thoughts Most of episode takes place in flashback Anatoly Promoted to Pakhan Gregor curses Ollie before he dies Anatoly decides to go with Ollie's plan of opposing Kovar Warns Ollie that wearing a piece of cloth is no way to live; dividing oneself will feed the monster - cost Ollie his humanity Wants Ollie to go back to America Disgusted when he see Ollie tortured Kovar's man; man gave info quickly, but Ollie continued for practice Kovar In business with Malcolm Merlyn! Plans to use gas during party at his casino to kill a lot of Russian officials so he can take over the country Viktor gives Anatoly to Kovar, but Kovar betrays Viktor Has brutal fighting skills Alive thanks to Merlyn Galina - Kovar's maid Ollie kills her bodyguard during first meeting Second meeting - Ollie tells her a “monster” killed her children Helps Ollie by giving him key; killed by Kovar for doing so Ollie:   Gregor cursed Ollie before he died - has Ollie ruined the lives he's been a part of? Tortured Kovar's man with skinning technique; practiced so he could become “something else” Can withstand torture, but confused by what Prometheus wants Confesses - “I kill because I like it” Goes back home, says he's done with “all of it” Diggle Been looking for Ollie for 6 days Thea Not in episode Felicity Been looking for Ollie for 6 days Quentin Lance Not in episode Curtis / Mr. Terrific Been looking for Ollie for 6 days Rene / Wild Dog Not in episode Dinah Drake / Black Canary Not in episode Artemis On Prometheus's side Faked being killed by Prometheus Knew Ollie would break; happy about it Rory / Ragman Not in episode D.A. Adrian Chase / Prometheus Prometheus - questioned the gods, took power from the gods Tortures Ollie - holds him under water, shoots arrows Wants to him confess Has gotten Artemis on his side Breaks Ollie's spirit - burns tattoo - lets him go What we know: Real name - Simon Morrison; did his homework before finding Talia 2 yrs ago; working with Talia (Ollie killed her dad too) Susan Williams Not in episode Bratva Anatoly becomes Pakhan after Gregor's death because it falls to the one with seniority (how corporate) Viktor not happy about situation; wants Anatoly to keep deal with Kovar Viktor betrays Anatoly to Kovar; Kovar betrays Viktor Ollie “kills” Kovar, made Captain Anatoly knows Ollie plans to leave Russia; gives Ollie tattoo so all Bratva will know what type of man he is Who is Vigilante? Known facts: Has own definition of justice; thinks Green Arrow doesn't go far enough; changes source of ammo every week; has high-tech gear; moves fast; lost fight to Prometheus Michelle's List O'Suspects: (I'm keeping this active until the mask comes off) Tommy Merlyn Helena Bertinelli Isabel Rochev Mckenna Hall Some guy from the Bratva Some new character Lingering Questions / Issues Where does Ollie live? Bertinelli mention - 4 times   ARROW NEWS:   Spoiler Room: Scoop on Once Upon a Time, Arrow, Riverdale, and more (Date: 17 March 2017) Can you provide any Felicity scoop for Arrow? — Aligning with Helix, and therefore using even more unconventional methods than she does with Team Arrow, is certainly going to take Felicity to an interesting place — in particular, one in which she may come to understand her ex a bit better. “We're starting to put her in Oliver's footsteps a little bit,” EP Marc Guggenheim says. “She's going to get a chance to experience things a little bit more from Oliver's perspective. I think the reason they broke up was her difficulty to see things from Oliver's perspective. They broke up fundamentally because she didn't trust Oliver, and the reason she didn't trust Oliver is she couldn't understand why he made the decisions he made.” Link:http://ew.com/tv/2017/03/17/spoiler-room-once-upon-time-arrow-riverdale/   Did Arrow's Stephen Amell Tease The Return Of Deathstroke & The Island? (Date: 20 March 2017) Stephen Amell took to social media to hint the return of the Island. The actor posted a familiar photo with the caption, “Hello old friend.” The picture itself shows Slade Wilson's Deathstroke mask placed upon a stake. The monument is one that was left on the island, and an arrow is shown sticking through the mask's left eye slit. Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/03/20/arrow-stephen-amell-oliver-queen-deathstroke-island/   The Bruce Springsteen Songs of Arrow -- Including Season 5's Penultimate Episode (Date: 22 March 2017) Revealed early to ComicBook.com, the title of the twenty-second episode of Arrow's fifth season, which should begin shooting in the next couple of days, will be "Missing." Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/03/18/the-bruce-springsteen-songs-of-arrow/   Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on Grey's, Bones, Arrow, Grimm, Once, Bates Motel, Hawaii Five-0, Walking Dead and More (Date: 22 March 2017) Question: Have any scoop on Arrow‘s Olicity to tease? — Though Oliver has bigger fish to fry for the foreseeable future, Stephen Amell had this to say about Oliver's take on Felicity's recent secret-keeping: “Look, he does trust her, but that doesn't mean he has to agree with her.” That distinction will be put to the test in Episode 19, which is officially titled “Dangerous Liaisons” but “you could almost call it ‘Team Arrow vs. Team Felicity,'” Amell shared. Felicity and her Helix hackers and Oliver's associates “are both after the same objective, but after it in different ways. And that pushes us into a real exploration of why Oliver and Felicity have been behaving the way that they've been behaving this year.” Link:http://tvline.com/2017/03/22/bones-series-finale-447-mystery-spoilers-season-12/ GENERAL DC TV NEWS DC's Legends of Tomorrow Heads to "Aruba" For Season Finale Synopsis (Date: 17 March 2017) The episode airs on April 4th, 2017. SEASON FINALE — As the Legends are about to take off for their next destination, a massive timequake rocks the ship. In order to try and fix what has happened, they are forced to break the one cardinal rule of time travel. But if they are able to destroy the spear, they will face the ultimate consequence. Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/03/18/legends-of-tomorrow-season-2-finale-synopsis-aruba/   PALEYFEST: ARROW, FLASH, SUPERGIRL AND LEGENDS OF TOMORROW PANEL (Date: 18 March 2017) Cast and executive producers from all four of The CW's DC Comics-based “Arrowverse” series — “Arrow,” “The Flash,” “Supergirl” and “DC's Legends of Tomorrow” — united Saturday afternoon as part of the annual PaleyFest at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, for a panel discussion moderated by Kevin Smith and Q&A with fans. Link:http://www.cbr.com/arrow-flash-supergirl-legends-of-tomorrow-panel-paleyfest/    THE FLASH Season 4 Won't Feature Yet Another Speedster As The Show's Big Bad (Date: 19 March 2017) "Next season we're not going to have a speedster," executive producer Andrew Kreisberg revealed when he was asked if yet another of those will be battling Barry when the show's fourth season airs. Link:https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/the_flash/the-flash-season-4-wont-feature-yet-another-speedster-as-the-shows-big-bad-a149732   FLASH'S TOM CAVANAGH DIRECTING TIME TRAVEL EPISODE (Date: 21 March 2017) Tom Cavanagh has played three different main characters over the last three seasons of “The Flash,” and now he's set to take on another new role as director. Cavanagh is officially directing episode 19 of this season, which is titled “The Once and Future Flash.” He previously directed three episodes of the hit comedy “Ed” back in the early 2000s. Link:http://www.cbr.com/flash-tom-cavanagh-directing/   ‘Supergirl': Katie McGrath Promoted To Series Regular For Season 3 (Date: 22 March 2017) Lena Luthor will be sticking around. Katie McGrath, who has recurred on Supergirl this season, has been made a regular for the upcoming Season 3, which was recently picked up by the CW. McGrath plays vixen Lena Luthor, the baby sister of Lex Luthor, who came to National City to get out from under the shadow of her notorious brother. Link:http://www.cbr.com/supergirl-lena-luthor-series-regular/   LEGENDS OF TOMORROW'S LEGION OF DOOM HEADQUARTERS LOOKS MIGHTY FAMILIAR (Date: 22 March 2017) Meanwhile, at the Hall of Doom, “Legends of Tomorrow's” Legion of Doom has used the Spear of Destiny to create their own reality — and that reality includes a big nod to the 1973 “Super Friends” cartoon from Hanna Barbera. On his Twitter, executive producer Marc Guggenheim unveiled the establishing shot for “Doomworld,” the penultimate episode of Season 2. The photo shows a structure not unlike STAR Labs; however, the building has a rounder shape with concave windows, making it look almost like a helmet… much like the Hall of Doom from “Super Friends.” Link:http://www.cbr.com/legends-of-tomorrow-legion-of-doom-headquarters/   THE FLASH: New Stills From Season 3 Episode 18: "Abra Kadabra;" Plus SUPERGIRL "Duet" Soundtrack Released (Date: 22 March 2017) After last night's musical spectacular, WatchTower Music, in collaboration with DC Entertainment, has released an official soundtrack album featuring music from the awesome two-part crossover between The CW's two highest-rated programs: The Flash & Supergirl. All six tracks from "Duet" have been included along with a special guitar version of Grant Gustin's "Runnin' Home to You." Link:https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/the_flash/the-flash-new-stills-from-season-3-episode-18-abra-kadabra-plus-supergirl-duet-soundtrack-released-a149812   FELICITY SMOAK IS A SUPERHERO IN NEW LEGENDS CONCEPT ART (Date: 23 March 2017) Executive producer Marc Guggenheim shared concept art of Felicity wearing a black mask and a purple cape. The twitter post did not say which character Emily Bett Rickards will be playing, but it did confirm she will be appearing in the upcoming “Legends of Tomorrow” episode “Doomworld.” Link:http://www.cbr.com/felicity-smoak-is-a-superhero-in-new-legends-concept-art/   FEEDBACK   From FaceBook: Starling Tribune shared Entertainment Weekly's post.March 18 at 7:18pm ·             No speed villain for Flash next season? Yes, please! Steven Carl Wait what? Why would they choose a villain without super speed?             Starling Tribune Because they've done that each season. Remember, not every   viewer is a comic fan, so they have to mix things up to keep viewers.             Steven Carl I was being silly. You can't have effectively the same bad guy each season. New metas for the BBG . Haley Malle What madness is this?!   NEXT EPISODE   Promo for Next Week's: Episode - “Disbanded” (Date: 23 March 2017) Article:http://www.cbr.com/arrow-disbanded-promo/   Episode:   “Disbanded” [Season 5 Episode 18] Air Date:        Wednesday, March 29, 2017 Summary:      Diggle and Felicity are shocked by Oliver's decision to ask the Bratva for help in taking down Prometheus Director:         JJ Makaro Writer:           Rebecca Bellotto IMDB:   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5607516/?ref_=tt_ep_nx   Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday nights at 9:00 PM eastern or 8:00 PM Central at www.geeks.live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. 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My name is Damien Darhk and this week, you'll be joining the Legion of Doom as we torture Rip Hunter and concoct a plan to trap a speedster in a bank vault. But first, we travel back to 2016 and recruit a dejected Malcolm Merlyn to our cause.  Eobard Thawne has set Merlyn and Darhk to the task of torturing the location of the rest of the Spear of Destiny from Rip Hunter, who annoyingly insists his name is Phil. When Merlyn failed to reveal the truth with hypnosis, Darhk discovered his molar contains account information for a safe deposit box in 2025. As Thawne speeds off again, Merlyn and Darhk argue and then decide to use Rip/Phil to access the safe deposit box. All goes according to plan until Rip doesn't remember the pass code to access the vault. Meanwhile, the Legends are still trying to discover who the mystery speedster is after Stein's daughter Lily discovers how the Longinus medallion actually works. After Lily and Ray hook-up the medallion to Gideon and download the contents to her hard drive, Mick accidentally slips and tells Lily she is a time aberration. She confronts her father and they work on their communication skills until their "new" relationship is mended. During these exchanges, Dr. Stein comes to the conclusion that the mystery speedster must be Eobard Thawne, since he is the only speedster he knows of that does not exist. After this failed attempt to access the vault, Darhk and Merlyn return to the bank after dark and shoot their way into the bank. Merlyn acquires the bank manager's code so they can access the vault without needing Rip. Just as they discover the contents of the safety deposit box, Thawne speeds into the vault and takes the memory device from their hands, but Darhk and Merlyn have formed an alliance. They lock Thawne in the vault and force him to explain what he keeps running from. We see visions of a speedster dressed in black that looks like a zombie and tracks down Thawne using the speed force. Darhk suggest that Thawne simply stop running so the thing tracking Thawne cannot find him. Using Thawne as bait, they trap the speedster hunter in the vault and form a true partnership. Back at their secret lair, Thawne alters Rip's memories before "uploading" them to his brain. In the closing scene, Rip Hunter shoots General Washington point blank in the chest. If you want to join in the discussion, you can submit feedback via email to tomorowslegends@gmail.com. Please submit all feedback by 8 PM eastern on Fridays following the show. You can also join the Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/tomorrowslegends. And you can follow us on twitter @tomorowslegends.

The eleventh episode of our Star Wars fan podcast. Where two heroic scruffy looking nerf herders discuss a galaxy far, far away using the magic of the Internet. Please subscribe to our channel and share. Featured in this weeks episode: News: Wedge WAS in Rogue One http://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2017/01/lucasfilm-staff-explain-where-wedge-was-during-star-wars-rogue-one.html Young Han Solo Begins Principal Photography http://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2017/01/star-wars-han-solo-begins-principal-photography.html Discussion: Dr Evazan, Ponda Baba and Tam Posla back story and could stories like this ever be seen as anthology movies? Review: : Legends of Tomorrow Raiders of the last art. While trying to capture Rip Hunter in 1967, Damien Darhk and Malcolm Merlyn create a huge aberration; Rory requests help from Stein but asks him to keep it a secret from the team. Season number: 2 Episode number: 9 Air date: 24 January 2017 Spotlight: Jaina Solo Comments: Dan: "If you had sole control over Episode 8 where would all the main characters be at the end of it, as in, dead, alive, light, dark, and when I say main characters I'm thinking Luke, Snoke, Kylo Ren and Rey Darrell One storyline from outside of canon that you wish they would use in the films. One character outside of canon that you wish they would use. Donny At the end of this new trilogy do you wanna see kylo ren redeemed or become full on new Sith Lord? Jim If they bring Thrawn back into canon will he appear in the new numbered chapters (farther up the time;line) or in one of the Anthology movies? Dash Rendar worth bringing back or just a second string Solo? What is your favorite SW collectible in your collection? Social media stuff: Youtube:http://tinyurl.com/ForceCYT Tweet: @StarWarsConvo - #StarWarsConvo Email: ForcedConvo@gmail.com Facebook:http://tinyurl.com/ForceCFB RSS: https://soundcloud.com/forced-conversations-a-star-wars-fan-show Taylor Network: http://tinyurl.com/TaylorNet iTunes: Podcast: http://tinyurl.com/ForcePod Instagram: http://www.instagir.com/forcedconvo And contact us @The_J_Tank and @CaptainColin

Starling Tribune – Season 5.5 Edition – Legends Of Tomorrow Justice Society Of America (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) #135   The Official Arrow Podcast of the Gonna Geek Network   Episode:            “Justice Society of America” [Season 2  Episode 2] Air Date:           Thursday, October 20, 2016 Director:      Michael Grossman http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0343687/?ref_=tt_ov_dr                      1x Legends | 3x Star Trek: Enterprise | 2x The Originals | 2x Eureka | 5x Charmed                    Writers:       Chris Fedak http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1776338/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr8 5x Legends | 3x Forever | 17x Chuck   Sarah Nicole Jones http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5099297/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr6   3x Legends | 3x Forever | 8x Longmire   Weekly Ratings   Legends Of Tomorrow Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Out Of Time 13-Oct-2016 3.01 02 Justice Society of America 20-Oct-2016 2.83 Supergirl Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 The Adventures of Supergirl 10-Oct-16 3.06 02 The Last Children of Krypton 17-Oct-16 2.66 03 Welcome to Earth 24-Oct-16 2.65 04 Survivors 31-Oct-16 2.22 05 Crossfire 7-Nov-16 2.47 06 Changing 14-Nov-16 2.35 07 The Darkest Place 21-Nov-16 2.61 08 Medusa 28-Nov-16 3.53 09 Supergirl Lives 23-Jan-17 THE FLASH Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Flashpoint 4-Oct-16 3.17 02 Paradox 11-Oct-16 2.80 03 Magenta 18-Oct-16 2.67 04 The New Rogues 25-Oct-16 2.80 05 Monster 1-Nov-16 2.77 06 Shade 15-Nov-16 3.01 07 Killer Frost 22-Nov-16 2.95 08 Invasion! 29-Nov-16 4.15 09 The Present 6-Dec-16 3.14 10 Borrowing Problems From The Future 24-Jan-17 ARROW Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Legacy 5-Oct-16 1.89 02 The Recruits 12-Oct-16 1.94 03 A Matter Of Trust 19-Oct-16 1.79 04 Penance 26-Oct-16 1.87 05 Human Target 2-Nov-16 1.61 06 So It Begins 9-Nov-16 1.95 07 Vigilante 16-Nov-16 1.86 08 Invasion! 30-Nov-16 3.55 09 What We Leave Behind 7-Dec-16 1.94 10 Who Are You 25-Jan-17 11 Second Chances TBD 12 Bratva TBD 13 Spectre Of The Gun TBD 14 The Sin-Easter TBD   Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters What was the overall theme for this episode / What was the link to the ep. name We meet the JSA in this episode Fight scenes & Stunts: Share your thoughts First fight - JSA against Legends (because, you know, teams have to fight when they first meet) Vixen v. Sara - animals powers for the win Obsidian turns off the lights Steels knocks out his own grandson Stargirl v Firestorm - staff for the win Dr. Mid-nite - takes out Rory JSA kicks Legends butt Second fight - BAR FIGHT!!!!! Started by Ray “Boy Scout” Palmer because he refused to salute Hitler after Stein stopped singing Lots of punching; Vixen's cover is blown; saved by JSA Third fight - going after Super Nazi and amulet Plan falls apart because Stein can't strategize Sara makes the call to retreat; Ray and Vixen left behind Fourth fight - A plan finally comes together Sara and Rory get Ray and Vixen - Sara beats Nazis in hallway Ray uses microscope as a weapon; Vixen smashes chair to free self Firestorm, Steel, Mid-Nite attack main Nazi group Nate comes with motorcycle to save Steel - bombs Time Travel: Share your thoughts 1942 - JSA headquarters; Nate meets grandfather - Steel Go to leave, Nate's tags - grandpa's tags - disappear Go back to save JSA - Vixen: what if your arrival causes our deaths? Use powers, impersonate a famous singer - no rules because no Rip? Sara Lance / White Canary   Refuses leadership at beginning - has enough deaths on her conscience Doesn't want Nate on team Shows leadership during fight Stein calls her the beating heart of the team and says she should lead Ray Palmer / The Atom Superpower is the suit - is he a superhero? Impressed by JSA Has a decent plan to get away from Nazis Makes dose of super serum for self, gives it to Nate to save him - an act that Vixen says makes him a hero Mick Rory / Heat Wave Tells JSA he's just a criminal and outs Sara as an assassin Martin Stein / Firestorm Rex assumes he's the leader; likes it - “Captain Grey” Get overwhelmed by command; can't form plan on the spot Impersonates a singer; good thing Garber can sing Admits Sara is the better leader Jefferson Jackson / Firestorm Firestorm gets to use powers all episode Tells Stein that he's probably not the best to lead Angry that Stein orders team to leave Ray and Vixen behind Nate Heywood / Steel Meets his grandpa - tags go missing Wants to be more than a historian Sara benches him because he's a hemophiliac Speaks 6 languages Gets injured while saving grandpa - gets injected with serum Amaya Jiwe / Vixen Focused; not impressed by Legends or their tech Goes to Paris to scout for mission, gather intel; goes undercover Questions Ray's status as a hero and his plan 5th degree black belt and has weapons training Don't call her “Animal Lady;” she's Vixen in the field (this goes against story in Vixen SW Seed series - in that, Cisco names current version) Rip Hunter MIA Gideon Maker of clothes, healer of the wounded, displayer of the maps Justice Society of America (JSA) Rex Tyler/Hourman - doesn't remember Legends, so his time travel happens after this, but is killed by Thawne Obsidian - creates darkness; knocked out during second fight Commander Steel - an amazing shot; tells Nate that you don't have to be a soldier to be a hero Dr. Mid-Nite - can “see” even though he's blind - sonar? Stargirl - cool staff; gets knocked out during second fight Legion of Doom Damien Darhk Eobard Thawne / Reverse-Flash After an amulet Hitler has so gives Nazis a super serum Rex has tried to stop him before, so Thawne kills Rex Malcolm Merlyn   CURRENT EPISODE DC EASTER EGGS & POP CULTURE REFERENCES   Season 02 Episode 02  “Justice Society of America” (Date: 20 Oct 2016) Article:http://comicbook.com/dc/2016/10/21/dcs-legends-of-tomorrow-easter-eggs-and-other-things-you-may-hav/ THE JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA - The Justice Society of America is DC Comics's first superhero team -- both in the real world and in terms of publishing history. The Justice Society of America was conceived by editor Sheldon Mayer and writer Gardner Fox. The JSA first appeared in All Star Comics #3 (Winter 1940–1941). VIXEN - Probably the most recognizable member of the JSA's cast this time around was Vixen -- at least for fans of the CWverse. In addition to having her own animated series, Vixen -- an African-American woman who derives the power of animals from the Tantu Totem she wears around her neck -- had a memorable guest appearance on Arrow last season. Of course, that's all Mari. This woman? Mari's grandmother, Amaya Jiwe, who passed the totem down through their family. HOURMAN - Rex Tyler, also known as Hourman, is a Golden Age superhero and the first of a number of characters to use the Hourman name. Tyler has a number of superhuman abilities, like enhanced strength, reflexes, and healing -- but only for an hour at a time. His abilities are given to him by Miraclo, a drug he designed himself. There is an Hourman legacy including Rex's son Rick and an android from the 853rd Century programmed to act as a member of the Tyler family. The android, at a point in the past, presented Rex with an hourglass infused with tachyons -- time in its most basic form -- and that hourglass would become part of both his and Rick's costumes. Said hourglass has been seen on board the Waverider on previous episodes of DC's Legends of Tomorrow.. STARGIRL - Stargirl is Courtney Whitmore. In the TV series, she exists in 1942 -- but in the original comics, she was created (and existed) in 1999, and was part of a "next generation" of Justice Society members who came up in the late '90s and early 2000s. Courtney Whitmore was created by Geoff Johns and Lee Moder, and has a famous backstory: Johns named her after (and based her personality on) his sister Courtney, who died in the explosion of TWA Flight 800 in 1996. COMMANDER STEEL - Commander Steel is Hank Heywood, Sr., the first in a line of DC heroes to use variations on the Steel moniker. A legend in the World War II era and a member of the All-Star Squadron and later the Justice Society of America, Heywood's body had surgically-implanted mechanized steel devices that allowed his body to work on a superhuman level. Originally just "Steel," he was promoted to Commander Steel by President Roosevelt in 1940 -- so while this is his first appearance in live action, it's timeline-accurate to call him Commander Steel by this point in his career since the story takes place in 1942. DOCTOR MID-NITE - Doctor Mid-Nite is a name shared by a number of blind super-heroes and physicians with the ability to see in the darkness, using blackout bombs and martial arts to gain an advantage over criminals. Doctor Mid-Nite was created by Charles Reizenstein and Stan Aschmeier, first appearing in All-American Comics #25. OBSIDIAN - Obsidian is the son of Golden Age Green Lantern Alan Scott, a founding member of the JSA in the comics. He and his sister Jade would go on to play an important role in the Justice Society's sinoff groups the Young All-Stars and Infinity, Inc., as well as eventually joining the Justice Society itself. He was also briefly affiliated with the Justice League. LEAVENWORTH - The United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in northeast Kansas. On Arrow, it was revealed that Leavenworth is where John Diggle is being held while awaiting his court martial. KRIEGER - There are basically two figures who could have inspired Baron Krieger, even though there is no specific Baron Krieger in DC Comics. The first is Baron Blitzkrieg: Originally a World War II German army officer, the man who would be Baron Blitzkrieg was blinded when a concentration camp prisoner threw acid into his face. German scientists experimented on him, giving him injections of experimental drugs which would give him incredible powers for brief periods of time. The other possibility is Albrecht Krieger, who was basically Captain America, but for Nazis. A genetically-modified super-soldier, Krieger also had a mad scientist brother and a psychic  sister we might have to worry about if it's him -- and while the backstory feels a lot more like Blitzkrieg's, Krieger has not only the name but the general look of this week's threat. MAX LORENZ - Max Lorenz was a famous singer, who lived in Germany around the time of World War II and is widely known as "Hitler's favorite tenor." Of course, it's a handy thing that Legends of Tomorrow star Victor Garber has the pipes to make that scene convincing. UBERMENSCH - It's worth noting that there are several references to "Übermensch" in here, which is derived from Nietzsche in Thus Spake Zarathustra, one of the influences for Superman, which is more or less what the word translates to directly. The term can literally translate to "Overman," which in the DC Comics universe is an alternate-universe version of Superman who lives on an Earth where the Nazis won World War II.REVERSE-FLASH - Eobard Thawne, the Reverse-Flash, may have something up his sleeve. At the end of The Flash's Season 3 premiere earlier this month, he said that while his future was as it should be, Barry's might not be. Barry then went home to discover a number of small anomalies that made his life and those of his friends worse. Now, we learn that "somebody" is outfitting the villains of history with future tech in order to push the world to a slightly worse place. Could Eobard Thawne have stepped right out of "Flashpoint" and into "Out of Time?" Either way, seeing him and Darhk together is enough to make seasoned Arrowverse fans quake in their boots even before they know the other members of Thawne's little Legion of Doom. ARROW NEWS THE CW RENEWS ARROW, FLASH, SUPERGIRL AND LEGENDS OF TOMORROW (Date: 08 Jan 2017) Renewal will bring “Arrow” to Season Six, “The Flash” to Season Four, and “Supergirl” and “Legends of Tomorrow” each to Season Three. It will mark “Supergirl's” second season on The CW, following its freshman outing on CBS. Link:http://www.cbr.com/the-cw-renews-arrow-flash-supergirl-and-legends-of-tomorrow/   Laurel Lance's Return Is Further Teased In Synopsis For ARROW Season 5, Episode 10 (Date: 06 Jan 2017) OLIVER WANTS JUSTICE; FELICITY WANTS REVENGE — Worried that Prometheus is right and he is truly a killer at heart, Oliver (Stephen Amell) looks for any ray of hope and finds it in what seems to be the miraculous return of Laurel Lance (guest star Katie Cassidy). However, Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards), still reeling from Detective Malone's murder, is bent on revenge – she wants to stop Prometheus at any cost. While in prison, Diggle (David Ramsey) fights for his life. Gregory Smith directed the episode written by Ben Sokolowski & Brian Ford Sullivan. Link:https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/arrow/laurel-lances-return-is-further-teased-in-synopsis-for-arrow-season-5-a147940    ARROW: THE CALCULATOR IS NOT RETURNING – YET (Date: 09 Jan 2017) According to executive producer Marc Guggenheim, Donna and the Calculator won't be back because the show is moving in a new direction. Guggenheim also teased that Felicity will a meet a few people in the back half of the season that are connected to her past. Additionally, he explained that Felicity's new, darker direction can't be blamed solely on Billy Malone's death. Rather, her experiences over the course of the show will culminate in her new attitude. “Billy was the final straw,” he said. “It's also the sum of the fact that Felicity has been living in this darker world for the last four-plus years now…. How has that affected her way of thinking about things?” He added that this will be directly addressed in Season 5 Episode 11. Link:http://www.cbr.com/arrow-the-calculator-is-not-returning-yet/    ARROW: Greg Berlanti Teases More Appearances From Laurel Lance Across The CW (Date: 10 Jan 2017) While it hasn't been confirmed 100%, it's a pretty safe bet that this Laurel is the evil Black Siren from Earth 2, who was originally introduced in The Flash last year. While her motivations remain unknown, Arrow producer Greg Berlanti has teased the character's involvement in more than just the events of Arrow's fifth season. “We made a deal at the end of [season 4] to bring her back for a bunch of episodes. Katie is a part of the fabric of the show. Because the show, like a comic book, can move in different ways, and characters go and come, everybody that's ever been a part of the key and core ensemble has always had a place at the table for our show. There's the capacity for her to be [in all four shows]. At this moment, she's in three of them.” Link:https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/arrow/arrow-greg-berlanti-teases-more-appearances-from-laurel-lance-across-a148060     ARROW EPS ADMIT IT'S HARD TO DO THE SHOW WITHOUT A BLACK CANARY (Date: 11 Jan 2017) Co-showrunner Wendy Mericle said, “Look, it's hard to do a show about Green Arrow without having a Black Canary. I don't know if it will happen this season or when, but… we are going to be true to origins in the DC universe, and she's always going to be there.” So far on the show, three characters have carried the Canary name: Sara Lance, Laurel Lance and Evelyn Sharp. Link:http://www.cbr.com/arrow-eps-admit-its-hard-to-do-the-show-without-a-black-canary/     GENERAL DC TV NEWS The Mystery Surrounding Rip Hunter Is Revealed In New LEGENDS OF TOMORROW Synopsis (Date: 05 Jan 2017) LOST MEMORIES — When Damien Darhk (guest star Neal McDonough) and Malcolm Merlyn (guest star John Barrowman) try to capture Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill) in 1967, they create an Aberration big enough to draw the attention of the Legends.  However, when the team arrives they discover that Rip has no memories of his past due to “time drift” and is just a graduate film student. After trying to convince Rip of who he was, they discover that he possesses an incredibly powerful artifact known as the Spear of Destiny, which the Legion of Doom is after. Ray (Bradon Routh) and Nate (Nick Zano) realize that the Aberration has also affected them personally making it difficult to help the team.  Meanwhile, Rory (Dominic Purcell) asks Stein (Victor Garber) for help and makes him promise to keep it a secret from the team. Caity Lotz, Franz Drameh and Maisie Richardson-Sellers also star. Dermott Downs directed the episode written by Keto Shimizu & Chris Fedak. Link: https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/legends_of_tomorrow/the-mystery-surrounding-rip-hunter-is-revealed-in-new-a147939 NEW LEGENDS OF TOMORROW EPS WILL STAR A WHOLE DIFFERENT RIP HUNTER (Date: 10 Jan 2017) The back half of season two kicks off on Tuesday, January 24 after the show's winter hiatus. That batch of episodes starts with an episode titled “Raiders of the Lost Art,” which guest stars a young George Lucas (or rather an actor named Matt Angel playing a young Lucas) and features the return of Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill). But Rip won't return the same as we previously knew him. Marc Guggenheim talked about the upcoming episodes and how the Spear of Destiny will impact the show. “The second half of the season is really paying off the Legion of Doom and what we now know is the MacGuffin of Season 2, the Spear of Destiny,” said Guggenheim. “Changing time is like painting with the biggest paintbrush possible; using the Spear of Destiny is like using a very, very fine-point technical pen.” Link: http://www.cbr.com/new-legends-of-tomorrow-eps-will-star-a-whole-different-rip-hunter/   The Girl Of Steel Visits Another World In Synopsis For Kevin Smith's Episode Of SUPERGIRL (Date: 05 Jan 2017) KEVIN SMITH DIRECTS; ROULETTE RETURNS — Kara (Melissa Benoist) is moved by the story of a missing woman named Izzy (guest star Harley Quinn Smith) and decides to investigate despite Snapper Carr's (guest star Ian Gomez) order to leave it alone. Kara takes Mon-El (Chris Wood) with her to the last place Izzy was seen and the duo find themselves thrust through a portal to another planet, Slaver's Moon, where the downtrodden are sold as slaves. The leader of the trafficking ring is none other than Roulette (guest star Dichen Lachman). To make matters worse, Slaver's Moon has a red sun, which means Kara and Mon-El are stripped of their powers and stuck on the planet with no way home. Meanwhile, back on Earth, Alex (Chyler Leigh) blames herself for Kara's disappearance, fearing she's become too focused on her new relationship with Maggie (guest star Floriana Lima) and too complacent in watching out for her sister. Kevin Smith directed the episode with story by Andrew Kreisberg and teleplay by Eric Carrasco & Jess Kardos. Link: https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/supergirl/the-girl-of-steel-visits-another-world-in-synopsis-for-kevin-a147937 Link to photos: SUPERGIRL TEAMS UP WITH KEVIN SMITH AGAINST ROULETTE IN NEW PHOTOS - 10 Jan 2017 - http://www.cbr.com/supergirl-teams-up-with-kevin-smith-against-roulette-in-new-photos/ Wally West Steps Up As Kid-Flash In Synopsis For THE FLASH Season 3, Episode 10 (Date: 05 Jan 2017) BARRY FIGHTS FOR IRIS — Barry (Grant Gustin) is tormented by his vision of the future where Iris (Candice Patton) is murdered by Savitar. When a criminal named Plunder (guest star Stephen Huszar) shows up in Central City, Barry recalls the villain's presence in his vision of the future and fears that if he catches Plunder, it will cement Iris' fate. Confused about Barry's hesitation to stop Plunder, Wally (Keiynan Lonsdale) decides to step in as Kid Flash. Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker) offers Julian (Tom Felton) a job. Millicent Shelton directed the episode written by Grainne Godfree & David Kob. Link: https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/the_flash/wally-west-steps-up-as-kid-flash-in-synopsis-for-the-flash-season-a147935   SUPERGIRL / FLASH MUSICAL WILL HAVE ‘GREAT IMPACT' ON BOTH SHOWS (Date: 09 Jan 2017) The upcoming musical crossover between “Supergirl” and “The Flash” isn't just going to be a fun gimmick. According to executive producer Andrew Kreisberg, the two-part story will have lasting ramifications on both shows. According to Kreisberg. “When we get to the musical episodes, both Barry and Kara will find themselves at pivotal crossroads on their respective series, and the experience of going through the musical will have a great impact on both series moving forward.” Executive producer Greg Berlanti confirmed the villain will indeed be the Music Meister, who can control people through song. What's more, the musical crossover will feature original songs and could include characters from any Earth or timeline in the “Arrow”-verse. No date has been announced for “The Flash”/”Supergirl” crossover. Link: http://www.cbr.com/supergirl-flash-musical-will-have-great-impact-on-both-shows/   DC COMICS' SOLOVAR ARRIVES IN FLASH'S TWO-PART GORILLA CITY STORY (Date: 09 Jan 2017) “The Flash” is taking a trip to Gorilla City in episodes 13 and 14 of season three. The series will also introduce a new telepathic gorilla straight from the comics, Solovar. Keith David will provide the voice of Solovar in the Gorilla Grodd-centric two-parter. David is a film and television veteran with a career spanning decades. Executive producer Andrew Kreisberg announced the return of Grodd and Gorilla City during a presentation at the TCAs. Kreisberg also revealed that the two-parter will span multiple Earths. “One of the episodes will take place in Gorilla City [on Earth-2], and one of them will take place on Earth-1.” In the comics, Solovar — a psychic gorilla like Grodd — is the leader of Gorilla City. Under his rule, Gorilla City became a technological wonder. Solovar's involvement in “The Flash's” Grodd/Gorilla City two-parter makes sense considering that Solovar is Grodd's main rival (other than the Scarlet Speedster) in the comics. Link: http://www.cbr.com/dc-comics-solovar-arrives-in-flashs-two-part-gorilla-city-story/   BLACK FLASH TO RETURN ON ‘MULTIPLE' ARROWVERSE SERIES (Date: 08 Jan 2017) As expected, “The Flash” viewers haven't seen the last of Hunter “Zoom” Zolomon. However, when the character returns, it may not only be on that CW drama — and he may not be portrayed by Teddy Sears. Transformed by time wraiths into Black Flash and then pulled into the Speed Force in “The Flash's” Season Two finale, the villain will indeed race back into the Arrowverse.“I will say that you might be seeing him on multiple shows,” executive producer Andrew Kreisberg revealed at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour. He didn't say which shows those are, or when fans can expect Black Flash's return. “[Black Flash] is a classic character. We have storylines on multiple shows that fit having him around,” he said. “There's something so scary about him, something even scarier than when he was just the man, because now it's now he is the Grim Reaper, he is the devil. How do you stop the devil? So it presents an interesting challenge for the heroes of the respective shows in which he appears.” Link: http://www.cbr.com/black-flash-to-return-on-multiple-arrowverse-series/    ‘Constantine' Back As Animated Series For CW Seed With Greg Berlanti Producing (Date: 08 Jan 2017) Constantine, which had a one-season run on NBC, will be back as an animated series for CW Seed. Five to six 10-minute episodes have been ordered. Matt Ryan, who starred in the live-action DC series, will voice the title character. Link: http://deadline.com/2017/01/constantine-back-animated-series-cw-seed-greg-berlanti-producing-matt-ryan-1201880788/   SUPERGIRL CASTS PETER GADIOT AS MISTER MXYZPTLK (Date: 07 Jan 2017) A new photo from the set of the CW drama reveals that actor Peter Gadiot, who played Cyrus on ABC's short-lived “Once Upon a Time in Wonderland,” has been cast as the classic Superman foe. However, we can see that the impish villain won't look anything like he does in the DC Comics source material, where he's traditionally depicted as an older, diminutive character. Created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Ira Yarborough for 1944's “Superman” #30, Mister Mxyzptlk is a mischievous imp from the fifth dimension who delights in tormenting the Man of Steel. Link: http://www.cbr.com/supergirl-casts-peter-gadiot-as-mister-mxyzptlk/    THE CW HAS ‘NO PLANS' FOR A SUPERMAN SERIES (Date: 08 Jan 2017) “Tyler did a great job,” The CW President Mark Pedowitz said. “There's no plan to do a series. There are no plans at the moment for him to return [to ‘Supergirl']. If they wish to have him return, we'd love to have him.” Link: http://www.cbr.com/the-cw-has-no-plans-for-a-superman-series/   THE FLASH Will Weave Kid Flash, Killer Frost And Gypsy Story Arcs Into Remaining Season 3 Episodes (Date: 07 Jan 2017) Armed with that knowledge Barry and his allies will be frantically searching for ways to prepare for an inevitable second round with the God of Speed. As for the rest of Team Flash, the co-showrunner adds that Gypsy (played by the recently cast Jessica Camacho of Sleepy Hollow) will be playing an important adversarial role in Cisco's budding superhero career, Caitlin will continue to wrestle with her Killer Frost alter ego and Wally West will continue to fly off the handle and cause trouble as Kid Flash. Link: https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/the_flash/the-flash-will-weave-kid-flash-killer-frost-and-gypsy-story-arcs-a147976   Robbie Amell to return as Ronnie Raymond (Date: 12 Jan 2017) * Robbie Amell is slated to reprise his role as Ronnie Raymond in an upcoming episode of The Flash, EW has learned exclusively. * Details on how Amell will appear — whether in a different timeline in which he's still alive or we're meeting a doppelgänger from another universe — are being kept under wraps, but he'll appear in a winter episode. * Dead on Earth-1 (Saving Central City from the singularity). Dead on Earth-2 (as Deathstorm). Do we get to see him die as an Earth-3 Ronnie? Link:http://ew.com/tv/2017/01/12/flash-robbie-amell-season-3/ Supergirl: First pics of Lynda Carter on Supergirl  (Date: 19 Aug 2016) * Pics released by the ‘Just Jared' Twitter Account * Lynda Carter looks great * Looks like she and Melissa Benoist are having a ton of fun working together Link: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/supergirl/first-look-at-former-wonder-woman-lynda-carter-on-the-set-of-supergirl-a144670 GREEN ARROW COMICS & TOY NEWS DC REBIRTH TITLES AVAILABLE FOR FREE ON HOOPLA DIGITAL (Date: 10 Jan 2017) If you've got a library card at one of the 1,300 public library systems that works with hoopla digital, you can now read a number of DC's Rebirth collected volumes for free. The available titles include “Green Arrow Volume 1: The Death and Life of Oliver Queen,” “DC Universe: Rebirth Deluxe Edition,” and “Superman Vol. 1: Son of Superman.” Hoopla digital partners with public libraries across North America to provide online and mobile access to movies, TV shows, music, eBooks, audiobooks, and comics. Patrons can borrow, stream, and download content with a valid library card. Link:http://www.cbr.com/dc-rebirth-titles-available-for-free-on-hoopla-digital/    Justice League of America: Vixen Rebirth (2017) #1  (Date: 11 Jan 2017) *  Origin story!  She's one of the country's most successful businesswomen, an iconic fashion pioneer, a crusader for social justice and an incredibly powerful member of the Justice League of America. But Mari McCabe's life wasn't always this way. Follow her path to becoming the heroic Vixen in this crucial special! * Written by Jody Houser & Steve Orlando  |  Art by Jamal Campbell Link:https://www.comixology.com/Justice-League-of-America-Vixen-Rebirth-2017-1/digital-comic/441846?ref=bGlzdC92aWV3L2Rlc2t0b3AvZ3JpZExpc3QvbGlzdDE0OTE2 NEXT EPISODE   Episode:   “The Justice Society of America” [Season 1 Episode 2] Air Date:        Thursday, October 20, 2016 Summary:      The Legends discover a time aberration that threatens the Justice Society of America, who are on a mission to intercept and seize a mysterious package in Nazi-occupied Paris. Director:         Michael Grossman Writers:          Chris Fedak and Sarah Nicole Jones IMDB:   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5584096/?ref_=ttep_ep2   Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday nights at 9:00 PM eastern or 8:00 PM Central at www.geeks.live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. 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Starling Tribune – Season 5.5 Edition – Legends Of Tomorrow Out Of Time (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast)   The Official Arrow Podcast of the Gonna Geek Network   “Out of Time” [Season 2  Episode 1] Air Date:           Thursday, October 13, 2016 Director:      Dermott Downs http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0236173/?ref_=tt_ov_dr                    5x Legends | 3x Arrow | 6x The Flash | 3x Supergirl | 1x iZombie | 2x The Originals | 1x Gotham                    Writers:       Marc Guggenheim (teleplay) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0973233/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5 Executive Producer of Arrow and Legends | 12x Arrow | 7x Legends   Phil Klemmer (teleplay) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0459237/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr6 7x Legends | 3x Forever | 3x The Tomorrow People | 12x Chuck | 11x Veronica Mars   Greg Berlanti (story) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0075528/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr7 Mega Producer: Arrow, Flash, Legends, Supergirl, Riverdale   Chris Fedak (story) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1776338/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr8 5x Legends | 3x Forever | 17x Chuck Weekly Ratings   Legends Of Tomorrow Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Out Of Time 13-Oct-2016 3.01   Supergirl Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 The Adventures of Supergirl 10-Oct-16 3.06 02 The Last Children of Krypton 17-Oct-16 2.66 03 Welcome to Earth 24-Oct-16 2.65 04 Survivors 31-Oct-16 2.22 05 Crossfire 7-Nov-16 2.47 06 Changing 14-Nov-16 2.35 07 The Darkest Place 21-Nov-16 2.61 08 Medusa 28-Nov-16 3.53 09 Supergirl Lives 23-Jan-17   THE FLASH Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Flashpoint 4-Oct-16 3.17 02 Paradox 11-Oct-16 2.80 03 Magenta 18-Oct-16 2.67 04 The New Rogues 25-Oct-16 2.80 05 Monster 1-Nov-16 2.77 06 Shade 15-Nov-16 3.01 07 Killer Frost 22-Nov-16 2.95 08 Invasion! 29-Nov-16 4.15 09 The Present 6-Dec-16 3.14 10 Borrowing Problems From The Future 24-Jan-17   ARROW Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Legacy 5-Oct-16 1.89 02 The Recruits 12-Oct-16 1.94 03 A Matter Of Trust 19-Oct-16 1.79 04 Penance 26-Oct-16 1.87 05 Human Target 2-Nov-16 1.61 06 So It Begins 9-Nov-16 1.95 07 Vigilante 16-Nov-16 1.86 08 Invasion! 30-Nov-16 3.55 09 What We Leave Behind 7-Dec-16 1.94 10 Who Are You 25-Jan-17 11 Second Chances TBD 12 Bratva TBD 13 Spectre Of The Gun TBD 14 The Sin-Easter TBD   Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters What was the overall theme for this episode / What was the link to the ep. name They are outside of time - being in the time stream They have only so much time to save New York city before changes to history are set Fight scenes & Stunts: Share your thoughts French chateau fight. Ninjas plus musketeers plus Legends Fight on the Dock Sarah v. Damien Darhk Team was totally not coordinated Time Travel: Share your thoughts 1637 - Have to save the future of France by making sure King and Queen conceive Sara seduced by Queen Mick, Stein, and Rip - Three Musketeers End up using powers because others had laser guns 1942 - New York - source of the Time Quake Told by Rex not to go there Go there to save NYC Einstein, Nazis, great costumes, U-boat, Atomic bomb Even the Legends are guilty of assuming only a man could have the knowledge to make the bomb Time Scatter - 70 mya - Ray in South Dakota w/Dino 821 Tintangel, England - Stein and Jax wizards of a court 1693 Salem - Sara accused of being a witch, happily corrupting women Sara Lance / White Canary They don't pull any punches right off the bat with Sarah's sexuality, or with her physicality “Shut your mouth, Jax, or I'll cut your eyes out and feed 'em to you.” They make her desire for revenge on Damien Darhk a big part of the character right out of the gate as well.  Leads to the confrontation on the Waverider when Ray calls her out for trailing the Nazis. Ray Palmer / The Atom Still the boy scout Follows Sara when she says she's going to see Grandpa in FBI Is he just a guy in a suit? Mick Rory / Heat Wave Found by Ollie and Heywood in statis Injured during fight, why Rip put him in stasis; gets to pilot the Waverider to find team Follows orders in France by not bringing gun, but breaks them by stealing Einstein thinks he is the brains of the operation Martin Stein / Firestorm Giddy to meet Einstein, but disappointed (Never meet your heroes) Jefferson Jackson / Firestorm I really dig his knowledge of the ship Foreshadows finding the hidden section of the ship later on. Nate Heywood / Steel Goes to Ollie because he realizes Legends are in trouble Time detective Amaya Jiwe / Vixen Rip Hunter Seems like he spends a lot of the episode frustrated I get what he was doing with Jax (reminded me of the Karate Kid a bit with wax on wax off), but was it necessary Couldn't he have told the crew about the time scatter earlier? Rehearsed an emergency drill or something? Gideon Without saying much except for “I'm here Captain” before the time scatter, Gideon seems really human.  Damn Justice Society of America (JSA) Obsedian Commander Steel Dr. Mid-Nite Stargirl Legion of Doom Damien Darhk Is the one who supplied the Nazis with uranium Recognizes Sara's fighting style Germans want him to get another bomb, reveals his partner wants to move on Eobard Thawne / Reverse-Flash Revealed at end to be Darhk's partner Malcolm Merlyn   CURRENT EPISODE DC EASTER EGGS & POP CULTURE REFERENCES   Season 02 Episode 01  “Out of Time” (Date: 13 Oct 2016) Article:http://comicbook.com/dc/2016/10/13/dcs-legends-of-tomorrow-things-you-might-have-missed-in-out-of-t/    Out of Time - As has been the case a lot in the first couple of weeks of The CW's TV season, the episode's title -- "Out of Time" -- is a bit of a reference in and of itself. It's likely been the name of a number of time travel-related stories -- but most recently, it was the name of a story that ran through The Flash #30-35 (from the 2011 series) and featured, among other villains, The Reverse-Flash. The fact that the final moments of the episode incorporate the "surprise" appearance of Eobard Thawne, then, suggests this could have been a more-than-incidental use of the name. OLIVER QUEEN - Oliver Queen, seen wearing a suit and not in his Green Arrow costume for the purposes of this season finale, is played by Stephen Amell. The star of Arrow, Oliver is generally considered the genesis point for The CW's DC Universe (even though they obviously had Smallville and Birds of Prey long before Arrow came along). Amell's Green Arrow appeared in the series premieres of both The Flash and DC's Legends of Tomorrow, so this episode more or less continues a tradition. NATE HEYWOOD - Nick Zano joins the cast as Nate Heywood -- "Citizen Steel" -- who in the comics inherits the powers and costume of his grandfather. He's a troubled individual, suffering from both physical and emotional damage, in the comics -- but as Zano told ComicBook.com at Comic Con International: San Diego, that's not the direction they're going with Heywood on TV. THE THREE MUSKETEERS - Cardinal Richelieu, depicted as one of the villains of Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers, being included in this episode more or less cements the idea that they look like that on purpose -- and explains why certain characters who were strategically important in the fight -- like Jax, for instance -- had to stay out of sight. REX TYLER - Rex Tyler, the Golden Age Hourman and a veteran member of the Justice Society of America, is one of a number of DC heroes who would pass on his name and legacy numerous times over the decades to come in the comics. On TV, he made a single, brief appearance at the end of the season 1 finale of DC's Legends of Tomorrow, and will show up again -- with the rest of the Justice Society this time -- in next week's episode as well. DAMIEN DARHK - Damien Darhk was the season four big bad on Arrow. Like Ra's al Ghul, he's a very old man who has been kept relatively young by the Lazarus Pit because of his position of power and authority first within the League of Assassins and later in H.I.V.E. Originally created as a villain in The Titans, Darhk's control of H.I.V.E. made him an ideal choice when The CW decided to introduce a magical villain last year. He was nearly unbeatable until Oliver figured out how to manipulate Darhk's energy to his own ends, and now he's dead -- except that as somebody who's been not only alive, but rich and powerful for decades, he's surprisingly easy for a time-traveling troublemaker to find and recruit. ALBERT EINSTEIN - First of all, he's appeared in DC Comics before. In an oversized issue Superman vs. Wonder Woman, Nazis went after Einstein in 1942. Ultimately, Wonder Woman rescues him but ends up finding out about the Manhattan Project. After becoming a person of interest for a while and throwing down with Superman a bit, she ends up teaming up with the Last Son of Krypton to track down and defeat Baron Blitzkrieg. Secondly, the thing with his wife is actually based in historical controversy.  Mileva Marić was a Serbian physicist and has long been rumored to have coauthored Einstein's 1905 paper on relativity. INSULTING RAY - Calling him a "boy scout" feels like a nod to Brandon Routh's time as Superman, but the whole "what are you without that suit?" reeks of Marvel's The Avengers. That's a comic book movie reference twofer! REVERSE-FLASH - Eobard Thawne, the Reverse-Flash, may have something up his sleeve. At the end of The Flash's Season 3 premiere earlier this month, he said that while his future was as it should be, Barry's might not be. Barry then went home to discover a number of small anomalies that made his life and those of his friends worse. Now, we learn that "somebody" is outfitting the villains of history with future tech in order to push the world to a slightly worse place. Could Eobard Thawne have stepped right out of "Flashpoint" and into "Out of Time?" Either way, seeing him and Darhk together is enough to make seasoned Arrowverse fans quake in their boots even before they know the other members of Thawne's little Legion of Doom. ARROW NEWS New Arrow trailer reveals Laurel Lance twist (Date: 03 Jan 2017) Laurel is the Black Siren. Promo is from EW.com. Arrow returns Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 8 p.m. ET on The CW. Link:http://ew.com/tv/2017/01/03/arrow-laurel-lance-black-siren-video/   Diggle is Making a new friend!  (Date: 04 Jan 2017) Wendy Mericle told TVLine: “Diggle emerges from jail with a much bigger drive, and not the same fatalism that he had earlier in the season. He's going to come up against Colonel Walker and grow closer to Adrian Chase.” Guess having a good lawyer on his side in the form of the DA, as well as Vigilante, will help! Link:https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/01/04/john-diggle-makes-new-friend-arrow-returns/ Talia to play a crucial role in the Prometheus arc!  (Date: 04 Jan 2017) * Speaking with TV Line, Mericle called the Prometheus mystery "a gift that keeps on giving for the rest of the season," adding that it will be Ra's al Ghul's daughter, Talia al Ghul, who plays a "crucial part" in helping Oliver solve the Prometheus mystery. * Stargate SG-1 actress Lexa Doig was recently cast to play the DC TV version of Talia on Arrow Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/01/04/arrow-talia-al-ghul-prometheus-connection/   com's Five predictions for the second half of S.05  (Date: 05 Jan 2017) Guys, do we agree or disagree: 1. Laurel will drive a lot of the story in the second half of the season 2. The Prometheus story will heat up 3. Talia will appear in the present (she's only been in flashbacks so far) 4. The Arrow v. Vigilante fight will boil over into city hall (in politics) 5. Reforming and coming back to the Original Team Arrow is the endgame (Oliver, Felicity, Diggle) Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/01/05/arrow-five-predictions-for-remainder-of-season-5/     GENERAL DC TV NEWS FIRST CLIP FROM KEVIN SMITH'S SUPERGIRL EP SHOWS CASUAL, QUIPPY TONE (Date: 27 Dec 2016) After directing an episode of season two of “The Flash,” Kevin Smith is returning to the CW to direct an episode of “Supergirl”. There's one big development that's revealed in the clip: Mon-El finally got a job! He's working as a bartender, which makes a lot of sense given his party-boy Daxamite background. True to form though, he's not great at fetching club soda for Kara, preferring to serve her something brown and boozy. Link:http://www.cbr.com/first-clip-from-kevin-smiths-supergirl-ep-shows-casual-quippy-tone/   Tense Flash clip finds Barry and Wally at odds (Date: 27 Dec 2016) Wally, reveling in his newly rediscovered Kid Flash powers, appears to have gotten a little over eager during what was supposed to be a training session with Barry. Despite the fact that he saves the Flash's life, Barry is none too happy with his protégé, and brings him to task for doing instead of observing and learning like he was supposed to.The clip also teases the introduction of another villain from the comics, with Wally bragging about how he put Plunder into Iron Heights. Plunder was previously shown in a season three episode in a news report, wearing an eye patch.    Link:http://www.cbr.com/tense-flash-clip-finds-barry-and-wally-at-odds/   New Legends Of Tomorrow trailer Features Legion Of Doom (Date: xx month year) * The CW Television Network has just dropped a brand new trailer for the second-half of the second season of DC's Legends of Tomorrow. * It begins with Nate and Ray mentioning for the first time that Eobard Thawne (Matt Letscher), Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough) and Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman) are member of the Legion of Doom — though White Canary doesn't want to call them that. * We also learn, from a Sara-Jax exchange, that the Legion have Rip Hunter. * Lots of great action! Link:http://comicbook.com/2016/12/24/new-legends-of-tomorrow-trailer-features-legion-of-doom/   Jeremy Jordan Talks Winn's Evolution on Supergirl (Date: 02 Jan 2017) Jeremy Jordan discusses with Comicbook.com how Winn is developing from last season now that he is with the DEO instead of CatCo. "I think that Winn has become a foil for the audience in terms of how he's giving us the fanboy reaction play by play, and that's a really fun, exciting aspect of Winn to play," Jordan said. "That's 'old Winn.' That who Winn has always been at his core. At the same time, Winn is growing up and learning to guard himself and learning to protect his friends and he kind of becomes a little bit of the sage advice-giver this season, whether he's giving advice to Alex or cautioning James to take it easy. I think he's learned a lot from Cat and he's learned a lot from his experience in the past year or so and it's forced him to grow up a lot." Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/01/02/jeremy-jordan-on-supergirl/   Geoff Johns Will Return To Writing Comics In 2017, Teases Another New DCTV Show (Date: 01 Jan 2017) Geoff Johns' top 5 DC events that he's looking forward to in 2017 has revealed that DC's Chief Creative Officer will be returning to comics and also that there's a new DCTV show on the horizon. It seems pretty clear that Johns' return to writing a DC comic will involve the Watchmen characters that were behind the Rebirth event. But will that be a new series exclusively focusing on those characters or are we looking at another crossover event? There's still a lot of mystery surrounding Ozymandias and Doctor Manhattan's role in Rebirth so the safe bet would be another event series continuing on from where Rebirth left off. As far as a new DCTV series is concerned, will it be airing on The CW, Fox, Syfy or some other network?  And with the large number of DC characters already appearing on the various shows, will it be another spinoff series? Link:https://www.comicbookmovie.com/comics/dc_comics/geoff-johns-will-return-to-writing-comics-in-2017-teases-another-a147819   Cisco Ramon may be getting a love interest  (Date: 05 Jan 2017) * Gypsy is a character who teamed with Vibe, Vixen, and a handful of other heroes on the '80s' notorious "Justice League Detroit," and she is expected to make her way to Central City soon… * Gypsy may be the one to help him really power through the challenges ahead while shedding some of the baggage of the last few months. * From a TVLine interview: “Cisco will find in the 'badass' Gypsy 'a very strong adversary' as well as 'someone he can't stop thinking about.'” Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/01/05/the-flash-will-gypsy-be-a-love-interest-for-cisco-/ The back half of Supergirl S.02 will explore the Kara/Mon-El relationship  (Date: 05 Jan 2017) * A recent clip from Kevin Smith's latest Supergirl episode showed another 'meet-cute' moment between the two model-faced aliens, * According to executive producer Ali Adler, we'll see that romantic sub-plot continue over the latter half of season 2. * As Adler told TV Line when laying out the mid-season 2 arcs, "We'll explore more of that relationship... Kara still has to figure out how she feels about him." * The fact that we now know Mon-El is hiding a possibly nefarious secret will also have to be addressed, with Adler acknowledging, "A lot of secrets have been brewing this season," and that as season 2 gets into its latter half, "We'll get definitive answers." Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/01/05/supergirl-midseason-2-mon-el-romance-spoilers/     GREEN ARROW COMICS & TOY NEWS Green Arrow Issue #14 Dropped Today  (Date: 04 Jan 2017) * “EMERALD OUTLAW” part three! * Tension in Seattle reaches fever pitch when the media begins to question Green Arrow's involvement in a series of murders committed by an archer with unmatched skills. If the police can't catch this mysterious archer, can Green Arrow and Black Canary? Plus, the rogue police officer Ollie humiliated in a viral video returns to take the law into his own hands. * Writer Benjamin Percy | Art: Eleonora Carlini, Carlos Rodriguez, Gus Vasquez | Color: Hi-fi Letterer: Nate Piekos of Blambot(R) Link:https://www.comixology.com/Green-Arrow-2016-14/digital-comic/441641?ref=c2l0ZS9pbmRleC9jb20uY29taXhvbG9neS5kY2NvbWljczMvZGVza3RvcC9zbGlkZXJMaXN0LzE0ODEx Green Arrow Trade Paperback #1  (Date: 05 Jan 2017) * Vol. 1: The Death and Life of Oliver Queen - BROKEN ARROW * writer BENJAMIN PERCY, illustrated by OTTO SCHMIDT and JUAN FERREYRA! * Collects GREEN ARROW: REBIRTH #1 and GREEN ARROW #1-5 Link:https://www.comixology.com/Green-Arrow-2016-Vol-1-The-Death-and-Life-of-Oliver-Queen/digital-comic/439388?ref=Y29taWMvdmlldy9kZXNrdG9wL3NsaWRlckxpc3Qvc2VyaWVz NEXT EPISODE   Episode:   “The Justice Society of America” [Season 1 Episode 2] Air Date:        Thursday, October 20, 2016 Summary:      The Legends discover a time aberration that threatens the Justice Society of America, who are on a mission to intercept and seize a mysterious package in Nazi-occupied Paris. Director:         Michael Grossman Writers:          Chris Fedak and Sarah Nicole Jones IMDB:   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5584096/?ref_=ttep_ep2   Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday nights at 9:00 PM eastern or 8:00 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. 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The Legends travel to Chicago in 1927 which is the height of Prohibition and the reign of Al Capone. Thawne and Damien Darhk have recruited a newbie to their Legion of Doom, Malcolm Merlyn. Together, they lure our team to 1927 with the attempted assassination of Elliot Ness which causes a huge aberration.  Our team takes the bait hook, line and sinker and fall right into the clutches of the growing legion of doom! Sara comes to terms with losing Laurel, and helps Stein work through his anguish of what to do about his new daughter. Rory takes charge of our crew to infiltrate Capone's base, the criminal way, all the while building a closer bond with Vixen.  It's a mobster's town in this mid season finale! Good fun, some revelations revealed, and pretty tense moments with Eobard Thawne! And what's that at the end? Rip Hunter? Join in the discussion by sending feedback to sibercastfan@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter @sibercast and join our Facebook group at www.facebook.com/groups/tomorrowslegends. All this and more can be found on our website at www.tomorrowslegends.libsyn.com. 

SPOILERS/NSFW - DC on SCREEN #282 - Legends of Tomorrow 2x08 - The Chicago Way | Recap & ReviewThe Legion of Doom are up to no good as Eobard Thawne, Damien Darhk, and Malcolm Merlyn take to the prohibition-era streets of Chicago and recruit a budding Al Capone for their scheme.  Being the resident historian, Nate tries to impersonate Elliot Ness and shut Capone down but the Legion manages to capture Stein and Sara instead.  Mick takes over mission planning for a bit and manages to get Sara and Stein back, except that Stein is actually a disguised Thawne who begins ravaging the ship in search of the amulet.  He finds it and nearly kills Sara but she is saved by some alarm on his fancy watch.  After reluctantly telling Sara that he has created an aberration named Lily, Sara trades the amulet for the real Stein and even absolves him of his guilt for not wanting to time-kill his daughter.  Amayi gives Mick a present that she stole just for him, which Mick loves dearly.  Too bad he has to justify it to his old friend Snart, who has been appearing in visions recently.  The Legion has their map and is out to find the spear of destiny and Rip Hunter may have found his calling as a sleazy, American action director in the late 60’s.

SPOILERS/NSFW - DC on SCREEN #282 - Legends of Tomorrow 2x08 - The Chicago Way | Recap & ReviewThe Legion of Doom are up to no good as Eobard Thawne, Damien Darhk, and Malcolm Merlyn take to the prohibition-era streets of Chicago and recruit a budding Al Capone for their scheme.  Being the resident historian, Nate tries to impersonate Elliot Ness and shut Capone down but the Legion manages to capture Stein and Sara instead.  Mick takes over mission planning for a bit and manages to get Sara and Stein back, except that Stein is actually a disguised Thawne who begins ravaging the ship in search of the amulet.  He finds it and nearly kills Sara but she is saved by some alarm on his fancy watch.  After reluctantly telling Sara that he has created an aberration named Lily, Sara trades the amulet for the real Stein and even absolves him of his guilt for not wanting to time-kill his daughter.  Amayi gives Mick a present that she stole just for him, which Mick loves dearly.  Too bad he has to justify it to his old friend Snart, who has been appearing in visions recently.  The Legion has their map and is out to find the spear of destiny and Rip Hunter may have found his calling as a sleazy, American action director in the late 60’s.

Eobard, Darhk and Malcolm Merlyn arrive in Chicago, 1927, and ally with Al Capone. Learning of the aberration, the Legends arrive and manage to keep Capone from murdering Eliot Ness. Ness is critically injured, so the team decides to obtain vital information on Capone's operation to secure history. Meanwhile, Mick begins having hallucinations of Snart, who belittles him for acting like his teammates. Sara and Martin are abducted by Eobard during their infiltration and raid on Capone's club. Malcolm offers Sara a chance to change her past in return for the amulet she took from Darhk in 1987, but she refuses. The team rescues the captives, but "Martin" turns out to be a disguised Eobard, who searches the Waverider at super-speed for the amulet while Malcolm attacks the ship directly. Eobard barely escapes revenge at Amaya's hand, but Sara surrenders the amulet for Martin's safety. The Legends succeed in correcting the timeline. Eobard later shows his partners that the completed amulet projects a holographic map that can locate the Spear of Destiny, which is able to "rewrite reality itself". They must next locate Rip Hunter, who is revealed to be working as a movie director in 1967 Los Angeles.

Eobard, Darhk and Malcolm Merlyn arrive in Chicago, 1927, and ally with Al Capone. Learning of the aberration, the Legends arrive and manage to keep Capone from murdering Eliot Ness. Ness is critically injured, so the team decides to obtain vital information on Capone's operation to secure history. Meanwhile, Mick begins having hallucinations of Snart, who belittles him for acting like his teammates. Sara and Martin are abducted by Eobard during their infiltration and raid on Capone's club. Malcolm offers Sara a chance to change her past in return for the amulet she took from Darhk in 1987, but she refuses. The team rescues the captives, but "Martin" turns out to be a disguised Eobard, who searches the Waverider at super-speed for the amulet while Malcolm attacks the ship directly. Eobard barely escapes revenge at Amaya's hand, but Sara surrenders the amulet for Martin's safety. The Legends succeed in correcting the timeline. Eobard later shows his partners that the completed amulet projects a holographic map that can locate the Spear of Destiny, which is able to "rewrite reality itself". They must next locate Rip Hunter, who is revealed to be working as a movie director in 1967 Los Angeles.

Oliver finds himself back at Queen Manor; both his parents are alive, he is about to be married to Laurel Lance, and Diggle is the Hood. However, it is revealed that he, Diggle, Thea, Sara and Ray are all being held unconscious inside pods aboard a Dominator spaceship. Meanwhile, Felicity, Curtis and Cisco Ramon try to hack into the Dominators' mainframe using a piece of their technology. The team recovers a necessary device with the help of the Flash and Supergirl, and they manage to locate the others. Oliver begins seeing flashes of his former life, as do Sara and Ray. All five captives soon realize that they are inside a shared hallucination. Their escape attempt is blocked by manifestations of Malcolm Merlyn, Deathstroke, Damien Darhk and their mercenaries, all of whom are defeated by the captives. The captives then leave the dream and awaken inside the ship. Escaping in a shuttle, they are rescued by the Waverider. Ray deduces that the Dominators were gathering information from their minds, using the hallucination as a distraction, to help them complete a special "weapon". The team learns that the Dominator mothership is headed toward Earth. This episode continues a crossover that begins on The Flash season 3 episode 8 and concludes on Legends of Tomorrow season 2 episode 7.

Oliver finds himself back at Queen Manor; both his parents are alive, he is about to be married to Laurel Lance, and Diggle is the Hood. However, it is revealed that he, Diggle, Thea, Sara and Ray are all being held unconscious inside pods aboard a Dominator spaceship. Meanwhile, Felicity, Curtis and Cisco Ramon try to hack into the Dominators' mainframe using a piece of their technology. The team recovers a necessary device with the help of the Flash and Supergirl, and they manage to locate the others. Oliver begins seeing flashes of his former life, as do Sara and Ray. All five captives soon realize that they are inside a shared hallucination. Their escape attempt is blocked by manifestations of Malcolm Merlyn, Deathstroke, Damien Darhk and their mercenaries, all of whom are defeated by the captives. The captives then leave the dream and awaken inside the ship. Escaping in a shuttle, they are rescued by the Waverider. Ray deduces that the Dominators were gathering information from their minds, using the hallucination as a distraction, to help them complete a special "weapon". The team learns that the Dominator mothership is headed toward Earth. This episode continues a crossover that begins on The Flash season 3 episode 8 and concludes on Legends of Tomorrow season 2 episode 7.

Starling Tribune - Season 5 Edition – Vigilante (A CW Network DCTV Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast)   The Official Arrow Podcast of the Gonna Geek Network   Episode:            “Vigilante” [Season 5  Episode 7] Air Date:           Wednesday, Date November 16, 2016 Director:      Gordon Verheul                    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0894166/?ref_=tt_ov_dr                    2x Arrow | 2x Andromeda | 33x  Arrow as Dir. Photography + 12 Smallville & 50 Andromeda                    Writers:       Ben Sokolowski                    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2408940/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr4 17x Arrow | 2x Flash   Emilio Ortega Aldrich                    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3598136/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5 6x Arrow   Promo:https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/arrow/new-extended-promo-for-arrow-season-5-episode-7-vigilante-a146669   Weekly Ratings   Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Legacy 5-Oct-16 1.89 02 The Recruits 12-Oct-16 1.94 03 A Matter Of Trust 19-Oct-16 1.79 04 Penance 26-Oct-16 1.87 05 Human Target 2-Nov-16 1.61 06 So It Begins 9-Nov-16 1.95 07 Vigilante 16-Nov-16 1.86 08 Invasion 30-Nov-16 09 What We Leave Behind 7-Dec-16 10 Who Are You TBD 11 Second Chances TBD   Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters What was the overall theme for this episode / What was the link to the ep. name Introducing the new baddie, Vigilante Questioning what it means to be a hero/vigilante/villain/psycho Is being a vigilante/hero doing the job? Fight scenes & Stunts: Share your thoughts (Stealing from the Flashbacks) Fight with Kovar - Damn!! Ivan Drago baby Fight with the scary masked bank robbers Ragman with the bullet shield Diggle bringing the pain (transition to some diggle chat maybe re: training) Flashbacks: Share your thoughts Dinner with Kovar He is intrigued by Oliver Taiana's mother works for him; children went missing a year ago, so he helped her out Made deal with Bratva “Questioned” Ollie for a week Fight with Ollie   Ollie:   Is he doing enough? As Mayor? As Green Arrow? Been trying to be a hero for four years Scolds recruits - you can't be angry at me being the killer as The Hood and like Vigilante Goes on a date with Susan Williams Diggle Cabin fever - getting antsy because in Arrowcave or Hive Missed JJ's 2nd birthday Works out a lot….probably missing something else too (wink, wink) Bonding with Rene Thea Helps Lance get the help he needs Realizes that Prometheus knows who Ollie is Felicity Uses “Mom” voice on team In the field to help with “robbery” Quentin Lance Resigns as Deputy Mayor Tells Thea about cut and throwing star Agrees to go to rehab Curtis Tries to conquer the salmon ladder, but doesn't Makes odd jokes Tells Ollie to call him “Mr. Terrific” in the field Wild Dog Helps Diggle by arranging birthday party with son and Lyla Still calls Felicity “Blondie,” but is becoming more of a team player Artemis Practices archery Knows what the fighting sticks are Uses the fact that women can't walk the streets without getting harassed to her advantage Mole for Prometheus Ragman One liners Team lines up in formation behind him to protect from bullets Helps Artemis question guy D.A. Adrian Chase Tells robbery suspect that he's “been to hell” Knows where Dunn the bank robber is Likely Vigilante Susan Williams Knows a Russian journalist Plays pool to win Getting Ollie to like and trust her Tells Ollie that he should do things the right way even if it takes time Bratva Gregor made deal with Ollie Likely using Ollie Where's Anatoly??? Prometheus OMG - that last scene! Knows Artemis Michelle's List O'Suspects: (Being bold by eliminating some this week due to developments) Tommy Merlyn Robert Queen Adrian Chase (but more likely to become Vigilante) Billy Malone (he “heard on the street” that Prometheus was a threat to the Arrow; very eager to learn where Green Arrow lives) Helena Bertinelli (but I would rather see her as either Huntress or head of the Bertinelli family) Isabel Rochev Mckenna Hall Shado Slade Wilson (being Deathstroke right away could give his plan away) Talia al Ghul (see this week's news) New: Quentin Lance (likely a red herring) (in rehab) Roy (he's been mentioned, he's had access to arrows, and he might have seen The List) Viktor (SP's add; he did see the list - shown in the season premiere) CURRENT EPISODE DC EASTER EGGS & POP CULTURE REFERENCES   Season 5 Episode 6  “So It Begins” (Date: 10 Nov 2016) Article: http://comicbook.com/2016/11/10/arrow-easter-eggs-and-other-things-you-might-have-missed-in-so-i   Vigilante - But we've done that at least once before — and we think twice, so at this point we think it's pretty well-covered ground that Adrian Chase was in the comics a costumed antihero known as Vigilante before he eventually took his own life out of the remorse he felt for abandoning the rule of law he had sworn to uphold his entire adult life. The Torah - “Is that from the Torah?” Oliver asks Rory before the Moby-Dick metaphor starts. That's a not-so-subtle nod to Ragman's Jewish heritage, which has been mentioned before. It's worth a note that Rory and Felicity's Jewish heritage makes the current incarnation of Team Arrow probably the most diverse groups of superheroes ever assembled on TV, with Oliver being the only non-ethnic male on the team. It's happened without much in the way of the fanfare and attention these things usually get, so it seems worth at least a mention. Channel 52 - Here, it's Channel 52's news story when Oliver is checking on Dunn. McGuire's ? - It's not clear whether McGuire's (which could also be Maguire's or McGwire's) bar is actually meant to be a reference, but if it is, it's likely to Bridget McGuire, who was an art director on Arrow's first two seasons. ..IS THAT A 'ROCKY IV' REFERENCE? - Because it's Dolph Lundgren playing a big Russian, we're going to be looking for references to Rocky IV pretty much every week until we're sure we've seen one. That said, wrapping his hands in gauze like you do before you put your boxing gloves on (yes, we know his hands were injured. Still!), and then having him unleash a hail of haymakers on Oliver carries a little bit of an Ivan Drago context to it, doesn't it? John Jr. - This is the first time we've seen John Diggle, Jr. actually appear onscreen! He's a cute kid. He also, if you remember, used to be Sara Diggle (named for the then-dead-now-better Sara Lance) before Barry Allen traveled back in time and changed history in the "Flashpoint" event. HUB CITY - "The Marshals are halfway to Hub City by now," Lyla Michaels tells Diggle. Hub City, a fictional city in the DC Universe, is best known as the home to The Question, a self-taught urban shaman. While The Question didn't appear when Oliver visited the city last year, mystic Esrin Fortuna seemed like she had a similar role (and since there was a female Question for a while, some fans on Twitter briefly wondered whether that could be what we were seeing unfold). Moby Dick is a novel written by Herman Melville in 1851. The narrator is Ishmael, and he recounts his time on the whaling ship Pequod under the command of Captain Ahab. Ahab recklessly pursues the white whale, Moby Dick, noted for destroying whaling ships. Ahab's wooden leg is a result of an encounter with Moby Dick. SP's add: Judge Balderama - Oscar Balderama. Show Writer (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2421455/?ref_=nv_sr_1) ARROW NEWS:   Stephen Amell's 3rd Annual F*ck Cancer Campaign (Date: 13 Nov 2016) From the website: "Hello friends! It's time once again to represent a cause that has turned into something bigger than any of us could have imagined. Get a shirt! Get a hoodie! Finally... Fuck Cancer". -- Stephen 100% of the proceeds go towards F*CK Cancer. T-shirt, hoodie, sweatshirt among the items available. Campaign ends November 25th. Link:https://represent.com/amell/stephen-amell-3rd-annual-fuck-cancer-charity-campaign   Stephen Amell attacked by Arrow fan (Date: 14 Nov 2016) Stephen Amell put up on his Facebook page: Dude came up to me yesterday... Head Butts me hard. Outta nowhere... Then says -- "I want to fight the Green Arrow." Paused, looked at him... shook his hand and said no thank you. Because I'm a father and a husband. Pretty manly if you ask me. Link:http://comicbook.com/2016/11/14/stephen-amell-attacked-by-arrow-fan/ People's Choice Awards (Date: 15 Nov 2016) Stephen Amell is up for Favorite Social Media Celebrity and Arrow and The Flash have been nominated for Favorite Network SciFi/Fantasy Show. Voting ends Thursday, Dec. 15 at 11:59 PM, ET.   Link:http://blog.peopleschoice.com/2016/11/15/peoples-choice-awards-2017-full-list-of-nominees/   NEW ARROWVERSE CROSSOVER PROMO OFFERS FIRST LOOK AT THE DOMINATORS (Date: 15 Nov 2016) In a new promo for the upcoming crossover between “Arrow,” “The Flash,” “DC's Legends of Tomorrow” and “Supergirl,” the Dominators rear their ugly heads. The video reveals a few glimpses of the “Arrow”-verse's latest threat: yellow, mind-controlling aliens with needle-like teeth and large red spots on their foreheads. Eagle eyes will spot a glimpse of Deathstroke. Link: http://www.cbr.com/new-arrowverse-crossover-promo-offers-first-look-at-the-dominators/ All in the Family (Date: 18 Nov 2016) Highlights from the article in Entertainment Weekly: The crossover story involves the Dominators, mind-controlling space invaders alarmed by Earth's surging population of metahumans. 15 characters from the 4 shows will assemble in an aeronautics facility that's part of STAR labs. This is when Barry Allen introduces Supergirl to the group. At first Diggle is not sure why Supergirl is special, but gets impressed when she hovers. Berlanti is not a fan of the shows being called the “Berlantiverse.” According to him, “There are just so many people that are also part of this. Plus, you never want anything named after you that people could be upset or angry about.” The creators like that the shows are steeped in genuine relationship drama and that they are about something. “These shows have to work on multiples levels,” says Berlanti, “You want them to be enjoyable. But if they're not about something, why are you showing up to work every day and asking everybody to pour their heart and soul into a story if it's only about the Flash fighting a villain of the week?” As for bumps in the road the shows have had? Berlanti says, “We certainly made errors along the way. But that's been part of the fun, too.” Tidbits about each show after the crossover: Arrow - Prometheus should be unmasked soon. “Always in our midseason finales, we like to revisit the big bad,” hints Berlanti. The Flash - The annual Christmas episode is set to be tearful and will also flesh out villains Savitar and Dr. Alchemy. Legends: Captain Cold and Malcolm Merlyn join the Legion of Doom. Supergirl: A cliffhanger teases the introduction of a famous Superman-Supergirl baddie that has been referenced before. Link: http://www.ew.com/gallery/dc-arrow-legends-tomorrow-supergirl-flash/2818099_dc-superheroes-cover-ew All In The Family: Inside DC's Ultimate Superhero Crossover (Date: 10 Nov 2016) See the stars of 'Arrow,' "The Flash,' 'DC's Legends of Tomorrow,' and 'Supergirl' get together. A slideshow of images from the EW article and stills from the crossover. Link:http://www.ew.com/gallery/dc-arrow-legends-tomorrow-supergirl-flash/2818074_brandon-routh-atom-stephen-amell-green-arrow-melissa-benoist-supergirl-grant-gustin-flash-and-caity?xid=entertainment-weekly_socialflow_twitter   The First Big Story Details For the CW/DC Crossover Event Are Here (Date: 16 Nov 2016) Supergirl: After some Thanksgiving drama, the epic superhero crossover kicks off when Barry Allen  and Cisco Ramon seek Kara's help with an alien invasion on their Earth. The Flash: When aliens called the Dominators attack Central City, Barry speeds over to Star City to ask the Green Arrow for help in stopping them. Realizing the battle against the Dominators is bigger than they thought, they track down the Legends of Tomorrow, and Barry and Cisco create a breach to bring back a secret weapon – Supergirl. Once all of the super friends are assembled, they come up with a plan to attack but a shocking secret related to Flashpoint is revealed and suddenly no one is sure who they can trust. Arrow: The 100th episode - Oliver  wakes up to a life where he never got on The Queen's Gambit. Robert and Moira Queen are alive and well. Laurel is his loving fiancée and their wedding is imminent. Everything seems perfect, but Oliver starts to notice small imperfections that make him question this new reality. Meanwhile, Felicity and the recruits take on a new threat with help from The Flash and Supergirl. Legends: After learning the Dominators' plan for the world, the Legends must work together with The Flash, Supergirl and Green Arrow to kill them once and for all. Meanwhile, Stein figures out, with the help of others, how the team can terminate the Dominators, but is distracted by the aberration he realizes he created in 1987.                        Link:http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-first-big-story-details-for-the-cw-dc-crossover-eve-1789063584 'Arrow' Season 5: Dolph Lundgren On Konstantin Kovar Guest Arc (Date: 16 Nov 2016) Lundgren told AccessHollywood.com more about his new role, what convinced him to join the show and about meeting "Arrow's" Stephen Amell while the series star was in what sounds like his flashback sequences wig. When asked if he was having fun doing the show, Lundgren replied, “Yes, it has been a blast. It's fun to play this character. I think he was well-written and I have a lot of fun with it, and the fact that I don't really know where it's going is interesting because I have to keep the character alive sort of within myself over quite a long period of [time]. ... I know it's going to be six months for sure because I'm doing some stuff in February. So yeah, that's interesting. And yeah, it's sort of endearing to have this Kovar fellow be there almost every day in my life too, to be ready for the next shot. So I'm enjoying it. I'm sure the future will be even better.” Link:https://www.accesshollywood.com/articles/arrow-season-5-dolph-lundgren-konstantin-kovar-guest-arc/ Link2:http://ca.ign.com/articles/2016/11/15/arrow-dolph-lundgren-on-how-konstantin-kovar-compares-to-ivan-drago   GENERAL DC TV NEWS CW sets Riverdale premiere date; Supernatural, Legends of Tomorrow moving timeslots (Date: 16 Nov 2016) DC's Legends of Tomorrow will move to Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET starting Jan. 24. Legends of Tomorrow airs its season finale on March 28. Link:http://www.ew.com/article/2016/11/16/cw-midseason-2017-premiere-dates   The Flash in Vancouver's Victory Square with Iris West & big bad Savitar? (Date: 10 Nov 2016) Is that the god of motion Savitar in the motion capture suit? The Flash season 3's Big Bad. Seen was the latest of a sequence with the Flash, Iris West and a mo-cap actor believed to be season Big Bad Savitar in the southwest corner of the park. The mo-cap actor is big next to the Flash. Link:http://hollywoodnorth.buzz/2016/11/the-flash-in-vancouvers-victory-square-with-iris-west-big-bad-savitar.html Savitar: The Flash's newest speedster, explained (Date: 14 Nov 2016) The series is bringing in the villainous Savitar for the current third season. Savitar was brought into the “Flash” comics way back in 1995's “The Flash” (Vol. 2) #108 by writer Mark Waid and artist Oscar Jimenez. Savitar has the ability to transfer speed from one being to another. Thus, he's able to power an entire army of ninjas with energy from the Speed Force, using them to steal speed from existing speedsters. We soon learn that Savitar is a self-proclaimed god who formed a Speed Force-obsessed cult for himself, developing a messiah complex along the way. Savitar got his powers amidst the Cold War as a fighter pilot that accidentally broke the sound barrier. Link:http://www.cbr.com/savitar-the-flashs-newest-speedster-explained/    Justice League Dark Trailer Released (Date: 15 Nov 2016) The trailer is just under two minutes, but it packs in plenty of action. The footage shows the Justice League scrambling to end a global phenomena being caused by dark magic. When it comes to casting, Justice League Dark nabbed several big names from the DC Animated Universe. Jason O'Mara will voice Batman while Matt Ryan will play Constantine. Zatanna will be voiced by Camilla Luddington, Deadman by Nicholas Turturro, and Etrigan by Ray Chase. Rosario Dawson will play Wonder Woman, and Superman will be voiced by Jerry O'Connell. Justice League Dark is expected to hit DVD, Blu-ray, and Digital HD in early 2017. Link:http://comicbook.com/2016/11/15/justice-league-dark-trailer-released-will-be-r-rated/ IS DC'S KOBRA DEBUTING IN THE CW'S SUPERHERO CROSSOVER? (Date: 15 Nov 2016) In addition to the arrival of the pointy-eared antagonists, the teaser also included the first look at Citizen Steel's helmet, the return of Deathstroke — and the first glimpse of a new, intimidating logo we haven't seen before. Now, the question arises: who's icon is that? In a recent report, it was revealed that the CW version of the Dominators utilize a form of mind control, a departure from their comic book counterparts. The logo seen in the trailer has us thinking, perhaps there's another, longer-lasting reason the alien invaders will be employing this technique in their battle for Earth. In the comics, the Kobra Cult is a terrorist organization dedicated to controlling the world. In short, exactly the sort of group the Arrowverse loves to introduce as foils to its heroes, and one whose debut during a crossover of this magnitude could lay the seeds for multiple storylines across future seasons for every DC/CW show. Link:http://www.cbr.com/is-dcs-kobra-debuting-in-the-cws-superhero-crossover/   GREEN ARROW COMICS & TOY NEWS Green Arrow #11 - Murder on the Empire Express Pt.2 (Date: 16 Nov 2016) * There's no business like the war business, and business is booming-or it will be once the world learns of the brutal assassination of one of its most critical leaders at the hands of…Green Arrow?! [OK, actually Eddie Fryers] Trapped with a killer hundreds of feet below the ocean, Oliver, Black Canary and John Diggle must solve a murder before his undersea voyage ends-and with it, peace in our time. * Written by Benjamin Percy, Pencils, Inks and Colours by Juan E. Ferreyra   NEXT EPISODE   Promo for Next Week: Episode - “Invasion!” (Date: 16 Nov 2016) Article:https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/arrow/the-dctv-crossover-continues-with-a-twist-in-new-plot-synopsis-for-a146841 Episode:   “Invasion!” [Season 5  Episode 8] Air Date:        Wednesday, November 30, 2016 Summary:      ARROW CELEBRATES 100 EPISODES; THE EPIC SUPERHERO CROSSOVER CONTINUES — Oliver (Stephen Amell) wakes up to a life where he never got on The Queen's Gambit. Robert (guest star Jamey Sheridan) and Moira Queen (guest star Susanna Thompson) are alive and well. Laurel (guest star Katie Cassidy) is his loving fiancée and their wedding is imminent. Everything seems perfect, but Oliver starts to notice small imperfections that make him question this new reality. Meanwhile, Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) and the recruits take on a new threat with help from The Flash (guest star Grant Gustin) and Supergirl (guest star Melissa Benoist). 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Starling Tribune - Season 5 Edition – So It Begins (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast)   The Official Arrow Podcast of the Gonna Geek Network   Episode:            “So It Begins” [Season 5 Episode 6] Air Date:           Wednesday, November 9, 2016 Director:      John Behring                    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0067090/?ref_=tt_ov_dr                    13x Arrow | 5x Grimm | 2x Gotham | 1 The Flash | 1x The 100 | 8x The Vampire Diaries                    Writers:       Wendy Mericle                    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1355890/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr4 19x Arrow | 1x Star Wars: The Clone Wars | 4x Eli Stone | 1x Smallville   Brian Ford Sullivan                    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6893205/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5 10x Arrow | 7x Vixen     Promo: https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/arrow/arrow-season-5-episode-6-promo-so-it-begins-prometheus-is-finally-a146489   Weekly Ratings   Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Legacy 5-Oct-16 1.89 02 The Recruits 12-Oct-16 1.94 03 A Matter Of Trust 19-Oct-16 1.79 04 Penance 26-Oct-16 1.87 05 Human Target 2-Nov-16 1.61 06 So It Begins 9-Nov-16 1.95 07 Vigilante 16-Nov-16 08 Invasion 30-Nov-16 09 What We Leave Behind 7-Dec-16 10 Who Are You TBD 11 Second Chances TBD   Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters What was the overall theme for this episode / What was the link to the ep. name Prometheus “So it begins” in fire message Start of Green Arrow versus Prometheus Fight scenes & Stunts: Share your thoughts Artemis and Prometheus fight She does well; cuts him Arrows bounce off of Prometheus's outfit Bomb on subway - Parachute arrow! So no one else was on the train?!? Flashbacks: Share your thoughts Kovar - such a smooth way to intro a villain Wants to expand territory Eager to meet Oliver Kills Anatoly's man Ollie:   Susan Williams is not his GF Reluctant to share info with new recruits Talk with Diggle about moving forward - am I changing? Am I evolving? The list returns after a 4 year absence Diggle Puts recruits in line - he has a point about them not needing to know right away Tells Ollie that there is a difference between a good kill and a kill done in rage; Darhk was a good kill Thea Organizes concert Tells Lance she won't give up on him Felicity Develops algorithm to connect victims Tells Billy about working with Green Arrow; he takes it well Steals evidence from Billy to test weapon Quentin Lance Drunks know how to lie Lied about being sober Blacking out Had cut on arm and weapon in hand - Prometheus or being set up? Curtis Poorly timed jokes Helps Felicity with tech stuff Wild Dog Gets shot down by Thea Not surprised Ollie kept something from team Artemis Finally gets some character development Angry at Ollie for the kill list Ollie told her to not get revenge about parent's name because tarnish Canary legacy Turns off comms Because of attitude, saw the whole Prometheus thing coming Agrees to give Ollie chance to change Ragman Been drinking since age 11 Whole team trying to deal with Oliver keeping secrets and them being the last to know stuff Prometheus Likes to kill using a shuriken Has time to make anagrams from names off of Ollie's kill book Had access to book Has access to Ollie's arrows / evidence room (cop? DA? Paid someone to take arrows from evidence locker? Stalker who picked up arrows?) Surprised to see Green Arrow Quentin Lance??? Possible red herring??? Michelle's List O'Suspects: (Being bold by eliminating some this week because of access to The List) Tommy Merlyn Robert Queen Adrian Chase (but more likely to become Vigilante) Billy Malone (he “heard on the street” that Prometheus was a threat to the Arrow; very eager to learn where Green Arrow lives) Helena Bertinelli (but I would rather see her as either Huntress or head of the Bertinelli family) Isabel Rochev Mckenna Hall Shado Slade Wilson (being Deathstroke right away could give his plan away) Talia al Ghul (see this week's news) New: Quentin Lance (likely a red herring) New: Roy (he's been mentioned, he's had access to arrows, and he might have seen The List) Viktor (SP's add; he did see the list - shown in the season premiere) Bratva Anatoly has a boss Anatoly in war with Kovar Anatoly - vocational teacher; Bratva learn many trades D.A. Adrian Chase Doesn't mind a vigilante investigating a crime scene, possibly contaminating evidence CURRENT EPISODE DC EASTER EGGS & POP CULTURE REFERENCES   Season 5 Episode 6  “So It Begins” (Date: 10 Nov 2016) Article: http://comicbook.com/2016/11/10/arrow-easter-eggs-and-other-things-you-might-have-missed-in-so-i   So It Begins: As Felicity notes in the episode, the title (and also that little message in fire left for Oliver a la the Daredevil movie) is a line from Babylon 5. Specifically, it was spoken by Kosh in the episode "Chrysalis," and became an oft-repeated/referenced quote from the series. Michelle's addition: Kosh is the Vorlon Empire's Ambassador to Babylon 5. The line is said to Sinclair and refers to Delenn starting her transformation.   Aparo & Puckett: Tobias Church's stolen cell phone turned up in a warehouse on Aparo and Puckett -- two streets named after veteran DC Comics creators Jim Aparo and Kelley Puckett. Puckett is a writer best known for his work on the Batman family of titles; Among his most notable works are the co-creations of the Cassandra Cain Batgirl and Connor Hawke, the son of Oliver Queen. Aparo is one of the most recognizable Batman artists of his era; his last ongoing series assignment before he passed away was Green Arrow #81-100 in the '90s, during which time he and Puckett introduced Connor Hawke. Ishmael Gregor - David Meunier, known to TV fans for his role on FX's Justified, joined the cast of Arrow tonight as Ishmael Gregor. Gregor in the comics is a character who's been known to make a physical transformation into a demon, complete with magical powers, but considering remarks by the showrunners about a more grounded Season Five, it seems likely that his primary role will be as a human running the Russian mob. Worth mentioning - Konstantin Kovar appeared onscreen for the first time in this week's episode, played by Hollywood action legend Dolph Lundgren. Channel 52 makes yet another appearance. Callbacks to early seasons include Oliver's tennis ball-training session, the appearance of The List, and all those names on it. ARROW NEWS:   Arrow Ratings' (Date: 10 Nov 2016) 05 Oct 16 Legacy 1.87  --- 12 Oct 2016 The Recruits 1.94 --- 19 Oct 16 A Matter Of Trust 1.79 --- 26 Oct 16 Penance 1.87 --- 02 Nov 16 Human Target 1.61 --- 09 Nov 16 So It Begins 1.95 Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arrow_episodes#Season_5_.282016.29 Arrow's Stephen Amell: ‘It's time for Oliver to have another relationship' (Date: 03 Nov 2016) In an interview with TVLine, he said,“I don't know if he's ready to move on, but it's time for Oliver to have another relationship. Earlier this year I was speaking with [showrunner] Wendy Mericle, and I was like, ‘Look, there's two things that we're no longer allowed to write about Oliver: We're no longer allowed to call him a billionaire, because … he lost his family fortune. And we're currently not allowed to say ‘playboy' — he's dated one woman since Season 2, and he had a fling with Isabel Rochev. That's it.' If you'd like him to be a playboy, then by all means, start writing him like one” Link:http://tvline.com/2016/11/03/arrow-season-5-spoilers-oliver-new-romance-stephen-amell/   15 things you need to know about “Arrow's” Talia al Ghul (Date: 08 Nov 2016) The article is a primer about Talia al Ghul. Includes a lot of spoilers because we don't know what direction the show is taking her. Link:http://www.cbr.com/15-things-you-need-to-know-about-arrows-talia-al-ghul/   Arrow: there's more to Anatoly Knyazev than meets the eye, says Nykl (Date: 09 Nov 2016) At the celebration for “Arrow's” 100th episode, David Nykl — who plays Knyazev — spoke to CBR about his character's evolution, whether or not Anatoly has ulterior motives and more. “Calling someone a bad character is always a misnomer, because no one's really bad; they're either misunderstood or they're just trying to do something and they're not going about it the right way. I really think he's just a simple sort of guy that has got caught up in deeper situations. There's more to him than meets the eye.” Link:http://www.cbr.com/arrow-theres-more-to-anatoly-knyazev-than-meets-the-eye-says-nykl/   Arrow: Amell calls Dolph Lundgren's character a ‘worthy adversary' (Date: 09 Nov 2016) On the way Dolph works on set, Stephen Amell said, “He's very thoughtful and contemplates his lines and he has been great so far, but it's a real change of pace. I do think it would have been a missed opportunity in the last year of these flashbacks to not have a really worthy adversary. We found that in Dolph, which is why he'll be around for a while. It's been a blast to work with him. It's been awesome.” Link:http://www.cbr.com/arrow-amell-calls-dolph-ludgrens-character-a-worthy-adversary/ Arrow's Josh Segarra reveals what excites him about playing Vigilante (Date: 09 Nov 2016) Next week's episode of Arrow, titled "Vigilante," will center on the character of Star City District Attorney Adrian Chase (played by actor Josh Segarra), and introduce his costumed alter ego, Vigilante. He told ComicBook.com during the Arrow 100th episode party that they were working hard not to disappoint anybody who read the comics and had expectations for the character. "The biggest question that I have for myself as an actor is 'why does this person become the person that they are?'" Segarra said. "So what's going to be hard is that in the middle of the season I get to introduce Vigilante. So now I'm getting to tell that backstory and we get to tell the biggest pieces and get to show him becoming who he is before episode 7." Link:http://comicbook.com/2016/11/09/arrows-josh-segarra-reveals-what-excites-him-about-playing-vigil/   Should Arrow end after season 5? Stephen Amell, EP Marc Guggenheim discuss (Date: 10 Nov 2016) The article examines why season 5 could be a natural ending, but Marc Guggenheim says, “No, I think we tend to look at season 5 as the end of a particular chapter.” Arrow doesn't seem to be in any danger of cancellation at present; while ratings are down from last season, it remains one of The CW's four most-watched programs. The show's longevity seems to surprise even the producers. The flashback storyline was always “a five-year deal,” says Guggenheim, and they intend to stick with that plan. “The show just turned out to be more successful than we anticipated.”  Also Stephen Amell discusses why season 4 disappointed him at times and how he likes the renewed focus of season 5. Link:http://www.ew.com/article/2016/11/10/arrow-ideal-ending-stephen-amell-marc-guggenheim   DC TV NEWS Legends of Tomorrow's Caity Lotz: Even if she wants to, Sara can't bring back Laurel (Date: 03 Nov 2016) Sara Lance can't kill Damien Darhk because of the consequences. In an interview with ComicBook.com she said, “The thing is, I can't kill him. If I kill him in 1942 or 1952, all of those years that he was supposed to do everything would be messed up; it's a big change to history. So I wouldn't be able to even kill him. I think she's struggling, now that she's captain, with this higher sense of purpose. It's not just all about her; she has to consider other people. You see what happens with Barry Allen when he changed the timeline. She's coming around and being like ‘I have to accept this,' but I still think there's something in her that is always going to want to change it and I don't know, if she had the opportunity, if she would pass it up. I think it's still a big area of conflict for her. And of course she misses her sister.” Link:http://comicbook.com/dc/2016/11/04/legends-of-tomorrows-caity-lotz-even-if-she-wants-to-sara-cant-b/    The responsibilities of time travelers when it comes to slavery (Date: 06 Nov 2016) The episode of DC's Legends of Tomorrow entitled Abominations had two things in mind when picking the title. Confederate zombies and slavery. Executive producer Marc Guggenheim talks about the responsibility of time travelers when it comes to the question of slavery and how the CW's time-traveling show differs from others on the air. Link:http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/11/06/responsibilities-time-travelers-comes-slavery/    Spoiler Room: scoop on Quantico, The Flash, Elementary, and more (Date: 04 Nov 2016) The Flash - “The biggest fear for Caitlin and for Team Flash is how powerful they are and how much of an unknown they are,” Danielle Panabaker says of the Dominators. Legends - Snart will be back in the midseason finale, eventually aligning with Reverse-Flash, Damien Darhk and Malcolm Merlyn to form the Legion of Doom. Link:http://www.ew.com/article/2016/11/04/spoiler-room-quantico-flash-elementary   Cyborg Superman coming to CW's Supergirl (Date: 07 Nov 2016) Cyborg Superman is coming to CW's Supergirl. The character is named in the official description to November 21's episode, "The Darkest Place." "IT'S SUPERGIRL VS. CYBORG SUPERMAN — While Guardian (Mehcad Brooks) tries to clear his name after being accused of a murder committed by another vigilante, Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) heads out on a solo mission to rescue Mon-El (Chris Wood) who has been captured by CADMUS," reads the description. "While fighting to free Mon-El, Supergirl comes face to face with Cyborg Superman. Link:http://www.newsarama.com/31892-cyborg-superman-coming-to-cw-s-supergirl.html   Kevin Smith reveals the secrets of Supergirl's flight scenes  (Date: 08 Nov 2016) Up, up and away! In his latest Facebook video, director Kevin Smith took his fans behind the scenes of “Supergirl's” latest episode. Smith — who will direct the season's eleventh episode, “Supergirl Lives” — stands back and lets the production crew work their magic in the brief scene, which finds Melissa Benoist's Supergirl taking flight. Link:http://www.cbr.com/kevin-smith-reveals-the-secrets-of-supergirls-flight-scenes/   ‘DC's Legends of Tomorrow' gets order for 4 more episodes from the CW (Date: 09 Nov 2016) The CW has picked up four additional episodes of DC's Legends of Tomorrow, bringing the series' second season to 17 episodes.The time-travel series has been one of the stronger ratings performers for the CW with steady deliveries and strong time-shifted viewing, averaging 2.3 million viewers and a 0.9 Adults 18-49 rating (most current). It has improved the Thursday 8 PM time period by +35% in viewers and +13% in 18-49  vs. last fall when The Vampire Diaries aired there.   Link:http://deadline.com/2016/11/dcs-legends-of-tomorrow-order-4-more-episodes-the-cw-1201852103/   This week's cover: CW superheroes crossover revealed (Date: xx month year) The article is about Entertainment Weekly's issue about the upcoming DC crossover. With the article is a short video. The occasion of this massive team-up: filming a four-show crossover event, which begins in the final scene of the Nov. 28 episode of Supergirl and unfolds over the next three nights in episodes of The Flash, Arrow and Legends. Entertainment Weekly visited the set of the massive undertaking and brings you a report in our new issue, on sale this week. Link:http://www.ew.com/article/2016/11/09/flash-green-arrow-supergirl-cw-superheroes-crossover-cover   NEXT EPISODE   Promo for Next Week: Episode - “Vigilante” (Date: 09 Nov 2016) Article:https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/arrow/arrow-season-5-episode-7-promo-vigilante-first-look-at-adrian-chase-a146666 Episode:   “Vigilante” [Season 5 Episode 7] Air Date:        Wednesday, November 16, 2016 Summary:      When the bodies of two criminals are dropped at SCPD, Oliver (Stephen Amell) realizes there is a new Vigilante in Star City. The team is split about whether they should stop someone who is helping keep the city safe. Diggle (David Ramsey) is frustrated with his new situation and Thea (Willa Holland) fights for Lance (Paul Blackthorne) who confesses a shocking secret. Meanwhile, in the flashbacks, Oliver finally sits down with Konstantin Kovar (guest star Dolph Lundgren). Director:         Gordon Verheul Writers:          Ben Sokolowski and Emilio Ortega Aldrich IMDB:   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5584152/?ref_=ttep_ep7      Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday nights at 9:00 PM eastern or 8:00 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." 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Starling Tribune - Season 4.5 Special Edition – Legends Of Tomorrow Destiny (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast)   The Official Arrow Podcast of the Gonna Geek Network   Episode:            Season 1, Episode 15 of DC's Legends of Tomorrow -  “Destiny” Air Date:           May 12th, 2016 on the CW television network, and on CTV up there in Canada Transcript:         http://transcripts.foreverdreaming.org/viewtopic.php?f=557&t=27155    IMDB:               http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4952752/?ref_=tt_ep_nx   Director:           Olatunde Osunsanmi IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1069989/?ref_=ttfc_fc_dr1 Similar to last week, this week marks another directorial debut on the Berlantiverse, with Mr. Osun-sanmi joining the DC TV family on this episode.  He's no stranger to behind the camera or to genre TV though                         Berlantiverse: Nothing Other Director Credits: 1x Bates Motel | 2x Sleepy Hollow | 2x Minority Report | 6x Falling Skies | 1x The Last Ship and others                         Writers:             No ‘writing' credit -- This week marks another week with no formal writing credit. Instead, as we run up to the finale, the showrunners pretty much took the helm, and if you're a fan of the show or this podcast, you're no stranger to the names of the fine folks who got the creative credits this week                           Story By: Marc Guggenheim                         Teleplay By: Phil Klemmer and Chris Fedak                         Executive Story Editor: Ray Utarnachitt   Weekly Ratings   Episode 15: Rating of 1.89 - This was up from series low of 1.62 the preceding week!     Monday 9 May 2016 Supergirl No episode Season 1 ended April 18th   Tuesday 10 May 2016 The Flash (Ep 2.21) Rating: 3.52 “The Runaway Dinosaur” Kevin Smith directs this episode, where Barry enters the speedforce to face his past and emerge stronger and faster.   Wednesday 11 May 2016 Arrow (Ep. 4.21) Rating: 2.16 “Monument Point” Darhk begins taking over the world's nuclear stockpile, and Felicity redirects a nuke to the town of Monument Point.   Thursday 12 May 2016 Legends Legends (Ep 1.15) Rating: 1.89 “Destiny” The team has the final showdown with the Time Masters after the reveal of the Oculus. Rip's family dies, snart dies, time master leader dies. Penultimate season 1 episode.   Friday 13 May 2016 Constantine No episode Season 1 ended February 13th   Links for Other Shows Arrow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arrow_episodes#Season_4_.282015.E2.80.9316.29 Flash: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Flash_episodes#Season_2_.282015.E2.80.9316.29 Supergirl: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergirl_(TV_series)#Episodes   Episode # Episode Title Episode Air Date Rating 1 Pilot, Part 1 21-Jan-16 3.21 2 Pilot, Part 2 28-Jan-16 2.89 3 Blood Ties 4-Feb-16 2.32 4 White Knights 7-Feb-16 2.39 5 Fail-Safe 18-Feb-16 2.25 6 Star City 2046 25-Feb-16 2.47 7 Marooned 3-Mar-16 2.28 8 Night of the Hawk 10-Mar-16 2.01 9 Left Behind 31-Mar-16 1.97 10 Progeny 7-Apr-16 1.88 11 The Magnificent Eight 12-Apr-16 1.98 12 Last Refuge 21-Apr-16 1.78 13 Leviathan 28-Apr-16 1.86 14 River of Time 5-May-16 1.63 15 Destiny 12-May-16 1.89 16 Legendary 19-May-16 1.85   Part 1: The Plot, Themes, Fights & Time Travel Link to the title: How did the title “Destiny” tie to the episode Vandal Savage says it's his Destiny Time Master says it's not a trap… it's Destiny The whole oculus wellspring concept deals with a pre-determined and manipulated destiny Recurring theme: What was the recurring theme of in this episode Fate vs. free will - the struggle between the immutable nature of a predetermined future, and the ability to make choices It calls into question everything the team has done, and could continue to do once they have the knowledge of the oculus Fight scenes & stunts: Share your thoughts Fight/stunt 1 Spaceship firing on the vanishing point Not really a fight, but a cool effect Fight/stunt 2 Jumpship versus TimeMaster soldiers at the oculus wellspring Not much of a fight, but nice strafing effect. Fight/stunt 3 Battle in the oculus chamber.  Lots of firing, heat gun, cold gun etc. Time travel: Thoughts on the tropes and mechanics Nice flashback to start, back to the recruiting scene in 2016 Great to see the team back before all the messing with the timeline Jax - “Something called time travel - the team's in trouble”.  Very Bill and Ted showing up in his own past once he's left the room. (Marty! It's your kids!) This timetravel model, there is no free will - only free will at the vanishing point Nothing you can do to change time?   Part 2: The Characters Rip Hunter Rate on a scale of 1 (Capt. of the Titanic - Edward John Smith) to 10 (the best - Picard) Freaking out with “NO ONE CONTROLS ME” which breaks him. “You lot guard the entrance”. I'm sorry, but is “you lot” the official way to address the crew. Well, it's either that or walk the plank Argggg! Shrinks Ray to carry him. Vandal Savage “An appointment I have… with Destiny” kinda sounds like an exotic dancer Execution of Rip's family - still murders Miranda and Jonas Time Masters The Reveal of the oculus and the reveal of the master manipulation of the entire crew Ordered Savage to kill Rip's family to motivate him.  Super dick move. Guy doing the induction process kinda enjoys it. Love the time ships preparing to jump in the hangar, like the rebel fleet about to attack the death star or the Mass Effect Pelicans getting ready for a combat drop or the Space Marines about to assault the Alien Queen with Ripley The Atom - Ray Palmer Still cares for Kendra - freaked out when she was shot by the prison guards. Continues the theme of believing in the face of adversity Interesting bonding with Mick & how he survived not being turned into Chronos “All I wanted to do was make a difference.”  Keeps working even though that's how he dies. White Canary - Sara Lance And she's a badass pilot.  “Punch it Gideon” “Want to steal a kiss from me… you better be one hell of a thief”.  Dammit, I really wanted these two to get together. - then the final kiss just kills me. Hawkgirl - Kendra Saunders Kinda loses it when she realizes Savage is going to kill Rip's family.  That was the whole point of the mission… well, that and saving the earth from Savage's destruction and reign. They arguably failed at all of that and made it worse. No barista reference. Hawkman - Carter Hall In stasis - not in this episode Captain Cold - Leonard Snart I freakin' love Snart in the past Dammit - I want an entire show of just Sara and Snart “There are no strings on me”  Frickin beautiful line. He was a hero. Heatwave - Mick Rory Soliloquy when faced with becoming Chronos again - “I focused on vengeance. I focused on how much I hated all of you” “Oh yeah, that's good… break my arms” - Mick has the best lines “For a time master, you sure waste a lot of it” Executes the a**-hole time master “Get me out of this stupid robot suit” “If you tell the team I actually care, I'll shave your head” - focused on the team Firestorm - Professor Martin Stein Arrogant interaction with Jax in the past Nice speech to Jax about something having gone right on the mission re: Jefferson maturing and he being less of an asshat. Firestorm - Jefferson Jackson “It's the best decision I never made.” re: being roofied and going on the mission. Waverider/Gideon Calls on the ye olde fashioned phone - uploaded into the latency core. Love the firing effects on the vanishing point   EPISODE DC EASTER EGGS:   Season 1 Episode 15 “Destiny” (Date: 12 May 2016) Article:http://comicbook.com/dc/2016/05/13/legends-of-tomorrow-things-you-might-have-missed-in-destiny/ Thanagar: Legends of Tomorrow made Thanagarians - DC's alien hawkman species and home to Nth Metal with strong ties to Hawkgirl and Hawkman, this just became cannon for the DC TV Universe.  Lots of comic references and lore, and on the cartoon Justice League Unlimited Smugglers Hatch: Pretty obvious reference to Star Wars and the Millennium Falcon Time Sphere: When Jax heads back to 2016, we get a look at he and Martin working on the Time Sphere that was broken in the season finale of The Flash last year.  In the comics, the Time Sphere (also sometimes called a Time Bubble) was the primary means of time-travel used by Rip Hunter, Time Master...as well as Booster Gold, The Legion of Super-Heroes, and other characters. “I'll shave your head”: The threat Mick uses against Ray -- that he'll "shave your head" -- is presumably a nod to the fact that all season long, he's referred to Ray as "haircut.". “No strings on me”: Iconic Pinocchio line, used by Ultron in the second avengers movie Tabula Rasa: While "Tabula rasa" has a broader cultural meaning outside of DC Comics, meaning "blank slate," as explained by Ray…  it's worth noting that there are two major DC Comics uses of the phrase: one is a Batman story in which he is forced to work with Bane -- and the other is an organization in the Wildstorm universe whose actual name is Tabula Rasa. Who telephone reference   ARROW NEWS:   Arrow: Stephen Amell finally asks to compete on Ninja Warrior (Date: 03 Sep 2016) * At Salt Lake City Comic Con, he finally conceded, and sent out a tweet to the American Ninja Warrior asking to compete in 2017 * "Ok... It happened. The people of Salt Lake City and the great State of Utah pushed me over the edge," Amell posted today on his official Facebook page. "NBC American Ninja Warrior - in 2017, I would like to compete on your show." * The American Ninja Warrior Co-Host Matt Iseman tweeted back and said he's in! https://twitter.com/mattiseman/status/772228113950310400 Link:http://comicbook.com/2016/09/04/arrows-stephen-amell-wants-to-compete-on-american-ninja-warrior/ Arrow: Stephen Amell on whether Deathstroke is gone from Arrow (Date: 05 Sep 2016) * Part of his Salt Lake City Comic Con panel * Amell responded,  "That's actually something that people bring up on a regular basis…whether DC has told us you can't have or you must get rid of [this character]. *  That's not how that works. Diane Nelson and Geoff Johns – the people at Warner Bros. on the feature side, the people at Warner Bros. on the television side – are all in the business of making the best products for fans. Just because there may or may not be a Deathstroke in the DC Extended Universe doesn't mean Manu Bennett can't exist on our show." Link:http://www.comicbookmovie.com/dc_tv/arrow/stephen-amell-says-dceu-deathstroke-doesnt-nix-a-potential-manu-a144986 Arrow: Amell won't be upset if Ollie comes to the bigscreen (Date: 04 Sep 2016) * Part of his Salt Lake City Comic Con Panel * "I do not have a right to Oliver Queen. Someone played it played it before me. Someone voiced it before me. Somebody will play it after me. * I don't believe that there are plans for Oliver Queen in the DC Extended Universe, based off things that people have told me, but I would not be upset if that changed at all." Link:http://www.comicbookmovie.com/green_arrow/stephen-amell-shares-his-thoughts-on-green-arrow-being-recast-for-the-a144976 Arrow: Greg Berlanti says the CW Suicide Squad was an intentional ask by DC to test run a movie (Date: 07 Sep 2016) Question:  Does DC Comics president Geoff Johns come to you and say, “Hey, here's something we tried out in a comic. Let's try it here”?   Answer: “Sometimes, or he has other executives mention that to us. They said to us a year and a half before they started developing Suicide Squad, “Will you guys put [a version of] the Suicide Squad in your show? Because we want to have it as a film at some point.” Link:http://comicsalliance.com/arrow-suicide-squad-movie-greg-berlanti/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook Full_Article:http://www.vulture.com/2016/08/dc-comics-greg-berlanti-c-v-r.html Arrow: Showrunner Wendy Mericle reitterates no return to Olicity (Date: 07 Sep 2016) * “[Oliver and Felicity] are both in crisis mode. Oliver's got two really big jobs, and [Felicity] is spinning out about Havenrock. Until they've gotten some clarity for themselves, there's not much room for the relationship side of things.” * Mericle says that Oliver is “very much the focus of the first nine [episodes], being the one thing that anchors and pulls everybody through.” * Felicity, meanwhile, is struggling with guilt over accidentally destroying Havenrock (note: wasn't it Monument Point?) with a nuclear bomb, which has her “doubled down in a bunker,” * Diggle is trying to figure out how he can get that sense of himself back, after killing his brother. Link: http://www.cbr.com/arrow-fans-shouldnt-hold-their-breaths-for-an-olicity-reunion/ Arrow: Katie Cassidy will be back on  on Arrow Sooner Than We Thought (Date: 6 Sep 2016) * Katie Cassidy will return to Arrow as Laurel during the Season 5 premiere this coming October. The actress took the stage at Salt Lake Comic-Con this weekend (via com) and revealed that she definitely will appear as Laurel Lance during the very first episode of the new season. Although she wouldn't (or couldn't) go into any further detail, the general consensus seems to be that this is when we will finally get to learn what they dying Laurel said to Oliver while lying in her Star City hospital bed Link:https://www.cinemablend.com/television/1552889/katie-cassidy-will-be-back-on-arrow-sooner-than-we-thought   DC TV NEWS   Legends: Stephen Amell appears in LoT Season 2 still shots (Date: 06 Sep 2016) * We'll see a lot of new and familiar faces in season two of Legends of Tomorrow, including Oliver Queen showing up, and it's pretty clear that his role will involve coming to blows with Heat Wave and teaming up with Nick Zano's Dr. Nate Heywood. * We also get a glimpse of Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough). Link:http://www.comicbookmovie.com/dc_tv/legends_of_tomorrow/arrows-stephen-amell-makes-surprise-appearance-in-first-a145020 Flash: Is Andrew Kriesberg hinting Barry may go bad in Season 3? (Date: 03 Sep 2016) * Comments made in an Entertainment Weekly interview regarding if Barry will still have his powers post-Flashpoint * “One of the themes is what does it mean to have power, what you do with that power, and is power ultimately corrupting?” he said. Link: http://www.cbr.com/could-barry-allen-break-bad-in-the-flash-season-3/ Flash: Carlos Valdes on Flashpoint, repercussions & relationships (Date: 06 Sep 2016) * “What the season mostly deals with is the repercussions of that alternate timeline being opened,” * “A  lot of fans are expressing concern over some of their favorite characters and relationships being gone and all this work we've done over the last two years being undone. ... I can assure fans that that is not the case.” * the new season will continue to explore Cisco's “ongoing evolution” as a metahuman, noting that “powers grow. That's what they do. Period.” Link:http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/09/06/carlos-valdes-says-flash-season-four-will-deal-with-flashpoint-repercussions/ Flash: Carlos Valdes & Teddy Sears share a story at DragonCon (Date: 06 Sep 2016) * The actor who plays Cisco Ramon (Carlos Valdes) shared a story about a real life incident on the way to DragonCon… about how everyday heros can be some of the most impactful.  Worth a read. Link:http://www.blastr.com/2016-9-6/flashs-carlos-valdes-teddy-sears-stop-save-day-help-injured-woman Flash: Mirror Master is changing for the CW (Date: 08 Sep 2016) * There have been two different Mirror Masters in the comics * Ability to warp through mirrors has been technological, powered by a “gun” device * Showrunners have confirmed that Mirror Master will be a true Meta with powers Link: http://www.cbr.com/the-flashs-mirror-master-wont-carry-his-signature-gun/ Flash: Kevin Smith behind the scenes while filming Flash (Date: 07 Sep 2016) * From a recent episode of his new AMC series Geeking Out, Kevin Smith did some behind the scenes filming while he directed an episode of The Flash. * He talks with Grant Gustin about how the actor is more extroverted when in costume and talks with Candice Patton about playing the Earth 2 version of Iris West Link:http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/09/07/kevin-smith-behind-the-scenes-on-the-set-of-the-flash/ Video: https://youtu.be/YRtmShOfaCQ Flash: New “Time Strikes Back” trailer drops for Flash (Date: 08 Sep 2016) * Pretty much a re-hash of the prior footage and re-cap of last season * New speech from Reverse-Flash: Reverse-Flash reveals to Barry the trouble he'll be in if he remains in the Flashpoint Timeline too long. Link:http://www.cbr.com/new-flash-trailer-proves-time-strikes-back-after-flashpoint/ Video: https://youtu.be/HJZH1H4G8TI Supergirl: Tyler Hoechlin comments on his portrayal of Superman (Date: 05 Sep 2016) * Interview in Entertainment Weekly * “It's Superman as I think he was intended to be,” said Hoechlin * Just an incredible symbol of hope to kids that they can do anything, that they can be good people, and that good people can triumph over evil. You don't have to be dark and brooding and always in this state of masculine toughness.” Link: http://www.cbr.com/hoechlin-calls-supergirls-superman-the-version-hes-intended-to-be/ Supergirl: Andrew Kreisberg addresses Superman (IGN interview) (Date: 07 Sep 2016) * The show will address how Superman is more “popular” in the Supergirl universe * Big emphasis on making sure Superman will not take away or diminish Supergirl Link:http://comicbook.com/2016/09/07/supergirl-will-deal-with-how-superman-is-more-popular/ Black Lightning: Greg Berlanti's new show Black Lightning picked up... (Date: 08 Sep 2016) * … by Fox * I have no words… * As we all believe this will be cancelled, we're not going to talk about this from here on in... Link:http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/black-lightning-fox-show-greg-berlanti-1201855055/ Constantine: Fans made Constantine on BluRay and DVD a thing! (Date: 06 Sep 2016) * The Warner Archive -- Warner Bros.'s print-on-demand service for DVDs and Blu-rays -- will release Constantine on Blu-ray soon, according to advertisements running on the back of this week's DC Comics. * So far, there's no sign of the show on the Warner Archive Store, but the ad which says "fantastic TV looks better on Blu-ray … also says "Constantine now on Blu-ray & DVD." Link:http://comicbook.com/2016/09/06/constantine-is-coming-to-blu-ray-from-the-warner-archive/ ARROW CAST & CREW NEWS   Katie Cassidy Interview at Salt Lake City Comic Con (Date: 05 Sep 2016) * Talks about how she found out about Laurel's death * Will be back in the first episode in flashback to disclose what she said * Confirms has a DC-TV wide contract like Wentworth Miller and John Barrowman Link:http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/09/05/how-katie-cassidy-reacted-to-finding-out-about-laurel-lances-fate/ Video:https://youtu.be/JrXl1oB2jxg Stephen Amell & David Ramsey at Salt Lake City Comic Con (Date: 05 Sep 2016) * They cover a range of topics including their most emotional moment on the series, their favorite moment with John Barrowman (which they let slip that he hasn't been on the show in a while), and a great story about Diggle's reaction to seeing the Flash for the first time and just how he might react to seeing Supergirl. Link: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/09/05/how-john-diggle-might-react-to-supergirl/ Video: https://youtu.be/3O4hzI3kdtM   GREEN ARROW COMICS & TOY NEWS   Malcolm Merlyn, the Dark Archer, collected Graphic novel out (Date: 06 Sep 2016) * i09 had an interview with John Barrowman out as well * Collectes the DC direct to digital weekly comic, similar to arrow season 2.5 * John and Carole mention they would love to do a single Arrow episode in flashback solely on Malcolm Merlyn -- maybe a short mid-season miniseries?? Make it Happen DC!!! Link:http://io9.gizmodo.com/john-and-carole-barrowman-delve-into-the-mysteries-of-a-1786273071 Green Arrow (Rebirth) #6 came out this week (Date: 07 Sep 2016) * New arc: Sins of the Mother Part 1 * Story: Benjamin Percy | Art & Color: Stephen Byrne | Letters: Nate Piekos of BlamBot  Cover: W Scott Forbes | Variant Cover: Neal Adams & Josh Adams w/ Tim Shin * All about Emiko (Ollie only appears in Flashback), so it really shifts focus * The story is told in two parts, one in flashback when Emi was living with Ollie and taking out a different Clock King than we saw in the New 52 and in Deathstroke (My head hurts…). The second is dealing with the fallout from the final fight with the Ninth Circle. * First issue with Stephen Byrne taking the art over from Juan Ferreyra, and the art style is less realistic and more anime, which isn't really my style, but I can see it work with Emi and a Japanese setting for the current story. * Problem with a “dire” cliffhanger for Emi is that we know she's not in any danger, which made it a poor choice for a cliffhanger from a writing perspective Comixology:https://www.comixology.com/Green-Arrow-2016-6/digital-comic/397908?ref=bGlzdC92aWV3L2Rlc2t0b3AvZ3JpZExpc3QvbGlzdDEzMDI4 CBRU: http://comicbookroundup.com/comic-books/reviews/dc-comics/green-arrow-(2016)/6 * CBRU (Metacritic) aggregate Score is brought down by a couple fours, but other than that scored pretty-much 8's and 9's   NEXT EPISODE   Promo for Next Week: Legends Of Tomorrow Season 1 Finale - “Legendary” Article:http://www.comicbookmovie.com/dc_tv/legends_of_tomorrow/new-extended-promo-for-legends-of-tomorrow-season-1-a141630 Video: https://youtu.be/lrsVKX1nU0A IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5052438/?ref_=tt_ep_nx   Episode:                                       “Legendary” [Season 1 Episode 16] Air Date:                                      Thursday, May 19th, 2016 Summary:                                    After the numerous sacrifices the team has made since the beginning of this ride, Rip decides that it's time they each decide their own destiny and returns them to Central City a few months after they first left. Returned to their normal lives, each team member must individually decide if they are willing to sacrifice everything in order to save the world. Meanwhile, Sara visits with her father who delivers some heartbreaking news about her sister. Director:                                      Dermott Downs           http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0236173/?ref_=ttfc_fc_dr1 Writers:                                        No “writer” credit -- show runners are bringing it home Story by: Greg Berlanti                  and Chris Fedak Teleplay by: Phil Klemmer and Marc Guggenheim Exec. Story Editor: Ray Utarnachitt   Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday nights at 9:00 PM eastern or 8:00 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 September 8th, 2016.   Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoyed the show!   Audio Production by Stargate Pioneer of GonnaGeek.com.  

Here are all the pops we talked about this week and where you can pre-order them. Big Friendly Giant, Jesse Custer (Preacher), Cassidy (Preacher), Arseface (Preacher), The Chamberlain Skeksis (Dark Crystal), Aughra (Dark Crystal), UrSol the Chanter (Dark Crystal), Jen (Dark Crystal), Kira and Fizzgig (Dark Crystal), Kirk (Star Trek Beyond), Spock (Star Trek Beyond), Uhura (Star Trek Beyond), Sulu (Star Trek Beyond), Chekov (Star Trek Beyond), Scotty (Star Trek Beyond), Bones (Star Trek Beyond), Jaylah (Star Trek Beyond), Krall (Star Trek Beyond). The new Specialty Series, Aloha Stitch, Rick with Portal Gun, My Little Pony, Gorilla Grodd, New Green Arrow, Malcolm Merlyn, Starfire as the Flash, Raven as Wonder Woman, Robin as Batman, and Suicide Squad Harley Quinn Gown. You can check us out on twitter, facebook, and instagram @gofunkoyourself, visit www.gofunkoyourself.com for sweet news and such, finally go to www.imzy.com/funko to request an invitation to this great new website full of great communities.

SPOILERS/NSFW - DC on SCREEN #181 - Arrow 4x22 – Lost in the Flood | Review - Arrow and Spartan watch Damien Darhk absorbing souls from the nuking of Havenrock, but get beat down and spared as Damien wants them to feel the skin melting when he regains control of Rubicon.  Felicity doesn’t have time for dwelling on all the lives she extinguished, but Donna has time to be butt-hurt and bicker with Felicity’s dad (she’s also upset because Felicity tells her she works with Green Arrow—which I thought Donna already knew).  Damien enlists Felicity’s Star Trek-quoting  ex Cooper Seldon to hack back control of Rubicon, but Curtis and Felicity defeat him to humorous effect.  Also, Ollie and John follow a text from Thea to the underground Tevat Noah where they fight ghosts and talk to denizens who didn’t take the yellow pills because they think Damien Darhk gave them more hope than Green Arrow did. Well, alright then.  Ollie fights a mind-controlled Thea, brings her back to her senses, while Dig fights Malcolm Merlyn. Anarky meanwhile takes over the Tevat Noah command center, people fight, there’s a stray arrow, and the next thing you know, Ruve Darhk is dead, and the whole ark is destroyed with Damien and Ruve’s mysteriously unnamed and silent daughter saved.  Meanwhile, Donna pressures Noah to leave (and he does).  But before they fret over that development too much, Damien walks in, and he his pissed.

SPOILERS/NSFW - DC on SCREEN #181 - Arrow 4x22 – Lost in the Flood | Review - Arrow and Spartan watch Damien Darhk absorbing souls from the nuking of Havenrock, but get beat down and spared as Damien wants them to feel the skin melting when he regains control of Rubicon.  Felicity doesn’t have time for dwelling on all the lives she extinguished, but Donna has time to be butt-hurt and bicker with Felicity’s dad (she’s also upset because Felicity tells her she works with Green Arrow—which I thought Donna already knew).  Damien enlists Felicity’s Star Trek-quoting  ex Cooper Seldon to hack back control of Rubicon, but Curtis and Felicity defeat him to humorous effect.  Also, Ollie and John follow a text from Thea to the underground Tevat Noah where they fight ghosts and talk to denizens who didn’t take the yellow pills because they think Damien Darhk gave them more hope than Green Arrow did. Well, alright then.  Ollie fights a mind-controlled Thea, brings her back to her senses, while Dig fights Malcolm Merlyn. Anarky meanwhile takes over the Tevat Noah command center, people fight, there’s a stray arrow, and the next thing you know, Ruve Darhk is dead, and the whole ark is destroyed with Damien and Ruve’s mysteriously unnamed and silent daughter saved.  Meanwhile, Donna pressures Noah to leave (and he does).  But before they fret over that development too much, Damien walks in, and he his pissed.

Everyone's getting "Lost in the Flood" this week. Now that Darhk has increased his magical powers beyond anything Oliver's arrows do, the team focuses on preventing him from launching more nuclear weapons. Felicity and her father Noah are on a hacking mission to keep Rubicon out of HIVE's control and they get some extra help from Curtis. Oliver and Diggle break into the underground haven of Tevat Noah to save Thea, who's been brainwashed by Malcolm Merlyn. But they have to stop Lonnie Machin, aka Anarky, from from throwing a big, exploding wrench into their quest too. Jay and Josh try to give hope to their city, while running through underground suburbs on this week's Green Justice: An Arrow Podcast. Listen in and justice will be served...to your MP3 player!

Welcome back to the ArrowFansUK episode review podcast. This week, we're breaking down Sins of the Father. We spend much of the podcast discussing why Arrow keeps on choosing to do what it's doing with Malcolm Merlyn, and the problems involved with that, as well as Felicity's encounter with her father and what the cliffhanger will mean for future episodes. As always, you can send us your thoughts via Facebook, Twitter or email. But for now, sit back and enjoy the podcast.

Starling Tribune - Season 4 Edition – Episode 14: Code Of Silence (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast)   The Official Arrow Podcast of the Gonna Geek Network   This week the Starling Tribune Reporters find themselves looking back a lot to season 1 Arrow, talk about the current episode Code Of Silence, and look into the future of the show. Just in case you forgot that Oliver keeps secrets but doesn't like to, Arrow points it out again this week. Back on the island Conklin succumbs to Oliver Queen's knife fighting skills (if only Conklin trained better Ryan Robbins would still be with the show). As the flashbacks progress will the show really be able to reconcile season one Ollie with Flashback Ollie? “Bam Bam” came through amazingly with the fight chorography this week and the reporters love it when he comes to direct and episode. The reporters are also surprised at how fast Malcolm Merlyn integrated with H.I.V.E.. The turn to help Feilicty walk about was really fast and really Terrific! The rpoertes wish for a Cisco'ed Spartan helmet soon. Neil's ARGUS t-shirt seems safe from the dumpster bin…at least for now. Alex, the political intern, was sorely missed this week…unless he was cleaning up a Damian Darhk mess. The reporters are cringing for William Clayton and fear the worst for Samantha Clayton (#AnnaHopkinsForCaptainMarvel). This week was again a big shakeup for the reporter's “Who's In The Grave” and the trio rate and debate the villains of the week. The reporters wrap up the episode with a list of Easter Eggs, Arrow News, Feedback and comments from the chat. Thank you for downloading and listening!   Transcript:         http://transcripts.foreverdreaming.org/viewtopic.php?f=172&t=25243 Episode:            “Code of Silence” [Season 4 Episode 14] Air Date:           Wednesday, February 17th, 2016 Director:           James “Bam Bam” Bamford  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0051466/?ref_=tt_ov_dr             2nd ep. Arrow, ... Writers: Wendy Mericle: EP 23x | Co-EP 23x | Prod - 23x | Co-prod - 20x | Writer 16x | Vixen Writer 6x             Oscar Balderrama: Script Co-ord 46x | Writer 4x | + Everwood, Drop Dead Diva, Mob Doctor... IMDB Link:        http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4862542/?ref_=tt_ep_nx   EPISODE DC EASTER EGGS:   Season 4 Episode 14 “Code of Silence” Easter Eggs (Date: 18 Feb 2016) Article: http://comicbook.com/2016/02/18/arrow-easter-eggs-and-dc-comics-references-in-code-of-silence-2/ - Code of Silence… The name of a Springsteen Song. Coincidence? Meh - Demolition Team; DC Comics supervillain team who first appeared in an issue of Green Lantern - Daniel Cudmore as Jackhammer - Damien Darkh does a force choke - Oliver tells Curtis he is “Terrific”   Den Of Geek is keeping a running tally of Season 4 Easter Eggs (Date: xx Nov 2015) Article: http://www.denofgeek.us/books-comics/arrow/249909/arrow-season-4-complete-dc-comics-references-guide   ARROW NEWS:   Stardust and Stephen Amell keep the feud alive!  (Date: 13 Feb 2016) Link: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/dc_tv/arrow/wwe-superstar-stardust-renews-rivalry-with-arrow-star-stephen-amell-a131000 Video: https://youtu.be/ZUCLMrG-fwM   Diggle and Layla head to Central City (Da Dum.  Da Dum…)  (Date: 17 Feb 2016) Link: http://comicbook.com/2016/02/16/the-flash-season-2-episode-15-sneak-preview-king-shark/ Video: https://youtu.be/0cfw5PGBCvA   Let's talk Vixen  (Date: N/A) Question: Have you seen the animated CW Seed series yet? Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vixen_(comics) Mari McCabe First Appearance was in Cancelled Comic Cavalcade #2 (September, 1978), origin story. Action Comics #521 (July 1981), first general release publication.  In October 2008, G. Willow Wilson began the new five-issue limited series, Vixen: Return of the Lion. Anansi the African Spider god created a totem to convey the powers of the animal world on the bearer to be a hero and a protector. Comixology: https://www.comixology.com/Vixen-Return-of-the-Lion/comics-series/1501?ref=c2VhcmNoL2luZGV4L2Rlc2t0b3Avc2xpZGVyTGlzdC9zZXJpZXNTbGlkZXI JL Unlimited: https://youtu.be/ywhZR8lQOwk   ARROW CAST & CREW INTERVIEWS   Katrina Law interviewed by Comicbook.com (Date: 10 Feb 2016) Link: http://comicbook.com/2016/02/10/katrina-law-talks-nyssas-life-changing-arrow-episode-and-whether/   DC All-Access Visits Arrow - will Overwatch get a super suit?? (Date: 05 Feb 2016) Link: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/dc_tv/arrow/will-arrow-soon-have-felicity-in-a-costume-a130731 Video: https://youtu.be/3ZZHW8cpgYk   GREEN ARROW COMICS & TOY NEWS   Black Canary (Date: 10 Feb 2016) Synopsis: In recent weeks, a mysterious white ninja has appeared at the edges of Dinah's life, but her agenda has never been clear-until now! The truth about who she is will open up a whole new world for Dinah…and will require new allies by her side as well! Link: https://www.comixology.com/Black-Canary-2015-8/digital-comic/325361?ref=bGlzdC92aWV3L2Rlc2t0b3AvZ3JpZExpc3QvbGlzdDEwMDMy   New York Toy Fair 2016  (Date: 04 Feb 2016) New Arrow Funko from the Funko Catalog (New Green Arrow, Thea) Link:  https://www.instagram.com/p/BBu4B1jSbKC/?taken-by=ryespops Lots of New Suicide Squad Funkos and Toys, as well as Bv.S DoJ toys! Link: http://toynewsi.com/news.php?itemid=25888   Justice League “Rebirth” (Date: 18 Feb 2016) Link: http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/johns-announces-justice-league-departure-ahead-of-rebirth   FEEDBACK:   Voicemail – Black Adam NEXT EPISODE   Promo for Next Week: Episode 15 - “Taken” (Date: 18 Feb 2015) Article :http://www.comicbookmovie.com/dc_tv/arrow/new-extended-promo-for-arrow-season-4-episode-15-taken-a131171 Video: https://youtu.be/3sbSuK41iWI   Episode:            “Taken” [Season 4 Episode 15] Air Date:           Wednesday, February 24, 2016 Summary:         Oliver calls in his old friend Vixen for help in fighting Damien Darhk, while Thea has a heart-to-heart talk with Malcolm. Director:           Gregory Smith 2nd Arrow Ep + 1 LoT Ep Directed Writers: Keto Shimizu and Brian Ford Sullivan IMDB Link:        http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4862540/?ref_=tt_ep_nx   Tune in to see what the Starling Tribune crew thinks will happen this season on Arrow based off what we've seen so far. After the show wraps keep listening as we bring fans on the show discuss their theories for season 4.   If you missed us live catch us next time and chime in yourself! Plus you won't miss out on our live post-show conversations.   Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday nights at 9:00 PM eastern or 8:00 PM Central at gonnageek.com/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   Chris and SP will be at C2E2 in Chicago on March 18th, 2016 with several other GonnaGeek network podcast hosts for a panel on Podcasting For Your Everyday Life. Came out and meet the hosts and have your podcast question answered!   This podcast was recorded Thursday February 18th, 2016.   Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoyed the show!

Vandal Savage arrives in Central City looking to kill Priestess Shayera, who turns out to be Kendra, though she is not aware of it at first. Barry goes to Star City and enlists the help of Oliver and his team to protect Kendra until they can stop Savage. The team is visited by Malcolm Merlyn who informs them that Savage is an immortal who cannot be stopped. Later, Kendra is kidnapped by a winged man, but is rescued by Barry and Oliver who capture her captor. The man is Carter Hall, who tells them he was Prince Khufu in ancient Egypt and that he and Kendra are soulmates who have been connected for 4,000 years. The pair are destined to die, be reborn, and find each other in each lifetime. Carter also reveals that Vandal has killed them the last 206 lifetimes, each time growing stronger. Vandal locates the Staff of Horus, a weapon capable of killing Carter and Kendra, in Central City. After Kendra unlocks her abilities, the team decides to regroup in Central City to take down Vandal for good. Meanwhile, Caitlin and Harrison create a serum that will increase Barry's speed temporarily so that he can defeat Zoom.

Vandal Savage arrives in Central City looking to kill Priestess Shayera, who turns out to be Kendra, though she is not aware of it at first. Barry goes to Star City and enlists the help of Oliver and his team to protect Kendra until they can stop Savage. The team is visited by Malcolm Merlyn who informs them that Savage is an immortal who cannot be stopped. Later, Kendra is kidnapped by a winged man, but is rescued by Barry and Oliver who capture her captor. The man is Carter Hall, who tells them he was Prince Khufu in ancient Egypt and that he and Kendra are soulmates who have been connected for 4,000 years. The pair are destined to die, be reborn, and find each other in each lifetime. Carter also reveals that Vandal has killed them the last 206 lifetimes, each time growing stronger. Vandal locates the Staff of Horus, a weapon capable of killing Carter and Kendra, in Central City. After Kendra unlocks her abilities, the team decides to regroup in Central City to take down Vandal for good. Meanwhile, Caitlin and Harrison create a serum that will increase Barry's speed temporarily so that he can defeat Zoom.

Synopsis: Vandal Savage arrives in Central City looking to kill Priestess Shiera, who turns out to be Kendra, though she is not aware of it at first. Barry goes to Star City and enlists the help of Oliver and his team to protect Kendra until they can stop Savage. The team is visited by Malcolm Merlyn who informs them that Savage is an immortal who cannot be stopped. Later, Kendra is kidnapped by a winged man, but is rescued by Barry and Oliver who capture her captor. The man is Carter Hall, who tells them that he was Prince Khufu in ancient Egypt and that he and Kendra are soulmates who have been connected for 4,000 years. The pair are destined to die, be reborn, and find each other in each lifetime. Carter also reveals that Vandal has killed them the last 206 lifetimes, each time growing stronger. Vandal locates the Staff of Horus, a weapon capable of killing Carter and Kendra, in Central City. After Kendra unlocks her abilities, the team decides to regroup in Central City to take down Vandal for good. Meanwhile, Caitlin and Harrison create a serum that will increase Barry’s speed temporarily so that he can defeat Zoom. MEANWHILE ON ARROW: Arrow “Legends of Yesterday” PART TWO OF THE EPIC CROSSOVER WITH “THE FLASH” — Oliver and Barry Allen take Kendra Saunders and Carter Hall to a remote location to keep them hidden from Vandal Savage while they figure out how to defeat him. Malcolm arranges a meeting between Vandal, Green Arrow and The Flash that doesn’t go as planned. Meanwhile, Felicity, Thea, Diggle, and Laurel work with Team Flash to come up with a weapon powerful enough to destroy Vandal Savage. Subscribe – iTunes – Satchel – RSS Social – @FlashTVTalk – Facebook Sponsor – Audible – The Brogues Special thanks to Charlie Bock for our rocking outro music! Check out more of his work here – https://soundcloud.com/charliebock

Neal McDonough talks with The Flash Podcast host Amy Marie at Heroes & Villains Fanfest in San Jose, sharing the joys and freedoms of playing Damien Darhk - and teasing a possibly disastrous encounter between Damien Darhk and Malcolm Merlyn in upcoming episodes of The Flash. He also reveals his unexpected zombie apocalypse weapon of choice. You can catch new episodes of Arrow on Wednesday nights at 8/7c on The CW. Find The Flash Podcast on: Social Media: Facebook - @TheFlashPodcast - Instagram Subscribe: iTunes - Stitcher Radio - YouTube - DC TV Podcasts Contact: theflashpodcast@gmail.com