Apr 3, 2017
Starling Tribune - Season 5 Edition – Disbanded (A CW Network
Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) #146
The Official Arrow Podcast of the Gonna Geek Network
Episode:
“Disbanded” [Season 5 Episode 18]
Air Date:
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Director:
JJ Makaro
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538387/?ref_=tt_ov_dr
1x Arrow | 3x Flash | Stunt Producer - 23x Arrow, 13x Legends, 13x
Supergirl, 4x Flash
Writer: Rebecca Bellotto
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3428799/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr4
2x Arrow
Promo: http://www.cbr.com/arrow-disbanded-promo/
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
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
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
- Oliver believed Prometheus and broke up the team
- Diggle got through to Oliver, who decided to break his ties
with the Bratva
- Fight scenes & Stunts: Share your thoughts
- 1st Bratva - there to steal medicine; Dinah hand-to-hand; rest
have guns
- Attack on Chase
- Crash; fire
- Bratva has a lot of firepower
- Dinah - Canary cry
- Shoot out; Chase runs
- Curtis tackles; uses T-sphere to hack device
- Flashback
- Oliver helps Bratva steal medicine to help people with TB
- Oliver gets stabby with an arrow and breaks guy’s neck
- 2nd Bratva
- Hand-to-hand
- Anatoly took hostages
- Spartan, Dinah and Wild Dog to hostages
- Headshots galore
- Oliver has a gun (Wait, wasn’t there a gun control episode this
season?!?)
- Shoots alarm; both he and Anatoly have to run
- Flashbacks: Share your thoughts
- Oliver plans to go back to island in 48 hours
- Anatoly wants to send Oliver out with a bang
- They steal medicine to help people
- Ollie:
- Prometheus is right - I’m broken; I’m beyond redemption; I ruin
all who comes in contact with me
- Tells team to stand down; it’s over
- Killing Chase should be on my soul, not on anyone else
- Brings in Bratva
- The foundation of my crusade is based on a lie
- After he listens to Diggle, gets the team back together to stop
Bratva
- Uses guns, not arrows
- Feels he has to earn the Green Arrow mantle back
- Gives team spots in the Arrowcave for their suits
- Diggle
- The true hero of the episode
- Won’t give up on Oliver
- Leads team to stop Bratva and to stop Chase
- Works to stop Ollie from making a mistake he cannot come back
from
- Dedicated five years to crusade; “I’m your brother”
- Knows who Ollie really is
- Not about saving Chase, about saving Ollie’s soul
- Told by Oliver can get redemption by being Spartan; tells
Oliver he can get redemption by being Green Arrow
- Ask for help; don’t have to be alone
- Thea
- Call me if things get too bad
- Felicity
- Brushes off Diggle - hey, let Ollie use Bratva, whatever
- Runs to Helix; Helix knows she is Overwatch and Curtis is Mr.
Terrific
- Learns Chase uses tech to masks face on camera
- Helix has her and Curtis break into Kord
- Uses sedative to put down security guard; also, no mask, no
gloves, but great hair
- Gets footage of Chase being Prometheus
- Quentin Lance
- Provided excuse for Ollie’s absence - meditative retreat
- Hates Chase
- Support
- Curtis / Mr. Terrific
- Uses T-spheres to hack Chase
- Breaks into Helix by putting tracking nanites in Felicity’s
pancakes
- Breaks into Kord with Felicity (no mask, no gloves)
- Rene / Wild Dog
- Banned from Mayor’s office because he threatened to pop
Chase
- Dinah Drake / Black Canary
- Canary cry
- The new Diggle
- Gets to take evidence that Chase is Prometheus to SCPD
- Artemis
- Rory / Ragman
- D.A. Adrian Chase / Prometheus
- Goes to Mayor’s office, gives Ollie knife, tells Ollie to kill
him now because Ollie can’t do anything as Green Arrow, so have to
kill him in public
- Almost impressed Ollie tried something
- Smug when has to be in protective custody
- Knows when something is up when with marshalls
- Throws pen into marshall’s eye; strangles other marshall; goes
back to first marshall and stabs him repeatedly with pen
- Drives away covered in blood to “It’s a Beautiful Morning” by
The Rascals
- What we know:
- Real name - Simon Morrison; did his homework before finding
Talia 2 years ago; working with Talia (Ollie killed her dad
too)
- Susan Williams
- Ollie tells her, “I can’t be with you. My apologies.”
- Bratva
- Ollie calls Anatoly to Star City to kill Chase
- Need payment - need certain medications; when mixed, makes
powerful drug
- Anatoly told Oliver before Ollie left that he was afraid of who
he would turn into without Ollie there
- Has to sell drugs for revenue
- In past, wanted to restore Bratva to glory, to original purpose
of helping people
- Now, Anatoly needs to do what he has to in order to survive and
keep position
- Oliver is no longer Bratva; is considered to be enemy of all
Bratva
- Who is Vigilante?
- Lingering Questions / Issues
- Where does Ollie live?
- Bertinelli mention - 4 times
- Kord mentioned a lot lately
ARROW NEWS:
- Spoiler Room: Scoop on Supergirl, Grey's Anatomy, Blindspot,
and more (Date: 24 March 2017)
Arrow
finale scoop! — As the season heads toward the
ultimate showdown between Oliver and Chase, we’re going to be
seeing a very different season finale this year. “We’re not going
to destroy the city,” EP Marc Guggenheim teases. “We’re not even
going to threaten the city. In fact, I can also tell you the finale
doesn’t even take place in the city. Finally, the citizens of Star
City can breathe easily in May.” Wherever the finale takes place,
Guggenheim adds, “You can expect a good number of returning
characters, characters you haven’t seen in a while, back in the
episode.”
Link:http://ew.com/tv/2017/03/24/spoiler-room-supergirl-greys-anatomy-blindspot/
- ARROW: CAPTAIN BOOMERANG ACTOR TEASES RETURN (Date: 25
March 2017)
The classic DC Comics rogue, better known as Captain Boomerang, was
introduced on the third season of “Arrow,” in the two-part
crossover with “The Flash,” but hasn’t been shown since. However,
actor Nick Tarabay suggests that could change soon. “Who really
misses this guy?” the actor wrote in a tweet containing a photo of
Boomerang. “Cause as you know….What goes around ALWAYS comes back
around.” When Boomerang was last seen, he was incarcerated in the
secret A.R.G.U.S. supermax prison on Lian Yu. How or when Boomerang
might escape will have to remain mystery as of now.
Link:http://www.cbr.com/arrow-captain-boomerang-return/
- Marc Guggenheim says ‘Arrow’s’ Vigilante is someone we already
know (Date: 26 March 2017)
Vigilante has made a bad habit of getting in Oliver’s (Stephen
Amell) way — and the Green Arrow’s way for that matter — all year,
but no matter how often he shows up, we’re no closer to unmasking
him. According to executive producer Marc Guggenheim, that’s a
mystery for Season 6. We know who it is, but we were kind of
intrigued by the idea of having a mystery that led into the next
season,” Guggenheim told us at Paleyfest 2017. “We were excited at
the prospect of just letting this play out for a little while
longer, and it gives us something cool to do in Season 6. “As a
general rule, I’m not a fan of mystery characters who when you take
off the mask the audience goes, ‘What a minute, I’ve never seen
that person before in my life,'” Guggenheim jokes. “I’m probably
not spoiling anything by saying whoever’s underneath the Vigilante
mask, you’ve seen that person before.”
Link:http://screenertv.com/television/arrow-marc-guggenheim-vigilantes-identity-someone-we-know/
- ARROW: KATIE CASSIDY WILL RETURN AS SERIES REGULAR FOR SEASON 6
(Date: 27 March 2017)
Laurel Lance is back! Sort of. Though her character died in Season
4, longtime “Arrow” star Katie Cassidy will return, but with a
twist: she will play Black Siren, Earth-2’s evil version of Laurel,
as a series regular in Season 6. Additionally, Black Siren will
feature in the last two episodes of Season 5. “One of the things
that most excites us about ‘Arrow’ is that we go where the story
takes us. Last year, the story took us to the tragic death of
Laurel Lance. This year, our midseason finale reintroduced us to
Laurel’s doppelgänger, Black Siren,” explained executive producer
Marc Guggenheim in a statement. “We were so taken by Katie’s
fearless interpretation of this character that we knew her story
was not yet finished. We couldn’t be more thrilled to welcome Katie
back to ‘Arrow’ as Black Siren, though as her appearances on
‘Arrow’ and ‘DC’s Legends of Tomorrow’ this season show, she never
really left the family.”
Link:http://www.cbr.com/arrow-katie-cassidy-series-regular-season-6-black-siren/
- Arrow: What's really going on with Helix? (Date: 28 March
2017)
“We are going to see somebody [else],” Mericle teases. “What’s
interesting about it is he’s not actually at Helix right now, so
there’s going to be a big episode where we find out who this person
is, and Felicity is involved in helping him. It’s really messed
up.” But Felicity’s dealings with Helix will also help her to
better understand what Team Arrow — Oliver (Stephen Amell) in
particular — have been facing over the last five seasons.
“Felicity’s use of Pandora is very similar to Oliver and Diggle’s
[David Ramsey] use of violence,” EP Marc Guggenheim says. “It’s the
hacker equivalent. You’re using violence for a good means, but
violence is not necessarily a good thing. So what’s the cost to
Felicity in doing that? We don’t want to turn Felicity into a
killer, but we wanted to explore how Felicity has been spending
basically five years with Team Arrow now, and she’s been spending
five years with people who solve problems by not just resorting to
violence, but by resorting to means that are morally questionable.
Felicity is going to start discovering what happens when you fight
fire with fire — do you get burned?”
Link:http://ew.com/tv/2017/03/28/arrow-felicity-helix-spoilers/
- Legends of Tomorrow boss, cast on that shocking Felicity twist
(Date: 28 March 2017)
Marc Guggenheim told EW, “It’s always nice when you can pull in a
character from one of the other shows. We talked about a lot of
different ideas, and I said, ‘Since this is an alternate reality
and we’ll probably never have the opportunity to do so again, I
think it would be fun if we did Felicity as a superhero,’ because
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: I have zero intention of
ever putting Felicity in a mask and costume on Arrow. There’s two
lines in the sand that I’ve drawn for Arrow for myself,” Guggenheim
says. “I can’t speak for Greg [Berlanti] or for Wendy [Mericle],
but for as long as I’m involved with the show, the two things I
never want to do is kill off Thea [Willa Holland] and put Felicity
in a mask and a costume. Those, to me, are two lines that I just
think are a bridge too far. Thea, because we’ve taken so many
family members away from Oliver, and Felicity because when you put
a character like that in a costume, I think it diminishes who that
character is and it makes the idea of superheroics seem
silly.”
Link:http://ew.com/tv/2017/03/28/legends-tomorrow-felicity-superhero-death/
- Matt's Inside Line: Scoop on Once, Lucifer, Scorpion, Arrow,
Grimm, Suits, Mr. Robot, Chicago Med and More (Date: 30 March
2017)
Any hint as to when Arrow’s Thea will return? — Willa Holland will
be on hand for the final three of this season’s five remaining
episodes. “Thea is the daughter of sociopaths, which is one of the
biggest challenges any human being can really face,” notes
co-showrunner Wendy Mericle, “so she’s going to grappling with that
and trying to understand: What is this in her that makes her so
kind of Moira-esque, and how is she going to manage it? Ultimately,
she and Oliver are going to come to the same conclusion about how
to do that, by the finale.”
Link:http://tvline.com/2017/03/30/once-upon-a-time-season-6-spoilers-snow-charming-sleeping-curse/
GENERAL DC TV NEWS
- Lynda Carter Confirms That She Is Playing A Durlan on Supergirl
(Date: 28 March 2017)
The episode of Supergirl, titled "Distant Sun," provided the
audience with a much clearer look at the "true form" of President
Olivia Marsdin, who had been revealed early this season as a
shape-shifting alien. In the privacy of her own office Marsdin was
able to transform completely into a quasi-reptilian alien
form.
Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/03/28/lynda-carter-confirms-that-she-is-playing-a-durlan-on-supergirl/
- Will The Thinker Be The Flash's Season 4 Big Bad? (Date: 28
March 2017)
When Abra Kadabra was talking to The Flash about his most dangerous
foes, he rattled off a number of familiar names, including Zoom and
Eobard Thawne...and one less-familiar one (at least to the TV
audience): "DeVoe." Longtime comic book readers would recognize
that name: Clifford DeVoe is a longtime Flash and Titans villain
better known as The Thinker. Created in 1943, The Thinker is one of
The Flash's earliest villains. Originally a foe to Jay Garrick,
DeVoe battled three generations of Flashes before his death in The
Flash #134 in 1998. After his death, though, his brain patterns
were used to create an AI that went on to become an
antihero.
Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/03/29/will-the-thinker-be-the-flashs-season-4-big-bad-/
- LEGENDS OF TOMORROW: EXPECT NEW CHARACTERS IN SEASON 3
(Date: 28 March 2017)
According to “Legends of Tomorrow” executive producer and
showrunner Phil Klemmer, adding new characters is “for sure” again
the plan for season three of the DC Comics-based series, which has
already been ordered by The CW — although exactly which new faces
will join the show may not yet be totally cemented. “We haven’t
fully pitched it, but we’ve got great ideas, and hopefully the
studio and network agree,” Klemmer told CBR. “But so much of the
show is working well this year. You just want to play to your
strengths, and keep having fun.”
Link:http://www.cbr.com/legends-of-tomorrow-expect-new-characters-in-season-3/
- LEGENDS OF TOMORROW PLAN TO RESTORE REALITY IN SEASON FINALE
PROMO (Date: 29 March 2017)
The finale, “Aruba,” will not air at its regular time, but
will debut Tuesday, April 4th at 8:00 EST.
Link:http://www.cbr.com/legends-of-tomorrow-season-finale-promo/
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 - “Compromised” (Date: 4 Nov
2016)
Article:https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/legends_of_tomorrow/new-extended-promo-for-legends-of-tomorrow-season-2-episode-5-compromised-a146519
Episode: “Compromised” [Season 2 Episode 5]
Air Date: Thursday,
November 10, 2016
Summary: The Legends trace a
time quake to the White House during Ronald Reagan's presidency and
discover that Damien Darhk is a Senior Adviser.
Director: David
Geddes
Writers:
Keto Shimizu and Grainne Godfree
IMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5584104/?ref_=ttep_ep5
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 Thursday March 30th, 2017.
Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoyed the show!
Audio Production by Stargate Pioneer of GonnaGeek.com.