Starling Tribune – Season 6 Edition – The Ties that Bind (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) ST197
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Episode: “The Ties that Bind” [Season 6 Episode 22]
Air Date: Thursday, May 10, 2018
Director: Tara Miele
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1301113/?ref_=tt_ov_dr
1x Arrow | 2x Hawaii Five-O
Writers: Ben Sokolowski
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2408940/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr4
22x Arrow | 2x Flash
Oscar Balderrama
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2421455/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5
15x Arrow
Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating
01 Fallout 12-Oct-17 1.52
02 Tribute 19-Oct-17 1.51
03 Next Of Kin 26-Oct-17 1.34
04 Reversal 2-Nov-17 1.33
05 Deathstroke Returns 9-Nov-17 1.29
06 Promises Kept 16-Nov-17 1.28
07 Thanksgiving 23-Nov-17 1.11
08 Crisis On Earth-X Part 2 27-Nov-17 2.54
09 Irreconcilable Differences 7-Dec-17 1.30
10 Divided 18-Jan-10 1.42
11 We Fall 25-Jan-18 1.39
12 All For Nothing 1-Feb-18 1.24
13 The Devil’s Greatest Trick 8-Feb-18 1.30
14 Collision Course 1-Mar-18 1.11
15 Doppelganger 8-Mar-18 1.28
16 The Thanatos Guild 29-Mar-18 1.12
17 Brothers In Arms 5-Apr-18 0.87
18 Fundamentals 12-Apr-18 1.06
19 The Dragon 19-Apr-18 0.96
20 Shifting Allegiances 26-Apr-18 0.87
21 Docket No. 11-19-41-73 3-May-18 1.10
22 The Ties that Bind 10-May-18 1.35
Legends Of Tomorrow
Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating
01 Aruba-Con 10-Oct-17 1.71
02 Freakshow 17-Oct-17 1.58
03 Zuri 24-Oct-17 1.43
04 Phone Home 31-Oct-17 1.38
05 Return Of The Mack 7-Nov-17 1.52
06 Helen Hunt 14-Nov-17 1.53
07 Welcome To The Jungle 21-Nov-17 1.49
08 Crisis On Earth-X Part 4 28-Nov-17 2.80
09 Beebo The God Of War 5-Dec-17 1.61
10 Daddy Dahrkest 12-Feb-18 1.51
11 Here I Go Again 19-Feb-18 1.40
12 The Curse Of The Earth Totem 26-Feb-18 1.51
13 No Country For Old Dads 5-Mar-18 1.19
14 Amazing Grace 12-Mar-18 1.26
15 Necromancing The Stone 19-Mar-18 1.25
16 I Ava 26-Mar-18 1.28
17 Guest Starring John Noble 2-Apr-18 1.23
18 The Good, The Bad and the Cuddle 9-Apr-18 1.41
Supergirl
Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating
01 Girl Of Steel 9-Oct-17 1.87
02 Triggers 16-Oct-17 1.76
03 Far From The Tree 23-Oct-17 1.76
04 The Faithful 30-Oct-17 1.82
05 Damage 6-Nov-17 1.87
06 Midvale 13-Nov-17 1.89
07 Wake Up 20-Nov-17 1.92
08 Crisis On Earth-X Part 1 27-Nov-17 2.65
09 Reign 4-Dec-17 1.81
10 Legion Of Superheroes 15-Jan-18 2.17
11 Fort Rozz 22-Jan-18 2.07
12 For Good 29-Jan-18
13 Both Sides Now 5-Feb-18 2.12
14 Schott Through The Heart 16-Apr-18 1.91
15 In Search Of Lost Time 23-Apr-18 1.38
16 Of Two Minds 30-Apr-18 1.50
17 Trinity 7-May-18 1.60
The Flash
Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating
01 The Flash Reborn 10-Oct-17 2.84
02 Mixed Signals 17-Oct-17 2.54
03 Luck Be A Lady 24-Oct-17 2.62
04 Elongated Journey Into Night 31-Oct-17 1.99
05 Girls Night Out 7-Nov-17 2.38
06 When Harry Met Harry 14-Nov-17 2.46
07 Therefore I Am21-Nov-17 2.20
08 Crisis On Earth-X Part 3 28-Nov-17 2.82
09 Don’t Run 5-Dec-17 2.22
10 The Trail Of The Flash 16-Jan-18 2.51
11 The Elongated Knight Rises 23-Jan-18 2.12
12 Honey, I Shrunk Team Flash 30-Jan-18 2.60
13 True Colors 6-Feb-2018 2.28
14 Subject 9 27-Feb-18 2.12
15 Enter Flashtime 6-Mar-18 2.04
16 Run, Iris, Run 13-Mar-18 2.09
17 Null and Annoyed 10-Apr-18 1.82
18 Lose Yourself 17-Apr-18 1.88
19 Fury Rogue 24-Apr-18 1.90
20 Therefore She Is 1-May-18 1.70
21 Harry and the Hendersons 8-May-18 1.74
Black Lightning
Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating
01 The Resurrection 16-Jan-18 2.31
02 LaWanda: The Book of Hope 23-Jan-18 1.94
03 Lawanda: The Book Of Burial 30-Jan-18 2.21
04 Black Jesus 6-Feb-18 1.88
05 And Then The Devil Brought The Plague: The Book Of Green Light 13-Feb-18 1.81
06 Three Sevens: The Book Of Thunder 27-Feb-18 1.64
07 Equinox: The Book of Fate 6-Mar-18 1.46
08 The Book Of Revelations 13-Mar-18 1.45
09 The Book Of Little Black Lies 20-Mar-18 1.55
10 Sins Of The Father 27-Mar-18 1.55
11 Black Jesus: The Book Of Crucifixion 3-Apr-18 1.50
12 The Resurrection and the Light: The Book of Pain 10-Apr-18 1.54
13 Shadow Of Death: The Book Of War 17-Apr-18 1.68
Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters
- What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name?
- Diaz attacking everyone brings the band back together
- Fight scenes and stunts
- Wave 1:
- Oliver’s home
- Breakfast for dinner
- Olive didn’t move or fortify home
- Anatoly warns
- Diaz’s men shoot up place
- Oliver takes some out; hand to hand; stabs one with fork
- Oliver gets gun
- Ties guys up
- Hospital
- Diggle all healed up
- Diaz’s men shoot up hospital
- Lyla and Diggle take care of things
- Felicity’s home
- Curtis and boyfriend
- Diaz’s men come through windows shooting
- Curtis’s boyfriend takes bullet for him
- Curtis uses T-spheres
- Rene’s place
- Diaz’s men barge in
- Rene’s furniture can stop bullets
- Shots guys; “don’t look, peanut”
- Dinah in alley
- Dinah beats up guy
- Several men behind her
- She faces wall; guys behind her; sound bounces; knocks them out
- Everyone goes to the new hideout because Diaz blows up bunker (Diaz: “Should’ve done this months ago” Duh.)
- ARGUS doesn’t have enough firepower; they don’t have the authority to arrest Diaz
- Wasn’t The Green Arrow Suit in the Bunker? ~SP
- In transit to SPCD
- Van stopped; forklift moved into drivers; drivers shot
- Diaz has Anatoly go out too
- Team Arrow attack
- Oliver arrows, Dinah bo staff
- Curtis runs after Diaz, tries to beat Diaz up, gets beaten and stabbed
- Curtis notices that Diaz after necklace
- SPCD show up; Quadrant lady with them
- Felicity figures out the necklace is a drive with data
- Digital Sniffer Plan
- Lyla will go in; SPCD have to pretend to be legit, so will let her in; she will plant sniffer
- Felicity out in the car; team in position
- Lyla asks for files about Diaz; officer: “We’re between captains”; device planted
- Diaz’s tech guy detects Felicity’s hack
- Diaz realizes Lyla’s plan; Lyla starts shooting; team goes in
- Felicity goes into SPCD, gets sniffer, hits tech guy; Diaz aims to shoot her, Oliver uses flash arrow
- Felicity figures out data is Diaz’s books; have to wait for decryption to finish
- Diaz’ hacker traces signal back to hideout
- Diaz shows up with army; Anatoly is with him (so he doesn’t end up dead)
- Tricelic gas fills building; secret stairwell; Curtis rigged place to blow
- Felicity refuses to leave; this lair isn’t fully equipped – no masks
- Diggles and Argus use guns to fight, so does Rene
- Canary cry
- Lyla pulls down John and kills dude
- Oliver finally convinces Felicity to leave
- Diaz meets Olicity in the stairwell
- Diaz knocks Oliver around a bit
- Felicity tells Oliver to “click it”
- Place goes boom; team survives (RIP ARGUS soldiers)
- Back at ARGUS
- Diaz still alive; they have no options – until Oliver thinks of something
- Oliver Queen / Green Arrow
- Wants Felicity to go into protective custody
- We have to plan before we rush to attack Diaz
- Tries to blame Felicity for being distracted (so lame)
- Felicity Smoak / Overwatch
- This is my fight too
- I can go into the field, Oliver; you have to trust me
- Asks Lyla for marriage advice before op
- No more alone for us anymore; we are each other’s strength
- John Diggle / Spartan
- Oliver, I never meant for you to get rid of everyone who gives you strength
- Curtis Holt / Mr. Terrific
- “Suit up”
- Gets dumb by beating up Diaz; gets beaten by Diaz and stabbed
- Dinah tells him to go back to hospital to be with boyfriend
- Agent Watson
- Oliver goes to her to get the FBI’s help; she makes him admit he is GA
- How come the FBI doesn’t know all of this by now?
- Ricardo Diaz / Richard Dragon
- I’m just going to kill everyone
- Quadrant lady doesn’t like how out of control Diaz is, so he kills her
- Wants it all; demands loyalty from other members; kills another
- Why didn’t the Quadrant people bring their army? How can Diaz take over everything so easily?
- Anatoly
- MVP of the night – helps Oliver and lives
- Warns Oliver; gives Oliver idea to attack Diaz in transit
- Gets Diaz to think Quadrant lady betrayed him
- Oliver’s home
NEXT EPISODE
Link to Promo: (Date: 10 May 2018) http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/05/11/arrow-life-sentence-season-finale-preview-released/
Episode: “Life Sentence” [Season 6 Episode 23]
Air Date: Thursday, May 17, 2018
Summary: With a new ally on his team, Oliver engages Diaz in an epic final battle.
Director: James Bamford
Writers: Wendy Mericle and Marc Guggenheim
IMDB link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6493702/?ref_=tt_ep_nx
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