Starling Tribune – Season 5 Edition – Who Are You (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast)

The Official Arrow Podcast of the Gonna Geek Network

Episode:            “Who Are You?” [Season 5  Episode 10]

Air Date:           Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Director:      Gregory Smith

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                   5x Arrow | 1x Flash | 3x Legends

Writers:       Ben Sokolowski

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18x Arrow | 2x Flash

Brian Ford Sullivan

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10x Arrow | 7x Vixen

Promo: https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/arrow/the-black-canary-mystery-deepens-in-new-extended-promo-for-arrows-a148269   

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 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

12 Bratva 8-Feb-17

13 Spectre Of The Gun 15-Feb-17

14 The Sin-Eater TBD

15 Fighting Fire with Fire TBD

16 Checkmate TBD

Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters

• What was the overall theme for this episode / What was the link to the ep. name
  • Who are you?
    • Ollies asks Black Siren this – can she be a better person?
    • Who is Curtis? He’s brains, not brawn
    • Who is Prometheus?
    • Who is this new version of Felicity?
    • Who is the lady at the end of the episode in Hub City? Does she have the Canary Call?
• Fight scenes & Stunts: Share your thoughts
  • Black Siren’s call takes out everyone
    • Statue is destroyed. YES!
  • Final fight
    • Prometheus v Ollie
      • Prometheus knows Ollie will save Felicity
      • Curtis makes portable device; “You really need to shut your damn mouth”
      • Felicity – “Hey, pumpkin” – decks Black Siren
• Flashbacks: Share your thoughts
  • Ollie held by Bratva
    • Obedience will be beaten into him
    • “Circumstances make thing poison or nectar”
    • Saved at end by Talia!
• Ollie:  
  • Believes the resurrection by time travel; after all he’s seen, believable
  • Thinks he can reform Laurel; but this is Earth-2 Laurel; he has no idea who she is – what is the point of keeping her in Argus?
  • Wants to find and train a new Black Canary
  • Helps  Diggle by being Mayor Queen
  • Not too happy when Felicity takes charge of team and when she uses the nanite tactic he used last year with Anarchy and Darhk
  • Seems as though he wants to stop killing and seek justice – because of Billy?
• Diggle
  • In prison; knows he’s a goner if transferred
  • Trusts Chase; decks him; held in prison longer
• Thea
  • Out of town
• Felicity
  • Uses party to get DNA; she doesn’t trust “Laurel”
  • Knows Ollie has blinders when it comes to Laurel
  • Working out (Finally! ~SP)
  • Great scene with Black Siren in cell
  • Takes charge of team; comes up with nanite plan on own
  • Angry because of Billy’s death; taking risks to get Prometheus
  • Anyone else spot signs of reconciliation with Ollie? ~SP
• Quentin Lance
  • In rehab
• Curtis
  • In pain from losing Paul
  • With help from Rene, learns he’s brains and not brawn
  • Creates portable thing to dampen Black Siren’s call
• Wild Dog
  • Voice of reason with Curtis
  • Mom and Dad are arguing again
• Artemis
  • Off being a traitor somewhere
• Ragman
  • Doesn’t sleep; side effects of rags
    • All podcasters need those rags ~SP
• D.A. Adrian Chase
  • Covers up Billy’s death
    • If cop seen as Prometheus – panic
    • If Green Arrow seen as cop killer – panic
    • Agrees to help Diggle
    • Stands up to General
    • Comes up with plan to keep Diggle in prison
    • Great idea. Keeping secrets in Star City ALWAYS works out ~SP
• Susan Williams
  • Off doing something that probably has to do with Ollie’s past
  • Or getting a man-doll of Oliver made up ~SP
• Bratva
  • Ollie needs to be loyal to brothers
  • Ollie is focused on his mission, not the needs of Bratva
• Prometheus
  • Dude, really, who is this guy?
    • Knows about the following:
    • Ollie’s past and that he is Arrow
    • How to fight like Ollie
    • Has a tolerance to Diazepam (Valium); can shake off getting sedated
    • How Ollie’s killed people from The List
    • Where and how to get Ollie’s old arrows to make his own
    • Team Flash – how they keep metas at Star Labs
    • That Black Siren was at Star Labs
    • How to break into Star Labs
    • Sara, the Legends, the Waverider, time travel, and parallel worlds
    • It’s Batman. Ollie killed Bruce’s parents. ~SP

ARROW NEWS:

1. Chris ARROW SENDS OLIVER BACK TO RUSSIA IN ‘BRATVA’ (Date: 21 Jan 2017)
   he Feb. 8 episode of “Arrow” will see Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) and Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards) head back to Russia to meet Anatoly Knyazev (David Nykl). Queen has frequently used his Bratva connections to acquire information otherwise unavailable. There’s a good chance this episode, titled “Bratva,” will delve into those very mafia connections.“Bratva” will also address Quentin Lance’s (Paul Blackthorne) drug addiction and subsequent stint in rehab. Having just returned from rehab, Lance must come to terms with his past when reporter Susan Williams (Carly Pope) requests an interview regarding his drug habit. Rene Ramirez (Rick Gonzalez) must step in to make sure things stay on track.
   Link:http://www.cbr.com/arrow-episode-russia-bratva/  
2. Chris ARROW’S TALIA AL GHUL WON’T BE A NYSSA KNOCKOFF (Date: 20 Jan 2017)
   “She’s definitely her own person; she’s not a Nyssa clone, by any stretch,” Guggenheim explained. “You can definitely sense a familial resemblance. Having Ra’s al Ghul as your dad, it’s likely to forge a very specific kind of person. They’re close enough and different enough that I would love, at some point, to do a story with Nyssa and Talia. We’ll also be dealing very directly with the fairly obvious question, which is: Wait a second, when Oliver met Ra’s al Ghul, why didn’t he say, ‘Hey, wait a minute, I think I met your daughter back in Russia!’” he added.Talia will arrive in “Second Chances,” the “Arrow” episode airing February 1, though it seems as though she’ll only appear in the flashbacks in this particular episode.
   Link:http://www.cbr.com/arrows-talia-al-ghul-wont-be-a-nyssa-knockoff/   (I miss Katrina Law ~SP)
3. Arrow: First Look at Julia Harkavy as Possible [SPOILER] (Date: 25 Jan 2017)
   Tina Boland, played by The Walking Dead’s Julia Harkavy, was revealed to have a sonic scream, which she used to take down misogynistic bikers at a Hub City bar. And in the promo for next week’s episode, titled ‘Second Chances’, it seems that the team tries to recruit Tina to become the new Black Canary. Whether or not Tina is convinced to become a vigilante – particularly Black Canary – is yet to be seen. While executive producer Marc Guggenheim teased that the events at the end of ‘Who Are You?’ “[lay] a very specific seed, with a very specific game plan on our part that we hope to see come to fruition.”
   Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/01/26/arrow-first-look-julia-harkavy/  
4. Neil Arrow EP Marc Guggenheim On Making Curtis More Terrific, Turning Artemis Evil (Date: 25 Jan 2017)
   Marc Guggenheim told Comicbook.com “If you’ve been watching the first nine episodes, he [Curtis] does have a tendency to get his ass kicked, as we kind of promised. As far as I’m concerned, turning Curtis Holt into a superhero is probably the biggest turn we’ve ever done on the show. Even more so than turning Laurel into the Black Canary. To my way of thinking, the only way you really earn that is if you show how difficult it is, and that means that Curtis ends up getting his ass kicked quite a bit. I think in episode 10, the mid-season premiere, he kind of hits bottom as far as his self-esteem is concerned, especially in light of the ultimatum that Paul gave him. Starting with episode 10 is his turn, I think, really more towards the Mr. Terrific we know from the comics.”
   Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/01/25/arrow-ep-marc-guggenheim-on-making-curtis-more-terrific-turning-/  

GENERAL DC TV NEWS

1. LEGENDS OF TOMORROW MUST PROTECT GEORGE WASHINGTON IN NEW SYNOPSIS (Date: 21 Jan 2017)
   A revolution is headed to “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.” In “Turncoat,” the episode airing February 7, the team will head back to the year 1776 and find themselves embroiled in the Revolutionary War — and the aberration that brings them to that time will lead them directly to George Washington, the first president of the United States of America. The synopsis does include an important piece of information: the Waverider has been grounded. According to the synopsis, the Waverider is “incapacitated,” which likely means the Legends are stuck in whichever time they’ve landed in.
   Link:http://www.cbr.com/legends-of-tomorrow-must-protect-george-washington-in-new-synopsis/  
2. THE FLASH TO INTRODUCE LIFE-DRAINING META-HUMAN IN ‘UNTOUCHABLE’ (Date: 20 Jan 2017)
   Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) will go up against a meta-human who can kill with just a touch in the February 7 episode of the CW’s “The Flash.” Matthew Kevin Anderson will guest star as Clive Yorkin, a meta-human serial killer who claims his victims by making them decompose at an accelerated rate. Fans of the “The Flash” comic book series will know stakes are high when Clive Yorkin is around. In the comics, Yorkin is a career criminal responsible for everything from robbery to murder. While imprisoned in solitary confinement, Yorkin is experimented on, causing the pleasure and pain receptors in his brain to be effectively reversed, and allowing him to drain the life essence from a person through touch.
   Link:http://www.cbr.com/the-flash-to-introduce-life-draining-meta-human-in-untouchable/   
3. Neil SUPERGIRL: WHITE MARTIANS ATTACK IN NEW EPISODE SYNOPSIS (Date: 20 Jan 2017)
   Try as she might, M’gann M’orzz can’t outrun her past. According to a new synopsis for “The Martian Chronicles,” the “Supergirl” episode that airs on February 6, the White Martians will track her down in order to try her as a traitor to Mars. However, they’ll have to get through Supergirl and Martian Manhunter first. Unlike her peers, M’gann showed remorse over the actions her people had taken against the Green Martians. As such, she escaped to Earth and hid out in Central City, acting as a bartender at Maggie Sawyer’s favorite dive bar. This way, she remained undiscovered — that is, until now.
   Link:http://www.cbr.com/supergirl-white-martians-attack-in-new-episode-synopsis/  
4. Chris FIRST DETAILS OF FLASH/SUPERGIRL MUSICAL EPISODE REVEALED (Date: 20 Jan 2017)
   The musical episode is titled “Duet,” and will take place on the March 21 edition of “The Flash,” with a lead-in on the March 20 episode of “Supergirl,” similar to how last fall’s four-show crossover between The CW’s DC Comics-based shows kicked off with a short lead-in scene on “Supergirl.” This falls roughly a year after the first TV meeting between “The Flash” and “Supergirl,” which happened on the “Worlds Finest” episode of “Supergirl” in March 2016. “Duet” will be directed by Arrowverse veteran Dermott Downs, who has helmed multiple episodes of “The Flash,” “Supergirl,” “Arrow” and “Legends of Tomorrow.” The episode will include musical numbers from “The Flash” stars Grant Gustin, Jesse L. Martin and Carlos Valdes; “Supergirl” stars Melissa Benoist and Jeremy Jordan; and “Legends of Tomorrow” co-star Victor Garber and “Arrow” regular John Barrowman, showing that the episode will also include Arrowverse vets known for their singing chops, even if they aren’t part of the “Supergirl” and “Flash” casts.
   Link:http://www.cbr.com/the-flash-supergirl-musical-episode-crossover-details/  
5. Neil FLASH / SUPERGIRL MUSICAL CASTS GLEE’S DARREN CRISS AS MUSIC MEISTER (Date: 23 Jan 2017)
   This March’s musical crossover between “Supergirl” and “The Flash” is going to be one big “Glee” reunion. TVLine reports that Darren Criss, who rose to fame as Blaine Anderson on “Glee,” will appear as Music Meister in the two-episode crossover event.
   Link:http://www.cbr.com/the-flash-supergirl-musical-darren-criss-music-meister-glee-casting/  
6. SUPERGIRL STAR SENDS A MESSAGE TO TRUMP AT MARCH ON WASHINGTON (Date: 21 Jan 2017)
   Thousands of demonstrators descended today on Washington, D.C., for the Women’s March on Washington, just one day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump.Among the crowd in the nation’s capital, which organizers estimate could grow to as high as 500,000, is none other than “Supergirl” star Melissa Benoist, whose handmade sign sends a pointed message to the new president while giving a nod to her role as the Girl of Steel. The message of course refers refers to the widely publicized and condemned audio recording from Trump’s 2005 appearance on “Access Hollywood,” in which the former reality-TV star boasted about kissing women and grabbing their genitals.
   Link:http://www.cbr.com/supergirl-star-trump-march-washington/  
7. THE FLASH’S GYPSY MAY HAVE POWERS SIMILAR TO CISCO’S (Date: 21 Jan 2017)
   When Gypsy arrives on “The Flash,” Cisco “Vibe” Ramon may just learn a thing or two about the way his own powers work. Executive producer Aaron Helbing said, “Gypsy is a very formidable adversary. He never realized the extent of his powers, and because of seeing Gypsy, he’s going to become more and more in tune with his powers and what he can do, whether it’s crossing dimensions or opening breaches much faster and quicker. He’s going to be building confidence, and that’ll definitely play into the rest of the season of helping Barry and the team stop Savitar from killing Iris.”
   Link:http://www.cbr.com/the-flash-cisco-ramon-vibe-gypsy-metahuman-superpowers/  
8. Neil Supergirl plans Maggie/Alex-centric Valentine’s Day episode (Date: 24 Jan 2017)
   Here’s what we know: Alex (Chyler Leigh) is super excited for her first Valentine’s Day with a girlfriend, but Maggie (Floriana Lima) is not keen on the Hallmark holiday, which leads to their first real fight. But Maggie will make it up to Alex by recreating a special night — note the corsage on her arm! Further details on the hour, like who else might be spending the holiday together, are being kept under wraps, but the Valentine’s Day episode will air on Feb. 13.
   Link:http://ew.com/tv/2017/01/24/supergirl-alex-maggie-valentines-day/?xid=entertainment-weekly_socialflow_twitter   
9. The Flash EP Previews Barry’s Race to Save Iris, Big Savitar Reveal, a ‘Very Formidable’ New Foe and More (Date: 22 Jan 2017)
   com interview with co-showrunner Aaron Helbing about the effort to save Iris, fighting Savitar, Kid Flash, and other things coming up on The Flash.
   Link:http://tvline.com/2017/01/22/the-flash-season-3-episode-10-preview/  
10. Supergirl Just Made A Big Legion of Super-Heroes Nod and Basically Told Us What’s Up With Mon-El (Date: 23 Jan 2017)
    Will Supergirl bring the Legion of Super-Heroes into the series? It certainly seems like it. Hell, even director Kevin Smith, who helmed tonight’s episode of The CW’s hit sophomore series, thinks so. Got Smith has got good reason to believe it: During the course of the episode, at one point a frustrated Mon-El calls out “grife!” That’s basically “Damn it!” In Legion-speak. The 31st Century team naturally have some slang that’s particular to them…although it could turn out that’s just a common exclamation in Interlac within the TV universe of Supergirl. That impression was rooted, in part, in the fact that fans have already seen evidence that the Legion not only exists in the world of Supergirl, but has a relationship with Superman. In the season 1 episode “Fortress,” Supergirl headed to Superman’s Fortress of Solitude for the first time and one of the first things the audience saw was a Legion of Super-Heroes flight ring mounted on a crystal dais inside. Lest you think that the “grife” was a clear indicator that Mon-El’s long-teased secret is just that he knows of the Legion, that’s probably not the case. When a Maaldorian was shooting at him, a Dominator stopped the shot, saying that Mon-El was to be spared. He then gave Mon-El a deep bow.
    Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/01/24/supergirl-just-made-a-big-legion-of-super-heroes-nod-and-basical/

NEXT EPISODE

Promo for Next Week: Episode – “Second Chances” (Date: 01 Feb 2017)
Article:https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/arrow/arrow-season-5-episode-11-promo-second-chances-is-this-the-new-a148468  

Episode:   “Second Chances” [Season 5 Episode 11]

Air Date:        Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Summary:      In his quest to take down Kovar, Oliver (Stephen Amell) gets help from a surprising source – Talia al Ghul (guest star Lexa Doig). However, when she reveals what she wants from him in exchange, Oliver isn’t sure he can accept her help. Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) attempts to hack the NSA to help free Diggle (David Ramsey) but when her online efforts are flagged, she faces off against an unknown adversary. Meanwhile, Curtis (Echo Kellum) tells the team about a female vigilante, Tina Boland (guest star Juliana Harkavay), he uncovered online who has been wreaking havoc all over the country.

Director:         Mark Bunting

Writers:          Sarah Tarkoff and Speed Weed

IMDB:   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5584162/?ref_=ttep_ep11  

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