Season 4 Edition – Canary Cry Discussion The Starling Tribune: An Unofficial Arrow TV Show Fan Podcast

Starling Tribune - Season 4 Edition – Canary Cry (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast)
 
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Transcript:         http://transcripts.foreverdreaming.org/viewtopic.php?f=172&t=26908
Episode:            “Canary Cry” [Season 4 Episode 19]
Air Date:           Wednesday, April 27th, 2016
Director:           Laura Belsey 1st EP of Arrow | 1 NCIS | 4 Criminal Minds | 1 NCIS
Writers: Wendy Mericle
Beth Schwartz Writer 17 Ep Arrow | Co-producer 23 Ep Arrow + Some LoT
IMDB:   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4862552/?ref_=tt_ep_nx
Promo:  https://youtu.be/lq-rbz75UKs
 
- How much did Chris spend on his comic store pull list from the last 4 months?
- Transitional episode dealing with the aftermath of Laurel’s death
- Not an excessive amount of action in the episode, but really character driven instead
- Where is the story going next? Does the HIVE attack pause make sense?
- Was the use of the Canary Cry a plot hole in the episode?
- The reporters discuss the Political Intern Dude’s super-speed beard growth
- The Reporters make a quarter bet over Political Intern/Operative Dude turning on Thea or not
- The two funerals were a well done story plot integrating the flashbacks
- Was the Green Arrow as his weakest?
- Should Diggle have been stopped in shooting Ruve?
- Should Diggle have gone after Andy or Ruve?
- Paul Blackthorne has done a phenomenal job and acts like a sounding board for the viewer
- How will Sara Lance react when she returns from Legends Of Tomorrow?
- Should Diggle be blaming himself?
- Felicity has very shinny knees
- Is there going to be another death in Team Arrow before the end of the season?
- The Reporters discuss #Wincest fanfic
- Was Donna not at Laurel’s funeral another plot hole?
- Was Oliver Queen’s admission at the funeral a huge mistake?
- The reporters run down the Pop Culture Easter Eggs in the episode
- Arrow News, Feedback and comments from the chat
- Thank you for downloading and listening!
 
EPISODE DC EASTER EGGS:
 
Season 4 Episode 19 “Canary Cry” Easter Eggs (Date: 28 Apr 2016)
Article: http://comicbook.com/2016/04/28/arrow-was-that-starling-and-other-things-you-might-have-missed-i/
 
News 52 Mention on the TV news banner Dr Schwartz - the doctor was named after one of the writers Beth Schwartz Was that Starling?? Evelyn Sharp (nee. Crawford)  
ARROW NEWS:
 
Season Four Finale to be dark with fatalities  (Date: 28 Apr 2016)
Mericle “It's a pretty grim one, I'm sad to say. We have a huge number of potential fatalities”
Link: http://comicbook.com/2016/04/27/-arrow-season-4-finale-to-be-grim-with-a-huge-number-of-potentia/
 
Emily Bett Rickards cast in Sci-Fi Thriller Slumber  (Date: 27 Apr 2016)
The story of a woman who must piece together her past and find her missing daughter after waking up from a coma
Link: http://comicbook.com/2016/04/26/arrows-emily-bett-rickards-cast-in-sci-fi-thriller-slumber/
 
Cinema Blend deconstructs outing Laurel as canary  (Date: 28 Apr 2016)
It was a respectful moment of Oliver giving credit to his fallen comrade while also denouncing the false Canary, and I’m sure it won’t backfire on him at all.  Just kidding.
Link: http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Why-Arrow-Funeral-Scene-Could-Mean-Big-Trouble-Oliver-134347.html
 
ARROW CAST & CREW INTERVIEWS
 
Paul Blackthorne talks Canary Cry  (Date: 28 Apr 2016)
Blackthorne, who has had a long and complicated relationship with the team, will be playing a man who's mourning his daughter for the third time since the start of the show
Link: http://comicbook.com/2016/04/27/arrows-paul-blackthorne-talks-canary-cry-and-the-rest-of-the-fou/
Video:
 
Interview with James Bamford  (Date: 27 Apr 2016)
There's the old saying, "Go big or go home," Bamford tells CBR of this Season 4 finale's big fight scene. "This sequence buries