Season 4.5 Special Edition – Legends Of Tomorrow Last Refuge Discussion The Starling Tribune: An Unofficial Arrow TV Show Fan Podcast

Starling Tribune - Season 4.5 Special Edition – Legends Of Tomorrow Last Refuge (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast)
 
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Episode:            “Last Refuge” [Season 1 Episode 12]
Air Date:           April 21st, 2016
Transcript:         http://transcripts.foreverdreaming.org/viewtopic.php?f=557&t=26768  
IMDB:               http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4952750/?ref_=tt_ep_nx
 
Director:           Rachel Talalay
Late in the season the showrunners are breaking out a seasoned director, who has over 55 directing credits to her name, including an upcoming episode of BBC’s Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch in 2017
                        http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003080/?ref_=tt_ov_dr
                        LoT: 1x Director
Other Director Credits: 1x Flash | 4x Doctor Who | 1x Reign | 1x Supernatural | 2x Haven | 4x Ally McBeal | 1x Boston Legal … the movie Tank Girl and many others!
                       
Writers:             Chris Fedak
Chris is credited as Executive Producer for 15 episodes of Legends of Tomorrow, but this only his second writing credit, although is he credited with a couple “Story By” and “Teleplay By” later in the season.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0973233/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr6
                        Executive Producer credits: 15x EP LoT | 21x EP Forever | 27x EP Chuck |
Other Chuck credits: 91x “Created by” | 16x “Written by”
 
Matthew Maala
Well, they don’t get any greener than this folks - this is Matthew’s first and only writing credit so far … and, uh, he has a couple of other credits...
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5279759/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr6
                        Legends of Tomorrow: 1x writer
Other credits: 1x Jessica Jones (Writer’s Assistant) | 5x The Mob Doctor (Assistant to Rob Wright - showrunner)
 
Weekly Ratings
 
Rating: Episode 11 - 1.78 (April 21st, 2016)
Down two-tenths of a point…   Arrow: On break until April 27th the following week The Flash:  April 19th - “Versus Zoom” (Ep.2.18) - 03 (Hunter Zolomon’s Back Story) Supergirl: April 18th - “Better Angels” (Ep.1.20) - 11 (Season Finale)
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
What was the overall theme for this episode / What was the link to the ep. name “Last Refuge” The home of Rip’s adoptive mother Fight scenes & Stunts: Share your thoughts Kendra and Sara spar Pilgrim attacks police station (Another Terminator reference?) ..no paperwork on this attack? Sara one-on-one with Pilgrim; +Mick steps in w/his gun Ends with usual team fight; Pilgrim surprised by young Rip w/knife Fun cgi with Pilgrim hit from all sides Time Travel: Share your thoughts Rip - kidnap younger selves to save them from Pilgrim, but... If younger selves are left out of timeline too long, people will forget about them, and… They really shouldn’t interact with younger selves because of paradox Rip says this about Stein wanting to hold