The Starling Tribune Reporters SP, Chris and Michelle review the Arrow finale season sixth episode “Reset.” The reporters discuss some speculation on why Diggle was not in the time loop, that this season has been based on manipulation and not trust, the complexity of building up to Crisis in Arrow’s final 10 episode limited season, how great it was to see Paul Blackthrone again, the warehouse fight sequence choreography, some major issues with the reset in reset that SP had including that the Monitor has done nothing to help Team Arrow trust him, why there was no title sequence and RIPBigBellyBurger.   Starling Tribune - Season 8 Edition – “Reset” Review (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) ST256   Episode: “Reset” [Season 8 Episode 6] Air Date: Tuesday, November 26, 2019    Director: David Ramsey https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0708981/?ref_=tt_ov_dr 2x Arrow   Writers: Onalee Hunter https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1370980/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr4 4x Arrow / 8x The Last Ship   Maya Houston https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8529121/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5 1x Arrow / 2x Minimum Wage  Promo:https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/11/20/arrow-reset-preview-the-cw/    Arrow   Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating 01 Starling City 15-Oct-19 0.84 02 Welcome To Hong Kong 22-Oct-19 0.77 03 Leap Of Faith 29-Oct-19 0.76 04 Present Tense 5-Nov-19 0.62 05 Prochnost 19-Nov-19 0.74 06 Reset 26-Nov-19 0.79   Legends Of Tomorrow   Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating   Supergirl   Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating 01 Event Horizon 6-Oct-19 1.26 02 Stranger Beside Me 13-Oct-19 0.97 03 Blurred Lines 20-Oct-19 0.92 04 In Plain Sight 27-Oct-19 0.95 05 Dangerous Liaisons 3-Nov-19 0.78 06 Confidence Women 10-Nov-19 0.8 07 Tremors 17-Nov-19 0.79   The Flash   Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating 01 Into the Void 8-Oct-19 1.62 02 A Flash of the Lighting 16-Oct-19 1.27 03 Dead Man Running 22-Oct-19 1.38 04 There Will Be Blood 29-Oct-19 1.48 05 Kiss Kiss Breach Breach 5-Nov-19 1.19 06 License To Elongate 19-Nov-19 1.29 07 The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 1 26-Nov-19 1.17   Black Lightning   Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating 01 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Birth of the Blackbird 7-Oct-19 1.16 02 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Maryam’s Tasbih 14-Oct-19 0.63 03 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Three: Agent Odell's Pipe-Dream 21-Oct-19 0.61 04 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Four: Lynn's Ouroboros 28-Oct-19 0.52 05 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Five: Requiem for Tavon 11-Nov-19 0.71 06 The Book of Resistance: Chapter One: Knocking on Heaven's Doo 18-Nov-19 0.62 07 The Book of Resistance: Chapter Two: Henderson's Opus 25-Nov-19 0.65   Batwoman   Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating 01 Pilot 6-Oct-19 1.86 02 The Rabbit Hole 13-Oct-19 1.45 03 Down Down Down 20-Oct-19 1.22 04 Who Are You? 27-Oct-19 1.29 05 Mine Is A Long And A Sad Tale 3-Nov-19 1.16 06 I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury 10-Nov-19 1.09 07 Tell Me The Truth 17-Nov-19 1.01   Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name? Time loop!  Groundhog Day / Edge of Tomorrow 6:27 pm Resets mission; reset’s Oliver’s focus - The Monitor is fighting the same fight No opening title sequence Fight scenes and stunts Hostage situation Quentin goes in; Oliver does his thing w/arrows Found hideout Oliver, Laurel, Lance Bomb hidden in wall Lyla there; shoots Oliver; you can’t fight this Hideout pt. 2 Anderson White; disabled bomb Go to warehouse; Lance gets shot Warehouse Oliver fights guys to get Lance out Lance shot Oliver running out of arrows Lance - how many times? 60? 100? Lance - no saving me from this; dies voluntarily  Time Travel / Crisis Time loop Lance believes Oliver Laurel is there too Lance is assassinated Oliver brings Diggle to bomb; Diggle gives good advice Lyla tells Oliver that he’s missing the point; can’t fight it Loops ends for Laurel when she gets her chance to say good-bye to Quentin, which is all she ever wanted Lyla - Oliver, you have to accept what is coming Quentin - I made peace at end Lyla - now you understand; Oliver - I can’t change my fate? FTA Mia In time loop at the beginning. Oliver tells them the time with them is a gift Connor In time loop at the beginning. Oliver tells them the time with them is a gift William In time loop at the beginning. Oliver tells them the time with them is a gift Oliver Queen / Green Arrow Lyla tranqed them 2 days ago; all is fine, go to the party Lyla - double agent Quentin Lance is the mayor; vigilante program global; Palmer Tech; Lance - I recovered from shot, escaped fate This is a test, Laurel; we’re not giving up I’m not giving up Tells kids he’s proud of them; all of you will be fine no matter what happens Asks Lance - when did you decide I wasn’t the enemy anymore? His daughters; fighting for the same goal Hanging on to something for a long time; thanks Quentin for everything; enters an empty room Ends up w/Laurel, kids, and Diggle on Lian Yu John Diggle / Spartan In the time loop as a NPC Lyla / Harbinger Knows about time loop Been working for Monitor for a long time; to protect her family; all we can do is try to survive it Big evil coming; Oliver, you are the only chance we have Monitor needed to know Oliver was up to the task Involved children as a gift Laurel Lance / Black Siren Trapped in same time loop; surprised Lance is there Tells Lance how he died I’m trying to be a hero b/c of you, Quentin Got a chance to say good-bye to Lance; she’s at peace Monitor gifted her the chance to make her peace w/Lance Dinah Drake / Black Canary Captain of SCPD Rene Ramirez / Wild Dog In the time loop with May Lance Roy Quentin Lance Mayor, escaped fate, goes into hostage situation Believes Oliver b/c of what he’s seen and learning from doubting Oliver Happy to see Laurel Assassinated Takes Laurel’s news about his death in stride Not giving up; at the end, made peace with fate    NEXT EPISODE   Link to Promo: https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/arrow/arrow-oliver-queen-is-going-to-save-the-multiverse-in-the-new-promo-for-season-8-episode-7-purgatory-a171886 (26 Nov 2019)   Episode: “Purgatory” [Season 8 Episode 7] Air Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2019  Summary: Oliver's mission takes him to Lian Yu where he tries to ignore the repercussions of the looming Crisis until he receives help from an old friend. Meanwhile, a united Team Arrow faces a recognizable villain. Director: James Bamford Writers: Rebecca Bellotto and Rebecca Rosenberg IMDB link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9700190/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday Evenings at 7:30 PM eastern or 6:30 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. 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