Starling Tribune - Season 7.5 Edition – The Virgin Gary (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) ST223

 

Episode:            “The Virgin Gary” [Season 4 Episode 1]

Air Date:           Monday, October 22, 2018

 

Director:           Gregory Smith

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0808376/?ref_=tt_ov_dr  

                        5x Legends / 1x Riverdale / 2x Flash / 1x Supergirl / 6x Arrow

 

Writers: Phil Klemmer

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0459237/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5  

                        12x Legends / 3x Forever / 12x Chuck

 

Grainne Godfree

                        https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3113826/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr6  

                        13x Legends / 6x Flash / 1x Arrow

Promo: https://www.spoilertv.com/2018/09/legends-of-tomorrow-episode-401-virgin.html

Current Episode Recap

Full recap of “Elseworlds” with spoilers:

Part 1: (09 Dec 2018)  https://comicbook.com/dc/2018/12/09/the-flash-recap-with-spoilers-elseworlds-part-one/

Part 2: (10 Dec 2018) https://comicbook.com/dc/2018/12/11/arrow-recap-with-spoilers-elseworlds-part-two-/

Part 3: (11 Dec 2018) https://comicbook.com/dc/2018/12/12/elseworlds-part-three-recap/

Arrow

 

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Inmate 4587 15-Oct-18 1.43

02 The Longbow Hunters 22-Oct-18 1.18

03 Crossing Lines 29-Oct-18 1.15

04 Level Two 5-Nov-18 1.08

05 The Demon 12-Nov-18 1.26

06 Due Process 19-Nov-18 1.03

07 The Slabside Redemption 26-Nov-18 1.31

08 Unmasked 3-Dec-18 1.35

09 Elseworlds Part 2 10-Dec-18 2.06

 

Legends Of Tomorrow

 

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Virgin Gary 22-Oct-18 1.00

02 Witch Hunt 29-Oct-18 0.94

03 Dancing Queen 5-Nov-18 0.86

04 Wet Hot American Bummer 12-Nov-18 0.90

05 Tagumo Attacks 19-Nov-18 0.91

06 Tender Is The Nate 26-Nov-18 0.97

07 Hell No, Dolly! 3-Dec-18 0.93

08 Legends of To-Meow-Meow 10-Dec-18 1.10

 

Supergirl

 

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 American Alien 14-Oct-18 1.52

02 Fallout 21-Oct-18 1.34

03 Man Of Steel 28-Oct-18 1.28

04 Ahimsa 4-Nov-18 1.23

05 Parasite Lost 11-Nov-18 1.16

06 Call To Action 18-Nov-18 1.13

07 Rather the Fallen Angel 25-Nov-18 1.15

08 Bunker Hill 2-Dec-18 1.26

09 Elseworlds Part 3 11-Dec-18 2.17

 

The Flash

 

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 Nora 9-Oct-17 2.08

02 Blocked 16-Oct-18 1.69

03 The Death of Vibe 23-Oct-18 1.87

04 News Flash 30-Oct-18 1.75

05 All Doll’d Up 13-Nov-18 1.73

06 The Icicle Cometh 20-Nov-18 1.60

07 O Come, All Ye Thankful 27-Nov-18 1.79

08 What’s Past Is Prologue 4-Dec-18 1.78

09 Elseworlds Part 1 9-Dec-18 1.83

 

 

BLACK LIGHTNING

 

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating

01 The Book of Consequences: Chapter One: Rise of the Green Light Babies 9-Oct-18 1.16

02 The Book of Consequences: Chapter Two: Black Jesus Blues 16-Oct-18 1.02

03 The Book of Consequences: Chapter Three: Master Lowry 23-Oct-18 1.18

04 The Book of Consequences: Chapter Four: Translucent Freak 30-Oct-18 0.97

05 The Book Of Blood: Chapter One: Requiem 13-Nov-18 0.90

06 The Book Of Blood: Chapter Two: The Perdi 20-Nov-18 0.99

07 The Book Of Blood: Chapter Three: The Sange 27-Nov-18 1.06

08 The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter One: Exodus 4-Dec-18 0.96

09 The Book of Rebellion: Chapter Two: Gift of the Magi 11-Dec-18 1.13

 

Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters

• What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name?
• • Needed a virgin for the spell - here’s Gary!
• Time travel
• • Beatles arrive at JFK
  • • Paul Revere charges in; team sends him back
  • 1969 - Woodstock
  • • Hippies and love and music and a unicorn that kills people and eats their hearts
    • Unicorn spray - mind altering experience

• • • Nate hallunciates Mick as his dad
    • Mick hallunciates Nate as Axel the Rat
    • Zari realizes Ray loves Nora
    • Ray sees Nora; ends up kissing a tree
  • Spell
  • • Saliva from 9-fingered man: Jerry Garcia
    • Stone from a Shaman: Jimi Hendrix
    • Lock of hair from a doomed woman: Janis Joplin
    • And a virgin: Gary
    • Unicorn lured to Gary, Constantine does spell, unicorn stripped to dark bones and grabs Gary, team grabs Gary, and before it goes to Hell, unicorn takes Gary’s nipple
• Fight scenes and stunts
• •  
• Sara Lance / White Canary
• • 5 months have gone by - things are great!
  • Relationship with Ava strong
  • Hid dragon event from Ava; tries to hide Woodstock, doesn’t want to seem to be a screw up
  • Gets Constantine when unicorn shows up
  • Invites Constantine to join team - friends and family make you stronger
  • Rate her as Captain:
• Ray Palmer / The Atom
• • Thinks Woodstock is Nora’s doing
  • Has to admit that he likes her
  • Is a Brony
• Mick Rory / Heat Wave
• • Bored; wants to kill a dragon
  • Steals car with Nate; “breaks” into house
  • Eats lots of sandwiches
  • Wants to kill unicorn; given chance - unicorn doesn’t burn
• Zari
• • Goes with Ray to Woodstock
  • Gets Ray to admit what he did for Nora; says he has a big heart
  • Takes Ray to park; her younger self is with her mom; wants to tell her mother, but can’t; powerless to change mom’s fate
• John Constantine
• • Reluctantly helps Legends
  • Tells Sara that people like them hurt people, so they should just be miserable and alone
  • Refuses Sara’s invite
  • Attacked by demonic force
• Nate Heywood / Steel
• • “Breaks” into parents’ house
  • Dad doesn’t believe he has a real job; thinks Nate is there only for money
  • Dad has a new Pentagon job; Mom makes sandwiches
  • Brings beer; begins to try to connect with his father
  • Henry Heywood played by Tom Wilson - Biff from Back to the Future
  • • https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001855/?ref_=tt_cl_t10
• Ava Sharpe  
• • Invites Sara to move in with her
  • Still makes dinner when she knows Sara’s been hiding stuff from her; she knows what she is getting into and she still loves Sara
• Time Bureau
• • Party for Legends - team has to give medals back

 

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