Starling City is an episode of season 8 of Arrow. It premiered on October 15, 2019.
Synopsis for "Starling City"
Appearing in "Starling City"
Featured Characters:
- Green Arrow/Oliver Queen (Earth-1) (Impersonates Oliver Queen (Earth-2))
- Team Arrow (Star City 2040) (First appearance) (Flashforward only)
- Blackstar (Mia Smoak)(Joins team)
- Connor Hawke (Joins team)
- William Harris (Joins team)
- Zoe Ramirez (Joins team)
Supporting Characters:
- Alberto Vasquez (Star City 2040) (Single appearance) (Flashforward only)
- Harris Consolidated (Star City 2040) (Single appearance) (Flashforward only)
- Malcolm Merlyn (Earth-2) (Single appearance) (Erased)
- Moira Queen (Earth-2) (Single appearance) (Erased)
- The Monitor (Mar Novu)
- Spartan/John Diggle (Earth-1)
- Team Arrow (Earth-2) (Single appearance)
- Black Canary (Laurel Lance)
- The Hood (Adrian Chase) (Single appearance) (Erased)
Antagonists:
- The Anti-Monitor (Unnamed) (Behind the scenes)
- Dark Archer/Tommy Merlyn (Earth-2) (Single appearance) (Erased)
- Sgt. Dinah Drake (Earth-2) (Single appearance) (Erased)
- Rene Ramirez (Earth-2) (Single appearance) (Erased)
- Deathstroke/J.J. Diggle (Star City 2040) (First appearance) (Flashforward only)
- Deathstroke Gang
Other Characters:
- Batman/Bruce Wayne (Earth-2) (Costume only)
- Curtis Holt (Earth-2) (Single appearance) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
- Felicity Smoak (Earth-1) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
- Huntress (Earth-2) (Costume only)
- Mia Queen (Earth-1) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
- Nick Anastas (Earth-2) (Single appearance) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
- Ragman (Earth-2) (Costume only)
- Starling City Police Department (Earth-2) (Single appearance) (Erased)
- Steel (Earth-2) (Costume only)
- Thea Queen (Earth-2) (Deceased) (Single appearance) (In a photograph only) (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
- Unnamed fisherman (Earth-2) (Single appearance) (Cameo)
- Unnamed first mate (Earth-2) (Single appearance) (Cameo)
- Vixen (Earth-2) (Costume only)
- Cisco Ramon (Earth-1) (Mentioned only)
- The Devil (Mentioned only)
- Felicity Smoak (Star City 2040) (Mentioned only)
- Galaxy One (Star City 2040) (Disbanded) (Mentioned only)
- John Diggle (Earth-2) (Mentioned only)
- Knightwatch (Star City 2040) (Mentioned only)
- Laurel Lance (Earth-1) (Mentioned only)
- Moira Queen (Earth-1) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- The Paragons (Multiverse) (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Oliver Queen (Earth-2) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Oliver Queen (Star City 2040) (Mentioned only)
- Raisa (Earth-2) (Mentioned only)
- Robert Queen (Earth-1) (Mentioned only)
- Robert Queen (Earth-2) (Mentioned only)
- Smoak Tech (Earth-2) (Mentioned only)
- Felicity Smoak (Mentioned only)
- Team Arrow (Earth-1) (Mentioned only)
- Curtis Holt (Mentioned only)
- Dinah Drake (Mentioned only)
- Rene Ramirez (Mentioned only)
- Thea Queen (Earth-1) (Mentioned only)
- Tommy Merlin (Earth-1) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Walter Steele (Earth-2) (Mentioned only)
- William Clayton (Earth-1) (Mentioned only)
Locations
- Multiverse
- Orrery of Worlds (Unnamed) (Behind the scenes)
- Earth-1
- United States of America
- Hopeport (Unnamed)
- Felicity's Cabin (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
- Star City (Mentioned only)
- Hopeport (Unnamed)
- United States of America
- Earth-2 (Destroyed)
- North China Sea
- Lian Yu (Single appearance)
- United States of America
- Starling City
- The Bunker (Single appearance)
- The Glades
- Verdant (Single appearance)
- Queen-Merlyn Enterprises (Single appearance)
- Queen Mansion (Single appearance)
- Starling Metro Police (Single appearance)
- Starling City
- North China Sea
- Earth-1
- Star City 2040 (Unnamed)
- 2040
- United States of America
- The Glades
- Galaxy One HQ (Flashforward only)
- Star City
- The Bunker (Flashforward only)
- Pennytown (Mentioned only)
- The Glades
- United States of America
- 2040
- Heaven (Mentioned only)
- Purgatory (Mentioned only)
- Orrery of Worlds (Unnamed) (Behind the scenes)
Items:
- Batsuit (Cameo)
- Black Canary's Staff
- Deathstroke's Suit (Flashforward only)
- Deathstroke's Sword (Flashforward only)
- Devarim Rags (Cameo)
- Dwarf Star Particles
- Interdimensional Extrapolator
- Green Arrow's Bow
- Markov Device (Single appearance) (Unnamed)
- The Monitor's Suit
- Oliver Queen's Bow
- Spartan's Helmet
- Vertigo (Mentioned only)
Vehicles:
- Fishing boat (Single appearance)
- Queen's Gambit (Earth-2) (Destroyed) (Mentioned only)
Concepts:
- Antimatter (First full appearance)
- Breaches
- The Crisis (Mentioned only)
- Metahumans
- The Undertaking (Mentioned only)
Notes
- The events of Earth-1 take place after the events of The Flash episode, A Flash of the Lightning, which was aired just before this episode, where the destruction of Earth-2 was foreshadowed on Jay Garrick's Multiverse Map which mentioned antimatter coming to Earth-2.
- The events on the Star City 2040 future take place at least a few months after the events of "You Have Saved This City".
- This episode marks the last time that the Pre-Crisis version of Earth-2 appears in the present as, after the Crisis, it will be replaced by another continuity.[1]
Trivia
- Most of the Earth-2 events mirrors the events of Season 1, including:
- Oliver's rescue, his first meeting with his mother, the first dinner in Queen Mansion, the first meeting with Diggle and Oliver leaving his return party mirror the events of "Pilot";
- Thea dying of overdose on her 18th birthday references the events of Trust but Verify" where Oliver actually saved Thea on his Earth;
- Oliver breaking into Malcolm's office mirrors the same thing he did to his mother in "Betrayal";
- Tommy explaining the Undertaking mirrors Malcolm's words from "The Undertaking";
- Oliver being captured by Tommy, Diggle rescuing him and Oliver defeating Dark Archer mirrors the events of "Sacrifice.
- Oliver telling Earth-2 Chase "he's 10 steps ahead of him" is a homage to Prometheus' iconic quote from Season 5.
- In Laurel's Earth-2 bunker, there can be seen suits for Huntress, Steel, Vixen and Ragman.
See Also
- 18 Images from Arrow (TV Series) Episode: Starling City
- Episodes of Arrow (TV Series)
- Images from Arrow (TV Series)
- Gallery for the Arrow (TV Series) series
Recommended Media
- None.
Links and References
- None.
Footnotes