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Arrow – Season 8, Episode 9 Green Arrow & the Canaries

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Arrow – Season 8, Episode 9

Green Arrow & the Canaries

Aired Jan 21, 2020

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In the year 2040, Mia Queen has everything she ever wanted -- until Laurel and Dinah show up.

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Although its placement as a penultimate epilogue to Arrow may give fans mixed feelings, there's no denying that "Green Arrow & the Canaries" is a tantalizing backdoor pilot for a new band of distinctive rogues.

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Chancellor Agard

Entertainment Weekly

01/22/2020

B+

As I watched, I couldn't stop thinking about how odd it is that this is Arrow's penultimate episode. When it ended, it didn't feel like we were heading toward the series finale. Nevertheless, I still had a lot of fun watching it.

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Allison Shoemaker

AV Club

01/22/2020

Does "Green Arrow & The Canaries" work as an argument for the existence of Green Arrow & The Canaries, the future series? Yes. Does it work as one of the final chapters of Arrow? Also yes, though somewhat less successfully.

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Randy Dankievitch

Goomba Stomp

01/26/2020

There's plenty of intriguing potential here - but "Green Arrow and the Canaries" doesn't introduce any wrinkles to the well-worn Arrowverse formula, which could quickly lead any spin-off down a disappointing road of dwindling returns.

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Jeffrey Lyles

Lyles' Movie Files

01/22/2020

5/10

Was this enough to make me buy in to the spin-off? In a word, no. There's too much Arrow DNA in Green Arrow and the Canaries to get me excited about it

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Jessica Mason

The Mary Sue

01/22/2020

There's so much in the pilot that really works: the family legacy, the revamped setting, the small mysteries and the way it truly looks towards a new future. But what really clicks are the actresses and characters at the core.

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Laura Hurley

CinemaBlend

01/22/2020

I was objectively impressed with "Green Arrow & the Canaries" as a backdoor pilot designed to launch a spinoff, and I think that spinoff would fit in well with the post-Arrow era of the Arrow-verse, but I didn't love it as an Arrow fan.

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Synopsis

In the year 2040, Mia Queen has everything she ever wanted -- until Laurel and Dinah show up.

Director: Tara Miele
Executive Producer: Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg, David Nutter
Screenwriter: Beth Schwartz, Marc Guggenheim, Jill Blankenship, Oscar Balderrama
Network: The CW
Rating: TV-14 (L|V)
Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date: Jan 21, 2020