on The CW featured a ton of new information, and did more to move the uber-arc of the series forward than almost any episode yet (excepting perhaps finales and premieres).Perhaps the most exciting things that happened, though, were the various references to the DC Universe that took place this week. There were a lot of them, and they were handled pretty well, with just the right mix of in-jokes, flirtations with something bigger and outright giving the fans something awesome–both this week, and to look forward to in the future.You guys might have caught one or two that we missed, but try these on for size and let us know what you think…!Sonic ScreamJust moments after the start of the episode, we get to see Green Arrow and Black Canary “team up” for the first time. It’s an uneasy and unexpected alliance, but Canary’s “scream” is essential to their success, as she manages to incapacitate dozens of cops and blasting out all the glass in the area.It’s a high-tech equivalent of what is, in the comics, a flat-out super power…but it works well in the context of the Arrow universe, and its use here was clever enough that I let out a little whoop when I figured out how they had written themselves out of that corner they wrote themselves into at the end of last week.
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- Delta Charlie (DC) 52 is Quentin Lance’s call sign on the police radio. DC 52? Hmm….
- His call sign is DC 52. His middle name? Larry. As in, the original Black Canary’s husband/Black Canary’s dad, Larry Lance.
- Yes, yes…as we discussed earlier in the week and somehow STILL managed to forget this time, Black Canary and Sin are headquartered out of a clock tower, just like the Birds of Prey.
