Trivia / Arrow S 8 E 9 Green Arrow And The Canaries

• The Cast Showoff: Dinah's actress Juliana Harkavy shows off her singing skills.
• Executive Meddling: Tradition dictates that the penultimate episode be named after a Bruce Springsteen song, in this case “Livin’ in the Future”. However, Warner Bros required the episode go by the name of the spinoff the episode would be a backdoor to.
• Lying Creator: Back in Season 7, the show-runners said the flashforwards’ Bad Future would be permanent. As if any Arrowverse fan ever believed that the writers 1.) never lie, or 2.) can resist touching the Timey-Wimey Ball.
• Recycled Script: The Cliffhanger ending of a shadowy figure restoring a character’s memories, abilities, and evil alignment from an Alternate Timeline is extremely reminiscent of the Flashpoint-Philosopher’s Stone arc of the first half of The Flash (2014) season 3.