The news has been integral to the show it is where Malcolm Merlyns insidious undertaking unfolded, it is where Moira Queens trial by media played out and it is where Oliver Queen was announced alive at the start of the show. The name of this news channel is News 52, a reference to DC Comics reboot of their continuity in the New 52 comic books. Whats more, Detective Lance has called in to the police with the number Delta-Charlie-52, alluding to the fact that his number must be DC52, and the Starling City Police Department has 1952 emblazoned across the front of the building. With the number popping up so many times this cannot be a coincidence, and it shows the level of thought that the studio must be putting into the program in order to conjure up so many tiny references a tiny piece of dialogue that only dedicated fans will pick up on shouldnt be worth the time, but it gets put in because the those who make the show want fans to freak out over the effort invested in the show.
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