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When we last left the Legends, they’d accidentally broken time while stopping the Legion of Doom. Fortunately, Rip Hunter has spent five years of subjective time assembling a Time Bureau that is professional and competent and everything the Legends are not. Six months later, Sarah is bored off her ass and decides to get the band back together.
In-universe, the group doesn’t take themselves seriously and openly admit that most of their successes are “screwing things up for the better.” And I’m pretty much okay with that—this show works when it isn’t trying to be too serious. It never gets into outright slapstick, but it keeps a very light tone, which works well with over-the-top historical revisionism and absurd period costumes. This season, after all, featured Julius Cesar, Leif Erickson, Blackbeard, Helen of Troy, Hedy Lamarr, Elvis, and Barack Obama.
Following the “Crisis on Earth-X” crossover, it occurred to me that it’s kind of hilarious that the weddings of Barry and Iris and Oliver and Felicity happened on this show, rather than their own. That's got to be a special kind of hell for DVD collectors.
They bring in a rotating crop of characters over the course of the season. Zari joins early, Martin and Jax leave, Leo Snart is back for two episodes, John Constantine guest stars, Wally West comes on for the back third, Agent Sharp gets more important as the season progresses, and good old Rip Hunter goes missing for three or four episodes at a time. It looks like Amaya is gone for good next season (her plotline having run its course) and Ava Sharp and John Constantine will be joining as regulars. (Two whole bisexuals on one show! Impossible!)
I’ll admit, I groaned when they brought Damian Darhk back to life again, but he grew on me, mostly for his relationship with Nora. If the villain is making dad jokes, there’s only so much I can dislike him. I suspect Nora will be back (possibly even as a regular), especially after I learned her actress is married to Brandon Routh. (Which also explains their amusing chemistry.)
I also only recently learned at Caity Lotz is a dancer and stuntwoman in addition to being an actress, and does most of her own stuntwork. Which explains why we have a White Canary fight scene in almost every episode but we can go weeks without Ray shrinking or Mick burning anything: Having an actress show off her ability to do a spin-kick is cheap but still looks cool.
Overall: While I'm sure the goofiness is not everyone's cup of tea, I've only liked this show more as it's gone on. I'm in for season four, you betcha.
When we last left the Legends, they’d accidentally broken time while stopping the Legion of Doom. Fortunately, Rip Hunter has spent five years of subjective time assembling a Time Bureau that is professional and competent and everything the Legends are not. Six months later, Sarah is bored off her ass and decides to get the band back together.
In-universe, the group doesn’t take themselves seriously and openly admit that most of their successes are “screwing things up for the better.” And I’m pretty much okay with that—this show works when it isn’t trying to be too serious. It never gets into outright slapstick, but it keeps a very light tone, which works well with over-the-top historical revisionism and absurd period costumes. This season, after all, featured Julius Cesar, Leif Erickson, Blackbeard, Helen of Troy, Hedy Lamarr, Elvis, and Barack Obama.
Following the “Crisis on Earth-X” crossover, it occurred to me that it’s kind of hilarious that the weddings of Barry and Iris and Oliver and Felicity happened on this show, rather than their own. That's got to be a special kind of hell for DVD collectors.
They bring in a rotating crop of characters over the course of the season. Zari joins early, Martin and Jax leave, Leo Snart is back for two episodes, John Constantine guest stars, Wally West comes on for the back third, Agent Sharp gets more important as the season progresses, and good old Rip Hunter goes missing for three or four episodes at a time. It looks like Amaya is gone for good next season (her plotline having run its course) and Ava Sharp and John Constantine will be joining as regulars. (Two whole bisexuals on one show! Impossible!)
I’ll admit, I groaned when they brought Damian Darhk back to life again, but he grew on me, mostly for his relationship with Nora. If the villain is making dad jokes, there’s only so much I can dislike him. I suspect Nora will be back (possibly even as a regular), especially after I learned her actress is married to Brandon Routh. (Which also explains their amusing chemistry.)
I also only recently learned at Caity Lotz is a dancer and stuntwoman in addition to being an actress, and does most of her own stuntwork. Which explains why we have a White Canary fight scene in almost every episode but we can go weeks without Ray shrinking or Mick burning anything: Having an actress show off her ability to do a spin-kick is cheap but still looks cool.
Overall: While I'm sure the goofiness is not everyone's cup of tea, I've only liked this show more as it's gone on. I'm in for season four, you betcha.
