The Review at the End of the Universe
“The One Where We’re Trapped on TV” DC’s Legends of Tomorrow lampoons various popular TV shows when Charlie puts the team into them in order to protect them from her sisters. I’m not sure how many times I’ve said this or how many more times I’ll say this but there are things this show gets…
“I Am Legends” DC’s Legends of Tomorrow maroons the team outside London in the middle of a Zombie Apocalypse as the clock ticks down on their temporary immortality. More than anything else this episode is about the inevitability of death. No matter what someone does to avoid or cheat death it remains the natural end…
“Freaks and Greeks” DC’s Legends of Tomorrow has the team going back to college because the only way to progress in their quest to rewrite fate is to navigate the Greek system. I’m from Scotland so the Fraternity/Sorority system is all Greek to me -pun intended- which means that I find it difficult to connect…
“Ship Broken” DC’s Legends of Tomorrow assembles the loom of fate and deals with a threat from within the Waverider. Even placeholder episodes of this show are immensely fun. In other shows an episode like this would represent a forgettable holding pattern as the hunt for the plot device is over but it isn’t quite…
“The Great British Fake Off” DC’s Legends of Tomorrow continues the hunt for the Loom of Fate with a Constantine/Zari collaboration and a trip to Hell for Ava. The previous episode promised an engaging John and Zari team-up and then this episode wasted no time in delivering it. They both have strongly defined motivations with…
“Zari, Not Zari” DC’s Legends of Tomorrow continues the quest for the pieces of the Loom of Fate as Zari gets in touch with her former self. I’ve missed a couple of reviews of this show. Eventually I did have the time to catch up but the relevance was gone so I didn’t feel it…
“Mortal Khanbat” DC’s Legends of Tomorrow displaces Genghis Khan to 90s Hong Kong and has John Constantine deal with his own mortality. One thing I often praise about this show is its unique ability to juggle a large cast, different tones and plots that couldn’t be more different. Everything typically links together almost seamlessly making…
“A Head of Her Time” DC’s Legends of Tomorrow sends the team to a party in Revolutionary France as John confronts uncomfortable personal truths. This season’s main plot very much revolves around John Constantine and his history. At the moment it feels like he’s in another show that’s running parallel to the exploits of the…
“Slay Anything” DC’s Legends of Tomorrow takes a stab at delivering its own take on the slasher genre when the team deal with a serial killer escaped from Hell. It was only a matter of time before this show tackled the Slasher genre given its love for all things meta. Slasher films lend themselves to…
“Miss Me, Kiss Me, Love Me” DC’s Legends of Tomorrow takes the team to 1947 Los Angeles to track down the latest “encore” as Nate tries to figure out the mystery of the woman he remembers. Sara points out in this episode that they’re dealing with a problem that isn’t actually their fault. This is…
