This ep was a hoot--which is the valuable genre niche that LEGENDS seems to fill so well; humorous & light action/adventure.
> The Ava plot twist was nice, but I hope they come up with a suitable support for it, beyond Rip Hunter simply plucking a reliable clone as a Second-In-Command for manipulation in the future, should he lose control of the Time Bureau...which, he did.
> Giving Kuasa a noble, heroic death was a surprisingly solid moment, after her being such a consistent threat for so long. While I saw the betrayal of Nate coming (who didn`t?) after the 'I love you' com-call from Amaya, the heroic turn-around from Kuasa gave the character some much-needed redemption.....Altho my wife & I would have liked to see a special 'Thanksgiving' episode of Legends wherein the assorted cross-time members of the Anansi Totem-bearing family would get together and snipe at each other...(ahh...Family!).
> The Mick & Zari 'training' scenes were hilarious. Mick employing his new flame powers to cook was priceless...chowing down on pork sandwiches, & cluelessly offering them to a Muslim was so...'Mick'.
> One Note About Zari...Just once, I would like to hear her intone ;
"O, zephyr winds which blow on high..
Lift me now so I can fly"...
That 'Mighty isis' totem of hers just brings up fond memories of Joanna Cameron and goofy incantations.
> Just when I think that Neil McDonough cannot possibly keep Damien Darhk interesting, he pulls it off. For Darhk to have a desire just to have someone to talk to about his parental concerns was amazingly-true-to-life. That he cannot have fun with torturing an enemy due to his anguish was hilarious. It`s all-too easy to make a villain a one-note menace, and this frustrated-father dimension of Damien Darhk serves to keep the character from being too stale. With as many appearances as Darhk has had, this is no easy trick.
And LEGENDS rolls onward; the goofy-fun, don`t-take-us-too-seriously, most comic-book-y series ever to appear on tv.
For solid Time Travel stories I watch TIMELESS...
For just plain Fun-With-Time travel; It`s gotta be 'LEGENDS' !