Legacies 1x08 "Maybe I Should Start at The End" Episode Review

Major Spoilers are included in this episode review. Please read with caution.

The episode leaves Lizzie and Josie in Europe. Why?! Rafael and MG are back at the Salvatore School. I’m fine with that. Only three main characters are in this: Alaric, Hope, and Landon. Having the mid-season premiere only focus on these three brings the show to life in ways they haven’t explored yet. The dynamic between Hope and Alaric is a lot more natural this time around. I think the long car ride getting lectured on osmosis really brought the tension to their professor-student relationship.

Answers are revealed when Landon meets his biological mother, Seylah. We learn she was trapped in Malivore with the rest of the supernatural creatures, and that she magically appeared back in this world somehow pregnant. This adds another layer of mystery to Landon’s origins, and to the question of what supernatural creature he is.

I’m growing on the Hope-Landon romance. They are smitten with each other, but the romance is thrown a wrench when Landon’s memory is wiped, but not Hope. By the end of the episode, Seylah falls into the pit, which wipes her out from everyone’s minds. Hope remembers her and the events of this episode, and only tells Alaric about it. Landon also picked up another item, presumably the second key to Malivore.

The second half of the season shifted the tension between Landon and Hope. Now, she’s the one keeping secrets from him, rather than the other way around. I hope Lizzie and Josie come back soon. I think having them absent two episodes in a row is the limit. If they’re not in next week’s episode, I’ll get annoyed.

Thanks for reading! See you next week!