Post — Aaron Ngo

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

Legends of Tomorrow doesn’t give two flying fucks. They went full-Bollywood, despite two uneven episodes, and it worked. The magic of this show is intact, and Zari got a lot of the attention. First, we are blessed with a radio voice, and now a singing voice. The character development on Zari, tightly close to her growing feelings for Nate, is outstanding. I’m glad the show recognizes what a power play Zari is, and how cynical she can be in contrast to Mona Wu, the newest member of the Legends.

The show has a character soup-type situation, but this episode makes it work by dividing everyone who appeared in the episode perfectly. Ray and Nora have a “thing” going on (they are so cute together omg. Their chemistry is fire), Nate, Mick, and John are at Hank’s funeral trying to help his unrelenting spirit move on, and the ladies (Mona, Sara, Zari, and Charlie) try to correct history by helping Jane Austen write again.

Jane Austen is Mona’s favorite author, and their scenes together are heartbreaking but necessary to have Mona understand her grief concerning the dead werewolf boyfriend. However, like I stated earlier, Zari is the character who developed the most. Charlie earned her reason, being the audience stand-in whenever the crazy goes down like the Bollywood musical number.

The writing is substantially better in this episode, which gives me hope that Legends of Tomorrow is back on track to stopping Neron. Hank Heywood’s purpose for the magical creatures absolves him completely. He wanted to open a theme park because it was his son’s dream. I cannot believe this show managed to pull this off because yasssss… Nate, I’m crying with you, buddy.

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