Jessie Robertson reviews the fifth episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow season 3…
Rip Hunter returns! and there’s a vampire loose in London!
As the threat of our now named supervillain (Mollusk? No Nate, Mollus) looms, the Legends season long story starts to take shape; that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for its utter ridiculousness to shine through as always. 1850’s London provides great costumes (as always) and a great backdrop for this week’s adventure. After using Nate as bait for their vampire on the loose (because he’s so pretty) it all leads back to a cult obsessed with a blood moon and Mollus and resurrecting their old nemesis, Damien Dahrk, as well as a medium who can channel the dead. Yeah, it gets real occult-y.
Rip being back in the show sort of makes it apparent the creators really never figured out how Rip is supposed to continue in the show; he’s always on the fringes of being on the team, turning on the team; his motivations aren’t that clear anymore. He’s jolly good fun on the team , but always seems to turn on them on a dime if it fits his whims. Losing interest in him quickly now. Mick, on the other hand, is just brilliant how they use him this season. It opens with him reading Dracula – so he’s all into hunting vampires, even unveiling a wooden stake from somewhere and being questioned if he’s always carried that around with him. As the team is locked into the Waverider by Rip’s latest secret command, Mick couldn’t be less interested in what the team is doing as he’s on the final 3 pages of the book. So, so funny and great use of his character.
Zari, our latest character, has the right attitude, but I gotta be honest; whatever this storyline is with her and Amaya, it’s not catching me. I get they both have amulets and are connected, but so far, it doesn’t do a lot for me. Her nonchalant 90’s teen mindset about most everything is fun to watch but I’m still not sure what she really brings to the team. Other than that, Martin and Jax are trying to figure out to split and let Martin get back to his family, which is where his heart really is. I actually liked the bit at the end where Jax was missing being part of Martin’s psyche, because he’s so used to it and it makes sense Martin would give in to those desires to leave the team and be back with his family. Also, he has an evil actor in his family lineage, which is just great writing.
Rating: 8/10
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Jessie Robertson
