Jessie Robertson reviews the sixth episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow…
Completely suitable substitute if you don’t have tobacco: Tootsie Roll…..
I think they are running out of places to go….which is funny since they have all of time at their fingertips. When they visited the Wild West in season one, it actually gave Ray some purpose and while it’s fun to hear all those old stories, like we’re sitting round the campfire with a can o’ beans, there isn’t a lot of new ground tread. Nate pretty much steps into the exact shoes Ray filled last time around as a Wild West geek who just wants to rattle off every John Wayne line he can think of. The thing we know from history about the Wild West, is that it was anything but fun, but you’d never know that watching here. Last week’s provocative trip to the South, watching slavery in action, didn’t necessarily gravitate towards reality either, but it seemed to acknowledge the horrors and hardships of that time period and it’s inhabitants; here, we step into “Turnbull Country” (Cisco he isn’t) where a notorious outlaw Quentin Turnbull has taken over the whole western section of the US and is trying to claim it for his own using dwarf star ore. Don’t ask.
Jeff Fahey plays Turnbull and is fine (although I can’t not think of Frank from Lost when I look at him) even if he doesn’t permeate the villainous temperament very well. There’s nothing to indicate Johnathan Schaech could portray a decent Jonah Hex, but he does, he keeps it gruff, laced with gritty catch phrases and drinks a lot (having Hex’s authentic comic book outfit doesn’t hurt none too bad). I can see why they revisited this time period; Hex is as good as any minor character appearing last year and is a fun callback into the DC Character library, but other than that, it makes me feel like Legends is running out of ideas.
The only new concept presented is, just like with Turnbull Country, Martin is also experiencing a change in history; he has visions of a woman who he feels love for, even though it’s not Clarissa (who Jax points out is going to kill Martin when they get home for this). You would have thought something like this would have happened long before now and to a multitude of people; I mean Firestorm flew over the Pentagon in the 80’s for Hex’s sake! Oh well. Ray built Nate a true super hero outfit , modeled after a combination of their own designs and I get the feeling Amaya has feelings for Mick, probably just because she’s on the ship (trying to find out who killed the man she loved unrequited) and he needs a new storyline. It seems I’m coming down on this episode but I enjoyed it! The plotting is just bad and feels tired, but the content and the characters interacting in this part of time are usually golden – 8.5/10.
Jessie Robertson
Originally published November 18, 2016. Updated April 16, 2018.
