Jessie Robertson reviews the twelfth episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow season 3…
With Zari being the focus last week, we move to Amaya this week. Legends this season is all about the totems and controlling them. The Legends have two themselves, and they wanted to even the score but Damien and his now under his control daughter nabbed up the Fire Totem. So, the episode takes off to the Bahamas to nab the Earth version. Amaya takes center stage and allows herself to really fall into her role as Captain Zirwe, the dreadful pirate. I have to say: the pirate garb Ray, Nate and Mick were wearing was atrocious. Absolutely more ridiculous than normal Legends standards.
Sara took a hiatus this week and actually had a social life; she went on a first date with Agent Sharp. It wasn’t really going well and as Sara asked Zari, if she looked more ridiculous in her evening dress or the boys in their pirate costumes. She clearly felt out of place and the date, like seemingly most of Sara’s ventures off the ship, turned into a brawl with a bunch of evil pirates from the 1700’s.
Darhk was pure evil delight this week, as most weeks but he played it up extra well, on the attention of Blackbeard who was more like a mashup of an animated Captain Hook and the world’s worst Jack Sparrow impersonator. There was an interesting little side bit where he takes Ray hostage but shows some vulnerability when he gives up a totem to get his daughter Norah back from Ray. We also get some outrageously fun bits with Rip trying to slow-play recruit Wally into the Legends fold. Wally has yet another new hair style and has now vowed to take his life slowly now; wait a sec; wasn’t this the same guy that begged and whined to get super speed? They traveled to the 90’s to have a sweet karaoke sesh after a fun night of drinking and I’m actually, for once, liking something Wally’s apart of.
This was a back and forth episode; it had the essence of a Legends episode in there but it was a bit too busy for its own good. I like seeing Sara have a social life again and Rip’s new plan is pretty entertaining but the totems aren’t interesting me very much, as their whole history hasn’t really grabbed me at all this season.
Rating: 8.5/10
Jessie Robertson
