Oh my god. Damien Darhk makes corny dad jokes. I am so happy right now.
Of all characters, Damien Darhk made me tear up. Great well-made episode! He's still hands down one of my favorite villains in all of arrowverse! Also with Nora becoming stronger with Mallus being part of her (because of time aberrations ) + Damien... the Legends are almost f*cked... they do got a speedster now Mr. Wallace West and also access to John Constantine. I feel like Constantine is gonna come back to help out the Legends take down Mallus maybe.
Daaamn this show just keeps getting better and better
For the love of Mallus, what is even this show? The episodes improve week after week and there isn't even a sign that shows otherwise. I love this shows campiness and I absolutely love how they make the wackiest stuff work.
In tonight's episode of Legends of Tomorrow: Nora Darhk partners with Ray Palmer and go back in time to prevent Damien Darhk in a wig full on "No Country for Old Men" to save the man who invented cold fusion so that they can use it to fix the fire totem. Meanwhile, Ray helps Damien and his daughter to share their feelings with one another and to really understand each other while the inventor of cold fusion holds a doll.
Ten minutes into the episode and I already was in stiches. I'm on the verge of forgiving Arrow season 4 for giving us one of the best characters this show has. Damien has sort of become an anti-villain so as to speak. Even though he's been a villain for two seasons, Darhk isn't boring at all, but entertaining to watch. Neal McDonough really knows how to bring that something that I love in a villain. He was the star tonight. And that freaking wig, man, that killed me. I couldn't take him seriously. But he's so charismatic and so dunny in every scene he's in, even if he's using a freaking app. By the way, did anyone else realize he swiped up on Cupid? Talking about moving on and stop mourning Ruvee while updating his profile was great and so random. I loved his profile, so sincere and heartfelt, lol. "I enjoy destroying the world to remake it in my image. Trying new restaurants".
The final scene was great. Dark apologizing to Nora for insisting on allowing a demon inside of her and bringing her chocolate was lovely. I can't wait to see what happens with Nora now that Mallus is getting stronger and stronger.
Only Ray could help the villain with a father-daughter therapy session while helping her to unleash the power of the totem at the same time that he fucks up the fabric of reality by making a bigass hole in the Berlin Wall. That's my Ray. When he fucks up, he really fucks up.
I didn't know whether to laugh at Damien going full on dad and telling dad jokes embarrassing his daughter or be completely afraid. Still not sure whether it was hilarious or just strange. But I'll go with hilarious because I couldn't stop laughing at it. "Hi, annoyed. I'm Dad". Like all parents, Embarrassing his daughter.
Nora and Ray had so much chemistry together. Sire it helps they're married in real life but still. And yeah, Ray is a softie. It was a bit weird seeing Ray having the hots for Nora, though, simply because to Ray, she was basically a kid 3 episodes ago. But still, I ship them. I loved the banter between them.
The guy who invented cold fusion holding a doll the whole episode was freaking hilarious. I loved the bathroom scene:
Ray: "Are you decent?"
Nora: jumps right in
I never know what to expect from Legends expect for all the wackiness, camping, non-sensicallity and tons of laughs. This episode could've easily been all about saving Ray and trying to get a hold of Amaya's necklace, yet it gave us insight on the Darhk family and developed both father and daughter in a way that I'm beginning to feel bad about them and about what they're enduring. I can't help but loving that psychotic guy.
Ray calling Darhk "Damien" was so weird, but I was glad he even realized that. Btw, Ray telling Darhk how to tie him because he was struggling with the not was awesome. Ray is a true boy scout. Not matter what happens, you always help the one in trouble, even if he wants to kill you.
The Darhk vs Wig Darhk fight was great. And that magnificent line "I'm going to kick my ass". Only this show can have a line like that.
Wally is gonna fit right in the team, even if it's only for collecting souvenir and helping with meditation. I can't wait to see him in action. A show with a speedster is a better show for me.
The Amaya-Zari bond was also great. I loved watching them work together towards understanding. And we finally know why Darhk and daughter keep on with the anachronisms. I can't wait for Kuasa to join Amaya in fighting the Darhks.
Why doesn't Sara just be happy? So Sara can't know Ava's secret. What the hell is that secret? I need answers. I need freaking answers. When I saw Rip spying on Ava and Sara while they kissed two thoughts came to my mind: 1. Rip's secretly in love with Ava and was jealous. 2. How in the bloody hell did he not expect Sara to hit on Ava? My first guess was still intact when he said something along the lines of "You're special too, Ava". Then he asked Gideon to delete some files and I thought it contained Rip's secret stash of photos of Ava. And then he says that Sara can never know Ava's secret. For goodness sake, how many secrets does Rip have? First it was Barry's message, now Ava's, what's next? Rip and his secrets which only help to make things worse. Even his own secrets have secrets. Anyway, I guess we'll know more about it in episode 16. I'm going on a limb here but I think that Ava could be a robot, judging by its title. But that could be deceiving. However, in the previous episode Rip referred to both Ava and Sara as "his two favourite proteges", which could mean that once Sara left with the Legends and the Waverider before breaking time, Rip decided to make Ava in the image of Sara. Think about it, both are badass, blonde, unafraid of everything, both know what it's like to lose someone, both are lesbian and attracted to one another, and both of them are or were Rip's second hand. Maybe I'm overthinking it but it could make sense.
I think it's too obvious that she's an anachronism or that she could be secretly working or holding Mallus because, until proven otherwise, that's gotta be Gary's job.
Sara's, Ava's and Rip's reactions to seeing director Bennett being crushed by Grodd was hilarious. "It's Grodd, really" and "Ava, I'm sorry. He was a good man. I think" were good deliveries. There's no one like Rip finding the silver lining of what hang someone die at the hands of a telepathic gorilla.
"Make it fast, Agent Sharpe, because I've got to stop Alexander Hamilton from seeing" Hamilton: the musical", lol. Wait, he died afterwards, does that mean that he went and saw it? They need to make it happen.
Once again, Legends did it. They made me wish for Monday to come and they delivered. I can't wait for what comes next and to see Wally working with the team.
"Hi Annoyed, I'm Dad." God, Damien Dhark was already funny on Arrow, and now he's like my favourite character apart from Sara. And Ray. and Rip. And Zari. And Nate. .... I love this show.
Wally is a great addition to the legends, all they need now is Constantine as a permanent member and the team is perfect
I can't get enough of Damien, he is such a fun character.
Review by Aniela KrajewskaVIP 8BlockedParentSpoilers2018-03-06T16:46:19Z— updated 2018-03-07T16:51:16Z
"- I'm not enjoying myself. I'm annoyed.
- Hello, Annoyed. I'm Dad."
Are you kidding me? I fucking hate this show. A goddamn dad joke from Damien Darhk. I can't believe this.
Ray and Nora was such a fun team-up (and the actors are married in real life, which is so cute!). I really love her character. The tragedy is that she could totally be a hero if she wasn't possessed by Mallus. Who knows? Maybe once they defeat him, she will get a second chance at life. I certainly hope so.
We got to see more of Damien's fatherly side in this episode, and he had quite a few touching moments. I mean, I still mostly hate him, and he's absolutely evil, but you can't deny that he loves his daughter more than anything. He's a complex villain, which I like. It makes him a lot more interesting to watch. And Neal McDonough seems to be having the time of his life playing him.
WHAT'S THE TRUTH ABOUT AVA? IS SHE A ROBOT? IS SHE FROM THE FUTURE/PAST? IS SHE, GOD FORBID, RELATED TO SARA (JUST THE THOUGHT OF IT MAKES ME WANT TO THROW UP)? DOES SHE KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT HERSELF? YOU CAN'T DO THAT! I NEED TO KNOW IMMEDIATELY! I SWEAR TO GOD, IF THEY TOUCH MY BEAUTIFUL SHIP, I'M GOING TO LOSE MY SHIT.
(Director Sharpe's got a nice ring to it, though. And I guess Rip is officially forgiven? Just like that? That was quick.)
Welcome aboard, Wally! It's going to be a crazy ride, so you better strap in! And make sure to lock your door at night because Zari and/or Amaya might just try to kill you for that "basic bitch" comment.