DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW - Season 4.7

REVIEW:  DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW - SEASON 4, EP. 7:  "Oh Hell, Dolly!"



The fun and laughs just keep on coming for our heroes of the time-travelling seas, and this week was no different.  As we dive into the world of the serial killer with a twist, Ray's new look, Mona's love life, and we also get some background on just what in the hell has been a plague to Constantine.

John is dreaming about his old friend when he is awakened by Charlie, who shows him that her shapeshifting powers are coming back. John says that it’s impossible.  Charlie says she survived her paranormal prisons by trading favors.

The Team is chatting in the kitchen, with Ray showing off his instant mustache that he grew to impress Nora. While looking at a box of cereal that talks about the worst cereal killers in American history, it turns out a female is on the box that shouldn’t be there. Ava, who’s an avid fan of reading about serial killers, says that the information is wrong. A man named Mike The Spike was responsible for a slew of deaths of blonde women in that time period. They have found their new case, and off they go to New Orleans in the late 1856’s.  In search of Marie Leveau and Mike The Spike.

Mona is arriving at work, when she hits another employee’s car.  She feels guilty.  She bumps into Gary, who does his WORST job at impressing her.  Nate tells Gary to play it cool and be himself.

Just before the team arrives in New Orleans, they discuss Marie Leveau, and how some of the murders happen.  Apparently, they’re looking for someone the news clippings say can walk through walls.  They arrive in the city, and John has a flashback to his friend in the dream, and when Zari asks him what’s up, John just says he had a lot of memories being in the city. John is captured.

John is found in a coffin.  He opens it up and is met by a voodoo priestess, who is looking for a medallion that John has.  John doesn’t cooperate immediately, and she digs into his memories, and sees her great great grandson, who had given the medallion to John to protect him from a demon who was chasing him.  Leveau wants John to save her family, but John says he can’t.  Dez (her great great grandson and his lover), are gone.  She demands it.  Zari and Charlie find him.  They ask her if she’s known of any other magic in the area, and she talks about a spirit who possessed a doll.  Leveau gives John the medallion back for protection.

The team is on the search for the killer, but haven’t seen them as yet.  Ray heads into a room to see a scared little girl.  They wonder if they’re looking for a killer doll, and Ray gets conked on the head by a sailor doll.  The doll threatens to kill Ray as Sara shows up.  The doll leaps at her with a knife, trying to stab her, when she tosses it away, just in time for Rory to blast it with his heat gun.  They question the charred doll, and the doll says that it’s their worst nightmare.  Rory blasts the doll again to silence it.  While all this is happening, on the ship, John asks Charlie if she wants her shape shifting powers back.

We check in on the Bureau, where Mona is making the rounds, and the caveman asks about her wound.  She sees he’s sad, and she steps through the barrier to comfort him and asks what happened to him.

John and Charlie plot to save Dez.  She imitates Amaya in order make sure John and Dez don't meet.

Mona and Nate chat, with Nate trying to be Gary’s wingman, asks Mona if she’s dating anyone, and she says she likes someone…Gary is following a distance to hear her say it’s him.  Mona doesn’t want to lose her job, and Nate says not to worry.  So, she’s going to go for it.  I think she’s thinking about the caveman.

Aboard the ship, Sara ties down Mr. Crispy Doll, and her and Ava chat about Mick robbing the party blind, and Sara explains that Mick is reliable, and a friend.  Ava says they should try to run a professional operation.  Sara says she’ll run her team her way, and Ava will run her team her way.  Before Ava heads back to the Bureau, her and Sara grab a shower.  As they take off..we see the doll stir.

Aboard a time ship, John and Charlie hope they set things right, only John gets another vision of meeting him a few days later.  As they try to go back, Zari catches them and brings them back to the Waverider.  John then talks about how his relationship with Dez happened.  But then the demon Neron was chasing him, and as it turns out, down the line, Dez is destined to die.  Zari promises she will find a way to help him.

Mona enters the caveman’s cell to make nice nice, and while chatting, he senses a disturbance.  The alarms go off.

The spirit in the doll leaves and wanders the ship…looking for its next host.  Meanwhile, John and Charlie talk, and John feels he needs to go back in time to prevent Dez from falling for him.

Sara cooked to try and reach a peace deal between Ava and Mick, but it doesn’t go over well.  Ava bashes Mick’s writing, and he bashes her cooking.  Then she calls out his lack of hygene and sleeping with a fictional three breasted woman, and he calls her a clone.  Sara says he pushed it too far.  Mick asks why she gets to have a fake girlfriend, and he doesn’t.  He calls her a clone, Ava calls him a dick, and he walks off.  NO ONE notices a small set of hands grabbing for the knife on the tray.

Zari talks to John, and says that she can’t change that moment in time.  She tries to explain how hard it is to want to change events but can’t.  However, she soon discovers that it’s Charlie shapeshifting to look like John.  Zari reads her the riot act about being irresponsible about changing time.  Charlie says she’s aging and dying, and will continue to do so if she’s stuck in her current body.  Zari reminds Charlie that if John fails, Zari will find a way to make Charlie’s life miserable.

Sara and Ava commiserate and they notice something wrong in the kitchen.  They see footprints in the flour on the floor.  They know the doll is alive.  Suddenly, the lights go out.

Back at the Bureau, the guards subdue the caveman, and warns Mona off from being spotted.

Zari and Charlie are chasing John, and John tells them how Neron took over Dez’s body, and had sent Neron to hell, but took Dez with him.  John is trying to change that.  Zari offers help, but he says he must go it alone.  Their last day begins to play out.

The spirit is roaming about the ship, and Ava and Mick head to the lab where the scorched doll is.  Suddenly, another doll attacks Ava and slices her leg.  It’s the Stein puppet!  She falls down, and the doll attacks her.  Mick knocks the doll away, and Ava thanks him for the save.  The spirit disappears through the ventilation.

At the Bureau, the guards capture the caveman, and start beating him.  Mona steps in to prevent them, but she gets knocked down, the caveman breaks his bonds and attacks them.  Mona suggests he should go.

John is back with Dez, and lies to him about being in love with him, saying he cast a spell on him.  John breaks it off with Dez and leaves.  He sees the medallion disappear, thus changing history.  Just as Zari and Charlie close in on John, there’s a rift in the timestream.  Back on the ship, the team battles the Stein Puppet that is possessed by Mike The Spike, and just as they fight him down, things stop midstream.  Everyone is frozen in place.  After a brief moment, things pick up again.  Charlie gets her shapeshifting powers back, but she soon discovers Zari’s been turned into a cat, and everyone else is wondering just what in the hell is going on.

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This episode took a couple of interesting twists we had not really gotten much of this season, only touched upon.

Constantine's life seemed to be the big focus of this week's show, as we finally get some background on just what the hell's been bugging his dreams.  Seems he had fallen for a man named Desmond--who--coincidentally, was Marie Laveau's great great grandson.  Who knew that John could be a little softy?  For a guy that tries to be such a hard-ass, it's good to see a little more depth to him by having some semblance of a heart.  However, John has not yet learned the Barry Allen cardinal rule of time:  some things are just set in stone, and you can't change them, no matter HOW hard you try, and no matter the noble intentions.  The team will now have to fix the damage John's caused with his stunt for love.

Ava and Mick being at odds because Ava took the Book of Inspiration away led to some serious animosity that Sara had to put that fire out, so-to-speak.  Sara really couldn't resolve the matter, even with food (which she couldn't cook a lick---thanks, Gideon!).  Micks swipe to Sara about her being allowed a fake girlfriend, but he wasn't was extremely low...even for him.  That was the harshest moment of the night.  But, they still managed to work together when dealing with the killer spirit of Mike The Spike.  Ava still has some lightening up to do, and Mick needs to learn to pull his punches (but we know he won't---otherwise, he wouldn't be Mick).  

I have to hand it to Brandon Routh---for a guy who played Superman about as straightforward and Christopher Reeve like....dude has a SERIOUS funnybone.  His time as Ray Palmer is one of the gifts that keep on giving in this show.  He IS the team's heart and soul, make no mistake.  He's the lovable brother who's goofy and geeky as hell, but reliable, loyal, and good to  have around when you need him.  His pornstache  to impress Nora was just funny, and seeing it half shaven off was even sillier.  But the man has serious comic chops, and they're on full display here.

Zari and Charlie working together is something that we know each other DOES not like, as Zari...outside of Sara...has become something of a mother hen of the team.  She combines the power of Amaya, but has the responsibility of Nate and Sara.  Charlie wants to cut loose, but leave it to Zari to find a way to rein her in just enough.  Their dynamic tries to come off like oil and vinegar, but it's a lot more peanut butter and jelly---they work well together.

I am honestly not sure what in the hell they're doing with Mona.  Is she just complete comic relief?  What is her deal?  And why are we getting this Tarzan/Jane type romance with her and the caveman guy?  I swear...between her, Nate's bouts of silliness, and just....ALL of Gary....I'm amazed the Bureau hasn't been blown to smithereens or melted to the ground.  It's like watching the Three Stooges, only without them punching, gouging, and smacking each other.  I have to wonder just what long term plans they have for her?  

I guess with all the weird and wonderful tributes we've gotten this season with our monsters...why not go all Child's Play?  It just seemed appropriate.  Again, this show is off center, and that's where it needs to be.  It continues to wink at the audience, while telling a story with SOME drama in it, a lot of action, and just plain fun.  It's also a good thing they're not part of this year's Elseworlds crossover event---they've gotten enough strange realities on their own---to squeeze them into such an event would've proven difficult at best.  But that's okay---they're perfect right where they're at---trying to fix the timestream itself.  I've no doubt they'll bump into their fellow Arrowverse partners, but until then...we get to enjoy the ride they're on, and laughing and slapping our knees all the way.

Okay, that does it for this blog, and a quick note:  Midseason finale is next week, and this is the one show that will be on a LOOONG hiatus.  So, what they left in the cliffhanger this week, should be resolved next week, and prepare us for the final stretch of this 13 episode season next year.  I do want to thank ALL of you who have subscribed and read my blogs....I'm TOTALLY appreciative!  Please comment if you want, and don't forget to tell anyone else about the blog---that'd be super cool!

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