DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW - SEASON 5.8

REVIEW:  DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW - SEASON 5.8:  "Zari, Not Zari"


We are on a quest!  Well...WE are following our intrepid time-travellers on their current quest to retrieve the Loom of Fate.  A godly device that can be used to change the fate and lives of everyone, and Charlie, who is a Fate herself, split it apart, because she felt people needed free will.  Well, that pissed off her sisters PLENTY, and they've been on the hunt for the pieces ever since.  Now, it's a race against time to see who gets it first:  Charlie's sisters, or her and the Legends.  Also, now that Ray and Nora are gone, the team has to figure out how to work WITHOUT them, and we also have Zari, who's trying to figure out WHY she's getting these weird visions of a previous life.  So, let's jump onto the Waverider, and see what's shakin'----it's been awhile.

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We see this episode start out in 1977 London, during the huge punk explosion that has swept the country....and we're here 3 months AFTER Charlie had left her band to join the Legends.  One of the Fates, Charlie's sister Atropose, slaughters everyone in the club looking for her, and one of her bandmates tells Atropose she bailed before he kills her.  She later winds up in Hell, where she meets up with the Coin Maker, Kasis, who just happens to be Charlie's OTHER sister.  She informs her sister that her protoge' Astra has been dealing with John Constantine, who just HAPPENS to be with Charlie, and they means they can find the pieces of the Loom.  

This episode shows us Charlie, who is still not thrilled to have to search for the pieces of the Loom, but spend the good part of the episode showing us her deep fear:  her sisters.  She gets messages from Atropose, who is the one on the hunt, saying that she is going to get the pieces, but also expect forgiveness for breaking it---and the sisters---up.  Her sister continues to tell her that the world should NOT be the way it is, and Charlie reiterates that she likes the chaos and disorder, because at least people have their own free will.  As she goes after a very rambunctious John, who is on his own personal quest to get the Loom, as save Astra before it's too late, we see her fear of not only her sisters, but of how useless she feels.  Sara props her up, and at the end, we finally see Charlie accept her role as a Legend, being able to defeat her sister, and recollect the two pieces of the Loom...which she had shaped as rings.  Very Thanos-esque.  This episode also gave us some insight as to what exactly makes Sara such an imposing character besides her abilities.  Turns out, Sara is able to survive a Fate's power.  We also get some jovial part of the show, when it turns out that the 2nd piece of the Loom is located in Vacouver, British Columbia---where they just happen to be filming Supernatural, which turns out to be a favorite show of Sara's.  While we don't get Dean and Sam, specifically (or the actors since they make it known it's the show being filmed here), Sara, John, and Charlie happen upon their car, and Sara steals some weapons used as props for the show.  Sadly, the crew got fried in the process.

One of the other major plot points we get this episode focuses on Zari, who is getting more and more visions of her past self.  We see her open up the episode in Nate's bed, and apparently hacked into Gideon to sneak in.  Although no hanky panky was involved, it's still a sign of the closeness of Nate and Zari stemming back to last season.  The team mocks her for it, but her brother decides to help her out, after he witnesses her kick his butt in a video game.  

Behrad also finds out that she's connected to the family totem, and can use it's powers.  Her brother offers her to go into the totem, and speak to the many ancestors, to find out what's going on.  She does so, and ends up finding her alternate self that she keeps remembering.  The Zari we know is in there, and tells her counterpart about how she came from a dystopian future, where their brother is dead.  Although this current version of Zari isn't so high on herself, Old Zari says she likes her---she's got spirit.  And she's happy, because her family is alive and safe.  However, things take a turn for the worse, as Charlie's sister discovers that the ring we see in the case on the ship is the other piece of the Loom...and she makes off with it, but Behrad stands up to her, and dies in the process, after she says he doesn't belong there.  Old Zari gives her counterpart a hug, and wishes her the best as she comes out of the trance...only to find out that her brother has been killed.

After much grieving, a very upset and determined Zari comes upon a wounded John Constantine at the end of the episode, and asks him if the Loom can revive people, which he says it can.  So, she says she is sticking by him through this whole journey, because he's put things in motion, and she won't rest until her brother is resurrected.  I believe that NOW we are going to get the Zari many of us had been hoping for the whole season.  She's got a purpose and a mission now.  Great stuff from Tala Ashe this episode.

This installment also saw Ava jumping to Mick's aid, as he tries to resolve is issues with this daughter, Lita, who still hates him.  Ava has a plan to go back in time, and kind of "re-program" Lita's mind with memories of her and Mick spending time together.  We get a montage of Father/Daughter memories that Mick and Ava make for him, which he puts in a scrapbook, but when he goes to deliver it, it's her Mom that isn't thrilled....mostly because Mick keeps taking off.  She knows who Mick is---a criminal...or used to be one.  And as much as Ava wishes to help more, Mick understands that it's a bad idea, and that they were right about him---he's a terrible father and a criminal.  So, the only advice Ava gives him, is for him to apologize and be honest....and go from there.  So...Mick does.  It's a bit sad, because we see Mick WANTING to make a connection with his daughter, and Ava being that good hearted to WANT him to have that family connection---considering she's a clone and didn't really have one.  So, while the plan failed in a certain aspect, hopefully, it will open a chance for Mick later down the road to have something with his daughter.

This episode, which I did enjoy, was probably the first episode in awhile that didn't really have that usual campiness and overall humor that this show is known for.  This was some pretty heavy stuff the team was dealing with.  It was more dramatic, and it sets up some MORE drama down the road.  We know there's still one piece of the Loom out there, and it's a race to grab it.  The sisters aren't done with Charlie yet, and now we have a Zari who is hellbent on getting her brother back at all costs.  Sara is going to be tested as a leader again, and Mick...well...we root for the grumpy bastard to have the love of his kid.  Heavy exposition this episode, but it sets up the rest of the stretch run of this season....however long it may be.  

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