DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW - SEASON 5.12

REVIEW:  DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW - SEASON 5.12:  "I Am Legends"

This team just can't seem to get ANYTHING to go right, can it?  After having to go through the trials of the Chug Test from Dionyses in order to gain immortality for a day, the team is looking to get back to the ship to use this immortality to be able to use the Loom of Fate to not only bring back Zari's brother Behrad, but bring back Astra's mother as well.  

But you just KNOW something is going to gum up the works, don't you?  Let's see just how bad the team steps in it THIS week...with Charlie's sister's in tow, and Khalesis calling in a favor to Astra...

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If it's one thing we can honestly say about the Legends---they're a lot like Indiana Jones:  manage to get out of ONE mess, and immediately step into another.  In what SHOULD'VE been a simple trip back from John's house to the ship to be able to use the Loom with Charlie, Kalesis called in a marker on Astra at the end of last episode---and that meant betraying the Legends.  And she did---in order to still be able to find a way to resurrect her mother.  So, in Astra fashion, she stranded the team in London...a post-apocalyptic London, in fact.  This was the team having to endure their own version of The Walking Dead.  The team spends the entire episode dealing trying to get back to the ship by finding a courier watch to transport back to the ship, all the while being chased by zombies.  

So, Astra traps the team at John's, and they have to end up having to take a bus to London (though they actually STOLE it), and along the way, Mick, who's driving the bus, hits a person on the road.  The team stops, only to run into zombies coming after them.  after having disposed of them, they find out the bus has broken down, and it'll take a couple of hours to fix.  John knows of a guy in the area he did a favor for awhile back, that owned a junkyard, and he and Zari take off to retrieve some wheels, meanwhile, the team tries to make the most of it by trying to fix the bus.  Sara had another vision prior to the trip, but she kept the visions to herself.  She also presses Ava to take point on this mission, making the excuse of her blindness as an issue.  Ava is unsure about leading the mission, and it doesn't help that the team is arrested by the British military, by them believing the team is some sort of super-advanced form of zombies.  

Astra, meanwhile, has joined Charlie's sisters aboard the Waverider, and have disabled Gideon.  Gary, who was just feeding his pet rabbit at the time, witnesses the trio aboard, and hides for his life, trying to figure out how to get Gideon back online.  As he tries to move some wires here and there, he gets zapped by an electrical charge.  When he comes to, he sees Gideon in physical  form, and she lets him know that Astra and the evil sisters have taken over the ship, and they need to get the team back.  Gary then plays hide and seek with them during this time, even so far as obtaining the rings of the Loom to be able to hide them from the evil duo and Astra.  

John and Zari make it to his friends junkyard and find some wheels---and ice cream truck, only to have to hold off zombies of their own.  Zari and John spend the episode bickering about his smoking habit, as well as to what he actually cares about.  He calls out Zari on her being nothing more than just a wannabe cyber-celebrity.  The two manage to hold off the zombies for a little bit, but the monsters are closing in.  Zari remembers that they don't go after John because he has no soul...and Zari, who's NOT immortal at this time (and has been keeping track of the time the team has of immortality left), come up with a plan to escape into the truck, by stopping Zari's heart.  John says it's risky, but Zari tells him to do it, and he does.  The plan works, and John has to jumpstart Zari's heart again, and they succeed into securing the truck, and they take off, where they manage to pick up the team and head to a Time Bureau secret HQ - a bar in London.  

Gary, meanwhile, has gotten the rings, and has stashed them on his person, while Astra has bided her time in stalling the sisters from getting the rings.  She just wants her mother back, and Khalises asks her why she wants her back, when she is going to die anyway.  Khalises shows Astra the future where her mother dies, convincing her that it's pointless.  Gary ends up getting captured, but he used a spell to hide the rings from Astra, and tried to reach out to her.  Astra then tells him that she needs him to work the time courier and make it work, so that they can get their friends back, and deal with the sisters.  It all goes for naught as Astra is killed by Atropose, leaving Gary at the mercy of the sisters.  

The team is at the bar, waiting for the time courier to charge, and reflecting on their lives.  Meanwhile, John and Zari continue to bicker in the back, only to get into a hot makeout session.  Things don't improve later on, when Zari's timer goes off, thus ending the 24 hour period of the immortality of the team.  And that's not good, because the zombies have now surrounded the bar, and they are legion.  Zombies end up busting through, and the attack begins.  Sara reveals at one point that she doesn't survive this attack to Ava, and that's why she's wanted Ava to lead the team---because once she dies, Ava is going to be the one they look to.  The team gets overwhelmed, and eventually the courier charges.  Sara gives the courier to Charlie, and tells her that SHE is the last chance to save the team and set things right.  She takes off, and manages to get back to the ship, as the team is over taken by the dead army.

Gary, who had been asking Gideon for help, realizes that she was nothing more than a figment of his imagination.  Astra was going to kill him, but once the sisters left, she tries to get Gary to use the courier to help get the team back to the ship.  However, she's found out by the sisters, and killed by Atropose.  Gary, who's next, is then approached by Charlie, who arrives on the ship.  He gives her the rings for the loom, but is soon killed by Charlie's sister Atropose himself.  Now faced with her sisters, Charlie says she's tired of running...and shows them the rings with a smile saying that it's time for them to get to work.  

We've gotten into desperation mode with the team, and this was another good episode.  And we seen what seemed like betrayal from Astra, but she KNEW Gary was aboard the ship, and she worked her plan perfectly, for the most part, to keep the sisters occupied while Gary hid the rings.  Her ruse didn't last long, however, as she was killed when she tried to have Gary help her get the team back.  Gary didn't fare much better, as he was killed not long after he gave Charlie the rings.  However, this was the first episode in awhile where Gary wasn't annoying as usual.  He stepped up, and had Gideon in his head coaching him to help the team.  While it was just his imagination, it was enough to get him to hide the rings until Charlie arrived.  As for Charlie...well, either she's decided to join her sisters again, or she's just playing them until she can help the team.  

Sara had a vision of dying yet again, and it was HER that ended up dying.  She has wanted Ava to take the lead on their new missions, because she was preparing Ava for the future.  However, it doesn't look like ANYONE survived the attack when Charlie bailed.  They were overrun.  We'll see just how they survive next week (they have to...the mission isn't over yet).  

And Zari and John seem to be having a thing now.  This leaves Nate out in the cold, but I think he's getting used to it.  I think even Nate realizes that he's not getting the Zari of old back.  And it seems that Zari actually finds herself drawn to John, and vice versa.  Zari has really begun to embrace her role the last couple of episodes, and it's very cool to see.  

Overall, a nice homage to The Walking Dead, and created a more heightened sense of urgency to resolving this mission before the end of the season.  The team's back is, once again, against the wall, and we shall see if they can fight all the odds, and finish what they started.  

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