The Villain For Sherlock Series 4 Has Been Cast – And He’s Perfect!

Ever since the Victorian special episode, waiting for news about the next series of Sherlock has been like waiting for flying cars to exist – we can hope really hard, but it doesn’t mean we’re going to get anything.

Except now we have something! Just a small thing, hardly anything really, but it’ll be enough to keep me excited and hopeful (I swear, they plan it like this).

But I won’t keep you waiting any longer.

We have a villain for Series 4!

That’s right, you read that correctly. Toby Jones (Captain America, Harry Potter, Hunger Games), who’s perhaps one of my all-time favorite creepy villain actors, will be filling the role of Sherlock’s newest nemesis.

Exactly which villain he’ll be playing, however, is still a mystery.

The only information that writer, EP, and co-creator Steven Moffat has for us is this: “Delighted to have Toby Jones on board, bringing to life one of [Sir Arthur Conan] Doyle’s finest villains.”

But which villain?!

The anticipation for the next series of Sherlock is killing me – just throw me off Reichenbach now and I’ll return, perfectly on time yet terribly inconveniently, for Series 4. The fact that we’ve still got a year until it airs… the anticipation is just awful (and yet, so very delicious, don’t you agree?).

All we know about Series 4 is that Sherlock is back in London (or at least on British soil), and that John and Mary Watson are preparing for having a child.

I can’t wait to see what terrible things Toby Jones has in store for our beloved characters.

But more than that, I can’t wait to see Sherlock’s reaction to a tiny human – messy, illiterate, illogical things that they are.

Sadly, there’s no teaser or promo trailer for Series 4 yet, so here’s the trailer for the Victorian special episode that I mentioned at the beginning. Hope you enjoy!

Frequency Gets a TV Show Remake… And It Looks Amazing!

Tune in to this blast from the past remake about a literal blast from the past (but not the 1999 Brendan Fraser film of the same name).

Frequency, a film from the year 2000, is getting a television show reboot.

Now that you know that, reread the first sentence a few times. I promise it makes sense.

For those not in the know, Frequency is a fantastic thriller starring Jim Caviezel (Person of Interest, The Passion of the Christ) and Dennis Quaid (The Day After Tomorrow, Pandorum).

The story revolves around a long-dead father and his now-grown son, connected over time via an old radio and a freak electrical storm.

Caviezel (the son), who’s now a cop, attempts to change the past by saving his father (Quaid) from the fire that killed him when Caviezel was just a kid.

But in doing so, they spark a chain reaction that spirals into chaos. I’ll try not to spoil anything else, but if you’re interested, here’s the trailer:

But that’s enough about the film. CW is now remaking the film into a television series – but it seems the only thing they’ve taken from the original is the concept, as the stories are drastically different.

For one, it’s about a daughter and her father. Peyton List (The Tomorrow People, Flashforward) will play Raimy Sullivan, with the role of her father, Frank Sullivan, played by Riley Smith (Radio, New York Minute).

Two, not only is she a cop – she’s a cop following in her father’s footsteps (in the original film, the father was a fireman).

Three, her father was killed while on the trail of a serial killer – a serial killer that’s been silent until the old ham radio connects Raimy and Frank through time.

After she warns Frank of his impending death, she somehow – improbably, impossibly – manages to save her father’s life. But things devolve rapidly from there, as the daughter’s life begins to fall apart.

Instead of her father dying, her mother dies at the hands of the serial killer. Instead of having a loving almost-fiancé, he has no idea who she is and has never met her.

Is there a way for her to fix her life, catch the serial killer, and save her mother and her father?

I don’t know… but I’m extremely excited to find out.

Here’s the trailer – I know that I’ll be hulu-ing (yes, it’s now a word, deal with it) the heck out of this show when it comes out this fall!

 

Penny Dreadful SN3 EP4 – ‘A Blade Of Grass’

Welcome back Dreadfuls!

This episode was much more cerebral than previous episodes. It gave us plenty of backstory on “the White Room”; the orderly who attended Vanessa and the bond that grew between them; the treatments she was forced into; and her torment by both Lucifer and another known to her only as The Master.

The episode opens in Dr. Seward’s office, where Vanessa is under hypnosis, telling Seward the story of her time in “The White Room”. While in the hypnotised state, she can see and speak with Dr. Seward, because her mind is in both realities.

She was an unwilling patient, committed by her parents and subjected to treatment for her “illness” for 5 months. The only human contact she had in that room was the orderly who attended to her needs. The orderly is the man we know as John Clare, later known as Caliban – Frankenstein’s monster. Initially, she refuses to eat and will not speak. John begs her to eat, and tells her that there will be consequences if she does not.

She tells Dr. Seward that she wanted to die, because of her betrayal of her friend Mina, and because she is evil.

As she becomes more used to John’s presence, she begins to eat without being force fed, makes eye contact, and eventually speaks to him. She claims that she is being tortured. She doesn’t know if it is night or day, there are no windows and the light is always on. John tells her that the time is whatever she wants it to be, and that they are trying to make her well. He tells her that it is against the rules for him to tell her his name. But he does warn her that the next treatment is hydrotherapy. The next day, as she sits wet and shivering, he brings a blanket with her food, but when she is warm and dry, he has to take it away because it is against the rules. John is already becoming invested in Vanessa not merely as a patient, but as a human being in distress and is showing an inclination to break the rules for her. Vanessa attacks him when he removes the blanket, with the result that the next time he sees her, she is in a straitjacket.

However, she is recognizing that he is coming to care for her, and she for him. John spoon-feeds her. He explains that it is science, not torture, and that it is meant to make her better. She retorts that it is meant to make her normal – compliant, obedient, a cog in an intricate social machine. John disagrees, as none of the women he knows are cogs; she calls them freaks. John tells her his wife is neither a freak nor a cog. Vanessa thinks that God has forgotten her, that he cannot find her. She has no name or purpose. John still won’t divulge much of a personal nature, but does warn her that the treatments don’t get any easier, and asks her to get better. She tells him that she can’t get better if she is not ill. He asks for an explanation. She tells him that no one believes her, not Dr. Banning and not her parents, but tells him that she was touched by Satan because neither she nor her faith were strong enough. John tells her about his son and how when he got ill, metal spoons hurt him, so he and his wife use a wooden spoon to feed him. She wonders at the wooden spoon he is using for her, and he tells her that he brought it from home, even though it is against the rules.

As John leaves the room, he tells her that he does believe her, because he was there. He turns, and shows Vanessa his demon eyes. Lucifer is speaking through him.

Vanessa, freaking out, demands that Dr. Seward bring her out of the hypnotic state. Dr. Seward says she can’t. She has tried, has even burned her hand with a cigarette. Vanessa is in a fugue state, and will only come out when she reaches the heart of her trauma. Seward advises her to keep going and assures her that she will not leave Vanessa for anything in the world. The only way out is through.

Vanessa cannot speak, because she has been gagged as well as straitjacketed. When next John comes in, he gently leads her to the chair, seats her and takes the gag off. He is sickened by what Vanessa is going through and has come to agree that it is torture. He brushes her hair out, while telling her that they would sack him if they knew. Then he applies makeup that his wife has given him. He has talked about Vanessa to his wife which is against the rules. He would leave if jobs weren’t so scarce, but he also doesn’t want to leave Vanessa alone. He holds a mirror up for her to see who she is. He goes on to break more rules, sharing information about himself and his family, reading children’s poetry to her. Vanessa cries silently. At the end of the visit, John puts everything back as it was so that their interaction remains secret. He tells her it is Christmas today. Another rule broken.

Vanessa is lonely and despondent, her parents have stopped coming and she feels like she will never get out of there. She is so desperate for human contact that she tries to seduce John on his next appearance. She claims she should have died a virgin, like Joan of Arc who sang while she burned. John, growing more distressed, tells her that they will turn to surgery if she doesn’t show signs of improvement. He goes on to describe graphically what will happen, both during the surgery and after. “Do you know what they are, all of them? A broken thing. Ms. Ives, you have to get better.” Vanessa shakes her head, so he begs her to pretend to be cured. She asks him if he would want his son to be anything other than he is. “Would you want him to pretend? Then don’t ask it of me.” John sits down with Vanessa and tells her that though he is a stupid man, he will listen, and invites her to tell him why the Devil would be interested in her.

She doesn’t know so asks him “If you were Lucifer, why would you be interested in someone?”. John says “That’s easy. Because I love you.” But it is not John speaking, it is Lucifer with his demon eyes. He names himself. A shadow serpent coils around the walls, and around her. He asks her if God’s mercy has touched her life. She kneels in a prayerful attitude, and tells him that her God is merciful, and that He will not abandon her. Lucifer claims that He already has, that she is not even a blade of grass to Him. He invites her to “be as she was with him before there was time, before the Scorpion crawled and the Adder hissed. Give yourself to me freely.” At this a soft, menacing laughter echoes around the room. Lucifer backs into a corner. This is the other, who also appears in John Clare’s form. Vanessa demands a name, but this other only says that she can read it on his tomb. The other addresses Lucifer as his brother, mocking him for his insignificance. Lucifer berates him for the eating of flesh and drinking of blood.

The other seduces Vanessa through her baser desires. “You are a thing of the flesh, like me. You are powerful. Become the wolf, the bat, the scorpion. Be who you are. Give me your flesh, your blood, be my bride and then all light will end, and the world will live in darkness. Such is our power, such is our Kingdom, such is my kiss. In this mortal world they will lock you away in rooms like this, they will brand you a freak and a sorceress. I love you for who you are, Vanessa.” Vanessa asks him “What name do I whisper to you Beloved?” “I am the demon, the dragon, my name is Dracula.” Vanessa breaks away, and tells them that both her body and soul are promised to another. The brothers voice a litany of threats; she stands her ground. “I am no more than a blade of grass, but I am. You think you know evil? Here it stands”. Reciting something that sounds very much like the Verdis Diablo of last season, she banishes the brothers into the shadows. She wakes from this vision to find John asking “Well, why would the Devil be interested in you?”. She claims tiredness, so John leaves.

Dr. Seward tells her she can come out of hypnosis now, but Vanessa refuses. She is not yet done.

The next time John brings her food, she has a shaved head. She tells John she tried to counterfeit normality. But when the Dr. asked about her faith, she told him the truth. John tells her he is leaving. He was at home helping his son build a model of an exploring ship, and his son asked where they went. John told him that they would explore everywhere, including the frozen north. When his son wondered if people lived there, he said no. It was too cold and lonely for people to live there. Then he realized that he knows one person who lives where it is cold and lonely all the time, and this knowledge caused him such grief he couldn’t stop crying. He has tendered his resignation. But he will stay long enough so that the last person Vanessa sees before her surgery will be someone who loves her.

Vanessa comes out of hypnosis on her own. Dr. Seward has filled an ashtray with butts, and her desk with notes. She pours them both a drink and asks what Vanessa remembers. “Images like a dream, yes?” but Vanessa says “No. Everything. You once said we name things so they don’t frighten us. I’m not frightened. His name is Dracula.”

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Fade to Black.

This episode explains a lot about Vanessa’s response to John Clare as Caliban. And Caliban’s response to Vanessa. It’s like a muscle memory. John was the only one who showed her compassion during her time in the White Room, he is the one who kept her sane. She is the one who touched his humanity, both in her time in the White Room, and later, when they met in the Cholera Clinic, neither knowing the other. And I believe that he will become a valuable ally in her fight against Dracula, even if they don’t remember their past relationship to each other.

And so we come to the end of this review. Look into your crystal ball.  Do you feel Vanessa and John Clare will come to remember each other? Is it necessary to the story that they do? Let me know what you think – of the episode, of my review, of the future. And don’t forget to check out our awesome site, Skatronixxx.com, and all the writers that contribute. An original web series – Pinheads – has made its home on our site. Episode 1 Sweet Charity is up and running.

Until next time, Dreadfuls!

The Name’s Bond, Jane Bond

My Dr No Canvas

I’m huge fan of the original James Bond movies and I own every Bond movie made, I also have a collection of the cars that were used in the movies and I have a huge canvas print of the The first James Bond Film – Dr No with Sean Connery as 007. Now most women feel that James Bond was a chauvinistic womanizer and yes I see their point of view but as a woman I loved these movies they had great fight scenes, awesome gadgets and lets not forget plenty of gorgeous women that definitely can hold their own when it comes down to it, and with Daniel Craig not want to play 007 again the coveted role is up for grabs, personally I didn’t think Daniel Craig made the best Bond he lacked that certain charm and with the times changing perhaps so to should the role of Bond. There is no time like the present to explore having a female Bond – Jane Bond.

It has always been something I have wanted to see, a woman playing Bond and over the years I have had some awesome women in mind, however the best person to be Jane Bond in my opinion is Gillian Anderson she ticks all the right boxes of what Jane Bond needs to possess, She needs to be somewhat emotionally void (We have seen Gillian do this with Stella Gibson in The Fall), She needs to be strong, intelligent, desired by both men and women and can look sexy in a tailored suit as well as a dress.

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What happens to the Bond girls you ask? Well for me the Bond girls are also an integral part so there would still need to be Bond girls along with some Bond boys and a mixture of men and women villain’s. Twitter recently had voting with the hashtag #NextBond and Gillian emerged as the clear fan-favorite, “The Fall and The X Files” actress responded to all the hype and excitement by tweeting a fan-made Bond poster (allegedly made by photographer Karla Carbajal) featuring herself.

It's Bond. Jane Bond.
Thanks for all the votes! (And sorry, don't know who made poster but I love it!) #NextBond pic.twitter.com/f8GC4ZuFgL

— Gillian Anderson (@GillianA) May 21, 2016

Will it ever happen? I don’t know, but me and thousands of other Bond fans really hope that Hollywood has been listening and give the people what they want to see… Gillian Anderson as Bond, Jane Bond!

The fans have spoken:

Honestly, @GillianA as the next James Bond would be the greatest thing of all time. #NextBond

— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) May 22, 2016

@GillianA Your a badass MF! You need to be Bond! Love you pic.twitter.com/6ftzylLIa6

— Chasidy (@Chas_125) May 21, 2016

 

@GillianA And this one 👌 I don't know who did it either tho 😅 pic.twitter.com/jNP7OfYgpQ

— Kat ☮ #Sean (@LightOnParadise) May 21, 2016

Videogame Movies, Yay or Nay??

Movie adaptations of videogames have always sparked up controversy among gamers. Most adaptations manage to offend every fan in existence (Resident Evil comes to mind), while a select few actually look really good (the Warcraft film, can’t wait to see that!). So the movie industry is still and will always keep making them in hopes of convincing gamers to watch more movies.

However, recent adaptation announcements/ releases are worrying this blogger.

Pinheads Ep. 1 – Sweet Charity (Featuring Obscurus Lupa)

Pinheads follows the misadventures of radio station employees – awkward metal-head Charlie, egocentric Steven and laid back glutton Brian – as they hang out at the bowling alley managed by lunatic Bernie and his neurotic son Kenny.

In this season premiere, Steven unwittingly agrees to spend the night in a coffin for charity after a caller tricks him.

Features special guest stars Obscurus Lupa and Magic Steve

Copyright 2016 Alex deCourville

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The Nice Guys Review

Can you guess what’s the rarest substance on planet Earth? If you picked a Hollywood film that isn’t an adaption of a previous movie/book/tv show, you’re right! For my latest Casual Moviegoer video review, I take a look at The Nice Guys, one of Hollywood’s rare gems. SPOILER-FREE and under 3 mins long.

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Disney Release ‘Beauty & The Beast’ Teaser Trailer

Disney have officially released the trailer for their live action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast – and it’s magical.

The trailer features the classical opening music that fans of the Disney animated movie (1991) and beautiful shots of the infamous Beast’s castle. We’re also treated to a few lovely moments that are so wonderfully pulled from the animated classic – Beast shredding a portrait of himself, Belle staring into the bell jar, and of course, “Look, look it’s a girl!” “I know it’s a girl.” We also get to hear the Beast’s growl – a low, scary sound that sounds not unlike a huge lion.

The trailer honestly looks so beautiful and wonderful. It’s enchanting and mysterious – it shows enough to get you interested and have your heart swelling, but not so much that it gives away their plans for the story.

Plot wise, I imagine it will very closely follow the animated version – however, I do hope it has it’s own story or elements to it to make it fascinating and fresh, for old audiences and new alike. Coupled with the fact that Alan Menken, who scored the animated version, will return to score the music for the live-action adaptation, this is looking to be absolutely enchanting. Prepare your singing voices – Be Our Guest is coming back.

Beauty and the Beast will star Emma Watson as Belle, Dan Stevens as the Beast and Luke Evans as Gaston. Other talents include Ewan McGregor (Lumiere), Cogsworth (Ian McKellen), Emma Thompson (Mrs. Potts) and many many more.

Beauty and the Beast is set for a release date of 17th March 2017.

 

Silicon Valley SN3 P4 – ‘Maleant Data Systems Solutions’

Alright so the theory was wrong, getting caught wasn’t part of the gang’s Meinhertzhagen ruse… God damnit. Ok. In this weeks episode of Silicon Valley, Richard sets some new terms with Jack, the engineers let their pride in their work get the better of them and Erlich finds a new partner.

The episode starts with the immediate fallout of last week, with Jack gathering the characters in his office. He’s had enough, Jack has surrounded himself with so many Yes Men over the years that this defiance pushes him to the edge. However just when they’re on the edge of unemployment, Richard plays his trump card. Jack needs them if he wants to release his box to the market before competitors overtake them. As always Richard shows a tiny element of the talent that helped him run the company for so long, before immediately embarrassing himself, cracking his head off of the table. To me this is a blatant example of why Richard should never be CEO again, even when he’s helping himself, he’s also harming himself. The one step forward two steps back mentality basically sums up his whole character. Now he is able to work on his platform, as long as he builds the box first, which would be fine except for the fact that Hooli has bought Endframe and they don’t have time to waste when the competitors are catching up to them.

While the engineers try to phone it in , they physically can’t, the competitive nature and attention to detail that makes them good engineers also makes them unable to make shitty products. “Just because making the box sucks doesn’t mean we have to suck at making it.” So obviously they get overtaken by the urge to make this box the best on the market, becoming blindly invested in it with even the smaller details, discussing whether it should be a jaguar, gazelle or cheetah (Fuck that, cheetah’s faster, and also fucking kills gazelles, but I don’t care). Their attention to detail helps them in the long run though, when Richard fights to make sure the product is bought and Jack almost signs away the platform as a whole in the deal.

The side characters are the star of the show again this week, my favourite being Gavin Belson, the ‘consider the bulldog’ scene being one of the funniest episodes of the episode (BRING IT BACK…. NOW GET IT OUT OF HERE!). You try so hard to hate him but he’s just too funny to dislike, I sometimes feel the same about Erlich. He tries to screw over Big Head by partnering up with him after bullying him and his incubees, instantly I’m pissed off. Then he’s redeemed by the coughing fit he has during the revelation that Gavin has saved them.

The episode marks the end of Jack’s reign as CEO after attacking Laurie’s leadership role during the board meeting. thinks the first time that I’ve actually liked Laurie as a character, she always struck me as a copy and paste version of Peter Gregory but this episode shows her unwillingness to take shit. Jack’s tantrums are at an end and the sales team is going with him. But she makes herself clear, the CEO chair wilol remain empty. This will probably be solved in next week’s ‘The Empty Chair’ but I hope Pied Piper stays sans CEO, no character could realistically fit the role of CEO, especially Richard.

Overall, this was a great episode, showcasing the entire cast’s comedic ability while still progressing the plot. This week was a rare win for Pied Piper and I hope they can chalk up a few more before the next catastrophic setback.

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DC’s Legends of Tomorrow SN1 EP16 – ‘Legendary’

If you have not yet seen the season finale, due to channels not airing it when they were supposed to (that happened to me), be warned that this article contains major spoilers.

The Time-Master’s most powerful tool is destroyed, the Timeline is unclear, Rips’ family cannot be saved and Savage has escaped, with Kendra and Carter as prisoners, in a time ship gifted to him by the now defunct Time Masters. With all of that in mind, Rip returns the team to 2016, but having a little foreknowledge, returns them to a point months later than when he recruited them. They land in Star City, May 2016. The team is less than happy with Rip leaving them while the mission is unfinished. Rip’s next action will be to go to the Last Refuge, and return their younger selves back to the time line. The team discover that Rip never got off the ship with them as the Waverider pulls away. Rory mutters that he never did like that guy anyway.

Sara finds her dad (Paul Blackthorne) in Arrow HQ, babysitting the monitors. He breaks the bad news. While she was gone, Damien Darhk has caused them problems, not the least of which is that he killed Laurel during his prison break.

Over in Central City, Rory has wasted no time in finding a new partner, and we find him at the tail end of a successful bank robbery. This new partner, wielding the cold gun, shoots an unfortunate guard. As Rory sees it, this was unnecessary, as they were just about at their getaway Charger, and the guard was on foot. He heatwaves the idjit, collects the cold gun and hops back into the Charger, to find that his driver is now Ray Palmer. Ray wants to talk to Rory. In a parking lot away from the scene of the crime, Ray tries to apologise again for Snart’s death. Rory knows that it was all Snart’s doing, as he never did anything without a plan. Ray wonders if Snart’s plan was for the two of them to be partners, to look out for each other. Rory kinda looks like he might have puked a little in his mouth, until Ray explains that he wants to finish the mission.

At Martin’s house, he and Clarissa (Isabella Hofmann) are playing Trivial Pursuit. Martin won’t talk to Clarissa about what happened during the time he was gone, but he does say that he has left some very important work unfinished. The next morning, Martin and Jax return to the landing site with a Quantum Entangler, and meet Ray and Rory who have arrived with Ray’s radio beacon. A visibly upset Sara also comes back to the site and wants to know how they can get the WaveRider back.

On the WaveRider, Rip is reviewing recordings of his wife and son. And he is wallowing in his grief, no doubt about it. Gideon interrupts his pity party with the news that they have picked up a transmission from Star City 2016. When Rip gets off the ship this time, Rory pushes him, just to make sure. The team tells Rip they want to finish the job. Rip admits to having had no success in tracking Savage, but he also has not been involved in any bar fights, or put dwarf star tech into the hands of terrorists, or been turned into a scary angry bird monster. Rory interrupts “We got your point. Now get ours. That ship’s not taking off without us. You got that?”.

In Sainte-Lo, France 1944, Kendra has escaped from Savage’s ship, and runs into a young Sargeant who is hunting Nazis. She realizes that she has seen his helmet on the WaveRider, begs the soldier for paper and a pencil, scribbles a quick note and puts it inside the soldiers’ helmet. Although his name is never mentioned, hard core DC fans will no doubt recognize this young soldier as Sgt. Rock (Blair Penner). I had to look him up, lol, having come to my superhero geekery later in life. Savage uses him for knife target practice, and recaptures Kendra.

Once on board, a very pissed off Sara sucker punches Rip because he knew about Laurel. She wants to go back and save Laurel, but Rip insists that they can’t. Sara is subdued, and taken to her room. Jax knocks a soldier’s helmet down. Rip realizes it was in a different spot from where it was originally kept, due to chronometric repositioning. He examines the helmet closely, and finds Kendra’s note. They plot course for Sainte-Lo, 1944.

Carter has come out of stasis, but is disoriented, knowing only that he is going to kill Savage. Savage takes a vial of blood from each Hawk, while chortling about his plan, which involves the three meteorites that hit the Earth in ancient Egypt. He plans to activate the Thanagarian technology in the meteorites using their blood, to erase time and reboot it at 1700 BC. Only this time, he will be in control. He will be a God.

On the WaveRider, Rip goes to Sara’s quarters to explain himself. He knew that if he returned them to when they first met, not only would Darhk have killed Laurel, he would also have killed Quentin and Sara herself. This is a point in history that cannot change, so no matter how many times they go back, the outcome will always be the same. She is undone by this, telling Rip that she can’t do it without Laurel. Rip disagrees. “You are one of the strongest people I have ever met. Laurel may be beyond your help, but Kendra and Carter might not be.” She wipes her tears, straightens her shoulders and determines to help rescue the Hawks.

Gideon locates Savage busily trying to hijack a meteorite from the Nazis. Heatwave, Atom and White Canary keep Savage and the Nazis busy while Firestorm rescues the Hawks. Firestorm accidentally discovers his ability to transmute things when he grasps a rifle, and it crumbles to dust. As the team makes their way back to the WaveRider, Kendra is hit and recaptured by Savage. They have rescued Carter, but have lost Kendra. For the time being.
Carter is still confused, but as they are a little short on time, they need to know what Savage wants. He tells them about Savage’s plan to activate three Thangarian meteorites with vials of blood from himself, Kendra and Carter. Carter tells them that Savage plans to reset time back to ancient Egypt. Gideon provides some relevant surveillance video. The team realizes that they have seen one of these meteorites in 1958. While Jax is trying to figure out how he transmuted the rifle because that would be a handy tool, Stein realizes that Savage will need to activate the three meteorites in three different time periods to accomplish his goal. Jax thinks this is the craziest bad guy plan in the history of bad guy plans. Stein’s math shows that the three time periods will be 1958, 1975 and 2021, each one a year in which Thanagar and Earth align.

In 1958, Savage meets himself and gives himself a vial of blood. He explains what he wants himself to do with the meteorite and how.

The question of the day is how to stop Savage. Stein says they have to kill him when he is triply exposed to the meteorite radiation during the activation. At that point, Savage will become mortal, briefly, so that anyone will be able to kill him. They must split up into teams of two, one team per time period. All three teams must strike simultaneously.
Savage has taken the 1944 meteorite to a rooftop in 2021, and has Kendra tied up out of the way, but where she can see it all. Rip and Hawkman are in hiding, waiting for the right time to strike.

In Harmony Falls 1958, Heatwave asks Atom when he can kill Savage. Atom tells him that they have to wait for the meteorite to go critical.

In Norway 1975, Martin, Jax and White Canary are in place, watching their past selves find the nuclear warhead and take it to detonate harmlessly underwater. They wait for the third meteorite to be delivered to Savage, and for Savage to start the ritual.

Savage starts the ritual in each time period. Each year has its’ title bout, and each Savage has his ass handed to him. In 1958 it is Rory and Savage while Atom keeps the crazy angry birdmen minions busy; in 1975 it is Sara and Savage while Firestorm keeps the thug minions busy; and in 2021, Kendra has broken loose and hawked out, so she and Hawkman take Savage on while Rip keeps the trooper minions busy. In 1975, Savage breaks free of Sara, grabs a rocket launcher and fires at her. She doesn’t even flinch as Firestorm swoops in and destroys it. Savage tells her she is too late, but she retorts that “a Time -Master is never late.” She engages, gets behind him and breaks his neck. In 1958, Savage gasps “You can’t kill me, I’m immortal” Rory says “Guess you haven’t heard the news” and turns Savage into a crispy critter. In 2021, Carter is holding Savage for Kendra, she stabs him once, says “Goodbye….. my love” and stabs him again. Rip grabs the dying Savage. “Ah, you can feel it can’t you? Things are different this time. You’re mortal.” He twists the knife, but Savage sneers “and yet my death does not save the lives of your family. I may die, but you will live knowing that you failed to save them.” Rip throws him into a building transformer for good measure.

In 1975, Firestorm transmutes the meteorite into water. In 1958, the Atom shrinks the meteorite out of existence. The two teams rejoin the rest in 2021, where both Firestorm and the Atom try a repeat performance with the third meteorite. Unsuccessfully. Rip takes the meteorite on board the WaveRider with the intent to fly into the sun. There is a conversation via comms between Rip and the team, during which Rory admits “I don’t want to lose another friend”. Rip tells them it has been an honour to serve as their Captain, and the comms cut out.

While Rip is heading towards the sun, he closes his eyes and has a poignant vision of himself hugging his wife and son. My eyes got just a lil wet. He wakes out of his vision to say goodbye to Gideon, but the AI informs him that she is not ready to die. Having said a proper goodbye to his family, Rip decides that he isn’t either. They do some fast power rerouting, dump the meteorite into the sun, and time jump out of there to when the team realized he was gone. As they realize the meteorite and the WaveRider are both gone, the ship reappears. They enter the badly beaten up ship and Rip tells them what has occurred. Another notable moment happens as Jax notes that Rip could have been killed, and Rory says “you should have been. You’re a moron.” Kendra can’t believe it is really over. Rip says “for some of you, yes. But my journey, it seems is just beginning. The Time-Masters are no longer a going concern due to the destruction of the Oculus. Someone needs to be responsible for protecting the time line. Who better than a former Time Master and any of you who would like to join me.”.

The team are taken once again to 2016. Sara visits Laurels’ grave with Quentin. Lance tells her she needs to go with Rip because justice for Laurel will happen with or without her. Sara agrees that this time she will do it for Laurel.

Martin and Clarissa are playing Trivial Pursuit again. Martin tells her that he is going to decline the offer this time. Jax enters the house, and Clarissa and he convince Martin that Firestorm is meant to have a dynamic role in history. Clarissa seals the deal by telling him that she will always be there, waiting.

In a bar in Central City, Rory has asked Snart to meet with him, just to talk. Rory tells Snart that he just wanted to say something important that shouldn’t be left unsaid. He is obviously struggling, so Snart responds with “Mick, I don’t do touchy feely. You got something to say, say it.”. Rory manages. “You’re the best guy I ever knew. You may not think you’re a hero, but you’re a hero to me. Ya got that?”. Snart says “Yeah, I got it”, and watches Rory walk away with an odd expression on his face, not the cold Snart expression it should have been for that time. But maybe that’s just wishful thinking on my part, lol.
Outside, Rip tells Rory that he can always bring him back to this time and place whenever he wants. So it seems that some times and places can be visited repeatedly.

In Star City, the team assembles, to Rip’s delight. But Kendra breaks the news that she and Carter will not be going. Carter adds that they want to start fresh. Kendra thanks them all. She wants specially to say something to Ray, but he stops her, saying that “this was meant to be. I wish you both nothing but the best.”. The Hawks take to the sky. As the team walks towards the WaveRider, they are halted by the sight of another WaveRider careening out of the sky. It lands hard and an unknown man steps out. This man approaches them, demanding to know if this is May 2016. When he is told that it is, he tells them that they are exactly where they told him they would be. And to not get on that ship. If they do, they will all be dead. Rory, immediately suspicious, wants to know who sent him. The man tells him, “You, Mr. Rory. You sent me.” WTF? Rip asks him who he is exactly, and the man introduces himself as Rex Tyler (Patrick J Adams), a member of the Justice Society of America.

Whiteout.

And so we have the shape of things to come. The Legends will take on the responsibility for protecting the timeline against those who would manipulate it for evil. And somewhere along the way, they will meet up with the Justice Society of America. Look for more DC heroes old and new, from Earth and Earth-2 to join our team in their adventures. Some will be just passing through, but I am sure that one or two will stay on.

Who would you like to see join the team on a permanent basis? Will Hourman be one of them? (Yes I had to look him and the JSA up too, lol). How about Sgt. Rock? Yes I know he died, but we are dealing with time travel here. I personally am rooting for Jonah Hex. I would love to see Leonard return, and he will, but he will only be passing through. The question there is, will there be a Captain Cold-Canary relationship again? I hope so. That was just getting interesting. And be sure to set your PVR’s for the big Crossover event next season – Supergirl, Arrow, Flash and the Legends!

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