LEGENDS OF TOMORROW: The Team Can't Lie In The New Promo & Photos For Season 4, Episode 10: "The Getaway"

An alright episode, on the spectrum of decent/solid. It was however one of the weakest episodes of the entire season, and a big step down from the two episodes that preceded. Honestly didn't find the episode overall that memorable, so probably forgetting some stuff from my thoughts below.

I thought the best part of the episode was the middle, when the Legends return to Mexico to help that wrestler train and win. From the moment they return, until the end of the fight that breaks out, the episode was really good. I also liked the pairings this episode: Nate and Zari were great together, I could see them becoming a thing; Constantine and Charlie continue to be good; and Rory and Mona were good and interesting (though not really feeling those two becoming romantically involved, which I think is being set up). Didn't expect Mona to become a Kaupe too.

The rest of the episode, well I didn't care for it as much. Found the first half or so to be not that interesting. Didn't really care for Mona and the Konane, first episode where I was starting to get tired of Mona. And the Ava/Sarah stuff I personally found forced and unnecessary; it goes against pretty everything in terms of their relationship and how far they have come together, and the ending where they broke up was too soap opera-y.


And now for my rant: I'm disappointed that we essentially had no follow up to the Neron stuff. Yeah, he's briefly spotted and Nate and Zari are investigating Hank, but it was almost zero follow up. We have 7 episodes left this season; hope they don't wait too long to actually focus on the main plot. Next week looks like more of the same, so that means 6 episodes... They really need to stop with these average threat of the week episodes and actually get to the interesting stuff. This episode was largely more of the same of the first 7 episodes this season, and that's getting frankly a bit frustrating; best episode this season was episode 8. its getting increasingly more obvious that their indecision with who to make as the main villain has impacted the season's episodes, with a noticeable delay in getting to the important stuff.

I really, really hate that Legends is frustrating me and letting me down this season, and I hate having to complain about this show because of how much I've loved it. Its been one of the best comic book shows these past couple seasons, but this 'year' they've dropped the ball. From Constantine to Neron to threats of the week, its been a noticeable step down from previous years.

Sadly, I don't think Constantine should be a part of the team next year, if it were to mean that season 5 would be a similar quality to this season. That, that sentence right there is CRAZY for me to be saying. When it was announced a year ago that Constantine was becoming a regular this season, I was over the moon and freaking ecstatic, my dreams were finally coming true for Constantine being brought back as a regular on a series. But now, its obvious that the payoff has not been what it should have been. Unless they creatively change their approach to having Constantine on board, he needs to be left behind and appear for the occasional episode (outside of episode 8 this year, the best Legends episodes with Constantine were from season 3...), and instead CW needs to revive the Constantine solo series. Its the best outcome for both Legends and Constantine.

I finally started to (re)watch the show from the beginning of S2, and it really is quite enjoyable. 😄