Written by Grainne Godfree & James Eagan
Directed by Marc Guggenheim
Mona (re the Legends): "They're free."
Charlie: "Which means I can't help them anymore."
The end of last week saw Charlie reluctantly throwing her lot in with her sisters in order to keep the Legends safe and this week, things have gone a bit 1984 with the added bonus of some throwbacks to show that shows that are well timed.
Charlie certainly took the unorthodox method of stopping Lachesis and Atropos and looking at the shows in question, she certainly went for obvious choices here, so let's look at them then. Which TV shows did Charlie send her friends to?
For Zari, Nate and Behrad (yup, he came back an episode earlier than expected), well that trio got to be Ultimate Buds and between missing kisses, freak outs over mush and the boss coming to dinner trope, Zari 1.0 took hold of 2.0's body and was instrumental of moving the plot forward and helping to dismantle the TV nightmare they were living.
Tala Ashe excellently brought her A game once again as we saw her play both versions of Zari with aplomb and given that this episode saw Charlie make it so that both Zaris now exist, I have a feeling the finale will have to make a choice as to which one stays on the Waverider next season. Ideally both should merge together really.
Keeping with the TV spoofs we then had Constantine, Astra and Natalie in Highcastle Abbey where Astra was faced with the dilemma of living an illusion or letting go while I'm fairly certain the show made Constantine's magic secret also an allegory for his bisexuality as well this week. Either way, I think it's safe to assume that Astra will be letting go of her desire to bring her mother back.
Last but not least was Sara, Ava and Mick on Star Trip. I'll admit it's the spoof that I didn't enjoy as much as much even if both Sara and Ava really leaned into their respective impressions of William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy quite a bit. It was fun to see Mick loving his long hair as the Khan of the piece before all three of them followed suit with the rest to defy the Fates.
Keeping with the theme of defiance, this episode worked as a low key return for Mona as well as she quickly teamed up with Gary to try and save the Legends as Charlie tried to protect them. This episode used characters pretty well but I'm beginning to think that we're nearing the end of Charlie's time on the show now.
- The title sequence got changed to feature only Charlie, Lachesis and Atropos. Gideon was also missing from this episode.
- Nice way of slotting Lita and Ally in this episode watching Mick on telly while Nate auditioned for a certain former CW show that Zari thought was "dumb".
- Not sure ITV will be impressed that their most successful drama was referred to as a BBC show. Oh and we had Mr Parker back for a musical sequence that was all about repressing things.
- Chronology: A while since the events of the previous episode.
Divisive as he may be, I'll admit that Marc Guggenheim did a great job with The One Where We're Trapped On TV. The TV spoofs worked well, the gang's back together for now but Sara's still blind, the Fates are a threat and I think we'll be losing some members next week.
Rating: 9 out of 10
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