Written by Phil Klemmer And Matthew Maala
Directed by Caity Lotz
Sara: "Welcome to the team, Gideon."
Welcome to the team? Ah, but Gideon has been there since the very first episode, outlived several Legends and if there a character truly deserving of the spotlight in this milestone episode, to would be her of course. The Legends are nothing without her.
Being newly human will be an adjustment for Gideon but with Astra and Spooner having her back, there's no doubt that she'll be fine. However for this episode, Gideon was mostly out for the count and to was up to Astra and Spooner to take a big trip down memory lane in order to bring Gideon around.
We've done the playing around in a character's subconscious thong before but in Gideon's mind, we got a Brit speaking Jax to guide Astra and Spooner around and see some old faces again. I could focus on the characters who didn't appear in this episode a bit later but the ones who did re-emerge were largely welcomed, except one of course.
It was a delight not only to see Jax again but also Captain Cold, Ray Palmer, Martin Stein, Rip Hunter, Nora Darhk and Hawkman, who out of all the returns was by far the most surprising of the bunch. These memories served as means of reminding audiences just how much he show has evolved over the course of seven seasons but also a re,under that there's still work to be done.
Gideon had to battle a corrupted version of herself to come out the other side and needless to say her various speeches about what the Legends mean to her had the desired effect here. Amy Louise Pemberton absolutely owned this episode and there was something truly heartwarming about seeing the Legends guide her humanity. Even if that also included a bit of pie theft.
On the downside, Bishop has also resurfaced. The younger version, about to become psychotic and with a version of Gideon to himself, it looks like he might be the one responsible for the Legends current predicament. I'm not keen on the character being trotted out as a villain for a second season in a row. Hopefully there's another one on the horizon too.
- The title sequence took in all the past title sequences, which was a lovely nod to things.
- Characters who didn't appear were Kendra, Mick, Amaya, Wally, Constantine, Charlie, Mona, though I think we saw some archive footage with some of them and both Constantine and Mick were directly mentioned.
- I do think the WB could've dropped their contradicting rule and let Mart Ryan briefly appear as Constantine or debuted Gwyn Davies here, but it's a minor nitpick for me.
- Chronology: Yip, still 1925, Odessa, Texas. At east we're getting out of Texas though.
wvrdr_error_100 not found would definitely win an award for one of the weirdest titles but for a show as weird as this, it would be apt. As 100th episodes go, this was brilliant. A beautiful love letter to the show's past, present and future and Caity Lotz did an excellent directing job too. I'm really glad this show was able to accomplish this milestone and celebrate it in style.
Rating: 9 out of 10
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