"Meet the Legends"
Legends of Tomorrow episode
Episode no.Season 5
Episode 1
Directed byKevin Mock
Written by
Production codeT13.21901
Original air dateJanuary 21, 2020 (2020-01-21)
Guest appearances

"Meet the Legends" is the first episode of the fifth season of the American science fiction television series Legends of Tomorrow, revolving around the eponymous team of superheroes and their time travelling adventures. It is set in the Arrowverse, sharing continuity with the other television series of the universe. The episode was written by Grainne Godfree and James Eagan, and directed by Kevin Mock. It was the 69th episode overall.

Caity Lotz stars as Sara Lance / White Canary, and is joined by principal cast members Tala Ashe, Jes Macallan, Adam Tsekhman, Nick Zano, Matt Ryan, Brandon Routh, Dominic Purcell, Amy Louise Pemberton.

Plot

Following the events of Hey World and Neron's defeat, the Legends have become public heroes. With the Time Bureau dismantled, Ava Sharpe joins the Legends and allows a documentary crew to film them so they can prove to the government that the Legends are not a threat. Sara, Ray, and Mick Rory return from the Crisis, but Sara has yet to come to terms with Oliver's death.[lower-alpha 1] Suddenly, a timequake takes place, leading the Legends to 1917 Russia, where Grigori Rasputin has returned from the dead. The Legends fail to convince Rasputin to kill his killer, so they return to the Waverider, but leave a film crew member behind. As a result, the Legends form a plan to stop Rasputin and rescue the crew member before returning to 2020. They then release the documentary to the world, before claiming the film was faked. Meanwhile, in 2020, John Constantine and Gary Green investigate a demon named Masher, who possessed a child in Star City. Constantine performs an exorcism, freeing the child and sending Masher back to Hell. Constantine also returns to Hell, Mick quits writing and passes on his career to Mona Wu, and Nate sees an old message from Zari Tomaz, asking him to find her in the new timeline.

Production

Development and Filming

The episode is the intended opener to the fifth season; however, it was the second to premiere due to "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five".[1] The episode began development on July 15, 2019[2] and concluded on July 30.[3]

Writing

The episode was written by Grainne Godfree and James Eagan. This is the second episode written by Godfree and Eagan to be directed by Kevin Mock.[4]

Casting

The episode stars Caity Lotz, Tala Ashe, Jes Macallan, Nick Zano, Matt Ryan, Brandon Routh, Dominic Purcell, Amy Louise Pemberton, as Sara Lance, Zari Tarazi, Nate Haywood, John Constantine, Ray Palmer, Mick Rory, Gideon (as a voice actor).[5] Principle cast members Courtney Ford and Maisie Richardson-Sellers are both absent this episode.

This is the first episode in which Ramona Young does not appear as a series regular since she join the cast in the fourth season as Mona Wu. Young instead appears as a guest star as she does in the season finale.[6] Adam Tsekhman and Michael Eklund also guest star as Gigori Rasputin[7] and Gary Green respectively.

Shayan Sobhian makes his second appearance as Behrad Tarazi after the characters debut in the season four finale, "Hey World!".[8]

Release

Broadcast

"Meet the Legends" was first aired in the United States on The CW on January 21, 2020. It was watched by 0.72 million viewers with a 0.3 share among adults aged 18 to 49.[9]

Critical reception

In a Den of Geek review by Jim Dandeneau, he stated that the episode could be the best episode of Legends.[10] IGN's Jesse Schedeen gave the episode a 7 of 10 saying that it was a good episode the humor was overdone.[11] On writing for TVfanatic Sarah Little praised Caity Lotz in her portrayal of Sara grief after losing Oliver.[12] Allison Shoemaker of The A.V. Club praised the episode for the way it handled reintroducing the Legends post-crisis, the review was paired with a B+.[13]

Notes

  1. ↑ Oliver Queen died during the crossover event Crisis on Infinite Earths

References

  1. ↑ January 21, Chancellor Agard; EST, 2020 at 10:00 PM. "'DC's Legends of Tomorrow' premiere recap: 'Meet the Legends'". EW.com. Retrieved May 16, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ Zano, Nick (July 15, 2019). "Day 1 of Season 5 #LegendsOfTomorrow". Twitter. Archived from the original on July 28, 2019. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  3. ↑ Shimizu, Keto (July 30, 2019). "New title alert! #LegendsofTomorrow episode 502, written by @rayutar and directed by @da_geddes". Twitter. Archived from the original on May 17, 2023. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  4. ↑ Damore, Meagan (January 3, 2020). "Legends of Tomorrow S5 Premiere Synopsis Puts the Team on Reality TV". CBR. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  5. ↑ "DC's Legends of Tomorrow - "Meet the Legends"". www.cbsnews.com. January 15, 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Legends of Tomorrow: SPOILER Leaves in "Meet the Legends"". DC. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  7. ↑ "ARROW & LEGENDS OF TOMORROW Exclusive: Michael Eklund On Fighting Sara Lance As Both Dollmaker & Rasputin". Comic Book Movie. January 31, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  8. ↑ Jacobs, Meredith (June 17, 2020). "'Legends of Tomorrow' Promotes Shayan Sobhian to Series Regular for Season 6". TV Insider. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  9. ↑ "'NCIS,' 'The Conners,' all others hold: Tuesday final ratings – TV By The Numbers". TVbythenumbers.com. January 24, 2020. Archived from the original on January 24, 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  10. ↑ Dandeneau, Jim (January 22, 2020). "Legends of Tomorrow Season 5 Episode 2 Review: Meet the Legends". Den of Geek. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  11. ↑ Schedeen, Jesse (January 22, 2020). "DC's Legends of Tomorrow: Season 5 Premiere - "Meet the Legends" Review". IGN. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  12. ↑ Little, Sarah (January 21, 2020). "DC's Legends of Tomorrow Season 5 Episode 1 Review: Meet the Legends". TV Fanatic. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  13. ↑ Shoemaker, Allison (January 22, 2020). "Allow the Legends Of Tomorrow to re-introduce themselves in a raucous post-Crisis premiere". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on May 17, 2023. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
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