*** WARNING! SPOILERS AHEAD! ***
Rip Hunter formed the Time Bureau to deal with the “anachronisms” that happened as a result of what the legends did last season. He disbands the legends and so they have to go back to their normal, boring lives. Sara receives a call from Rory informing her that he found Julius Caesar in Aruba. She gathers up Ray and Nate and they go to the Time Bureau office but they get arrested. Rip informs Nate that Amaya went back to her time but that it was her decision. The legends feel like losers at the bureau and their ship has been turned into a simulator.
Rip sends a team of agents to Aruba to apprehend Caesar and Rory but instead they get a fake Caesar and the legends are told to leave. Nate finds a real gold coin from Caesar’s time on Rory and they decide to steal the ship and do the job themselves. However, the ship is damaged and they have to seek out Jackson and Stein for help. Stein is reluctant to go because his daughter is pregnant, but they convince to do this mission. They find Caesar on the beach in Aruba and Sara fights him one-on-one and beats him. Sara decides to let the bureau handle Caesar’s return to his time. However, she changes her mind and decides to drop him off personally after an impassioned speech by Caesar.
Caesar manages to grab one of Nate’s book about Rome’s history before leaving the ship, and that changes history. This leaves the legends with no America to return to. The Time Bureau falls into a trap when they try to retrieve the book and one of their agents is caught. The legends FINALLY suit up and go to save the day, and Agent Sharpe. Rip allows Sara and the team to keep the waverider. Agent Sharpe disagrees with him but he thinks the legends are needed for the big threat that is yet to come. All we know about that threat is that it’s called “Mallus”. Rory decides to stay with the team, and Stein decides to stay since he dragged Jackson into this and doesn’t feel right abandoning him now. At the end, we see Amaya back in Zambezi, protecting her village.
Tonight’s episode was not the best but a fun one nonetheless. It was a good way to deal with the mess left behind after last season’s finale. However, we only got to see the legends in costume towards the end. This show keeps embracing the fun and absurd side that it’s often associated with, and that makes it work even better. The episode kept alternating between fun and emotional moments. We are left to wonder who is Mallus, and whether the Time Bureau will be an ally or a constant annoyance to the legends.
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