The Justice Society of America
- Episode aired Oct 20, 2016
- TV-14
- 42m
The Legends discover a time aberration that threatens the Justice Society of America, who are on a mission to intercept and seize a mysterious package in Nazi-occupied Paris.The Legends discover a time aberration that threatens the Justice Society of America, who are on a mission to intercept and seize a mysterious package in Nazi-occupied Paris.The Legends discover a time aberration that threatens the Justice Society of America, who are on a mission to intercept and seize a mysterious package in Nazi-occupied Paris.
- Rip Hunter
- (archive footage)
- Gideon
- (voice)
- (as Amy Pemberton)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen Reverse-Flash grabs the amulet from the case, you see a pair of Wonder Woman's magic bracelets sitting next to them.
- GoofsWhen our heroes are trying to infiltrate a bar full of Nazis they overhear "Herr Krieger" talk to another person. In the ensuing dialogue he says "oh ten hundred tomorrow", the mistake is quite clear when you write it out in numbers (0 10:00), two digit numbers aren't prefixed by a 0, even in military/24 hour time format.
- Quotes
Nate Heywood: I'm not a Nazi. I'm a historian.
Amaya Jiwe: Here we go with the time travel nonsense again.
Nate Heywood: 070233.
Commander Steel: What?
Nate Heywood: Those are the numbers on your dog tags. They're not disclosed on any documents, military or otherwise.
Commander Steel: How do you know that?
Nate Heywood: [pulling the tags out from around his neck] You gave these to your wife after the birth of your son in 1955. The dent on the front was from an assassin's bullet when you saved President Roosevelt in 1939. Your son passed them down to his son. Me.
- ConnectionsReferences The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
- SoundtracksEdelweiss (feat. Victor Garber)
(uncredited)
Performed by DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW CAST
Enter JSA, the supposed "secret" group of superheroes helping the U.S. government in this universe, which includes an older Vixen, Rex Tyler AKA Hourman, Commander Steel, Stargirl, Dr. Mid-Nite, and Obsidian. It's not shocking that both teams didn't mesh, especially after the Legends lost their "captain" last week. But as silly and borderline cheesy the line delivery got, I still had some fun with this episode.
I was glad to see Sara step up and take on the new leadership role for the team as Stein simply could not handle it. Seriously though, we don't need Stein and Jax locked up in the Waverider any longer than they already are. Get them out in the field.
It's hard to keep track of all that's going on in the show, since there are now close to a dozen main characters, and the pairings we got didn't help all that much to amp up the excitement. The show always relies on crazy action sequences and that's all fine, but I would like to see Ray Palmer do something other than get a love interest. Granted, I don't really know if they are going to have him and Vixen shack up, but that sure seemed like that's how they were positioning them.
Commander Steel and Dr. Heyward had some quality time together, but I also found it hard to connect with them as a duo as well. I'm sure as the series goes along I feel a connection, but I didn't find myself caring when they almost got killed by a Nazi explosion. It's still weird that I'm discussing Nazi's in a show in the same universe as Arrow, but I guess that's the universe they live in now. Speaking of which, I got a giggle every time that Nazi "super soldier" appeared on screen.
Overall, it's nowhere near as dense of a show as Arrow or Flash, so I don't really expect much week to week. The one saving grace here was the last scene having Reverse Flash kill Rex Tyler. Did we really even see Rex do anything anyway? That was a bada** kill, but I wish I would cared a little bit more for Tyler. Felt a whole lot like Hawkman from last year.
+Clash of teams
+Reverse Flash' cameo
-Can be clunky/goofy
7.8/10
- ThomasDrufke
- Oct 20, 2016
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