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- Episode aired Oct 31, 2017
- TV-14
- 42m
IMDb RATING
8.5/10
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The Legends go back to 1988 to save Ray when they realize he'll die because of their breaking time.The Legends go back to 1988 to save Ray when they realize he'll die because of their breaking time.The Legends go back to 1988 to save Ray when they realize he'll die because of their breaking time.
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- TriviaThere are numerous references to ET the Extra Terrestrial (1982): kid Ray pretending to be sick to stay home to play with the baby Dominator; Ray and Zari finding the baby Dominator in the closet with stuffed animals is similar to when the mother sees ET among the stuffed animals in the closet; feeding "Gumball" candy and the wind causing the swing to move behind Sarah,the episode takes place on Halloween which is also a segment in ET; government agents experimenting on the baby Dominator is similar to the government agents experimenting on ET; and the scene where Ray, Zari and kid Ray with the baby Dominator fly across the Moon silhouetted in the process copying the iconic scene from ET.
- Quotes
Sara Lance: Is that music?
Ray Palmer: Yeah, "Singin' in the Rain". Only the best musical ever.
Mick Rory: Not as good as "Fiddler on the Roof".
[Sara and Stein both look at him strangely]
Mick Rory: I love that show.
[seeing them looking at him]
Mick Rory: What?
- ConnectionsFeatures Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Featured review
Trick or Treat Legends
These days I don't really care to watch Legends on time, and that's partly because I'm nowhere near as invested in the show or the Arrowverse as I was, say 2 years ago. I waited a full week to watch this week's Legends, and I'm surprisingly upset that I did. A Halloween episode was a neat idea and it was executed very well.
Having a younger version of one of the characters is nothing new to the show, almost every character has had some sort of interaction with an older or younger version of themselves. This week it was a young Ray Palmer that the team found themselves trying to save. Young Ray was in the middle of an E.T. plot as he adopted a young Dominator as his pet. Of course, it just had to be a young cute (actually really terrifying looking) who likes chocolate and doesn't know where his home is. Just as this show did an amazing tribute to Indiana Jones episode last year, this episode was also a nice nod to E.T. Heck, we even got to see a flying bicycle sequence.
The plot provided a lot of good character pairings. Zari and Ray/Young Ray was an especially good pairing. I figured they were sort of setting the two of them up to be romantic partners, but I think it's even more clear now. And you know what? I think I'm okay with it. Brandon Routh has been a steady character in terms of likability, but he's starting to fade with him increasingly getting more and more goofy. However, Tala Ashe has been incredibly good these last few episodes, so I thinks he can bring something new out of Ray if they end up going that route.
Perhaps the best thing about this episode is that it has a lot of heart. Young Ray was serviceable, but it was seeing the Legends play off of him that pulled at the heart-strings for sure. All in all, it's a fun Halloween episode that builds the Legends characters even without having an actual villain to mess around with them for a week.
8.1/10
Having a younger version of one of the characters is nothing new to the show, almost every character has had some sort of interaction with an older or younger version of themselves. This week it was a young Ray Palmer that the team found themselves trying to save. Young Ray was in the middle of an E.T. plot as he adopted a young Dominator as his pet. Of course, it just had to be a young cute (actually really terrifying looking) who likes chocolate and doesn't know where his home is. Just as this show did an amazing tribute to Indiana Jones episode last year, this episode was also a nice nod to E.T. Heck, we even got to see a flying bicycle sequence.
The plot provided a lot of good character pairings. Zari and Ray/Young Ray was an especially good pairing. I figured they were sort of setting the two of them up to be romantic partners, but I think it's even more clear now. And you know what? I think I'm okay with it. Brandon Routh has been a steady character in terms of likability, but he's starting to fade with him increasingly getting more and more goofy. However, Tala Ashe has been incredibly good these last few episodes, so I thinks he can bring something new out of Ray if they end up going that route.
Perhaps the best thing about this episode is that it has a lot of heart. Young Ray was serviceable, but it was seeing the Legends play off of him that pulled at the heart-strings for sure. All in all, it's a fun Halloween episode that builds the Legends characters even without having an actual villain to mess around with them for a week.
8.1/10
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- ThomasDrufke
- Nov 6, 2017
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- Runtime42 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD
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