Legends of Tomorrow 1x13 Leviathan

[joyouslee]

I feel like we missed a scene where Mick and Len reconcile? All of a sudden they're back to sitting next to each other on the Waverider, standing next to each other, referencing past heists, etc. Since Len is now wearing a new pinky ring, should we assume the missing scene included an exchange of jewelry...?

Mick being sassy is terrific fun.

Jax is awesome and adorable - his compassion for the refugees, his excitement in cheering on Ray, he's just such a cinnamon roll. Also, he's pretty good with the motivational yelling - call back to his roots on the football field.

I kept waiting for Savage's daughter to turn Trojan Horse, since it seemed way to easy how they caught her,and then her telling them that she knew who they were and who she was.... The actress also played her character as very smug. My head canon is that she really actually suspected that Savage was evil and wanted to find out more about these enemies he seemed actually afraid of, so she let herself be captured and intentionally revealed the information so she could draw out their info. BUT, once they got Savage, she should've totally taken over like Per Degaton did after killing his father - parallel that story line, except she takes over and does good with her power. *sigh* C'mon guys, it makes much more sense than for her to join the rebels who still have zero firepower against the mightiest army in the world. Hm, I suppose she could still be a plant, since that's what a plant would do.

Len being flippant about his trauma is so painful to watch. But he continues to be the most mesmerizing person on the screen, and I can't tear my eyes away.

Kendra: oh ffs, why?????????
Carter continues to be unlikeable and generally a non-entity to me, so I am all for Kendra killing Savage, and letting this Carter live his own life without 4000 years of memories.

*sigh* at least this time they took him with them (though, for real? This secret bunker of Savage's seems as leaky as a sieve if the team can just waltz in and out as they please with their kidnap victims).

ETA: How did Rip not know she was Savage's daughter if the rebel knew her on sight? You'd think Rip would know just as much as the rebel, especially since this is his time.

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[lunesque]

oh man oh man, I finally brought myself to watch this episode, and I hated almost everything about it except for Jax. And Ray turning into giant Ray was pretty cool. Even Len!! My favorite!! Just seemed horribly off. IDK. I just want Savage and Carter to go away? And have Booster Gold instead of Rip Hunter? APPARENTLY I JUST WANT TO CHANGE EVERYTHING ABOUT THE SHOW EXCEPT FOR LEN. And Sara, because she's the second most awesome.

[joyouslee]

It's been hard for me to pinpoint what I thought was wrong with Len this episode. I think the problem is that he's not really a manipulator - his talent is as thief, planner, and a good fighter when shit goes down. I think he can seduce or use seduction as a distraction (like with Valentina), but that's different from the kind of emotional manipulation done here. Yet he volunteers to try that on Cassandra. And then he totally opens up about his father - even if he's totally flippant about it, he tells the truth. And I don't see him doing that with a teammate, let alone an enemy.

I guess the difference I saw with his seduction technique was that none of it was real - he (got) boned up on ballet so he'd know what to talk about, and then he played off of her reactions. He didn't have to reveal anything true about himself. Yet here, he should've seen Cassandra as a mark and gotten her to talk, but instead he spilled his guts in front of her from the get go. He didn't try to fish out information from her to test her reactions and see what would work. It felt really out of character. (Also, don't get me started with Mick and Len's Chicago plan - seriously? That's not a plan.)

I'm going to stab something myself if they let this reincarnation of Carter on the Waverider as part of the team. Rip remains unlikeable and a terrible leader/ planner, and I'd like Len to instigate a mutiny. I'd like Kendra a lot more if she had anything better to do than to waffle about the love triangle. I wish TPTB had focused instead on the growth in her abilities and her growing confidence, from barista to superhero, the way they would've done for a male superhero. Like, Barry's feelings for Iris is a thing, but it doesn't define his superhero journey.

[lunesque]

Yes, to all of this. We are brain twins.

(although I seriously expect Carter to stay, because if he doesn't, how can they have the love triangle with Kendra and Ray that they so obviously want?)

At this point, I just want to see Sara in the captain's chair, I want to see Len's hero moment, and I want to see Barry on screen with Len for more than five minutes. My standards have sunk that low.