In 2016, historian Nate Heywood
barges into mayor Oliver Queen’s office to talk about Sara Lance, Ray Palmer,
and the other Legends. Though Oliver questions the man’s sanity, he allows him
to speak after hearing Sara and Ray’s names. Heywood explains to Oliver that,
using deductive reasoning, he was able to discover his identity after noting
that the Arrow arrived just one week after he did. He then explains that he has
been noticing extreme time discrepancies throughout history with the help of a
quantum physicist and notice old documents with descriptions that easily
matches Oliver’s friends, the Legends. More importantly, however, he discovered
a document of a floating craft headed toward the Atlantic Ocean in 1942 before being
detonated by an atomic bomb, three years before the atomic bomb was
invented.
Twenty-four hours later, Oliver and
Heywood travel under the Atlantic Ocean to find the remains of the Waverider.
There, they find the body of Mick Rory kept in stasis by the ship itself. They
wake him up, inspiring him to fight back, but Oliver holds him off until he
tells him what happened to the others. Rory reveals the destruction of the Time
Masters and their mission to chase time criminals. They continued for six
months.
In 1637, the Legends were sent to
protect the king of France. Sara serves the queen, only to find them sharing
some feelings between them. Before they know it, a hooded figure holds a
futuristic weapon against the team, forcing the team to fight back. After an
intense battle, they save the king only to reveal their futuristic technology
to the people.
Jax: Gray, meet me at the side of the house!
Stein: It's actually called a chateau.
Heywood questions what this means,
leading Rory to explain their meeting with Rex Tyler. From his own machine, Rex
Tyler informed them not to travel to 1942 or else they risk their deaths. From
the timeline, Oliver easily deduces that the mission involved Nazis.
The Legends return to the Waverider
celebrating another success though questioning the futuristic technology they
found on the scene. Rip is more concerned about displaying their own abilities
in the past which could have just as chaotic effects. Frustrated, he retreats
to his library where his is greeted by Gideon. Sara continues to follow and
argue on the team’s behalf, but the two are interrupted by what Gideon refers
to as a timequake that emerged from 1942.
The team discovers a new abnormality
in the Nazis securing an atomic bomb and using it to blow up New York.
Fortunately, the team are protected momentarily in the temporal zone. Still,
the team are eager to set history right in World War II by going back,
something Rip reminds them they were specifically told not to do. They argue further,
reminding him that, without the Time Masters, they are history’s last line of
defense. Still, Rip adds that even if they do not die as Rex predicted, they
could, in fact, make things worse. Nevertheless, they refuse to let a fascist
win and set a course for 1942.
In the meantime, Sara also continues
to use Gideon to search for Damian Darhk throughout history. Ray comes in
during this research though she refuses to divulge what she is planning.
Fortunately, Stein then distracts Ray with his own research into 1942.
According to the time stream, the war continued for two more years, leading to
millions of more deaths, including the disappearance of Albert Einstein.
Looking into that news, they learn that Einstein was reported missing before
the bomb explosion, leading them to believe that he was kidnapped help
construct it in the first place. Now, they have no choice but to kidnap
Einstein themselves.
The team leaves for 1942 with Rip
assigning Jax to safeguard the ship in their absence, much to his frustration.
Rip insists that Jax’s operation of a fully-functional time drive is essential
to their work. The others arrive as plan, though Sara quietly leaves the group
for her own plans. Ray, noticing Sara’s strange behavior, follows her using his
suit.
At the same time, Stein, Rory, and
Rip make their way to a Colombian University party, expecting to find Einstein
among the guests. Stein is excited to see the man but is disappointed to see
Einstein flirting shamelessly with other women despite being previously
married. Rip, however, notices the men around them dressed as military,
realizing they are probably planning to take the man. The chaos eventually
begins as the men fire futuristic weapons to find Einstein, but Stein, Rory,
and Rip successfully secure him by knocking him unconscious and escaping.
Sara travels to an old warehouse
where she plans to find Darhk and take vengeance for the death of her sister
Laurel. Ray then intervenes, warning her about the implications of killing
Darhk in this year. Nevertheless, they spot Damian Darhk in the distance. From
there, they see that Darhk has been gathering uranium supplies, likely being
the one to create the atomic bomb in the first place. Upon learning this news,
Sara is more disappointed that she cannot kill Darhk until they learn his plan.
Rory: I've never been to a nerd party before.
Einstein wakes up in the captivity of
Stein and Rory who introduce themselves and explain why they captured him. They
warn him that the Nazis were planning to kidnap him to create an atomic bomb,
but he refuses to believe them and demands to be set free. Regardless, Stein
asks Einstein for his help in saving New York. Einstein scoffs at the idea of
something he couldn’t predict but then begins to understand through his
surroundings that he is in the presence of time travelers. Unfortunately, their
capture of Einstein appears to have made no effect on the time stream. Though
they continue to insists that he is the only man who could have assisted the
Nazis, Einstein reveals that there is another: his ex-wife Mileva Maric who
provided much of his initial research.
The rest of the team returns to the
Waverider, though Sara is more frustrated at their failure to take on Darhk.
She then berates Ray for being a “billionaire boy scout” and warns him that
without his suit that he is just a self-righteous man. While Ray allows her to
vent, he also reveals that, using his suit, he can track down Darhk through the
massive supplies of uranium radiation.
With this information, they track
down Darhk and his men who are transporting Maric and the atomic bomb. The
Legends ambush the area with Rip rescuing Maric and Sara going after Darhk. She
is evenly matched as Ray attempted to disarm the bomb. Unfortunately, he finds
that his suit is unable to handle the radiation levels and is forced to retreat
after Rory is seriously injured. Rip orders the team to fall back, but Sara
remains to fight Darhk only until the last moment.
After securing Maric, the team rest
their plan to find Darhk with Rip once again assigning Jax mechanic duty. Jax
objects to the detail, but Rip then admits his reasons. With Jax being assigned
to the machine, he has become more adept at handling the machine on his own,
something Rip considers essential in the future. For now, he asks Jax to make
some modifications to the time drive, more specifically the time scatter. At
this time, Sara also apologizes to Ray for her comments, understanding his
worth.
They then track Darhk’s bomb to the
bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. However, after cornering him, Darhk then sends
the atomic bomb in their direction. Unfortunately, their only hope to stop the
atomic reaction is for the ship to take it head on with no chance of surviving.
At this time, Rip activates the time scatter, spreading each of the Legends throughout
the time stream. Rory, however, is put under stasis for being too weak to
travel. As Captain, Rip takes the full impact of the blast with his ship.
Rory finishes his story to Oliver and
Heywood, who understands that the Legends are now spread through history. Rory
then decides to travel throughout history to reclaim the Legends, offering the
chance to Oliver. As mayor, Oliver declines the mission but persuades Heywood to
join seeing him as an enthusiastic historian. Together, Rory and Heywood use
the ship and Heywood’s investigation to find the others.
Rip: History is yours now, my dear Legends.
The two first rescue Ray in South
Dakota 70 million years in the past before being eaten by a dinosaur. Next,
they travel to England in 821 where Stein and Jax work as entertainment for a
child king with the help of their technology. Before they are executed, they
are rescued and returned to the Waverider. Finally, they discover Sara at Salem
moments before her execution for seducing the young women. Unfortunately, they
have no way of locating Rip, but Gideon provides them with his last message. He
explains that as a captain he couldn’t have had a better crew and hopes to see
them again someday. With this message, they agree to their resolve to protect
the time stream.
To begin with, they travel back to
1942 where they convince Einstein to give credit to Maric in order for her to
receive the same security treatment. While they have ultimately affected the
timeline in Einstein’s work, they also prevent the creation of the atomic bomb,
securing history for the moment.
In the meantime, Darhk angers his
Nazi cohorts in deciding to move on from their schemes. When the Nazis refuse,
Darhk informs them of his other partner who promptly kills the crew in a flash.
He is then revealed to be Reverse Flash Eobard Thawne, who has been the rogue
time traveler.
The Legends then ponder their
next move only to be stopped by the Justice Society of America: Commander Steel,
Doctor Mid-Nite, Vixen, Obsidian, and Stargirl.
Notes of Tomorrow
- Oliver Queen and Damian Darhk from Arrow appear in this episode along with Eobard Thawne/Reverse Flash returns from The Flash.
- Stein, Rory, and Rip band together in 1637 France, bearing an eerie resemblance to The Three Musketeers.
- Mileva Marić, Einstein's ex-wife, was actually a real Serbian scientist rumored to have assisted Einstein in his paper of relativity.
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