User Reviews

This episode was less fun and faster paced than I had expected. I don't really like the Finch and Josie relationship but at least they aren't annoying. As always I hate the new Alaric and his actions not to mention how he is still a bad headmaster but I do like his bond with Kaleb who while I hated at first grew on me as a charecter especially with his loyalty, devotion and good quotes and I also love his relationship with Hope as he seems to be arguably the most respectful and loyal to her. I love Hope's charecter and how she chose to save her friend and not leave him behind proving everyone wrong about her Landon obsession once again like she did in 2x13 which everyone seems to have forgotten due to her 3x8 actions which were in my opinion justified especially since she would have done the same for any of them. MG continues to be a great charecter despite being annoyingly bad at first but he also grew on me almost as much as Kaleb and his friendships continue to grow. Malivore is actually an underated villain. We haven't seen much of him as a charecter due to his storyline being a bit too pushed away and dragged out but he actually seems to be a lot better as a villain than anyone in the originals if you don't count Klaus as a villain. The no Klaus or Hayley appearences continue to disappoint me but that's due to the actors and you can't blame the creators for them not wanting to come back. Aria is amazing as an actor as much as I love Landon he seems to fit more into the villain and Malivore role especially when he was mentally torturing and outmaarting the protagonists Hannibal Lecter style though manages to pull through better than Clarice turning Malivore into the lamb which was only saved due to Alaric's stupidity likely costing them a good plan. Lizzie keeps being great and her relationship with Hope is also amazing and I personally think her and MG should be endgame if not maybe a future charecter and while I like Ethan I think him and Lizzie are doomed as the later doesn't seem to actually love him not even as much as she seemed to have been attached to Sebastian who I'm still waiting for her to mention or mourn sometimes and I Ethan wasn't even in this episode though I would definitely like to see a storyline of him an MG having a chat and rivalry over Lizzie after him rembering what he was compelled to forget. Overall this episode was ok but I expect future episodes to be better and hopefully a lot less silly than some episodes of past seasons were.

It is season 4 - and this show feels like it still hasn't started. Just spinning it's wheels telling the same tires Hope-Landon-Malivore stories.

Malivore should have been done in season 1 or season 2. Or have them think he is done in season 1 or 2 and then pop up for another season.

And the Landon - Hope love story is so played out and redundant at this point. Every season, every episode is that they love each other, but can't be together, but will do anything to be together, but now will stop at nothing to stay away from one another because they think it will keep the other one safe, but then being forced back together, but then one of them dying or being in great peril, but then the other one overcoming all odds to save them, and then finally being able to be in love and in a relationship... only to have some incident or disagreement happen that makes them mad at each other, only for them to make up .... Only for them to realize that they love each other but can't be together right now... repeat repeat repeat.

I know shows like Vampire Diaries and The Originals didn't reinvent the wheel and were all based around love triangles (which is absent from Legacies' couple dynamics so far) ... but it felt like those shows put the protagonists up against new challenges each season and had their corny relationships go through ever-changing journeys. All 4 season of this show so far feels like they wrote 6 episodes and just recycle the arch of those episodes with different mythical creatures to battle.

No wonder none of the OG cast wants to come back for this and why the ones that did found ways to get themselves written out after the first season.

This show had so much potential but has squandered it. It is season 4. Vampire Diary had 8 seasons. The Originals had 5. It's looking like legacies will last 5-6 if that. But it is sad that we are at the likely halfway point of this show and we are still seeing the same thing over and over again.

Writers, if you read this... don't take it as an insult, take it as a challenge. Change it up. Make something more memorable.