Return of the Mack
- Episode aired Nov 7, 2017
- TV-14
- 42m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
1.9K
YOUR RATING
The Legends run into Rip in 1897 London where they attempt to hunt down a time-traveling vampire.The Legends run into Rip in 1897 London where they attempt to hunt down a time-traveling vampire.The Legends run into Rip in 1897 London where they attempt to hunt down a time-traveling vampire.
Amy Louise Pemberton
- Gideon
- (voice)
John Noble
- Mallus
- (voice)
Jonathan Alexander
- Lab Assistant
- (as Jonathan Latham)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRory is seen reading Bram Stoker's Dracula at several points in the episode. Dominic Purcell also played Dracula/Drake in Blade Trinity (2004).
- GoofsThey got total lunar eclipse all wrong. The red color appears when the moon has gone totally into the Earth's shadow, only then the blue rays, being outer side of the Earth's atmosphere's prism, are cut off and the red rays, being inside of the Earth's atmosphere's prism, fall on the moon, making it what is called a blood moon. They have shown the total lunar eclipse to start with clear red as the umbra touches the moon, and even more highlighted red even before the moon was even half covered. That doesn't happen. Also, they have not shown the line of the Earth's shadow falling on moon, that would give a clear lit moon which is not yet covered by shadow and an unmistakable darker part what is mostly already covered by the shadow, though reflected light on moon's surface, and also the refracted light from the Earth's atmospheric layers wouldn't let the darker part appear totally black or disappear from view.
- Quotes
Zari Tomaz: Let me get this straight. This ship can make any kind of food you can imagine, and you pick grapefruit, a bran muffin, and oatmeal.
Sara Lance: After you try everything, you go back to the basics.
- ConnectionsReferences Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
Featured review
Vampires and Mark Morrison
Leave it to Legends to have an episode based around vampire hunting and the Mark Morrison song, Return of the Mack. Yep, sounds like a usual day around the office.
Where last week's episode was a nice character piece for Zari and Ray, this week's episode featured some fun vampire related material, even if the return of Damien Darhk is completely random and just a tired plot thread at this point. There's not a single part of me that needs to see more of Darhk on this show. Neal McDonough has done a great job as that character for a long time, but I just feel like it's dead at this point.
Jax decided last week that they need to get rid of him and Steins connection as Firestorm so that Stein can go back to his daughter. And while the whole "keeping Stein out of the loop" thing was completely unnecessary and convoluted, I do appreciate something of consequence actually happening on this show. Yes, Stein should be with his daughter, and there's no denying that the show needs a bit of a switch up at any rate with its cast.
Speaking of the cast, new member Zari continues to play a pivotal role in each episode as she dealt with a mind-reader/witch/whatever the heck she was, who used Zari's amulet to bring Darhk back. I think the idea of amulets and communicating with the dead is going to continue to be a plot point this season, and I'm starting to become fascinated with Zari's character. There's just enough mystery left untouched so far that is keeping me locked into her character. Tala Ashe has been a wonderful addition to the crew thus far.
The return of Rip Hunter was less than welcomed. In fact, he's another character that I just don't understand why this show keeps bringing back. It's just as big of a mystery as it is why the Waverider still obeys his commands? How has the team not figured out a way to override anything Rip says to Gideon? It's honestly the most frustrating thing to see the team constantly be fooled by Rip's misplaced confidence in the Legends.
Overall, this episode was a bit jumbled with plot. There wasn't nearly enough vampire goodness to be memorable in that area and we even had a random Curtis sighting as the team found Oliver Queen's fingerprints on the watch. Only a few more weeks until I don't have to get upset with the lack of quality for the individual shows and hopefully be thrilled with the outcome of the crossover.
6.6/10
Where last week's episode was a nice character piece for Zari and Ray, this week's episode featured some fun vampire related material, even if the return of Damien Darhk is completely random and just a tired plot thread at this point. There's not a single part of me that needs to see more of Darhk on this show. Neal McDonough has done a great job as that character for a long time, but I just feel like it's dead at this point.
Jax decided last week that they need to get rid of him and Steins connection as Firestorm so that Stein can go back to his daughter. And while the whole "keeping Stein out of the loop" thing was completely unnecessary and convoluted, I do appreciate something of consequence actually happening on this show. Yes, Stein should be with his daughter, and there's no denying that the show needs a bit of a switch up at any rate with its cast.
Speaking of the cast, new member Zari continues to play a pivotal role in each episode as she dealt with a mind-reader/witch/whatever the heck she was, who used Zari's amulet to bring Darhk back. I think the idea of amulets and communicating with the dead is going to continue to be a plot point this season, and I'm starting to become fascinated with Zari's character. There's just enough mystery left untouched so far that is keeping me locked into her character. Tala Ashe has been a wonderful addition to the crew thus far.
The return of Rip Hunter was less than welcomed. In fact, he's another character that I just don't understand why this show keeps bringing back. It's just as big of a mystery as it is why the Waverider still obeys his commands? How has the team not figured out a way to override anything Rip says to Gideon? It's honestly the most frustrating thing to see the team constantly be fooled by Rip's misplaced confidence in the Legends.
Overall, this episode was a bit jumbled with plot. There wasn't nearly enough vampire goodness to be memorable in that area and we even had a random Curtis sighting as the team found Oliver Queen's fingerprints on the watch. Only a few more weeks until I don't have to get upset with the lack of quality for the individual shows and hopefully be thrilled with the outcome of the crossover.
6.6/10
- ThomasDrufke
- Nov 7, 2017
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Details
- Runtime42 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD
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