In what other show would Barack Obama encounter Gorilla Grodd, and J.R.R.
Tolkein help save the world from Damien Darhk?
Fridays are supposed to be the beginning of the weekend, a relief from the stress of the week.
It feels like a good friend has left us.
Legends of Tomorrow shouldn’t have worked.
And for the first season, that was kind of true.
Ray goes to the moon with Thawne, forcing them to work together to get home.
The villains win and rewrite reality temporarily, creating the first of many alternate timelines the show would explore.
This second season felt gleefully unburdened compared to the first.
It made great use of previous villains, for one.
This is something both Marvel and DC shows struggle with.
They’re rarely given the opportunity to resurface the way villains do in the comic book source material.
The show also became absolutely unafraid to be silly and in active conversation with its fanbase.
For example, that time demon, Mallus, is voiced by character actor John Noble.
Later, the show would goof around with parodies and do great send-ups of TV genres and other tropes.
They parody Star Trek, Friends, and more.
But it was always, always with the intention of telling us something about the characters.
These characters were not static, and even throwaway jokes became central to the characters.
Each season would see some characters leave the show and others join.
Matt Ryan joined as John Constantine, but would later play Gwyn Davies.
It felt the series was playing a prank on the online grid and all of the other shows.
Donald Faison would’ve fit in with the Legends crew swimmingly.
We would’ve been able to say goodbye to Sara Lance and the Waverider.
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