‘DC’s Legends of Tomorrow’ Recap: "Shogun"

This week’s episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow gave us ninjas, samurais, a Shogun and Vixen. At the end of last week’s episode Rex was killed by Eobart Thawne (Reverse Flash) and Vixen found him. He uttered “time traveler” right before he died, thus leading Vixen to stow away on the timeship and attack The Legends.

After knocking out the other Legends, Vixen attempts to kill Mick but Heywood steps in to save him as Citizen Steel. Now realizing he has powers Heywood has to learn how to control them and bring them forth at will. Who better to train him then Ray Palmer (The Atom), the man who tinkered with the serum and gave him his abilities.

During training Heywood gets knocked from the ship after hitting Ray and Palmer goes after him. Heywood lands in 17th century Japan. Kansai Region, Japan 1641 to be exact.

Kansai Region, Japan 1641

Heywood wakes up after his crash landing and realizes he was picked up by a farm woman, Masako the bride to be of the Shogun. Ray lands shortly after Heywood and is found by samurai, captured and taken to the Shogun.

Timeship in the vortex

Jax (Jefferson) learns of a secret 36th compartment on the ship after repairing it from the Citizen Steel incident. Martin and Jax get the layout of the ship and hunt down the 36^th compartment to see what it holds.

Kansai Region, Japan 1641

Back in Japan Heywood, thinking he can use his own fear to summon his powers, gets his ass kicked and gets stabbed by samurai as he cannot gets his powers to come forth. Masako heals him once again.

Ray has been taken to the Shogun and is being tortured for information on the suit. He tells the Shogun it was specifically designed for his body and the suit could possibly kill him if he attempts to use it. The Legends and Vixen arrive shortly after to save Ray. They quickly realize the Shogun has stolen Ray’s suit as they are being fired at. The team quickly grabs Ray and makes a run for it, leaving the suit behind.

Shortly after they run into Heywood at the farm woman’s home. This was just after Heywood quoted Star Wars and basically told Masako Yoda was his master.

Ray tells Heywood he needs to blow up the suit in order to stop the Shogun, thus rendering Ray useless. At least that is how Ray sees it. However, Masako’s father, Ichiro, changes his perception of things by giving Ray his deceased son’s samurai suit telling Ray “it is not the suit who makes the man a hero, but the man in the suit.”

Timeship in the vortex

Martin and Jax discover the 36^th compartment is a hidden vault. An armory of sorts. After exploring the vault Martin and Jax find a message from Barry Allen (The Flash) to Rip Hunter from the year 2055. Martin and Jax begin to listen to the message.

Kansai Region, Japan 1641

Vixen and Sarah team up to save the villagers from the Shogun and slaughter some samurai’s in the process. Mick runs into ninjas, his favorite thing, while Heywood and Ray take on the Shogun. Heywood is able to channel Citizen Steel, throws out a crafty one-liner, blows up the atom suit disintegrating the Shogun and saves Masako, her family (Yamashiro’s) and her village.

Heywood then hands Masako the katana (samurai sword) saying she needs it to protect her village after they are gone. SIDE BAR: Masako and Ichiro Yamashiro are distant relatives of Tatsu Yamashiro aka Katana from Suicide Squad.