After capturing and detaining Captain Hunter on the timeship The Legends headed off to find the last piece of the spear of destiny currently in possession of Commander Steel. Unfortunately for the team their trip was halted before they could launch as Captain Hunter initiated an override on Gideon and took control of The Waverider.

Rip set off the self-destruct (spaniel broad tricycle) mode, successfully blew up the medallion and attempted to jump ship but was caught before he could escape. However, Jax had to completely shut down the ship in order to reboot its system and stop it from self destructing. This caused the ship to lose control and crash land into the cretaceous period. During the crash the delineator was lost which sent Ray, Amaya and Nate on a mission through prehistoric times to find it while Sarah and Jax went on a tour of Rip’s mind.

Using cognitive intrusion Sarah and Jax enter Rip’s subconscious. Once inside Jax and Sarah are attacked by evil versions of themselves and the other Legends. Evil Ray destroyed Sarah’s escape route during an attack and captured her. They then threw her into the brig and that is where she found Rip huddled in a corner. Rip thinking it was evil Sarah sent her flying into the wall using his mind. He doesn’t realize he has control of his subconscious yet.

Luckily Gideon, now in human form, was able to convince him otherwise. Gideon, Sarah and Jax take Rip to the parlor to try and jog his memory. He slowly begins to remember who he is. In the parlor they were once again greeted by the evil versions of themselves. As Sarah and Jax begin to lose their battle against the evil Legends, Gideon convinces Rip that he is in control here. Captain Hunter uses this new found confidence and is able to eliminate all evil versions of The Legends.

Jax and Sarah escape Rip’s subconscious as does Captain Hunter. But before he leaves he thanks Gideon for always being there for him and the two kiss. Once he let her go he woke up.

Back in prehistoric times Ray, Nate and Amaya are greeted by Gertrude the T-Rex. Ray stole one of her eggs when he was living there and she wasn’t happy with his return. Luckily Amaya used her powers to talk some sense into Gertrude and the team was able to recover the delineator.

Upon their return to The Waverider they are greeted by Captain Hunter. The reunited team then set off on a mission to gather the last piece of the spear. Unfortunately it looks like Eobart Thawne (Reverse Flash) beat them to it. Thawne is already in 1970 at Nasa Operations.

OTHER THINGS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED THIS EPISODE:

• Nate and Amaya decide to give their relationship the good ‘ole college try
• Ray warns Nate not to steer Amaya off her path otherwise her Granddaughter may not become Vixen and save countless lives
• Mick tells Martin to start treating Jax like a partner and less like a kid. He agrees to do so and tells Jax that he will start treating him more like an equal.

NEXT WEEK:

The Apollo 13 needs to be intercepted before it lands. Is this where the final fragment of the spear lies?

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This week’s episode of ‘The Flash’ was centered on Grodd and Gorilla City. The episode kicked off with Earth 2 Harrison Wells being chased by Grodd. Harrison and 10 crew members (who are now all dead) went out on an expedition to Gorilla City after Wells received a message from the gorilla’s asking to meet him. Gorilla City’s occupants are all telepathic gorillas like Grodd.

The team, including Julian, packs up and heads to Gorilla City to save Wells. Wally and Jessie stay behind to look after Central City while they are gone. Minutes after the team arrives through Cisco’s breach they are trapped and tranquilized by Grodd. The tranquilizer had the ability to dampen both Barry and Cisco’s powers. Grodd then uses Wells to speak to the team. He tells The Flash that he needs his help. That the gorilla king Solovar is forcing him to do this and that he wants to unleash an attack on Central City. Grodd tells Barry he needs to kill Solovar in the arena. Then he will be able to take his place and keep the gorillas in Gorilla City.

Barry agrees to fight Solovar but only him. He makes a deal with him; if he defeats Solovar then his friends go free, if not well then they all die. Solovar agrees and they begin their battle. In battle Solovar uses Barry’s abilities against him thus forcing Barry to pull a page out of Reverse Flash’s playbook. Using a phase punch he is able to knock down Solovar but refuses to kill him. He wants to prove to the gorillas that not all humans are evil and out to hurt them. Unfortunately it falls upon deaf ears and Barry is once again tranquilized.

Grodd becomes the ruler of Gorilla City and we learn that everything that happened was a part of his plan. He needs Cisco to open a breach to Central City for them. Cisco says he would rather die than do that. He tells Caitlin to kill him but Julian won’t let her do that. Harrison finally comes to and the team comes up with a plan to kill Barry, temporarily. Caitlin freezes Barry and makes Grodd believe that he is dead. Grodd then pulls Barry out of his cell and leaves. Barry unfreezes himself by vibrating and unlocks the rest of the team. They make a run for it and are able to escape via Cisco’s breach.

Back on Earth 1, Wally and Jessie had been having issues of their own. Wally hasn’t really kept in touch since he got his powers and Jessie is afraid that he is now complete and doesn’t need her. However, Wally tells Jessie that he’s not complete without her and finally gets her to agree to move to Earth 1 and be with him.

When Julian and Caitlin return to STAR Labs Julian comes clean about only coming on the trip to Gorilla City to protect her. Caitlin thinks it’s sweet but tells him to be afraid of her. She doesn’t want to hurt him and wants him to keep his distance. He agrees to “fear” her but only if she will join him at dinner. These two are adorable! #snowbert

Back in Gorilla City Grodd initiates his backup plan. He has Gypsy open a breach to Central City. Girl, why are you helping him?

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Grodd and his army of gorillas invade Central City

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In this week’s episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow we finally got to see how The Legion of Doom musketeers got together. Back in Star City 2016 when Darhk was killed by The Green Arrow, Eobart Thawne arrived at Malcolm Merlin’s apartment with the recently departed. That is where the duo were informed of Thawne’s plan to change reality and where they eagerly jumped aboard Team Reverse Flash.

Legion of Doom Holding Cell 2017:

Jump to present day (2017) and the trio is in-fighting over what to do with their newly gained hostage, Rip Hunter. Merlin wants to try to hypnotize Rip using regression therapy. The League of Assassins didn’t call him The Magician for nothing. Unfortunately Merlin lost his touch when he lost his hand and was unable to gain anything from Rip because Rip’s memories are gone. Darhk then decided to take matters into his own hands and removed one of Rip’s teeth. The tooth he sadistically pulled had a barcode for a safe deposit box in Switzerland.

The last time the box was accessed was January 2025. Merlin and Darhk went after the deposit box while Thawne was noticeably absent.

Central City 2017:

Back on the Waverider, The Legends tried to decipher what the Languid Medallion does and how it communicates the location of the Spear of Destiny. Luckily Martin’s daughter Lily is able to lend the team a helping hand. She is able to get the medallion to open using a short ionic pulse. On the timeship Lily meets the team and pairs the medallion with Gideon.

Ray and Lily celebrated their success but it was short lived when Mick arrived to the party. Mick purposely let it slip that Lily is a time aberration and forces Martin to tell her the truth.

Martin originally didn’t want children because he was afraid to become the father his father was. He tells Lily that at first he didn’t want children but now he knows he needs her and that he wouldn’t want a life without her in it.

The professor then miraculously remembers Eobart Thawne aka Reverse Flash and how he was erased from the timeline when Eddie Thawne killed himself. The team realizes that’s why they didn’t have any information on the speedster. Nate then figures out that Thawne can’t stay in one place for a very long time which is why he is constantly on the move. He is running from something.

Zurich, Switzerland 2025:

Merlin and Darhk take Phil (aka Rip) to Switzerland with them thinking he will be able to safely open the deposit box without causing Darhk to take civilian causalities. Their scheme does not go according to plan and they are forced to leave the bank without safe deposit box 4587.

Legion of Doom Holding Cell 2017:

Merlin and Darhk had another squabble after returning to the holding cell. They of course settled the dispute with a good ‘ole fashioned sword fight, League of Assassins’ style. Rip is able to get the duo to stop fighting when he makes them question Thawne’s motives and whereabouts during their attempted bank heist. Merlin and Darhk then agree to team up and take on the speedster for equal treatment; they head back to the bank this time with the security override code.

When Thawne returned he was only greeted by Rip. His henchmen went rogue. Rip tells Thawne where the pair went and he takes off after them.

Zurich, Switzerland 2025:

Merlin and Darhk are greeted by Thawne after they discover a nuermonic archive (used to store memories) in the safe deposit box. Thawne takes the device and the duo trap him inside the vault with them.

His watch goes off and he begins to panic. Turns out Thawne is running from The Black Flash, a zombie-like speedster, that wants to kill him and can sense the speedforce within him. Merlin and Darhk agree to help Thawne if he treats them as equals from now on. He agrees and the duo set up The Black Flash.

They have Thawne stand still, thus no longer using the speedforce, so the creature can’t detect him. Merlin and Darhk were able to attack and capture the creature. They placed it inside the safe where Rip’s deposit box was but it won’t hold the creature for long so the musketeers make a move and head back to the holding cell. This sequence was quite enjoyable to watch as we got to see this big-bad villain squirm and shake with fear.

Legion of Doom Holding Cell 2017:

Once back at The Legion of Doom’s headquarters, Thawne uploads Rip’s memories and makes some adjustments to them before giving them back to Rip.

New Jersey 1776 – Christmas Day:

Armed with his jostled memories, Rip travels back in time and murders General George Washington.

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Tuesday’s (January 24^th) episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow finally revealed what happened to Rip Hunter and introduced us to a young George Lucas.

Back in N.Y. when the Waverider was on the verge of exploding, Rip grabbed a piece of wood from the floor board (The Holy Lance/Spear of Destiny) and then used the timedrive on himself in order to reset the timeline and consequentially rearrange his own reality. The spear he left with has the power to rewrite reality permanently. Hence why Darhk, Merlin and Thawne are after it.

Fast forward, well technically reverse back to L.A. 1967 and Rip Hunter is a hot-shot AMERICAN student director named Phil who has George Lucas as his prop master for a film based on Rip Hunter’s life. Rip’s repressed memories are the backbone of the screenplay Phil has written.

The languid medallion that Merlin and Darhk have in their possession is a compass to spear of destiny. The team finds Rip in L.A. but unfortunately for them he doesn’t remember them at all. Rip and George are then attacked by Merlin and Darhk. The Legends are able to save them but can’t prevent Rip/Phil from being arrested.

Therefore, Martin, Sarah and Mick are forced to break him out of jail. This is after Martin takes a break from being Mick’s shrink; Mick divulged to Martin that he has been seeing Snart for some time now, hoping the professor might be able to help him get his brain back. The Legends are able to break Rip out but Merlin and tow aren’t that far behind them. Luckily Ray drives the Waverider to their location and picks them up. This of course causes Rip to pass out as he thought he was making everything up.

Once back on the ship Ray and Nate start to have side effects of an aberration. Turns out good old George Lucas is the aberration. After the attack George dropped out of film school and thus altered the career paths of Nate and Ray. The two with the help of Amaya go get George and convince him to go back to school.

Back on the ship we learn that Mick had an antenna of sorts placed in his skull when he was Chronos. That antenna gathered up black matter that Snart merged with when he blew up. It turns out the antenna was never on and Mick has been seeing Snart because he is questioning his morals. On the other side of the timeship Jax and Sarah learn that Rip gave the spear of destiny to George Lucas, his prop master for the movie.

Of course, Merlin and Darhk have already figured this out and have placed George, Amaya, Nate and Ray inside a garbage compactor where George dumped the spear. The compactor is turned on and The Legends tell George that he has to believe he will make inspiring movies one day in order for Nate and Ray to get their powers back. George screams “I want to be a director!” and Nate/Ray get their powers back. Thus they are able to escape.

When the team is outmanned Phil decides to take on the role of Rip Hunter and fire a gun at Merlin/Darhk. Unfortunately for him it doesn’t work but luckily Gideon does and she fires everything she has at them. The last remaining member or The Legion of Doom musketeers arrives in time to snag Rip before the team can get him back on the Waverider.

Sarah was able to grab the medallion and the fragment of the spear before Thawne captured Rip.

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The mid-season finale of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow took us all the way back to 1927 Chicago and introduced us to Al Capone.

1927 Chicago

Damien Darhk and Eobart Thawne (Reverse Flash) set up a meeting with Al Capone. After thwarting Capone’s goons they introduce him to a third member of their crew; Malcom Merlin. The three promise Capone they can find a way to keep his empire afloat and make him even more powerful they he could ever imagine.

Timeship (Inside the Vortex)

Nate and Ray continue their sibling rivalry and breaking things until Sarah, taking on the role of their mother, makes them stop before they do some serious damage to the time ship…again. Shortly after The Legends are informed of an aberration in 1927 Chicago and embark on their next adventure.

1927 Chicago

The Legends learn that Darhk and Thawne are working with Capone. They also learn that Capone is going after Elliot Ness (the man who helps take Capone down). Two police officers nab Ness and take him to a pier where they attach cinder blocks to his ankles and dump him in the river. Vixen uses her amulet to channel dolphin powers and is able to save Ness from death. They bring him back to the ship and later on learn that he was a diversion in a much larger scheme set up by Darhk and crew.

Timeship 1927 Chicago

Gideon begins patching up Ness but informs the team that he needs to stay in the med-bay longer than usual as he has brain damage. Therefore, Nate has to impersonate Ness while Sarah, Martin and Jax go undercover at the club associated with Capone.

Vixen stays behind to babysit Mick who is seeing visions of Leonard Snart; Snart wants to set him straight.

1927 Chicago

The team’s cover is blown when Thawne enters the club and quickly grabs Martin and Sarah. They are brought back to a basement of some sorts and Merlin pays the two a visit. Merlin informs Sarah that he arranged for the Gambit (the boat she and Oliver Queen were on) to be blown up and was the reason they got stranded on the island. He then offers Sarah a deal; the amulet for a rewrite of history. Sarah turns him down.

Martin then comes clean to Sarah about his daughter Lily. Sarah tells Martin that she isn’t real and that they need to fix the aberration. Their conversation is then interrupted by Damien Darhk. He has his men grab Martin and bring him to Thawne.

Timeship 1927 Chicago

Back on the timeship Mick takes charge and tells the team they are going to do things his way. They are going to have to become criminals in order to save Sarah and Martin.

1927 Chicago

Vixen and Mick take a play out of Bonnie and Clyde’s book and steal one of Capone’s trucks.

Thawne stabs Martin with some sort of device as Vixen rescues Sarah. Mick sees Snart again as he is searching for Martin. Snart tells Mick to get out of the game before he is killed.

Nate and Ray find the ledger and meet up with the rest of the team after they find Martin. Capone has his men fire at The Legends but ultimately lets them go.

Timeship 1927 Chicago

Mick sees Snart for a third time. He tells Mick that the self-sacrifice thing isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

While Mick tries to rid his brain of his Snart hallucination, Jax sees that Thawne has impersonated Martin and is ransacking the library for the amulet. Sarah heads into the library and is attacked by Thawne. He escapes after Nate steps in to help Sarah and races down the hallway. Jax shoots him with the speedster weapon only debilitating him for a few seconds.

Thawne then locks the crew in the bay and allows Merlin and crew to enter the Waverider. They ransack the ship and fire at anyone who gets in their way.

Mick and Vixen find a way to get the bay open and team up to catch Thawne as Sarah and Merlin face off. Thawne almost kills Vixen but Mick saves her.

Sarah has a knife to the throat of Merlin and makes a deal with him; she gives him the amulet in exchange for Martin’s location.

1927 Chicago

Martin is at the pier about to get whacked when Sarah comes to his rescue. While Sarah is busy untying Martin, Nate and Ray return Ness to his time. They hand Ness the ledger, tell him that this will help him catch Capone and head back to the timeship.

Timeship 1927 Chicago

Vixen gives Mick booze and a kiss on the cheek as thanks for saving her life.

Sarah decides to not force Martin into giving up Lily. She wants to protect her family (The Legends) and by protecting them she has to protect Lily as she is Martin’s family.

1927 Chicago

Thawne puts the amulet together (it was in two pieces) and reveals it to be a compass. The compass that will lead them to the spear of destiny, a weapon that can be used to rewrite reality but first they need Rip Hunter.

1967 Los Angeles

Rip Hunter is no longer British and is now a big time director. It looks like he is directing a movie about time masters. Where has he been all this time?

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow returns Tuesday January 24^th, 2017.  *NOTE THAT LEGENDS HAS NOW BEEN MOVED TO TUESDAYS. IT WILL NO LONGER AIR ON THURSDAY NIGHTS.

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Rip is working alongside George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars. Does he give Lucas the idea for Star Wars?

Is this the same Star Wars we know and love or is it an altered version of the blockbuster franchise?

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For those that have the CW app (if you don’t download it, it’s free!), The CW has given app users an exclusive look into the next episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow which airs on Tuesday January 24^th : The Legion of Doom has Rip and The Legends have the spear of destiny. However, a team member does not make it back to the ship. Is this team member Rip or is it another Legend?

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Last night’s [Thursday November 10^th] episode of DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow took us back to 1987. Big hair, shoulder pads, Cutting Crew and Obsidian’s triumphant return set up the mood for the “Compromised”. Even Damien Darhk channeled his inner Miami Vice while collecting a fasces, an ancient Imperial Roman symbol of power featuring a bundle of sticks with an axe, indicating the power over life and death, from a buyer in Miami. Looking for his Sonny Crockett to go with his inner Ricardo Tubbs, Eobart Thawne (Reverse Flash) asks Darhk to be his partner with an added bonus of real power. Darhk turns down the offer as he prefers to work alone.

Timeship Inside The Vortex

After what he experienced in the last episode, Jax wants to make small changes to the timeline that he can control; he wants to create small aberrations in order to make the world a better place. Martin warns Jax about the effects even a small change can have on the timeline and reminds him that they are there to restore history not tinker with it.

Speaking of tinkering, Ray begins his cold gun training with Mick. After ruining a few of Mick’s beers, Mick tells Ray to channel his inner anger and rage.

As all this is going on Nate creates a way to track timequakes. A timeseismograph of sorts. Moments after Amaya (Vixen) names his invention it starts tracking an aberration in Washington DC 1987.

Washington DC 1987

Nate and Amaya head to the JSA (Justice Society of America) headquarters to reach out to current JSA members while the rest of The Legends sneak into the White House. After arriving at a warehouse where the JSA training facility is hidden, Nate and Amaya discover no members of the JSA. The facility has been abandoned.

Back at The White House Martin runs into his younger self as Ray channels his inner Captain Cold (Leonard Snart) and steals some of President Reagan’s jelly beans. At least he was nice enough to share them with Mick. Seconds later Darhk crosses their path; he is in The White House as an advisor on the Reagan administration. Sarah learns of his presence and goes on the hunt. She goes after Darhk and subsequently gets the team kicked out of the White House.

Turns out the JSA facility was not exactly abandoned. Obsidian, the same JSA member we saw in 1942, finds Amaya and Nate. Nate knocks him out thinking he is going to attack the duo. After waking up Obsidian tells Amaya that after she left the JSA went on mission and they never made it back. He wasn’t allowed on that mission because he couldn’t be trusted.

After getting kicked out of The White House, the team had to come up with another plan to figure out what Darhk is up to. Hence, Ray and Mick’s stake out during Darhk’s meeting with a KGB agent. A naive young Martin introduces himself to Darhk after following him there. He then questions him for having a meeting with a KGB agent outside of The White House scheduled meetings and gets himself into some hot water. He is then stabbed by Darhk. Mick and Ray can’t get to him in time and therefore present Martin begins to bleed out just as his younger self is. Ray and Mick bring young Martin back to the ship and Gideon proceeds to fix him and save his life.

Timeship Washington DC 1987

Throughout the episode Nate had been trying to get information from Amaya on what his grandfather, Commander Steel, was like. After some prying he learns that the Commander loved to sing and also gets Amaya to open up about her relationship with Rex; Rex and Amaya were going to leave the JSA to start a new life together. Amaya once again uses Obsidian and his connections to get the team into the state dinner. She is proving to be a real asset to the team.

Washington DC 1987

Young Martin is M. I. A. once again and present Martin steps in; He dances with the younger version of his wife, Clarissa. Soon after Darhk arrives to the party and heads to a basement meeting. In said meeting he hands the KGB a cd-rom with government information and gets a box in return. What’s in the box?

The Legends arrive to try and break up the meeting but soon learn Darhk planted a bomb in the room where the state dinner is being held. Mick and Ray go on the hunt for it while Sarah goes after Darhk and the rest of the team takes on his henchmen. Ray tries to channel his inner Snart again and Mick finally realizes he is nothing like Snart was, which is a good thing. He apologizes to Ray for trying to make him like his long-lost friend and tells him to science his way out of disarming the bomb. Ray proceeds to dismantle the cold gun to overload the bomb.

Amaya and Obsidian find Darhk who fires bullets at Obsidian to no avail. Disappointed he shoots at Amaya but Obsidian takes the bullet for her. Sarah then hits Darhk with a ninja star and tells him about his future demise. She chooses to let him live and he is scooped up by Thawne moments later. Sarah tells the team that the time traveler is a speedster and shows them that she was able to swipe the box off Darhk. Seriously, what’s in the box?!

Timeship Washington DC 1987

The team heads back to the timeship and Martin knocks some sense into his younger self. He makes young Martin realize Clarissa is the most important thing in his life. He makes him promise to show that to her. Young Martin sees the error of his ways and agrees to prove his love to Clarissa each and every day.

Gideon heals Obsidian’s wound and we learn that he is gay and that is why he wasn’t trusted to go on the mission back then. He then goes on to tell Amaya that he found true love and that she shouldn’t turn away from love if she finds it again. Will the friendship between Amaya and Nate blossom to something more?

Washington DC 1987

At the close of the episode Thawne created a timeship for Darhk and they head into the speed force. Where are these two headed now? Is Thawne the reason Darhk gained his dark magic?

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Wild West and Jonah Hex.

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Last week’s episode of DC’s Legends was filled with abominations, of the zombie kind, due to a time pirate recovering TX90, a bio-weapon, and accidentally unleashing it in 1863 Mississippi after his timeship capsizes. The time pirate was on a mission in the year 2025 and got derailed landing in the middle of the Civil War in Mississippi.

Timeship (Inside the Vortex)

Back on the timeship we finally heard Barry’s message to Rip. He warned Rip of a war coming. A very ambiguous message from the speedster. Is this a war with meta-humans? Is this a war like the one we saw with Vandal Savage back in season one or will it be much more destructive? World War III? Come on Barry we need more answers!

In the last episode Ray had to let Nate destroy his super suit. Therefore in “Abominations” Ray is benched as he can no longer protect himself on the field. However, Ray still has something to offer the team; his wits. His intellect in this episode was the one thing that stopped him and Martin from being devoured by zombie Mick. That was only one zombie though. Outside the timeship the rest of the Legends were dealing with a whole horde of zombie abominations.

Mississippi 1863

The team first encounters a pack of zombies when they hear Henry Scott call for help. Vixen (Amaya) jumps into action ignoring the fact that she could disrupt the timeline. Unfortunately she does disrupt the timeline as Henry Scott is killed via bayonet while the team is battling the zombies. Scott was attempting to get confederate war plans and bring them to General Ulysses S. Grant. Jax and Martin were unable to merge and Mick had to save Jax from being eaten. This act of valor got Mick bit. After discovering Henry is dead, Jax takes his papers and decides to complete the mission on his behalf.

Timeship (Mississippi 1863)

Back on the timeship the team discovers how important Henry Scott was to the Union’s win in the Civil War. Without those plans the confederate south succeeds in freeing itself from the north. Jax and Vixen go undercover as slaves in order to get intel and hopefully snag the confederate war plans. Sarah and Nate head out to find General Grant.

Mississippi 1863

Sarah and Nate are captured by Union soldiers and brought to General Grant while Jax and Amaya have to watch a female slave get beaten so that they don’t blow their cover.

Timeship (Mississippi 1863)

Back on the timeship Ray and Martin are dealing with zombie Mick who has become stronger and more hostile than usual. Ray makes a vaccine to help save Mick and injects it into him. Unfortunately for Martin and Ray this makes Mick’s condition worse; the virus spreads much faster and they are forced to put the ship in lockdown in order to contain Mick.

Mississippi 1863

Sarah tells General Grant about the zombies that are approaching his camp. Colonel Sanders (aka Nate) explains to Sarah that the term Zombie doesn’t exist for another 70 years and thus she heads out to get proof of the abominations headed their way. She returns a short while later with the head of a zombie and gets her point across to Grant.

Jax runs into some trouble during his undercover work. He talks back to the Master of the plantation and is brought down to a cellar where other slaves are being held. He is tied up and beaten. Jax can’t call Amaya for back up as his com has disappeared. He is left to his own devices as is the rest of the team; Martin and Ray can’t help Sarah and Nate because Mick has gone M.I.A. on the timeship.

Timeship (Mississippi 1863)

Martin senses Jax is in danger but quickly learns so is he. Ray and Martin are ambushed by Mick. They are able to escape and Ray realizes that the vaccine has to be made into a spray. The two set up a plan to use a fire extinguisher to administer the vaccination to Mick.

Mississippi 1863

After losing contact with Jax, Amaya decides to go into the plantation and find him. She is found by another Master of the plantation and is quickly escorted to where the other slaves are being held. Bad move on his part as Amaya beats up the Master and saves Jax and the rest of the slaves. The female slave from earlier recognizes Amaya’s amulet, her mother was from the same tribe, and gets the other slaves to agree to escape with her and Jax. Just in the nick of time as the zombies reach the plantation.

Amaya takes the group of slaves, minus one, and brings them to safety. Jax and the other young male slave head back into the plantation home to gather the confederate war plans. The young male slave flips over a painting and finds the papers. As the two head out of the home they are once again face to face with the Master of the home. The zombies have entered and are beginning to surround them. Jax offers to work together with the Master but he won’t have it. It ends up costing him his life. The two men escape the home as the Master is being devoured by the abominations but not before Jax sets the zombies on fire.

Back at the union camp Sarah notices a pile of nitroglycerin and comes up with a plan. She has the men on the camp kill all the lights and gives Nate a torch. Nate calls to the zombies and gets them to follow him to the pile of nitroglycerin. He ignites the pile of nitroglycerin and it sets everything ablaze, wiping out every abomination in site. Thankfully he was able to channel his Citizen Steel powers and survives the blast. He is however, covered in zombie guts.

Timeship (Mississippi 1863)

Ray and Martin are still dealing with their own zombie issue on the timeship. Mick reveals himself and attacks Ray thus leaving Martin to administer the vaccination to Mick and he is shaking in his boots; damn his irrational fear of zombies. Mick takes off after attacking Ray and Martin musters up the courage to go after him, fire extinguisher in hand. He is attacked by Mick but is able to spray him with the vaccination. Seconds before Mick is about to chomp on his face, the serum works and Mick returns to his natural state.

Mississippi 1863

Jax and the rest of the slaves are safely brought to General Grant’s camp. There Jax hands Grant the confederate’s war plans and the slaves are given refuge. When Grant asked what Jax’s name was he told him Henry Scott. History is restored.

Grant also dishes out some advice to Sarah. He tells her not to regret making the tough decisions if she believes in her mission and her team.

Timeship (Mississippi 1863)

The team gets back on the timeship and prep for their next mission. Before they take off Ray and Mick have a heart-to-heart. Ray tells Mick he is lost without his suit and Mick gives Ray Captain Cold’s (R.I.P. Leonard Snart) cold gun and tells Ray he wants him to be his partner. Right in the feels.

Martin also checks up on his partner (Jax) after what he witnessed on this mission. The one Martin was trying to shield him from. Jax tells Martin that he saw hope and dignity in the slave’s eyes despite the darkness they endured. It really inspired him. Martin then goes on to tell Jax that he embodies that hope. He is a light in the darkness.

Other notable moments in “Abominations”:

The scene where all the slaves are singing together brought tears to my eyes. It was a really powerful moment in the episode.

Next Week:

The team heads to 1987 (Mick’s favorite decade LOL) and learn that Rex’s killer aka Reverse Flash (Eobard Thawne) is there as well.

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