From the promo alone I already know they’re using Hawkman better than they ever did when he was in the show

Is he not already out? When he was talking about fixing the car Ava made a comment, something like “is this sober Behrad?” And he responded “hey I know things.”

From the promo alone I already know they’re using Hawkman better than they ever did when he was in the show

“A black girl, a brown girl, and a computer walk into a bar.” I want to know the rest of the story! Hopefully next episode...

I like Ava dismissing Damien Darhk as a suspect, because “he loves us too much”. It’s true, I’m pretty sure Ray is his best friend through a process of elimination.

I like that they have let Astra stay kind of mean. My biggest complaint with Nora is that they hand-waved away decades of trauma and just turned her into Ray’s nice girlfriend in season 5.

Yes, he would‘ve been great. Nora also has a very vintage look about her.

I think that has to do with her being a former demon/damned soul. She literally grew up in Hell. She has to learn to care again and her powers did come easily to her before she came back to earth. John floundered and then simply turned to a quick fix when he lost his powers. Astra, at least, isn’t going that way. I…

-Ava...why did you pick a safe word you definitely use in regular life.

Um, gunsel doesn’t mean what you think it means. While I appreciate you making the same mistake the Hayes office did, I feel the need to point out that a gunsel is a rent boy (or whatever the current term is), not a hired gun.

“the production design is as lazy as the action staging”

Well, Legends has already referenced AVClub in “Swamp Thaaaang”.

The look on Ava’s face when Zari said it. Wonderful.

Yup, and they’re bringing everyone back! I am curious how they were able to pull it off with Covid restrictions and travel to Canada but it looks like they got a two-for-one with Ray and the Flash crossover event.

I’m two episodes behind but man wouldn’t Ray have been perfect for a 1920's caper! He looks like he was from the 20s’!

Same. Also the reveal and callback to Ava’s safe word was just the best.

It is, and it looks rather promising to put it lightly.

Because they have done something similar in the past, I believe Zari and Ava’s group of out-there suspects, such as time pirates, doppelgangers, clones and time itself were an ode to Allison’s regular “Why the fuck not?” stray observation.

I think Gideon was trying to convey that the Legends shouldn’t go to New York with her apples. New York has been called The Big Apple.

So, Zari and Ava having a "Why the hell not" category was definitely a shout out to Allison's reviews, right? That's how I'm interpreting it, anyway.