That’s the secret John’s keeping...he CAN’T use magic anymore. The song was written for him, so I have to assume that’s the reason his is “permanent” unlike Astra.

I thought Gary and Kayla...But then Mick struck.

Technically, the original Ava, Nate, Mick, and all the other non-Sara Legends from Earth-1? They all died during Crisis on Infinite Earths and got replaced by doppelgangers when the Paragons created Earth-Prime.

MICK AND KAYLA ARE SPOONER’S PARENTS!

Batwoman corner: My eyes rolled so far back into my head when Safiyah appeared. I hope this is the last *last* we have to deal with her and her fancy warrior island.

Since when? Advanced Variant Automation said they are genetically-engineered clones. They’re all clones from the first Ava, not created from the same template. Our Ava is from generation twelve.

The standout moment of this episode for me was Mick’s speech about how yes, humans suck and deserve to go extinct, but Sara’s different and she can fix it and that’s why we have to find her. He got to the heart of the show in 2-3 sentences.

I enjoyed this episode, but I’m just going to toss some nitpicks into the Greys.

Welcome to the party.

I’m shocked to read that some people thought this outing had stumbles. Well, enough stumbles to warrant pointing out. For me this was the best episode yet this season.

Soooo...

I mean Sara’s died before and most of her scars are more metaphorical and mental than physical anyway. She’s not going to be thrown off by having a fresh new body - at least not for long. 

• Clone was a pretty easy guess, Bishop.

Does Nate use his extremely helpful superpower in this episode? He does not, but in Nate’s defense, he was busy wrecking John’s guitar.

So, how exactly did the Legends travel to the 50's to get Amelia Earhart without the Waverider? Aren’t they currently in 2020/2021?

- Yea, I’ll believe Sara is dead-dead when the season ends and there isn’t some weird deus ex machina where they either go back in time and prevent Sara from dying or Clone!Sara somehow merges with Proper!Sara and revives her body.

I thought they were firing on all cylinders tonight. I did want more Rory and Kayla, but I think that was due to an expectation game where due to reading various synopsis(es?) it seemed like this ep was going to be Mick & Kayla focused ... instead it was a team effort.

No love for Ava channeling Gideon into a CRT TV and Gideon basically being Max Headroom for the duration of the episode?

*deep breaths*

But it still comes as a shock because it seems so unlikely that the TVA would let another version of Loki get away when they’re so good at containing this one. The end of this premiere leaves plenty to speculate about. Is this other Loki splintered from a different moment in time?