
Though Nate plans to expose his father at the wake, he soon discovers that Hank was intending on building a theme park that Nate had designed as a child, and the magical creatures were to be part of this. Through Constantine’s (Matt Ryan) help, however, Nate realises that his father was trying to do the right thing. He spends the episode considering his dad to be a villain, having been part of the operation to kidnap magical creatures and experiment upon them. This confrontation fixes the alteration to the timeline as Jane resolves to write again, and Mona intervenes in Zari’s wedding by persuading her to wait for something better than the euphoria that she feels with Sanjay while on the sex dust.Īnother emotional note in this episode is Nate coping with his dad’s death. After being reprimanded by Zari, too, Mona turns into a Kaupe and confronts Jane.

Meanwhile, Mona struggles with remaining a hopeless romantic in the wake of meeting her hero Jane Austen, who spurns Mona for such silly feelings. Following an argument with Mona, Zari goes back to confront the magical fugitive and decides to give in to more magic dust, resulting in a Bollywood-inspired musical number as Sanjay and Zari decide to get married. Inhaling the dust makes Zari confront her feelings for Nate as he appears to her in her sex dream, along with Sanjay – in a scene that was undeniably steamy. It’s hardly an irrational feeling, and entirely in keeping with her character, who was slow to open up to being part of the Legends in the first place (indeed, it was Zari’s ninth episode “Here I Go Again” in which she actually fully committed to being in the Legends, and was the last Zari-centric episode that we’ve had). It is no wonder that under these conditions, she holds her cards close to her chest. This dust causes Zari’s inhibitions to fall and gives an indication that a lot of what Zari portrays is a front to prevent herself from getting hurt: after all, she comes from a future where any sort of attachment is a weakness and where persecution was rife. While being pushed by the other women aboard the Wave Rider, Zari is encouraged to pursue her desires through a handsome footman in 1802, who turns out to be the magical fugitive they are looking for: Sanjay (Sachin Bhatt) who holds Hindu god Karmadeva’s ashes which cause love and lust in those who inhale it. It’s a great development to the Zari and Nate relationship that up until now has seemed a little out of the blue, despite being well portrayed by both Ashe and Zano. It’s easy to forget, considering the revolving door that is the cast of Legends, that Zari is only relatively new herself, having only joined last year. It’s Tala Ashe who really shines this episode, taking the often quipping Zari centre stage to explore her emotional issues and her troubles in letting go. In amongst this, we are still dealing with the fallout of Hank’s (Tom Wilson) death, Zari’s (Tala Ashe) growing feelings for Nate (Nick Zano) and Mona’s (Romona Young) continued emotional heartbreak over Konane’s death. This week’s episode of Legends takes us back to the time of Jane Austen upon discovering that a magical fugitive has stopped Jane from writing her most famous works. At least the Legends are – until the end of the episode – unaware of the threat of Neron (Christian Keyes). It’s easy to forget that Legends employs a similar tactic to the other Arrowverse shows in having a “Big Bad” for the season, but at least it is managing it a bit better than I have seen with The Flash and Supergirl (who constantly talk about these villains and yet spend their time fighting other smaller threats). Starring: Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Tala Ashe, Courtney Ford, Amy Louise Pemberton, Ramona Young, Nick Zano, Dominic Purcell & Matt Ryan Written by: Grainne Godfree & Jackie Canino
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Season 4, Episode 11: Séance and Sensibility
