Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.
One of the greatest strengths of legends of Tomorrow is that there’s no telling what approach the show will take in any given week. Recently we’ve seen everything from dystopian future action to Cold War espionage to a Star Trek-inspired space showdown. This week’s episode shook up the formula again as the team headed farther back in time to do battle with Vandal Savage in 1958. It wasn’t a perfect episode, but there’s a lot to be said for variety.
Not unlike “Star City 2046,” the setting alone was enough to set this episode apart. It was a lot of fun to see our heroes running around a quaint 1950’s suburban town and encountering the surreal underbelly beneath the charming exterior. At its best, “Night of the Hawks” played very much like a classic X-Files episode, with the various characters taking turns playing Mulder and Scully. There was even a real monster of the week in the form of Savage’s experimental hawk creatures.
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One of the greatest strengths of legends of Tomorrow is that there’s no telling what approach the show will take in any given week. Recently we’ve seen everything from dystopian future action to Cold War espionage to a Star Trek-inspired space showdown. This week’s episode shook up the formula again as the team headed farther back in time to do battle with Vandal Savage in 1958. It wasn’t a perfect episode, but there’s a lot to be said for variety.
Not unlike “Star City 2046,” the setting alone was enough to set this episode apart. It was a lot of fun to see our heroes running around a quaint 1950’s suburban town and encountering the surreal underbelly beneath the charming exterior. At its best, “Night of the Hawks” played very much like a classic X-Files episode, with the various characters taking turns playing Mulder and Scully. There was even a real monster of the week in the form of Savage’s experimental hawk creatures.
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