Legends of Tomorrow Review: Star City 2046 (Season 1 Episode 6)
With eight people on board the Waverider on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, there are always at least two people fighting. Fighting, arguing, taking part in heated discussions, giving each other the cold shoulder.
The only two people not fighting, not since the audience was introduced to them in The Flash, are Leonard and Mick. Heat Wave and Captain Cold. Opposites that make up the perfect team.
This week’s episode, “Star City 2046,” focuses on the city we know, reduced almost literally to ashes. The audience meets the new Green Arrow, watches Sara Lance struggle to come to terms with the state of the city — and family — she loves, and is then excited to learn that Oliver Queen is still alive. It was a smart move on the writers’ part to ensure the villain of the time has ties to a villain Arrow’s audience loves to hate – Grant Wilson, the son of the insane Slade Wilson. It was an even smarter move to reveal the new Green Arrow as John Diggle Jr. — the son of beloved John Diggle, continuing his family’s legacy.
However, the most fascinating part of the episode has very little to do with the vigilantes of Star City. Very quietly, in the background, Mick Rory is having his own little party, without realizing that he’s ruffling the feathers of his partner in crime. Mick doesn’t want to take part in any hard work that will not result in riches, minions, and leisure. He doesn’t want to save the world, much less the Green Arrow. Mick is a simple man, and Leonard, probably after years of cleaning up messes caused by Mick’s simplicity, finally knocks him out in order to take him back to the Waverider safely.
And now there’s a fissure. Or maybe it’s a crack. Maybe it’s even a chasm.
The audience has seen Mick and Snart work together a lot, but have they seen their personal discussions? Have they seen arguments? Fights? Heated discussions or cold shoulders? No. Not yet. Not until Snart decides that maybe there’s more to life than simply stealing a bunch of expensive stuff. But the audience is led to believe by Snart that they’ve fought before, so perhaps this isn’t just one fight, one tiny fissure. Maybe it’s a chasm. A chasm that the writers could use to propel the story in so many different directions.
One of these possible directions could be Mick’s departure. Captain Cold on his own — what does that mean for his character? Another direction could be Mick’s betrayal — he could find Vandal Savage and work for him (Savage probably pays traitors to his cause very handsomely). Another direction could be constant infighting between Snart and Mick that could almost lead to the destruction of the team.
One could go on and on, but hopefully the writers have already grabbed on to this small but most interesting part of the episode — and will go in the direction that will develop these two characters to their true, fullest extent.
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DC’s Legends of Tomorrow airs Thursdays at 8/7c on The CW.
Emma Leigh
Emma is an executive assistant in the interactive games industry. She spends her time adoring Joss Whedon, tweeting about massive fails in the shows she watches, and cooking while watching Friends. She lives with her girlfriend in Southern California, where they hole up in their apartment on weekends to watch television about superheroes and vampires.