Legacies Review: Follow the Sound of My Voice (Season 4 Episode 11)

Helping a young girl find her sister helps Lizzie overcome her feelings about Josie’s absence on Legacies Season 4 Episode 11, “Follow the Sound of My Voice.”

Hope and Lizzie decide to make a pitstop at a seemingly harmless circus in hopes of training Lizzie. While her confidence about her vampirism skills may be high, her execution proves otherwise. But, what better teacher than the almighty Tribrid?

Lizzie begins the episode as a novice who can barely perform a simple compulsion, but with a bit of help, she overcomes the fears affecting her abilities.

While Lizzie may not be able to admit it, she’s hurting. Thanks to her transition, the connection that she once shared with Josie is nonexistent. For the first time in her entire life, Lizzie is alone. Even when Lizzie was nowhere near Josie, their connection still kept them in contact with one another. There was never a time when she was genuinely alone, thanks to her sister, except for now.

Helping the little girl deal with her missing sister and the grief she feels is part of Lizzie’s grieving process. Up until now, she’s tried to ignore the obvious and focus on her issues revolving around Hope. But, as anyone who has had to deal with grief before, there’s no running from it. It sneaks up in the smallest moments and instances where you would never expect, and then sometimes it smacks you right in your face.

In Lizzie’s circumstance, the grief has been piling up since her transition, but she hasn’t had a moment to digest it. Immersing herself in the search for the little girls missing sister is, in a way, allowing her to realize that she can do it alone. The speech she delivers to the little girl, in the end, is secretly a message for herself as well. It’ll hurt, but she can do it on her own because no matter what, she still has Josie in her heart.

Using Hope to teach Lizzie the vampire 101’s is an effective bonding tool between the two. Even if Hope doesn’t want to admit it, there will always be a soft spot for Lizzie in her heart. With her humanity still off, Hope likes to make people believe that she doesn’t care about anything, but we know that’s not true.

If Hope was not already listening for Lizzie on the low, there’s no way that she would have ever heard her whispers. Lizzie is not screaming for Hope or making a scene; she’s simply whispering out to her. It’s something that Hope has to search for, rather than it being something obvious. As much as Hope may hate it, she can’t deny the fact that she cares for Lizzie.

Meanwhile, during a secret infiltration by Aurora into the Salvatore School, Jed struggles with his sexuality. Spending so much time around Ben has made Jed struggle to understand why he feels the way he does. He’s never experienced attraction for another man, so dealing with those emotions is confusing.

It’s nice to see such a relatable experience portrayed through Jed’s personal battle with his feelings. Sexuality can be frightening to explore, especially when being slapped in the face with new emotions.

Processing new variables in your sexuality is hard, but it’s ten times harder doing it alone, which is why it’s lovely that Jed has Finch in his corner. He needs someone he can be honest with about his feelings without being judged. They may not be besties just yet, but give it time. I can see the two of them becoming the best of friends.

Bisexual representation is essential, needed, and it’s exhilarating to see more of it being front and center. I especially love that it’s not rushed in the intimacy department. Many television shows like to use bisexuality, such as homosexuality, as a way to shove characters into having sex with others.

Legacies doesn’t have to put in the work and could easily be like a lot of shows on the air, but it does because the showrunners care. They have the ability to tell this story with care, and that’s what they’re doing. It should be the norm and not something to give accolades over, but I praise Legacies for their careful touch on the topic.

My only complaint about Jed’s newfound sexual journey is the timing of it all. Josie and Finch have just broken up, and suddenly in comes a new lgbtq+ relationship to take the spotlight. Don’t get me wrong; I love this new character arc for Jed. But it feels like there’s only room for one lgbtq+ relationship on screen at a time. It’s disheartening.

Ethan’s sister, Maya, mentions Finch to Kaleb and MG briefly, hinting at a possible reconnection in the future. As much as I don’t want Finch to move on so quickly, I’m here for all the representation Legacies wishes to throw at us.

Other Thoughts:

• Legacies going apocalyptic feels like such a basic move. We get rid of the oak tree, so now Gods and the end of the world are introduced all for Hope to die? Whack.
• Finch was sorely missed on Season 4 Episode 10, so I’m glad that she’s back. It’ll be interesting to see what’s done with her character now that Josie is no longer in the picture. I’m hoping that she and Jed’s friendship continues to grow. 
• Kaleb seems hesitant to return to the Salvatore School when speaking with MG, which is understandable after everything. But if he doesn’t return, what does that mean for him and Cleo? Their relationship has literally just begun, and we’ve barely seen it, so I hope it isn’t written off entirely.
• With Cleo’s inspiration stolen at the hands of Aurora, and her magic hurting her with each use, she’s incapacitated. I’m genuinely curious what will happen to her character with no ability to use her magic.

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Legacies airs Thursdays at 9/8c on The CW.

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