Enter Vandal Savage’s daughter, Cassandra. It wasn’t surprising that the moment she appeared on the scene she was an antagonist. A well trained minion of her father. however, just like his other pawns she was used and twisted to do his bidding. She thought her father was in the right and just. His terrible actions…
It was interesting this episode that the same concept explored two episodes was back again in this episode. Rather than it being other characters in the line of fire it was themselves. They were being hunted. Their past selves were in jeopardy. That meant they needed to find a way to protect themselves. Traveling through…
Let me take a moment to tell you when I fell in love with this episode. it happened in the middle of the Saloon in the old west. It could have very easily been too cheesey and hokey. However during this time we saw Stein showing his skill at the poker table as a bit…
The group was pushed into 2147. It was a time that was the bliss before the storm. This is the world when everything was great. Things were at their best. It was years before a plague started the world into the downward spiral that we knew would be true. it was the peace before the…
Kendra, Ray, and Sara are stuck in 1958. ay is determined to take this downside and make things much better. he’s an inventor. He set out to create a time beacon. He wanted to get back, but it also gave him a purpose. Alone, Ray and Kendra made a life together. Ray took up teaching…
1950s is not the era for a number of characters to really thrive in. However, it allowed for some of them to play up so rather specific roles. Ray and Kendra were pretending to be newlyweds and immediately were criticized for not moving in to the right town. They were recommended to go to a…
Ray is the acting captain of the ship. He’s quite thrilled by the prospect of being the leader. He’s practically giddy. Honestly, Ray is at his best when he’s chipper. The problem didn’t arise until a group of time pirates set their sites on the Waverider. They took Rip and Mick as hostages, leaving Stein…
Stein was still in the grasp of Savage while in Russia. The idea of a Soviet Firestorm is a threat, but Stein is necessary for it to be possible at all. Everything is hinging on him not breaking. To Stein’s credit he’s a lot tougher than he seems. It does lead to some interesting questions.…
The first major move the characters made was breaking into the Pentagon for some files. For the most part it went well. At least until everything went awry. Jax ignored Stein’s advice and the alarm ended up going off, throwing an alert to the guards as Sara and Kendra were approaching. Then Kendra straight up…
This team is a cobbled together group. They are not a team. They don’t yet know how to work together. They are each working with their own motivations and desires and that is reiterated every week. Hopefully this is the last time it’s pounded into us. Kendra’s life is in danger due to her fight…
The group went into a bidding war Vandal Savage was for a nuclear warhead. A bidding war that happened to include Damien Darhk. Heck, Darhk was about to purchase the war head until Heatwave placed a bid under Stein’s order. They were trying to get close to Savage. They managed it, but also managed a…
The future Rip Hunter comes from 22nd Century London where Vandal Savage ha systematically taken over the world. It is a world of chaos and deal Savage is right on the front line. When he killed the child who stood up to him it was how dangerous the time was. Recruiting the team isn’t just an…
So, I pondered... 