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Legends of Tomorrow: Matt Letscher Returning as Thawne — Here's Why
By Matt Webb Mitovich / January 13 2022
https://tvline.com/2022/01/13/legends-of-tomorrow-matt-letscher-eobard-thawne-season-7-episode-10-11/

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The Legends of Tomorrow will get a Flash from their past when Arrowverse alum Matt Letscher reprises his role as Eobard Thawne later this month.
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Letscher next will appear as Thawne in the Wednesday, Jan. 26 episode of Legends, titled “The Fixed Point,” in which the titular heroes find themselves in a bar that is popular with time-travelers.

The reason for Thawne’s involvement becomes a bit more clear in the synopsis for the following episode, airing Feb. 2 and titled “Rage Against the Machines,” in which the Legends — with the help of said speedster — break a fixed point and thus create an aberration that will attract the Evil Waverider. The Legends in turn are shocked to realize who has been hunting them, after which and Sara attempts to broker a negotiation… which doesn’t go as planned.

 

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Synopsis for 711 (Rage Against the Machines) - airs Feb. 2...

Legends of Tomorrow Spoilers: “Rage Against The Machines” with Eobard Thawne!
Craig Byrne   January 13, 2022 
http://dclegendstv.com/2022/01/13/legends-of-tomorrow-spoilers-rage-against-the-machines-with-eobard-thawne/

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INFILTRATING – With the help of Eobard Thawne (guest star Matt Letscher,) the Legends break a fixed point, creating an aberration that will attract the Evil Waverider. The Legends are soon shocked at who has been hunting them and Sara (Caity Lotz) tries to negotiate which doesn’t go as planned. Seemingly out of options, Gwyn (Matt Ryan) rises to the occasion by using his military experience and hatches a stealth plan. Meanwhile, Gary (Adam Tsekhman) helps Astra (Olivia Swann) realize what she is side lining Gideon (Amy Pemberton) from the mission. Nick Zano, Jes Mccallan, Tala Ashe, Olivia Swann, Lisseth Chavez and Shayan Sobhian also star. Jes Macallan directed the episode written by Mark Bruner & Mercedes Valle (#711).  Original airdate 2/2/2022.

 

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Promo for 7x10 (The Fixed Point)...

DC's Legends of Tomorrow | Season 7 Episode 10 | The Fixed Point Promo | The CW
The CW Network    Jan 20, 2022

 

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Promo for 7x11 (Rage Against the Machines)....

DC's Legends of Tomorrow | Season 7 Episode 11 | Rage Against The Machines Promo | The CW
The CW Network   Jan 27, 2022

 

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Promo for 7x12 (Too Legit To Quit)...

DC's Legends of Tomorrow | Season 7 Episode 12 | Too Legit to Quit Promo | The CW
The CW Network     Feb 3, 2022

 

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Legends of Tomorrow casts Donald Faison in mystery season 7 finale role
By Chancellor Agard   February 02, 2022
https://ew.com/tv/legends-of-tomorrow-donald-faison-season-7-finale-role/

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EW can exclusively reveal that the Scrubs and Clueless actor will appear in the season 7 finale of DC's Legends of Tomorrow (airing March 2) as an unnamed mystery character seeking "fame, fortune, and glory." While the character's name is being kept under wraps for now, the producers hope this won't be a one-off cameo and that Faison will return if the CW greenlights an eighth season.
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... Here's the official description of him:

"The Legends first encounter this character at a different phase of his career whose golden years are in the rearview mirror. He is good guy deep down; his ego is looking for a boost that only fame, fortune, and glory can provide. While he claims to have been recruited to work for a mysterious time organization, he wasn't offered much of a choice in the matter. As an unauthorized time traveler with high-profile aspirations, he developed a mischievous streak and cuts a few corners along the way to achieving his dreams. He knows all about the Legends of Tomorrow and finds them inspiring because they are the kind of heroes who started at the ground floor, as opposed to inheriting their powers from an alien planet, a spider bite, or wealthy parents. But the big question is whether his respect for the team is going to be able to help the Legends out of hot water or get them into hotter water!"

 

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Synopsis for 712 (Too Legit To Quit) - airs Feb. 23...

Legends of Tomorrow - Episode 7.12 - Too Legit To Quit - Promo + Press Release
Posted by SpoilerTV at February 04, 2022
https://www.spoilertv.com/2022/02/legends-of-tomorrow-episode-712-too.html

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PROTOCAL - With Gideon (Amy Pemberton) hurt, the Legends only have one way to save her. Once Evil Gideon is active, she continues to try to destroy the Legends, until Gideon reminds her of a certain protocol she must follow. Trying to help, Gideon negotiates a deal to save the Legends but to get them to agree, she breaks a major rule. Meanwhile, the Legends come up with another plan that could potentially solve all their problems. Caity Lotz, Nick Zano, Jes Mccallan, Tala Ashe, Olivia Swann, Adam Tsekhman, Matt Ryan, Lisseth Chavez and Shayan Sobhian also star. Sudz Sutherland directed the episode written by Morgan Faust & Leah Poulliot (#712). Original airdate 2/23/2022.

 

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Synopsis for 713 (Knocked Down, Knocked Up) (season finale)...

Legends of Tomorrow Season 7 Finale Description Released
Craig Byrne   February 9, 2022
http://dclegendstv.com/2022/02/09/legends-of-tomorrow-season-7-finale-description-released/ 

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“Knocked Down, Knocked Up” is the title of the March 2 season finale of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow… and between that title and this description, is Sara expecting? Below, find the description with some spoilers. We really are going to need a Season 8!

SEASON FINALE – The Legends are all disappointed and hurt by Gideon’s (Amy Pemberton) actions, but Gideon is horrified when AI Gideon tells her about Gary (Adam Tsekhman). Itching to get back to doing what they love best, they realize that Gwyn (Matt Ryan) has broken the treaty and must find him. Meanwhile, Sara (Caity Lotz) keeps an important secret from Ava (Jes Mccallan) because she doesn’t know how she will react. Nick Zano, Tala Ashe, Olivia Swann, Lisseth Chavez and Shayan Sobhian also star. Kevin Mock directed the episode written by Phil Klemmer & Keto Shimizu (713).  Original airdate 3/2/2022.

 

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Promo for 713 (season finale)...

DC's Legends of Tomorrow | Season 7 Episode 13 | Knocked Down, Knocked Up Promo | The CW
The CW Network    Feb 24, 2022

 

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Legends Boss Says 'Propulsive' Finale Is Not Intended as Series Ender, Teases Donald Faison's Mystery Character
By Vlada Gelman / March 1 2022, 
https://tvline.com/2022/03/01/legends-of-tomorrow-spoilers-season-7-finale-renewed-cancelled/ 

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The season finale will pick up after the “pretty horrifying moment” when Gwyn took the CPU out of his robot beau’s head. The scientist “now has this mission squarely on his shoulders, which is to go save his [real] boyfriend himself” during World War I combat, Shimizu previews. “He is not the kind of character who’s going to disrupt his friends’ happiness, which he feels was well earned, and have them come try and help him or risk anything to help him. He’s very determined to go do this on his own. But as is the theme with many of our Legends stories, Legends don’t do things alone. They can’t. You always need somebody at your back to make anything possible. Burdens are meant to be shared, not hoisted alone, and that is that is very much the case in terms of what’s going to happen in the finale.”

And in trying to save their friend Gwyn’s great love, whose death is a fixed point in the timeline, the team will encounter a new character played by Scrubs vet Donald Faison. Described as “an unauthorized time traveler with high-profile aspirations,” the mysterious addition “is the fixer that the Legends have to go up against in 1916,” Shimizu teases.

 

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Early review of tonight's S7 finale...

DC's Legends of Tomorrow's Season 7 Finale Is Jam-Packed, Entertaining, And Leaves You Hoping The Show Gets Renewed
By RUSS BURLINGAME - March 1, 2022
https://comicbook.com/dc/news/dcs-legends-of-tomorrows-season-7-finale-leaves-you-hoping-the-show-gets-renewed/ 

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The central conflict of the episode comes from the fact that Gwyn Davies (Matt Ryan) has figured out that the "Alun" (Tom Forbes) that Gideon (Amy Pemberton) presented to him last week is, in fact, an android duplicate. That sends him back into World War I – and more specifically to a fixed point in history, which cannot be altered, and is guarded by an unseen and deadly operative. The rest of the team, unable to travel through time at the start of the episode, must figure out how to save Gwyn's life, without doing anything that would attract the attention of Gideon and void the retirement deal they struck last episode.

The Legends crew is one of the most talented ensembles on TV, and it's hard to evaluate a single episode in a vacuum. Still, there are certainly some standouts in the finale. Caity Lotz delivers some powerful emotion, connecting with the helplessness that the Legends have felt all season. Sara, being Sara, hasn't really allowed herself to feel that, but the specific circumstances of tomorrow's episode really get to her. It's a terrific performance, and its sometimes easy to forget that as funny as she plays Sara, Lotz can deliver that patented Arrowverse angst, too. Jes Macallan was similarly a standout, almost for the opposite reason. The way she blended some funny moments with a whole lot of emotions going on, as her co-captain finally has had enough of this season, felt real and impressive.

Matt Ryan does a lot of nonverbal acting that's great work in this episode. Since part of the conceit is that he must be hidden for his plan to work, he gets to speak and "go big" less than any other member of the cast, and we are rewarded with some really cool choices by the actor. He spends some of the episode paired with Nick Zano, who steps up in a big way to fill the role of the expert and tactician, since he has been doing the time-travel thing longer than almost anybody, and Gwyn is comparatively a novice.

About half the cast get status quo changes in one way or another in the finale – not just in the sense that the Legends themselves are facing a new status quo after it's done, but in the micro sense. Specific characters will never be quite the same again once season 7 is over. These changes are largely for the better, but there are one or two landings that aren't totally stuck, and will leave fans with more questions than answers. And one quibble from last  year's finale will likely rear its head again, as the nature of TV storytelling can sometimes be the enemy of common sense.

Donald Faison gets only a handful of minutes of screentime, but brings a character who will be a breath of fresh air to some fans, and a little too much for others. So far, he is very much Donald Faison, and seeing how the character might evolve while retaining Faison's core mannerisms will be a lot of fun. Certainly his relationship with the Legends in a presumptive eighth season will be interesting – and he already has one team member who's a fan.

The Gideon-and-Gideon of it all has two or three big twists in the episode, and offers Amy Pemberton a chance to tackle both aspects of her character's identity as they try to outdo one another. There is one writing choice that limits her range a bit, and it's a shame. That is not to say the writing in the Gideon arc isn't strong: one of those twists is a genuinely clever twist, and the Gideon story is the thing that gets the most closure by the time the episode is over.

Because, yes, it ends on another cliffhanger. Last season, we knew that new episodes were only a few months away, but as of this writing, there is no official renewal yet, and that might frustrate some fans. Still, the season ends on what is certainly the turn of a big page in the show's universe. If it's the series finale – which seems unlikely – it will likely draw some criticism for the last few moments, but even then, it would be a valid enough conclusion to this chapter of the Legends' existence, and the next step could be fleshed out via cameos and expository dialogue on other Arrowverse shows.

It isn't Legends of Tomorrow's best finale, but it's a solid hour of television, with a few genuine surprises and some really entertaining moments. None of the actors disappoint, and there will be big "hell yeah" moments for fans of four or five specific characters especially.

 

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