The Flash Season 6, Episode 17: Liberation

This week on The Flash we finally get some lonnnnnng awaited advancement of the seemingly interminable Mirror Master plotline. It feels like this story arc has been going on for years, even though it's only lasted seven episodes so far.

Before I get into the particulars of the episode though, there've been some updates as to the show's current status. Season 6 was originally meant to be 22 episodes long (same number as last season). Unfortunately filming was suspended in March of this year, due to the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown of the country (thanks, trump).

As a result of this, one episode was shot (#20, I presume?) but won't air for some reason. The final two episodes of the season were never filmed at all, and at this point it seems unlikely that they will be. That means Season 6 will now clock in at a truncated 19 episodes, and conclude just two weeks from now.

I'm assuming the show was building up to the traditional season-ending cliffhanger when they were ordered to stop filming. That means they couldn't even condense the rest of the season into one episode, since they had no idea the lockdown was going to happen. Because of this, Season 6 will simply stop rather than end, with no satisfying conclusion.

Maybe they'll add the final two episodes to Season 7, so we can have a proper wrap-up of all the current storylines.

As for this episode, there's plenty going on this week as the Mirror Iris arc reaches a somewhat satisfying conclusion, and the Mirror Master one begins in earnest. I can't believe I'm saying this after bitching that nothing was happening for so long, but it almost felt like there was too much going on in this episode. Character motivations changed on a dime and plot points sprung up completely out of the blue, which made it feel like we skipped an episode. I'll get into that further below.

In last week's review, I complained that the Mirrorverse plot was vague and ill-defined, and seemed to be lacking a clear-cut villain. Who's the bad guy here? Eva? Joseph? Both of them? I even wondered if the writers were trying to get us to feel bad for Eva and root for her after Joseph betrayed her and banished her to another dimension.

Based on this week's episode, it kind of looks like that may be what they're doing here. Eva escapes from the Mirrorverse, then tells Barry she has no quarrel with the Flash and even apologizes after hurting him. It's almost like they're painting her as a hero. Unfortunately she's anything but.

Lastly, Candice Patton really knocked it out of the park again this week, as Mirror Iris went through a wide range of emotions and a major reversal of character before ultimately defying her programming. See, writers? She's really quite a good actress when you actually give her something to do besides stand around STAR Labs looking worried.

SPOILERS!

The Plot:
Barry, Cisco and Ralph are in STAR Labs testing a contraption they've built using notes from Nora's journal. If all goes well, the device will generate a brand new Speed Force that Barry can tap. Cisco fires it up, and the machine whirs impressively for a few seconds before sputtering and shutting down. Cisco wonders how Eobard Thawne was able to create his own personal Negative Speed Force. 

Cecile enters and says she's on her way to The Citizen. She asks Barry if he has a message for (Mirror) Iris, now that she's thrown his ass out of their apartment. He says to tell he misses her. 

At The Citizen, Mirror Iris and Mirror Kamilla are standing in front of a mirror, reporting to Eva McCulloch. Mirror Iris says Barry's residual Speed Force energy is almost gone. Eva tells them to join Mirror Singh for the final phase of her plan, saying she'll soon have her liberation (Houston, We Have A Title!).

Cecile arrives and suggests Mirror Iris contact Barry. Mirror Iris hisses that she can't forgive Barry for sending Joe into Witness Protection without telling her. Cecile says she could let go of her anger if she really wanted to. Mirror Iris hesitates a moment, and says she doesn't know what she wants. She asks Cecile to scan her with her telepathic powers and see if she can sense what she's feeling. Cecile does so, and says Mirror Iris is feeling "sad and concerned." Somehow she doesn't pick up on the fact that Mirror Iris is some sort of artificial construct and not a real person (?).

Cecile goes home and finds Barry there. He's got all sorts of boxes and papers strewn everywhere, and is running around in a wild-eyed mania. He blurts that Iris isn't really Iris, as she's been replaced by a shapeshifter. When the hell did all this happen?

Barry reasons that the real Iris would never throw him out of the house, and that she's been acting odd ever since she the night she visited McCulloch Tech. Cecile doesn't know how to respond to all that. Barry says he needs to find and save the real Iris before his speed runs out.

Meanwhile, Cisco and Ralph visit Caitlin/Frost's apartment to check on her after she was injured by Sunshine a few episodes back. They find Caitlin (not Frost) lying near death on her couch. Cisco takes her temperature, which is 34º F. Caitlin moans a weak, "Help me."

In the MIrrorverse, Iris tells Eva she's figured out a way to escape. She picks up a paperweight and starts to hurl it at the room's giant full length mirror. Eva screams and stops her, saying she's crazy. She then storms off in a huff. Iris starts to go ahead and break the mirror, but stops when she notices a button on the side of the frame. She pushes it, and the mirror slides into the wall, revealing another room behind it.

In the real world, Barry & Cecile sneak into Iris' office at The Citizen. Barry hacks into her computer (i.e., he turns it on) and finds the photo Kamilla took of Wally and Mirror Iris, which shows her covered in prisms. He realizes he can use this to expose Mirror Iris. 

Meanwhile, Mirror Iris, Mirror Kamilla and Mirror Singh place dozens of mirrors around Iris' apartment. Mirror Iris seems distracted, and the others ask if she's OK. She snaps back to attention and says yes. Mirror Singh says there's one last item they need to liberate Eva, and it's the most dangerous one yet. 

Cut to a high security cell in ARGUS, where we see the dangerous item is Ramsey Rosso, aka Bloodwork. GASP! I was hoping we'd gotten rid of him for good.

Cecile texts Mirror Iris and tells her there's an emergency at STAR Labs. A bit later Mirror Iris arrives and asks what's going on. Barry and Nash enter behind her, blocking the door. Barry tells her they know she's not the real Iris, and asks what she's done with his wif. Of course she says she doesn't know what he's talking about. Barry takes out a prismatic scanner and says when he shines it on her, she'll look fragmented like she did in Kamilla's photo.

In the Mirrorverse, Iris walks into the mysterious control room. She sees a podium surrounded by several large jagged mirror fragments. She pushes a button on the podium, and images begin flashing on the mirrors, accompanied by a high pitched whine. Iris clutches her head in pain as the screens display images of Joseph Carver, along with her own abduction into the Mirrorverse. She collapses, as Eva enters and stands over her. 

Back at STAR, Mirror Iris sits calmly and says she forgives Barry for what he's about to do. He shines the scanner on her, but nothing happens. Cecile and Nash then exchange looks, thinking Barry's gone off the deep end. Mirror Iris takes the device and shines it on Barry, causing him to revert to a prismatic form!

Nash starts to fire his gauntlet at Barry, who insists he's real. Cecile walks up and calmly says she believes him, as she sneakily slaps a pair of power dampening cuffs on him. She tells him she's sorry.

Cut to Barry in the STAR Labs Secret Super Jail, as he insists he's real and Iris is the fake. Nash says this obviously has to do with the "reflective chip technology" (whatever that is) that McCulloch Tech was developing. He goes off to do some investigating. Cecile says something doesn't feel right about all this, and Mirror Iris promises she won't give up until she finds the real Barry.

Elsewhere, Cisco says Caitlin's in a state of self-induced "ice hibernation." He says they need to shock her out of her icy coma, and rigs up some sort of makeshift battery or something. He says they don't have any proper wiring, so Ralph will have to act as the jumper cables. Ralph grabs the device and touches Caitlin, as the current surges through him and into her. Ralph's then thrown across the room by the shock. Comic book science!

Amazingly Caitlin wakes and explains that she tried to heal her wound with cold powers, but things got out of hand and she went into an "ice coma." She say she needs help, and there's only one person to call— her mother.

We then get a flashback showing how Mirror Iris was able to bamboozle Barry's test. Eva contacts Mirror Iris and tells her Barry's onto them. She tells Mirror Iris to meet with him, and she'll handle the rest. At STAR, Barry accuses Mirror Iris of being a fake. While no one's looking, Eva reaches out of a reflective surface and switches the prismatic scanner for an altered one— which will show Barry's the mirror clone instead of Iris.

Elsewhere, Mirror SIngh pulls some strings and gets permission for him, Mirror Iris and Mirror Kamilla to visit Ramsey inside ARGUS. They confront Ramsey and tell them they're minions of Eva McCulloch, who he's familiar with. They tell him that Eva's trapped in the Mirrorverse and needs a drop of his blood to free herself.

Ramsey consents, but says it'll be tough to get him out of his special forcefield-protected cell. Mirror Kamilla says it's Eva's will, then steps into the forcefield. Her body's disintegrated, which shorts out the field. Ramsey steps out of his cell and immediately attacks Mirror Singh, throwing him across the room and knocking him out cold. He then picks up Mirror Iris by the neck, and says he senses a hint of free will in her. He asks what she wants and she says, "to be alive."

Ramsey drops her and says she's "worthy" (?) and steps back into his cell, saying there's no way he can escape from the building. As the forcefield reactivates, he tells Mirror Iris he's playing the long game. Mirror Iris collects a sample of Ramsey's blood from her neck. Ramsey tells her, "Run, Iris, Run."

At STAR, Barry's cooling his heels in the Super Jail. Cecile enters and tells him she senses that he's the real Barry. She frees him and tells him to find Iris.

Mirror Iris returns to her apartment and reports to Eva, saying she got Ramesy's blood. Eva says that with it, she'll be able to create a safe passageway between the universes, so she can enter the real world without being burned alive. 

Suddenly Barry appears and confronts Mirror Iris and asks "Where's my wife?" Mirror Iris flings Ramsey's blood at a mirror, which instantly absorbs it. Mirror Iris then turns into the T-1000 as her arms morph into silvery spikes and she attacks Barry.

In the Mirrorverse, Iris wakes and sees she's tied to a chair. She tells Eva that Barry will stop her. Eva says don't be too sure, and displays an image of Mirror Iris attacking Barry.

Mirror Iris uses the many mirrors in the apartment to her advantage, as she sticks her spiky arms into them and they emerge from others, slicing Barry to ribbons. Mirror Iris tells him he should really mind his surroundings, as she looks up at a large mirror on the ceiling. Eva causes it to shatter, and as the shards fall around Barry, Mirror Iris' blades protrude from them and slice him up even more.

Barry collapses and again asks where his wife is. Mirror Iris taunts him, listing all the time they spent together— including in the bedroom (!). After hearing this, Iris tells Eva she's going to kill her. Eva says Mirror Iris feels what she feels (?). Iris asks if that means the mirror clones love Carver. Eva says she no longer loves her husband and wants to end him. Iris reasons that Eva still has feelings for him, else she wouldn't call him "her husband." 

Hearing this, Eva loses her temper, which causes Mirror Iris to falter. Iris continues to push Eva about her feelings for Carver. She screams that she hates him, and Mirror Iris parrots her words. 

Somehow Barry realizes the real Iris is on the other side of the mirror, trying to distract Eva. He tells Mirror Iris he won't fight her, as he knows part of the real Iris is inside her. He urges her to be herself (ugh) and resist Eva. Amazingly he gets through to Mirror Iris, and she stops fighting him and tells him to go find his wife. Suddenly her body begins cracking. Barry holds her in his arms (???) as she shatters into pieces.

Just then Eva steps through the mirror and into the real world for the first time in six years. He starts to attack and she sends a shard of glass flying into his chest. She immediately apologizes (?), saying it didn't have to be like this. He asks if she's going to kill him, and she says there's no need now that he's lost his speed. She leaves him for dead as she jumps into a nearby mirror and teleports away. Barry tries to get up but passes out.

Barry wakes sometime later and sees he's healed himself with the last of his Speed Force energy. In a scene that goes on for forty five minutes, Barry painfully crawls over to a mirror, places his hand on it and says he hopes Iris can hear him. He then blathers on and on about how much he misses and loves her. She places her hand on her side of the mirror as well, echoing his sentiments. He promises to bring her home.

Thoughts: 
• I touched on this briefly in the intro, but it's worth mentioning again. What the hell is going on with this show? Did The CW skip an episode this week?

One minute Barry's trying to build a new Speed Force for himself, then literally five minutes later he's convinced that Iris has been replaced by an impostor. Note that there's no gradual buildup to this serious accusation, as he comes up with it completely out of the blue! In fact it's almost shocking in its abruptness.

Then Cisco and Ralph pay a visit to Caitlin, who's apparently spent the past few weeks recovering from her battle with Sunshine. Again, there was no foreshadowing or prior mention that she was suffering in any way, as this subplot is suddenly just there.

As I said in the intro, The CW admitted that one episode from this season was filmed but never aired. Was there an actual Episode 17 that showed Barry suspecting Iris and Caitlin suffering, and they cut it for some reason and renumbered the rest?

It's impossible to tell at this point, and we may never know. It's obvious though that something strange happened behind the scenes between Episodes 16 and 17, that seriously messed up the continuity and flow of the season.

• At the beginning of the episode, Barry, Cisco & Ralph activate their new Speed Force generator. The machine glows as it slowly begins throbbing with energy. Suddenly the readouts fall to zero as the generator grows dark and grinds to a halt. 

It's obvious to a five year old that the machine stopped and the experiment failed. So did we really need to cut to Cisco saying, "It didn't work?"

• Cecile tries to talk Mirror Iris into making up with Barry. Mirror Iris is confused and asks Cecile to scan her with her telepathic powers and tell her what she wants. Cecile does so, and says only that Mirror Iris feels "sad and concerned."

That's it? That's all she sensed? She's supposed to be a telepath, right? So why the hell couldn't she detect that Mirror Iris is a conniving, manipulative artificial being and not a real person? Later on in the episode she senses that Barry's telling the truth about being a real boy. Ergo, the reverse should be true regarding Mirror Iris.

I get that we're supposed to believe that Iris is so amazing that her personality is overwhelming her clone and giving her real, honest emotions. But it's still a bunch of hooey that Cecile couldn't tell something wasn't right with Mirror Iris.

Why are Cecile's powers portrayed so inconsistently? Originally she was able to read minds, then over time she could only sense emotions. Now it seems like her powers fluctuate based on the needs of the script.

• Whenever we see Iris and Eva inside the Mirrorverse, there's a large floor-to-ceiling mirror on one wall, with dozens of others spaced around the set. It occurred to me this week that these scenes must be real headache to film. They have to set up the camera so neither it or any of the crew are accidentally reflected in any of the mirrors, which must be a nightmare. It probably takes forever just to shoot the simplest scene on this set.

• At one point Iris discovers a button at the side of Eva's floor-to-ceiling mirror. She pushes it, which causes the mirror to slide into the wall and reveal a room behind it. She utters a disbelieving "Oh my god" as she stares into the room.

For a brief second I thought this new room was inside McCulloch Tech, meaning Iris has been in the real world all this time, and the whole Mirrorverse thing was some elaborate ruse cooked up by Eva for some reason. If that had happened I honestly would have thrown something through my TV. Fortunately that wasn't the case, and it was a secret room inside the Mirrorverse.

• Cisco's nerd t-shirt of choice this week features a graphic of the Arecibo Message.

It was a signal sent into space a single time back in 1974 to mark the remodeling of the Arecibo radio array in Puerto Rico. The message was aimed at the globular star cluster M13, and featured blocky, Atari-like graphics illustrating our numbering system, human DNA, the layout of our solar system and a crude representation of our anatomy.

Fortunately M13 is 25,000 light years from Earth, so we've got a good long while before the inhabitants receive the message and send their invasion force to conquer us.

• Cisco finds Caitlin unconscious in her freezing cold apartment. He takes her temperature, which reads a frigid 34º F. So Caitlin's dead now, right? Even someone with cold powers like her shouldn't be able to survive that! Her body's two freakin' degrees above freezing!

• Cisco decides the only way to save Caitlin is to electrically shock her out of her "ice coma." Yeah, that's a thing that happens in this episode. Since they don't have any "ionized conductive wiring," Ralph acts as a pair of jumper cables, allowing the current from the battery to pass through his stretchy body and into Caitlin. In the process, Ralph's electrocuted and blown across the room. Oddly enough, Caitlin's just fine and calmly wakes up.

I freely admit I know little or nothing about electricity, but none of this seems right to me. If the current is flowing through Ralph and into Caitlin, shouldn't SHE have been the one who got fried and tossed against the wall?

• Tom Cavanagh is easily the best actor on The Flash. That's why it pains me to say that Nash is the worst and most useless version of Wells the show's featured so far. More so than even Sherloque!

He hasn't done anything of note since he first appeared, and contributes little or nothing to Team Flash. OK, so he freed The Anti-Monitor from his interdimensional prison and turned into Pariah during the Crisis. But that ended up being rewritten when the Universe was rebooted, so it doesn't count.

Here's an idea— a few episodes back we saw that Nash's mind was being taken over by previous Multiversal versions of Harrison Wells. What if these prior Wellseses started popping up in his body now and then? One week he'd become Harry Wells, then the next HR would manifest. It'd make Nash about a thousand times more interesting, and we'd get to revisit our old favorite versions of the character! Get on this right now, writers!

• Barry tries to prove Mirror Iris isn't real by shining a prismatic scanner on her. When nothing happens, she grabs the scanner & aims it at Barry, seemingly revealing that HE'S the mirror clone. He's then locked up till the others can figure out what to do with him.

You know, there was a really good way for Barry to get out of this jam and prove he's real. All he had to do was tell Mirror Iris to test the scanner on Cecile and Nash as well. Then when the beam caused them to look all prismatic too, they'd know the scanner had been tampered with. 

Of course if they'd done that, then we wouldn't have had the incredibly superfluous "Barry In Super Jail" sublot, that went absolutely nowhere and did nothing but eat up ten minutes of screentime.

• Wondering what happened to the prismatic scanner, and why it didn't work on Mirror Iris? That's because while no one was looking, Eva swapped it out for an altered one. A couple things here:

First of all, what a lucky break for Eva that the scanner just happened to be sitting on a metal tray, so she could reach into the real world and replace it with a copy.

Secondly, note that this metal tray clearly isn't a mirror, and is only slightly reflective. So I guess that means Eva doesn't just control mirrors, but also somewhat shiny things!

• For weeks now, Eva's been going on and on about how she'd developed some sort of mirror-based technology that was going to revolutionize the world, but her husband Joseph Carver stole it or corrupted it or something. As with everything about this storyline, it was never clear just what she was working on.

This week we get a fleeting clue, as Nash says, "I've seen that McCulloch tech up close and it... reflective chip technology, it's... it's far-reaching to say the least."

Well that clears up everything! Eva created reflective chip technology! What does that mean, you ask? You know! They're chips. And they're reflective! And they'll help mankind! Geez, everyone knows that!

• Mirror Iris, Mirror Kamilla and Mirror Singh pay a visit to ARGUS to chat with Ramsey Rosso. Before they enter his cell, they pass through some sort of high tech security scanner. Note that the scanner audibly dweedles as they each walk through it, but no alarms go off.

What a minute, that can't be right. The three of them are some sort of artificial constructs— they're not real people. Don't believe me? Welp, keep in mind that in the third act Mirror Iris transforms her arms into razor sharp blades, then later on cracks and shatters into a million glass shards!

So why don't the scanners detect that these three aren't human? You'd think at the very least it'd give off a buzz or sound an intruder alert.

• Oh boy, this week we get a surprise appearance from Bloodwork, my all time least favorite Flash villain. I dearly hoped we'd seen the last of him when he was defeated earlier in the season. Now it looks like he's gonna figure into the season finale somehow. Or would have, if it had been filmed.

• When the mirror kids visit Ramsey's cell, we see that he's wearing the same ripped and tattered clothing he had on when he was defeated back in The Last Temptation Of Barry Allen, Part 2. Since The Flash operates more or less in real time, that was six freakin' months ago! 

Are we really supposed to believe ARGUS hasn't given Ramsey a change of clothes in all that time? Does the whole "cruel and unusual punishment" thing not apply to metas held at top secret government facilities?

• After Mirror Iris collects Ramsey's blood, Mirror Singh tells her to hurry and leave while he covers their tracks. How the hell's he going to do THAT? Mirror Kamilla disintegrated herself to temporarily free Ramsey. Won't ARGUS security be a little suspicious when three people came in to see a dangerous meta, but only two leave?

• As Mirror Iris leaves, Ramsey tells her, "Run, Iris, run!" Of course that's a play on the famous "Run, Barry, run!" line that's been uttered a couple dozen times during the series. It was also the title of Episode 16 in Season 4— the one in which Iris temporarily became a speedster.

• When Barry confronts Mirror Iris, she angrily hurls a vial of Ramsey's blood at the nearest full length mirror. It absorbs the blood, which allows Eva to safely escape from the Mirrorverse.

Mirror Iris then casually tosses the empty vial onto a chess board. The shot goes by quickly so it's easy to miss, but if you look closely it appears there's still a little bit of blood sloshing around inside the vial. 

Nothing happens on a TV show without a reason, so if they deliberately gave us a shot of the blood in the vial, it's inevitable that it'll become important later. I'm not quite sure how yet, but Ramsey's leftover blood is definitely a future plot point.

• The highlight of the episode had to be when Mirror Iris went full T-1000 and transformed her arms into super-sharp blades and started slashing away at Barry.

That was the last thing I ever expected to see on this show, but I'm glad they went there as it was pretty damn cool.

• Even cooler was the way Mirror Iris utilized the mirrors in the apartment, by shoving her blade arm into one and having it emerge out of another to unexpectedly stab Barry. It was a clever and ingenious use of her power, and quite well thought out. If only it hadn't taken us seven episodes to get to this point.

• Did... did Mirror Iris just wipe her nose with her super-sharp blade arm? Yes. Yes she did.

• Back when this whole Mirror Master storyline started, I wondered how the show would handle the matter of Barry and Mirror Iris' intimacy. After all, they're a young and attractive couple, so they probably have a pretty healthy sex life. Would Mirror Iris willingly perform her marital duties and have sex with Barry? Or would she keep having headaches every night for six months to avoid the situation?

I noted that if Barry did end up sleeping with Mirror Iris, it would have devastating effect on his relationship with his real wife. Consequences that could ultimately even tear them apart.

I wasn't sure whether the show would go there and deal with the question, or simply sweep it under the rug and never mention it. 

So far they've been pretty vague on the topic. They did sort of hint that something might have happened at the end of Love Is A Battlefield (their Valentine's Day episode), but it was unclear if they actually went all the way or not.

Welp, this week they finally confirmed it. After Mirror Iris slashes Barry to ribbons, she leans over his bleeding body and begins taunting him, saying, "What do you think about me, Barry? All those days. Weeks. It wasn't her. It was me. Enjoying meals together. Talking about our day. Sharing your bed."

So that's that then! Barry cheated on his wife with another woman. OK, technically he didn't know he was cheating, and even technically-er, Mirror Iris isn't an actual real person, but some sort of energy construct. But he still had sex with her/it. That's definitely gonna affect the real Iris, as she'll no doubt feel hurt and betrayed.

I'm hoping the writers will actually acknowledge this situation, and don't just ignore it as they have so many other issues in the past. Or even worse, resolve it between episodes!

• Late in the third act, Mirror Iris stops fighting Barry as she realizes she actually has feelings for him. She tells Barry to find the real Iris, then dies in his arms as she shatters into pieces.

The implication here is that the real Iris' love for Barry is so strong and pure that it overwhelmed Mirror Iris' programming, allowing her to become autonomous and break free from Eva's influence.

That's pretty much identical to one of the plotlines in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. In that film, the V'ger entity killed Lt. Ilia, then made a highly sophisticated artificial copy of her. Unfortunately for V'ger, it made such a perfect replica that the copy began experiencing Ilia's feelings, particularly towards her former lover Commander Decker. Captain Kirk was then able to take advantage of this and use Fake Ilia against V'ger.

Earlier in the season I wondered how Iris would react to Barry being not realizing that Mirror Iris was a fake. After all, Iris instantly knew Barry had been possessed by Bloodwork, so surely she'd be pissed when he didn't notice she'd been replaced by an imposter.

Welp, it looks like the writers just gave Barry an out regarding this situation. Mirror Iris was such a perfect copy that she eventually became the real thing!

• For a while now I've been wondering where the real Kamilla and Singh are— or if they're even still alive. 

This week we get a clue as to where they are. When Eva finally escapes from the Mirrorverse this week, she and Barry have the following conversation:

Barry: "Iris... where... where is she?"
Eva: "She's still in the world I left behind. Along with the rest of my insurance policy. Chief Singh, and your friend, Kamilla. They're safe. How long is up to you."

Apparently they're located in the Mirrorverse along with Iris. Where exactly is the question. I guess they're tied up in some secret room that Iris doesn't know about?

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Meh. Nothing worth noting in this episode.

Legends Of Tomorrow Season 5, Episode 10: The Great British Fake Off

This week on Legends Of Tomorrow we get another decent episode, as the gang finds the final piece of the Loom Of Fate (oops, spoilers!). It wasn't quite as good as last week's episode, but it's still miles above anything in the dreadful fourth season.

Constantine and Zari 2.0 team up for much of this episode, and slowly begin falling for one another. The writers are reeeeeally pushing this potential romance on us for a couple weeks now. They first hinted at it in Romeo V. Juliet: Dawn Of Justness, as Constantine and Zari 2.0 performed the parts of Shakespeare's doomed lovers, and began feeling their lines for real.

Meh. I'm not a fan of this particular pairing. They work fine as partners, as they have a fun, breezy chemistry together. As a couple though, not so much. There's absolutely no sexual tension between them, making this budding relationship dull and unbelievable. 

Constantine's spent the past two seasons moaning to anyone who'll listen that he works alone because horrible things happen to anyone he loves. So why's he suddenly throwing that attitude out the window and mooning over Zari 2.0?

I assume they're likely doing this to set up a love triangle between Constantine, Zari 2.0 and Steel. Ugh. Steel's my absolute least favorite character on the show, so I'm automatically disinterested in any storyline about his love life.

It's possible this whole romance subplot may end up being eliminated soon anyway. Last week the heads of Warner Bros.— which owns The CW— met with the showrunners of all its series about the coronavirus and how it may affect production in the future.

There was a suggestion that love scenes might end up being eliminated on their shows, because actors won't want to kiss one another. There was also concern about fight scenes, which would violate the rules of social distancing (!).

Nothing concrete was decided in the meeting, but... this is the world we live in now.

There's also some fallout from Canary's encounter with Atropos last week, as she seems to be developing some sort of time-related powers. Canary sits out most of this episode, so we'll have to wait till next week to find out what's going on with her.

I continue to be impressed with Sharpe, as she's slowly becoming the Legends' MVP, despite having no superpowers of her own. She has an easy rapport with the entire team (even Heat Wave!) and has earned their grudging respect. And this week she even slid easily into the role of leader, and even traveled to Hell!

I'm still enjoying the Loom Of Fate storyline, mostly because I'm not quite sure where it's going and because they're moving it along at a brisk pace. The only downside to this arc? Once it's over, I have a feeling Charlie will leave the ship, as there'll be no reason for her to stick around any longer. I hope not, as I like Charlie and actress Maisie Richardson-Sellers, but her departure feels inevitable at this point.

I also have a feeling Constantine may not be around much longer either. I guess it all depends on what happens with the Loom, Astra and her mom Natalie. Constantine and Natalie were once a couple, so if he manages to resurrect her, I could easily see him riding off into the sunset with her. 

Again, I hope not, as Legends has allowed Constantine's character to continue long after his own series was canceled. Time will tell!

SPOILERS!

The Plot:
On the Waverider, Charlie tells the Legends how she met the Enchantress (the DC one, not the Marvel one) in Ancient Egypt shortly after she dismantled the Loom Of Fate. She gave the Enchantress one of the three pieces (disguised as a ring again) and asked her to hide it someplace where she'd never find it.

After hearing the story, Constantine says that due to Enchantress' powerful magic, it'll be virtually impossible to find the final piece of the Loom. Zari 2.0, who's anxious to use the Loom to resurrect her brother Behrad, tells him he'd better figure out a spell to locate it anyway.

In the Mess Hall, Zari 2.0 tells Steel that she met her alt-timeline self inside the Air Totem. She says she could tell Original Zari had feelings for him. The two are just about to kiss when Constantine enters and calls a meeting of the crew. 

Cut to the House Of Mystery, er, I mean Constantine's manor, where the Legends have gathered. White Canary's there, and begins having odd visions— almost like she's seeing the immediate future. Sharpe asks if she's OK, and she brushes it off. 

Constantine gathers everyone and tells them to hold hands, saying he needs their psychic energy to try and locate an image of the ring. They do so, and as he concentrates a vision of the ring appears in midair. Canary faints, and Sharpe and Charlie tend to her. Constantine and Zari 2.0 see the ring and reach for it. Suddenly they both fall through some sort of magical portal and land on the floor. Constantine looks around and realizes they've accidentally fallen into the house's past.

Apparently in this era the manor is a boarding house. Mrs. Hughes, who runs the place, enters and Constantine says he and his "fiance" would like a room. Another man enters and introduces himself as Dr. White, saying he'd like a room as well. He glares at Constantine as he passes.

The two settle in their room, and Constantine mocks Zari 2.0 for having the unbelievably useless talent of "influencer." He then casts a location spell that leads them down the hall to Dr. White's room. Constantine tells Zari 2.0 to "influence" White out of there so he can search the room. She knocks on White's door, pretends to be sick and asks if he can examine her in the parlor.

Dr. White examines Zari 2.0 and becomes suspicious when he sees she's not wearing an engagement ring. She nervously says she feels all better and rushes back upstairs. White pulls out a scalpel and ominously follows her. 

Zari 2.0 enters White's room, looking for Constantine. Unfortunately he's nowhere to be found. White comes up behind her with the scalpel, saying he's ready to begin the real examination. Just then Constantine comes out from behind a door, grabs White and breaks his neck. An instant later, White resurrects and Constantine knocks him out. He says White is really Jack The Ripper, and must be another Encore who escaped. He ties him up and stuffs him in the closet.

On the Waverider, Gideon examines the unconscious Canary in the Med Bay. She says there's unusual activity in the area of her brain that perceives time (?). Sharpe worries that with Canary out, Behrad dead and Constantine and Zari 2.0 missing, the Legends won't survive another confrontation with Atropos. 

On the Bridge, the Prognosticator shows numerous Encores moving in the same direction. Gideon says she can't track where they're heading, because they're also moving through time. Sharpe figures Astra's sending the Encores after Constantine again. She determines the only solution is to confront Astra— in Hell!

Back at the manor, Constantine also figures Astra sent Jack after him. Just then the doorbell rings, and Constantine and Zari 2.0 sneak down to see who's arrived. Five more encores enter— Brutus, Henry XIII, Black Caesar and Bonnie & Clyde.

On the ship, Gary draws a circle on the floor and he, Sharpe and Heat Wave enter it. Gary says they'll have four hours to find Astra, and once the time's up they'll automatically return to the Waverider (PLOT POINT!). Sharpe arms herself with the Hell Sword, as Heat Wave lights the circle, causing them all to disappear. They arrive in Hell, wondering where to begin looking. Heat Wave grabs a random Hell-resident and threatens him into telling where Astra is.

At the manor, Constantine says Astra must really want him dead if she's sending so many Encores after him. Zari 2.0 suggests maybe they're not after him, but the ring. He tells her that's actually a good point. He disguises himself as Jack The Ripper and goes downstairs to join the Encores. 

In Hell, Gary enters Astra's club. He lures her outside, where Sharpe grabs her. She tells her to call off the Encores or she'll stab her with the Hell Sword. Astra says she doesn't know what she's talking about, as she hasn't sent any Encores since Constantine promised to restore her family. She invites them into her club so she can show them she's not lying. Sharpe stupidly agrees.

At the manor, the Encores— plus the disguised Constantine— sit down to a nice dinner (?). As Zari 2.0 suspected, they're all there for the ring, having been offered free reign on Earth if they find it. Clyde says it's time to thin out the competition, and disintegrates Henry with his Hell Shotgun. The rest of the Encores all pull out their Hell Weapons and point them at one another in a supernatural Mexican standoff. Bonnie says she's heard of Jack The Ripper and figures he's the biggest threat to them all. She points her Hell Gun directly at Jack/Constantine.

Just then Zari 2.0 enters in a wig and gown, disguised as Cleopatra. She convinces everyone to lower their weapons, and says they need to work together to find the ring. She says if they find it, they can ALL demand free reign on Earth. The Encores think about it and eventually agree. 

In Hell, Astra takes Sharpe and the others to her office. She opens the drawer where she keeps her soul coins (which they were calling "chits" several episodes back). She's shocked when she sees they're gone. She calls her demon assistant Tiberius and asks where the coins went. He says SHE told him to remove the coins, and she realizes a shapeshifter took them. She "kills" Tiberius with a knife, but says he'll be better in a few hours (???).

Astra says at least she still has her most important coin— that of Constantine, which she wears around her neck. She takes out his coin, but is shocked again when it reads "Vandal Savage." She realizes that she's been had by the Coin Maker, aka Lachesis. She's furious, but says the Coin Maker's too powerful for her to take on by herself. Sharpe offers to help, and Astra agrees.

At the manor, the Encores ransack the place as they look for the ring. Bonnie draws her Hell Gun and eliminates Brutus. Meanwhile, Black Caesar uses his magical Hell Compass to try and find the ring, while Constantine and Zari 2.0 watch from the shadows. Clyde enters and kills Black Caesar, then leaves. The compass falls to the floor, and Constantine nabs it.

Constantine tries using the compass to locate the ring, but says it's useless because the house is interfering with everyone's magic. He then realizes the nature of the Enchantress' spell— anyone actively looking for the ring will never be able to find it. He suggest they get drunk and try to forget about it.

In Hell, Astra and Sharpe walk to the Coin Maker's place (I guess there aren't any cars in the Netherworld). Astra tells her that after Constantine banished her to Hell, the Coin Maker took her in and raised her as her own, and now she's betrayed her. Sharpe says she can relate, as her mentor Rip Hunter sold her out as well by cloning her and filling her mind with fake memories.

Just then several of Astra's goons appear and take Sharpe captive. She tells them to "have fun" with her and goes to meet with the Coin Maker. The goons take Sharpe to Astra's office and tie her to a chair. Heat Wave and Gary are tied up there as well. Gary says he forgot to mention that when their time in Hell is up, only those touching him will be teleported back to the real world. Heat Wave says he needs to get back, as he's going to his daughter Lita's soccer match.

Astra goes to the Coin Maker's shop and says she knows she stole her soul coins. The Coin Maker admits it, saying she needed them for grander schemes. Atropos then appears, and the Coin Maker introduces her. She finally reveals she's actually Lachesis (which we already knew), and she and Atropos are two of the Three Fates. She says their third sister Clotho , aka Charlie, betrayed them and destroyed the Loom Of Fate. They want the Loom back for themselves.

Astra says Constantine promised to use the Loom to resurrect her mother. Lachesis tells her to move beyond her petty human desires, and offers her the chance to become their new third sister. Astra thinks about it and agrees, but says she wants Constantine's coin back. Lachesis says that's a fair trade and hands it to her.

While looking for the ring, Bonnie & Clyde find the real Jack The Ripper tied up in the closet. He tells them Constantine's posing as him, and they all head off to kill him. Meanwhile in the dining room, Zari 2.0's trying not to think about the ring. Constantine hears the others coming, and leads Zari 2.0 to a secret passage. She doesn't want to leave, but he tells her he can't save Behrad if she's dead too. She reluctantly goes. 

Astra returns to her office, picks up the Hell Sword and cuts Sharpe and the others free. She says if Lachesis finds the Loom then she'll never get her mother back, so she's on Team Constantine— for now. Gary says their time's almost up. Sharpe asks Astra  to come back with them and take control of her life. At the last second, Astra takes Sharpe's hand.

Sharpe, Heat Wave, Gary and Astra are transported back to the Waverider. Steel and Charlie are puzzled to see Astra, and Sharpe says she'll explain later, but right now they need to save Constantine.

At the manor, the Encores take Constantine prisoner and demand he tell them where to find the ring. He tells them to go to Hell (!). As Jack prepares to torture him, Zari 2.0 returns and orders them to stop. They turn on her, and she blasts them with the Air Totem— surprising herself as much as the Encores. Clyde's blown backwards into the blade of Jack's Hell Scalpel and disintegrates.

Constantine frees himself, grabs Clyde's Hell Shotgun and shoots Jack. Bonnie starts to shoot Zari 2.0, but she deflects the bullet with the Totem, causing it to ricochet. It hits Bonnie and she's gone. 

In the aftermath, Constantine and Zari 2.0 move closer and start to kiss. Just then something catches Constantine's eye, and he sees the ring sitting on a table— where it's been all along. 

Sharpe and Steel enter, but see the others don't need rescuing. Steels grabs all the discarded Hell weapons for future use against the Fates. As they leave, Mrs. Hughes appears and says goodbye. Constantine gives her a long hard look, and says he thought she wasn't allowed to meddle. She says she doesn't know what he's talking about. As he and the others Time Courier back to the ship, Mrs. Hughes transforms into Enchantress (to no one's surprise).

On the Waverider, Steel's impressed that Zari 2.0 got the Air Totem to work. They look like they're about to kiss, when Constantine walks in with Gary and Sharpe. Constantine wonders how the others knew where to find him. Just then Astra saunters in, greets Constantine and says they have a Loom to build.

Thoughts:
• The episode begins with Charlie telling the story of how she was hanging out in Ancient Egypt, where she gave the third piece of the Loom Of Fate to her pal Enchantress.

Oddly enough, this past version of Charlie looks just like the present day one. But that can't be, since Constantine froze her in the form of Vixen (a person who wouldn't be born for 5,000 years) while she was impersonating her.

Ah, but the writers thought of that! Steel interrupts her story and says, "Wait, wait, wait, time out. But you did look different at the time, though, right?" Charlie replies, "Shapeshifter! 'Course I did. But it makes the story easier to imagine if you just picture me."

OK, so the writers manged to get out of that jam. But then they immediately stepped into another one. Why would Steel think that Past Charlie looked like her current self unless she specifically mentioned it in her story? And why in the name of sanity would she do so? "Five thousand years ago I was living in Ancient Egypt, lookin' just like I do now."

• I gotta admit I was a little confused when Charlie first mentioned Enchantress. She's a Marvel Comics character, generally associated with Thor. Took me a minute to remember that DC Comics has an Enchantress as well!

So last week I spotted Katana's mask— from the awful Suicide Squad movie— sitting on a shelf in the Waverider's study. Now this week we get an appearance from Enchantress, who was the main villain of that film (albeit in a VERY different form). What the hell? Why all the sudden callbacks to Suicide Squad?

• When Enchantress first appears, she's wearing this form for some reason. The second I saw her I wondered why they had Tala Ashe (aka Zari 2.0) play her! Whoever this woman is, she looks just like her. In fact I'm still not entirely convinced that it isn't her. Why would they cast such a lookalike in the role?

• Based on the dialogue and overall plot, I'm assuming this episode takes place just a day or two after Behrad was killed. Apparently Charlie decided to mourn his death by morphing into this form. Subtle!

Seriously, what the hell? Was this Maisie Richardson-Sellers' idea? Did she just show up on set like this and the director was forced to go with it? Or did the producers decide she needed a makeover, and this was the result? Either way, I'm not a fan. Let's hope this look is gone next week. Come at me, SJWs! 

• After being blasted by the full power of Atropos last week, Canary begins experiencing odd visions in which she sees glimpses of the immediate future. Eventually she passes out, lapses into a coma and is confined to the Med Bay.

Wondering why she's awkwardly written out of most of this episode? Most likely it's because she was off filming a guest appearance in the series finale of Arrow.

• In the Med Bay, Sharpe asks Gideon what's wrong with Canary. Gideon says, "Captain Lance is experiencing unusual activity in the striatum, a region of the brain that processes time. I am continuing to run tests to determine the cause."

The human brain really does contain a structure called the striatum. As you might expect though, it has absolutely nothing to do with "processing time." It's actually made of two parts. The ventral (lower) striatum moderates things like reward, reinforcement and motivation. The dorsal (upper) striatum involves things like motor function, inhibition, impulsivity and stimulus respons.

• With Canary out of the picture, Charlie says Sharpe is now the acting captain. When was that line of succession decided?

I guess it makes sense. Steel's too much of a doofus to ever run the ship, Charlie and Constantine likely wouldn't want the responsibility, Zari 2.0's too self-absorbed and Heat Wave's too "shoot first, forget the questions." That pretty much leaves Sharpe as the most responsible choice. And don't forget, she was the Director of the Time Bureau for several years. 

On the other hand, she's served on the ship the least amount of time, which means there's likely a lot she doesn't know about its functions and operation.

• Constantine gathers the Legends in a circle, has them hold hands and chants a location spell to try and find the final piece of the Loom. 

As usual, his Latin spells are largely gibberish. He says, "O circule, te vocavi ad hunc locum et tempus. Veni hic, te iubeo," which translates into "O circle, you called this place and time. I came here to be off." 

Once again, it looks like the writers are using an online translator site that's not very accurate or reliable.

• Constantine and Zari 2.0 are accidentally transported into his house's past. The episode never states exactly what year they end up in, but based on the clothing of the locals and other visual cues, I'd say it's sometime in the late 1800s.

Wondering why the two of them time travel into the manor's past? That would be because the House Of Mystery sets are already built, of course! The CW is notoriously cash-strapped, and they ain't got money to put up new sets for one episode.

• In the past, Constantine's manor is a boarding house, owned (I guess?) and run by a Mrs. Hughes. Several things here:

Wow, could they have found an actress who looked more like Maggie Smith to play Mrs. Hughes? I don't think so!

• At the end of the episode we find out that Mrs. Hughes is actually Enchantress in disguise. It's meant to be a shocking reveal, but in hindsight the clues where there all along.

First off, Mrs. Hughes first appears, she's trying to find her etui (a small ornamental case). Zari 2.0 points it out to her and Mrs. Hughes says, "Thank you, my dear. I would've found it eventually. Sometimes one just needs to stop looking." Of course in the third act, we find out that Enchantress put a spell on the Loom ring so it was invisible to anyone who was looking for it!

Secondly, I should have realized something was up with Mrs. Hughes when a British King, a pirate captain, a Roman senator and two gangsters from her future showed up at her boarding house, and she didn't bat an eye!

Lastly, Mrs. Hughes serves dinner to the Encores. Two seconds after she lays a roast on the dining room table, Constantine walks in disguised as Dr. White, aka Jack The Ripper. Mrs. Hughes has already met the doctor, but when she sees Constantine she doesn't say, "I beg your pardon, but who the devil are you?"

When you add up all that, it's pretty obvious there's something fishy about Mrs. Hughes, and she's much more than she appears.

• One last thing about Mrs. Hughes before I finally stop yakking about her. When Constantine & Zari 2.0 first show up, he tells Mrs. Hughes they're married. Zari 2.0 refuses to go along with the charade and says they're not. When Mrs. Hughes huffs that she doesn't allow single women to stay in her establishment, Zari 2.0 corrects herself and says she and Constantine are engaged. Mrs. Hughes says that's different then, and gives them a single room (!).

OK, I know Mrs. Hughes isn't a real person and all, but still... there's no way in hell a woman in the 1800s would allow an unmarried couple to share the same room— engaged or not! Such things just weren't allowed back then.

• On the Waverider, the Prognosticator shows multiple Encores moving through time and space, presumably toward Constantine's location. Unfortunately the device glitches and shorts out before Gideon can pinpoint where they're all headed.

I dunno... if you look at the Encores' paths right before the thing quits working, it's pretty clear they're heading toward the UK. Granted, the Legends don't know where— or when— to look, but at least it's something. Better than trying to search the entire globe!

Also, note that Lachesis sends six Encores after Constantine. It's hard to tell the exact amount, but by my count there are at least seventeen trails on the globe! I guess some of them must have gotten lost?

• Unknown to Astra, Lachesis steals her soul coins and sends a bunch of Encores after Constantine, to get his pieces of the Loom Of Fate (and then kill him of course).

The six Encores she sends are:

— Jack The Ripper. An infamous serial killer who murdered at least five prostitutes (and possibly six more) in the East end of London from 1888 to 1891. Jack was never apprehended, and the public's been speculating as to his true identity for over a hundred years. The list of possible suspects is long and varied, including the father of Winston Churchill, Lewis Carroll (!) and Prince Albert Victor, grandson of Queen Victoria (!!).

In this episode Jack goes by the alias of Dr. White. Oddly enough I couldn't find any mention of a suspect with that name. I guess he made it up on the spot?

— Henry VIII. King of England from 1509 until his death in 1547. He was described as a lustful, egotistical, harsh and insecure king. Probably best known for his six wives— two of which he had executed.

— Bonnie & Clyde. Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were a criminal couple who robbed a series of banks in the American Midwest during the Great Depression. The public, which was less than thrilled with banks at the time, became enthralled with their exploits. The two were killed in a police ambush in 1934.

— Black Caesar. A Haitian pirate who pillaged the Florida Keys, and later became a crewman aboard Blacksmith's ship, Queen Anne's Revenge. There's no real evidence that Black Caesar actually existed, and he may have just been a legend.

— Brutus. Marcus Junius Brutus was a senator during the political turmoil of the later days of the Roman Empire. When Emperor Julius Caesar began amassing power and naming himself "dictator in perpetuity," the Senate decided to take action. A group led by Brutus assassinated Caesar in 44 BC.

• Constantine poses as Jack The Ripper to find out what the Encores want. Just as they're about to eliminate him, Zari 2.0 shows up disguised as another Encore— Cleopatra.

So... where the hell did she fine a Cleopatra wig inside Mrs. Hughes' boarding house? Or are we supposed to believe she hurriedly (and professionally) cut her hair off?

• Has anyone explained why Lachesis is operating a little shop in Hell? Seems like a step down for one of the Three Fates who once controlled humanity's destiny. Did she come to Hell so she can fiddle with the soul coins and mess with the "lives" of the damned?

• Legends Of Tomorrow features an interesting, if nonsensical and contradictory version of Hell (that looks not unlike downtown Detroit— zing!). 

Traditional depictions of Hell describe it as a vague, metaphysical realm where souls are tortured for eternity. Legends' Hell seems to be an actual physical location— one that humans can freely visit if they know how to get there! In fact, Constantine regularly visits the place.

More oddities: Apparently the damned in this version of Hell age! We know this because Astra was sent there as a child, and has now grown into an adult. So does that mean the damned can age and die? Or do they just keep getting older and older forever? It's all very unclear.

Probably the most surprising aspect of this Hell is that it operates similarly to our own world Astra owns her own business— a nightclub called Brimstone. She has a staff of employees too, implying that the damned have to get a job and earn a living in the afterlife. Can you imagine having to work a menial job for all eternity? It really IS Hell!

• In Hell, Heat Wave grabs a random demon and threatens to kill him unless he tells where to find Astra. I love the fact that he's so scary he can literally intimidate the denizens of the Netherworld!

• Constantine manages to stop thinking about the ring long enough for it to magically appear. This is the first really close look we've gotten at any of the Loom rings so far. This one features an image of what looks like a woman's hand picking up... a ring! Nothing momentous to say here, I just thought it was a cool touch and I'd mention it. 

• Let's talk about Astra, shall we? At the end of the episode she simply and effortlessly teleports to the Waverider with the Legends. Wait, what?

OK, if I understand her history, back in Constantine's own series, Astra was a child who was possessed by a demon. Constantine and his crew attempted to exorcise the demon from her, but were unsuccessful. Constantine then enlisted the aid of an even more powerful demon— Nergal— to eliminate the one possessing Astra. Nergal eliminated the original demon, but then double-crossed Constantine by dragging Astra to Hell himself. 

Once in Hell, Astra was taken in by Lachesis, aka the Coin Maker, who became her adoptive mother. Over the years she manipulated Astra for her own ends.

Meanwhile, Constantine was haunted by what happened to Astra, and considered her fate his greatest failure. 

Years later, Constantine traveled to Hell to retrieve the soul of Atom, who'd accidentally been sent there. When he arrived, Satan offered Constantine a chance to save Astra instead. Constantine told Atom tough cookies, and decided to rescue Astra instead. When he was finally reunited with Astra, she was now a grown woman and said she didn't want to leave, as she was a big mover and shaker in Hell or something.

Wow. A lot to unpack here. So for years Constantine fretted and beat himself up over accidentally damning a little girl to Hell. Yet in numerous episodes we've clearly seen him go to and from the Netheworld. In fact it seems pretty easy— draw a circle of powder on the floor, light it and you're instantly transported there. If it's that simple, why didn't he travel to Hell years ago and rescue Astra?

Also, Astra's furious with Constantine for leaving her to rot in Hell for years. Yet at the end of this episode, she hitches a magical ride with Sharpe and the others back to the real world. In fact it's apparently so easy to escape that Gary Freakin' Green can do it!

If it's such a cinch, then why didn't she return to Earth long before she became corrupted? Why don't ALL the damned of Hell escape?

Maybe there's something I'm missing here, but it just seems like saving Astra wouldn't have been that tough and there was no reason NOT to do it before now.

• This Week's Best Lines:
Zari 2.0: "By the way, uh, when I went on that totem journey thing, I met the other me."

Steel: "Really? How... how is she?"

Zari 2.0: "She's great. Tough, cool... You must have a thing for warrior women."

Steel: " Only if they're from another time period and eventually will leave me, sure."

Constantine: "I'm gonna need to borrow a little bit of magical energy off you lot to help amplify the summoning spell."

Steel: "Exactly how does that work?"

Constantine: "It's easy. All you need to do is keep your mouths shut and let me use your auras like batteries."

Sharpe: "Is this safe? It doesn't sound safe."

Constantine: "It isn't. Any more questions?"

Constantine: "Now, I'm assuming you can wield the totem like Behrad."

Zari 2.0: "Mm-uh. I'm just holding onto this for him. I don't have a superpower. Unless you count having flawless brows."

Constantine: "I don't."

Zari 2.0: "The New York Times called me the most influential influencer of my generation."

Constantine: "Oh, The New York Times, eh?"

Zari 2.0: "Yeah, it's like an app that tells you the news."
(Remember Zari 2.0's from 2044, a time when physical newspapers will likely be a thing of the past.)

Zari 2.0: "What about you? What exactly do you do, besides wear the same outfit every day and screw up spells?"

Constantine: "Well, I've banished demons, slain dragons, and walked through the fires of Hell. I'm a sneaky bastard and the greatest sorcerer that ever lived."

Charlie: "Oh, Mick, I thought you were taking time off to hang out with the kid?"

Heat Wave: "She told me to go to Hell. Where are we headed?"

Gary: "The portal to Hell is ready, Captain."

Constantine: "Look, I can't look after you and figure out what Astra's up to at the same time."

Zari 2.0: "This might be Behrad's totem, but there is a little warrior me inside here from a different timeline and she's gonna protect me."

Constantine: "I don't even know what to say to that."

Sharpe: "It's over, Astra. We know you've sent your Encores after John, so don't play coy."

Astra: "What the hell's an Encore?"

(Makes sense that Astra wouldn't recognize the term, since the Legends coined it.)

(Sharpe visits Astra's office in Hell)
Astra: "So where's the lug-head?"

Sharpe: "Rory's guarding our exit, and he's enjoying some entertainment."

Astra: "Yeah, I'll definitely be seeing that one again down here."

(After discovering her soul coins are gone, Astra pushes a button to summon her minion.)
Gary: (to Sharpe) "No one with an executive privacy button has good intentions."