Legends of Tomorrow 2×07 “Invasion!” concluded the Heroes vs. Aliens crossover in a very satisfying way.
‘Legends of Tomorrow’ 2×07 recap
After two less-than-stellar installments in the Heroes vs. Villains crossover (Supergirl doesn’t count, no matter what the advertising says), Legends of Tomorrow made like a star athlete and put the crossover on its back.
“Invasion!” brought the Dominator threat front and center and, taking inspiration from the comic book story of the same name, utilized a full superhero team-up to defeat the aliens.
There were certain drawbacks to the episode; it had a lot of ground to cover in a single episode and, as with the other two episodes, it struggled to balance characters at times.
Jax and Diggle were absent for a large chunk of the episode, and for Supergirl traveling to another universe to be the team’s ace up their sleeve, she was not well-utilized. Oliver claiming he couldn’t work with Supergirl made absolutely no sense; he’s usually pragmatic about using the weapons available, and Supergirl was the biggest one Team Earth had. Oh, and where was Lyla after the first episode?
On the other hand, Kara informing the new president about her Earth’s DEO (implying one would be formed on Earth-1) and suggesting she transfer the team’s government nemesis to Antarctica was great. Don’t get on the friendly alien’s bad side. It was also adorable that she and Barry managed to get Oliver involved in a group hug. I’d like to see more of the three of them together in the future. And that will be possible since Cisco made her a device that will let her get in touch with and travel to Earth-1.
Speaking of Kara, Ray also made the reference fans have been waiting for:
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“Invasion!” also took full advantage of Legends being a time travel show, as Nate, Amaya and Mick alongside Cisco and Felicity traveled back to 1951 — the Dominators’ previous visit — to capture one of the aliens in order to question it about why they’ve come to Earth. Things don’t go as planned, and both the Dominator and the Legends are captured by the U.S. government.
Felicity and Cisco come to the rescue, and Cisco convinces the others to free the Dominator and send it home. This, however, backfires because it changed history. Cisco realizes that he, despite good intentions, made things worse. This is what leads him to forgive Barry, as he understands on a visceral level what his friend is feeling. And we saw the beginnings of that as Cisco tried to talk Barry down from giving himself up to the Dominators.
Why would he do that? Because the Dominators demanded it. It turns out they came to Earth, as in the comics, because of the threat that metahumans present. Why now? Because of Barry going back in time and changing history. This was enough evidence for the Dominators that metahumans are too great of a threat to go on. The hits just keep on coming for poor Barry; he’s never going to live down creating Flashpoint.
Barry is willing to give himself up to make amends, but the rest of the gathered heroes won’t let him do it. It’s quite a sweet moment as the whole group, even Mick who has been his enemy, stands in support of him. This was one of my favorite moments of the entire crossover.
And, then the Dominators drop a meta-bomb — a bomb inspired by the comic book story — that will take out all the metahumans on Earth. Stein, working with Caitlin and his daughter (more on that in a moment), comes up with nano tech that, once placed on all of the Dominators, cause intense pain. While the heroes fight off the invaders and Sara and Cisco try to stop the bomb from dropping in the Waverider, The Flash and Supergirl put the devices on as many Dominators as they can.
Between Firestorm transmuting the bomb into water — remember that power? Haven’t seen it in a while — and the Dominators being subjected to extreme pain, it’s enough to send them packing. Did it seem a bit easy? I think so; it seemed more like a battle than a war, but there was only one episode left to wrap things up. It was nice (and ridiculously fun) seeing all the heroes get a chance to let loose and really put their diverse skills on display. I can’t even imagine trying to choreograph such a complicated sequence.
As for Stein, he’s been dealing with the revelation that he has a daughter as a result of his advice to himself in 1987 to stop taking Clarissa for granted. He keeps Lily at arm’s length because he plans to fix the aberration once the aliens have been defeated. But Caitlin encourages him to talk to her because they need her help to develop the nano tech to defeat the Dominators.
As Stein allows himself to get to know his daughter, he can’t bring himself to fix the aberration. And he finally admits to Jax what happened and asks him not to tell anyone about it. Oh Stein. For someone so smart, he’s constantly making things worse. I have a feeling this will come back to bite him in the future.
The episode closed with some lovely character moments. I really liked the scene with Sara and Oliver as Sara reflected that this whole thing started with the two of them. The two hug and Sara heads back to time traveling. Diggle also forgives Barry for erasing baby Sara. And finally, Oliver and Barry get beers and toast to their lives never being normal.
And next week, The Flash, Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow will air their mid-season finales. Supergirl aired its mid-season finale this week.
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