| Legends of Tomorrow | |
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| Season 2 | |
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| No. of episodes | 17 |
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| Original network | The CW |
| Original release | October 13, 2016 (2016-10-13) – April 4, 2017 (2017-04-04) |
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The second season of the American television seriesLegends of Tomorrow, which is based on characters fromDC Comics, premiered onThe CW on October 13, 2016, and ran for 17 episodes until April 4, 2017. The season follows the Legends, a dysfunctional team of time-traveling superheroes and anti-heroes, and their mission to correct aberrations in time resulting from their first mission together. The show is a spin-off ofArrow andThe Flash; its setting is theArrowverse and it shares continuity with other television series that are set there. The show's second season was produced byBerlanti Productions,Warner Bros. Television, andDC Entertainment.Phil Klemmer was theshowrunner.
The season was ordered in March 2016, and production began that July and ended in February 2017. The show's principal cast membersVictor Garber,Brandon Routh,Arthur Darvill,Caity Lotz,Franz Drameh,Amy Pemberton, andDominic Purcell return from the previous season, and are joined by new cast membersMaisie Richardson-Sellers,Nick Zano, andThe Flash alumMatt Letscher.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [1] | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 17 | 1 | "Out of Time" | Dermott Downs | Story by :Greg Berlanti & Chris Fedak Teleplay by :Marc Guggenheim &Phil Klemmer | October 13, 2016 (2016-10-13) | T13.20001 | 1.82[2] |
In 2016, the historianNate Heywood enlists MayorOliver Queen's help in locating theWaverider after it was caught in a nuclear blast in 1942. They find the ship submerged with onlyMick in stasis aboard; he is revived and reveals what happened.Rip's team—Mick,Ray,Sara,Jax, andMartin—traveled through time dealing with "aberrations" in history. They encounteredJustice Society of America (JSA) memberRex Tyler, who warned them not to travel to 1942 then vanished. After learning anuclear bomb would be detonated in New York City in 1942, the Legends ignored the warning and discoveredDamien Darhk working with theNazis, was behind the attack. Sara attempted to kill Darhk to avengeLaurel, but Darhk escaped and launched his atomic bomb toward New York from aU-boat. Rip scattered the team, except for the injured Mick, throughout time to save their lives while he intercepted the bomb with theWaverider. In the present, Mick and Nate use theWaverider to travel through time and rescue everyone but fail to locate Rip. After preventing the Nazis from obtaining a nuclear bomb in 1942, the team is confronted by the JSA. Meanwhile, Darhk is shown to be working withEobard Thawne. | |||||||
| 18 | 2 | "The Justice Society of America" | Michael Grossman | Chris Fedak & Sarah Nicole Jones | October 20, 2016 (2016-10-20) | T13.20002 | 1.80[3] |
The JSA captures the team, believing them to be Nazi spies, and Rex has no memory of meeting them. Nate reveals he is the JSA memberCommander Steel's grandson. The JSA is assigned to track the Nazi captainBaron Krieger; they release the team and advise them to leave 1942. The JSA learns Krieger intends to trade a mystical amulet; his trade partner is Eobard, who intends to barter with a serum, a sample of which he has given to Krieger. Nate discovers the JSA dies on this mission so the team returns to rescue them. While the teams collect the amulet, Krieger uses the serum on himself and turns into a monstrous superhuman. Krieger captures Ray andAmaya. Ray offers to replicate the serum formula to save Amaya. The teams rescue Ray and Amaya, and defeat Krieger. Nate, ahemophiliac, is injured in the fighting but is saved by a modified version of the serum Ray has created. Before the team departs, Eobard steals the amulet from JSA headquarters and stabs Rex to erase him from the timeline before he can discover Eobard's plan, as he did in a previous encounter. A dying Rex whispers "time traveler" to Amaya. | |||||||
| 19 | 3 | "Shogun" | Kevin Tancharoen | Phil Klemmer &Grainne Godfree | October 27, 2016 (2016-10-27) | T13.20003 | 1.75[4] |
Amaya stows away on theWaverider and attacks Mick, believing him to be responsible for Rex's death. Nate uses his newly-developed ability to convert his body to a steel-like form to stop Amaya. Sara convinces Amaya a rogue time traveler is likely to blame for the murder. An accident during Ray's testing of Nate's abilities throws both men into the time vortex and strands them in 17th-centuryfeudal Japan. Nate is found and cared for by Masako Yamashiro, the betrothed of theshogunTokugawa Iemitsu. Tokugawa'ssamurai capture Ray. Sara, Amaya, and Mick rescue Ray from Tokugawa, who uses the Atom suit against them. They meet up with a recovered Nate, who does not want to leave Masako to Tokugawa's mercy. They defend Masako's village from the samurai, while Ray and Nate destroy the Atom suit and defeat Tokugawa. Nate and Amaya officially join the team. Meanwhile, Jax and Stein discover a hidden armory inside the ship and a secret message fromBarry Allen from 2056 that is intended for Rip and forbidden from the crew. | |||||||
| 20 | 4 | "Abominations" | Michael Allowitz | Marc Guggenheim & Ray Utarnachitt | November 3, 2016 (2016-11-03) | T13.20004 | 1.75[5] |
The team learns of a time pirate who is stranded in theAmerican Civil War. Upon arriving, they encounter a Black man, Henry Scott, who is being chased byConfederate soldiers who have been turned intozombies by a virus carried by the pirate. The team defeats the group of zombies but Henry is killed. Before his death, Henry reveals he is aUnion spy assigned to steal Confederate battle plans forGeneral Grant and asks Jax to complete his mission. The team discovers Mick is infected with the virus and returns him to theWaverider, where Ray and Martin eventually cure him. Sara and Nate go to warn Grant about the zombies while Jax and Amaya attempt to steal the plans. Jax runs afoul of a plantation owner and is imprisoned. Amaya frees Jax and the other Black prisoners. They find the plans and burn down the mansion during a zombie attack. Meanwhile, Grant's camp is also attacked by zombies. Sara formulates a successful plan to kill the zombies using Nate's powers. Jax, posing as Henry Scott, gives the plans to Grant, which will ensure a Union battle victory. A grateful Mick givesLeonard Snart's cold gun to Ray. | |||||||
| 21 | 5 | "Compromised" | David Geddes | Keto Shimizu & Grainne Godfree | November 10, 2016 (2016-11-10) | T13.20005 | 1.77[6] |
In 1987, Eobard Thawne offers Damien Darhk an alliance, which Darhk declines. Aboard theWaverider, Nate discovers an aberration involving the 1987INF Treaty signing. The team infiltrates theWhite House and finds Darhk is one of the treaty negotiators. Sara again attempts to kill Darhk, which alerts White House security and forces the team to make a very public escape. They soon learn Darhk is making a secret deal with theKGB. Returning to the White House during a state dinner, they discover Darhk andH.I.V.E. making an exchange with KGB agents for a box with an unknown item. The team defeats the H.I.V.E soldiers and the Russians. Sara confronts Darhk but spares his life. Instead, she reveals his future to torture him: his master plan's failure, his wife's murder, and his own eventual death. Sara steals the box from Darkh and Eobard whisks him away. Sara realizes the team is opposing a time-travelingspeedster. Unnerved by Sara's revelation, Darhk insists on teaming up with Eobard and they enter the time stream. | |||||||
| 22 | 6 | "Outlaw Country" | Cherie Nowlan | Matthew Maala & Chris Fedak | November 17, 2016 (2016-11-17) | T13.20006 | 1.85[7] |
The team learns of an aberration inColorado in 1874, where they saveJonah Hex from execution. Jonah reveals he is fighting an outlaw boss namedQuentin Turnbull. Nate reveals the aberration is Turnbull leading the Western US in its secession to form "Turnbull Country". The team learns Turnbull is extracting adwarf star, which Ray used for his A.T.O.M. suit, and that Turnbull is planning to destroy a critical mountain pass connecting the Eastern US to the West, stopping theUS Army from supplying the West. While Sara and Jonah engage Turnbull, Mick and Amaya destroy the mine, and Nate uses his powers to stop the train. Instead of killing Turnbull, Jonah decides to deliver him to the authorities. With the dwarf star reappropriated, Ray plans to rebuild his suit. Ray shows Nate the suit he has made for Ray. Amaya decides to teach Mick to control his anger. Martin and Jax deduce due to Martin's interaction with his past self, he may have altered the past. Sara tells the team they need to return to 2016 to help their friends. | |||||||
| 23 | 7 | "Invasion!" | Gregory Smith | Story by : Greg Berlanti Teleplay by : Phil Klemmer & Marc Guggenheim | December 1, 2016 (2016-12-01) | T13.20007 | 3.39[8] |
Nate, Mick, Amaya,Felicity, andCisco travel back to the firstDominator invasion of Earth inRedmond, Oregon, in 1951. The Legends capture a Dominator for information but are captured byMen in black (MIB) as well as the Dominator. While in custody, they learn from the Dominator the aliens arrived to assess the threat humanity posed nowmetahumans have appeared. Felicity and Cisco rescue the Legends and help free the Dominator. Meanwhile inCentral City in 2016, the team learns the Dominators know about Barry's manipulation of the timeline and that they demand his surrender in exchange for peace. After the Legends return, the team discovers the Dominators' weapon is a bomb that will kill all metahumans on Earth and millions of humans. The team dissuades Barry from surrendering and Cisco reconciles with him. They destroy the bomb and force the Dominators to retreat using pain-inflicting nanotechnology. Cisco givesSupergirl a device to travel between their universes. Martin persuades Jax not to tell the others his daughter Lily is an aberration of the timeline. This episode concludes a crossover event that begins onThe Flash season 3 episode 8 and continues onArrow season 5 episode 8. | |||||||
| 24 | 8 | "The Chicago Way" | Ralph Hemecker | Sarah Nicole Jones & Ray Utarnachitt | December 8, 2016 (2016-12-08) | T13.20008 | 2.00[9] |
Eobard, Darhk andMalcolm Merlyn arrive in Chicago in 1927, and ally withAl Capone and his empire. Learning of the aberration, the Legends arrive and keep Capone from murderingEliot Ness. Ness is critically injured so the team decides to obtain vital information on Capone's operation to secure history. Meanwhile, Mick begins having hallucinations of Snart, who belittles him for acting like his teammates. Eobard abducts Sara and Martin during their infiltration and raid on Capone's club. Malcolm offers Sara a chance to change her past in return for the amulet she took from Darhk in 1987, but she refuses. The team rescues the captives but "Martin" is found to be Eobard in disguise, who searches theWaverider at super-speed for the amulet while Malcolm and Capone's men directly attack the ship. Eobard barely escapes revenge at Amaya's hand. Sara surrenders the amulet for Martin's safety. The Legends succeed in correcting the timeline. Eobard later shows his partners the completed amulet projects aholographic map that can locate theSpear of Destiny, which is able to rewrite reality. They must next locate Rip Hunter, who is revealed to be working as a movie director in 1967 in Los Angeles. | |||||||
| 25 | 9 | "Raiders of the Lost Art" | Dermott Downs | Keto Shimizu & Chris Fedak | January 24, 2017 (2017-01-24) | T13.20009 | 1.74[10] |
During the New York attack, Rip recovered the Spear of Destiny from theWaverider and used the time drive to escape. In the present, the team learns about the spear and arrives in 1967 in Los Angeles, where they find Darhk and Malcolm attempting to kidnap Rip, who has no memories of his previous adventures and is filming withGeorge Lucas. Both parties escape and police arrest Rip, believing he started the fight. The team releases him from custody and takes him to theWaverider. Nate and Ray lose their specialities and powers since the aberration caused Lucas to quit filmmaking. While Nate, Amaya, and Ray meet Lucas to dissuade him from dropping out of school, the others learn Lucas had a fragment of the spear. Darhk and Malcolm overpower Amaya's party and force them to search for the fragment in a dumpster. The others arrive and a battle ensues, during which they recover the fragment and the Medallion. Eobard abducts Rip and threatens him with torture. Lucas returns to filmmaking and the team vows to rescue Rip. Meanwhile, Mick tells Stein about his hallucinations but Stein interprets them to be emotional, not neural. | |||||||
| 26 | 10 | "The Legion of Doom" | Eric Laneuville | Phil Klemmer & Marc Guggenheim | January 31, 2017 (2017-01-31) | T13.20010 | 1.78[11] |
InStar City in 2016, Eobard and Damien recruit Malcolm just moments after Oliver kills the 2016 Damien.[a] The Legion's attempts to extract information from Rip fail, exacerbating tensions within the group. Eobard disappears after insisting on his superiority, assigning the others to access Rip's bank safe deposit box in Switzerland in 2025. Meanwhile, Martin recruits Lily to help the team decode the amulet. Lily finds out she is an aberration and gets angry with Martin. After a failed robbery, Malcolm and Damien decide to work together against Eobard. The Legends realize the mystery speedster is Eobard and that he needs the spear to undohis removal from existence. Damien and Malcolm break into the bank vault and find a record of Rip's memories. They force Eobard to tell the truth about his disappearances. Eobard revealsHunter Zolomon, now the undead speedsterBlack Flash, has been chasing him sinceFlashpoint. They trap the pursuing speedster in the vault and escape, with Eobard agreeing to treat the duo as his equals. Lily returns home after she and Martin reconcile, while the Legion restores Rip's memories, albeit with adjustments. InNew Jersey on December 25, 1776, Rip killsGeorge Washington. | |||||||
| 27 | 11 | "Turncoat" | Alice Troughton | Grainne Godfree & Matthew Maala | February 7, 2017 (2017-02-07) | T13.20011 | 1.77[12] |
Rip has been brainwashed into working for the Legion. The Legends, who feel the subsequent timequake, head to December 24, 1776, to protect Washington. As Sara and Mick escort Washington to safety, Rip arrives with British troops who have been armed with modern-day assault rifles. Rip disables the team's technology, shoots Sara in the chest, and takes Mick and Washington prisoner. Rip then heads to theWaverider with British soldiers to retrieve the Legends' piece of the spear. After Mick hears Washington will be executed in the morning, he plans an escape and teaches the General what it means to be an American. Rip uses Sara's life as leverage to obtain the spear fragment from Jax then strangles her. TheWaverider's power is restored and Sara is revived in time to stop an enraged Jax from killing Rip. Nate and Amaya save Mick and Washington, who goes on to lead his soldiers to victory in theAmerican Revolution. Amaya tells Nate, with whom she shared a tender moment earlier, they should remain friends. The team celebrates Christmas on theWaverider. | |||||||
| 28 | 12 | "Camelot/3000" | Antonio Negret | Anderson Mackenzie | February 21, 2017 (2017-02-21) | T13.20012 | 1.64[13] |
Rip finds former JSA memberDr. Mid-Nite in Detroit in 3000, kills him and takes his spear fragment.Gideon locates the next fragment in England in 507, the age ofKing Arthur. Amaya recognizesMerlin asStargirl, her former comrade in the JSA. Stargirl explains Hunter joined the JSA on their final mission to secure the spear and divided it into four pieces for more safety. The Legion abducts Arthur and controls his mind using a device taken from 3000 to enter Camelot, threatening to destroy it unless the spear is brought to them. Sara persuadesGuinevere to help them fight back while Amaya persuades Stargirl, who is in love with Arthur, to entrust her with the fragment. Upon learning Ray has joined Guinevere's army, the team devises a plan to reverse the effects of the device, and Arthur subdues Rip. Ray engages Damien and is shot but survives due to his suit's armor. In the changed history, Ray is revealed to have become a knight. Rip is imprisoned in the brig; he contacts Gideon, whose programming maintains loyalty to him. | |||||||
| 29 | 13 | "Land of the Lost" | Ralph Hemecker | Keto Shimizu & Ray Utarnachitt | March 7, 2017 (2017-03-07) | T13.20013 | 1.54[14] |
Rip issues an override order to activate theWaverider's self-destruct sequence but the team reboots Gideon and stops it. They crash land in theCretaceous period and Ray, Amaya, and Nate venture out to recover a lost timeship part. Mick suggests using a Time Master method of mental programming to travel inside Rip's mind and discover the location of Commander Steel and the final piece of the spear. Sara and Jax travel inside Rip's mind, encountering Savage's men, evil versions of themselves, Gideon in human form, and a trapped Rip. Ray, Nate, and Amaya retrieve the missing part. Nate and Amaya start to develop mutual feelings. Ray advises against this, reminding Nate Amaya's granddaughter will eventually inherit her abilities. Sara, Jax, and Gideon free Rip's consciousness before Sara and Jax return to reality. Rip shares a kiss with the human Gideon before returning to reality and resuming his role as Captain, informing the team he knows the location of the last piece of the spear. Meanwhile in 1970,Jack Swigert,Apollo 13's Command Module Pilot, has a meeting with a doctor, who revealed to be Thawne. | |||||||
| 30 | 14 | "Moonshot" | Kevin Mock | Grainne Godfree | March 14, 2017 (2017-03-14) | T13.20014 | 1.34[15] |
The Legends head toNASA in 1970, where Henry Heywood works as a consultant. Henry reveals he hid his spear fragment in the flag theApollo 11 astronauts left on the moon, and that the Apollo 13 mission is going exactly as planned. Thawne, posing as Jack Swigert, incapacitates the other astronauts. Ray boards the Apollo command module, restrains Thawne, and retrieves the spear fragment. TheWaverider is damaged when Sara uses the ship to shield the Apollo craft from meteors, stranding Ray on the moon. Ray and Thawne launch themselves off the moon and are caught by theWaverider. The team returns to Earth intact after Henry sacrifices himself by opening one of theWaverider's outer hatches and being sucked outside the ship. Nate, disappointed he was not able to create a potentially better life for his family, passes on a message from Henry to his teenage father. Sara and Rip seem to clash over how to captain the ship but eventually reach an understanding. Amaya asks Gideon to show her the fate of her village and her family, revealing the destruction of her village and existence of her granddaughterMari, the present-day Vixen. | |||||||
| 31 | 15 | "Fellowship of the Spear" | Ben Bray | Keto Shimizu & Matthew Maala | March 21, 2017 (2017-03-21) | T13.20015 | 1.72[16] |
The Legends steal the remaining spear fragment. The spear becomes whole again and its writings reveal it can be destroyed by the blood ofJesus Christ. Rip prevents theWaverider from traveling to the Crucifixion, warning going back to such a significant event is too risky. Nate revealsJ. R. R. Tolkien researchedSir Gawain, who supposedly possessed some of Christ's blood. They find Tolkien at theBattle of the Somme. Tolkien takes the Legends to a grave, where they are attacked by Darhk and a past version of Snart, who has been recruited to the Legion. Tolkien acquires a map before escaping with the others. Amaya, tempted by the Spear's power, suggests using it to erase the Legion from reality, but the idea is rejected. Using the map and the spear, the Legends acquire the blood. Darhk and Snart confront the Legends are persuade Mick to join them, bringing the spear with him. The Legion escapes and the Legends return to theWaverider and discuss the possibility they may not know how to use the spear. Malcolm returns to the Legion with the Kalebros Manuscript, which they use to activate the spear. | |||||||
| 32 | 16 | "Doomworld" | Mairzee Almas | Ray Utarnachitt & Sarah Hernandez | March 28, 2017 (2017-03-28) | T13.20016 | 1.59[17] |
In the new reality, Thawne is the CEO ofS.T.A.R. Labs and has captured the Black Flash, Darhk is the corrupt mayor of Star City, Merlyn gets his hand back and his family is alive, and Snart and Rory control Central City but still answer to Thawne as their superior. Ray, Stein, and Jax work in S.T.A.R. Labs, where Jax abuses Stein. Sara and Amaya work as Darhk's enforcers, and Nate is a conspiracy theorist. Thawne holds Rip prisoner onboard theWaverider; Rip is the only member of the Legends to be unaffected by the changes to the timeline. Mick, unsatisfied with this reality, takes Nate to re-assemble the Legends and uses a gun Ray created to restore the Legends' memories. The Legends attempt to reclaim the Spear before Thawne can destroy it. Darhk, Merlyn, and Snart ally against Thawne to take the Spear for themselves. In the ensuing fight, Snart kills Amaya and Thawne destroys the Spear, cementing the new reality. The Legends decide to stop the Legion by travelling to 1916 and taking the Spear before the Legion does. Rip and theWaverider are shown to be miniaturized on Thawne's desk. | |||||||
| 33 | 17 | "Aruba" | Rob Seidenglanz | Phil Klemmer & Marc Guggenheim | April 4, 2017 (2017-04-04) | T13.20017 | 1.52[18] |
Ray de-miniaturizes theWaverider and the team returns to 1916 to steal the Spear. Thawne arrives from the altered reality, destroys the blood of Christ, kills "future Ray", and informs the past Legion members about the future Legends. The Legends interact with their past selves and the resulting time storm prevents the use of theWaverider for escape. Shortly after, Merlyn, Darhk, and Snart ambush the Legends. During the subsequent battle, the future Legends except Sara and Rip are killed, while the past Legends incapacitate the Legion. Thawne arrives with numerous time remnants of himself to fight the team, killing future Rip. Sara takes the Spear and consults a manifestation of Laurel. Eobard steals and attempts to use the Spear but learns Sara depowered it and released the Black Flash. Eobard and future Sara are erased from existence, along with the Spear of Destiny. Nate persuades Amaya to stay, while Rip leaves the team. The Legends leave the Legion in their respective places throughout the timeline and, at Mick's request, set off forAruba. However, they arrive in Los Angeles, where dinosaurs are in the streets and buildings from other points of history are present. | |||||||
On March 11, 2016,Legends of Tomorrow was renewed for a second season.[47] The producers considered adjusting the Legends team for additional seasons withJoseph David-Jones asConnor Hawke andMegalyn Echikunwoke asMari McCabe / Vixen as potential additions.[48][49] For the second season, the showrunnerPhil Klemmer announcedArrow writerKeto Shimizu andThe Flash writerGrainne Godfree would be working on the show to "make our stories work in concert" withArrow andThe Flash. Klemmer also talked about the challenges of creating more crossover elements becauseArrow's lead actorStephen Amell andThe Flash's lead actorGrant Gustin work full days for their shows. Klemmer said to work within the Arrowverse, the death ofLaurel Lance onArrow would "resonate into Season 2 ... [because] something that happens onArrow can create ripples that appear on our show in a huge way. It fundamentally alters the DNA of our series."[50] The second season initially consisted of 13 episodes,[51] and four more were ordered in November 2016 to bring the season total to 17.[52]
Teasing the premise of season two in April 2016, Klemmer stated:
We're coming at it from a completely different angle. We're determined to make every part of season two feel like its own show. [The first episode of season two] will very much be a new pilot with new good guys, new bad guys, new stakes, new dynamics, new goals. The team will basically have to find a new purpose. Once you save the world, what do you do then? ... The fact that the world was in peril sort of forced our team to fall into its own dysfunctional version of lockstep. Season two, they're no longer going to be hunted by Time Masters. They're no longer going to be burdened with having to save the world. It's no longer going to be about saving Miranda and Jonas. The interesting thing about season two is I think it's going to have a much, much different tone because our Legends are going to have a totally different purpose. They're actually going to have a totally different constitution. There will be new faces and new everything.[50]
The season introduced members of theJustice Society of America (JSA),[53] consisting ofHourman,Vixen,Commander Steel,Obsidian,Stargirl, andDr. Mid-Nite.[54] The season also includes a version of theLegion of Doom that consists ofEobard Thawne / Reverse-Flash,Malcolm Merlyn,Damien Darhk andLeonard Snart / Captain Cold.[19]
The series' main cast membersVictor Garber,Brandon Routh,Arthur Darvill,Caity Lotz,Franz Drameh,Amy Pemberton, andDominic Purcell returned for the second season asMartin Stein,Ray Palmer,Rip Hunter,Sara Lance,Jefferson Jackson,Gideon, andMick Rory, respectively.[19][55] They were joined byMatt Letscher as Eobard Thawne,[56]Maisie Richardson-Sellers asAmaya Jiwe,[57] andNick Zano asNate Heywood, respectively.[58] Letscher reprised his role fromThe Flash.[56] It was originally intended for Megalyn Echikunwoke, who voices Mari McCabe / Vixen in the animated web seriesVixen, to reprise her role in this series but due to scheduling conflicts for Echikunwoke, the producers cast Sellers as Jiwe—McCabe's grandmother and an earlier incarnation of Vixen.[57] This incarnation was an original creation for the series.[59] Darvill is absent from five episodes this season due to his commitment to theITV seriesBroadchurch.[60] Pemberton portrayed Gideon on-screen in the episode "Land of the Lost", whereas in earlier episodes she only voiced the character.[55]
Wentworth Miller, who portrayed Leonard Snart / Captain Cold in season one, signed a contract withWarner Bros. TV to continue portraying Snart simultaneously on shows in theArrowverse, includingLegends of Tomorrow.[61]John Barrowman who played Malcolm Merlyn andKatie Cassidy who portrayed Laurel Lance inArrow, signed a similar contract that allowed them to continue being a series regular onArrow and other Arrowverse shows, includingThe Flash andLegends of Tomorrow.[62]Neal McDonough, who played Damien Darhk onArrow and made a guest appearance in season one ofLegends of Tomorrow, returned to the series in a recurring capacity.[19]Ciara Renée andFalk Hentschel, who starred asKendra Saunders / Hawkgirl andCarter Hall / Hawkman respectively, in the first season, did not return for the second. TheLegends of Tomorrow co-creatorMarc Guggenheim said the writers could not find a suitable story for their characters after the first season, adding: "The bow was tied so tightly and neatly with their story in the finale, that everything we thought of felt very forced. After 4,000 years, they were no longer under the specter ofVandal [Savage], and we felt they need some time off." He added bringing the duo back at the beginning of the second season felt "premature".[63]
Filming for the show's second season began in July 2016 at Vancouver, Canada,[64] and ended in February 2017.[65]
In November 2016, the cast ofLegends of Tomorrow appeared onThe Flash andArrow as part of the three-part crossover event "Invasion!". The crossover episodes also featured appearances byMelissa Benoist, reprising her role asKara Danvers / Supergirl from the television seriesSupergirl.[66][36]
The season began airing on October 13, 2016, onThe CW in the United States,[2] and concluded on April 4, 2017.[18]
The season was made available for streaming onNetflix in late April 2017, soon after the season finale aired.[67] It was later released onBlu-ray on August 15, 2017.[68]
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating/share (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR (18–49) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total (18–49) | Total viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Out of Time" | October 13, 2016 | 0.6/2 | 1.82[2] | 0.6 | 1.19 | 1.2 | 3.01[69] |
| 2 | "The Justice Society of America" | October 20, 2016 | 0.7/2 | 1.80[3] | N/a | 1.03 | N/a | 2.83[70] |
| 3 | "Shogun" | October 27, 2016 | 0.6/2 | 1.75[4] | 0.4 | 0.96 | 1.0 | 2.71[71] |
| 4 | "Abominations" | November 3, 2016 | 0.6/2 | 1.75[5] | 0.4 | 0.99 | 1.0 | 2.74[72] |
| 5 | "Compromised" | November 10, 2016 | 0.6/2 | 1.77[6] | 0.4 | 0.98 | 1.0 | 2.75[73] |
| 6 | "Outlaw Country" | November 17, 2016 | 0.6/2 | 1.85[7] | 0.5 | N/a | 1.1[74] | N/a |
| 7 | "Invasion!" | December 1, 2016 | 1.2/4 | 3.39[8] | 0.7 | 1.84 | 1.9 | 5.24[75] |
| 8 | "The Chicago Way" | December 8, 2016 | 0.7/3 | 2.00[9] | 0.5 | 1.17 | 1.2 | 3.17[76] |
| 9 | "Raiders of the Lost Art" | January 24, 2017 | 0.6/2 | 1.74[10] | N/a | 1.14 | N/a | 2.94[77] |
| 10 | "The Legion of Doom" | January 31, 2017 | 0.7/3 | 1.78[11] | 0.5 | 1.19 | 1.2 | 2.96[78] |
| 11 | "Turncoat" | February 7, 2017 | 0.7/3 | 1.77[12] | N/a | 1.10 | N/a | 2.87[79] |
| 12 | "Camelot/3000" | February 21, 2017 | 0.6/2 | 1.64[13] | 0.5 | 1.06 | 1.1 | 2.70[80] |
| 13 | "Land of the Lost" | March 7, 2017 | 0.5/2 | 1.54[14] | 0.5 | 1.07 | 1.0 | 2.61[81] |
| 14 | "Moonshot" | March 14, 2017 | 0.5/2 | 1.34[15] | 0.3 | 1.01 | 0.8 | 2.35[82] |
| 15 | "Fellowship of the Spear" | March 21, 2017 | 0.6/2 | 1.72[16] | N/a | 0.98 | N/a | 2.70[83] |
| 16 | "Doomworld" | March 28, 2017 | 0.5/2 | 1.59[17] | 0.5 | 1.01 | 1.0 | 2.60[84] |
| 17 | "Aruba" | April 4, 2017 | 0.6/2 | 1.52[18] | N/a | 0.87 | N/a | 2.39[85] |
The review-aggregating websiteRotten Tomatoes gave the season an 88% approval rating, with an average rating of 6.97/10 based on 166 reviews. The website's consensus reads: "Though the narrative remains too ambitious, DC'sLegends of Tomorrow enjoys a freer creative arc with the removal of problem characters".[86] Jesse Schedeen ofIGN called the show's second season a significant improvement over the first, saying it reduced "most of what didn't work about Season 1 and added several worthy new characters to the mix." He noted while the season is "crammed full of compelling character arcs and plot twists", it thrived simply by "offering a sense of whimsical adventure and comedy that be frustratingly hard to find in other live-action DC projects".[87] Caitlin Kelly of Hypable wrote Season 2 works so well because of its new roster, the evolving dynamics of its main characters, great villains, and the fun, which made it easier to not care about plot holes.[88] Several years later, Matthew Sonnack of CBR called Season 2 the best ofLegends of Tomorrow, "with the perfect balance of action, humor, drama, and heart".[89]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Leo Awards | Best Direction in a Dramatic Series | David Geddes | Nominated | [90] |
| Best Visual Effects in a Dramatic Series | Armen V. Kevorkian, Meagan Condito, Rick Ramirez, Andranik Taranyan, James Rorick | Nominated | [90] | ||
| Best Sound in a Dramatic Series | Kristian Bailey | Won | [90] | ||
| Teen Choice Awards | Choice TV Actress: Action | Caity Lotz | Nominated | [91] |
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