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| Episodeno. | Season 5 Episode 2 | ||
| Directed by | David Geddes | ||
| Written by | Ray Utarnachitt | ||
| Production code | T13.21902 | ||
| Original air date | February 4, 2020 (2020-02-04) | ||
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"Miss Me, Kiss Me, Love Me" is the second episode of thefifth season and 70th overall of the Americanscience fiction television seriesLegends of Tomorrow, revolving around theeponymous team of superheroes and their time travelling adventures. It is set in theArrowverse, sharing continuity with the other television series of the universe.The episode was written by Ray Utarnachitt, and directed byDavid Geddes.
Caity Lotz stars asSara Lance, and is joined by principal cast membersTala Ashe,Jes Macallan,Nick Zano,Matt Ryan,Brandon Routh,Dominic Purcell,Olivia Swann, andAmy Louise Pemberton.
The Legends head to 1947 where mobsterBugsy Siegel has been revived, withMona Wu coining the term "Encore" for these revived individuals. With his new lease on life, Bugsy plans to make it to the top in the world of crime by becoming an information broker. He also gets revenge on his killer, using a gun loaded with hellfire bullets to destroy their body and soul. Meanwhile,John Constantine poses as a detective to deal with Bugsy's girlfriend Jeanie Hill, who has been blackmailed and trapped into a relationship with him. With Constantine's aid, she finds the blackmail Bugsy has on others, but Jeanie, intends to use it to gain power, goes back to her car and is killed in an explosion caused by the city's dirty cops. The Legends capture Bugsy, but Constantine uses him to return toHell. Constatine kills him with his own Hell Gun before warningAstra Logue, the mastermind behind the Encores, to stop. Meanwhile, Nate andBehrad Tarazi return to the latter's home time and town for dinner, where they find Zari has become an internet celebrity with no memory of Nate or her life with the Legends.Nate Heywood andZari Tarazi almost connect when she realizes that they were both at Hey World decades ago but have not aged a day. She threatens to tell her parents about this but Behrad and Nate take her to theWaverider through a time portal.
This episode entered production on July 22, 2019. It finished writing two days later on the 24th.[1]
The episode was written by Ray Utarnachitt.[2] The episodes title is taken from song lyrics to "Poison" byBell Biv DeVoe.Jes Macallen sings this song within the episode.[3]
The episode starsCaity Lotz,Tala Ashe,Jes Macallan,Nick Zano,Matt Ryan,Brandon Routh,Dominic Purcell,Amy Louise Pemberton,Olivia Swann asSara Lance,Zari Tarazi,Nate Haywood,John Constantine,Ray Palmer,Mick Rory,Gideon (voice),Astra Logue.[4] Principal cast membersCourtney Ford andMaisie Richardson-Sellers are both absent this episode.
This is the first episode where Tale Ashe playsZari Tarazi as opposed to her previous characterZari Tomaz.[5] Shayan Sobhian once again guest stars asBehrad Tarazi.Jonathan Sadowski guest stars as a heavily fictionalized version ofBugsy Siegel.[6]
This is the first episode to not featureRamona Young asMona Wu since her debut in the episode "Dancing Queen". She would later return later in the season in a recurring role.[7][8]
"Miss Me, Kiss Me, Love Me" was first aired in the United States onThe CW on February 4, 2020. It was watched by 0.77 million people with a 0.2 share among adults 18–49.[9]
"Miss Me, Kiss Me, Love Me" was first released onDVD andBlu-ray as part of theLegends of Tomorrowseason fivebox set on September 22, 2020.[10] The episode is not available as an individual disc. However it is available digitally onAmazon Prime Video andVudu.
Allison Shoemaker ofThe A.V. Club rated the episode a B+. She noted that despite the lack of large nonsense elements it was still the core elements ofLegends.[11] Jim Dandeneau ofDen of Geek, praised the focus onBrandon Routh, he rated the episode a 4 of 5.[12] Lauren Coates ofCulturess called the episode a great tribute to noir film.[13] Michael Patterson ofBam! Smack! Pow! called the episode of the best in a while.[14]
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