DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW 7.1

RECAP - DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW  7.1:  "The Bullet Blondes"  

Welcome back, time travellers!  After our short little break, the Legends are back for another season of mirth and mayhem.  But THIS time around...they're not bouncing around the time stream in the Waverider, because ANOTHER Waverider flew in at the end of last season, and blew the damn thing up.  Now, they're stuck in 1925, and have to figure out a way to get back to current time, without screwing up the timeline.....but we all know how THIS goes when it comes to this team.  So...let's see what happened when we last left our team.

Well, as we start off Season 7, the team is ready to depart Gloria's house, and take off for home on the Waverider, when another time ship...another Waverider...materializes and blows their ship up.  With their ship in utter pieces strewn about the property, the team is aware that they are stuck in Odessa, Texas in 1925.  According to Ava, however, there was a sort of a "black box" installed with the ship that is supposed to be filled with emergency supplies should they need them.  As the townsfolk had been telling the local Sheriff about all the noise and weird goings on around Gloria's property, he's taken notice, and looks as if he'll investigate.  Back at Spooner's mom's house, they realize they need to get back home, and that they need that box.  Astra uses her magic to trace where the box went, and she and Spooner track it to the sheriff's office.  Sara then has Nate and Ava got to retrieve it, while they think of a plan to distract the townsfolk from finding out the truth about them....so they come up with the idea to con the public into thinking they're a part of the circus.  As they do that, Nate and Ava go into the sheriff's office, where Nate impersonates J. Edgar Hoover, and obtains the black box from him, saying it was a secret mission. 

Once they get the box back to Gloria's they find out there's no time devices to get them back to 2021.  Just some of Behrad's gummies, and the Time Keeper's handbook.  The feel hopeless, and to make matters worse, Gloria returns home, and Esperanza has to explain to her what's going on.  Gloria is willing to help, but she already feels like an outcast there.  The team, having conned the public, actually had their plan backfire, because there are now many who want to see this circus they talked about.  So, as they train on their acts, it's Spooner who talks with her mother about the situation, and Spooner says that she has to pull the plug on the circus.  They've drawn enough attention to Gloria, and they need to leave before they cause her any more trouble.  Astra had snuck off, and tried to use her magic to create a resurrection spell to revive the Waverider---but the process proves to be too much of a strain, and she passes out, bleeding from the nose.  She's taken back to the house to rest.  The team then faces another problem:  the actual J. Edgar Hoover arrives on the property, after meeting with the sheriff, who had called for him.  Now, with all the activity the Legends have been making since the last battle, and the destruction of the Waverider, they have to find a way to leave...quickly. 

As Hoover questions Gloria and Spooner, about bank robbers called the Midland Gang.  They women deny even knowing of them.  The team his hiding in the room Astra is resting in, and B mentions the key Zari has that she got from John.  So, she uses it on the closet door and when the door opens, they travel into a pocket dimension that John created to get some peace and quiet from it all.  Zari is still dealing with John leaving, and needs to get back to being herself.  As Hoover takes off to search the property for the bank robbers, the team decides that they'll get back to Gloria's, and try to get out of there to spare Gloria any more grief.  Ava reads up about a man in New York named Dr. Gwyn Davies, who founded the basis for time travel.  The team decides to head there in order to get help in getting back home.  So, Sara decides to give Hoover what he wants---bank robbers.  By acting as a bank robber gang, they can have money to get to New York...and draw Hoover away from Gloria's property.  Spooner decides to stay behind with her mom, and to help Astra heal.  The rest of the team steal Hoover's car, and draw his attention away from Gloria, Spooner, and Astra.  

Ava and Sara go into the bank in town, and rob it with their own flair, and only make off with $93.  Ava wants to keep whatever it is they're doing minimal, so that they can go back and correct any anomalies in the timeline once they get home.  Sara promises her they'll fix everything.  However, while the bank robbery goes well, and Nate, Behrad, and Gary are outside keeping guard while Sara and Ava rob the bank, a passerby comes by, and says that they can't use the name of another gang to get attention....so, she comes up with the name Bullet Blondes, and it sticks.  They finish the robbery and they take off.  But they hit a snag in the plan as Hoover has set up a roadblock to stop them.  Nate then gets behind the wheel as everyone ducks while Hoover fires at them.  Nate uses his powers to deflect the gunshots, and they bust through the roadblock.  But, they can't get rid of Hoover because he jumped on to the roof of the car.  Nate slams the breaks and Hoover goes flying.  They stop to check on him, but he's faking injury, and gets the drop on Nate with his gun.  He fires, but Nate goes Steel on him, and the bullet deflects off Nate and nails Hoover right in the head.  Hoover is dead, and Nate killed him.  At this point, Ava is having a breakdown, because now time has totally changed.  Sara tries to calm her, saying they'll go someplace for their honeymoon, listen to her slasher podcast, and that's when it hits Ava.  She then orders Gary to eat Hoover to get rid of the body.  Then they'll make their way to New York. 

Astra recovers, and Spooner asks her why she did what she did, and Astra said she wanted to prove herself to everyone, that she wanted to live up to John.  Spooner said she didn't want to lose her friend.  Gloria also tells Astra to not use her magic like John did....but like she would.  As they scour the wreckage, and reminisce about the ship, Astra's magic somehow begins to work, and a flash of light brings about a figure in their midst---Gideon.  

Well....this season started off with where they left off from---and the hole the team dug for themselves just got bigger.  But that's how this team tends to operate:  they make TREMENDOUS messes of things, but somehow manage to save the day.  This season looks to be a little different, as now they are STUCK in 1925, and they are changing time along the way.  With Hoover dying trying to shoot Nate, they're now marked individuals that will, in no doubt draw all the attention to them as they make their way to New York.  Meanwhile, we see the friendship between Astra and Spooner get closer, as Astra tried to do her part to prove to the team that she belonged.  While she didn't succeed in reviving the Waverider, she did something even better----she resurrected Gideon.  So, now with a human Gideon, we'll see what this trio of women will do to help out the team get back home.  All of this will happen, mind you, with the same mirth and mayhem we can expect from our team of misfits.  New dynamics are happening, because now we have another married couple in Ava and Sara, Nate is the anchor, Behrad the inspiration and hope, and Zari is....well, Zari.  She's still trying to get over John, and I wonder if she'll spend a lot of time in that pocket dimension.  I keep thinking this would be a good time to bring back Zari 1.0, but I know they won't anytime soon.  So, we'll have to continue seeing the growth of Zari 2.0, and hope for the best.  

The episode was good, and had some moments of humor in it, and I'm curious when they meet this doctor and his thoughts on time travel ,and see what he can do to help them.  So, what did YOU all think of the season premiere?  Subscribe and drop your comments below...

Until next time....time is on our side.