Legends of Tomorrow Season 7, A Review

A roaring rewing.

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The seventh season of Legends of Tomorrow sees The Legends trapped in the 1920s after a duplicate waverider appears out of nowhere and destroys their only way home. Now stranded in time the group must learn to survive without modern technology or advances, essentially living off the land they now live in. After Astra (Olivia Swann) accidentally creates a human version of Gideon (Amy Louise Pemberton) however the team have their resident super computer back, now having access to information on time travel and significant events. Gideon instructs the group to find Gwyn Davis (Matt Ryan), the inventor of time travel, in the hope he will be able to help them get home.

Setting off to New York, The Legends realise they have danger on their trail, with a robot version of J Edgar Hoover (Giacomo Baessato) attempting to stop them in their tracks. Realising they are being chased by robots the team must re-strategise and find a way to get back home without being killed. But who are these evil robots really and why is somebody so desperate to keep The Legends from getting home? Somebody is messing with time again, the only question is who?

Season 7 took a big risk in stranding The Legends in one time zone for pretty much the entire season and I have to say it really paid off. For a show all about time travel, having the characters trapped in the 20s was a bold move but I think because of it we really got some amazing character development. The 1920s were obviously a difficult time for the team and not just because of the lack of modern technology, being so far back in the past meant that non-white members of the team really struggled with racism, which I’m glad the show addressed. Legends has always been massively diverse in both race and sexuality (more so than most of the other Arrowverse shows) so I liked seeing the team genuinely struggle with how they were now treated. Through characters like Zari (Tala Ashe), Behrad (Shayan Sobhian) and Astra we got to see some emotional struggles and real hardships and I think this really helped the show move along. Getting to see some genuinely distressing storylines was different from Legends’ usual quirky comedy and season 7 really was stronger than ever.

The introduction of a human Gideon was such a clever move for the show and I loved getting to see Pemberton play the role full time. Even in just voice over Gideon has always been such a character so I really enjoyed getting to see a fully fleshed out version (quite literally). It was interesting having this super computer dealing with actual, human emotions for the first time and now having to deal with the consequences of her actions. Knowing everything about history but nothing sbout emotion made for an interesting combination and Gideon’s arc was brilliant this season. Pemberton did an amazing job.

Gwyn was a nice addition to the team and I continue to love how Legends is able to ‘recycle’ its actors once character arcs are done. It’s always interesting having a character from the past join the team and see how they cope with the idea of the furure and time travel in general. Gwyn was slightly different in this regard as he himself invented time travel and only really travelled a few years ahead but I am still excited to see what awaits him in any future seasons. It’s always great as well to get an LGBT team member and Gwyn’s relationship with Alun (Tom Forbes) was pivotal to the season storyline. Again I’m intetested to see whether Alun will join the team next season and how he himself will deal with it all.

The evil Gideon and robot duplicas of The Legends made for a great big bad this season, with the team having to essentially fight themselves in order to survive, making for a very worthy foe. The robot’s own existential crisis was also interesting and I liked how they thought they were the real ones, it made for an interesting dynamic. Pemberton did a great job at playing the two versions of herself and I liked how this season explored keeping the time line in check and how you have to factor in emotions and occasionly changing things for the better. In order to sucessfully work the Legends need to be a team or else you’d just turn into an emotionless black hole. Human connection is essential.

Now on its seventh season certian characters such as Sara (Caity Lotz) and Nate (Nick Zano) feel like they’ve been around forever, and in a way their storylines are coming to a natural conclusion, with Nate himself separting at the end of the season. At one point I never could have imagined Legends without Sara but now I do actually feel like the show could comtinue without her. The ‘newer generation of Legends’ so to speak such as Astra and Spooner (Lisseth Chavez) could definitely carry the show as two new potential leads and I would actually feel safe if the show was ‘passed onto them’. Obviously I don’t want any character to leave if they don’t have to but I do think that the show coukd safetly continue without Sara, which just goes to show how strong these new characters are. A few seasons back I would have said Sara leaving would have ended the show but now that isn’t the case.

Overall I really enjoyed this seventh season of Legends of Tomorrow. The show remains strong and some of the risks this year made it even stronger. Trapping The Legends in the past was risky but I liked seeing them stranded and having to deal with some genuine 1920s issues such as the racism many of the team faced. The season arc of the evil robot replicas was also interesting and I loved seeing this human version of Gideon. Another amazing season from Legends, I really hope we get to see an eight season.