Review: DC’s Legends of Tomorrow 605: The Satanist’s Apprentice
Astra finds life above ground difficult, and John is no help. Finding help from Aleister Crowley, however, puts a price on the Legends’ very souls.
Spoilers!
Living Among the Living
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Astra(Olivia Swann) is having a hard time adjusting to her life. In hell, she was a boss, one to be reckoned with. On the mortal plane, however, not so much. She is dealing with having a run-down house, horrible neighbors, and no money.
Constantine(Matt Ryan) is constantly coming and going, more interested in his role as a Legend and bedding the vapid Zari(Tala Ashe) to notice or care.
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You’ll have to be more specific, Luv. And I’m on the clock. I’ve got a bloke in an alien costume with another alien inside him. And I’ve gotta prep my gut for a purging spell.
Looking in the attic, Astra finds a painting of Aleister Crowley(Matt Lucas). It speaks! Aleister was so dangerous that he couldn’t be trusted in hell, so Constantine trapped him in the painting.
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Crowley gives Astra a sympathetic ear. Magic is a shortcut. A way to get without earning. He promises to teach her magic if she lets him inhabit a body. He will only borrow it for twenty four hours. She agrees, and he begins to teach her.
Constantine gets Framed
Constantine comes in, and Astra switches Crowley with Constantine. He has been a jerk, and she feels justified. Besides, it’s temporary, right?
All of the things Astra acquired through magic have turned to trash. Crowley tells her that they need to make a powerful amulet, then the magic will have more power as well.
Can we talk about how brilliant an actor Matt Ryan is?
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The Legends Show Up
Astra is gathering things for the spell, and the Legends show up, fresh from diverting the Cuban Missile Crisis. Telling them that now is not a good time, they ignore her-just like Constantine. She turns them all into inanimate objects. Nate(Nick Zano) is a cheese. Zari is a flip phone, Ava(Jes Macallan) is a binder, Behrad(Shayan Sobhian) is a candle, Spooner(Lisseth Chavez) is a…fork.
She’s gathered up the things needed for the spell. Except one thing…a fresh soul. Astra tries to use her horrible neighbor, but balks last second. Crowley does not, and the amulet is complete. What he neglected to tell Astra is that the amulet protects him; now she can’t make him switch back with Constantine.
He turns Astra, himself, and the Legends into cartoon characters.
Sara, Subdued
Sara is dying. Poison is running through her veins, and she has seconds to live. The mysterious man introduces himself. His name is Bishop(Raffi Barsoumian), and he has the antidote. He also is behind the Ava clones. Bishop wants to rebuild mankind, but better. He needs Sara’s DNA to do it. Bishop is weird. Sara kills him, but then, uh not.
Cartoon Legends
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Constantine tells Sara that even though Crowley is powerful, her mother wrote a spell that would take him out. She finds her mother’s book, and begins reciting the spell. Everything returns to normal.
The Price
When everything is back to normal, Constantine apologizes to Astra. He tells her he didn’t realize what a hard time she was having.
Astra realizes that the spell worked too well. Constantine is now left without any magical powers. He knew it would happen, but told her it had to be done.
Thoughts on Legends 605:
Matt Ryan. Just…damn. This man needs every award thrown at him. Not, like, maliciously. As in to win. Keep your eyes on him, y’all.
Really liked the reminder that Astra’s selfish tendencies may have to do with her not really getting to grow emotionally past the age she was taken. Hell probably doesn’t do school type enrichment. I really hope we see more of Astra’s growth.
Her bit about having Christopher Columbus and Ed Gein’s souls in her purse made me laugh snort.
The animation was incredibly well done for a TV episode. Kudos to the animators.
My one beef with this episode is a throwaway line by Spooner about The Proud Boys. C’mon. You may not like their political affiliations, but they aren’t bigots. And Spooner is incredibly smart, so she would know that.
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