Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Legends of Tomorrow catchup, this time with season 3 episode 12, the curse of the earth totem. You knew it was only going to be a matter of time until Legends pulled out a pirate episode and of course they got to meet the legendary pirate captain, Blackbeard. They didn’t go as all in with the pirate thing as I actually expected as they instead chose to tie it more into the ongoing story involving the totems. I imagine if this was earlier in the season than this may not have been the case.

Damien Darhk once again impressed me in this episode. I know you could argue that now he has his powers, why he doesn’t just use them all the time and get rid of the Legends rather than faff about battling in sword fights with them, but I genuinely think he wants to have fun and enjoy himself. He seems to enjoy the thrill of things and is just enjoying where he’s at: the guy stood and posed for a portrait for crying out loud! Those things take a while! My favourite moment though came at the end when he made the deal with Ray to save his daughter. He didn’t even hesitate to give Ray the totem as his daughter was all that mattered to him. I know that the daughter then screwed Ray over but Damien’s actions still spoke volumes. I half expected the daughter to eventually turn against her father due to him wanting power more but that doesn’t seem to be the route that they are going at all.

We also got the long awaited first date between Ava and Sarah. I’m all for it as the pair have good chemistry and it doesn’t just feel like a romantic sub-plot tacked on for the sake of it. They are bridging the void between the Legends and the Time Bureau, and I presume that the two groups will come together for the season finale to vanquish Mallus. Gary being there too just made the whole thing more humorous: everyone from Ava to Wally and even Gideon just knock him down but he is quickly becoming one of my favourite characters on the show.

Only down really was Rip and Wally not doing all that much: their duet though…brilliant.

DD Rating: 8.5/10