Hello everyone and welcome to the latest edition of Arrowverse catchup, this time looking at Legends of Tomorrow season 4 episode 2, Wet Hot American Bummer. After a lot of teasing it finally happened…John Constantine officially joined the Legends! How did I come to that conclusion? He finally dressed up! He swapped his shirt and tie for a blue polo top with his pack of cigarettes rolled up the sleeve all while sporting a pair of sunglasses. He was the MVP of the episode as his serious and deadpan attitude meshes so well with the show as a whole. And even though he is the serious one compared to the likes of Ray, almost everything John said in the first half of the episode made me laugh, it’s his seriousness that made him funny.

The villain of this episode turned out to be a monster called a Shtriga. It was a type of witch that absorbed the energy of children. This was a much darker idea and fit well with the horror tone that the episode was going for. They even referenced it themselves with Ray saying this was like any horror movie trailer he has ever seen. Does that mean he is only brave enough to watch the trailers and not the actual films themselves? I thought I called it when I guessed that it was the middle aged lead councillor but they played me like a fool! They made yo think it was her, only for it to be the younger male councillor. Does that mean that the lady was just really weird and crazy? And they kill her? I wasn’t quite sure…

The inclusion of Ava was nice and it helped to further develop her relationship with Sara. It was also sweet to see her get the taste of being a child, something she never got to do due to being a clone. You felt bad for her too when she got pranked by those kids and as a teacher myself I could see where her line of thinking was coming from. You do though have to be open to try different approaches with kids; there is no “one size fits all” approach”.

Overall this was another solid, fun episode of my favourite Arrowverse show.

DD Rating: 7.5/10