History Recap / LegendsOfTomorrowS3E13NoCountryForOldDads

* TheLastStraw: Ray blowing a hole in the Berlin Wall caused a massive timequake that began to fracture the time stream. Rip even referred it as the straw that broke the camel's back.

* MythologyGag: [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice Wally grabs a "souvenir"]]: the fire totem.

* NoNonsenseNemesis: Past Darhk is ruthlessly focused on locating and assassinating Dr. Vogel, and is thus quite different from his [[CardCarryingVillain present-day]] [[VillainBall self]]. This appears to be a phase, as the Darhk of TheForties and the Darhk of TheSeventies was very much like present-day Darhk.

** Kuasa [[WesternAnimation/{{Vixen}} alludes to]] Benatu Eshu killing her with the Fire Totem.

* EvilVersusEvil: Present day Darhk, later assisted by Nora, vs 1962 Darhk.

* TalkingToTheDead: Darhk talks to Ray's former boss as if he is his therapist... after he already murdered him.

* DueToTheDead: Subverted: Rip, Ava and Sara are shown to be shocked at Grodd beating Director Bennett to death... for a few seconds, before Rip points out that this means Ava is the new leader of the Time Bureau, meaning she can take over the Mallus case and pardon Rip so that he can help.

* IChooseToStay: Wally decides to join up with the Legends. Rip was actually hoping he'd make that decision.

** Why is the Cult of Mallus deliberately creating anachronisms? Because the more time is damaged, the sooner Mallus will break free from his prison.
** Also, Darhk's real age is revealed to be 275. He honestly tries to enter it into his Upswipz profile, but the app has 199 as the max.

** The romance between Ray and Nora [[spoiler:that culminates in their marriage and departure]] starts here. Nate even accuses Ray of having the hots for her near the end of the episode, and one of Ray's nos has an audible question mark. There are also several gags where Ray and Nora's mission is referred to in the same terms as a date ("Use protection", "I was supposed to have you back by now!", etc.), and they disguise themselves as a married couple. Routh and Courtney Ford are [[RealLifeRelative married in real life]].

* UndyingLoyalty: No matter how many times Sara reprograms the ''Waverider'', Gideon will still do whatever Rip asks without question. Then again considering as seen in season two, [[{{Callback}} Rip has placed safeguards and command overrides to be used at his discretion.]] Also considering that she calls him Director Hunter, instead of the more familiar Captain Hunter. [[FridgeBrilliance Then Gideon may not have a choice regarding where her loyalties lie.]]

* FailedASpotCheck: Ray's message has him saying "as you've no doubt realized by now, I've been captured by the Darkhs." Instantly, Sara and Zari decide to never mention to Ray that they ''had no idea he wasn't on the ship''.

* VillainsOutShopping: While torturing poor Alan with his magic, Damien Darhk apparently created a profile on the [=UpSwipez=] dating app. Also applies to Cupid since her profile was the only match.

** The romance between Ray and Nora [[spoiler:that culminates in their marriage and departure]] starts here. Nate even accuses Ray of having the hots for her near the end of the episode, and one of Ray's "no"s has an audible question mark. There are also several gags where Ray and Nora's mission is referred to in the same terms as a date ("Use protection", "I was supposed to have you back by now!", etc.), and they disguise themselves as a married couple. Routh and Courtney Ford are [[RealLifeRelative married in real life]].

** Between Ray and Nora. Nate even accuses Ray of having the hots for her near the end of the episode, and one of Ray's "no"s has an audible question mark. There are also several gags where Ray and Nora's mission is referred to in the same terms as a date ("Use protection", "I was supposed to have you back by now!", etc.), and they disguise themselves as a married couple.
** The actors are [[RealLifeRelative married in real life]].

'''Damien:''' Hi Annoyed, I'm dad.

* TerminatorTwosome: Played with: 1962!Darhk simply wants to kill Dr. Vogel as part of his job, and Nora and Ray are interferring with that. Meanwhile, Present Darhk goes back after them to make sure they don't die (this is more concerning Nora than Ray).

** Probably a completely unintentional one, but the German Dr. Vogel is played by Adrian Hough, who you might know as [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII Haytham Kenway]]... or the German guy from Hyundai's "3 Executives" commercials. [[https://youtu.be/-0ZtieqshFQ Case in point.]]

* BlackComedy: Darhk having a heart-to-heart about fatherhood... with a recently-murdered corpse.

* OpenMouthInsertFoot: When Amaya asks Wally how he knows Nate, he explains that they briefly fought criminals together in Central City, after "some basic bitch" left Nate on his own birthday. Amaya coolly informs Wally that she was that "basic bitch", and Wally zooms out of there as fast as he can. Then again, his choice of words is probably affected by his own recently breakup with Jesse.

* SandInMyEyes: Both Darhks react this way after tearing up due to their heart-to-heart conversation.

* ThatCameOutWrong: Darhk telling Nora to [[ExactWords use protection.]] Nora responds with disgust, then Darhk hands her a gun.

** The man who Nora killed to steal his car didn't seem too sympatheic due to being lecherous towards her.

* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: Present!Damien keeps the timeline intact by killing Dr. Vogel as his past self would have originally done, thus ensuring the world ''still'' never learns of cold fusion.

* TheBadGuyWins: Nora takes control of the Anansi totem.

* CallingTheOldManOut: Nora calls out her father during the episode for acting like an egoistic manchild and using her as a host for Mallus.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Past!Darhk was hired by Big Oil execs to assassinate Dr. Vogel and destroy all his notes on cold fusion in order to keep the world dependent on fossil fuels.

* DramaticIrony: Past!Darhk says he'll never have kids because they make you weak, unaware he's fighting his future self and his future daughter.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Rip mentions that there's a dark secret about Ava.

-->'''Darhk''': I am gonna ''kick my ass''.
* ILied: After Past!Darhk's demands have been met (by having Dr. Vogel delivered), he still tosses Nora off the building.

-->'''Nora:''' I'm annoyed.
-->'''Damien:''' Hi Annoyed, I'm dad.

* NoNonsenseNemesis: Past!Darhk is ruthlessly focused on locating and assassinating Dr. Vogel, and is thus quite different from his [[CardCarryingVillain present-day]] [[VillainBall self]]. This appears to be a phase, as the Darhk of TheForties and the Darhk of TheSeventies was very much like present-day Darhk.

* OneManArmy: Past!Darhk kills at least a dozen armed guards without any magical powers whatsoever, and comes close to defeating his future, powered self, too.

** Past!Darhk's hair and demeanor are meant to be evocative of [[Film/NoCountryForOldMen Anton Chigurh]], as the [[WholePlotReference title of the episode indicates]]. More generally, the episode as a whole [[https://www.avclub.com/legends-of-tomorrow-gives-the-darhks-some-coen-style-fa-1823537758 could be seen]] as a ShoutOut to Creator/TheCoenBrothers; e.g. with the split-screen moments being used similar to Series/{{Fargo}}.

--> '''Past!Darhk:''' Magic. I should look into that.

* TerminatorTwosome: Played with: 1962!Darhk simply wants to kill Dr. Vogel as part of his job, and Nora and Ray are interferring with that. Meanwhile, Present!Darhk goes back after them to make sure they don't die (this is more concerning Nora than Ray).

* UndyingLoyalty: No matter how many times Sara reprograms the Waverider, Gideon will still do whatever Rip asks without question. Then again considering as seen in season two, [[{{Callback}} Rip has placed safeguards and command overrides to be used at his discretion.]] Also considering that she calls him Director Hunter, instead of the more familiar Captain Hunter. [[FridgeBrilliance Then Gideon may not have a choice regarding where her loyalties lie.]]

-->'''Rip:''' Gideon, delete File #354Z. Sara can never find out the truth about Ava.
-->'''Gideon:''' Yes, ''Director'' Hunter.

* YouWouldntShootMe: Nora says this to Ray. She's right, but that doesn't stop him from shooting the Berlin Wall to create an aberration, alerting the Waverider to his location.

-->'''Nora:''' Dad, I'm annoued.
-->'''Damien:''' Hi annoyed, I'm dad.

* ForWantOfANail: Even in the Franchise/{{Arrowverse}} cold fusion is deemed as nothing more than an impossible sci-fi concept, but only because in 1962 Big Oil hired [[ProfessionalKiller Damien Darhk]] to kill the one scientist who ''had'' actually cracked the formula.

* TalkingToTheDead: Darhk talks to Ray's former boss as if he is his therapist...after he already murdered him.

* ActorAllusion: Darhk puts on a bowler hat, looking a bit like Dum Dum Dugan from the Howling Commandos.
* AesopAmnesia: Despite his secret-keeping being what alienated him, Rip is determined that nobody knows the "truth" about Ava.

* OneManArmy: Past!Darhk kills at least a dozen armed guards without any magical powers whatsoever.

* ShipTease: Between Ray and Nora. Nate even accuses Ray of having the hots for her near the end of the episode, and one of Ray's "no"s has an audible question mark. There are also several gags where Ray and Nora's mission is referred to in the same terms as a date ("Use protection", "I was supposed to have you back by now!", etc.), and they disguise themselves as a married couple.