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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: John obliterates Bugsy with the same gun Bugsy had stolen from Hell and used to kill people.

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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: HoistByHisOwnPetard: John obliterates Bugsy with the same gun Bugsy had stolen from Hell and used to kill people.



* KickTheSonOfABitch: While John can't bring himself to execute Astra, he has no such problem with turning Bugsy Siegel's gun on [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard its former owner]].

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* KickTheSonOfABitch: While John can't bring himself to execute Astra, he has no such problem with turning Bugsy Siegel's gun on [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard [[HoistByHisOwnPetard its former owner]].

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* AlphaBitch: The new Zari is a somewhat bratty social media personality.



* AlphaBitch: The new Zari is a somewhat bratty social media personality.



* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: John obliterates Bugsy with the same gun Bugsy had stolen from Hell and used to kill people.



* INeedAFreakingDrink: John after returning from his first chat with Astra.

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* INeedAFreakingDrink: John after returning from his first chat with Astra. He expresses the same sentiment after their second conversation, but Sara demands an explanation first.


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* JerkassHasAPoint: Zari may be a bit of a brat in the new timeline, but she's absolutely right to suspect that Behrad stole the Air Totem.


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* KickTheSonOfABitch: While John can't bring himself to execute Astra, he has no such problem with turning Bugsy Siegel's gun on [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard its former owner]].


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* RealityEnsues: Zari has no memory of Nate, so his attention to her comes off as very stalker-like, especially given her large social media following.


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* SayingTooMuch: Nate lets his knowledge of the Air Totem slip while talking to Zari and Behrad's parents. He manages to cover it by saying that Behrad told him about the Totem, but Zari is unconvinced.
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* TheStarscream: When Jeannie gets access to the stash of photos, she plans on taking it for herself to finally feel powerful so she'll NeverBeHurtAgain. She doesn't get very far when she's ultimately killed in a car bomb planted by [[CorruptCop dirty cops]].
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* ASinisterClue: Astra appears to be left-handed based on the way she holds her utensils while dining on the meat.
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Welp my bad


* ContinuitySnarl: Heyworld now being 24 years ago doesn't make sense on any level. Especially since all the heroes, including the Legends, weren't even active for so long and the recent hype around them following the event was a plot point 2 episodes ago.

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* AndThisIsFor: John obliterates Bugsy, claiming "this one's for Jeanie" after she was killed as a result of his antics.

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* AndThisIsFor: John obliterates Bugsy, claiming "this one's for Jeanie" Jeannie" after she was killed as a result of his antics.antics.
* AlphaBitch: The new Zari is a somewhat bratty social media personality.



* BigNo: John lets one out to Jeanie in a failed attempt to warn her about the bomb in her car.

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* BigNo: John lets one out to Jeanie Jeannie in a failed attempt to warn her about the bomb in her car.



* BitchInSheepsClothing: Sullivan, the friendly officer who seems like the only honest cop, turns out to be just as corrupt as the rest (even though he wants to dispose of Bugsy, not support him).
* CantHoldHisLiquor: Ava gets very drunk very quickly.
* CarBomb: How Jeannie meets her end.
* CassandraTruth: Obviously, both Zari and Behrad have a hard time believing Nate.
* ContinuitySnarl: Heyworld now being 24 years ago doesn't make sense on any level. Especially since all the heroes, including the Legends, weren't even active for so long and the recent hype around them following the event was a plot point 2 episodes ago.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Though not without its humorous moments, this episode is significantly darker than the series has been for quite a while.



* DeathIsCheap: Astra tells John that killing her would be pretty much pointless since her soul would be sent back to hell again.
* DirtyCommies: Bugsy suspects the Legends to be communists when he is being apprehended by them.



* FemmeFatale: It's a FilmNoir spoof, so even folks unfamiliar with her RealLife counterpart should know that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Hill Jeanie Hill]] is more than the DamselInDistress she makes herself out to be.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Bugsy calls Astra a monster, created by John.
* FemmeFatale: It's a FilmNoir spoof, so even folks unfamiliar with her RealLife counterpart should know that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Hill Jeanie Jeannie Hill]] is more than the DamselInDistress she makes herself out to be.be.
* EvilFeelsGood: Astra tells John that she enjoys being evil and in control now, torturing poor Masher as she goes.
* FemmeFatale: Jeannie Hill is a textbook example.



* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Legendary gangster Bugsy Siegel, and his girlfriend Jeanie Hill (who actually died of a drug overdose in 1966, with lingering suspicions that she was forced to take them).

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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Sullivan is willing to use criminal methods to fight Bugsy, even blowing up an innocent woman.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Webb was killed by Bugsy for getting too close to him.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Legendary gangster Bugsy Siegel, and his girlfriend Jeanie Jeannie Hill (who actually died of a drug overdose in 1966, with lingering suspicions that she was forced to take them).



* HoneyTrap: Bugsy forced Jeanie to be this so he could get blackmail on LA's most powerful people. Sara references the trope by name, and turns it back around on Bugsy, playing the seductive moll to lure him into a trap.

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* HoneyTrap: Bugsy forced Jeanie Jeannie to be this so he could get blackmail on LA's most powerful people. Sara references the trope by name, and turns it back around on Bugsy, playing the seductive moll to lure him into a trap.trap.
* ImmortalBreaker: The pistol Bugsy brought back from Hell has bullets infused with {{Hellfire}}. In addition to incinerating people on contact and following BizarreAndImprobableBallistics, they can also destroy souls, killing the Encores permanently.



* ImmortalBreaker: The pistol Bugsy brought back from Hell has bullets infused with {{Hellfire}}. In addition to incinerating people on contact and following BizarreAndImprobableBallistics, they can also destroy souls, killing the Encores permanently.

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* ImmortalBreaker: The pistol Bugsy brought back from Hell has ImmuneToBullets: Bugsy, as he proves when Mickey Cohen's thugs riddle him with bullets infused and he kills them, barely fazed.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: John after returning from his first chat
with {{Hellfire}}. In addition to incinerating people Astra.
* InternalReveal: John tells the Legends what Astra has been
on contact about, [[ItsAllMyFault blaming himself for it]].
* KarmaHoudini: Sullivan
and following BizarreAndImprobableBallistics, they can also destroy souls, killing all the Encores permanently.corrupt cops get away with everything.



* NeverBeHurtAgain: Astra dismisses Constantine's pleas for her to stop sending souls back to Earth because their actions empower her in Hell and she enjoys being on top after untold years being helpless. Jeanie also betrays John in the climax with this same reasoning, arguing why she should leave and start over when all the power Bugsy's blackmail brings is free for the taking to insure she'll never be powerless again.

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* NeverBeHurtAgain: Astra dismisses Constantine's pleas for her to stop sending souls back to Earth because their actions empower her in Hell and she enjoys being on top after untold years being helpless. Jeanie Jeannie also betrays John in the climax with this same reasoning, arguing why she should leave and start over when all the power Bugsy's blackmail brings is free for the taking to insure she'll never be powerless again.



* NotSoDifferent: Ray happily notices that John wasn't telling the truth and is trying to reform Astra, like he did with Nora.



* RippleEffectIndicator: When talking to Behrad, Nate sees Zari flashing in for a few seconds.



* SiblingRivalry: Behrad and Zari aren't on very good terms.
* TheStoner: When Nate sees Zari when talking to Behrad, the latter thinks Nate was plundering his "stash" again.



* TrappedInVillainy: Poor Jeannie is desperately looking for a way to get away from Bugsy. And when she finally has it, she gets blown sky high.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Bugsy Siegel, due to getting dirt on everybody.



* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Ray tells John as much when he reveals he didn't destroy Astra like he planned, mentioning that he wouldn't be going out with Nora if they did the same with her.

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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Ray tells John as much when he reveals he didn't destroy Astra like he planned, mentioning that he wouldn't be going out with Nora if they did the same with her.her.
* YouWouldntShootMe: Astra, when John has her at gunpoint, and she is right, he still wants to reform her. Bugsy doesn't have the same luck, though.
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* ImMrFuturePopCultureReference: Ray, when posing as a cop, says that a new order came down from Deputy [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Chief Wiggum]].
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* NotMeThisTime: The Legends are elated to discover that this season's time trouble is not the result of them screwing up, the way it had been for almost the whole show.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Legendary gangster Bugsy Siegel, and his girlfriend Jeanie Siegal (who actually died of a drug overdose in 1966, with lingering suspicions that she was forced to take them).

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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Legendary gangster Bugsy Siegel, and his girlfriend Jeanie Siegal Hill (who actually died of a drug overdose in 1966, with lingering suspicions that she was forced to take them).
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Legendary gangster Bugsy Siegel, and his girlfriend Jeanie Siegal (who actually died of a drug overdose in 1966, with lingering suspicions that she was forced to take them).

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* BaitAndSwitch: Nate vaguely recognizes Zari from her holographic message, and when he asks she agrees to finding him familiar as well. Turns out what she recognized him from was the culturally significant video of his resurrection at Heyworld, at the same age, 24 years ago with her brother clearly present.



* TheReveal: It's learned that when the Legends searched for the Totems required to defeat Mallus, the one in the future - the Wind Totem - was still in the possession of Zari's family. Only Behrad had stolen it before joining them rather than it being passed down to him.

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* TheReveal: TheReveal:
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It's learned that when the Legends searched for the Totems required to defeat Mallus, the one in the future - the Wind Totem - was still in the possession of Zari's family. Only Behrad had stolen it before joining them rather than it being passed down to him.him.
** Due to going viral online as "dragon girl" in the present, Zari developed a career as a social media personality and thus has grown into a glamorous but haughty person in the future.
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* NeverBeHurtAgain: Astra dismisses Constantine's pleas for her to stop sending souls back to Earth because their actions empower her in Hell and she enjoys being on top after untold years being helpless. Jeanie also betrays John in the climax with this same reasoning, arguing why she should leave and start over when all the power Bugsy's blackmail brings is free for the taking to insure she'll never be powerless again.

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* AbsenteeActor: Courtney Ford and Maisie Richardson-Sellers do not appear this week, although the former is briefly mentioned.

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* AbsenteeActor: Courtney Ford Nora and Maisie Richardson-Sellers Charlie do not appear this week, although the former is briefly mentioned.



* BadGuyBar: The Blue Iguana is a high class example, catering to mobsters as well as the politicians and Hollywood elite who want in with them.

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* BadGuyBar: BadGuyBar:
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The Blue Iguana is a high class example, catering to mobsters as well as the politicians and Hollywood elite who want in with them.



* DaydreamSurprise: Turns out Ava's ''gorgeous'' performance of [[Creator/BelBivDeVoe Bel Biv DeVoe's]] "Poison" was mostly in her head. Her ''actual'' performance was a lot more off-key and considerably more drunken.

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* DaydreamSurprise: Turns out Ava's ''gorgeous'' performance of [[Creator/BelBivDeVoe Bel Biv DeVoe's]] [=DeVoe=]'s "Poison" was mostly in her head. Her ''actual'' performance was a lot more off-key and considerably more drunken.



* DrowningMySorrows: John follows every encounter with Astra by proclaiming, "I need a drink."

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* DrowningMySorrows: DrowningMySorrows:
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John follows every encounter with Astra by proclaiming, "I need a drink."
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* TitleSequence: One is introduced in this episode that features the characters. The opening credits get a new matching font as well.

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* TitleSequence: One A brand-new one is introduced in this episode that features the characters.characters in a punk-influenced design. The opening credits get a new matching font as well.

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* AndThisIsFor: John obliterates Bugsy, claiming "this one's for Jeannie" after she was killed as a result of his antics.

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* AndThisIsFor: John obliterates Bugsy, claiming "this one's for Jeannie" Jeanie" after she was killed as a result of his antics.



* BigNo: John lets one out to Jeannie in a failed attempt to warn her about the bomb in her car.

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* BigNo: John lets one out to Jeannie Jeanie in a failed attempt to warn her about the bomb in her car.



* HistoricalInJoke: One of the bar patrons was present at the Hindenburg disaster and proclaimed that Ava's singing was ''worse''.



* NoirEpisode: About as Noirish as you can get without filming in black and white. 1940's gangsters, crooked cops, private eyes, {{MacGuffin}}s, a FemmeFatale, [[GoingByTheMatchbook the vital clue being a matchbook the killer left behind …]]
* TheReveal: It's learned that when the Legends searches for the Totems required to defeat Mallus, the one in the future - the Wind Totem - was still in the possession of Zari's family. Only Behrad had stolen it before joining them rather than it being passed down to him.

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* NoirEpisode: About as Noirish as you can get without filming in black and white. 1940's gangsters, crooked cops, private eyes, {{MacGuffin}}s, a FemmeFatale, [[GoingByTheMatchbook the vital clue being a matchbook the killer left behind …]]
behind...]]
* TheReveal: It's learned that when the Legends searches searched for the Totems required to defeat Mallus, the one in the future - the Wind Totem - was still in the possession of Zari's family. Only Behrad had stolen it before joining them rather than it being passed down to him.
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* SkywardScream: The episode closes out on one, with Zari screaming for help after being shanghaied aboard the Waverider.
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* AbsenteeActor: Courtney Ford and Maisie Richardson-Sellers do not appear this week.

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* AbsenteeActor: Courtney Ford and Maisie Richardson-Sellers do not appear this week.week, although the former is briefly mentioned.
* AndThisIsFor: John obliterates Bugsy, claiming "this one's for Jeannie" after she was killed as a result of his antics.



* BigNo: John lets one out to Jeannie in a failed attempt to warn her about the bomb in her car.



* DreadfulMusician: Ava's alcohol induced song number is so terrible, it drives out the entire club in disgust.



* TheReveal: It's learned that when the Legends searches for the Totems required to defeat Mallus, the one in the future - the Wind Totem - was still in the possession of Zari's family. Only Behrad had stolen it before joining them rather than it being passed down to him.



* TitleSequence: One is introduced in this episode that features the characters. The opening credits get a new matching font as well.

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* TitleSequence: One is introduced in this episode that features the characters. The opening credits get a new matching font as well.well.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: John has a perfectly good chance to end Astra's reign of terror in Hell by destroying her soul. He ultimately refuses, still wanting to save her from her fate whether she believes in him anymore or not.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Ray tells John as much when he reveals he didn't destroy Astra like he planned, mentioning that he wouldn't be going out with Nora if they did the same with her.
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** Ava grieves the loss of her job and her general purpose in life by getting absolutely bombed while on mission.
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* ShoutOut: [[Film/{{Chinatown}} "Forget it, Ray. It's Burbank."]]

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* ShoutOut: [[Film/{{Chinatown}} "Forget it, Ray. It's Burbank."]]"]]
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* DrowningMySorrows: John follows every encounter with Astra by proclaiming, "I need a drink."
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* DirtyCop: It's 1940's LA in a NoirEpisode; ''of course'' all the cops are dirty. Ray impersonating a cop is such a goody two-shoes straight arrow, the other cops ''immediately'' peg him as the expendable fall guy.


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* LuxuryPrisonSuite: Doesn't go as far as prison, but when Bugsy Siegel is arrested and taken down to the police station, he's able to treat it like his own little clubhouse. They even bring him a professionally catered steak dinner.
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* LivingADoubleLife: Behrad's parents don't know about him stealing the family's Air Totem or joining a team of time traveling superheroes. They think he's at business school.
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* GoingByTheMatchbook: Bugsy killed the private eye who was looking into him, but not before the PI found out where Bugsy's cache of blackmail photos was. This being a FilmNoir pastiche, he of course wrote the location down on a matchbook from the BadGuyBar, which John finds at the crime scene as he's looking for a light.
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** Astra has her own version of this in {{Hell}}.


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* MacGuffin: Bugsy's stash of blackmail photos. The "Hell gun" almost qualifies, except its unique properties are actually put to use in the ending.
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* {{Blackmail}}: How Bugsy got so much power in Los Angeles. His stash of hidden blackmail material becomes the episode's MacGuffin.


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* HoneyTrap: Bugsy forced Jeanie to be this so he could get blackmail on LA's most powerful people. Sara references the trope by name, and turns it back around on Bugsy, playing the seductive moll to lure him into a trap.

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* AbsenteeActor: Courtney Ford and Maisie Richardson-Sellers do not appear this week.
* BadGuyBar: The Blue Iguana is a high class example, catering to mobsters as well as the politicians and Hollywood elite who want in with them.
* DaydreamSurprise: Turns out Ava's ''gorgeous'' performance of [[Creator/BelBivDeVoe Bel Biv DeVoe's]] "Poison" was mostly in her head. Her ''actual'' performance was a lot more off-key and considerably more drunken.



* NoirEpisode: About as Noirish as you can get without filming in black and white. 1940's gangsters, crooked cops, private eyes, {{MacGuffin}}s, a FemmeFatale, [[GoingByTheMatchbook the vital clue being a matchbook the killer left behind …]]

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* ImmortalBreaker: The pistol Bugsy brought back from Hell has bullets infused with {{Hellfire}}. In addition to incinerating people on contact and following BizarreAndImprobableBallistics, they can also destroy souls, killing the Encores permanently.
* NoirEpisode: About as Noirish as you can get without filming in black and white. 1940's gangsters, crooked cops, private eyes, {{MacGuffin}}s, a FemmeFatale, [[GoingByTheMatchbook the vital clue being a matchbook the killer left behind …]]…]]
* ShoutOut: [[Film/{{Chinatown}} "Forget it, Ray. It's Burbank."]]
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* FemmeFatale: It's a FilmNoir spoof, so even folks unfamiliar with her RealLife counterpart should know that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Hill Jeanie Hill]] is more than the DamselInDistress she makes herself out to be.

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* FemmeFatale: It's a FilmNoir spoof, so even folks unfamiliar with her RealLife counterpart should know that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Hill Jeanie Hill]] is more than the DamselInDistress she makes herself out to be.be.
* NoirEpisode: About as Noirish as you can get without filming in black and white. 1940's gangsters, crooked cops, private eyes, {{MacGuffin}}s, a FemmeFatale, [[GoingByTheMatchbook the vital clue being a matchbook the killer left behind …]]

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The Legends do FilmNoir as they go back to the 1940's to stop a resurrected Bugsy Siegel from taking over Los Angeles. MeanwhileInTheFuture, Nate accompanies Behrad to his dad's birthday party, and meets the new timeline's version of Zari.

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The Legends do FilmNoir as they go back to the 1940's to stop a resurrected Bugsy Siegel from taking over Los Angeles. MeanwhileInTheFuture, MeanwhileInTheFuture Nate accompanies Behrad to his dad's birthday party, and meets the new timeline's version of Zari.Zari.

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* FemmeFatale: It's a FilmNoir spoof, so even folks unfamiliar with her RealLife counterpart should know that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Hill Jeanie Hill]] is more than the DamselInDistress she makes herself out to be.
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