Line #29 Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS5E2MissMeKissMeLoveMe


1	The Legends do FilmNoir as they go back to the 1940s to stop a resurrected Bugsy Siegel (Creator/JonathanSadowski) from taking over Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Nate accompanies Behrad to his dad's birthday party, and meets the new timeline's version of Zari.
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5	* AlphaBitch: The new Zari is a somewhat bratty social media personality.
6	* AndThisIsFor: John obliterates Bugsy, claiming "this one's for Jeannie" after she was killed as a result of his antics.
7	* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The real Virginia Hill was a powerful mobster in her own right, regardless of her relationship with Siegel. She would've had no need to go out of her way to gain more power. Also, she was in Paris when Siegel was assassinated, not a witness to it.
8	* BadGuyBar:
9	** The Blue Iguana is a high class example, catering to mobsters as well as the politicians and Hollywood elite who want in with them.
10	** Astra has her own version of this in {{Hell}}.
11	* 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.
12	* BigNo: John lets one out to Jeannie in a failed attempt to warn her about the bomb in her car.
13	* {{Blackmail}}: How Bugsy got so much power in Los Angeles. His stash of hidden blackmail material becomes the episode's MacGuffin.
14	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Sullivan 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, he's in league with other gangsters).
15	* {{Bookends}}: The beginning of the episode picks up where the previous one left off, with Constantine travelling to hell to confront Astra. His part in the episode ends with another confrontation with Astra in the exact same [[BadGuyBar bar in Hell]].
16	* CantHoldHisLiquor: Ava gets very drunk very quickly.
17	* CarBomb: How Jeannie meets her end.
18	* CassandraTruth: Obviously, both Zari and Behrad have a hard time believing Nate.
19	* CoffinContraband: Played with. The MacGuffin is actually hidden in a grave marker.
20	* DarkerAndEdgier: Though not without its humorous moments, this episode is significantly darker than the series has been for quite a while.
21	* DaydreamSurprise: Turns out Ava's ''gorgeous'' performance of Bel Biv [=DeVoe=]'s "Poison" was mostly in her head. Her ''actual'' performance was a lot more off-key.
22	* DeathIsCheap: Astra tells John that killing her would be pretty much pointless since her soul would be sent back to hell again.
23	* DirtyCommies: Bugsy suspects the Legends to be communists when he is apprehended by them.
24	* DirtyCop: It's 1940s 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.
25	* DreadfulMusician: Ava's alcohol-induced song number is so terrible, it drives out the entire club in disgust.
26	* DrowningMySorrows:
27	** John follows every encounter with Astra by proclaiming, "I need a drink."
28	** Ava grieves the loss of her job and her general purpose in life by getting absolutely bombed while on mission.
29	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Bugsy calls Astra a monster that John created.
30	* EvilFeelsGood: Astra tells John that she enjoys being evil and in control now, torturing poor Masher as she goes.
31	* FemmeFatale: Jeannie Hill is a textbook example. It's a FilmNoir spoof, so even folks unfamiliar with her RealLife counterpart should know that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Hill Jeannie Hill]] is more than the DamselInDistress she makes herself out to be.
32	* 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.
33	* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Sullivan is willing to use criminal methods to fight Bugsy, even blowing up Jeannie in the process.
34	* HeKnowsTooMuch: Webb was killed by Bugsy for getting too close to him.
35	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Legendary gangster Bugsy Siegel, and his girlfriend Jeannie Hill (who actually died of a drug overdose in 1966, with lingering suspicions that she was forced to take them).
36	* HistoricalInJoke: One of the bar patrons was present at the Hindenburg disaster and proclaimed that Ava's singing was ''worse''.
37	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: John obliterates Bugsy with the same gun Bugsy had stolen from Hell and used to kill people.
38	* HoneyTrap: Bugsy forced 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.
39	* 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 incinerate souls, killing the Encores permanently.
40	* ImMrFuturePopCultureReference: Ray, when posing as a cop, says that a new order came down from Deputy [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Chief Wiggum]].
41	* ImmuneToBullets: Bugsy, proven when Mickey Cohen's thugs riddle him with bullets and he kills them, barely fazed.
42	* 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.
43	* InternalReveal: John tells the Legends what Astra has been on about, [[ItsAllMyFault blaming himself for it]].
44	* 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.
45	* KarmaHoudini: Sullivan and all the corrupt cops get away with everything.
46	* 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.
47	* LuxuryPrisonSuite: Doesn't go as far as prison, but when Bugsy Siegel is arrested and taken down to the police station, he treats it like his own little clubhouse. They even bring him a professionally catered steak dinner.
48	* MacGuffin: Bugsy's stash of blackmail photos. The "Hell gun" almost qualifies, except its unique properties are actually put to use in the ending.
49	* 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. 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 ensure she'll never be powerless again.
50	* NoirEpisode: About as Noirish as you can get without filming in black and white. 1940s gangsters, crooked cops, private eyes, {{MacGuffin}}s, a FemmeFatale, [[GoingByTheMatchbook the vital clue being a matchbook the killer left behind...]]
51	* NotMeThisTime: The Legends are elated to discover that this season's trouble is not the result of them screwing up, the way it had been for almost the whole show.
52	* NotSoDifferentRemark: Ray happily notices that John wasn't telling the truth and is trying to reform Astra, like he did with Nora.
53	* TheReveal:
54	** 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.
55	** 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 [[AlphaBitch glamorous but haughty]] person in the future.
56	* RippleEffectIndicator: When talking to Behrad, Nate sees Zari flashing in for a few seconds.
57	* 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.
58	* ASinisterClue: Astra appears to be left-handed based on the way she holds her utensils while dining on the meat.
59	* SkywardScream: The episode closes out on one, with Zari screaming for help after being shanghaied aboard the Waverider.
60	* ShoutOut: "[[Film/{{Chinatown}} Forget it, Ray. It's Burbank.]]"
61	* SiblingRivalry: Behrad and Zari aren't on very good terms.
62	* 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]].
63	* TheStoner: When Nate sees Zari when talking to Behrad, the latter thinks Nate was plundering his "stash" again.
64	* TitleDrop: A POV-switched one when AVA sings Bell Biv Devoe's "Poison."
65	* TitleSequence: A brand-new one is introduced in this episode that features the characters in a punk-influenced design. The opening credits get a new matching font as well.
66	* 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.
67	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Bugsy Siegel, due to getting dirt on everybody.
68	* 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.
69	* 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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