Last week, Legends of Tomorrow gave us a singing fairy godmother. This week, we got an episode about a punk rock band (plus a music video!) and a musical reference. Can this show just give us a musical episode already? Well, while we wait for Legends to fulfill our dreams, let’s dive into the episode.
“Dancing Queen,” a surprisingly and charmingly Ray-centric outing, sees the team sans Nate travel to 1970s punk rock London to find a fugitive who changes the timeline by catapulting a no-name band called the Smell to fame. Sara, Zari, Mick, and Constantine are pretty jazzed about visiting the time period since they are the team’s rule-breakers, so they decide to leave Ray in the van while they investigate the Smell’s concert. But, as always, things don’t go as planned. Mick starts a fight with Constantine because he hates people who speak with accents and wear ties, which leads to a huge and very season 1-y bar brawl. In the confusion, the Smell flees the bar and make their getaway in Ray’s van.
Thus, Ray finds himself going undercover with the punk rock band, which is the last place he should be since, well, he’s Ray. He gains their trust-ish by saying his name is actually Rage because he hates disco, the queen, and timely shores (Jokes, coming from the guy who invented the Waverider’s chore wheel). Once inside, he follows Constantine’s advice and tries to test whether or not band member Declan is a leprechaun by throwing grain on the ground (apparently leprechauns can’t help but count it all). The test fails, which means they aren’t dealing with a leprechaun.
One thing leads to another again and Ray is forced to join the band on their mission to disrupt The System by stealing one of the Queen’s dogs. Being a criminal is not Ray’s strong suit, so it falls to Sara to help him steal the dog — and by help, I mean she takes out the Queen’s guards and intimidates the dog walker into giving him one of the corgis. With the dog in hand, Nate rushes back to the band and gains their trust. They even give him a tattoo to make things official. Alas, it’s not a tramp stamp, much to Zari’s dismay.
While Ray’s busy with the Smell, Sara sends Zari after Constantine, who stormed off after his tussle with Mick. Zari finds Constantine in a Liverpool bar where his mother works. It turns out this is the first time Constantine has ever met his mom because she died giving birth to him (his father never let him forget it and kept referring to him as killer). So, Constantine tries rewrite history by giving his father a very unorthodox and unpleasant mastectomy, but time won’t let that happen because a time paradox would occur. So, the only catharsis he gets out of this trip is being able to punch his father.
Of course, Zari can empathize with his desire to change his past, because it’s one that she has felt many times before (Remember her scene in the season premiere?). And thus, the two form a very unlikely friendship and another unexpected yet compelling Legends pairing is born.
Next: Meet the Waverider’s newest resident
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