![]() Still, she enjoys every chance to put her music and musical theater knowledge to good use, particularly when it intersects with her love of superhero movies.īeyond that, Molly spends her free time reading young adult and romance novels, rooting for the New York Rangers hockey team (LGR!) and going out to brunch. Previously, she’s written entertainment news for Bustle and had personal essays published on HelloGiggles and Femsplain.Ī graduate of Ithaca College’s Journalism program, Molly originally planned to be a music journalist before moving into entertainment journalism after spending so much of her downtime binge-watching all manner of movies and TV during her formative years. She’s been writing for Screen Rant since 2014 and has appeared on the Total Geekall podcast. Molly Freeman is the lead news editor of Screen Rant and one of Screen Rant’s Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer-approved movie critics. But, for now, 'Shogun' only gives the barest amount of information to keep fans on their toes - a somewhat refreshing move after season 1 was so straight forward from day one. ![]() Presumably the message will have to do with one of the overarching mysteries of season 2: either the plan that Darhk and Reverse-Flash have for the timeline or the whereabouts of Rip himself. However, all we learn about the transmission is that Barry insists Rip keeps it to himself and doesn't share it with his team, and that Jax and Stein listen to the transmission, but decide not to tell their fellow team members. ![]() In Compartment 36, they find a transmission to Rip from Barry Allen himself, albeit Barry in the year 2056. Still, the episode does plant a story seed in the form of Jax and Stein discovering an extra compartment the crew knew nothing about. The banter between the three helps to showcase's Legends of Tomorrow's fun tone Sara comes into her own as a leader and a teammate, especially in her conversations with Amaya and her fight sequences, though Mick's caricatured gruffness and excitability over ninjas doesn't quite hit the mark.įor the most part, 'Shogun' seems to take a step away from what Legends of Tomorrow had been establishing as the major threat of season 2 - the partnership between Damien Darhk and Reverse-Flash (which we know will become the Legion of Doom). However, Nate comes to Mick's rescue and Sara talks Amaya out of her revenge quest, promising to help the JSA figure out who is Rex's real killer.Īfter Vixen's revenge plan is put on hold - perhaps more quickly than makes sense - she seemingly becomes a full-fledged member of the Legends, joining up with Sara and Mick on their mission to rescue Ray and Nate from Feudal Japan. ![]() The episode opens with Vixen methodically knocking out each of the ship's passengers in a cool sequence (that is perhaps the most S.H.I.E.L.D.-esque sequence of the episode) before confronting Mick. The 1940s JSA member stowed away aboard the time traveling spaceship because she believes Mick Rory murdered Rex Tyler. 'Shogun' features Sara's first full mission as the official new captain of the Waverider, and that leaves her dealing with Amaya. The dynamic between Nate and Ray, as well as their parallel story arcs, offer a somewhat fresh take on the origin story of Citizen Steel and offer depth to two of the main players in Legends of Tomorrow - all the while upholding the theme of the show: discovering what makes someone a hero or a legend. The Citizen Steel storyline of 'Shogun' is balanced by the trainer-trainee relationship between Nate and Ray as the former struggles to appreciate his new abilities while the latter needs to reconcile the fact that he will lose his powers because they must destroy the Atom suit. Additionally, though Nate doesn't use his ability too much throughout the episode (since he struggles to gain control of it), 'Shogun' does feature an entertaining scene of Ray using his Atom suit to shoot energy blasts at Nate to test out the durability of his alloy skin. According to Ray's break down of what he did to the Nazi super serum, it altered Nate's skin to an "alloy 100 times stronger than steel" - prompting Nate to try out a handful of monikers including Corporal Steel and Mister Steel before seemingly landing on Citizen Steel in a fun nod to the comics.
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