'Legends of Tomorrow' EP Teases Supernatural Evil In Season 3
You might think the Legends' biggest enemy would be time itself in season 3, but a much darker [...]
You might think the Legends' biggest enemy would be time itself in season 3, but a much darker evil lurks beneath the surface.
Breaking time itself caused Rip Hunter to create a new team, a group known as the Time Bureau. While the Legends will try and fix time, showrunner Phil Klemmer explained there is a bigger mission that will reveal itself over the course of the season.
"The premiere is all about them sort of trying to get the band back together and trying to prove to Rip that they've still got what it takes," Klemmer told Rotten Tomatoes. "For a while, it seems like the season is gonna be about cleaning up their own mess."
It will quickly become apparent though that there is another force at work behind the scenes.
"Given what the consequences are of having gone back in last year's finale and interacted with their former selves and created a time paradox, as we get deeper into the mythology of season three we'll realize that there's more at stake than just these anachronisms. There's a deeper evil afoot," Klemmer said.
That last line is especially noteworthy and will make a true departure for the series.
"We wanted the villains of season three to be different, so the whole aesthetic is much more about magic and the world of the supernatural instead of fighting speedsters and former League of Assassins guys. We're dealing with some supernatural evil, which is super cool," Klemmer teased.
Legends is no stranger to outside the box themes and circumstances, but the supernatural is one they haven't really tackled. There were aspects of it in the first season with Vandal Savage, but the focus was more on Savage manipulating time.
In season 3, it seems magic will play a more prominent role, which makes the recent announcement of John Constantine appearing on the show this season makes much more sense.
Fans love seeing more Constantine, so it would be noteworthy regardless, but now that magic is going to be so heavily involved, it gives the appearance some context.
Legends of Tomorrow returns to the CW on October 10th.
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