"Ground Control to Sara Lance"[1] is the first episode of the sixth season of DC's Legends of Tomorrow, and the eighty-third episode overall. It aired on May 2, 2021.
“ | She had an air of doom. I ain't trippin' on mushrooms. The girl disappeared from this place. She was a blonde-haired punk. In a blue-light funk. I'll always remember her face. Abducted by aliens. It shatters my cranium, The girl who fell up into space. Where was she going. Her whole body glowing. I'll never crack the case. Space girl- | ” |
Synopsis[edit | hide | hide all]
After a night of celebrating their beating the Fates, the Legends quickly discover that Sara is missing. Trying to keep it together, the Legends are shocked to discover that she was taken by Aliens. Ava sends Rory and Behrad to follow a lead on who can possibly help them find Sara, while Constantine tries to work his magic. Meanwhile, Sara does all she can to try to escape, which includes releasing Aliens into the timeline, but is shocked to learn who one of her kidnappers turns out to be.[2]
Appearances[edit | hide]
Characters[edit | hide]
Protagonists[edit | hide]
Antagonists[edit | hide]
- Kayla
- Pod Aliens
- Rama Khan (mentioned)
Other Characters[edit | hide]
- Aleister Crowley (mentioned)
- Alex Danvers (mentioned)
- Ali (mentioned)
- Gary Jr. II (pictured)
- Jennifer Nick (name seen in newspaper)
- Jonah Hex (wanted poster)
- Lita (mentioned)
- Gary Jr. (pictured)
- The Smell (video footage)
- Zari Tomaz (mentioned)
Teams and Organizations[edit | hide]
- Department of Extranormal Operations (pictured)
- Fates (graffiti text)
- Legends
- Preventers
- The Smell (video footage)
- The Washington (newspaper)
- Time Bureau (pictured)
- Wacky World News (newspaper)
Events[edit | hide]
Species[edit | hide]
- Artificial Intelligences
- Clones
- Deities (video footage)
- Demons (mentioned)
- Ghosts (mentioned)
- Humans
- Metahumans
- Necrians
Objects and Concepts[edit | hide]
- Alien Pods
- Wormhole
- Energy Guns
- Heat Gun
- Image Inducers
- Magic
- Memory Flashers
- Mr. Parker's Cul De Sac (video footage)
- Space Girl
- Time Portals
- Time Aberrations
- Time Couriers
- Timeships
- Totems of Zambesi
Locations[edit | hide]
- Earth-Prime
- Earth
- Europe
- North America
- United States of America
- California
- National City
- Sacramento (name seen)
- Texas
- Washington, D.C. (pictured)
- Time Bureau Headquarters (pictured)
- California
- United States of America
- Pliny X-19
- Earth
- Hell (mentioned)
- Purgatory (mentioned)
- Temporal Zone
Notes[edit | hide]
- The episode's title is a reference to the opening line of the David Bowie song "Space Oddity", "Ground control to Major Tom".
- Additionally, the song title was used as the tag line for the season poster.
- Sharpe's clipboard of "Missing Legends" was titled scenario 601, which is a nod to this episode being the first of season 6.
- According to a newspaper shown on the Waverider, it is assumed that this episode takes place after or during The Missing Link. Additionally, the newspaper included the date for the destruction of the DEO, July 15, 2020, Thursday. However, July 15 was a Wednesday.
- At the end of the episode, there was a memorial for Scott "Scotty" Carroll.
Gallery[edit | hide]
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Sara Lance in space
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"In memory of our friend Scott "Scotty" Carroll"
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Script