"The One Where We're Trapped on TV"[1] is the fourteenth episode of the fifth season of DC's Legends of Tomorrow, and the eighty-first episode overall. It aired on May 26, 2020.
“ | I gave you everything that you wanted. You stuck us on TV. I brought Sara and Behrad back to life. Mick, I made you a criminal again. It's just like you wanted. I even gave Astra a happy childhood for you, John-o. |
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Synopsis[edit | hide | hide all]
After Charlie does the one thing that goes against her nature when it comes to her sisters, she tries to protect the Legends by scattering them in different television shows. Of course, in true Legends style some can't just be blissfully ignorant and happy but figure out a way to end up messing with the system.[2]
Appearances[edit | hide]
Characters[edit | hide]
Protagonists[edit | hide]
- Legends
- Lita
- Lady Natalie Logue
- Ali
- Officer Maala
Antagonists[edit | hide]
- Fates
- Atropos (video call)
- Charlie (Clotho)
- Lachesis (posters)
- Satan (mentioned)
- Dhan
- Mister Parker
Other Characters[edit | hide]
- Alex Logue (mentioned)
- Beebo (logo)
- Geoffrey Burch
- Highcastle Abbey
- Alex Logue (mentioned)
- Mrs. Hutchens
- Lalo
- Natalie Logue (mentioned)
- Nora Darhk (flashback)
- Spartacus (name seen)
- Ultimate Buds
- Crew
- Betty Alberto (credited)
- Brenda Jones (credited)
- Brenden Gerald Russell (credited)
- Emily Matz (credited)
- Ian Sean (credited)
- Jerry Schlepphorst (credited)
- Joey Eager (credited)
- Margie Hilfiker (credited)
- Marilyn Lester (credited)
- Ruth Richards (credited)
- Stephen Grooms (credited)
- Wayne Conan McClean (credited)
- Pretty Boss
- Robin Hood (Robin of Locksley) (mentioned)
- Starling City Vigilante (mentioned)
- Crew
Teams and Organizations[edit | hide]
- BBC (mentioned)
- Clotho Productions
- Fate+ (television)
- Community Helpers
- Fates
- Highcastle Abbey
- Historical Sanitation Department
- Legends
- Logue Estates
Events[edit | hide]
Species[edit | hide]
- Androids
- Angels (mentioned)
- Artificial Intelligences
- Clones
- Deities
- Demons (mentioned)
- Ghosts (mentioned)
- Gromulans
- Humans (Earth-Prime)
- Humans (TV Universe)
- Metahumans
- Zombies (flashback)
Objects and Concepts[edit | hide]
- Arrow (mentioned)
- Cromulence
- Taffeta (flashback)
- Tiara (flashback)
- Hell Sword (flashback)
- Holograms (flashback)
- Image Inducers
- Loom of Fate (threads)
- Magic
- Mr. Parker's Cul De Sac (Theme Song)
- Repress
- Sad Feelings
- Star Trip
- Steel Suit (flashback)
- Totems of Zambesi
- Ultimate Buds
- USS Faterider
- Waverider (flashback)
- White Canary Suit (flashback)
Locations[edit | hide]
- Earth-Prime
- Earth
- Europe (flashback)
- Italy
- Rome (name seen)
- United Kingdom (flashback)
- England (flashback)
- London (flashback)
- Time Bureau Pub (flashback)
- Northumberland County (flashback)
- Constantine Mansion (flashback)
- London (flashback)
- England (flashback)
- Italy
- Loomworld
- North America (flashback)
- United States of America (flashback)
- Heyworld (flashback)
- United States of America (flashback)
- Europe (flashback)
- Earth
- Hell (flashback)
- TV Universe
- Earth
- England
- Highcastle
- Highcastle Abbey
- Highcastle Downs (name seen on ticket)
- London (mentioned)
- London Bridge (name seen on ticket)
- Wellington (mentioned)
- Highcastle
- United States of America
- Colorado (name seen)
- Starling City (mentioned)
- Zari Tarazi's Apartment
- England
- Kuldezax
- Earth
Notes[edit | hide]
- The episode title is a play to the Friends TV series where all episode titles (except the two-part series finale) starts with the phrase "the one".
- The show Ultimate Buds is a homage of Friends.
- Behrad is a homage of Ross Geller.
- Zari is a homage of Monica Geller.
- Nate is a homage of Joey Tribbiani and Chandler Bing.
- The show Highcastle Abbey is a homage of Downton Abbey
- John is a homage of Thomas Barrow.
- The show Star Trip is a homage of multiple media of Star Trek.
- Sara Lance is a homage of James T. Kirk.
- Ava Sharpe is a homage of Spock.
- Gromulans is a homage of Romulans.
- Dhan is a homage of Khan Noonien Singh.
- The show Mister Parker's Cul De Sac is a homage of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
- Mr. Parker is a homage of Mister Rogers.
- This is the first episode in the series to not feature the Waverider.
Gallery[edit | hide]
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The co-captains escape the TV Universe
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Title Card
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Ultimate Buds Title Card
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Highcastle Abbey Title Card
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Star Trip Title Card
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Mister Parker's Cul De Sac Title Card