Line #32 Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS4E6TenderIsTheNate


1	While being audited by Nate's dad, the Legends travel to Paris in 1927 in order to capture a Minotaur. Meanwhile, Ava and Mona get trapped in the same cell as Nora Darhk and end up bonding.
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6	* ArtEvolution: Gideon demonstrates a hologram with a much more defined face, courtesy of a "face lift" by Zari.
7	* BirdsOfAFeather: Mick immediately bonds with Ernest Hemingway, a fellow author and drunken lug.
8	* BoisterousWeakling: Hemingway talks a big game, but doesn't accomplish anything throughout the episode.
9	* BulletCatch: The Minotaur blocks gunfire with his axe quite easily.
10	* BrokenPedestal: Haywood has long admired Ernest Hemmingway and naturally excited meeting the man in 1927. In classic ''Legends'' style, Haywood realizes his idol is a complete dick.
11	* CallingTheOldManOut: Nate calling Hank out on all of his "lessons" just being him complaining about Nate being different from himself.
12	* ChekhovsGun: Nate lists '70's folk rock as one of Hank's interests that he never cared for. Sure enough, it's Hank's impromptu performance of a James Taylor song that saves the day.
13	* ChekhovMIA: Played for laughs with Ray who was absent during both the A and B plots. It's eventually revealed he hid himself inside the envelope he asked Mona to give to Nora (and got trapped), resulting in B becoming a CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot had Ava allowed Nora to receive the "message" in the first place.
14	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: During the fight with the Minotaur, Sara tells the Fitzgeralds to go behind the bar, but instead of hiding Scott tries to make himself a drink.
15	* ContinuityNod: The Time Bureau had to pay for a new time core for the ''Waverider'', since the last one was [[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS3E18TheGoodTheBadAndTheCuddly blown up by Rip Hunter]]. (How they managed to get a new time core in 2018 is never mentioned, although they did at one point have their own timeship.)
16	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Ava and Nora bond over comparing theirs.
17	* DeadpanSnarker: Gideon, even more so than usual, as she has to remind people that she's also a member of the Legends.
18	* DefrostingIceQueen: Both Ava and Nora quickly warm up to Mona with some help from a bottle of rosé and Ava's birthday cake.
19	* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: Nora accidentally breaks the containment field and the doorlock of the cell.
20	* DorkKnight: The Legends (or Nate, Zari, and Constantine, at least) play ''Dungeons & Dragons''. Constantine is a bit miffed that Zari let Hank use some of their miniatures to present a plan of attack for the Minotaur hunt.
21	* DoubleEntendre:
22	** While Sara is hiding beneath Ava's desk, the latter is accused by Hank of ''being in bed with the Legends'' or ''being screwed'' by Sara Lance. Doubles as IfOnlyYouKnew, since he isn’t actually aware.
23	** Hemmingway also proudly states "mine's longer" when comparing his gun to Mick's.
24	* EpicFail: Charlie's attempt at copying Amaya's voice is ''dreadful''; for some reason, Charlie seemed to think that Amaya spoke in a Southern accent.
25	* FluffyTamer: Mona manages to befriend every magical prisoner in the Time Bureau.
26	* GallowsHumor: After Nora accidentally destroys the keypad in her cell [[note]](the implication being she wants to hang herself)[[/note]]
27	-->'''Ava:''' We're stuck.\
28	'''Mona:''' Well, at least we're here together...right?\
29	'''Nora:''' ''[detachedly]'' ...now I know why you took my shoelaces.
30	* GayParee: Sara even calls it that, while Mick asks if that's politically incorrect. (Well, he says "impolitically correct," but Zari corrects him.)
31	* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Ava concedes that Mona's positive attitude is a good thing for the job and allows her to bond with the imprisoned creatures at the end.
32	* HiddenDepths:
33	** Hank gives an ''awesome'' rendition of James Taylor's "Sweet Baby James".
34	** Mona reveals that she was a Yale hopeful looking to become a lawyer, but refused because it was what her parents wanted and not a career she'd enjoy.
35	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: An especially rich episode with them, with Creator/ErnestHemingway, Creator/SalvadorDali, and Creator/FScottFitzgerald and his wife Zelda Fitzgerald.
36	* HouseInspection: Hank makes an inspection on the ''Waverider'' due to the high expenditure. Naturally, it's a disaster.
37	* IChooseToStay: As the team celebrates their success at the end of the episode, Nate makes it clear that he's staying with the Time Bureau, mainly because it's helping him grow.
38	* InternalReveal:
39	** After trying their best to prevent Nate from learning about her, he winds up discovering Charlie in the lab.
40	** Nora makes a point of telling Ava that the only reason why she had escaped the Time Bureau was because Ray slipped her a Time Stone.
41	** As part of the girls' bonding, Ava reveals to Mona and Nora that she's actually a clone from the future, and her past is a lie.
42	* {{Irony}}: Charlie, although a shapeshifter by nature, is a terrible actor.
43	* JerkassHasAPoint: Hemingway is portrayed as kind of a dick throughout the episode, but during the closing scene, Nate quotes one of his lines that applies to himself: "Can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another."
44	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall:
45	** The whole episode is a commentary on the budget of the show, from the cost of the costumes, to the ship, to the necessity of so many crew members.
46	** Ray bets that he could just leave the team and no-one would notice. Sure enough, he proceeds to be absent from most of the episode stuck in an envelope, and odds are quite a few fans didn't notice at all.
47	* LeeroyJenkins: Hemingway and Hank are way too eager to hunt for the Minotaur and it almost costs both of them their lives.
48	* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The name of the episode alludes to ''Literature/TenderIsTheNight'', a famous novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a couple who live in France in the 1920s. The episode even features cameos from F. Scott and his wife Zelda.
49	* ManlyMenCanHunt: Clearly what Hank Heywood believes, reinforced when he meets Ernest Hemingway.
50	* MomentKiller: Hank walks in while Sara is trying to...give Ava her birthday present. Sara's ninja skills manage to save them from being caught in a compromising position.
51	* MotorMouth: Mona, throughout the episode.
52	* MsFanservice: Sara when she's trying to seduce Ava on her birthday.
53	* MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast: It turns out that the only thing that can stop the Minotaur is to get him to sleep by playing a lullaby on a Greek lute...or some James Taylor on guitar will work in a pinch.
54	* NakedFirstImpression: Hank is introduced to Constantine while the latter is practicing yoga naked in the ''Waverider's'' library. John's a pretty good sport about it.
55	* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
56	** Because of his insistence on hunting the monster in Paris, Director Heywood almost gets killed by the Minotaur.
57	** Later, when Nate has almost calmed the Minotaur down, Hemingway tries to kill it and causes another senseless fight.
58	* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: According to Charlie, the Minotaur just wants to hide away from the world, more specifically his father, that rejected him.
59	* NotSoAboveItAll: Hank actually adapts to the Legends' zany attitude quite quickly.
60	* OddFriendship: Ava (straight-laced clone from the 23rd century), Nora (witch and ex-demon cultist), and Mona (giddy nerd) manage to form one while stuck in Nora's prison cell together.
61	* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Hank makes a few sexist remarks. It almost gets him his ass kicked by Sara.
62	* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: How Nate's guess about Charlie's current ShapeshifterModeLock goes.
63	-->'''Nate:''' Let me guess: she turned into Amaya and conned you into not sending her to hell and Constantine put a spell on her and now she's stuck like this?\
64	'''Sara:''' That is weirdly accurate, yes.
65	* TheRoaringTwenties: Sara refers to the period by name when the Legends set out there.
66	* RunningGag: Gideon reminding the team that she is a Legend, too.
67	* SeriesContinuityError: Is there any reason Gideon isn't still creating the team's clothes and food herself? In fact, earlier in this very season, Constantine was taking advantage of the ''Waverider's'' fabricator to make rare spell components.
68	* ShipperOnDeck: Mona ships Ray/Nora, comparing them to [[Series/{{Friends}} Ross and Rachel]].
69	* ShoutOut: Mona owns a [[Series/TheGoldenGirls Rose Nylund]] Pop figure, met Creator/GillianAnderson at an ''Series/TheXFiles'' meet & greet, and compares Ray and Nora to [[Series/{{Friends}} Ross and Rachel]].
70	* SpotTheThread:
71	** It was unavoidable, but Nate's belief that Amaya returned to the ''Waverider'' is immediately squashed when "Amaya" speaks in a decidedly ''different'' accent. The punch in the face likely didn't help.
72	** After Ray's attempt at talking Ava into letting him see Nora fails, he practically vanishes from the episode; all we get in terms of his whereabouts is that he left Mona a letter to give to Nora. By the end of the episode, Ava talks Nora into opening it...and Ray pops out, having shrunk and hidden inside.
73	* StealthExpert: Sara manages to dodge Hank's notice in Ava's rather small office, and gets from the Time Bureau to the ''Waverider'' without Hank being any the wiser.
74	* TastesLikeFriendship: Mona, Nora and Ava bond over some drinks and cake.
75	* {{Troll}}: There really wasn't any reason for Mick to lead Nate to Charlie (while everybody was trying to prevent it) other than screwing with him. His big smile when Charlie punches him says it all.
76	* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: Director Heywood, Ernest Hemingway, and Mick get drunk and decide to hunt the monster themselves. It then turns out to be a Minotaur and Director Heywood ''barely'' manages to avoid death.
77	* WomanChild: Mona, much to Ava's ire at first. At the end of the episode, however, she starts to see her worth.
78	* TheWorfEffect: The Minotaur easily overpowers Nate in his steel form.
79	* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Mona encourages both Nora and Ava.

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