Line #59 Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS1E8NightOfTheHawk


1	The team tracks Savage to a small town in Oregon in 1958. Upon arrival, they discover there have been a recent string of murders and they suspect Savage is involved. Professor Stein and Sara go undercover at a psychiatric hospital, where Savage is working as a doctor, to find out his plan. While there, Sara meets a nurse named Lindsey and sparks fly. Meanwhile, Ray and Kendra pretend to be a married couple to gain the neighborhood's trust, but an interracial couple in the '50s isn't something that goes unnoticed. Soon, Savage is at their door.
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6	* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Lindsey, a woman native to 1958, calls Sara a "ninja". A word she would almost definitely have never heard, considering the first major appearance of ninjas in Western culture was in ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'', which came out in 1967.
7	* AssholeVictim: The two racist boys that tried to beat up Jax and possibly rape Betty (partly out of anger for her dating a black kid soon after her boyfriend disappeared) get killed by the transformed Tommy and aren't even mentioned afterwards.
8	* BlackEyesOfCrazy: Jax and the town's boys get these after being mutated into hawk monsters by Vandal Savage's meteorite experiments.
9	* BodyHorror: The effects of the meteorite on Jax are not remotely pleasant.
10	* BondVillainStupidity: Savage had Kendra at his mercy and could have easily cut her throat if he didn't decided to gloat instead.
11	* BreakingTheFellowship: An attack by Chronos forces Rip to take off, stranding Ray, Kendra, and Sara in the '50s.
12	* ButNowIMustGo: Jax and Sara have to pull this with Betty and Lindsey, respectively, as neither of them want to remain in a small 1950s town full of bigots even if they didn't have a mission to fulfill.
13	* {{Cliffhanger}}: Ray, Kendra and Sara are left stranded in the '50s, while the rest of the team are trapped aboard the ''Waverider'' with Chronos.
14	* ClosetKey: Sara is this for Lindsey.
15	* CorruptCop: The local sheriff is entirely in Savage's pocket.
16	* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The sexism and racism of the 1950's is the reason why Jax and Sara hate the era.
17	** Given that this is a time period before segregation is struck down, Jax and Kendra experienced racial discrimination in both overt and subtle ways.
18	** And Sara is on the receiving end of some homophobia and misogyny.
19	* DidNotGetTheGirl: Both Sara and Jax had to let go of their respective GirlOfTheWeek.
20	* DoubleMeaningTitle: The title refers to both the {{Monstrous Humanoid}}s attacking mostly at nighttime and the episode being Kendra's ADayInTheLimelight.
21	* FakeAmerican: Rip pretends to be one (as an FBIAgent) In-Universe.
22	* FailedASpotCheck:
23	** Averted, Savage is quick to notice that his dagger is stolen and that Kendra probably has it.
24	** Savage's "secret room," kept behind lock and key and containing a valuable artifact contained within an unlocked chest...has a window. With partially open blinds, yet.
25	* FBIAgent: Rip and Snart disguise themselves as these to investigate Savage's murders.
26	* TheFifties: The team time travels to the 1958 to find Savage.
27	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Jax says a seemingly wholesome town like this feels like the setting for some horror movie where aliens start killing everyone.
28	* {{Gaydar}}: Sara deduces that Lindsay is a lesbian with minimal clues, such as her mention of being not one to look for marriage unlike the other nurses.
29	* GirlOfTheWeek: Betty and Lindsey for Jax and Sara respectively. Both of them DidNotGetTheGirl.
30	* {{Homage}}: To {{Horror}} films from the 1930s-1950s.
31	* HospitalHottie: Sara has no trouble blending in as one. Her LoveInterest Lindsey also happens to be a cute nurse as well.
32	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Jax seems to be ok that Betty reunites with her boyfriend in the end.
33	* MadScientist: Savage takes on this role, testing the effects of an Nth metal meteorite on local teenagers and Jax.
34	* MagicMeteor: Savage finds one, very similar to the one that originally empowered the Hawks and himself. While it doesn't grant immortality or reincarnation abilities, it still has mutating capacities (see below).
35	* MaleGaze: Kendra dresses in a very revealing LittleBlackDress for most of the episode. Savage lampshades it.
36	* MalignedMixedMarriage: Ray and Kendra, even though it's only a pretend marriage.
37	* MidSeasonUpgrade: Chronos apparently gets a new set of weapons from the Time Masters.
38	* MonstrousHumanoid: Of the [[WingedHumanoid winged type]]. The result of Savage's experiments.
39	* MythologyGag:
40	** Vandal Savage's alias in the fifties is Dr. Curtis Knox, the same name of a SerialNumbersFiledOff version of Savage showed up in ''Series/{{Smallville}}''.
41	** The hawk monsters somewhat resemble the Manhawks, enemies of Hawkman and Hawkgirl in the comics.
42	* NostalgiaAintLikeItUsedToBe: Stein is briefly enamoured with the superficially idyllic appearance of TheFifties. Jax and Sara (both of whom are subject to the prejudices of the era) waste no time in snarking about it.
43	-->'''Stein:''' Even someone as jaded as yourself can't deny how idyllic this time was.\
44	'''Jax:''' Yeah. If you're white.\
45	'''Sara:''' And a man. And straight. And...\
46	'''Stein:''' I get the point.
47	:: Also somewhat ironic, as Jews received their fair share of bigotry in that era as well, a notion that seems to escape Stein.
48	* OhCrap: Kendra and Palmer have one when they find out their neighbor is Vandal Savage.
49	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The sherrif is a racist prick. Justified, since they are in the 50s, where [[DeliberateValuesDissonance that actually was the politically correct way to act]], ''and'' was working for Savage.
50	* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: The title is derived from ''Film/NightOfTheDemon''.
51	* RealMenCook: For an immortal psychopath and would-be conqueror, Savage is a heck of a cook. Ray greatly appreciates a tuna surprise cooked up by the villain.
52	-->'''Ray:''' Say what you want about Savage, he makes one hell of a casserole.
53	* RefugeInAudacity:
54	** Kendra and Ray pose as an interracial couple in the 1950s and manage to pull if off without much trouble.
55	** Averted with Jax who strikes up a romance with a local white girl...and gets beaten up by some local thugs and the sheriff for his troubles.
56	* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Stein's tendency towards this gets on Jax's nerves.
57	* ShoutOut:
58	** Snart calls Sara "[[Literature/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest Nurse Ratched]]" during a mission briefing.
59	** Jax calls a bully in a diner [[Film/BackToTheFuture1 "Biff."]]
60	** After Jax has changed for his date:
61	--->'''Ray:''' Whoa, is tonight the [[Film/BackToTheFuture1 Enchantment Under the Sea Dance]]?
62	** Jax refers to Harmony Falls as "Film/{{Pleasantville}}" and "[[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow Mayberry]]".
63	** The episode title references ''Film/NightOfTheDemon''.
64	* SkewedPriorities: The sheriff is rather more concerned about a black boy being at Lover's Lane with a white girl than he is about said white girl being badly injured and bleeding, leaving her there when he takes Jax into custody. Justified, as he is later shown to be in Savage's pocket.
65	* UndercoverAsLovers: Ray and Kendra.
66	* TheUnReveal: We don't actually know if Mick is dead or not - we don't see his corpse, and Cold is very cagey around the subject.
67	* TookALevelInBadass: Chronos takes yet ''another'' one after he (apparently) acquired new weaponry from the Time Masters.
68	* WhatTheHellHero:
69	** Stein calls Sara out on starting a romantic relationship since she'll have to leave and break the poor girl's heart, especially since it's the '50s and there aren't many open lesbians.
70	** Jax also gives one to Leonard concerning Mick.
71	* YouGetMeCoffee: Attempted by Doctor Stein on Sara, only for her to throw it right back at him.
72	-->'''Dr. Stein:''' I could also go for a cup of coffee.\
73	'''Sara:''' Me too. Black, two sugars.

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