History Recap / LegendsOfTomorrowS1E4WhiteKnights

* AbsenteeActor: Savage does not appear this episode.

** Snart calls Ray a boy scout. Of course, [[Creator/BrandonRouth he]] [[Film/SupermanReturns was]] [[Franchise/{{Superman}} one]].

* RunningGag: Snart flirts with a beautiful woman so he can steal her security badge... and her wallet.

** The Mikhail Baryshnikov/Gregory Hines movie "White Nights," released 1985, includes such plot points as a forced landing of an aircraft and the Bolshoi Ballet, in addition to (nearly) providing the episode title.

** Snart calls out Ray on his naivety numerous times throughout this episode. He then calls Rip out on forcing him to abandon his comrades.

* ForegoneConclusion: It's episode 4 of a 16 episode series, so it's pretty obvious Rip isn't going to accept the offer to give up and come back to the time masters quietly, though it does show that Rip is regretting his decision to include the team in his revenge plot, especially after Carter died.

* JerkassFacade: The reason why Stein is so hard on Jax is because he doesn't want to lose him like he did Ronnie.

* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Ray becomes enamored with a beautiful Russian, and despite all evidence to the contrary, believes her to be innocent to Savage's plans.

* {{Distressed Dude}}s: Ray, Mick and Prof. Stein are all captured at the end of the episode.

* ForgottenFallenFriend: Averted. Stein admits to Ray that he's still hung up over Ronnie's death and he doesn't want Jax to meet the same fate,
* GloriousMotherRussia: The team ends up in the USSR in 1986, the climax of the Cold War. They spend some time in Moscow and it is, of course, cold, dreary and gray.
* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Ray makes the mistake of assuming the beautiful and intelligent Valentina is a pawn of Savage. It takes her pulling a gun on Snart for him to realize she's fully aware of what she's doing and what's more, she likes it.
* GoodLookingPrivates: Sara and Kendra disguise themselves as one during the Pentagon infiltration.

* IronicEcho: Kendra quoted Sara's earlier "A warrior trains everyday" speech near the end of the episode to cheer up, complete with carrying the TelescopingStaff.

* JerkassFacade: The reason why Stein is so hard, on Jax is because he doesn't want to lose him like he did Ronnie.

* RunningGag: Snart flirts with a beautiful woman so he can steal her security badge ... and her wallet.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Rip's mentor and old friend from the Time Masters, offers an amnesty to Rip and his team if they cease their vendetta against Vandal Savage. This is nothing more than a ploy to have them assassinated by a surviving Chronos (who in turn appears to be another ex-friend of Rip's).

** Snart calls out Ray on his naivety numerous time throughout this episode. He then calls Rip out on forcing him to abandon his comrades.

* GenreSavvy:
** Rory warns Hunter that the team is being set up to be executed. Fortunately, Hunter listens to him.
** Snart tries to coach Ray in the ways of espionage. Unfortunately for him, Ray grabbed the IdiotBall this week.

* ShoutOut: Note that all of them are from pretty much the same time as the episode is set

** The Mikhail Baryshnikov/Gregory Hines movie "White Nights," released 1985, includes such plot points as a forced landing of an aircraft and the Bolshoi Ballet.

* ShoutOut:
** Upon seeing a Russian fighter jet wiz by the time ship, Ray quotes ''Film/TopGun''.
** The Mikhail Baryshnikov/Gregory Hines movie "White Nights" was released at roughly the same time as this episode is set.
** Rory threatens a Soviet Officer that he'll go ''Film/RockyIV'' on him.

* CelebrityParadox: Snart casually comments on Ray making a ''Film/TopGun'' ShoutOut. He doesn't seem to be bothered that Creator/MichaelIronside, who played [[TimeShiftedActor the old-aged incarnation]] of his father on ''Series/TheFlash2014'', is on the movie.

** The title of the episode is a subtle nod to one of Valentina Vostok's comic book aliases? Who do White Knights serve? A White Queen, of course.