History Recap / LegendsOfTomorrowS4E6TenderIsTheNate

* 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 recieve the "message" in the first place.

* AnAxeToGrind: The Minotaur carries an axe that can block bullets.

** 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 AccidentallyAccurate, since he isn’t actually aware.

* NiceHat: Sara dons a flapper hat for her GayParee attire.

* AbsenteeActor: Gary sits this episode out. He is only mentioned once by Ava in the beginning, when Sara enters her office and she states that [[CaptainObvious she isn't Gary]].

* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: The MonsterOfTheWeek is a Minotaur.

* ALoadOfBull: The MonsterOfTheWeek is a Minotaur.

* ChekhovsMIA: 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 recieve the "message" in the first place.

* CallingTheOldManOut: Nate does this to Hank, calling him out on all of his "lessons" just being him complaining about Nate being different than himself.

* FluffyTamer: Mona manages to befriend every magical fugitive in the Time Bureau.

'''Mona:''' Well, at least we're here together... right?\\

* GayParee: Sara even calls it Gay Paree, while Mick asks if that's politically incorrect. (Well, he says "impolitically correct," but Zari corrects him.)

** Hank does an ''awesome'' rendition of James Taylor's "Sweet Baby James".

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: An especially rich episode for them, with Creator/ErnestHemingway, Creator/SalvadorDali, and Creator/FScottFitzgerald and his wife Zelda Fitzgerald.

** The whole episode is a commentary on the cost of the show, from the cost of the costumes, to the cost of the ship, to the necessity of so many crew members.

* ALoadOfBull: The fugitive of the week ends up being a Minotaur.

* 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.

* 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.
* NakedFirstImpression: Hank is introduced to Constantine while the latter is doing yoga naked in the ''Waverider''[='s=] library. John's a pretty good sport about it.

* RunningGag: Gideon reminding the team that she is part of it too.
* 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.

** 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.

* GallowsHumor: After Nora accidentally destroys the keypad in her cell (the implication being she wants to hang herself):[[/labelnote]]:

* {{Adorkable}}:
** Mona is downright giddy at hanging out with a clone from the future and a witch. She also cheerfully admits to shipping Ray/Nora.
** Ava and Mona pretty much regress to the level of teenage girls at a slumber party when they encourage Nora to open Ray's love letter.
** And who is in said love letter? Ray himself, who got stuck in the glue trying to deliver the letter himself!
** Nora reads the trashy romance novel Mona leaves for her and acts like a teenager with a crush when Ray shows up to visit her, even writing a letter to him at the end of the episode.

* GallowsHumor: After Nora accidentally destroys the keypad in her cell:
--> '''Ava''': We're stuck.\\
'''Mona''': Well, at least we're here together...right?\\
'''Nora''': (''detachedly'') ...now I know why you took my shoelaces.[[labelnote:*]]The implication being she wants to hang herself.[[/labelnote]]

* AttackBackfire: When Nate refuses to back down from his plan of using music to deal with the Minotaur, Director Heywood decides to defer the issue to Captain Lance...only for Sara to point-blank state she sides with Nate.

* 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.)

* HouseInspection: Hank makes an inspection on the Waverider due to the high expenditure. Naturally, it's a disaster.

** 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.

* 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.

* 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.
* NakedFirstImpression: Hank is introduced to Constantine while the latter is doing yoga naked in the Waverider's library. John's a pretty good sport about it.

-->'''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?
-->'''Sara:''' That is weirdly accurate, yes.

* 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.
** It's likely that the fabricator still needs the raw materials stored somewhere to work, rather than generating everything through some kind of extremely dangerous nuclear fusion. In the case of the clothes, this probably means the entire outfits are stored somewhere and just transported onto their bodies.

** 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.
** 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.
* 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.

** Later, when Nate has qqalmost calmed the Minotaur down, Hemingway tries to kill it and causes another senseless fight.

* ALoadOfBull: The fugitive of the week ends up being a Minotaur.

* AnAxeToGrind: The Minotaur carries an axe that can block bullets.

* AttackBackfire: When Nate refuses to back down from his plan of using music to deal with the Minotaur, Director Heywood decides to defer the issue to Captain Lance... only for Sara to point-blank state she sides with Nate.
* BirdsOfAFeather: Mick immediately bonds with Ernest Hemingway, a fellow author, and drunken lug.

* 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.)

'''Mona''': Well, at least we're here together... right?\\

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: An especially rich episode for them, with Creator/ErnestHemingway, Creator/SalvadorDali, and [[Creator/FScottFitzgerald F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald]].

** Ray is bet 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.

* 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.

* 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.

** Because of his insistence of hunting the monster in Paris, Director Heywood almost gets killed by the Minotaur.
** Later, when Nate has almost calmed the Minotaur down, Hemingway tries to kill it and causes another senseless fight.

* ShoutOut: Mona owns a [[Series/TheGoldenGirls Rose Nylund]] Pop figure, met Creator/GillianAnderson at an ''[[Series/TheXFiles X-Files]]'' meet & greet, and compares Ray and Nora to [[Series/{{Friends}} Ross and Rachel]].

** 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.

* TheWorfEffect: The Minotaur easily overpowers Nate in his steel form.

* AbsenteeActor: Gary sits this episode out. He is only mentioned once by Ava in the beginning, when Sara enters her office and she states that [[StatingTheObvious she isn't Gary]].

* DoubleEntendre: 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.

* 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.

** The whole episode is a commentary on the cost of the show, from the cost of the costumes, to the cost of the ship, to the necessity of some many crew members.

** Mona reveals that she was a Yale hopeful looking to become, but refused because it was what her parents wanted and not a career she'd enjoy.