User Reviews

The Time Bureau, much like their older sibling Legends, didn't fall far from their tree. Both are inept, blundering around with swagger. And both created by an inept, blundering, swaggering Rip Hunter. This rivalry will be FUN!

Love Jax sputtering around trying to not get in a pickle regarding Lily's *ahem* situation. Do I sense a shotgun wedding in the future?! The set up for Jax and Martin doesn't bode well, though.

Spot on with Simon Merrells' Julius Caesar. Anyone else saying those lines would sound and look like a buffoon. But Merrells was perfect. And the writing match the actor's talent, because Julius Caesar was no one's fool. Thank you LoT casting and writers.

Agent "Hot Cakes" (thanks Mick) was bad@ass anchoring Sara for that fight sequence. Refreshing to see that what was potentially a sneering cardboard minion actually got the moves to back up her attitude. Calling it now: Hot Cakes and Sara are totally going to knock boots by season's end.

We got Firestorm in action, Mick in a sarong, and Sara working at DCCWverse's Bed Bath & Beyond?! Yep, LoT is back in all its wonderful, crazy glory. I laughed and was excited through out the ep, all that I want from a superhero show. Score: 9

Legends may not always make sense or have perfectly scripted episodes, but man they are a lot fun. And that's the best way to describe this episode; fun! It wasn't an outstanding episode by any means but it was a decent season opener. We got the introduction of Rip Hunter's Time Bureau, which in fact was the main theme of the episode, and I'm interested to see what role they play in this season. How often will they stand against the Legends? How often will they stand aside them? Will be interesting to see how that pans out. Found it quite funny seeing all the Legends in their "real world" jobs, and Mick finally in Aruba! Also loved the Wally appearance, him and Nate look like they would make a fun superhero duo. Could we see Wally become a permanent Legend?? Also, we finally got Julius Caesar in an episode so I was very excited about that. At this point in time we don't know who/what the main villain of the season will be, but it already seems like they will have a connection to the Time Bureau. And finally, that last scene, what's up with Amaya? Overall enjoyed the episode, nothing to special but a lot of laughs and fun.

7.9/10

This is definitely the most expensive show on The CW and one of the shows that has the biggest and most impressive production value. It has a lot to juggle around and a lot to play with, and I do think that is impressive. However, I have not yet managed to find something hopeful in this show and I don't think that the show has lived up to its fullest potential. Is it a fun show with some very entertaining cast members? Yes. But it doesn't have the big story arcs that it should have. I think the previous season came the closest to actually having a real threat to this team. And that season ended on a huge cliffhanger that gave the showrunners a whole new world to explore. However, like "The Flash" this week, the writers missed a huge opportunity and wasted the potential. There were some things to take away from "Aruba-Con," but for the majority it was a pretty disappointing beginning to this season. But however how disappointed I get in this show, the dynamic between the team always offers up some fun laughs, and I have to say that the dynamic has never been better. There were so many sweet and great moments between the members of the team, and when they got back together after being apart for a little while, it felt like they had never left the screen and continued filming even during the their break. I also think they did a good job of developing some of the characters, but mostly Martin Stein. It is a sad situation that we are approaching the final episodes of Victor Garber as this character, because he is really good, but I think that they are doing a great job of setting up his departure from the show at this point, by making something different out of his family and his overall character. I like the way they are going with him, and I can't wait to see how it all ends. That is pretty much all the things that this episode has going for it, because it is not a good episode. Probably the worst of the three premieres so far. And that is a shame, because the Season 2 premiere was one of the best and they had a big fence to climb over, and they didn't manage to even though I definitely think they could have. With everything they set up in the finale of Season 2, there were so many ways they could have gone. And the showrunners chose to go with none of those routes and just retcon everything that they left open. One of the things that irritated me the most in this episode, was the inconsistency of Rip Hunter. The last thing he said during the final episode was that he was proud of the way things were going with the Legends and that they should continue because he had faith in them. Well, apparently he didn't, because he immediately returns in this episode as a douchebag, having created a new thing called the Time Bureau. And I hate the Time Bureau. Their place in all this seems so dump and it is something that could be used an easy thing in the writers room, because they can just come in and change everything if the writers don't like what they are setting up. They were the worst part of the episode, by far. I will also say that the writing for some of the supporting characters are horrible, and the actors they get are even worse. I truly hate some of the minor additions in this episode, and even though they didn't fill a lot of it, they had a presence that just stayed with me in the most horrible way possible. I don't get why the writers constantly tries to include forced humor into these scenes, when the characters in and of themselves are funny. The writing for those characters are great, but for some reason, the writers keep mess up with the supporting characters. And especially the historical ones, because Caesar was one of the most cringeworthy characters they have ever brought on the show. I really don't know where this season is going, but I hope that it will definitely get a hell of a lot better.

This is definitely the most expensive show on The CW and one of the shows that has the biggest and most impressive production value. It has a lot to juggle around and a lot to play with, and I do think that is impressive. However, I have not yet managed to find something hopeful in this show and I don't think that the show has lived up to its fullest potential. Is it a fun show with some very entertaining cast members? Yes. But it doesn't have the big story arcs that it should have. I think the previous season came the closest to actually having a real threat to this team. And that season ended on a huge cliffhanger that gave the showrunners a whole new world to explore. However, like "The Flash" this week, the writers missed a huge opportunity and wasted the potential. There were some things to take away from "Aruba-Con," but for the majority it was a pretty disappointing beginning to this season. But however how disappointed I get in this show, the dynamic between the team always offers up some fun laughs, and I have to say that the dynamic has never been better. There were so many sweet and great moments between the members of the team, and when they got back together after being apart for a little while, it felt like they had never left the screen and continued filming even during the their break. I also think they did a good job of developing some of the characters, but mostly Martin Stein. It is a sad situation that we are approaching the final episodes of Victor Garber as this character, because he is really good, but I think that they are doing a great job of setting up his departure from the show at this point, by making something different out of his family and his overall character. I like the way they are going with him, and I can't wait to see how it all ends. That is pretty much all the things that this episode has going for it, because it is not a good episode. Probably the worst of the three premieres so far. And that is a shame, because the Season 2 premiere was one of the best and they had a big fence to climb over, and they didn't manage to even though I definitely think they could have. With everything they set up in the finale of Season 2, there were so many ways they could have gone. And the showrunners chose to go with none of those routes and just retcon everything that they left open. One of the things that irritated me the most in this episode, was the inconsistency of Rip Hunter. The last thing he said during the final episode was that he was proud of the way things were going with the Legends and that they should continue because he had faith in them. Well, apparently he didn't, because he immediately returns in this episode as a douchebag, having created a new thing called the Time Bureau. And I hate the Time Bureau. Their place in all this seems so dump and it is something that could be used an easy thing in the writers room, because they can just come in and change everything if the writers don't like what they are setting up. They were the worst part of the episode, by far. I will also say that the writing for some of the supporting characters are horrible, and the actors they get are even worse. I truly hate some of the minor additions in this episode, and even though they didn't fill a lot of it, they had a presence that just stayed with me in the most horrible way possible. I don't get why the writers constantly tries to include forced humor into these scenes, when the characters in and of themselves are funny. The writing for those characters are great, but for some reason, the writers keep mess up with the supporting characters. And especially the historical ones, because Caesar was one of the most cringeworthy characters they have ever brought on the show. I really don't know where this season is going, but I hope that it will definitely get a hell of a lot better.

Just when you thought this show couldn't get worse, Season 3 starts.

Assassin chick beats up Caesar with some of her ridiculous spinny moves - in a real fight, she'd get pummeled.

The Time Bureau is a very poor man's Men in Black, complete with a mind erasing device that doesn't seem to erase minds - after it's used on Caesar, he still remembers stealing a book and why he stole it.

The plot is generic. Nothing fun here. More cringy posing and delivery of lines from a bunch of people who can't act their way out of a paper bag.