With Malus released, the team make a final stand in the last place, and the last time, anyone would expect.

The team fighting toe to toe with an army of Vikings, Romans and Pirates is the third weirdest thing to happen this week.

Nate insisting that the champion of good they’re creating is called Voltron, only for them to manifest some hideous John Carpenter’s The Thing-esque lump of ambulatory gristle, is the second weirdest thing.

The first? The full contact no holds barred throwdown between Malus and Beebo.

This is Legends in a nutshell, a show where massive and ludicrous ideas collide with moments of honest sweetness. It’s impossible not to feel happy for Jax, back a few weeks after leaving but five years in the future for him, now happily married with a child. It’s impossible not to cheer when Rip pulls a classic miracle out of the bag in the first scene (and note the odds of him surviving weren’t zero…) and it’s impossible not to want to go punch a Roman in the face when Sarah gives her big speech. This is superhero TV for the Mystery Men generation, for the Red Dwarf crew. This is superhero TV for people who aren’t perfect, aren’t always right but don’t quit anyway. This is the Legends.

And that final act… Good Lord. You can almost hear the maniacal giggling in the writer’s room. Everything from ‘no, seriously, are we making a baby?!‘ to ‘Beebo, want *cuddle*!‘ is either sweet, ridiculous, hilarious or both. Better still, the show makes time for some really surprising character moments. This week absolutely confirms Ray Palmer as Nicest Man Alive. It also does more with Wally than a full season of The Flash has, makes Gary fun and gives Rip and Damien the surprisingly nuanced send-offs they deserve.

You want to nitpick, there are opportunities. But why? This is a show that has baked the ‘misfit hero’ idea into its DNA, perfected it and then dosed it with sugar and caffeine. This is a show where 18 episodes build to a knockdown drag out (including Suplex) fight between a Jaeger-sized cuddly toy and a demon. This is a show which can feature Julius Caesar getting his nose broken as the punchline (literally) to a joke somehow no one saw coming.

Verdict: This is Legends of Tomorrow. And next season, with John Constantine signing on full time? Somehow it will be even better. 10/10

Alasdair Stuart