With Ava taking leave after what she sees as Sara betraying her, Hank takes over the Bureau and tries to have the Legends arrested. Thankfully they escape. To 1973. Where Nixon is telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but…

This is how you do ‘good guy turns evil’! The ‘70s car chase sequence here is great, and Wilson and Zano clearly have tons of fun with it. Better still, it gives the two generations of the family a chance to genuinely bond. It doesn’t stick, and in doing so we get to see just how good Tom Wilson is, but still the intent is there and that makes it all the more tragic. Plus, the poignancy of Nate’s family disintegrating is nicely balanced by the Legends having the worst road trip ever.

Back in the present the show puts its shoulder to the wheel on solving the Gary problem and does so, brilliantly, by having him be smart enough to realize he isn’t smart enough. Now part of the anti-Hank conspiracy, he recruits Nora to help out and their double act is instantly really good fun. That fun in turn is weaponized when the show takes its second hard left turn, killing Hank just as he’s come back on side and implicating Nora. That should make for some angst in later episodes for sure.

But it’s the first left turn which is actually more fun. Constantine discovers that Nixon has been infected with a supernatural cockroach that stops him lying and… well you can guess the rest. Sara blurting out her hurt, rage and frustration is a standout but the ‘who’s on first?’ style bit with the roach jumping between Mick, John and Ray is an absolute joy. All funny, all serving the plot when it gives Nate the chance to confront his dad and all leading to the show tightening up. Nate and Hank, briefly, are back on board. John is far more of a team player than he wants to admit and Mona is getting used to her new form and her new family. Now there’s just the matter of the demonic conspiracy in the time bureau and the patriarch murder to deal with…

Verdict: Legends does nothing quietly, nothing subtly and everything well. Plus, the next episode is genuinely called ‘Séance and Sensibility’ and if that doesn’t deserve an award I don’t know what does. 9/10

Alasdair Stuart