After the events of the last season the Legends are… Legends. But something isn’t right and when a documentary crew follows them, the team soon realize what. Sara has had no time to grieve, none of them know how to reach her – oh and Rasputin is back from the dead.

This is the first time in a while the cracks have shown on Legends. The documentary conceit, the overflow from the previous season, the crossover jokes, the main plot and the grief all tread on each other’s toes just like the team do. The end result is the most uneven the show has been in a long time, with Nate unbearably smug (albeit with context), Ray desperate not to kill anyone and being used as a human mallet, Sara wanting to punch literally anything and John and Gary literally off by themselves doing the heavy lifting.

There’s just too much going on here and it’s sad that Legends is the show that picks up the tab for Crisis as a result. None of it’s without context, it’s just not as much fun as it thinks it is for the first fifteen minutes. The ‘Ha! Classic crossover’ gags especially just feel like a vein mined dry. Odds are that’s the plan and the Legends will be all over the next crossover but right here it feels tired. The moment the genie gets put back in the bottle at the end of the episode is especially maddening because it feels like a reset button where one just isn’t needed.

The good news is the core of the show is rock solid. The team reunite to take on an endearingly media savvy Rasputin and all is forgiven over period costume kickboxing. Sara and Ava have never been as much fun as they are with this dynamic and watching them play off each other is a delight. Plus the John and Gary stuff is big fun even if it does feel entirely separate for most of the episode.

Verdict: There’s a lot of mystifying stuff here, especially Mona apparently leaving, but there’s also just about enough fun to make it worthwhile. Here’s hoping next week the show gets its legs under it. 6/10

Alasdair Stuart