In 2016, the historian Nate Heywood enlists Mayor Oliver Queen's help in locating the Waverider after it was caught in a nuclear blast in 1942. They find the ship submerged with only Mick in stasis aboard; he is revived and reveals what happened. Rip's team—Mick, Ray, Sara, Jax, and Martin—traveled through time dealing with "aberrations" in history. They encountered Justice Society of America (JSA) member Rex Tyler, who warned them not to travel to 1942 then vanished. After learning a nuclear bo
The JSA captures the team, believing them to be Nazi spies, and Rex has no memory of meeting them. Nate reveals he is the JSA member Commander Steel's grandson. The JSA is assigned to track the Nazi captain Baron Krieger; they release the team and advise them to leave 1942. The JSA learns Krieger intends to trade a mystical amulet; his trade partner is Eobard, who intends to barter with a serum, a sample of which he has given to Krieger. Nate discovers the JSA dies on this mission so the team re
Amaya stows away on the Waverider and attacks Mick, believing him to be responsible for Rex's death. Nate uses his newly-developed ability to convert his body to a steel-like form to stop Amaya. Sara convinces Amaya a rogue time traveler is likely to blame for the murder. An accident during Ray's testing of Nate's abilities throws both men into the time vortex and strands them in 17th-century feudal Japan. Nate is found and cared for by Masako Yamashiro, the betrothed of the shogun Tokugawa Iemi
The team learns of a time pirate who is stranded in the American Civil War. Upon arriving, they encounter a Black man, Henry Scott, who is being chased by Confederate soldiers who have been turned into zombies by a virus carried by the pirate. The team defeats the group of zombies but Henry is killed. Before his death, Henry reveals he is a Union spy assigned to steal Confederate battle plans for General Grant and asks Jax to complete his mission. The team discovers Mick is infected with the vir
In 1987, Eobard Thawne offers Damien Darhk an alliance, which Darhk declines. Aboard the Waverider, Nate discovers an aberration involving the 1987 INF Treaty signing. The team infiltrates the White House and finds Darhk is one of the treaty negotiators. Sara again attempts to kill Darhk, which alerts White House security and forces the team to make a very public escape. They soon learn Darhk is making a secret deal with the KGB. Returning to the White House during a state dinner, they discover
The team learns of an aberration in Colorado in 1874, where they save Jonah Hex from execution. Jonah reveals he is fighting an outlaw boss named Quentin Turnbull. Nate reveals the aberration is Turnbull leading the Western US in its secession to form "Turnbull Country". The team learns Turnbull is extracting a dwarf star, which Ray used for his A.T.O.M. suit, and that Turnbull is planning to destroy a critical mountain pass connecting the Eastern US to the West, stopping the US Army from supply
Nate, Mick, Amaya, Felicity, and Cisco travel back to the first Dominator invasion of Earth in Redmond, Oregon, in 1951. The Legends capture a Dominator for information but are captured by Men in black (MIB) as well as the Dominator. While in custody, they learn from the Dominator the aliens arrived to assess the threat humanity posed now metahumans have appeared. Felicity and Cisco rescue the Legends and help free the Dominator. Meanwhile in Central City in 2016, the team learns the Dominators
Eobard, Darhk and Malcolm Merlyn arrive in Chicago in 1927, and ally with Al Capone and his empire. Learning of the aberration, the Legends arrive and keep Capone from murdering Eliot Ness. Ness is critically injured so the team decides to obtain vital information on Capone's operation to secure history. Meanwhile, Mick begins having hallucinations of Snart, who belittles him for acting like his teammates. Eobard abducts Sara and Martin during their infiltration and raid on Capone's club. Malcol
During the New York attack, Rip recovered the Spear of Destiny from the Waverider and used the time drive to escape. In the present, the team learns about the spear and arrives in 1967 in Los Angeles, where they find Darhk and Malcolm attempting to kidnap Rip, who has no memories of his previous adventures and is filming with George Lucas. Both parties escape and police arrest Rip, believing he started the fight. The team releases him from custody and takes him to the Waverider. Nate and Ray los
In Star City in 2016, Eobard and Damien recruit Malcolm just moments after Oliver kills the 2016 Damien. The Legion's attempts to extract information from Rip fail, exacerbating tensions within the group. Eobard disappears after insisting on his superiority, assigning the others to access Rip's bank safe deposit box in Switzerland in 2025. Meanwhile, Martin recruits Lily to help the team decode the amulet. Lily finds out she is an aberration and gets angry with Martin. After a failed robbery, Ma
Rip has been brainwashed into working for the Legion. The Legends, who feel the subsequent timequake, head to December 24, 1776, to protect Washington. As Sara and Mick escort Washington to safety, Rip arrives with British troops who have been armed with modern-day assault rifles. Rip disables the team's technology, shoots Sara in the chest, and takes Mick and Washington prisoner. Rip then heads to the Waverider with British soldiers to retrieve the Legends' piece of the spear. After Mick hears
Rip finds former JSA member Dr. Mid-Nite in Detroit in 3000, kills him and takes his spear fragment. Gideon locates the next fragment in England in 507, the age of King Arthur. Amaya recognizes Merlin as Stargirl, her former comrade in the JSA. Stargirl explains Hunter joined the JSA on their final mission to secure the spear and divided it into four pieces for more safety. The Legion abducts Arthur and controls his mind using a device taken from 3000 to enter Camelot, threatening to destroy it
Rip issues an override order to activate the Waveriders self-destruct sequence but the team reboots Gideon and stops it. They crash land in the Cretaceous period and Ray, Amaya, and Nate venture out to recover a lost timeship part. Mick suggests using a Time Master method of mental programming to travel inside Rip's mind and discover the location of Commander Steel and the final piece of the spear. Sara and Jax travel inside Rip's mind, encountering Savage's men, evil versions of themselves, Gid
The Legends head to NASA in 1970, where Henry Heywood works as a consultant. Henry reveals he hid his spear fragment in the flag the Apollo 11 astronauts left on the moon, and that the Apollo 13 mission is going exactly as planned. Thawne, posing as Jack Swigert, incapacitates the other astronauts. Ray boards the Apollo command module, restrains Thawne, and retrieves the spear fragment. The Waverider is damaged when Sara uses the ship to shield the Apollo craft from meteors, stranding Ray on the
The Legends steal the remaining spear fragment. The spear becomes whole again and its writings reveal it can be destroyed by the blood of Jesus Christ. Rip prevents the Waverider from traveling to the Crucifixion, warning going back to such a significant event is too risky. Nate reveals J. R. R. Tolkien researched Sir Gawain, who supposedly possessed some of Christ's blood. They find Tolkien at the Battle of the Somme. Tolkien takes the Legends to a grave, where they are attacked by Darhk and a
In the new reality, Thawne is the CEO of S.T.A.R. Labs and has captured the Black Flash, Darhk is the corrupt mayor of Star City, Merlyn gets his hand back and his family is alive, and Snart and Rory control Central City but still answer to Thawne as their superior. Ray, Stein, and Jax work in S.T.A.R. Labs, where Jax abuses Stein. Sara and Amaya work as Darhk's enforcers, and Nate is a conspiracy theorist. Thawne holds Rip prisoner onboard the Waverider; Rip is the only member of the Legends to
Ray de-miniaturizes the Waverider and the team returns to 1916 to steal the Spear. Thawne arrives from the altered reality, destroys the blood of Christ, kills "future Ray", and informs the past Legion members about the future Legends. The Legends interact with their past selves and the resulting time storm prevents the use of the Waverider for escape. Shortly after, Merlyn, Darhk, and Snart ambush the Legends. During the subsequent battle, the future Legends except Sara and Rip are killed, whil