Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.
Sometimes I wonder if Legends of Tomorrow will ever become too cute and lighthearted for its own good. The trailer for "Phone Home" made it seem as though this episode might go over the top, with its depiction of the team joining forces with young Ray Palmer for a saccharine-sweet spoof of E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial. But as always, the series manages to temper its goofy, earnest sense of humor with a touch of serious drama and a strong, if very dysfunctional team dynamic. "Phone Home" captures Legends at its most charming and lovable.
This episode makes no bones about the fact that it's lampooning E.T. Sure, there are plenty of other amusing references and callbacks to other films (including a great Aliens reference courtesy of Amaya), but this isn't a Stranger Things-style mashup of all things '80s. That said, the E.T. formula lent itself very well to this episode. The whole point was to explore the root of Ray's inflappably cheerful and optimistic personality. Who else would befriend a hungry alien he met in a sewer pipe?
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