Board Thread:DC's Legends of Tomorrow discussions/@comment-9346948-20160304022311/@comment-27811040-20160310220828

Hambergite wrote: Not sure if this has been said above, but honestly Mick and Leonard's friendship more so reminds me of the relationship between a man and his dog. Despite how close they are, Leonard doesn't seem to think of Mick as a fully functioning human, and even that scene at the end of the episode made me think of some guy putting down his rabid dog or something. In a lot of ways, I can understand Mick's frustration, because despite how Leonard claimed they were friends, he was constantly putting Mick down for his lower intelligence and always trying to essentially keep him on a leash. Maybe that's part of why Mick's always so angry. Now that you've pointed that out, I pretty much  completely agree. You're totally right. Also he sort of pulls Mick into things and dumbs down things for him and explains everything to him.

But maybe the reason Leonard does that is because when they were kids Mick was the older one and Leonard was probably the dog in their relationship.