Turncoat

"There's no rhyme nor reason to any of this. History is war and slavery and holding a dead son in your arms. There's no point in protecting history so we might as well just burn it all down."

- Rip Hunter

"Turncoat" is the eleventh episode of the second season of DC's Legends of Tomorrow, and the twenty-seventh episode overall. It aired on February 7, 2017.

Synopsis
When The Legends find a new Time Aberration they learn they must travel to the winter of 1776 to protect George Washington and the American Revolutionary War. Unfortunately, things don’t go as planned, forcing Sara to send out Nate and Amaya to help. Meanwhile, Jax and Stein who are busy protecting the incapacitated Waverider from their new enemy, are forced to step into roles that they don’t think they are prepared for.

Production
Preparation ran from November 7 until November 16, 2016 with a break on November 11 for Remembrance Day. Shooting ran from November 17 until November 30, 2016.

Trivia

 * Ray mentions how without George Washington, America wouldn't have the musical Hamilton.
 * Nate states that he and Amaya are "not in Kansas anymore", a reference to the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, which Amaya notes. Nate also mentions how he was afraid of the flying monkeys in the film. Nate also later gets Amaya ruby slippers as a Christmas gift, referencing those worn by protagonist Dorothy Gale.
 * Nate describes the mechanics of the dating app Tinder to Amaya.
 * This episode featured special LEGO end cards to promote The LEGO Batman Movie.
 * A turncoat is a term to describe a person that betrays their side and joins the enemy in a war. Rip Hunter becomes a turncoat when he betrays the Legends and joins the Legion.