Phone Home

"You know, I felt alone for a long time. So long, that I just figured that's how things were going to be. It turns out there were people out there for me that I didn't even know I wanted. You'll find your people too, I promise. You just have to keep believing that things will be okay, even when it's hard."

- Zari Tomas to young Ray

"Phone Home" is the fourth episode of the third season of DC's Legends of Tomorrow and the thirty-seventh episode overall.

Synopsis
The Legends learn that Ray Palmer will die because they broke time, causing them to race back to 1988 to try and save his life. When they arrive, they are surprised to learn that young Ray Palmer is shoplifting. His "friends" (bullies) Gus and Ty take his bag full of stolen candy but give it back. Later they are further shocked to learn has befriended a time-displaced baby Dominator (whom he has named Gumball) putting him in harm's way with the government and Gumball mother. New to the ship and missions, Zari must find her place and learn to trust the team. Meanwhile, Stein begins working on a secret project on the ship which makes Rory and Jax suspicious.

Production
Preparation ran from July 31 until August 9, 2017. Shooting ran from August 10 until August 22, 2017.

Trivia

 * The title is likely a reference to an infamous line in the 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial in which the titular character requests to "phone home".
 * The episode also includes several scenes similar to scenes from the film.
 * This is the first time Sara wears the new White Canary suit. It's also the first time Zari wears a suit.
 * Amaya says "Get away from him, you bitch!" to the mother Dominator attacking Nate, which is a play on the infamous line "Get away from her, you bitch!" spoken by Ellen Ripley from the 1986 film Aliens.
 * Nate says "This is the real time machine" looking at DeLorean car while spying young Ray. This is a reference to Back to the Future trilogy where the time machine is made out of DeLorean.