Season 5 (DC's Legends of Tomorrow)

Season 5
Information
Original network	The CW
Original run	January 14, 2020 – June 2, 2020
Time slot	Tuesdays at 9:00 pm
Number of episodes	15*
Chronology
Preceded by	Season 4
Followed by	Season 6

The fifth season of DC's Legends of Tomorrow premiered on January 21, 2020, on The CW, with a Crisis on Infinite Earths special airing the prior week, and concluded on June 2, 2020. It consisted of 15 episodes, including the special.

Cast

Main cast

• Brandon Routh as Dr. Ray Palmer/The Atom and Clark Kent/Superman
• Caity Lotz as Captain Sara Lance/White Canary
• Maisie Richardson-Sellers as Charlie/Clotho
• Tala Ashe as Zari Tarazi and Zari Tomaz
• Jes Macallan as Captain Ava Sharpe
• Courtney Ford as Nora Darhk/Fairy Godmother and Marie Antoinette
• Olivia Swann as Astra Logue
• Amy Louise Pemberton as Gideon
• LaMonica Garrett as Mobius/Anti-Monitor
• Nick Zano as Dr. Nate Heywood/Steel
• Dominic Purcell as Mick Rory/Heat Wave

Recurring cast

• Matt Ryan as John Constantine
• Ramona Young as Mona Wu
• Shayan Sobhian as Behrad Tarazi
• Adam Tsekhman as Gary Green
• Lisa Marie DiGiacinto as Ali
• Alice Hunter as Natalie Logue
• Sarah Strange as Lachesis
• Madeline Hirvonen as Pippa
• Mina Sundwall as Lita
• Erik Gow as Mr. Parker
• Joanna Vanderham as Atropos

Episodes

#	Episode name	Directed by	Story by	Teleplay by	Original airdate
—	"Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five"	Gregory Smith	Keto Shimizu & Ubah Mohamed		January 14, 2020
"Worlds lived, worlds died. Nothing will ever be the same."
1	"Meet the Legends"	Kevin Mock	Grainne Godfree & James Eagan		January 21, 2020
Sara, Ray and Mick are shocked to discover that the Legends have become famous. It seems that everyone except Sara is loving the spotlight, so much so that they invite a documentary crew on board the Waverider to film them as they investigate a strange new blip in the Timeline. The Legends discover that their new problem is none other than Rasputin, who happens to be straight out of hell, and it might be tougher than they thought. Meanwhile, Constantine thinks he knows the reason behind these new blips and informs the team that it won't be easy to defeat.
2	"Miss Me, Kiss Me, Love Me"	David Geddes	Ray Utarnachitt		February 4, 2020
When a new blip lands the Legends in 1947 Los Angeles, it puts them on the trail of Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel who seems to take pleasure in fraternizing with Hollywood Elite. Sara, Ray and Constantine devise a plan to capture him while Ava and Rory sit on the sidelines for the time being. They soon realize that they need to worry less about Bugsy and more about his girlfriend. Ava is struggling with being on the sidelines with Rory. Meanwhile, Nate accompanies Behrad to his dad's birthday, where Nate meets Behrad's sister, Zari, who seems familiar to him.
3	"Slay Anything"	Alexandra La Roche	Matthew Maala & Tyron B. Carter		February 11, 2020
When the Legends discover a new Encore, Sara, Rory and Ava end up crashing a high school reunion to attempt to stop a serial killer from finishing unfinished business. The Legends devise a plan to send Nate, Ray, Nora, Behrad and their hostage Zari, back in time to try and intervene in order to try to save everyone including them. Meanwhile, Constantine is annoyed that Charlie has been squatting in his old home, but it might be the blessing in disguise they were not looking for.
4	"A Head of Her Time"	Avi Youbain	Morgan Faust		February 18, 2020
When Sara is called away on business, she leaves Ava in charge and Ava tries to impress the team as they try to take on their latest Encore, Marie Antoinette. With Zari still on the ship, Behrad convinces the team to bring her along on the mission which they all hope isn’t a mistake. Meanwhile, Constantine finally confronts someone from his past with the help of Charlie, which leads him on a journey through his past.
5	"Mortal Khanbat"	Caity Lotz	Grainne Godfree & Mark Bruner		February 25, 2020
With Sara still away from the Waverider, the Legends find a new Encore with Ava's new invention, the Prognosticator, and must now try to defeat Genghis Khan in 1990s Hong Kong. Constantine's life is hanging in the balance, and Ray, Nora and Gary all try to help him, but Constantine tries to make a deal with Astra instead. Meanwhile, Behrad has been confused about Charlie's recent behavior, but they all learn why Charlie is trying to out run her past and from what.
6	"Mr. Parker's Cul-De-Sac"	Ben Bray	Keto Shimizu & James Eagan		March 10, 2020
Ray plans a date night for him and Nora, but all goes awry when an Encore shows up making the team think on their feet and create a lie to keep the Encore at bay. While trying to fool the Encore, Ava learns what Sara was really doing while she was away and confronts her. Charlie and Constantine make a deal to work together, which will benefit both of them. Meanwhile, Rory is upset when he gets negative comments about his book, so Zari helps track down who the critic is, and Rory gets more than he bargained for.
7	"Romeo V. Juliet: Dawn of Justness"	Alexandra La Roche	Ray Utarnachitt & Matthew Maala		March 17, 2020
The Legends continue their hunt for pieces of the Loom of Fate and find themselves face to face with William Shakespeare. Ray, Nate, Rory, Constantine, Charlie and Behrad stay a little longer on the mission making things worse after lying to Sara. Meanwhile, Ray and Nora make another big life decision that leaves the team surprised and best buds, Nate and Ray, on the outs.
8	"Zari, Not Zari"	Kevin Mock	Morgan Faust & Tyron Carter		April 21, 2020
Sara, Constantine and Charlie find themselves in British Columbia searching for another piece of the Loom, but they run into a problem they couldn't have foreseen. Zari has been having trouble feeling like herself, so she goes on meditative journey at the suggestion of Behrad. Meanwhile, Ava volunteers to try and help Rory with a personal problem.
9	"The Great British Fake Off"	David Geddes	Jackie Canino		April 28, 2020
With Sara recuperating from her latest battle, Charlie starts to notice something might not be right with her. Still searching for the Loom, Constantine and Zari find themselves trapped in a 1910 boarding house with a slew of out-of-time Encores. Meanwhile, Ava, Gary and Rory take a trip while Nate and Charlie hold down the Waverider.
10	"Ship Broken"	Andi Armaganian	James Eagan & Mark Bruner		May 5, 2020
Everyone is eager to use the Loom of Fate, but the team must decide who they want to bring back first leaving Charlie to make a tough choice. Sara struggles to understand what has happened to her and with the help of Constantine and Ava, they try to figure out how to help her. Meanwhile, Rory has a guest on the ship that he is trying to impress.
11	"Freaks and Greeks"	Nico Sachse	Matthew Maala & Ubah Mohamed		May 12, 2020
The Legends find themselves going back to college and form a sorority in order to try to retrieve an ancient artifact called the Chalice of Dionysus that will help Charlie operate the Loom of Fate. Proud to be back at his college, Nate falls under Dion's spell, letting him know of Sara, Astra, Ava and Charlie's plan to get the cup. Meanwhile, on a father-daughter weekend, Rory takes Lita on a college tour, but Rory bails on Lita for an unexpected reason.
12	"I Am Legends"	Andrew Kasch	Ray Utarnachitt	Leah Poulliot & Emily Cheever	May 19, 2020
After drinking from Chalice, the Legends have immortality for 24 hours, which gives them time get to the Waverider and use the Loom of Fate. However, they quickly discover that the sisters have stolen the Waverider and they are stuck at Constantine's house in the middle of nowhere in London during a Zombie Apocalypse. Meanwhile, Gary is left on the ship and once he discovers what is going on, he takes something important to the sisters.
13	"The One Where We're Trapped On TV"	Marc Guggenheim	Grainne Godfree & James Eagan		May 26, 2020
After Charlie does the one thing that goes against her nature when it comes to her sisters, she tries to protect the Legends by scattering them in different television shows. Of course, in true Legends style some can't just be blissfully ignorant and happy but figure out a way to end up messing with the system.
14	"Swan Thong"	Kevin Mock	Keto Shimizu & Morgan Faust		June 2, 2020
Still controlled by the Fates, the Legends find themselves in 1984-esque world, they soon discover that things aren’t as they thought they would be. The Legends must convince the civilians to trust them and stand up for their right to choose, but the Fates don’t make it easy by resurrecting the Encores once again.

Trivia

• This is the last season of DC's Legends of Tomorrow to feature Brandon Routh (Ray Palmer/The Atom), Maisie Richardson-Sellers (Charlie/Clotho) and Courtney Ford (Nora Darhk/Fairy Godmother) as series regulars, and the first for new series regulars Olivia Swann (Astra Logue) and LaMonica Garrett (Mobius/Anti-Monitor). Routh, Ford, and Garrett are only credited for their respective episode appearances while Swann is credited in all episodes except "Meet the Legends".
• This is the first season of DC's Legends of Tomorrow:
  • To have the annual crossover event (Crisis on Infinite Earths) occur at the beginning of the season instead of at mid-season.
  • Since Season 1:
    • To premiere in January.
    • To premiere and end in the same year.
  • To have a different title card.
  • To not feature Brandon Routh in every episode.
  • To end in June.
  • To feature Jes Macallan (Ava Sharpe) in every episode.
• This is the shortest season of DC's Legends of Tomorrow with a total of 15 episodes.
• Just like last season there were two "Big Bads". Astra was the "Big Bad" at the beginning of this season, but she was replaced mid-season by Atropos and Lachesis. That is similar to how the "Fugitives" were the "Big Bads" at the beginning of last season, but they were replaced mid-season by Neron.
• Beginning with "Zari, Not Zari", all episodes were moved from their original airdates due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, all 15 episodes were completed before the pandemic.

Gallery

Title cards

Title card variant for "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five".

Title card variant for "Meet the Legends".

Title card.

Title card variant for "The One Where We're Trapped On TV".

Promotional images

Key art Crisis on Infinite Earths poster - "It's the end...of the worlds" Crisis on Infinite Earths poster - "Their worlds will never be the same" "Time. Warped." "She decides if John lives or dies" "She needs to find the Loom of Fate" "The Master of the Dark Arts" "He's been crushing on her" "The best addition to the team" "Where would the Legends be without their captain?" "The Legends won't be the same without them"

Videos

Crisis On Infinite Earths First Look Teaser The CW

DCTV Crisis on Infinite Earths Crossover Teaser (HD)

2020 Spring Sizzle - Behind The Scenes The CW