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For the eponymous character, see Gary Green.

"Well, not to pressure you, but the entire fate of the Sexual Revolution is in the balance here."

"That is my favorite revolution."

"The Virgin Gary" is the first episode of the fourth season of DC's Legends of Tomorrow, and the fifty-second episode overall. It aired on October 22, 2018.

Synopsis

After the Legends defeated Mallus and wiped the final anachronism from time, they find themselves in unfamiliar territory with the Time Bureau. All that changes when Constantine informs Sara of a new magical threat that leads the team to Woodstock. Constantine thinks he knows how to defeat the new threat, but will need the help of the team and their special klepto talents to help with his spell. Meanwhile, Nate and Rory go on an adventure leaving Nate facing someone from his past.^[src]

Trivia

This is the first episode of the series not to feature Maisie Richardson-Sellers (Amaya Jiwe) after signing on as a series regular. It is also the first episode of the series not to feature Keiynan Lonsdale (Wally West) after signing on as a series regular due to Keiynan Lonsdale leaving the show.
- Due to Wally leaving the Legends in this episode, Ray is now the only Legend to cover his face while in his alter ego, as Mick and Nate discarded the Heat Wave goggles and the Steel suit helmet respectively in previous episodes.
The title is a pun on "The Virgin Mary" which was a title given to Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ in the religious texts such as the New Testament and the Quran. In context of the show, it refers to Constantine using Gary as the virgin when the Legends try to find the four important things they need to expel the unicorn.
- The other ingredients they gathered were Jerry Garcia's saliva, the protection stone on Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin's lock.
Ray makes two references to the Legends improving their ratings with the Time Bureau, a meta joke about the show's Nielsen ratings (a measurement of a TV show's viewership). In the second instance, he wonders whether Constantine sending the unicorn to Hell will improve their ratings because people "love the supernatural". This is a reference to Courtney Ford's former appearance on the long-running TV series Supernatural.
Nate refers to the unicorn as "Twilight Sparkle coming to life", to which Ray is surprised that Nate too is a "brony". These are both references to the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom. Twilight Sparkle (voiced by Tara Strong) is one of the main characters of the series.
After getting out of the shower, Constantine sings "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane, which played earlier in the episode.
When the Legends go to Woodstock, a split screen effect is briefly used. This is a tribute to the Woodstock documentary, which used this effect extensively.
This is the 13th episode in the Arrowverse and the third episode of DC's Legends of Tomorrow to be named after a character in a civilian sense, after "Sara", "The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak", "Who is Harrison Wells?", "My Name Is Oliver Queen", "Alex", "Zari", "When Harry Met Harry...", "Run, Iris, Run", "I, Ava", "Schott Through the Heart", "Harry and the Harrisons" and "Nora".
This is the first-season premiere not to feature Victor Garber, Franz Drameh and Arthur Darvill.

Goofs

After solving the last anachronism, Mick complains, "Four years of doing the same crap." However, Mick joined the team in January 2016, meaning he has only been a Legend for about 2 years and 9 months at this point.

Videos

Legends of Tomorrow Zari visits her mother Season 4 Episode 1

References

DC's Legends of Tomorrow season 4
"The Virgin Gary" • "Witch Hunt" • "Dancing Queen" • "Wet Hot American Bummer" • "Tagumo Attacks!!!" • "Tender is the Nate" • "Hell No, Dolly!" • "Legends of To-Meow-Meow" • "Lucha De Apuestas" • "The Getaway" • "Séance and Sensibility" • "The Eggplant, The Witch & The Wardrobe" • "Egg MacGuffin" • "Nip/Stuck" • "Terms of Service" • "Hey, World!"

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 ==Synopsis==
-After the [[Legends]] defeated [[Mallus]] and wiped the final anachronism from time, they find themselves in unfamiliar territory with the [[Time Bureau]]. All that changes when [[John Constantine|Constantine]] informs [[Sara Lance|Sara]] of a new [[Unicorns|magical threat]] that leads the team to Woodstock. Constantine thinks he knows how to defeat the new threat, but will need the help of the team and their special klepto talents to help with his spell. Meanwhile, [[Nate Heywood|Nate]] and [[Mick Rory|Rory]] go on an adventure leaving Nate facing [[Hank Heywood|someone]] from his past.<ref>[https://www.spoilertv.com/2018/09/legends-of-tomorrow-episode-401-virgin.html?m=1 "Legends of Tomorrow - Episode 4.01 - The Virgin Gary - Press Release + Promotional Photos" - SpoilerTV]</ref>
+{{Synopsis|After the [[Legends]] defeated [[Mallus]] and wiped the final anachronism from time, they find themselves in unfamiliar territory with the [[Time Bureau]]. All that changes when [[John Constantine|Constantine]] informs [[Sara Lance|Sara]] of a new [[Unicorns|magical threat]] that leads the team to Woodstock. Constantine thinks he knows how to defeat the new threat, but will need the help of the team and their special klepto talents to help with his spell. Meanwhile, [[Nate Heywood|Nate]] and [[Mick Rory|Rory]] go on an adventure leaving Nate facing [[Hank Heywood|someone]] from his past.|https://www.spoilertv.com/2018/09/legends-of-tomorrow-episode-401-virgin.html}}
 ==Trivia==
-*This is the first episode of the series to not feature {{F|Maisie Richardson-Sellers|([[Amaya Jiwe]])}} after signing on as a series regular. This is also the first episode of the series to not feature {{F|Keiynan Lonsdale|([[Wally West]])}} after signing on as a series regular due to Keiynan Lonsdale leaving the show.
+*This is the first episode of the series not to feature {{F|Maisie Richardson-Sellers|([[Amaya Jiwe]])}} after signing on as a series regular. It is also the first episode of the series not to feature {{F|Keiynan Lonsdale|([[Wally West]])}} after signing on as a series regular due to Keiynan Lonsdale leaving the show.
+**Due to Wally leaving the Legends in this episode, Ray is now the only Legend to cover his face while in his alter ego, as Mick and Nate discarded the [[Heat Wave goggles]] and the [[Steel suit]] helmet respectively in previous episodes.
-*This is the first season premiere to not feature, [[Rip Hunter]], [[Martin Stein]] or [[Jefferson Jackson]]
-*The title is a pun on "The Virgin Mary" which was a title given to [[wikipedia:Mary, mother of Jesus|Mary]], the mother of[[Jesus Christ| Jesus Chris]]t in the religious texts such as the [[wikipedia:New Testament|New Testament]] and the [[wikipedia:Quran|Quran]]. In context of the show it refers to Constantine using Gary as the virgin when the Legends try to find the four important things they need to expel the unicorn.
+*The title is a pun on "The Virgin Mary" which was a title given to [[wikipedia:Mary, mother of Jesus|Mary]], the mother of [[Jesus Christ]] in the religious texts such as the [[wikipedia:New Testament|New Testament]] and the [[wikipedia:Quran|Quran]]. In context of the show, it refers to Constantine using Gary as the virgin when the Legends try to find the four important things they need to expel the unicorn.
-**The other ingredients they gathered were Jerry Garcia's cigarette, the [[Protection spell|protection stone]] on Jimi Hendrix's shaman, and Janis Joplin's lock.
+**The other ingredients they gathered were [[Jerry Garcia]]'s saliva, the [[Protection spell|protection stone]] on [[Jimi Hendrix]], and [[Janis Joplin]]'s lock.
+*Ray makes two references to the Legends improving their ratings with the Time Bureau, a meta joke about the show's Nielsen ratings (a measurement of a TV show's viewership). In the second instance, he wonders whether Constantine sending the unicorn to Hell will improve their ratings because people "love the supernatural". This is a reference to Courtney Ford's former appearance on the long-running TV series ''[[w:c:supernatural:Supernatural|Supernatural]]''.
-* Thomas F. Wilson, who plays Hank Heywood, played Biff Tannen (and some of Biff's relatives) in the ''Back to the Future'' trilogy, which also contained time traveling elements. Ironically in the episode Phone Home, Nate went undercover by washing a car and wearing sweats, like Biff does at the end of the first movie.
+*[[Nate Heywood|Nate]] refers to the unicorn as "[[w:c:mlp:Twilight Sparkle|Twilight Sparkle]] coming to life", to which [[Ray Palmer|Ray]] is surprised that Nate too is a "brony". These are both references to the ''[[w:c:mlp:My Little Pony Friendship is Magic|My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' [[wikipedia:My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom|fandom]]. Twilight Sparkle (voiced by [[Tara Strong]]) is one of the main characters of the series.
-*Ray makes two references to the Legends improving their ratings with The Time Bureau, an obvious meta-joke about the show's Nielsen Ratings (a measurement of a TV show's viewership). In the second instance, he wonders weather Constantine sending the unicorn to Hell will improve their ratings because people "love the supernatural." This is a reference to the long-running show, ''Supernatural'' which [[Courtney Ford ]] guest starred on, which also airs on The CW.
-*The song which Constantine is singing near the end is "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane that was previously played earlier in the episode.
+*After getting out of the shower, Constantine sings "[[wikipedia:White Rabbit (song)|White Rabbit]]" by [[wikipedia:Jefferson Airplane|Jefferson Airplane]], which played earlier in the episode.
+*When the Legends go to Woodstock, a split screen effect is briefly used. This is a tribute to the Woodstock documentary, which used this effect extensively.
+*This is the 13th episode in the Arrowverse and the third episode of {{S|DC's Legends of Tomorrow}} to be named after a character in a civilian sense, after {{Ep|Sara}}, {{Ep|The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak}}, {{Ep|Who is Harrison Wells?}}, {{Ep|My Name Is Oliver Queen}}, {{Ep|Alex}}, {{Ep|Zari}}, {{Ep|When Harry Met Harry...}}, {{Ep|Run, Iris, Run}}, {{Ep|I, Ava}}, {{Ep|Schott Through the Heart}}, {{Ep|Harry and the Harrisons}} and {{Ep|Nora}}.
+*This is the first-season premiere not to feature [[Victor Garber]], [[Franz Drameh]] and [[Arthur Darvill]].
+== Goofs ==
+* After solving the last anachronism, Mick complains, "Four years of doing the same crap." However, Mick joined the team in January 2016, meaning he has only been a Legend for about 2 years and 9 months at this point.
+== Videos ==
+<gallery>
+Legends of Tomorrow Zari visits her mother Season 4 Episode 1
+</gallery>
 ==References==
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