Legends Of Tomorrow once again puts Sara Lance in a cowboy hat, thank the gods
A very Happy Pride to us all! Plus: Batwoman signs off for the season, elite gymnasts do elite things, and Taraji P. Henson hosts the BET Awards
TV Lists Legends of Tomorrow
Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Sunday, June 27. All times are Eastern.
Top pick
DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow (The CW, 8 p.m.): There are wells to which the magnificent dorks behind DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow cannot help but return, over and over again. Among them: Zombies! Surprise musical numbers! Nate falling in love with someone only to have his heart broken when forces beyond his control tear them irrevocably apart, which is followed by someone with the exact same face as his beloved taking up residence aboard the Waverider! Sara Lance confronting mortality! Sara Lance escaping death! And of course, the gold standard: If DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow is known for one thing, it’s for putting Sara Lance in a cowboy hat. (And Beebo, of course.)
In the interest of transparency, we are compelled to admit that prior to publication, this headline briefly contained a typo:
The typo’s not wrong, folks! Arrowverse stalwart David Ramsey directs tonight’s episode, winningly titled “Stressed Western.” Watch for Allison Shoemaker’s recap.
Regular coverage
Batwoman (The CW, 9 p.m.): second-season finale drop-in
Kevin Can F**k Himself (AMC, 9 p.m.): A reminder that our coverage is following the AMC release schedule, rather than that of AMC+, so tonight’s recap will be for episode three, “We’re Selling Washing Machines.”
Rick And Morty (Adult Swim, 11 p.m.)
Olympic stuff
U.S. Olympic Trials, “Track” (NBC, 7 p.m.): Fast people move at a very high velocity.
U.S. Olympic Trials, “Gymnastics” (NBC, 8:30 p.m.): Awwwwwwww yeeeeeeah.
Golden: The Journey of USA’s Elite Gymnasts (Peacock, 3:01 a.m., docuseries premiere, first three episodes): This six-episode docuseries follows Laurie Hernandez, Morgan Hurd, Sunisa Lee, Konnor McClain, and MyKayla Skinner as they compete to make the roster for the U.S. Olympic team. The first three episodes arrive today; the following three will arrive on consecutive Wednesdays, beginning this week.
Wild cards
Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story (CNN, 9 p.m.): Those who will wind up watching this documentary have in all likelihood already stopped reading this, because once they read the doc’s title they immediately took to their DVRs to make sure it’ll get recorded. Such is the lure of an icon.
2021 BET Awards (Various networks, 8 p.m.): Taraji P. Henson hosts this awards show, which you can catch simultaneously on BET, BET HER, Logo, MTV, MTV2, TV Land, and VH1. Expect performances from Megan Thee Stallion, Migos, Andra Day, Tone Stith, City Girls, and DaBaby, among others.
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The description of Legends of Tomorrow was perfect, lol. Nice stuff.
Sometimes, there is just something about a hat for certain women that accentuates their looks in interesting ways. A trucker cap does it differently than a cowboy hat does it differently than a newsboy cap.
I feel like I didn’t consume much new-to-me pop culture this weekend, but I did watch the first three episodes of Superstore. They reminded me of the few episodes of The Office that I’ve seen, which is to say: the misery the characters ply onto each other in the name of working was not fun for me. I may not be built for sitcoms about working.
I had a similar experience with Superstore: I watched the first 4 or 5 episodes because I’d heard good things about it, but it’s just not for me. It kind of felt like the show hated most of its own characters. It probably gets better (almost nothing peaks in season one), but I wasn’t interested in it enough to find out.
I didn’t like the Office for much of the same reason, I will say I did fall in love with Superstore because the jokes do get less hateful and more fun.
(Not sure if they are reruns or not* but…) Also on AMC tonight is the first two episodes of the second season of ‘A Discovery of Witches’, and Syfy is running the last two episodes of the ‘Departure’ miniseries.
*I know they both ran on their respective streaming services first (and maybe the Beeb), just not sure they have been on “regular” tv before.
I think the Legends reached their Peak Collective Hotness in the 70s gear from the possessed unicorn episode (you know what that unicorn did), but the cowboy getups are great too. I’m gonna hope for another great mainstay tonight: Legends Muscial BarSaloon Fight.
Based on past performance, I do not have great expectations for the second season finale of Batwoman.
https://mattthecatania.wordpress.com/2021/04/28/how-bungled-is-batwoman-season-2/