Legacies Review – [SPOILER] Dies (4×14)

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Ken is such a thorn in everyone’s side. 

We’ve met so many of the God’s relatives, including his son Ben, his daughter Jen, and now, his sister, Lynn, and they all share the same opinion of him. 

Ken is a terrible man with an overinflated ego. And on Legacies Season 4 Episode 14, we saw just how far he’s willing to go to stroke that ego and ensure that he remains the most powerful being in all of existence. 

Ken has made it clear that he wants nothing more than to eliminate the tribrid.

He sent Aurora to do his bidding with Jen, who he tasked with creating a weapon of Red Oak ashes. Aurora seems to be on Ken’s side, but her little chat with Jen may have swayed her into teetering the line of loyalty. Jen ridiculed Aurora for allowing herself to get played by Ken, and she informed her that the all-powerful has the ability to control memories in order to get the response that he wants. He’s a master manipulator. Aurora has dealt with too many of those in her life, so I hope that she comes to her senses and aids Hope and Lizzie in this final battle. 

Ben assisted the Salvator School with a plan against his father, and while Jed wasn’t initially wary of trusting him since he sold out his friends previously, he finally came around when he realized that they didn’t stand a chance without Ben’s intel. I mean, even with Ben’s intel they barely stand a chance, but it’s still an insight into a God that they wouldn’t have otherwise. 

But, as I mentioned previously, Ken proved he’s one ruthless monster when he figured out that Cleo was dabbling in his mind and made it a point to showcase his power and how far he’s willing to go to get what he wants. 

When Kaleb mind connected to the vision in order to save Cleo, who we found out was a furry, Ken took hold of him. Since everything that he did in the vision also happened in real life, when he drove the dagger through his chest, Kaleb actually died. It was a heartbreaking moment, and honestly, Kaleb deserved better. 

When Cleo used his final moments to tell him that her favorite thing about him is his eyes, my heart broke. It’s at that exact moment that Kaleb understood that she wasn’t going to save him. He didn’t want her to save him as it meant that she was sacrificing Hope, but it’s still hard to accept death, particularly your own.

Vampires are supposed to be immortal, damnit.

Why didn’t Cleo foresee this? Why didn’t this play into Hope’s doomsday equation?

And honestly, the dedication that everyone has towards Hope is unparalleled. Cleo chose to watch the love of her life get murdered rather than deliver Hope to Ken. I guess she realized that if they had any shot of defeating him, they needed her. He might have said that he would spare everyone in exchange for Hope, but no one really believes anything he says, right?

The odds of everyone surviving this war are pretty slim. 

We already know that Lizzie must be the one to sacrifice herself by detonating the bomb. As a Heretic, she could siphon Ken and weaken him, which allows for the highest chance that everyone else will survive. 

I guess if Legacies is going down, they might as well go out with a bang. 

This is an unfair twist for Lizzie and MG as they’ve just gotten to the point where they are ready to be honest about their feelings for each other and take their relationship to the next level. 

My hope is that they get to share one kiss before she dies. They were so close and then Cleo interrupted it. And it’s fair because she has big news, but also, come on, just let them have this one sliver of happiness. 

It’s not easy for a father to accept that his daughter must die for the greater good, but Alaric has always known that having supernatural daughters could one day boil down to something like this, especially with the whole merge situation plaguing much of their teen years. 

At least Ethan got a one-way out of town. I know he really wanted to assist in the final battle, but honestly, if Hope can barely stand a chance against Ken, poor Ethan would’ve been crushed. 

This way, he gets a shot at a brand new life. 

Over in purgatory, we got to know the Ferrywoman on a whole new level when she revealed herself to be a former god, Lynn, cursed in the role by her jerk of a brother. 

Lynn always wanted to help people, so when she ferried some lost souls over to “heaven,” she was punished for eternity. 

Long story short, she became numb to the process of helping people thus the coin-based system, but when she laid eyes on Landon Kirby, she knew that he was her heir — the man who would take over all Ferryman business with a kind and open heart. 

Landon’s already trapped her for eternity, so he accepted the role without much of a fight. 

And his first good deed? Restoring Ted to his rightful body and finally getting rid of the Necromancer for good.

Ted was finally able to cross over and find peace, and well, that’s all that anyone truly wants.

Will Kaleb meet Landon now that he’s dead? Will everyone eventually reunite with Landon as he serves as the gatekeeper?

And how are you feeling about the direction that Legacies is headed in? It definitely seems like the writers were aware that The CW wasn’t going to renew the series and began tying up storylines in order to give fans and characters a proper conclusion. 

With talks of a Klaus Mikaelson (Joseph Morgan) cameo, might it be too forward of us to theorize that Hope dies in the battle? If Ken is to win — destroying Earth and any possibility of another spinoff — then it would only be fulfilling if everyone banded together in a unified effort to fend hi off, Aurora and Ben included. 

Share your thoughts in the comments below. 

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