If you jumped into the season 4 premiere of Legacies hoping for a complete reboot, that’s not happening just yet…
Although it is being presented as a season premiere, Legacies Season 4 Episode 1 was actually supposed to be part of season 3, which explains why we’re still knee-deep in the midst of all the Malivore drama.
The episode kicks off shortly after everyone learns that Malivore has taken over Landon’s body and is using it as a vessel.
The Super Squad comes up with a plan to rescue him by prioritizing the rescue of Cleo first. If you’ll recall, in the Season 3 finale, Malivore swallowed Cleo up whole and now she’s stuck in the darkness.
Hope wasn’t brought up to speed on MG’s plan initially, and while she’s shocked by the turn of events from some of her nearest and dearest, it’s actually not surprising in the slightest.
Everyone is genuinely concerned about Hope’s track record of putting Landon’s safety over everything else.
She always prioritizes him, and oftentimes, it comes at the expense of others.
It makes sense that they would want to protect themselves before journeying into the belly of the beast.
It’s great that the series is basically calling out Hope’s biggest flaw, but it’s even better that she’s not fighting it or denying it — Hope knows that Landon is her weak spot.
The fact that’s she’s only mildly annoyed and majorly understanding is very beneficial.
On the surface, it seems like they’ve given Malivore the whole plan on a platter — both Alaric and Kaleb will go in to find Cleo and hope that once they do, she inspires them.
However, with Malivore alerted, he’s able to suppress his subconscious and trap them in a nightmare of his conscious.
What he doesn’t know is that MG and Hope are using a “loophole” to enter his mind and find Cleo without raising any red flags.
It’s not necessarily a bad plan, but it definitely underestimates the power of Malivore.
Malivore brings to the surface a shared memory of the day Kaleb and Alaric met, which is also the day that Alaric saved Kaleb from himself. However, their memories differed because Kaleb didn’t recall that he went full-blown ripper on half of the marching band before Alaric brought him to a halt.
This obviously triggers plenty of emotions for Kaleb, who can’t fight the bloodlust any longer.
While they may be in a dream state, anything that happens to them in Malivore’s conscious also translates to the real world, so, you know, the stakes are pretty high.
Just as he’s about to let his inhibitions go, Landon saves in to save the day. It’s pretty murky these days whether or not Landon is actually Landon, but they both confirm that this is, in fact, their long-lost friend.
Landon is alive and well, but he too knows that he’s Hope’s biggest weakness. He knows that if she’s aware that he’s alive, she’ll jeopardize everything to pull him out when all he wants is to destroy Malivore and protect her.
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His love for her is blatant. He’s sacrificing himself and choosing to stay imprisoned in the darkness forever so that she doesn’t have to kill and trigger her tri-brid side.
Spoiler-alert: we all know she will because she will find out. Also, all of us want to see Hope embrace how powerful she is.
However, Kaleb and Alaric both kept Landon’s appearance a secret for the greater good.
While Kaleb and Alaric were dealing with their struggles, Malivore was alerted to the unwanted guests in his mind.
He tried to distract Hope and MG from the task at hand, but before he got to them, Cleo was able to be reminded that her fake dinner with her family was just a distraction from the bleak reality of her imprisonment.
Once Lizzie and Josie successfully pulled everyone out of Malivore, Cleo was able to “inspire” Hope with a plan that could end this Malivore mess once and for all…. for everyone’s sake.
Lizzie and Josie spent the episode tasked with making sure the plan went smoothly.
Since Josie was forced to cancel her date with Finch, Finch brought the date to her. It’s only a matter of time before she’s inaugurated into the Super Squad, especially after she let the twins siphon her to save everyone else.
Josie and Finch’s relationship is sweet, and it’s going to be the one that helps Josie become more confident in herself.
Finch pushes Josie to be a better version of herself and to do the things that scare her. In this case, Josie was terrified of letting Finch in because of the curse of the Gemini twins.
However, after seeing how dedicated Finch was to the relationship, she finally opened up about the Merge!
Josie also called out Lizzie for being super dismissive of her relationship, which made her take a beat.
In a heartwarming heart-to-heart between Lizzie and Hope, the former revealed that she’s always so snarky about Finch and Landon because she’s jealous of what her besties have — true love.
This ushered in the conversation of both MG and Ethan, two of Lizzie’s love interests. It definitely seems like she regrets friend-zoning MG now, and since he knows how she feels and isn’t reciprocating, she’s opting for Ethan as a second choice.
We all know how much the TVD/Originals/Legacies sphere loves a love triangle, so I’ll expect this to be a focal point this season, especially since MG and Ethan are good friends (poor Ethan doesn’t remember any of it!).
What did you think of the premiere? Do you have high hopes for this season? Will we finally move past all the Malivore and Landon/Hope drama?
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