Arrow Recap: Legends of Yesterday

Season 4 / Episode 7 / The CW And you say both cities! The Flash: Legends of Today featured one of the dopest crossover episodes to date. We got a hell of a lot of setup, a healthy dose of #DatFlash and #DemBows tag-team championship swag, and a nice helping of blood-thirsty badassery in the form of the immortal Vandal Savage, not to mention set up for Legends of Tomorrow!. Tonight’s episode wasn’t as octane-filled or action-packed but it gave us a good amount of dem bows and badassery. Not to sound insensitive, but they kinda went pastry puff soft with this episode’s focus on some personal things Oliver had to deal with. Luckily the writers and showrunners knew not to hold out on battles and action. We are left with a pretty well balanced breakfast episode of insight and craziness. 4000 years ago… We jump off in Ancient Egypt, four-thousand-years ago. The Priestess Chay-Ara (we’re gonna call Kendra and Carter by their proper names when they flashback to pre-biblical times) and Prince Khufu are up in the royal palace having a pseudo-council meeting. Khufu is the son of the pharaoh. Meteors (or space rocks to simpletons) have been hammering the Earth more and more frequently, so the Egyptians feel they need to appease Horus for it to stop. Prince Khufu does his best with some sacrificial meats and flowers (trifles as she calls them in a condescending tone), but Pops is like, “Son, get that weak shit out my face. Look over at Priestess Chay-Ara, even she knows your offering g…