The Flash - 'Legends of Today'

"Full disclosure; I'm evil as fuck."

When a mysterious man goes on a killing spree with stone knives and targets Cisco's girlfriend Kendra, even the Flash may not be able to protect her. The mystery killer calls her Priestess Shayera and possesses seemingly magical powers, so Barry suggests turning to a friend with some experience in this area: Oliver Queen.

We cut to Star City, where Barry saves Oliver from Damien Darhk (who, possibly in response to the switch of shows, is having way more fun than in his Arrow appearances to date) and gets to see the new lair, which we haven't quite got to in Arrow (still catching up) and which is boss as all get out. Malcolm Merlin pops up out of nowhere like a long-forgotten Kickstarter reward and tells them that this guy is Vandal Savage, former bestie of Julius Caesar and Genghis Khan and all-round immortal, unstoppable badass (which explains how he walked away from a fall out of Oliver and Felicity's loft.

And in fairness, Vandal Savage is pretty goddamn badass; aptly enough, considering he lives in a world where six months training leads to world-class fighting skills and he's had, oh, forever. He's here to kill Kendra, but we only find out why when she gets snatched by a man with wings, who is himself pretty epic, holding off Barry and Oliver combined until they hit him with the old one-two-three. Well, actually a new one-two-three, as Barry follows up a classic tornado and arrow combo with a bolt of lightning.

"It's like every time I come to Star City I'm catching knives."

Man with wings of a hawk who has yet to receive a proper hero name explains that he and Kendra are the reincarnations of ancient Egyptian lovers Khufu and Shayera, who like all reincarnated ancient Egyptians have wings. Seriously, that facet never some up when questioning their story. Savage has hunted them throughout history, killing them time after time and growing stronger whenever they die. He then encourages Kendra to jump off a building to force her memories to emerge, which she does, prompting tension between Barry's urge to protect her and Oliver's newfound respect for people doing for themselves. After a couple of tries, she gets wings and Cisco dubs her Hawkgirl.

Back in Central City, Wells and Caitlin develop a speed boosting serum, which Jay insists is an abomination, revealing an almost religious perception of the Speed Force. He is forced to use the serum, however, in order to perform phase surgery after Patty shoots Wells (there was supposed to be upgraded security on STAR Labs, but Patty just walks in like a super villain.) Joe is really snappy with Patty about this, which is kind of harsh considering that if you had just told her the truth everything would be grand. I predict that next week is going to be crunch time for Parry (Batty?) as she's going to want some serious answers, and rightly so.

Savage travels to Central City to snag the Staff of Ra, a magic blaster he intends to use on Hawkgirl and that man-hawk dude who still hasn't been named. He kicks Oliver and Barry's arses with the staff, and they call for a circling of the wagons in Central City, and in Arrow, so now I gots to catch up.

In adorable throwaway theatre, Felicity berates Barry for not letting her know he got his spine broken, Cisco urges Thea to let him give her a better name than 'Speedy', and Barry responds to Malcolm Merlin's second ninja appearance by asking 'is that the only way that guy knows how to enter a room?'

Oh, and Oliver sees his son for the first time, because there are no Central City coffee shops but CC Jitters.