Fellowship of the Spear 

The Legends land in France during World War I and enlist the aid of J.R.R. Tolkien to retrieve the last pieces of the Spear of Destiny from the Legion of Doom.

Director:

Ben Hernandez Bray (as Ben Bray)

Writers:

Greg Berlanti (developed by), Marc Guggenheim (developed by)

Stars:

Victor Garber, Brandon Routh, Arthur Darvill

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Victor Garber	...	Dr. Martin Stein
Brandon Routh	...	Ray Palmer / The Atom
Arthur Darvill	...	Rip Hunter
Caity Lotz	...	Sara Lance / White Canary
Franz Drameh	...	Jefferson Jackson / Firestorm
Matt Letscher	...	Eobard Thawne
Maisie Richardson-Sellers	...	Amaya Jiwe / Vixen
Amy Louise Pemberton	...	Gideon (voice) (as Amy Pemberton)
Nick Zano	...	Nate Heywood / Steel
Dominic Purcell	...	Mick Rory / Heat Wave
Neal McDonough	...	Damien Darhk
John Barrowman	...	Malcolm Merlyn
Wentworth Miller	...	Leonard Snart / Captain Cold
Jack Turner	...	Lieutenant John Tolkien
Michael Robinson	...	Commanding Officer

Storyline

The Legends must devise a plan to retrieve the last remaining fragments of the Spear of Destiny from the Legion of Doom. They find themselves in France at the height of World War I faced with the knowledge that they must destroy the mystical object. They enlist the help of a soldier by the name of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (guest star Jack Turner) and find that the Spear is leading them into the heart of the war. Meanwhile, the team must all resist the temptation of the Spear, and the return of a former teammate.

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Plot Keywords:

firestorm character | vixen character | j.r.r. tolkien character | world war one | france | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 March 2017 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Berlanti Productions, DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

41 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

While in the trench, Tolkiens captain calls him "a fool of a Tolkien," which is a variation of the quote from "lord of the rings the fellowship of the ring" where Gandalf calls pippin "a fool of a took".

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Goofs

Tolkien would not give a radio frequency in megahertz. The term wasn't introduced until later. It was then megacycles per second.

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Quotes

Rip Hunter: Attention, all combatants. May I have your attention, please? There are casualties on the battlefield. Brave men on both sides who are in urgent need of medical attention. I know that the divisions between us run deep, that they may very well be insurmountable. But I implore both of our armies for this one moment to come together as allies and honor a ceasefire so that the injured may be removed from the field of battle. There may come a day when our courage fails us, when we forsake our ...

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Connections

References The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

User Reviews

So predictable

One again the Legion of Morons can't keep the spear safe. If brains were chocolate this bunch collectively wouldn't have enough to fill an M&M.