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"I swear to you, if I die today because of a telepathic gorilla, I'm going to be very upset!"
Martin Stein
"Welcome to the Jungle"
Series Legends of Tomorrow
Season 3, Episode 7
Legends of Tomorrow 3x07 001
Air date November 21st, 2017
Writers Ray Utarnachitt; Tyron B. Carter
Director Mairzee Almas
Producers Geoff Garrett; Jennifer Lence; Carl Ogawa; Ray Utarnachitt; Grainne Godfree; Glen Winter; Vladimir Stefoff; Keto Shimizu; Chris Fedak; Sarah Schechter; Phil Klemmer; Andrew Kreisberg; Marc Guggenheim; Greg Berlanti; Ben Sokolowski; Brian Moraga
Starring Victor Garber; Brandon Routh; Caity Lotz; Franz Drameh; Maisie Richardson-Sellers; Amy Louise Pemberton; Tala Ashe; Nick Zano; Dominic Purcell
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"Welcome to the Jungle"" is the seventh episode of season three of the superhero adventure series DC's Legends of Tomorrow, and the fortieth episode of the series overall. It was directed by Mairzee Almas with a script written by Ray Utarnachitt and Tyron B. Carter. It first aired on the CW Network on Tuesday, November 21st, 2017 at 9:00 pm. In this episode, the Legends must travel to Vietnam in the year 1967 to identify an anacrhonism that is uniting American and Vietnamese soldiers. This anomaly happens to be a large telepathic gorilla named Grodd.

Cast[]

Starring[]

Actor Role
Victor Garber Martin Stein
Brandon Routh Ray Palmer
Caity Lotz Sara Lance
Franz Drameh Jefferson Jackson
Maisie Richardson-Sellers Amaya Jiwe
Amy Louise Pemberton Gideon
Tala Ashe Zari Tomaz
Nick Zano Nate Heywood
Dominic Purcell Mick Rory

Guest Starring[]

Actor Role
Neal McDonough Damien Darhk
Evan Jones Dick Rory
David Sobolov Gorilla Grodd
Dianne Doan Anh Ly

Co-Starring[]

Actor Role
Peter Hall Lyndon B. Johnson
Lawrence Green Isaac Newton
Christine Lippa Marie Curie
Sacha Romalo Galileo
Blake Stadel General
Michael Kiapway Ryan Sanders
Christopher Coutts Petey Adams
Eric Mazimpaka Grodd soldier
Matt Kennedy Convoy soldier 01
Aidan Ferreira Special Forces soldier

Notes & Trivia[]

  • This episode is production code number T13.20607.
  • This episode had a viewership of 1.485 million people upon its initial broadcast, which is down by .046 from the previous episode. It rated 0.5% in the 18-49 viewing demographic.
  • This is the first credited acting work for Peter Hall.
  • This is the first appearance of Dick Rory, who is Mick Rory's father. Reference has been made to Mick's parents in the past, including the fact that Mick was responsible for the fire that killed them.

Allusions[]

  • The title of this episode is taken from the song "Welcome to the Jungle" by rock and roll recording artists Guns N' Roses. It was released in 1987 on their debut album Appetite for Destruction. It was the second single released from the album, and reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100
  • Marie Curie was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and only woman to win twice, the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences, and was part of the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes. Martin Stein pulls her from her native timeline to help him resolve the issue of trying to separate the Firestorm matrix.
  • Isaac Newton was an English mathematician, astronomer, theologian and physicist, who is widely recognized as one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution. His book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, first published in 1687, laid the foundations of classical mechanics. Martin Stein pulls him from his native timeline to help him resolve the issue of trying to separate the Firestorm matrix.
  • Galileo Galilei was an Italian polymath. Galileo is a central figure in the transition from natural philosophy to modern science and in the transformation of the scientific Renaissance into a scientific revolution. Martin Stein pulls him from his native timeline to help him resolve the issue of trying to separate the Firestorm matrix.

Quotes[]

  • Nate Heywood: What's going on with you? You're grumpier than usual.
  • Mick Rory: What? I'm in a good mood.
  • Nate Heywood: Is it because I made your boots too big? Look, I forget you've got small feet, and why would you not want to come to Vietnam? This place was like made for you.

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  • Nate Heywood: This has become Operation Tough Love. Yeah, I'm gonna go all Dr. Phil on your ass. It's time for you to man up, and sort out -
  • Mick Rory: Daddy issues.
  • Nate Heywood: I was going to say unresolved grief, but let's go with what you're saying.
  • Mick Rory: You want to know why I've never seen a shrink?
  • Nate Heywood: Why?
  • Mick Rory: I don't regret killing my old man.
  • Nate Heywood: ...What?
  • Mick Rory: That's right, Pretty. You heard me. I let my old man burn to death. How's that for tough love?

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  • Mick Rory: My whole life I saw him as a monster. Blamed him for all the sick things that I've done. But now I see I'm worse than him. Should have been me that burned in that house.

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  • Martin Stein: I swear to you, if I die today because of a telepathic gorilla, I'm going to be very upset!

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See also[]

Arrow

The Flash

Legends of Tomorrow

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