However, a side-effect of making contact with the time drive caused Rip to suffer amnesia, and developed a new personality as an American film student named "Phil Gasmer.". He also revealed to the 8 individuals that they were not legends, rather forgotten by history, and when Ray realized Rip's actions were more personal than he led on, Rip confessed his true motives. He traveled to numerous points across the timeline and claims to traveled centuries into the future. While rescuing their team, Rip encounters Vandal Savage where Savage gives back the locket with Rip's wife and child's photo. Rip and Mick then kidnapped newborn Martin in 1950.

- July 28, 2018 04:31 pm EDT. [19], The Legends spent 6 months fixing numerous aberrations caused by numerous time pirates.

[1], Now that most of the team's younger selves were displaced in time at the Refuge, the team had very little time to complete their mission before the time changes set and they were erased from existence. [22], Damien and Malcolm tried various methods to get information from Hunter, including torture and hypnosis, neither men being able to produce results. "We love Arthur, we love having Arthur on the show, and I think Arthur enjoys being on the show," he told EW. Before the rest of the crew was on board the Waverider, Chronos attacked the ship forcing it to take off and leave Ray, Kendra, and Sara in 1958. He then left to go meet Rip's family, leaving the other man screaming in anger. Dr. Mid-Nite was surprised to see him as they had agreed to not contact each other again but Rip told him that the Spear was in danger as a group was after it.

Even Mick, who was never really fond of Rip to begin with, was affected by his death. Rip was holed up in his office watching a recording of Miranda and Jonas.

Jeb and Rip took their positions. [25], After rejoining the Legends he attempted to re-assume command over the group only to find the team had adopted Sara as their new leader, and that the team functioned much more smoothly under her leadership.

Druce then proceeded to tell Rip that they knew he was going to go rogue and had Vandal Savage kill his family to make sure he turned his back on the Time Masters.

This helps Sara and Jax defeat their dark counterparts.

After Aldus provided them several notebooks on Savage, Martin sensed something was wrong and Rip ordered everyone back to the ship.

5. During the production of a scene, he was confronted by Legion of Doom members Malcolm Merlyn and Damien Darhk, who addressed him as Rip Hunter. However, they all agreed that the spear's power was too great for any one person to possess so Rip divided it into four pieces, one for himself and entrusted each JSA member with a piece.

Rip asked who the man was and he identified himself as Rex Tyler, a member of the Justice Society of America,[18] and was from 1942. Martin and Ray later discovered Savage's superweapon was a giant robot, The Leviathan, which was coming to rescue Cassandra, whom Leonard and Mick kidnapped earlier. [1] He trained under the watch of Time Master "Zaman Druce" and became one of his favorite students. After the team returned with Jeb Stillwater but without Jax, Hex proposed a quick draw to exchange Jax for Jeb.

Damien wanted to use force to enter the bank vault, but Malcolm persuaded him to use Hunter as an asset. Season 4. Later, once the rest of the team was freed by their teammates left on the Waverider, Rip decided to destroy the Oculus so they could have a chance to defeat Savage once and for all. After the Legion of Doom gained the Spear of Destiny and rewrote reality, The Waverider along with Rip was shrunken down by Thawne with Ray's exo-suit. robots so they split up. But still: R.I.P. The two of them opposed outlaw Quentin Turnbull but Rip, fearing he'd never see Miranda again if he let himself be sucked in anymore, tore himself away from the era, one day before Turnbull destroyed Calvert, something Rip was aware would happen.[4]. They were thrown in the brig, which also contained Captain Eve Baxter, who wasn't pleased to see Rip. Captain Baxter then thanked Rip for the rescue and gave him current time data.

Disguised as a hospital worker and patient, Rip and Ray ran into Sheriff Ellison.

Druce told Rip that the Time Masters had been controlling the team's actions and that free will didn't exist outside of the vanishing point. Digital Spy spoke with Legends showrunner Phil Klemmer during SDCC, in which Klemmer confirmed the bad news", "I believe he's done, for this season. We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. Mary revealed to his team that his actual name was Michael.

Error: please try again. Their first attempt failed because Phil was unable to recall Rip's password, but all three men were able to escape without capture. Reluctantly, and to call off the Time Bureau's pursuit of the team, Sara agreed to help. Snart and Mick, however, were uninterested in being heroes but Rip claimed that the 8 of them in his time are legends, stating that each of them was destined for greatness. Rip began growing impatient with waiting and wanted to attack but Darhk told him that it was easier to attack on a battlefield then lay siege to a castle. Jax tried to get Phil to safety only for him to panic, and push his former teammate away.

Sneaking into the royal palace Rip confronted Hath-Set but as he had the upper hand he hesitated to kill him, and Hath-Set's bodyguards restrained him.

was still loyal to him. He and Darhk preceded to kidnap Knights of the Round Table and put them under their control with Mid-Nite's tech. 3. They then get to the bridge, however, they are stopped by evil versions of Sara, Firestorm, and Rory. At some point during this time Rip received a message from Barry Allen/The Flash, from 2056.

However, Rip refused to tell Hath-Set his name, resulting in Hath-Set calling him "Gareeb," and Rip was held in the dungeon. After waiting 90 minutes, Martin convinced Rip to help her.

[3], At some point, while on a mission for the Time Masters Rip was sent to Calvert, Oklahoma in 1868 but after completing his mission, Rip was unable to leave, consumed by the heroic opportunities the era offered. [11] Then, after Martin Stein, Ray, and Mick get caught, he sends Sara and Leonard to rescue them. Despite this, a degree of Rip's old personality remains such as his rule-breaking attitude and lying such as using the Legends for a lead of Mallus without explaining his true motivation to his former team or the Time Bureau, resulting in several agents death. He led the charge to stop the anachronisms that eventually allowed the demon Mallus to escape his prison, and sacrificed his own life by blowing up the Waverider's Time Drive, incapacitating Mallus.

[2], These early failures were later revealed to be part of Time Master Zaman Druce's plan to manipulate history through the use of Oculus, assisting Vandal Savage and giving him an advantage in the form of the army of long-lived followers, as well as knowledge of futuristic technology, such as the A.T.O.M. Rip Hunter is a time traveller. Being the one who brought them all together. [12], The Legends help an older Oliver Queen in 2046, After being knocked out of the temporal zone by Chronos into Star City of 2046, Rip informed the team that the grim future of Star City is not set. However, bandits and Connor Hawke ambushed them separating Rip and Sara from Mick and Leonard. Rip is proven to have a tendency to let his temper get the best of him, to the point that he ends up arguing with his own team, he can also be so absorbed in sticking to the mission to stop Vandal that he disregards the feelings of others, for instance, he harshly scolded Sara Lance for wanting to aid her home Star City in the year 2046, accusing her of having more concern for one potential future than she did the real one, and even threatened to leave her there if she did not return in an hour, either not understanding or not caring that it would certainly take longer for her to save Star City from Grant Wilson. Rate. The Waverider was attacked and damaged while trying to escape the robot.

I think Arthur is totally willing to come back and play with us if we have a cool idea.". Phil told them that the inspiration for the Spear was a piece of wood he owned which he believed to be a good prop, and the Legends realized this was an actual piece of the Spear and left to retrieve it. However, Savage's forces started to overwhelm them forcing the team to retreat to the Waverider. Surprisingly everyone, moved by Rip's true motives and realizing this was their chance to change their fates, decided to remain.

Though the team was skeptical to trust him Rex stressed that they had no idea the danger awaiting them if they traveled to 1942, but suddenly faded out of existence before he could continue. He flew it to the sun before passing out and seeing a vision of his wife and son.

However, many on the team opposed this so he compromised by opting to kidnap him instead. Rip then transported each JSA member to a different time zone to protect the spear pieces. Michael, known under the alias Rip Hunter, was a former Time Master from the 22nd century, a foster son of Mary Xavier, the husband of the late "Miranda Coburn", and the father of the late Jonas.

They encountered the Legion, gaining the upper hand before Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash arrived.

They all leave except Rip who doesn't think the human Gideon is real.

[9], When Snart and Palmer started arguing over who would take the point in the mission Rip reminded them that he was in charge, only for Palmer and Snart to blow him off still angry that he had lied to them.

Without the Oculus controlling the team's actions, they came up with a plan to finally stop Savage.