Fail-safe — [s1e5]

Reviews at the time were mixed to positive. Some critics praised the character dynamics—particularly the unlikely bond between the optimistic Ray Palmer and the hardened Mick Rory. Others found the writing for the villain Vandal Savage to be a weak point, though the cliffhanger ending was widely cited as a series highlight that built significant excitement for the following episode.

Valentina Vostok attempts to force Stein to help her create a Soviet version of Firestorm. She eventually merges with Stein against his will, creating a "Soviet Firestorm," but Jax is able to reach out to Stein to help him regain control and break the fusion. [S1E5] Fail-Safe

is the fifth episode of the first season of the DC Comics-based series Legends of Tomorrow , which originally aired on February 18, 2016. Plot Overview Reviews at the time were mixed to positive

The episode features a meta-reference when Leonard Snart (played by Wentworth Miller) says, "This isn't my first prison break," nodding to Miller's starring role in the series Prison Break . Valentina Vostok attempts to force Stein to help

Picking up immediately after "White Knights," the team remains in 1986 Soviet Russia:

Rip Hunter gives Sara Lance a contingency order: if they cannot rescue Stein, she must kill him to prevent the future knowledge of the Firestorm matrix from falling into Soviet hands.

As the team escapes in the Waverider, they are attacked in the temporal zone by the bounty hunter Chronos. The ship is knocked out of time and crashes into Star City in the year 2046 , where they encounter a new, younger Green Arrow (Connor Hawke). Key Trivia