"Slay Anything" is the third episode of the fifth season and 71st overall of the American science fiction television series Legends of Tomorrow, revolving around the eponymous team of superheroes and their time travelling adventures.
Caity Lotz stars as Sara Lance, and is joined by principal cast members Tala Ashe, Jes Macallan, Nick Zano, Matt Ryan, Brandon Routh, Dominic Purcell, Olivia Swann, Courtney Ford, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, and Amy Louise Pemberton.
In 1989 while the Legends are planning Nora Darhk is pulled to Freddy to become his fairy godmother and fix his prom night.
At prom the Legends find evidence of a prank that Freddy's date Tiffany, and a jock were going to pull, but the former has a change of heart and gets the latter to confess.
To Freddy's horror, the killer is revealed to be his overly-possessive mother Kathy, whose crime he took the fall for in the original timeline.
Behrad manages to knock her out, undoing her damage and causing her to disappear in 2004 just as she was about to murder Ava and Sara and resurrecting all her victims.
Maala and Carter finished the production draft of the script on July 30, the blue revisions were then completed on August 1.
The purpose of the reference was to set up the conclusion of John Constantine's story line which was left unfinished due to the shows abrupt cancellation.
[4] The episode stars Caity Lotz, Tala Ashe, Jes Macallan, Nick Zano, Matt Ryan, Brandon Routh, Dominic Purcell, Amy Louise Pemberton, Courtney Ford, and Maisie Richardson-Sellers as Sara Lance, Zari Tarazi, Nate Haywood, John Constantine, Ray Palmer, Mick Rory, Gideon (voice), Nora Darhk, and Charlie.
[5] The episode was the third episode of season five produced but the fourth to air, due to "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part 5" which aired a week before "Miss M. "Slay Anything" was first released on DVD and Blu-ray as part of the Legends of Tomorrow season five box set on September 22, 2020.
Club's Allison Shoemaker gave it "Top Pick" status[9] and in her review she rated the episode a "A-".