The episode was written by Ray Utarnachitt and Tyron B. Carter and directed by David Geddes.
"Wet Hot American Bummer" sees the Legends visit a summer camp and capture a monster that is killing children.
"Wet Hot American Bummer" first aired on The CW on November 12, 2018, to an audience of 900 thousand viewers.
Constantine transfers part of his life force to the child saving him before falling unconscious himself.
Sara and Ava follow the string and find the camp executive and attack her, before locking her on the Waverider.
[1] "Wet Hot American Bummer" was written by Ray Utarnachitt and Tyron B.
[1] The episode's title is a reference to the 2001 film Wet Hot American Summer.
Club, Utarnachitt stated he believed the line to be a "writers' room pitch".
[5] The episode stars Caity Lotz, Jes Macallan, Matt Ryan, Brandon Routh, Courtney Ford, Dominic Purcell, Tala Ashe, and Maisie Richardson-Sellers as Sara Lance / White Canary, Ava Sharpe, John Constantine, Ray Palmer / The Atom, Nora Dahrk, Mick Rory / Heatwave, Zari Tomaz, and Charlie.
[12] Writing for Comic Book Resources, Dave Richards praised how the episode parodied the horror genre.
Club's Sam Barsanti listed "Wet Hot American Bummer" as one of the series best.
He praised the mention of the "Last Refuge" review noting that the line would have read as "painfully desperate" on a worse show.
Despite this Shoemaker praised how Richardson-Sellers differentiated Charlie from her previous character, Amaya Jiwe.