Season 1 (DC's Legends of Tomorrow)

"Now, you may not believe in fate, Raymond, but I certainly do. And perhaps it was fate that compelled me to bring you seven together, so we can change this future once and for all."

- Rip Hunter to Ray Palmer The first season of ​ premiered on January 21, 2016 on The CW and concluded on May 19, 2016. The season consisted of 16 episodes. It took place in conjunction with the fourth season of ​ and the second season of ​.

Synopsis
When heroes alone are not enough… the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat – one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have ever known?

Main cast

 * Victor Garber as Professor Martin Stein/Firestorm
 * Brandon Routh as Dr. Ray Palmer/The Atom
 * Arthur Darvill as Captain Rip Hunter
 * Caity Lotz as Sara Lance/White Canary
 * Franz Drameh as Jefferson "Jax" Jackson/Firestorm
 * Ciara Renée as Kendra Saunders/Hawkgirl, Chay-Ara, Kendra and Edith Boardman
 * Falk Hentschel as Carter Hall/Hawkman, Khufu, Scythian Torvil/Hawkman, Khufu's 1941 reincarnation and Joe Boardman
 * Amy Pemberton as Gideon (voice)
 * Dominic Purcell as Mick Rory/Heat Wave/Chronos
 * Wentworth Miller as Leonard Snart/Captain Cold

Recurring cast

 * Alex Duncan as Miranda Coburn
 * Casper Crump as Vandal Savage
 * Martin Donovan as Time Master Zaman Druce
 * Stephanie Corneliussen as Dr. Valentina Vostok
 * Joseph David-Jones as Connor Hawke/Green Arrow
 * Peter Bryant as Declan

Trivia

 * It was reported that Barry Allen would appear in the season, but he did not.
 * However he was mentioned in ​.
 * Falk Hentschel's role as Carter Hall was only credited in the two-part pilot. For the rest of the season, he appeared in a recurring role as Scythian Torvil.