<em>Legacies</em>?recap: Hope's battle with Malivore has a shocking end

Realizing he can’t leave his friends, MG goes to hug his mom but instead, he uses her own tranquilizer gun on her.With Dorian and Ric stuck at a roadblock — someone blew up Wickery Bridge, which is arguably the least-safe bridge in the world — the students are left to help Triad locate a chalice, which they believe to be the third artifact that can unlock Malivore. With that, Ric goes to save Josie, and Hope tells him to try giving Josie her blood.Unfortunately, Ric barely makes it anywhere before running into an armed Triad guard, but Dorian shows up and saves the day. And with that in mind, MG confronts his mom and tells her that if Triad is their family legacy, they can’t be family anymore.As for Ric, he shows up just in time to give Josie Hope’s blood, which again took me back to the Vampire Diaries season 2 finale when Katherine showed up just in time to give Damon Klaus’ blood. (Vampire Diaries fans will recognize it as the ascendant, but I won’t spoil it beyond that at this point.)Ric then calls a school meeting, where he tells the students the truth about the fountain: MG’s mom knew about it because Ric had it installed as a contingency in the case that the world ever needed to be protected from his students and not the other way around. He tells his students that he has betrayed them and proposes that the honor council decide whether Ric should remain their headmaster moving forward.Back at Triad, the Horseman throws the third artifact into the pit, but Hope uses magic to stop it just before it makes contact. But as sweet as that is, now isn’t exactly the time for romance because Clarke is back … and he just threw the third artifact into the pit.Landon, going full badass, uses the Headless Horseman’s whip to snap Clarke’s neck before updating Hope on the whole “Malivore is my father” thing. He’s a phoenix, remember?!)Hope then calls Ric with her plan: Malivore was created by the blood of a werewolf, a witch, and a vampire, and only they could destroy him. She’s not a cosmic mistake, and her purpose is clear: She’s the answer to all of this.Hope tells Ric that she finally understands why her dad sacrificed himself for her, and furthermore, she finally realizes that she has friends.