Legacies: Lizzie’s Heretic Trick Made Up For Season 4 Wasting Her

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Caution: Minor spoilers ahead for Legacies season 4.

Although it seemed as if Legacies season 4 was badly wasting Lizzie’s character, the show finally proved that a payoff was in store when the character died and came back as a heretic. It’s not uncommon for Legacies characters to return from the dead. The love interest of series lead Hope Mikaelson, Landon Kirby has had more Legacies deaths than many viewers can count, and has always returned through some means or another.

However, this doesn’t stop some character deaths on The Originals follow-up from packing an emotional punch from time to time. Although the show’s early seasons were rarely as outright tragic as its franchise predecessor The Vampire Diaries, Legacies season 4 has seen the series borrow some of that earlier hit’s darker elements. For example, when Hope’s humanity was turned off and she became an amoral villain known as the Tribrid, the character was not restored to her cheery self any time soon.

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Hope is still a villainous killer mid-way through Legacies season 4, and this dark turn from the show’s former heroine has resulted in most of the show's supporting characters receiving more development and plot focus than ever before. However, this has not been true for the entire Legacies season 4 ensemble. For episodes on end, the hot-headed Lizzie talked a big game about her plan to kill Hope, but Legacies season 4 saw her waste a chance to defeat the Tribrid as she was busy planning revenge while the rest of the cast took on the villain. However, her recent transformation made up for this slow-burn setup.

When Lizzie finally came face to face with Hope, for a moment Legacies season