Young Justice Review: Downtime

-Comic Vine

A homesick Aqualad ventures back to Atlantis to reconnect with his people and his girl in order to definitively decide whether he wants to stay with the group on land or return to the ocean. The premise of the episode is on shaky ground:  Are we, as viewers, supposed to empathize with Aqualad (whose Atlantean name I absolutely will not Google to learn to spell; it’s Aqualad, and that’s how it is) as he reconnects with home? Or are we, as viewers, supposed to seriously wonder if a new show is going to get rid of its leader in the first view episodes of the season?

REVIEW: Young Justice – Schooled

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A few episodes in now, the show has developed a pattern for its episodes. If I wanted to be cynical, I could say formula, but the show’s pretty good, so I’m not going to be cynical about it.

The formula goes something like this: The team is given a mission; via some inner-team conflict, the mission goes FUBAR; the team comes together; beats the bad guy; lesson learned; Batman delivers unexpected “attaboy(s)”.

Add that with some genuinely snappy humor, say what you will, I like it.