[7.2/10] This was fairly standard, but fine. It’s mainly an introduction to the new Outsiders, who seem like more of a riff on the Teen Titans than a fresh group. I’ll admit, I think we’ve reached the point in Young Justice where there are just too many factions and groups. Dick, Conner, and Artemis mentoring a new team of young heroes whom we got to know well was perfectly good. I like Brion, Violet, and Forager, and there's plenty of places to go with Victor and Terra. But now we’re tossing half of them onto Garfield’s team, along with several heroes we’ve barely seen for half a season, and the whole thing feels jumbled.
Plus, I still don’t know how I feel about the idea of a bunch of underage heroes being the public face of herodom rather than the covert ops team. I can see what the show’s trying to do, underscoring the importance of representation and something that arises organically apart from spin, in a way that the next generation can own. But it’s a weird fit for the world the show’s created, and you can see the mental gymnastics of the show trying to justify something meant to comment on the real world meshing with what Young Justice has set up over the past two and a half seasons. The dialogue in particular feels strange and on-the-nose, rather than natural to the scenario.
The only part that was a firm win is the generational way Beast Boy told his mentors that they were doing this whether they approved or not, much the way his mentors did to the Justice League when they formed the Young Justice team. There's a full circle quality to that which I can appreciate.
The crisis du jour wasn’t much to write home about. I’ll confess, I know nothing about the Newsboy/Newsgirl Legion so none of that business meant much to me, and the tone of the encounters act as though it should. The team fighting Intergang in Reach ships was a walk in the park compared to some threats. Even fighting the giant automated Reach vessel wasn’t that much of a challenge. I get that the show needs some non-giant-stakes challenge for The Outsiders to face to establish them as a team, and this was fine, but there was nothing particularly special about the fight or the squad relative to other young hero skirmishes we’ve seen so far.
I do like the glimpses we have of Artemis starting to feel a bit of empty nest syndrome, and the subtle hints that, despite her training, Tara is growing close to the family she’s supposed to betray. But that’s an accent more than the focus of the piece.
Overall, there's nothing particularly wrong with this one. It’s still an enjoyable enough half hour of superhero action. I’m just more lukewarm on the introduction of yet another young hero team that feels duplicative of the ones we’ve already seen, and seems more focused on a miscalibrated attempt to speak to youth perspectives than an extension of the character development we’ve seen with the metateens who’ve been in focus this season.
I don't know, I feel like when I am watching these episodes that there is a big hole in my heart like something is really lacking it doesn't have what the first 2 seasons had. I like the, team needed more color joke static told.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParentSpoilers2022-07-16T18:23:27Z
[7.2/10] This was fairly standard, but fine. It’s mainly an introduction to the new Outsiders, who seem like more of a riff on the Teen Titans than a fresh group. I’ll admit, I think we’ve reached the point in Young Justice where there are just too many factions and groups. Dick, Conner, and Artemis mentoring a new team of young heroes whom we got to know well was perfectly good. I like Brion, Violet, and Forager, and there's plenty of places to go with Victor and Terra. But now we’re tossing half of them onto Garfield’s team, along with several heroes we’ve barely seen for half a season, and the whole thing feels jumbled.
Plus, I still don’t know how I feel about the idea of a bunch of underage heroes being the public face of herodom rather than the covert ops team. I can see what the show’s trying to do, underscoring the importance of representation and something that arises organically apart from spin, in a way that the next generation can own. But it’s a weird fit for the world the show’s created, and you can see the mental gymnastics of the show trying to justify something meant to comment on the real world meshing with what Young Justice has set up over the past two and a half seasons. The dialogue in particular feels strange and on-the-nose, rather than natural to the scenario.
The only part that was a firm win is the generational way Beast Boy told his mentors that they were doing this whether they approved or not, much the way his mentors did to the Justice League when they formed the Young Justice team. There's a full circle quality to that which I can appreciate.
The crisis du jour wasn’t much to write home about. I’ll confess, I know nothing about the Newsboy/Newsgirl Legion so none of that business meant much to me, and the tone of the encounters act as though it should. The team fighting Intergang in Reach ships was a walk in the park compared to some threats. Even fighting the giant automated Reach vessel wasn’t that much of a challenge. I get that the show needs some non-giant-stakes challenge for The Outsiders to face to establish them as a team, and this was fine, but there was nothing particularly special about the fight or the squad relative to other young hero skirmishes we’ve seen so far.
I do like the glimpses we have of Artemis starting to feel a bit of empty nest syndrome, and the subtle hints that, despite her training, Tara is growing close to the family she’s supposed to betray. But that’s an accent more than the focus of the piece.
Overall, there's nothing particularly wrong with this one. It’s still an enjoyable enough half hour of superhero action. I’m just more lukewarm on the introduction of yet another young hero team that feels duplicative of the ones we’ve already seen, and seems more focused on a miscalibrated attempt to speak to youth perspectives than an extension of the character development we’ve seen with the metateens who’ve been in focus this season.