Young Justice: Homefront_S1_Ep12

Holy moses was this way better than I thought. What I love most about this show is its incredible sense of continuity. However, this episode genuinely surprised me, unless, the twist still is what I thought it was.

Don’t quite understand why Artemis doesn’t recognize Robin out of costume…but it was cool to see her actually get started with Gotham Academy, and cool to see that Cheshire is actually her older sister. And, Barbara Gordon!!!! As well as Bette Kane of course. This just keeps getting better. Definitely cool to see Superboy and M’gann continue their recently initiated hot n’ heaviness. Those wacky kids.

I hadn’t thought about it in a while, but yes, fire would take down both Aqualad and Miss Martian for sure; wasn’t quite sure why Kid Flash didn’t vibrate out, unless he can’t. Nice touch by Conner saying that Kryptonians don’t breathe air, seeing as how he’s half human, so he would anyway. It was also refreshing to see Artemis run out of arrows, as Green Arrow always seems to have an unending quiver. And Robin? Still my favorite, because he is so much like Batman.

But the big kahunas of the episode are clearly the Red Elementals. One fire, one water, come to retrieve their brother, the air elemental, our Red Tornado. Wicked awesome.

What I thought this episode was about was an elaborate setup, orchestrated by Aqualad & Red Tornado, to test Artemis’ loyalties. Especially after the bit in Wally’s trophy room about finding a new family. That may yet still turn out to be the case, depending on if Red Tornado is faking or not. We’ll see.

Can’t wait to see Part 2!