My Review of Titans 2x06: "Conner"

Written by Richard Hatem
Directed by Alex Kalymnios

Conner: "I don't think you're bad. I just want to leave."
Eve: "You said you wanted to know who you are and where you come from, the answers on the other side of that door."

We're now at the halfway point of this season and with Trigon's rushed resolution, the Titans reforming and Deathstroke making his presence felt, it's not like the first five episodes this season haven't been busy enough. Now it's time to up the ante by adding the Cadmus arc in the mix and the results are off to a good start.

We briefly met Subject 13 and Krypto towards the end of last season and this episode picks up where that left off as the two of them escape from Cadmus and trek off into the world to see what lies ahead. All the while Subject 13 assumes the name of Conner Kent and the woman responsible for his creation - Eve Watson (Genevieve Angelson) had to deal with Mercy Graves (Natalie Gumede) and her team looking for Conner at the behest of Lex Luthor.

I haven't seen much of actor Joshua Orpin beforehand but for his debut episode, he was rather impressive as Conner though. In this episode we saw Conner grapple with the real world, his interactions with Lionel Luthor (Peter McNeill), remembering bits of both his fathers lives while also being given sound enough advice from Eve along with his bond with Krypto and playing the role of hero.

For an episode that largely pulled away from the events of the previous episode, there was then a nice meeting of both worlds when Conner ignored Eve's advice about not being a hero and ended up saving Jason Todd's life. I do wonder if this means Jason has survived the season altogether or is there a later fatality lined up for him.

This was a nice way of introducing Conner to the Titans even if it did result him getting shot and poor Krypto recaptured by the end of this episode by Cadmus and Mercy. I have to admit that I did like this version of Mercy a little more than the two previous live action takes we've had on Batman V. Superman and Supergirl even though she didn't have a whole lot to do.

- DC had another live vote for Jason Todd before this episode. I don't think it would've mattered what the results would've been.
- The only other regulars to appear in this episode were Dick, Kory and Jason. Everyone else will be back next episode where the focus will be on Bruce Wayne.
- I guess the question because we've seen Bruce Wayne this season, will we meet either Clark or Lex? So far, there doesn't seem to be an indication from the spoilers that we will.
- Chronology: Exactly where Deathstroke left off.

Conner was another strong episode in a slew of strong episodes. It served as a great debut for the title character (and Krypto), Cadmus and overall as a good resolution to last week's cliffhanger moment. It's going to be interesting to see how the team and Conner take to each other and I wouldn't be surprised if the Deathstroke and Cadmus storylines merge into each other to give the team a real challenge in the second half of the season.

Rating: 8 out of 10