Written by Jamie Gorenberg
Directed by Nick Copus
Kory (to everyone, re Sebastian): "There's only one way to end this .... My way."
It's weird to think that by next week this show will have ended. One of the many casualties of the great Warner Brothers Discovery purge of 2022-2023 but at least unlike other shows, this should be ending on it's own terms.
This penultimate episode certainly upped the stakes with Sebastian and the cat and mouse dynamic between him, Conner and Mother Mayhem. By the end of this episode and fittingly enough, Sebastian was the one to come out on top and ascend to power. Oh and it looks like we might be getting a Trigon encore as part of the finale next week.
Conner's methods of keeping Sebastian close and distracted very nearly worked. Sebastian certainly seemed to see Conner as a friend and the two of them worked together to take out one of Mother Mayhem's acolytes before taking her out of the equation. Unfortunately for Conner he made the very mistake that May did and that was to severely underestimate Sebastian.
The bog plan having Kory's powers to activate an orb titled Project Starfire might have worked but Dick literally pulled too many plugs too early and the very thing that should've destroyed Sebastian instead turned him into Brother Blood. Given that we saw that look on Joseph Morgan months ago, of course the show waited until it's second last episode in order to showcase it. As a look, it's very snazzy for a baddie.
Sebastian wasn't the only one getting new threads this week. Getting Tim out of Metropolis and sending him back to Gotham, Tim finally got to be Robin and it didn't take long for both him and the reformed Red Hood to cross paths. Another thing this episode did was reintroduce Jason at the last minute but both him and Tim had some great scenes this week.
Dick's little side mission for Tim certainly brought out the best in both him and once again Jason. The Robin suit Tim got was by far the best we've seen on the show and with Jason's own methods, Tim managed to up his game as a would be crime fighter. Now he just has to head back to Metropolis and help everyone else take out Brother Blood and save Conner.
- Mercy Graves begrudgingly helped the team with Project Starfire while spelling out the obvious parallels between Conner and Sebastian.
- Jason and Barbara (the latter off screen) were working together to take out Shimmer (also off screen). Tim figured out the Kaleidoscope code that Jason struggled with.
- Both Gar and Rachel mentioned moving on from the Titans.
- Chronology: From where the previous episode left off.
Project Starfire was a strong enough second last episode, moving the Brother Blood storyline to where it needed to be for the big finale. The main story was great and the side mission with both Tim and Jason was also great. Now just the finale to go.
Rating: 8 out of 10
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