The first season ended with some time travelling hijinks and the second season began with a fight club and a trip to Apokolips.
Episode 11: Wake The Dead
This episode began with a bunch of kids playing around with magic in order to protect themselves from being bullied. After that, they're absent from a story that brought back the return of Solomon Grundy. It's also a story that was the building blocks for Hawkgirl getting a very public redemption, one that John Stewart was more than willing to back up as well. Solomon's reduced to a more brutish state than his last appearance. 7/10
Episode 12: The Once And Future Thing, Part One: Weird Western Tales
The first of a two part finale. In the Watchtower, you had Batman, Wonder Woman and John Stewart somewhat talking to each other before Chronos popped up and then they all got dragged into the Wild West. This meant being paired with characters like Jonah Hex and Bat Lash to defeat Tobias Manning. Then the episode ended with Chronos getting his powers back and a future completely different than expected. 8/10
Episode 13: The Once And Future Thing, Part Two: Time, Warped
Ending this first season, we've got Batman, Wonder Woman and John Stewart in a far future where Chronos has dominion over everything and the likes of the Jokerz and Ghoul as enforcers. Fortunately there's also Static Shock, Batman Beyond, Bruce Wayne and Warhawk to help out the trio. Warhawk in particular represented a huge spoiler for John. Chronos was at his most vindictive in this episode, making his comeuppance all the more satisfying to watch. 8/10
Episode 14: The Cat And The Canary
The second season got off to a modest start with Green Arrow and Black Canary enjoy some friendly sparring/flirting before Wildcat somewhat came between. Mainly because he was involved in some underground fight club run by Roulette. We got some fight scenes that were fun enough, though Green Arrow was nerfed a lot in the second half of the episode. 6/10
Episode 15: The Ties That Bind/Miracles Happen
With Darkseid indisposed, it turns out that Apokolips has become open to a power grab. Granny Goodness wants it but needs Kalibak but the latter's being held captive by Virman Vundabar. Granny then took Oberon prisoner so Mister Miracle and Barda along with The Flash will aid her cause. There's some nice flashbacks providing context to Mister Miracle's relationship with Granny Goodness before the latter got her just desserts. 7/10
Next blog I'll tackle The Doomsday Sanction, Task Force X, The Balance, Double Date and Clash.
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