Written by Bryan Edward Hill & Gabrielle Stanton
Directed by Meera Menon
Jason: "Wow, Dick Grayson in the flesh. Nice to meet you bro, I'm the new Robin."
Well, look who decided to show up earlier than expected? I guess I should've seen the writers not being able to resist temptation and have Jason Todd (Curran Walters) appear in the final moments of this one to set up his proper debut in the next episode. Not that I'm complaining mind.
Having Jason show up to help Dick out of a jam with the assassins sent to kill off Adamson was a nice way of conveying that even Dick seemed to be unaware of the fact that he had a successor. It's even more appropriate as well, considering that he finally had come out as Robin to Kory, Rachel and Gar in this episode when they had to deal with the Nuclear Family yet again.
Speaking of the Nuclear Family, well they got a younger looking father this week but their time as antagonist came to something of an abrupt end when Adamson decided to blow their heads up with a remote device he had before Kory could get around to torturing them for more information on their pursuit of Rachel.
As antagonists, they were an oddly amusing bunch but now that we're about to enter the second half of the season, the show does need to show it's hand with the baddies here. I get the feeling by next week, Adamson himself will be out of the picture so if Rachel's father really is the main antagonist, isn't it well overdue that we actually see him now? I really do hope the show can actually deliver with Trigon.
As for our main heroes themselves, they're still not going by a certain title but this episode did really solidify them as a group, especially now that Dick has come out to them as Robin. We even got to see some potential pairings with both Dick and Kory and even Rachel and Gar seem rather fond of each other as well.
Dick and Kory even had sex in this episode to the delight of many shippers I don't doubt but there's still some tension there with Kory not remembering who she actually is and Dick trying his damndest to avoid talking about himself. I'm hoping now that the character will lighten up a little more but I have a feeling meeting Jason might have mixed results as to whether or not he can move past his feud with Bruce at the moment.
- The training montage with Kory, Gar and Rachel was pretty amusing as Dick kept trying to deflect what he could actually do with the gang.
- Bryan Edward Hill, who co-wrote this episode has written for Detective comics and The Outsiders as well.
- Aside from naked Dick and Gar, we also had the former being propositioned by both Kory and the motel owner this week.
- Chronology: From where Doom Patrol more or less left off.
I'm pleased in the last three weeks that the quality of this show has taken a turn for the better. Together continues the trend of strong episodes, the violence seems a little more toned down compared to the first two episodes and the humour is more at the forefront. Good show.
Rating: 7 out of 10
No comments:
Post a Comment