Written by Richard Hatem & Marisha Mukerjee
Directed by David Frazee
Donna (to Dick): "Don't be Batman or Robin, be something else. Someone else."
Two weeks ago we had Jason Todd rock up and it wasn't the most positive of experiences for Dick Grayson, even if it was one of the show's strongest episodes to date. This time around and following his separation from the gang, Dick finds himself reuniting with former Wonder Girl herself, Donna Troy (Conor Leslie) and the outcome is certainly more pleasant.
While Donna brags about being older, smarter and prettier than Dick, she also has some rather sage advice about what he should do next and even managed to figure out what Kory's mission involving Rachel might be after all and that one, did lead to a rather good cliffhanger that might not be resolved immediately if we're going by the trailer for next week's episode.
It was nice to see Dick and Donna reunite in this episode and I quite liked the opening flashback to them as kids as Donna in the present day talked about how both Diana and Bruce have influenced them as crime fighters. Donna's approach right now seems to be more honed than Dick's, who managed to nearly ruin an undercover mission that Donna was doing with a band of animal poachers. Needless to say though, Dick really could learn a lot more from hanging out with his friend.
It might have been one episode so far, but I'm already in the camp of wanting to see Donna a lot more next season. While it's obvious that there's probably some kind of romantic or unresolved sexual tension past between her and Dick, she made for a great foil for him here and next season does need to expand the Titans beyond the current four we have so far.
Speaking of which, I quite liked seeing Rachel and Angela connect in this episode along with Kory prodding Gar about his clear attraction to Rachel as well as trying to get him to open up about killing that evil doctor from the previous episode.
As for Kory having to kill Rachel, I don't think that'll be happening any time soon and Donna did mention about certain things being open for interpretation as well. Even if Kory's mission really is to kill Rachel, there's no way the show will go through with it.
- Mentions of the Justice League, the Joker and the Penguin. I know we won't see any of them on the show but nice nods nonetheless.
- Dick got himself a male admirer until his poor attempts of small talk put the guy off him. Dick's bad small talk (and Donna's commentary on it) was adorable.
- Nice use of AC/DC in this episode. Kory seemed to be a bit of a fan of them.
- Chronology: Not long from where Asylum left off.
Donna Troy might be my new favourite episode of the season, but there's still four to go. Conor Leslie was a great guest performer, the Dick and Donna dynamic was fantastic and now that Kory's memories are slowly coming back, things are progressing rather nicely.
Rating: 8 out of 10
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