Friday, October 15, 2021

My Review of Titans 3x12: "Prodigal"

 


Written by Jamie Gorenberg And Bryan Edward Hill
Directed by Carol Banker

Crane: "September has come. It is the month for dying."

Just one more episode and we'll be free from this Crane storyline. Just one more and he'll likely be gone foe good, given that Vincent Kartheiser certainly didn't make a good impression on set while filming this season of the show. 

Speaking of Crane, both him and Jason naturally turned on one another and given that the latter and outlived his usefulness anyways, it was only natural that Crane would do the last part of his grand plan alone - destroy Gotham City once and for all. It was also at this point that Jason decided it was rime to switch sides, but only because his plan to kill Dick went sideways.

As predicted both Rachel and Gar Dick to the Lazarus Pit and after a battle of wills with Crane and seeing a potentially bright future, Dick managed to come out the other side and get Jason on board with helping to save Gotham. He also pointed out that Jason's days as a Titan were truly over but that the latter still had a chance of redemption. Why do I get the feelings a certain something is being hinted at?

As for Rachel and Gar. yes, they kept watch over Dick and realised that Conner and Krypto were no longer around but they also had a lovely conversation about their abilities. We finally saw Gar turn into something else - a bat while Rachel also talked about how she overcame her father as well.

Elsewhere Donn and Tim largely bickered over the latter's overeager desire to be a hero in Gotham. However while Donna was right to call out Tim's reckless streak, he was pretty handy to  have in fighting off  some of the corrupt GCPD members this week. I say he will be dinning that Robin next season but he definitely does need to be trained up first.

Last but not least, Starfire told Blackfire the truth, they made up, the latter was set to become queen on their home planet again and then Conner deliberately sabotaged her chances of getting home. That was not cool at all, Conner. Actually this whole episode was Conner at his petulant worst. Not a side I want to see with the character.

- Barbara managed to escape from her cell and regain control over Oracle and looked pretty badass in doing so.
- Dick's daughter in that dream sequence. I say it's safe to assume that Kory is meant to be the mother.
- Batwoman's current season has been playing around with items from the Rogues. In this episode we got to see some from Joker, Penguin, Riddler and Scarecrow of course.
- Chronology: From where the previous episode left off.

Prodigal is something of an improvement slightly on the previous two episodes. At least all the pieces are in place and with any luck, the finale can maybe bring this season to something of a decent closing. I'll just be happy for Crane to be gone.

Rating: 7 out of 10

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