Written by Jamie Gorenberg
Directed by Boris Mojsovski
Dick: "I hate magic."
And yet going down the supernatural route in a bigger way might end up being the best thing this series has actually done. Three episodes in and we've got a pretty formidable adversary in Mother Mayhem and a burgeoning one in Brother Blood. I'm quietly confident this season might actually stick the landing.
Following the Titans getting their asses handed to them by Mother Mayhem and Rachel seemingly losing her powers (which she seems oddly relaxed about), the gang quickly realise to fight magic they need some magic on their side. This would be where the rite character came into the mix.
Yup, Dick and Kory took a brief trip to Bludhaven to retrieve the mischievous Jinx (Lisa Ambalavanar), only for the latter to quickly evade them, get hold of a dark elf's heart and watch as Kory turned into stone, this taking the latter out of the mix for most of the episode. On the plus side, Dick and Jinx made a rather decent team.
Putting their former history to one side, Jinx made for a fun foil for Dick with the two of them working together. While Dick made some fancy moves fighting off Lironne and her men, Jinx had a five million debt she needed to pay off. Dick might have stopped one of her chances to get it of her debt but still managed to get her on side in order to help with their Mother Mayhem problem.
Speaking of Mother Mayhem, she doesn't waste time trying to get all her eggs in one basket, does she? More bloody deaths and setting Sebastian up for murder so she could get him at his most vulnerable in order to complete her ritual for him. She nearly had him, only for Conner to step in, and snag Sebastian away from her clutches. For now, that's a temporary victory for the Titans.
As for the rest of the gang, well Jinx freed Kory from being stoned while Tim and Conner worked on the former's training with Bernard. I liked the trio of Conner, Tim and Bernard as they made the link to Sebastian before Dick and Kory did. Conner also seemed to be going through the motions of being defeated by Mother Mayhem for most of the episode.
Last but not least, Gar told Rachel about his visions and we got a trippy enough sequence where the two of them spotted a tree covered with animal sacrifices. Skin walking was mentioned a lot in this episode, so I'm assuming that's the next step in the evolution of Gar's abilities.
- We got mentions of both Two Face and John Constantine (pronounced the same way in The Sandman). It seems those figures are a reason why Dick and Jinx are at odds with one another.
- Kory's former mentor showed up in her subconscious to warn about more destiny related stuff.
- A little bit more flirting with Tim and Bernard in this episode as well.
- Chronology: Exactly where the previous episode left off.
Jinx did a good job with the title character's introduction while upping the supernatural content and pushing Mother Mayhem further along as a villain. Again, it's still early days but this season seems to be coming along rather nicely.
Rating: 8 out of 10
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