Justice League Unlimited - Episodes 1-5 Reviews

Last month I watched and talked about all 52 episodes of Justice League. I was going to leave this follow up series for a while but I've changed my mind.

Episode 1: Initiation 

With the previous mostly being a mix of two and three part stories, this show mostly went on singular stories and this one introduced Green Arrow. He's been avoiding signing up to the Justice League but here, he found himself on a mission with Supergirl, John Stewart and Captain Atom in order to defeat a nuclear-powered robot rampaging across Eastern Asia. It's a fun introduction for the character with the brief of Black Canary being the incentive for Green Arrow to change his mind about joining up. 7/10

Episode 2: For The Man Who Has Everything 

There's a few Superman stories that tend to pop up in other media often enough and this would be another one of them. It's Superman's birthday and Batman and Wonder Woman have presents for him. However Mongul got there first and with a parasitic creature, Superman got placed in a world where Krypton survived, his parents survived and both him and Lois/Lana hybrid were married and had a son. Of course, it would take a lot to snap Superman out of his idyllic false life and when he did, it didn't end particularly well for Mongul. 8/10

Episode 3: Kid Stuff

In the previous show, we got a good two parter with Morgaine Le Fay and Mordred and they're back here but not on the same team. In fact, Mordred's grown tired of his mother pulling his strings and used the Amulet of First Magic to remove all adults from Earth and rule over every child on the planet. This meant Morgaine reluctantly forming an alliance with the Justice League to stop her son. There's a good portion of the episode with the Justice League as children before they eventually got the better of Mordred. Mordred's final defeat was horribly fitting for the character. 7/10

Episode 4: Hawk And Dove 

Probably my least favourite episode so far, which despite the introduction of the title characters, it was also a Wonder Woman focused episode. An episode where she's angry at a petty criminal but needed to recruit the title characters in order to stop Ares from stirring up a civil war in Europe while getting himself a new ally in the Annihilator from Hephaestus. Fans of The Wonder Years will recognise the voices of both Hawk and Dove but this was a rather dull episode. 4/10

Episode 5: This Little Piggy 

Two Wonder Woman focused episodes in a row? What a treat but while the last one was a dull debut for a duo, this one introduced one of Diana's best enemies and then benched Diana for most of the time. The villain being Circe who got paroled from the Underworld and turned Wonder Woman into a pig. While Diana was on the loose, it was up to Batman and Zatanna to strike a deal with Circe in order for the witch to turn Wonder Woman back into her normal self. Add some unexpected singing and an amusing cameo from Medusa and I really loved this one. 9/10

Next blog I'll tackle Fearful Symmetry, The Greatest Story Never Told, The Return, Ultimatum and Dark Heart.