User blog comment:SonicFan/Your Least Favorite YJ Episodes/@comment-24.55.161.164-20121015015913/@comment-24.55.161.164-20121016145326

Case in point: "Performance" was so subdued, I actually forgot there was a black hole in the episode. It was barely given any weight outside of the brief conversation Dick and Roy had in the train, and I think it was just there so that if they decided to use that generator in Invasion, it wouldn't seem like a last minute trump card they pulled out of their asses. The situation was played out as if it was something more casual (well, as casual as a superhero's life could get). I got more urgency out of the plant monsters in "Revelation" than I did with this black hole. In fact, you've just brought a good point to my attention.

When I first watched this episode, I remember hearing them talking about a black hole generator and my first reaction was, "Whoa, snap. That's hardcore. Are they going to call the League or something? Or at least the rest of the Team? Black holes are a HUGE deal." But they just went in and did their usual thing. As if it were just another day stopping another villain trying to use another dangerous weapon. That's pretty weak in terms of storytelling.

That said, I only gave "Performance" a special mention. I still like the episode. It just didn't quite live up to my expectations on the psychoanalytical approach that the previous four episodes and the two that followed had. It was pretty out of place. And with the point you just brought to my attention, I'm beginning to think this episode's story isn't as great as I remember it. Going to have to watch it with a more objective goal next time. Oh and, what I said about "Coldhearted" was that it felt like it delivered more on an emotional level. The thing I said about gravity referred to how I felt a lot more uneasy and engaged over Miss Martian and Artemis in "Image" and "Insecurity," respectively, than I did over Dick in "Performance."