Board Thread:Episodic and Issue Discussion/@comment-47881-20121006143110/@comment-5197056-20121007002811

Cari1994 wrote: Lupin2020 wrote: Pretty good episode.

I think that the team's reaction will be kind of mild in the end, given that they'll probably be dealing with the threat of an invasion when, or just after they find out the whole undercover thing. I hope they find out about Aqualad being undercover in a few episodes so that they have time to really address it and the fall out from the whole thing. 1. The stress of the invasion and of their home being destroyed only makes it certain that their reaction will be beyond mild. Remember how they reacted to Aqualad's "mole" secret in "Alpha Male"?

2. I doubt that they'll have that time because the logline for the next episode "Before the Dawn" indicates that they'll be learning about Nightwing's ruse then.

Good point about the stress of the Invasion/destruction of Mt. Justice adding to the reaction, but I still think it could be relatively mild. In "Alpha Male," the team had time to focus solely on the fact that Kaldur had possible intel on a mole (even when they were fighting the beefed up animals). With the Invasion, the reaction could be put on the backburner, and they could say "Okay, we have to deal with this right now, but we are going to talk about this later."

Then, after they fight together against the Invasion, they may be more open to hearing the reason (especially since Nightwing seems to have known about it for a while). Although that could also make them more angry given they didn't know to prepare. Long story short, I see where you're coming from, but I still think there is the possibilty for there to be a milder reaction than most people are expecting.

To your second point, I think they will find out about Aqualad in the episode "True Colors." They'll probably rescue the captured members and find out some stuff in "Before the Dawn," but not Aqualad's loyalty. I could be wrong though.