User blog comment:Thailog/Ep. 126 "Auld Acquaintance" discussion/@comment-1635895-20120424051204

I'm a bit late to the party, but regardless, wow. A long post from me:

When we saw the League had been subdued by Savage and his Light, I was hoping for a really tense episode, I wasn't disappointing. As of "Usual Suspects", some things had been answered, such as the identity of the mole, but it was the means that was kept from us. But know we've seen the entire episode, and we know the means, let's go back to the beginning.

Was I surprised Red Arrow has managed to escape the Watchtower? Hugely. I had assumed that after Vandal had a good, long look out of the Watchtower, he'd either stick a Starro-tech onto Roy, or either "re-activate" his mole-ish programming. Obviously, I was wrong, and Red Arrow still had a few trick-arrows up his sleeve, and managed to escape.

So, apparently Kaldur and Roy are best friends? Who knew? I'm sure the audience didn't know. Sure, they've bonded in "Targets", and Roy joined in "Insecurity", but we've never really seen them interact with one another enough to tell us that they're friends, or best friends, at that. But I suppose, Kaldur has been the most neglected of the Team when it comes to character development, having what, one and a half episodes to himself? Perhaps next season will be for him.

And that seems even more likely, as the Light continues to be a major player in the plot, and Ocean-Master's identity is still a secret, as far as I'm aware. It still hasn't been revealed in-continuity that Kaldur is Black Manta's son, and with Aquaman and Queen Mera's baby due in February, it looks like we'll be going to Atlantis for a few adventures!

And as I'm two-thirds of the way through Justice League Unlimited, I'm sure I wasn't the only one who noticed that the six missing League members were six of the seven founders of the DC Animated Universe's Justice League. But what were they doing? It looked like they arrived at the Watchtower via boom tube, and we've had a lot of references to Apokolips this season, and it was even mentioned in the very first Invasion trailer, released via The Hollywood reporter. Perhaps Darkseid will be invading Earth next season!

And the kisses, the kisses that everyone has been talking about. Going into the episode, I was aware of the Artemis and Kid Flash kiss, but I wasn't sure as to when it was going to happen, and I'm not sure I liked the way it did... In my mind, I was expecting a near death encounter for both Artemis and Wally, and then for the prior to leap into the latter's arms, and so I was expecting it after Aqualad opened the doors to the Watchtower. I was wrong. I liked that it happened after midnight, but I didn't like the dialogue prior to the kiss, it just seemed so forced, and like it came out of nowhere. If that prior dialogue wasn't there, it would have been fine. It felt natural that the other kisses be in their, I mean, no one was surprised about the "SuperMartian" kiss, and I liked that Zatanna surprised Robin. I always forget just how young he is. And it leaves a love triangle open for season two, when a young Barbara Gordon appears. I was also fine with the Rocket and Kaldur kiss, because she just seems like a lot of flirty fun, and I don't think it was meant to be such a romantic thing on her part.

"Season one ends with a bang"? I was waiting for that gene bomb to hit, but no, it didn't end with a "band", though it did, however, end with a rather eery question; where were Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, Hawkgirl, and John Stewart during that 16 hours they were away? Whatever it is, I can't wait for Young Justice: Invasion to air this Saturday!