Darkest

"Darkest" is the ninth episode of the second season of Young Justice, and the 35th of the overall series. It aired on October 6, 2012.

Logline
Black Manta has a new mission for his son: a mission that should prove once and for all exactly whose side Aqualad is on!

Cast and characters
! colspan="3"| Non-speaking roles
 * Oded Fehr
 * colspan="2"| Ra's al Ghul
 * Stephanie Lemelin
 * colspan="2"| Tigress
 * rowspan="2"| Eric Lopez
 * colspan="2"| Blue Beetle
 * colspan="2"| Scarab
 * rowspan="3"| Yuri Lowenthal
 * colspan="2"| Icicle Jr.
 * colspan="2"| Tommy Terror
 * colspan="2"| Lagoon Boy
 * rowspan="2"| Jason Marsden
 * colspan="2"| Impulse
 * Ray Palmer
 * Jesse McCartney
 * colspan="2"| Nightwing
 * rowspan="2"| Danica McKellar
 * colspan="2"| Tuppence Terror
 * colspan="2"| Megan Wheeler
 * Masasa Moyo
 * colspan="2"| Karen Beecher
 * Nolan North
 * colspan="2"| Superboy
 * rowspan="2"| Khary Payton
 * colspan="2"| Aqualad
 * colspan="2"| Black Manta
 * Kevin Michael Richardson
 * colspan="2"| Mal Duncan
 * Jason Spisak
 * colspan="2"| Wally West
 * colspan="2"| Megan Wheeler
 * Masasa Moyo
 * colspan="2"| Karen Beecher
 * Nolan North
 * colspan="2"| Superboy
 * rowspan="2"| Khary Payton
 * colspan="2"| Aqualad
 * colspan="2"| Black Manta
 * Kevin Michael Richardson
 * colspan="2"| Mal Duncan
 * Jason Spisak
 * colspan="2"| Wally West
 * colspan="2"| Black Manta
 * Kevin Michael Richardson
 * colspan="2"| Mal Duncan
 * Jason Spisak
 * colspan="2"| Wally West
 * Jason Spisak
 * colspan="2"| Wally West
 * colspan="3" | Beast Boy
 * colspan="3" | Brain
 * colspan="3" | Jason Todd (hologram)
 * colspan="3" | Klarion
 * colspan="3" | Lex Luthor
 * colspan="3" | Queen Bee
 * colspan="3" | Shimmer
 * colspan="3" | Ted Kord (hologram)
 * colspan="3" | Tye Longshadow
 * colspan="3" | Tula (hologram)
 * colspan="3" | Vandal Savage
 * colspan="3" | Queen Bee
 * colspan="3" | Shimmer
 * colspan="3" | Ted Kord (hologram)
 * colspan="3" | Tye Longshadow
 * colspan="3" | Tula (hologram)
 * colspan="3" | Vandal Savage
 * colspan="3" | Tye Longshadow
 * colspan="3" | Tula (hologram)
 * colspan="3" | Vandal Savage
 * colspan="3" | Vandal Savage
 * colspan="3" | Vandal Savage

Continuity

 * Icicle Jr. mentions how he met Miss Martian disguised as Tuppence Terror in "Terrors".
 * When Blue Beetle mentions the collecting of souvenirs to be Beast Boy's job, Impulse refers to how it was Kid Flash's job in season one.
 * Icicle Jr. and Tommy Terror still hold a grudge against Superboy for posing as Tommy and tricking Junior in "Terrors".
 * Beast Boy was in his bedroom watching Hello, Megan!, an old sitcom starring his mother, Marie Logan. Both the show and his mother were prominently featured in "Image" and Marie was revealed to be dead in "Earthlings".
 * Aqualad refers to the bomb that obliterated Malina Island in "Alienated".

Cultural references

 * When asked what he is made of, Tommy Terror answers "snips and snails and puppy dog tails", a line from the nursery rhyme What Are Little Boys Made Of?.

Unanswered questions

 * Where does Aqualad's allegiance truly lie?
 * Why did Aqualad have to abduct Blue Beetle specifically?
 * Why was Shimmer in a pod next to Lagoon Boy?
 * What information was in the flash drive that Aqualad gave to Nightwing besides intel needed to track Lagoon Boy?