User blog comment:Thailog/Ep. 204 "Salvage" discussion/@comment-432124-20120522005658

This episode was good but what bothered me was that all the story was was some exposition and action. We didn't get much character development or plot development. The point of the A-plot was to find out where the alien bomb came from and that didn't get resolved. The B-plot just sat there without going anywhere for a while and it didn't even get resolved either. And despite the questions about all of the original YJ members being answered, I'm sorry guys, but I still don't like the time skip. All this exposition has done is make me realize how much the creators have skipped over a lot of the good stories like they were nothing and made us miss out on the drama of them. For example, it would have been cool to see Guardian's reaction when he found out that he was a clone, to watch Wally and Artemis's relationship grow stronger and to watch Red Arrow fall in love with Cheshire. This show is supposed about teenagers growing up and it defeats its own purpose when it skips ahead to show us the kids already grown up without showing us how they got to that position. Do not tell me that these stories are gonna be seen in flashbacks, the tie-in comics, or the Legacy game because 1) they're not gonna have much time for flashbacks, as these past 4 episodes have proven; 2) the tie-in comics are still in the middle of Season 1 and they're not likely to get to "Invasion" until after it's all over; and 3) the Legacy game doesn't start that long before the events of "Happy New Year" and like the tie-comics for "Invasion", it's not gonna come out until at least half of "Invasion" has already progressed.