Bereft

"Bereft" is the ninth episode of Young Justice. It premiered on March 11, 2011.

Logline
The Team finds itself wandering the desert of Bialya with no memory of the last six months... or of each other. Only Miss Martian can restore their minds and figure out what happened, but is she too late to save Superboy?

Synopsis
Megan awakens in the desert in the country of Bialya. She is disoriented and has little memory of the previous 6 months. Superboy appears and mindlessly attacks her before fleeing.

Elsewhere in the desert, Robin awakens and evades Bialyan soldiers. Consulting his wrist computer he discovers he is in Bialya and notes that it is September, while he believed it was still March. He recalls in a flash of memory that Batman instructed him to keep radio silence.

Kid Flash and Artemis awaken together but neither recognizes the other. Kid Flash introduces himself and asks Artemis why she's dressed like Green Arrow. She replies that her father probably did it as one of his tests and probably wants her to kill Wally. Suddenly, they are attacked by Superboy, who is pursued by soldiers. Superboy, is then distracted by the soldiers and fights them, allowing the two teenagers to escape.

Superboy is captured by Psimon. Megan saves Wally and Artemis from fighter drones. Artemis explains to Wally that when she said her father probably wanted her to kill Wally, she was remembering a ninja movie she had seen. Megan, Robin, Wally, and Artemis join up and Megan mentally joins them all together in order to restore their memories. They remember that Batman assigned them to investigate an alien energy surge in Bialya, but that they have to act covertly because the Justice League has no legal right to enter the country. They realize Aqualad is missing and find him dying in the desert. Megan is worried about Superboy, but the Team urges her to get Aqualad back to the bio ship because he might die while Superboy is in no danger. Megan mentally detects Superboy in pain and deserts the rest of the Team. The Team fashions a stretcher and drags Aqualad to find water without Megan.

Megan arrives at the tent where Superboy is captured and faces Psimon, who reveals that he had wiped the Team's memory by telepathically attacking Megan while she was linked to the Team. Megan remembers that she arrived at the tent earlier and sensed that the sphere-like object the soldiers were experimenting on was alive and that she told it she was there to help. As Megan mentally fights Psimon, objects in the tent start moving and levitating. Sphere breaks free and frees Superboy. Megan restores Superboy's memory, then the two of them defeat Psimon and his soldiers with the help of Sphere. They appear to almost kiss before being interrupted by the Sphere. Superboy, looking at Sphere, asks if he can keep it.

Superboy and Megan return to the bio ship followed by Sphere to meet with the rest of the Team who are tending to Aqualad. Megan also tells Wally they have a souvenir, referring to Sphere (which is technically Superboy's).

Psimon reports to the Light that he lost both the Sphere and Superboy. However, a female member of the council dismisses his plaint, saying that the important thing is that their new partner has demonstrated a successful test of his delivery system. She goes on to say that more powerful new technology will follow, which will make up for their recent loss.

Title
The title may refer to the fact that the entire Team is deprived of (bereft) their memories from the previous six months, or even that they are deprived of one another at the beginning of the episode.

Cast and characters
! colspan="3" | Non-speaking roles
 * Stephanie Lemelin
 * colspan="2" | Artemis
 * Jesse McCartney
 * colspan="2" | Robin
 * Danica McKellar
 * colspan="2" | Miss Martian
 * rowspan="2" | Nolan North
 * colspan="2" | Superboy
 * colspan="2" | Superman
 * Khary Payton
 * colspan="2" | Aqualad
 * Jason Spisak
 * colspan="2" | Kid Flash
 * Bruce Greenwood
 * colspan="2" | Batman
 * Marina Sirtis
 * L4
 * Alan Tudyk
 * Psimon
 * colspan="2" | Kid Flash
 * Bruce Greenwood
 * colspan="2" | Batman
 * Marina Sirtis
 * L4
 * Alan Tudyk
 * Psimon
 * Alan Tudyk
 * Psimon
 * Alan Tudyk
 * Psimon
 * colspan="3" | Amazo (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Aquaman (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Bane (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Black Canary (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Blockbuster (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Captain Marvel (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Dubbilex (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Flash (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | G-Elf (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | G-Gnome (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | G-Troll (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Green Arrow (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Guardian (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Kent Nelson (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Mammoth (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Martian Manhunter (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Mister Twister (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | MONQIs (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Professor Ivo (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Professor Ojo (flashback only)
 * colspan="2" | Queen Bee (photograph only)
 * colspan="3" | Red Tornado (flashback only)
 * colspan="2" | Sphere
 * colspan="3" | Zatara (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Green Arrow (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Guardian (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Kent Nelson (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Mammoth (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Martian Manhunter (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Mister Twister (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | MONQIs (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Professor Ivo (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Professor Ojo (flashback only)
 * colspan="2" | Queen Bee (photograph only)
 * colspan="3" | Red Tornado (flashback only)
 * colspan="2" | Sphere
 * colspan="3" | Zatara (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Professor Ivo (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Professor Ojo (flashback only)
 * colspan="2" | Queen Bee (photograph only)
 * colspan="3" | Red Tornado (flashback only)
 * colspan="2" | Sphere
 * colspan="3" | Zatara (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Red Tornado (flashback only)
 * colspan="2" | Sphere
 * colspan="3" | Zatara (flashback only)
 * colspan="2" | Sphere
 * colspan="3" | Zatara (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Zatara (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Zatara (flashback only)
 * colspan="3" | Zatara (flashback only)

Continuity

 * This episode begins amidst the mission that Batman assigned to the Team in the end of the previous episode "Downtime". We also see the complete scene from a different point-of-view.
 * The Team lost their memories of the last six months, placing it before "Independence Day". This is why Robin makes the "under/overwhelmed" remark again and Superboy is only driven by basic instincts.
 * In Miss Martian's flashback, she remembered making the Team cookies. Aqualad was not present because he was talking to Batman, as seen in "Downtime". Thus, that a part of "Downtime" was not seen and the result of her not remembering him until she gave mental mind restoration to Artemis, Robin, and Kid Flash.

Ratings
"Bereft" garnered an average of 690 thousand viewers among kids and boys between 9 and 14.

Trivia

 * Number 16: Miss Martian wakes up alone and amnesiac in the Bialyan desert on September 4, 00:16 EEST.

Goofs

 * In the previous episode, "Downtime", the Team came out with Megan wearing her normal uniform. However in Robin's memories, she was wearing her black-op uniform.
 * When in M'gann's mind one point Artemis's emblem is gone.

Answered questions

 * Where did the Sphere come from? (Answer)
 * Is it good or evil?

Partially answered questions

 * Who is Artemis's father? (Answer #1)

Unanswered questions

 * Who is the Light's "new partner"?