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Really enjoyed Complications.

I liked how the situation with Aqualad, Artemis and Miss Martian was resolved logically. The portrayal of Cheshire as somebody who truly wanted care about her sister and, once she knew the truth, was satisfied and willing to work with M'gann and Kaldur for the time being, was great. And the twist with Sportsmaster, who remained a skeptic of the whole thing at first, but then became proud of his "baby girl" because she engaged in deception like he does was even better. Of course, now the circle of people who know the truth just got larger, but something tells me Sportsmaster will be happy to keep it a secret, given what appears to be a grudge he holds against Deathstroke, and certainly one still against the Light.

And then you have yet another "complication" in that we know that Black Manta really does care for his son. So how is Kaldur going to be able to get out of his deep cover mission without really causing problems? Artemis is getting away with it because of Sportsmaster's ego, but with Manta, his relationship with his son, from Manta's end, is not about ego but truly about caring for him. So you can imagine what would happen if Manta learned the truth and how he would react.

And now Nightwing knows the truth about Blue Beetle but knows the Justice League and Team are really thin on numbers now. So what does he do about it?

Again, loved this episode and how it moved thing along nicely while still building intrigue for what's to come.