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
 * Eric Lopez
 * colspan="2"| Blue Beetle
 * 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
 * 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 "Targets"

Goofs

 * Blue Beetle recieved a dart to the chest, before falling on the floor, faced downwards. The dart would have pierced through his chest and killed him.

Cultural references

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