Board Thread:Episodic and Issue Discussion/@comment-47881-20130223164815/@comment-25866432-20130225212418

Eye of the Abyss wrote: "I think Aqualad should have remained the leader, and not gone undercover -- I mean, it isn't like him being undercover has really benefited the team or the League in any way... yet."

As for Miss M, Nightwing never expected her to mind-rape Kaldur, because he didn't know she had been doing it to anyone else. He likely wasn't paying attention to Gar on the way back from the Reach ship, as he had other things on his mind. Aqualad was never meant to remain the leader (the plan was always for Robin/Nightwing to take over, as seen in Season 1), his mission has benefited them HIGHLY, and he knew she'd done it to Psimon and to the Kroloteans. He doesn't blame her because she didn't know, and she thought he'd killed her friend.