Board Thread:Episodic and Issue Discussion/@comment-47881-20190709165046/@comment-47881-20190709173310

Overall, very enjoyable. It definitely felt more like an episode of previous seasons because of the departure from Nightwing's team.
 * The Reach not being the real deal was pretty much spelled out in the log line. As if Greg and Brandon would spoil the return of the major big bad in the synopsis. It was resolved pretty quickly, but they could have been more ambiguous about it. "An old alien enemy is back..." would do it and make us wonder if it was any other alien antagonist we've seen so far.
 * The Scooby-Doo references were a bit lost of me, mostly because I'm not a fan. I guess they're there because the episode was penned by Vietti.
 * Could Helga be any more desperate/creepy? The way she tip toes around the heroes screams "don't trust me!".
 * The Outsiders: the name makes more sense than Teen Titans on this show, for sure.
 * Now, Tara. Her plotline better have a mind blowing payoff, because her muteness is getting comical at this point. This episode didn't have that many voice actors. Violet and Lian could have gone without lines and Tara Strong could have voiced Tara and Antonia instead of Zehra. It's the fourth episode in a row in which she doesn't speak. Remember how in "Alpha Male" the "big twist" at the end is the reveal that Captain Marvel is a child, even though everyone who had ever heard of that character or seen the JLU episode knew that much? YJ used to be a show that tried to cater to both comic book fans and newcomers, but as far as Tara goes it seems like we're supposed to know her because we saw Teen Titans and/or Judas Contract. We know nothing about her, besides what other characters say. All we know is: she is Brion's sister, she was kidnapped, she has geo-force powers and is a mole for Deathstroke. Now it seems she's having second thoughts about betraying the heroes. Great, but why? We don't even know why she was betraying them. Those are character traits, not character development. Once they've decided to use Brion and his sister by extension, then they should have stuck with it and develop the character to the point where we understood her actions, instead of wasting time on Wendy Jones for a potential pay off next potential season. We need a Tara-centric episode ASAP. And-No-More-New-Characters!