"Elder Wisdom" is the 19th episode of the third season of Young Justice, and the 65th of the overall series. It debuted on July 23, 2019 on DC Universe.
The title refers to the wisdom of the elders vis-a-vis the youthful Outsiders. On the surface, Wonder Girl's mother, El Dorado's father, and Jay Garrick, Kid Flash's guardian. On another level, Lex Luthor's propaganda against the Outsiders, where he paints the Outsiders as rash. On yet another level, it refers to Batman's counter-propaganda against Luthor. And finally, Luthor receives a harsh lesson from G. Gordon Godfrey.
Following Helga Jace's revelation in the previous episode, Jace informs Halo that she and her mentor still haven't found a cure for her genetic deterioration.
Violet finally confesses to Brion and Tara that she recalled Gabrielle taking a bribe from Bedlam's men to open the door to the meta-assassin that murdered their parents in "Princes All", something she found out in "Leverage" and has been withholding ever since.
Wonder Girl says she's been a member of the Team for two years. However, she was already a member on December 1, 2015, so that makes at least three years.
Cultural references
Batman impersonates a man named "Matthew Malone". Matches Malone is an often-used underworld persona he employs to gather information, based on a crook who had an uncanny resemblance to him. The name "Matthew Malone" was used as a spur of the moment alias by Batman in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Chill of the Night" when confronted with his parents.
Moira Malone's social media handle "@LittleMatchGirl16" alludes to both her "father"'s alias in the comics—Matches Malone—and the Danish short story by Hans Christian Andersen "The Little Match Girl".
Lex Luthor's reference to the blacklist is a reference to the Joint Congressional Un-American Activity Committee led by Senator O'Fallon, the DC Comics analog of the House Un-American Activities Committee. It caused the Justice Society to disband in 1951 after they refused to make their identities public, hence Jay Garrick's dislike for the idea.
Questions
Questions
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Batman:Lex will know this was a setup. But knowing and proving are two different things.
Batman: This is a war, Diana.
Wonder Woman: And which side are we on? We're not simply hiding things anymore. We've gone beyond lying to our comrades and the public, now we're staging false events, creating fake news, merely to make our opponents look bad? Or the Outsiders, and by extension, the rest of us, look good? Even with the best of intentions, that is crossing a line. You must see that. You must.
