In Brooklyn, Aquaman jumps high onto the Reach ship and attacks it with his [[Water-Bearers]]. Two more Reach ships appear from the sky and fire on Aquaman. He uses his Water-Bearers as a shield, but the impact is enough to knock him to the ground. The three Reach ships turn their firepower on Aquaman, blowing him into a nearby wall. Suddenly, Kid Flash arrives and assists Aquaman. Blue Beetle, Wonder Girl, and Beast Boy, as an eagle, fly in to take on to distract the Reach ships.
In Brooklyn, Aquaman jumps high onto the Reach ship and attacks it with his [[Water-Bearers]]. Two more Reach ships appear from the sky and fire on Aquaman. He uses his Water-Bearers as a shield, but the impact is enough to knock him to the ground. The three Reach ships turn their firepower on Aquaman, blowing him into a nearby wall. Suddenly, Kid Flash arrives and assists Aquaman. Blue Beetle, Wonder Girl, and Beast Boy, as an eagle, fly in to take on to distract the Reach ships.
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[[Scarab]] confirms that the Reach ships are legit and Beetle informs the Team that he can deactivate them, but can only do one at a time. The Reach ships attack. Wonder Girl blocks their missiles with her bracelets, but one gets through, blowing Wonder Girl through a glass window and into a library where Antonia Rodriguez is studying. She ducks as Wonder Girl hits a bookcase. Antonia crawls around on the floor, looking for her glasses. Wonder Girl finds them and hands them to her. Antonia puts them on just in time to see Wonder Girl fly out of the broken window and back out into the battle. She grabs her phone and starts taking a live video.
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Static lures one of the Reach ships into the woods where Geo-Force is waiting. Geo-Force melts the ground, forming it into a series of shards. The Reach ship hits the shards and hits the ground. [[Tommi Tompkins]] is busy building a snowman when she notices the Reach ship skidding towards her.
"First Impression" is the 17th episode of the third season of Young Justice, and the 63rd of the overall series. It debuted on July 9, 2019 on DC Universe.
Garfield Logan calls a meeting of the Team. He compliments both Aquaman and Miss Martian for doing such a great job making a difference even with politics limiting their resources. But even with everything that is being done, Gar still believes something is missing: a public version of the Team. One that is not under government control and can still fight the good fight. Kaldur'ahm immediately rejects the proposal saying that they do not throw their underage members into danger like that. That's what the Justice League is for. Gar points out that Lex Luthor's hold on the U.N. is getting stronger and the public is growing more and more fearful of meta-humans. People are losing sight of the Justice League's heroics.
Gar suggests that this version of the Team can break the rules and help people in ways that the Justice League can't stop right now. Ways even the governments of Earth can't stop. Saying that they will be able to inspire a new generation of heroes because they are part of that generation. Miss Martian is impressed by the speech but asks how Gar's proposal is any different than what the League is doing right now. Gar explains that the League is busy fighting spin campaigns with the Light and the Light is winning. To prove his point further, he shows the Team a series of photos that fans took of them at the Meta-Human Youth Center and the photo of the fangirl that he, himself, helped a while back. All of the photos have millions of Likes and thousands of Shares on social media. Using the Team's resources, Gar believes that they can start a "small" revolution in favor of the League and its teams.
Kaldur'ahm acknowledges that the League will consider the proposal, but Gar doesn't accept the response, saying that the Team doesn't need the League's permission on this matter. Kid Flash, Static, Blue Beetle, Wonder Girl, and Geo-Force join alongside Gar in full support. Halo, Terra, Forager, and Thirteen stay back, saying that they are not ready yet to fully return to the field. Kaldur'ahm accepts the decision, saying that Miss Martian will continue with her own Team while Gar leads this new "Public Squad" which will still answer, covertly, to the League through Miss Martian. Gar agrees to the terms and mentions that there is one more thing that he's got covered.
Gar brings the whole group into the Premiere Building, calling it "The Hub", the Team's new base of operations. Showing them the holographic interfaces, secured links to the Watchtower. When they're not out on missions, the place also works as living quarters for its members and friends. Soon, he says, they will also have a science lab, gym, and even a Zeta tube, just like Mount Justice. Tigress is very impressed but asks Gar who's paying for all this? Gar smugly replies: Gretchen Goode. He admits that she still has him locked under contract, but that means that she also has to pay him. Wonder Girl is super impressed. Miss Martian argues that there is no way that the League is going to leave a group of teenagers here unsupervised. Helga Jace offers to stay and watch over everyone.
In Brooklyn, Maine, Gaby Gabrielli is walking down the street, texting on her phone. Sheriff Patrick Macguire pulls up in his patrol car and offers her a ride. Gaby politely declines, saying that she is headed for the library to study with Antonia Rodriguez. Suddenly, there is a noise in the wind. Sheriff Maguire jumps out of his car and pushes Gaby down as a laser is fired from the sky, blowing up his vehicle. A Reach ship flies out of the sky and pursues the Sheriff and Gaby as they run. Gaby takes a live video with her phone.
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At the Hub, Kid Flash is busy playing air hockey by himself as Beast Boy watches. Miss Martian is watching the monitors when she calls Beast Boy over to take a look at the live video that Gaby just posted. Gaby turns the camera to show the Reach ship attacking the town. Beast Boy sounds the alarm. At that moment, Gaby's video shows Aquaman arriving to assist.
In Brooklyn, Aquaman jumps high onto the Reach ship and attacks it with his Water-Bearers. Two more Reach ships appear from the sky and fire on Aquaman. He uses his Water-Bearers as a shield, but the impact is enough to knock him to the ground. The three Reach ships turn their firepower on Aquaman, blowing him into a nearby wall. Suddenly, Kid Flash arrives and assists Aquaman. Blue Beetle, Wonder Girl, and Beast Boy, as an eagle, fly in to take on to distract the Reach ships.
Scarab confirms that the Reach ships are legit and Beetle informs the Team that he can deactivate them, but can only do one at a time. The Reach ships attack. Wonder Girl blocks their missiles with her bracelets, but one gets through, blowing Wonder Girl through a glass window and into a library where Antonia Rodriguez is studying. She ducks as Wonder Girl hits a bookcase. Antonia crawls around on the floor, looking for her glasses. Wonder Girl finds them and hands them to her. Antonia puts them on just in time to see Wonder Girl fly out of the broken window and back out into the battle. She grabs her phone and starts taking a live video.
Static lures one of the Reach ships into the woods where Geo-Force is waiting. Geo-Force melts the ground, forming it into a series of shards. The Reach ship hits the shards and hits the ground. Tommi Tompkins is busy building a snowman when she notices the Reach ship skidding towards her.
The Reach warships are remnants from their fleet tucked away in the ocean, first seen in "Before the Dawn".
Aquaman's line about not putting targets on underage heroes echoes what the Flash said in "Fireworks" to explain why the Team had to operate covertly, as opposed to the Justice League's public operations.
He also pulls the selfie that Angel O'Day took with him in "Influence".
Beast Boy repeats Superboy's line from "Fireworks" when he stands up to the League, "Get on board or get out of the way". The latter even grunts and rolls his eyes out in recognition.
Blue Beetle says the Reach outed him two years ago, referring to "Complications", when under their control, he unmasked himself to the public and acted as an unwilling advocate for the Reach.
The final scene features two reused shots from the meeting in the Batcave in "Triptych":
The shot of Batman cross-armed and Robin standing next to him with his left hand on the waist.
The close-up of Wonder Woman turning her head to the left. This is actually a reverse shot of the original scene, in which she turns her head to the right, while asking what the Reach device did.
When Brion exited his room complaining about the volume of the "Troub-Alert", his left hand was seen shutting the door as if the doorknob was on the right, even though the door closes from the left. Also, the door was missing its knob.
Cultural references
The Hub's computer has a notification Beast Boy has named the "Troub-Alert". This was the name of a similar system in the Super Friends animated series.
Mayor Tompkins' derisive comment about a "Newsgirl Legion" is a reference to the Newsboy Legion, the young allies of the Golden Age Guardian in Brooklyn, NY.
Several references to Scooby Doo and in particular, the animated series Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, appear in this episode.
Antonia loses her glasses, which she is helpless without, much like Velma Dinkley.
Mayor Tompkins resembles mayor Fred Jones, Sr., who also has a child with the same name and is reluctant to allow the gang to do their exploring and news gathering.
The alien monsters turn out to be humans in disguise, and Whisper A'Daire laments that they could've gotten away with it, if it wasn't for those meddling kids; this was a common ending for Scooby-Doo episodes.
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Beast Boy:We're gonna break the rules the League can't. We're gonna connect with people in ways that can't be blocked by governments. We're gonna quiet the fears of the public terrified by the Meta-Gene Generation. And we'll do it all by inspiring that generation, because we are them, raised alongside them in the fallout of a scary meta-human world.
Tigress: Are you sure you're ready for this kind of spotlight?
