Ill be honest, dear readers: Im not happy.
Ive mentioned this before, but I think Mercy Graves was the most effective villain of this season.
Natalie Gumedes excellently creepy opening monologue is proof of that.
Titans — Ep. 213 — “Nightwing” — Photo Credit: Steve Wilkie / 2019 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.Steve Wilkie / 2019 Warner Bros.
Mercy is talking directly into the camera about the dream of one day vanquishing evil.
In fact, this whole speech is kicking off what is essentially a slave auction.
Even with those cool toys, though, Dick isnt quite able to defeat Deathstroke on its own.
Luckily, thats when Rose arrives.
Though Deathstroke expects her to still be on his side, apparently sex with Jason Todd can change you.
Rose now sees the Titans as her true family, and manages to stab her dad through the chest.
So thats it for that plotline!
Thats where Rachel finds him, and uses her powers to overcome most of his brainwashing.
The oscillation between tones in this episode is really haphazard and off-putting.
), Dawn, Donna, and Kory engage in some truly banal banter as they face down Superboy.
Eventually, with the help of Rachels powers and Dicks leadership, Conner breaks free from his brainwashing.
He then turns on Cadmus, but not in a very fun way.
Mercy, for example, gets punched out by Kory.
This is when the stupid thing happens.
As theyre evacuating the fairgrounds, a big light beam falls over and looks ready to crush Dawn.
But Donna gets in the way and holds the light upward at least until the electricity literally kills her.
This is such a stupid death I honestly thought it was a joke at first.
I just…dont get it.
But why did you even need someone to die at all?
That mostly just underlines how unnecessary this whole spectacle feels.
Anyway, yay for Nightwing I guess.
Hopefully season 3 can fix some of these problems with pacing and tone.
