DCE-Hulu: Titans- 'Jason Todd'

After skipping the Show for the Holidays, I need to hurry up to...oh right, Season 1 is over.  No rush then...

We get some Flashbacks to Dick's childhood and the events that followed his parents' death.  We learn more about his Circus Friends, because pathos.

In the Present, Dick is introduced to the titular Todd, the new Robin.  He's surprised to see that he's been replaced so quickly.

In Flashbacks, we see slightly-younger Dick confront the Mob Boss who killed his Family and leave him to die.  What a hero!

In the Present, people from his past are now dead and the Son of said Boss is to blame.  Pathos!

Can he 'save himself' and his old friend with Todd by his side?  Will we get more than a token appearance of the rest of the Titans?

To find out the answer to the first question (it's a 'no' to the 2nd), watch the Episode.

Not a bad Episode, but an awkwardly-placed one.  We just got a big Episode uniting the group.  Next Episode...Robin goes off by himself, giving us a token appearance by the rest.  What a weird idea!  Is that what I have to look forward to as a pattern?  Will Episode 8 be about Beast Boy hanging out with his Parents?  Will Episode 10 be about Raven chilling out in Azarath?  Getting past this issue, let me talk about the actual Episode.  I like the interaction between Dick and Jason.  I like the brief bit he has with the other Titans too.  The Action was well-staged.  The overall Plot was alright, but hinged upon a lot of 'show don't tell.'  Show us the Dad being killed...and then just tell us the rest.  Lame.  The final showdown is nice, but just feels weird after getting the whole Team together last time.  Consistency would be nice.  As always, I appreciate them leaning more into the idea that Dick's love of violence is bad- I just wish they hadn't started that way in the first place.  As a side Episode, it's fine.  Again, I just can't get past the push-pull of the Season so far.  Make a Team Show or don't!  On the plus side, I got to see another wrestling finisher used in a 'real fight'- this time, it's the Backcracker/Backstabber...

Next time, we get back to the actual Plot.  Based on the Teaser, we also get torture- yea.  See you then...