GUIDES – EPISODE REVIEWS – “INFILTRATOR”
Infiltrator
Original Airdate – February 11th, 2011
Artemis faces an uphill battle trying to win over her new teammates as she tries to fill Red Arrow’s boots on a mission he initiated: saving a brilliant young scientist from the League of Shadows.
Written by Jon Weisman
Directed by Jay Oliva
Review by GregX
Media by Warner Bros. Animation
Review:
Another week, and another new episode of Young Justice. This series just gets better and better. The line-up is finally complete as Artemis joins the team.I had a feeling Artemis was going to be my favorite member of the team, and the episode did not disappoint. She was intriguing from the get-go. Who is she? How come no one seems to have heard of her before. When Green Arrow introduced her as his niece, something just felt off. Well, the theme of the show seems to be Secrets and Lies, and so far they’re doing it beautifully.
At the end of the episode, when Cheshire and later Speedy… er, I mean, Red Arrow, had their little confrontations with Artemis, I cannot say I was surprised. But still intrigued.
The League of Shadows served as this episode’s antagonist. I think that was Sensei issuing the orders, but at the end he was speaking to the Light, and one particular member I don’t think we’ve heard speak before this episode. If Sensei called him master, than I think we can safely identify him as Ra’s al Ghul. Ra’s knows Batman’s real identity, and I cannot believe for a second that the attack on WayneTech wasn’t a ploy to hack the Batcave.
As for the other new characters, I really, really liked Cheshire. I am interested in seeing her relationship with Artemis explored, not to mention that being a sucker for dark-eyed brunettes, she was hot. And she kicked a lot of ass.
I spotted the evil Spider-Man character, who wikipedia tells me is named Black Spider. After Weisman’s previous series, The Spectacular Spider-Man, I got a kick out of seeing him. I especially got a kick when I realized who was voicing him. None other than the spectacular Spider-Man himself, Josh Keaton. I’d recognize that impact grunt anywhere. My brother recognized him too.
No idea who the third assassin was.
It was nice to see Speedy again, and even nicer to see he has gone his own way as Red Arrow. But best of all was not just seeing him being an angry jerk. He still cares about his friends. That icy warning to Artemis at the end was the best development he’s had all season. Looking forward to seeing more of him.
But, by far, the biggest surprise of the episode was Wally not hitting on a girl, specifically Artemis. He’s hit on everything else that lacks a penis, but not Artemis. I wonder if that will change, or if he is always going to see her as his buddy’s replacement.
The biggest laugh of the episode goes to the segments showing why telepathically linking a group of teenagers together is a bad idea. It reminded me of that episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer where Buffy gained telepathic powers.
But this episode left a lot of questions. I understand why Artemis is lying. But why was Green Arrow lying about who Artemis is? Was Batman in on it? If now, you’d think he’d vet new recruits better. Was the Light talking about Artemis at the end, or are we being misdirected? Well, it’s either her or Superboy, who was created to be their weapon. I’ve noticed the Light don’t seem broken up about him being in enemy hands, and you’d they would.
Curious…
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