GUIDES – EPISODE REVIEWS – “ODYSSEY OF DEATH!”
#93 Odyssey of Death!
Original Airdate – May 5, 2022
For Rocket, one portal opens and another closes forever.
Written by Aaron Sparrow
Directed by Christina Sotta
Review by Yojimbo
Media by Warner Bros. Animation
Please be advised our regular reviewer, “GregX,” is currently on sabbatical.
Review:
Written by Yojimbo, edited by James Harvey
The recurring theme of accepting the truth in things and seeking help compounds in the finale of Rocket’s arc. Zatanna gathers a who’s who of the magical community, even the obstinate Nabu, to locate Conner’s spirit but she comes to the realization that Conner is still alive and she’s going to need the help of a certain detective. All of Supertown is mobilized to help stop Lor-Zod from freeing his parents and the other Kryptonian criminals of the Phantom Zone. And last but not least, indirectly thanks to Ma’alefa’ak’s telepathy Rocket sees Orion in a new light, and vice versa, as well as her son and understands what they really are.
Rest in peace, Tomar-Re. You redeemed yourself and saved many lives, going out as a true hero. It was heart breaking watching those beams burst through his chest but he single-handedly saved New Genesis and died content. And the murder did galvanize Kilowog and by extension the rest of the Green Lantern Corps and New Gods to sign the treaty with the Justice League, an important alliance in the ongoing conflict against the Light and Apokolips and an important step in the Justice League Reserves program.
Tomar’s death also led to the shocker of Forager of the Mountain Hive becoming his successor. It wouldn’t be a true love story if it wasn’t stomped on Young Justice style and made more complicated. Such is the case for the Foragers. Mountain Hive Forager makes a compromise and can’t wait to go on a big adventure to a new planet. But things don’t work out as she planned. She’s still going on a big adventure, just to another planet and as a new Green Lantern.
It is an intriguing game changer that Lor-Zod is trapped in the present with no Time Sphere but now has Saturn Girl as a hostage with the only other time travel device he knows of. And the Phantom Zone Projector destroyed, now what? Will he try to go back in time and steal the Projector from himself? Going back in this arc, it was mentioned the United Planets found the last Phantom Zone Projector on New Genesis. So could there be more out there like one on display in Superman’s Fortress of Solitude? That aside, it was rewarding to watch him get his butt handed to him by Orion.
Equally intriguing, in the Phantom Zone, Dru-Zod now knows Conner wasn’t from Krypton and now Phantom Girl is conscious. I suspect it won’t be long until Zod and Ursa put it all together and try to exploit Phantom Girl’s ability to escape the Zone despite any detriment it would be to her. Oh but won’t it be so delicious when Zod learns Conner’s connection to the House of El and when Lor-Zod sees his dad has taken in someone he despises to the nth degree?
Going to odds and ends, what a lovely shocking surprise it was for a Promethean to pop up! All because Mantis’s hot idea to recharge the Projector nearly got the whole planet of New Genesis wiped out. An interesting nugget was Metron mentioning the technology exchange with Krypton that got him the Projector in the first place. Wonder what he gave Krypton… and hopefully it’s not a weapon that can be used against Earth in the season finale. As for Rocket’s last scene, I’m on the fence it didn’t last longer. For a second, I thought it was going to end on her taking him to school and she meets his special aide who turns out to be Sharon Hawkins or some name DC character. But still, it was satisfying to see she’s come to terms with both seeing Orion as a hero rather than a monster and the implication she’s going to agree to to aide for her son.
The penultimate arc of Young Justice: Phantoms has concluded. With the season finale looming, the Justice League now has an official alliance with the New Gods and the Green Lantern Corps and Lor-Zod was dealt a major blow – he longer has a Time Sphere and the key to freeing his parents and allies has been destroyed. Zatanna now knows what we do, Conner Kent is alive. Plus, Phantom Girl is awake. But on the flip side, Lor-Zod has the next best thing to a Time Sphere as well as hostages while Dru-Zod is close to finding out the truth about who Conner and Phantom Girl really are. Can they be safely brought back to Earth without freeing Dru-Zod and his crew? Can Conner be cured of the effects of the Phantom Zone Sickness? What an intense but bittersweet end.
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