Eh…I didn’t think it was all that great. Too much time was spent on showcasing the various JLU members. And I really would’ve preferred to have seen more of the original members, rather than carbon copies (yes, I know about the licensing problems, but c’mon—Micron?).

The whole schtick with Terry being the outsider on the team and everyone unfairly blaming everything on him was a bit too cliché and predictable. The Hawkman-ish dude was obviously intended to be a jerk, but he wasn’t even a “love-to-hate-him”-type character…just annoyingly one-dimensional.

Barda was pretty one-dimensional too. The new Green Lantern was probably the most impressive of the bunch, but we didn’t see nearly enough of her in Part 1. Hopefully Part 2 will expand on ’er a bit.

Nice casting choice, though, with Jodi Benson as Aquagirl. And the chemistry between Terry & she was cute, although rather underplayed (unless they’re planning on bringing it up more in Pt. 2).

Supes was much more serious and down-to-business than he was on S:TAS. Hoping that in Pt. 2 we’ll find out what happened after “Legacy.” The new costume really doesn’t do a lot for me, and the reading Chris McDonald gave sounded much more full-of-itself (almost John Wayne-ish at times) than Tim Daly’s on S:TAS. But again, if they tell us what he’s been going through these last 40-or-so years, and what brought about the changes in him, it could definitely be very interesting.

Supes mentioned that Bruce had been one of the original founders of the Justice League (presumably when it was still the JLA). Obviously the TAS continuum doesn’t mesh with the comic book canon (and the comic book canon these days doesn’t mesh with the pre-1988 canon, and there were glaring contradictions within the original canon anyhow), but it leaves me wondering when exactly the JLA was formed in the series continuum? Obviously after B:TAS and S:TAS had ended (since they were just meeting each other for the first time in “World’s Finest,” and their random meetings afterwards seemed to indicate that they didn’t work together regularly). So, apparently after Superman had already lost the public favor, and Bruce was getting on in years…not in their heydays.

The ending was sort of predictable…figured it would either be Supes or Green Lantern (both because of the “it’s-always-the-one-you-least-suspect” angle), or that Terry would be framed and the rest of the JLU would think it was him. The ending scene, with Bruce handing Terry the Kryptonite, was very effective, no doubt about it. But Bruce did seem to jump to conclusions rather hastily. I mean, you don’t dispatch Terry to kill Superman until you’ve at least tried to figure out what the heck is up.

But despite all that, it was an enjoyable episode—just nothing exceptional. It does provide a lot of possibilities for Pt. 2, and if they play them up, next week’s episode could wind up being really awesome. I’m praying that they don’t use some trite explanation about what’s up with Supes (being controlled by someone else, or somesuch…). I’m rather glad that they didn’t save this one for the season (and possibly series) finale, though. As Bruce Timm said, it really doesn’t feel much like a BB episode (as a whole it was more light and action-showish—more like S:TAS).

Anyway…not bad by any means, but still not worth getting up at 8:00. *Grumble*…
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