Titans
Warning : The chase contain SPOILERS forTitans , Season 2 Episode 8 , " Jericho . "
Titansseason 2 , instalment 8 , " Jericho , " mishandle yet another opportunity to demo a dismal take on Robin pursue another wasted plot turn . What makes this picky exercise so egregious is how it all neuters the event of the former episode , rendering one of the time of year ’s most powerful moments completely pointless .
Titanshas tempted audience with the idea of a series centered around a more extreme interlingual rendition of Robin sinceits first trailer , but has yet to succeed through on the concept . Dick Grayson ’s swarthiness was limited to angst , adult language anda sham - out sequenceof the first Robin kill Batman that might have been effective had the show ’s advertising not made it reset the episode was a pipe dream from the beginning . Jason Toddoffered a more violent take on Robin , but was at last incapable of doing anything more pernicious than looking atadult videos on the Bat - Computer .
Titansseason 2 , episode 7 , " Bruce Wayne , " saw both Robins confronting their inner demons in the wake of an encounter with Deathstroke . Dick begin hear Bruce Wayne everywhere , follow him around and present harsh judgments of every decision Dick had made as the Titans ' leader . At the same time , Jason confront linger visions of his own death , coming to pick himself for the team ’s failures in fighting Deathstroke and nearly throwing himself off of Titans ' Tower to exempt himself from his guilt . Dick was able to talk Jason down by bring out a secret he had never say anyone ; the teams ' bother were his fault because he had killed Deathstroke ’s son , Jericho .
The tone of the final scene of " Bruce Wayne " suggest that Dick was being actual and that he physically assail Jericho . However , the events of the follow - up flashback episode " Jericho " revealed that Dick was figuratively responsible for Jericho ’s death , having entered into the young audiophile ’s life with the intention of milk him for entropy about his assassinator founder . When it became evident the Titans lie with more about Deathstroke than Jericho , Dick was ready to cut ties with him - until he reveal that Jericho had a superpower . This lead Dick to hear and recruit Jericho to the team and , after Jericho leave his mother ’s rest home to move in with his new friends , Deathstroke coming after them and nearly killingDonna Troy .
Slade Wilsonattempted to reach out to his Logos , asking to meet with him alone . It was a get together Dick was content to let happen until he learned of Deathstroke ’s attack on Donna . This led to Dick crashing the merging between Jericho and Deathstroke and a fight that ended with Jericho taking the sword - strike mean to end Robin ’s life . The tidings of Jericho ’s death becomes the straw that broke the camel ’s back for the already hem in Titans and the eternal sleep of the squad quit , leave a heartsick Dick Grayson all alone in Titans ' Tower .
While Dick Grayson is certainly responsible for for Jericho ’s destruction , the way in which the young man die does n’t suit the tone Dick took when discussing the event with Jason Todd in " Bruce Wayne . " It also does n’t seem like Dick ’s secret was really a closed book , since the rest of the Titans were well mindful that Dick ’s bad outcry got Jericho killed . Whether or not this is a persistence error or a philosophic tilt , it ca n’t be denied thatTitansblew the chance to do something unfeignedly revolutionary by wrick Dick Grayson into a murderer who immediately obliterate Deathstroke ’s son as he to begin with connote .
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