More than just a riveting season finale, the episode boosts Savage's threat and reveals that for 16 hours during their infection, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and three other Leaguers all went missing.
The storytelling in Young Justice has plenty of imagination, and the characters provide dependable touchstones for young viewers -- the impatient speedster, the sly computer hacker, the stoic strongman.
[The finale] all ultimately just feels anticlimactic and mildly frustrating as the showrunners are already setting up Season 2 storylines when they haven't adequately resolved all of Season 1.
It was a clever concept that was pretty well executed: above-average animation; intriguingly different takes on a few familiar characters; and the promise of even better editions to come.