Like many superhero tv shows, the Titans got cancelled by higher-ups, making this their last season. The big bad this time around seems to be another major foe from the comics: Brother Blood. As the show tends to do, they’ve made a lot of changes from the original story, and are playing up some of Blood’s supporting characters. This episode also is the live action debut of the titular villain Jinx, a member of Titans’ enemies, the Fearsome Five.

Last episode ended with the entire team being easily defeated by one magic-using foe, who seems to be a variation of Mother Mayhem. Now the team deals with the after-effects of the fight and figuring out who their mysterious new foe is. Rachel took the worst of the beating and the team is trying to help her, but the only Titan with magic experience is currently unconscious. As they get her on to the Titans’ Bus (which really doesn’t have the ring of the Batmobile), some guards at a big facility meet the fate many security personnel do in an action show, by showing us how the monster works. Mother Mayhem meets with another dark-haired woman and they plan various villainy, although they clearly have some differing ideas about how to go about it.

With the assorted resources of the Batman, the Justice League, STAR Labs, and other allies at their disposal, the Titans decide the best way to help Raven is stop the bus in the middle of the woods. Rachel talks about how she’s feeling after the fight, and the rest of the team understandably don’t have any idea how to help her. Dick starts handing out assignments, including sending Tim to STAR for more training (they train superheroes?), bringing Kory with him to try and get a clue about what’s going on, and dealing with Superboy’s wounded pride over being bested so easily. Dick reassures everyone they will do better working as a team, but some of them have reservations. Sebastian, the idealistic computer programmer we met last episode, gets an unexpected phone call, but we can see that what he thinks is happening isn’t what’s going on.

Dick once again goes to prison, although this time he’s just visiting, as he explains to Kory that the supernatural isn’t his area of expertise. They go visit Jinx, who seems to look a lot more like the version from the cartoon than her comic book incarnation. How official the Titans are and how much influence they have seems to be wildly variable, but in this case, Dick can pull strings to get a prisoner released to his custody. Things don’t go smoothly, but Dick has some information about how to deal with the latest complication. Gar and Rachel were left alone at the bus, which seems like a bad plan, considering she’s missing something important and he’s hallucinating or having visions or something. Speaking of, that starts up again and he tries to follow the sounds, with Rachel coming with him. She does get a good line in about one of the changes she went through after the fight. They also get in a reference to Navajo myth and lore, which is different but at least a nice surprise.

Tim is beginning his training with a new weapon that was a signature for a long time of his comic book counterpart, while Conner is unimpressed and a STAR tech named Bernard is helping them. Fans of Tim Drake’s more recent comic appearances will know the significance of that name. The training gets interrupted by a strange police report that STAR somehow or other has access to. Dick and Kory catch up with Jinx, who proves to have a good idea of how to use her powers, and Kory shows she’s not from Earth, or she might know better than to open mystical boxes. While Dick gets a new side quest, Sebastian goes to an interview that goes horribly wrong in new and unexpected ways.

Out in the woods, Gar and Raven continue their vision quest. We get proof Gar isn’t hallucinating after all. Rachel rethinks her earlier stance on what she’s lost, and they agree they’ll stay together. Back at STAR, Tim keeps practicing while Bernard brings them more news about the strange case he’s looking into. Dick and Jinx take a road trip that shows they have a history, don’t get along, and gives us some more familiar character names (Two-Face and Constantine). They eventually get where they’re going and we see one of the more clever secret entrances I’ve run across in a while. Off on her own, Kory gets her own unexpected visitor and talks about her history back home. Tim, Bernard, and Conner get another few clues about the strangeness they’re looking into, and a clue about where to go next.

Dick does not enjoy his time out with Jinx, but does get to show how amazingly good he is in a fight. He realizes what Jinx is up to and takes an approach to getting her to cooperate that Batman would probably approve of. They cautiously agree to work together for a bit, and do get back to Kory. Conner finally calls in and Dick gets an update, and gives the Boy of Steel some very direct orders. Mother Mayhem shows up where Sebastian is and we get another reference to the Teen Titans cartoon. Weirdly, despite Dick’s earlier being able to pull strings, the approach this time is some pretty serious breaking and entering and a highspeed rescue/abduction. Mayhem seems strangely unperturbed at this turn of events, maybe even pleased. The episode ends with Gar and Rachel making a disturbing discovery that bodes ill for whatever is going on with the shapeshifting Titan.

What I Liked: Even if the series is ending and this world won’t be relevant anymore, it was interesting to hear that both Two-Face and Constantine are out there. That’s the sort of world building I very much enjoy. Jinx was an interesting choice. I have no idea what to make of what Kory or Rachel and Gar saw in their weird experiences.

What I Didn’t: I’m not clear on why STAR is training superheroes. It’s weird how Dick, who is as far as we know still technically a fugitive, is getting prisoners released to his custody. I really didn’t like a lot of elements of the Teen Titans cartoon, especially in the second, ridiculous version (those were not teens), and I’m not thrilled pieces of that are making their way into the show. And really, where are Donna, Jason, Rose, Joey, and Dawn? They seem to have utterly disappeared and no one remembers them.

It was a decent, but not great, episode. I’ll give it a 2.5 out of 5. It will be interesting to see where they go with most of this.