Young Justice: Invasion – "Satisfaction"

Director: Doug Murphy
Writer: Greg Weisman

In Mount Justice on March 21, 17:33 EDT, we find Bart Allen in the grotto of the cave, mourning the death of Artemis with Jaime Reyes, Garfield Logan and Tim Drake. Well, "mourning" is a strong word. Bart is loudly munching on a bag of freeze-dried Chicken Whizees while gazing at the large hologram statues of Artemis, Jason Todd, Tula and Ted Kord. Bart's also dressed in casual civilian clothes, but so are the others, suggesting there may have been a more official memorial earlier.

Anyway, Jaime takes issue with Bart's crunching. He grabs Bart's shirt and pulls him aside to accuse him of stealing the Whizees from his locker. Bart confesses to the crime, but insists he was just scavenging like he did in the future. Jaime doesn't buy this excuse, so Bart blames Kid Flash for getting him hooked on the Whizees. Luckily, Jaime isn't really that upset.

Bart asks Jaime why this memorial is hidden deep in the cave instead of proudly displayed in the Hall of Justice. Jaime agrees with Bart, but says Captain Atom told him the Justice League doesn't want a public shrine to its members who died in the line of duty. Jaime speculates the League just doesn't want to advertise the fact they're not immortal. He laments that the world doesn't know about Ted Kord's sacrifice. In fact, many people believe that Jaime is Kord in a new suit.

Bart praises Jaime for continuing the Blue Beetle heroic tradition, but Jaime feels ripped off that he doesn't have a mentor like Superboy, Wonder Girl and Robin. He says Bart's been in this era for five minutes and he already has three Flash mentors — one who feeds him junk food. But Jaime never even got to meet the man who should have been his mentor.

After all this depressing talk, Bart quickly changes the subject. He tells Jaime they have more in common than he might think — starting with their love for Chicken Whizees. He offers to buy some to replace the bag he "salvaged," as he puts his arm around Jaime's shoulder and leads him out of the grotto. Jaime agrees to hang out with Bart, who promptly asks if Jaime has any money.

March 21 is also Superboy's birthday, but his first without Miss Martian as his girlfriend. So that's why he looks so grumpy in that screenshot.




This was a short episode for Bart, but a significant one. It's been almost a month since he came back in time, and it seems like he's officially a member of The Team (the boringly titled covert group of teens connected to the Justice League). It's unclear whether he's gone on any missions yet, but he is at least allowed to hang out in Mount Justice. Most importantly, though, this episode gave us our first scene of Bart interacting with Jaime. It was no accident that Bart stole Jaime's snack, regardless of what junk food Wally has introduced him to. And although Bart didn't get into it here, he does know exactly how Jaime feels to grow up without a mentor. But Bart fixed that by coming back in time to save his grandpa's life. Now, he's beginning his second mission. True, he's not being entirely honest with Jaime, but I wouldn't go as far as to call him manipulative.

Next time, we'll look at the subsequent episode, which is called "Darkest."