DC's Titans wrapped its second season with huge showdowns, an expanded team, and flashbacks exploring what made the team become the Titans in the first place. Some fans didn’t love the flashbacks or the retcons Season 2 offered, but they certainly fleshed out the characters, giving the audience a better understanding of them.

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With 13 episodes, the second season was a bit longer than the first, which meant it could wrap up the previous season and tease the next without sacrificing too much story time. The introduction of Deathstroke, Jericho, Rose, and Connor needed extra breathing room. Before taking a look ahead to Season 3, on the way in 2020, let’s take a look back at the most recent season.

S2.E01 "Trigon"

Titans S2E01 Trigon

The first episode lands at the bottom of the list — largely because it feels disconnected from the rest of Season 2.

“Trigon” was initially meant to end the first season, but a few tweaks made it the premiere for its sophomore one. In the episode, the Titans had to take on Trigon, but most couldn’t do anything against his power. Only Rachel and Gar were any match for the magic, leaving everyone else to spend the hour hallucinating. While Trigon was a formidable villain, the single episode didn’t do him justice and left the audience wondering when he would return.

S2.E03 "Ghosts"

Titans S2E03 Ghosts

The third episode had a lot going on, as though the writers couldn’t decide which storyline to focus on yet.

In addition to Rose giving the Titans a little background on her relationship with Deathstroke, Jason decided he needed to prove himself to the team. He and Gar set out to find Dr. Light. That resulted in Jason getting kidnapped.

A lot of fans were also disappointed that Kory was separated from the team, though it did give the audience a bit more of her backstory. 

S2.E10 "Fallen"

Titans S2E10 Fallen

As the end of the season neared, the story took a detour to focus on Dick Grayson’s need to repent for his mistakes. Instead of something simple like trying to do good deeds, he decided to get himself arrested and wound up incarcerated with several inmates in danger of being deported. Dick helped them escape and earned himself a new code name. 

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If the episode focused entirely on Dick, it might have worked better. Splitting the time with quick trips to see Rachel, Connor, Gar, and Donna made everyone’s stories feel shortchanged.

S2.E02 "Rose"

Titans S2E02 Rose

Three months after “Trigon,” “Rose” introduced Deathstroke’s daughter. In addition to a great character (and a Terra stand-in) joining the team, the episode showed just what everyone was up to.

The newest generation of Titans (Jason, Rachel, and Gar) kicked their training into high gear, while the older generation tried to move on from superhero life. It’s clear to the audience that they couldn’t, as Dawn still acted as Dove, while Hank still wanted to help people, and Kory and Donna just found another way to get justice.

S2.E05 "Deathstroke"

Titans S2E05 Deathstroke

Though it was early in the season, this episode made Deathstroke a real threat. Not only did he kill Dr. Light, but he held and tortured Jason, waiting to make a deal with Dick.

Dick, as usual, went behind the backs of the rest of the Titans on Jason’s behalf, intent on trading his own life for the younger Robin’s. While it was a great character moment for Dick, it felt like writers rushed into the Deathstroke conflict at the expense of other stories. 

S2.E09 "Atonement"

Though this episode is built as one in which the audience is meant to empathize with Dick, ultimately, we don’t. Everyone else’s stories become more interesting as the Titans disband. 

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Gar and Connor becoming friendly while everyone else left the tower behind is probably one of the highlights of the episode — until Connor gets himself in trouble in the end. Likewise, Kory’s story of having to destroy her friend to keep her sister at bay sets up a compelling arc for the future.

S2.E12 ""Faux Hawk

Hank dons his Hawk costume for the first time in Titans

Hank’s storyline of drug use and cage fighting would have had a better place earlier in the season. That bumps this episode down a bit in the standings. His decision to give the costume away for drugs shows how hard his addiction hit, and would have made for a good, long arc.

Jason’s decision to run from Rose also left fans wondering just where he would stand in the finale, and it never truly paid off.

S2.E07 "Bruce Wayne"

Titans S2E07 Bruce Wayne

In an episode named for Batman, the audience expected to see a lot of the real guy. Instead, they saw a lot of Dick’s version of him as he hallucinated Bruce. It was an hour that got more into Dick’s head than anything else, giving the audience an idea of how he thought about Bruce and himself before he confessed what happened with Jericho to Jason.

One of the most visually stunning moments of the season happened at the end as Kory used her powers on Connor to help him heal, and Rachel contained Kory. 

S2.E06 "Connor"

Titans S2E06 Connor

Kicking off the top five is one that gave the audience a break from the Titans. Instead, it spotlighted Superboy.

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We got a look inside Cadmus labs and Connor's creation. It took us on a journey into the minds of both Clark Kent and Lex Luthor as Connor struggled to reconcile the two parts of his DNA. Connor was a breath of fresh air in a season bogged down with tensions between main characters.

S2.E04 "Aqualad"

Aqualad facess off against Slade in Titans

“Aqualad” is a bit of a controversial episode because a lot of fans hated the amount of flashbacks in Season 2. But this episode gave a lot of backstory that shaped who the original Titans became, and it also gave us an interesting look at who they used to be.

Garth, aka Aqualad, was the member of the Titans who died by Deathstroke’s bullet, and ultimately, his death led to their disbanding. Seeing his infectious heroic attitude was a bright spot early in the season. 

S2.E13 "Nightwing"

Titans S2E13 Nightwing

The season finale debuted Dick Grayson’s new superhero persona and two large clashes to close out the season. It was great to see separate storylines come together, and there were a couple of surprising aspects.

Instead of the Titans uniting to take on Deathstroke, Dick and Rose defeated him, rescuing Jericho from within the depths of Slade’s mind. Fans expected that to happen, but instead, the team had to come together to save Gar and Connor from Cadmus. In the end, they lost Donna, but became a family, something the season had built to all along.

A great teaser for Season 3 occurred as Blackfire officially came to Earth and Rachel traveled to Themyscira.

S2.E11 "E.L._.O."

Titans S2E11 E.L._.O.

The only reason this particular episode ranks so high is because it pays off so many teases. Dick discovered Jericho was locked inside Slade Wilson’s body, and the audience got to see Bruce Wayne.

Original Titans Dawn and Donna found themselves at the same diner in the middle of nowhere as new Titans Rachel and Kory. It seemed like we were heading for a female team-up episode, but Dawn and Donna decided to go after Cadmus while Kory and Rachel decided to find Dick.

This episode is made all the more interesting by the reveal later that the man with the four ladies wasn’t the real Bruce Wayne. Was Rachel manipulating everyone? If so, did she realize it?

S2.E08 "Jericho"

Aqualad and Wonder Girl stand next to Jericho in Titans.

Chella Man was so charming as Jericho, so is it any wonder that this episode makes it to the top? It is an important one to understand what went wrong with the Titans the first time around.

The entire group of Titans were manipulating Jericho to find out information about Slade, though they ultimately blamed Dick. When Dawn and Dick told Jericho the truth about his father, he didn’t run from it, but instead wanted to help bring his father to justice and join the Titans himself. The episode ended in tragedy as Jericho fell on his father’s sword and the Titans disbanded, but it was really the emotional center of the entire season.

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