Warning: The following contains SPOILERS for Titans, Season 2 Episode 8, "Jericho."

Titans season 2, episode 8, "Jericho," bungled yet another opportunity to present a dark take on Robin following another wasted plot twist. What makes this particular example so egregious is how it completely neuters the events of the previous episode, rendering one of the season's most powerful moments completely pointless.

Titans has tempted audiences with the idea of a series centered around a more extreme version of Robin since its first trailer, but has yet to follow through on the concept. Dick Grayson's darkness was limited to angst, adult language and a fake-out sequence of the first Robin killing Batman that might have been effective had the show's advertising not made it clear the episode was a dream from the beginning. Jason Todd offered a more violent take on Robin, but was ultimately incapable of doing anything more insidious than looking at adult videos on the Bat-Computer.

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Titans season 2, episode 7, "Bruce Wayne," saw both Robins confronting their inner demons in the wake of an encounter with Deathstroke. Dick began seeing Bruce Wayne everywhere, following him around and delivering harsh judgments of every decision Dick had made as the Titans' leader. At the same time, Jason confronted lingering visions of his own death, coming to blame himself for the team's failures in fighting Deathstroke and nearly throwing himself off of Titans' Tower to free himself from his guilt. Dick was able to talk Jason down by revealing a secret he had never told anyone; the teams' troubles were his fault because he had killed Deathstroke's son, Jericho.

Titans Chella Man as Jericho

The tone of the final scene of "Bruce Wayne" suggested that Dick was being literal and that he physically attacked 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 milking him for information about his assassin father. When it became apparent the Titans knew more about Deathstroke than Jericho, Dick was ready to cut ties with him - until he discovered that Jericho had a superpower. This led Dick to try and recruit Jericho to the team and, after Jericho left his mother's home to move in with his new friends, Deathstroke coming after them and nearly killing Donna Troy.

Slade Wilson attempted to reach out to his son, asking to meet with him alone. It was a meeting Dick was content to let happen until he learned of Deathstroke's attack on Donna. This led to Dick crashing the meeting between Jericho and Deathstroke and a fight that ended with Jericho taking the sword-strike meant to end Robin's life. The news of Jericho's death becomes the straw that broke the camel's back for the already beleaguered Titans and the rest of the team quit, leaving a heartsick Dick Grayson all alone in Titans' Tower.

While Dick Grayson is certainly responsible for Jericho's death, the way in which the young man died doesn't suit the tone Dick took when discussing the event with Jason Todd in "Bruce Wayne." It also doesn't seem like Dick's secret was truly a secret, since the rest of the Titans were well aware that Dick's bad calls got Jericho killed. Whether or not this is a continuity error or a philosophical argument, it can't be denied that Titans blew the chance to do something truly revolutionary by turning Dick Grayson into a murderer who directly killed Deathstroke's son as he originally implied.

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