It’s easy to make a good first impression with a pilot episode when audiences have nothing to compare it to, but continuing that momentum and style in subsequent weeks is a hurdle that a show often falls short on.
I was intrigued to see how 'Young Justice' would distinguish itself from its DC universe predecessors (like 'Justice League' and 'Teen Titans') in its first few episodes. It shares a lot of similarities with 'Justice League' in terms of tone, but it's satisfying to watch the teenage superheroes suffering through all the growing pains and miscommunication that you'd expect to see when a group of wildly different people are thrown together and expected to instantly work as a team, something that wasn't touched on in such depth in 'JL.'
'Welcome to Happy Harbor' sees the sidekicks settling in to their cavernous new home base at Mount Justice, and also gives us a deeper look at the team's newest member, Miss Martian, who we only met briefly at the end of the pilot episode.
As opposed to a regular team full of guys, who might exclude a singular girl based on her gender or perceived weakness, the team is mistrustful of "Megan" because she's a socially awkward alien who has no concept of personal boundaries and seems to be learning most of her human mannerisms from TV. She upsets all of the guys (especially Superboy) by talking to them telepathically, and then misjudges their newest adversary, Mister Twister, by mistakenly thinking that he's their mentor, Red Tornado, in disguise.
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