Today’s the day, readers! This is the episode we’ve finally been waiting for, where Dr. Jace is finally (finally) confirmed as a nut-job, and everything goes to hell. I feel so satisfied. Really. Every time I watch Jace’s monologue, I get a sigh of deep relief. Now I’m just waiting for her to finally get what’s coming to her. 

So what exactly went down this week? Well, as Dick shakes with fever and the Batfam tends to him, Jefferson finally realize that something suspicious is going on. He puts the puzzle pieces together about the Anti-Light and then explodes in rage. Meanwhile, Tara and Deathstroke have a nice little heart-to heart, and Dr. Jace kidnaps Violet and delivers her to Granny. Fun times! Let’s dig into those in a little more detail, shall we?

1. An Afternoon Meeting: Over in Mongolia, the Light listens as Granny explains how the team of heroes came to rescue Dick and Jefferson from her house. She is intrigued by Victor and Violet, but Ultra Humanite insists that he has plans for Violet, as he had first rights to her. Vandal, however, is not satisfied by this arrangement. 
2. Touching Reunion: Tara takes a casual 2AM stroll around Hollywood, but is quickly interrupted when Deathstroke corners her. He calls her out on lying to him and withholding information, something that Tara cannot refute (even though she tries). In a truly engaging interaction, he uses his position to convince her that the heroes are no good, and that they don’t care for her. In my opinion, their interaction was one of the strongest parts of the episode; it rings similar to what an interaction between Sportsmaster and Artemis would have been like while she was growing up.
3. Death’s Door: Dick is still gravely ill, suffering from the effects of Granny’s ghost dimension. Many members of the Bat Family have come to tend to him, including Alfred, Barbara, Bruce, and Tim (in civvies for the first time!).
4. Breakfast for Dinner: Vic, Forager, Brion, Violet and Gar sit together for dinner. Brion watches a video of a new group of heroic meta-teens that call themselves Infinity Inc. Garfield isn’t concerned by it; he sees it more that the Outsiders have inspired them to take action, and that’s a good thing in his book. Violet, being the precious child that she is, is disappointed that her powers are unable to help heal Dick. Gar wants to take down Granny, convinced that she has something brewing. He’s not wrong, especially given the after-credits scene we saw last week. 
5. Solving the Puzzle: While Dick rests with a mountain of ice atop of him (to bring down his fever), Bruce requests a word with Kaldur and M’gann. As they go off to the side, Jeff senses something suspicious. He finally starts to put the pieces together about the Anti-Light, and immediately blows up on everyone. Jefferson is unable to be calmed, or reasoned with, as his anger escalates to a point where he calls everyone out on what they’ve done. Tara observes it until Dr. Jace places a control chip on her, and leads her away.
6. A Hasty Exit: Meanwhile, Vandal is requested for a meeting with Darkseid. As that goes down, Dr. Jace escorts Violet to her car, where Brion and Tara are already waiting. Dr. Jace insists that her mentor finally found a cure to heal Violet and that she told Tara and Brion about her condition so Violet wouldn’t have to. Yeah, super not suspicious at all. 
7. Facing the Music: Vic and Forager watch as everything goes to hell, all while munching on some popcorn; they clearly know what’s up. Conner and M’gann have a telepathic argument, and Jefferson is still going off on Kaldur and Bruce. Garfield talks to Tim and Barbara, asking if they hadn’t had enough of the secrets last season, with Artemis’ death. Boy, same. We all been knew. He finds out about M’gann’s involvement in the deal, where she posed as the little match girl in Dublin, and is subsequently quite angry with her. Barbara is able to talk a little bit of sense into him, but the same cannot be said for Jefferson. His anger is enough to rouse Dick from his sick-bed to attempt and make amends. 
8. Secret Arrangement: Dr. Jace brings Brion, Tara and Violet to her laboratory and instructs Violet to lie down on a scary-looking chair. As Dr. Jace prepares to inject her, Violet suddenly gets a memory. Before she can say anything. Ultra Humanite and Granny enter. Granny bids Overlord to put a cerebral-leash on Violet so she’s under her control. Dr. Jace wants to leave with Brion and Tara, but according to Granny, there’s been a change in plans. Seems that Darkseid wasn’t happy with Ultra Humanite’s claim on Violet. Granny asks Dr. Jace if she would like to see what they have planned for Violet, and Dr. Jace agrees. She lowers them all into the X-Pit before shoving Violet out. Instinctually, Violet begins to heal herself. With Violet’s healing aura activated, the ghost dimension repolarized Violet’s power, meaning that she is the key to solving the Anti-Life Equation. 
9. Batman Incorporated: Barbara confronts Bruce outside, feeling remorse after having seen everybody’s reactions. Bruce is unapologetic, insisting that the mission was what truly mattered and that they sheltered those on the outside for their own protection. Barbara, logically, raises concern with this mindset, wondering if it was the mission that was truly important, or Bruce’s own personal mission. 
10. True Colors: Finally, what this episode will probably be most remembered for. Granny shoves Dr. Jace outside of the cube. When Violet senses Dr. Jace’s suffering, she instinctively recites the healing incantation of the old gods, ‘healing’ Jace, while really subjecting her to the Anti-Life Equation. Under Granny’s control, Dr. Jace starts to spill all her secrets. Dr. Jace’s motivations lay in protecting ‘her children’, Tara and Brion. When she activated their metagenes, she considered them her ‘children’, and wanted to protect them. She was the one behind Gabrielle’s death, as once she tested negative for the metagene, Dr. Jace overdosed her with morphine. When Gabrielle woke up as the motherbox, Dr. Jace thought it was a delayed metagene activation caused by the morphine and took her in as her ‘child’ too. However, when the truth about Violet was revealed, she no longer wanted anything to do with her, especially because she was with her ‘true child’, Brion. She lied to Violet and told her that she was dying in order to drive a wedge between her and Brion. Given that this was a temporary solution and she wanted to have more children, she contacted Ultra Humanite and agreed to give him Violet in exchange for a safe exit with her children and a set up somewhere she could continue her work. Oh, and by the way, she also seduced Jefferson only so she could get closer to her ‘children’. Who could have seen that coming? Anyone? Anyone at all? 
11. No Longer Under Control: As Granny removes everyone from the X-Pit, she celebrates over Dr. Jace’s reveal and how she remains controlled by the Anti-Life Equation. However, not everything goes according to plan. Turns out, Deathstroke gave Tara a device to remove control chips, should she need it. She removes it from herself and Brion, and the two attempt to save Violet. However, it’s of no use. Granny boom tubes away with Violet, and Ultra Humanite does the same with Dr. Jace. Tara and Brion are left to deal with Dr. Jace’s truth and return home empty-handed.
12. A Final Departure: Back at Outsiders Tower, Jefferson is about to make his exit but asks where Helga is. Gar informs him that she left with Tara, Brion and Violet a while ago. Moments after, Brion and Tara return to the tower, bringing with them the news of what occured. The Light conducts another meeting, in which Ultra Humanite reveals that he was never planning to go along with Dr. Jace’s arrangement. I mean, duh. That lady is crazy. Additionally, Ultra Humanite is angry that Violet was given over to Darkseid and Granny, especially now that she is the key to the anti-life equation. Vandal snaps his tablet in half once he hears it, so clearly this was not something that he was expecting anytime soon. Seems like he’s going to have to fix things, and fast. Jefferson is shocked at the news about Dr. Jace, and honestly, I feel little sympathy for any of them. That lady was shady from the start, and they should have looked into her far more than they had. But, that’s just me. Brion wants to rescue Violet, but they have no idea where she even is. On the Orphanage, Granny delivers Violet to… Other Granny? What? Yeah, I don’t have enough information to unpack this one. Guess we’ll find out soon enough!

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We are getting pretty close to the end! Don't forget that even though next Tuesday is episode 22 of 26, we will get episodes 24 - 26 all in one big final release! So really, there are only three weeks of Young Justice Outsiders left! YIKES! At least we know we are getting a season four! As you've now likely seen on our social media accounts we already have the one line synopsis for the episode but tonight we can share with you four new images of next week's all new episode! Of course, if there are more images released, which is likely going to happen, we'll add them here. If you miss the synopsis for next week, that is below too:

The betrayals come fast and furious, and with them, a reckoning...

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Another Tuesday, another exciting Young Justice: Outsiders episode to break down! We’re close to being finished with the season, but I’m going to ignore that in favor of watching the Kaldur and Wyynde scenes over and over again. Oh, and little baby Beecher-Duncan. She cute. 

In this week’s episode, Dick and Jefferson get a little more than they bargained for when they break in to investigate Granny’s home, leaving Kaldur and Wyynde to save them. Karen and Mal’s daughter is born, but not without complications. Dr. Jace continues being shady, and I am finally vindicated. Sounds like a lot? I promise, I’ll cover it all below!

1. Breaking and Entering: While Granny is busy attending the premiere of a new Goode World Studios film, Nightwing and Black Lightning attempt to do recon of her house. Side note: The Great Khan… is that supposed to be a reference to Vandal? Black Lightning is dubious of what a recon could help them with, but Nightwing has other plans. He’d taken Dreamer’s motherbox and used it to discover if Granny was keeping Apokoliptian tech in her house; Surprise, surprise, she is. Oracle provides backup on the mission, but her feed is cut as soon as Nightwing and Black Lightning enter the house. The two aren’t even inside five minutes before they’re sucked into the floor. Uh oh. 
2. Symbiosi: In Kaldur’s home of Shayeris (from here on known as my happy place, in addition to Star City), he and Wyynde watch as the newly named Dolphin happily swims with Sha’lain’a and Cal Durham. Their happiness is cut short when Oracle contacts Kaldur, informing him that Nightwing and Black Lightning have been missing for nearly twenty four hours. Given that their mission was illegal and thus prohibits League involvement, Kaldur asks if another member of their secret team can handle the situation. However, no one else is available. Kaldur agrees to go, but he won’t be alone; Wyynde has insisted on joining him.
3. Baby Fever: As Mal and Karen prepare for their baby’s arrival, they discuss the possibility of their child containing a meta gene. Karen wants to leave the chance to Mother Nature, but Mal seems to be more in favor of experimentation. They don’t get much farther than that, as Karen’s water breaks; seems it’s time for another member of the Super Hero Playdate group to be born!
4. Is it Always Like This: In the Outsiders’ Tower, Silas and Vic say a quick goodbye amidst the usual chaos. Beast Boy and Geoforce return from a nasty encounter with the Condiment King, and Tara and Geoforce rush out for a mission with M’Gann. Violet laments how Brion is still angry with her, and she doesn’t have much time to tell him goodbye. Dr. Jace insists that Violet still keep the news to herself, given that she will be talking to her mentor that evening. 
5. Diplomatic Visit: Oracle coordinates both Kaldur and Wyynde as they scope out Granny’s home. She prepares to make a distraction and lure Granny out, but Kaldur prefers the direct approach: ringing the doorbell. Granny is surprised to see Aquaman at her doorstep and invites him and Wyynde inside; just as before, the moment the front door closes, Oracle’s feed is cut. Kaldur states the purpose of the visit, that he is there to question about the whereabouts of Nightwing and Black Lightning. Granny asks if he plans to bring them to justice for breaking into her home illegally. Kaldur says they can discuss it, once she takes them to their friends. Granny agrees, using the Apokoliptian tech (named Overlord) to descend them all into a pit. Oracle continues watching via beetle, prepared to make a distraction if need be. 
6. Small Complication: Over at the Ivy University hospital, Karen is in active labor, assisted by Mal and a small team of doctors. Another side note: I’m just going to assume that every new female character on this show is voiced by Zehra Fazal; the woman has incredible range, and I can only hope this pattern continues in Season 4. After much pushing, Karen gives birth to a baby girl. However, there’s a problem: the baby has cyanosis, needing further X-Ray to investigate. Not the thing new parents want to hear immediately after birth, poor them. 
7. The New Vic: Anyone else feel kinda giddy seeing both Garfield and Vic on screen together? The two hang out in the gym, with Victor talking about his healing progress and how much better he feels. I’m so happy that he’s getting the help he needs and finally coming to terms with who he is. Not only that, but he’s even learning to take control of his tech. This piques Garfield’s interest, and he encourages Vic to test out his strength. It’s so great to see that the two are becoming so close. One can only hope that this will lead to Vic joining the Outsiders, or the Team, in the near future. 
8. A Hero to Look Up To: Brion stands on the balcony, staring at a picture of him and Violet from Halloween. He looks up when he hears the door open, but to his disappointment, it’s only Dr. Jace. Me too, Brion. He was hoping that Violet was the one trying to find him, given her attempts to speak with him. Brion attempts to leave and speak with her, but Dr. Jace stops him, claiming that right now Violet feels out of control and needs to be in control of what happens to her. Mhm, sure Jace. In the meantime, she suggests that Brion take a look at the Outsiders’ social media feed and start replying to the fans from Markovia, as this could be his ticket home. 
9. Fixing a Broken Heart: Mal and Karen’s daughter has a hole in her heart, and given the snow storm, no heart surgeon will be able to make it in time. Lucky for the baby, Karen pulls on her Bumblebee gear and is prepared to make the assist herself. Mal isn’t happy about the decision given that Karen just gave birth, but Karen will do anything to save their daughter’s life. She shrinks down and is inserted into her daughter’s body, using the doctor’s guidance to put a patch on the hole.
10. Lesson Learned: Granny guides Kaldur and Wyynde down into her X-Pit, where Nightwing and Black Lightning are being tortured. This put is where Granny brings people that need ‘correction’, aka, brainwashing and torture to make them ‘obey their Granny’. Kaldur and Wyynde rescue Nightwing and Black Lightning from the pit, using their magic to ward off some of the negative effects. However, Wyynde also rescues Dreamer’s motherbox. This causes issues when they try to leave, as Granny refuses to let them go without returning the Motherbox. Kaldur insists that as Motherbox is a living being, they will not leave without her. This is unacceptable for Granny, so she turns the tables. Turns out that the X-Pit has another side effect: mind control. She bids Nightwing and Black Lighting to obey her, and thus they attack Kaldur and Wyynde. 
11. A Change of Heart: Karen completes the patch on her daughter’s heart without complication. However, it seems she’s had a change of heart about meddling with her daughter’s genetics. She turns off her video feed and shrinks down to access her daughter’s DNA, assumedly altering her genes to create a metagene. 
12. New Revelations: Kaldur and Wyynde hold their own against Nightwing and Jefferson, given that their Atlantean strength and magic gives them the advantage. This doesn’t please Granny, who commands that Overlord kill Motherbox. Motherbox’s cries of pain alert both Victor and Violet, who immediately rush to the rescue via Boomtube. That’s right, Vic can Boomtube! They are joined by Brion and Garfield, who are quite surprised at the company they keep. While Vic stops Overlord from hurting Motherbox, Violet heals her, and then uses the language of the Old Gods to cure Nightwing and Black Lightning from Granny’s control. Granny wants to discipline Garfield for intervening, but Oracle luckily saves the day and disrupts Overlord, distracting Granny and allowing the heroes to escape. 
13. All is Well: With her daughter on the mend, Karen cuddles with her. For her sake, I really hope Karen gets some serious rest. Childbirth followed by heroing is no joke. 
14. Consequences: Nightwing is gravely ill following his time in the X-Pit, and Barbara sits by his side and tries to help. Outside the medical bay, Kaldur and Wyynde share a brief yet touching moment, and Violet and Brion make up. Happy times for everyone. Sort of. Dr. Jace, however, is not happy that Brion and Violet have made up. She texts her ‘mentor’, who is revealed to be none other than Ultra Humanite. Yes, I’ll take ‘Ariel was right about Dr. “Shady” Jace’ for 500 points, please. Vindication has never felt so sweet. 
15. The Anti Life Equation: In a post-credits scene, we see Granny contact Darkseid, letting him know that she has found the Anti-Life Equation. Yeah, that… that’s not good.

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Happy YJ Tuesday, dear readers! We are twenty episodes down, with six left to go. Are you feeling the aster? I sure hope so, because we have a lot to cover! I didn’t think I could ever love another episode this season as much as I love ‘Private Security’. However, ‘Quiet Conversations’ came pretty darn close. I feel very comfortable (for now, at least) giving it the second place slot.

I know, I can hear y’all now. How could I love this episode that much when there wasn’t a single Nguyen-Harper family member in attendance? Ha, shows you I’m not totally biased! While, yes, I did miss my favorite characters, this episode’s writing was so strong that I didn’t miss them (much). ‘Quiet Conversations’ focuses on some heavy-hitting stories, and each one is handled delicately and with utmost care. Victor Stone faces a crisis when the Fatherbox tech overrides his body, leaving Conner, Forager and Jefferson to find alternative help. We discover that Violet has indeed run away, but for good cause: she went to give closure to Gabrielle’s family. To many fans’ delight, we get a peek inside of Atlantis and how Kaldur is helping the aquatic meta-girl’s recovery. She’s not the only one in recovery, though; Harper Row faces some one-on-one time with Megan after her stint with Violet. Given how each story is pretty equally handled in this episode, today’s breakdown will be per-story (rather than sequential) in order to go fully in depth. 

1. A Physical Crisis: Late in the evening on New Years, Vic wanders around Hollywood (as one does) while on the phone with his father. The conversation doesn’t end well, and Vic’s stress levels cause an adverse reaction from the Fatherbox tech, causing it to take over more of his body. Forager finds him over a day later in an empty alleyway, and immediately springs into action. He returns Vic to the Outsiders’ Tower, where Dr. Jace and Jefferson keep an eye on him. While Dr. Jace declares him stable, Dreamer and Conner boom tube into the medical bay and deny it. Dreamer uses a Motherbox to run a diagnostic before explaining that Vic’s only hope is to be placed in the Mobius chair of Metron.
   
   With a mission set, Conner, Jefferson and Forager boom tube to find Metron. On their journey, they run into Superman, fighting off a crowd of Parademons. I cackled when Conner asked Superman to be his best man, in the middle of fighting, no less. Good to see how much their relationship has grown! Finally, the trio find Metron and ask him to come help Vic. Metron doesn’t wish to help, at least not until he hears that the problem is Fatherbox related.
   
   When the four return to the Tower, Vic’s situation has gotten worse. While Conner, Jefferson and Forager were trying to find Metron, Silas stone has zeta’d into the medical bay to see Victor. This only put more stress on Victor, leading to more Fatherbox tech damage. In order to keep the Fatherbox tech from spreading, Silas put him into a medical coma. They await for Metron to help Vic, but Metron refuses. He has only come to watch Victor die and use his death as research. Obviously, this doesn’t fly for anyone else in the room. Jefferson and Conner attack Metron and get him out of the chair while Brion and Dr. Jace put Vic in it. As Dreamer said, the chair heals Vic of all of Fatherbox’s influence for good. With that out of the way, hopefully now Victor can move on! And join the team? Maybe? Here’s hoping! Most importantly, he and his father embrace and seem to be healing their relationship. Thank the heavens.
2. Under the Sea: In Taos, Kaldur speaks with the aquatic meta-girl from ‘Early Warning’. Turns out, because they had no other accommodation for her, they kept her in a little tank with no way to communicate. Poor her. To remedy this, she and Kaldur make the decision to relocate to Poseidonis. Once there, the girl immediately perks up as Kaldur’s translation spell allows her to talk.
   
   On their way to her new accommodation, they run into King Orin and Wynnde. King Orin is quite pleased with Kaldur’s role as Aquaman, especially with the news of the Outsiders and how they took down Professor Ivo. Kaldur isn’t happy with keeping secrets, but says nothing. However, the aquatic girl notices his expression. She brings it up later, after getting acquainted with Kaldur’s parents (her new home, it seems). Kaldur doesn’t reveal what is truly bothering him, but the girl insists that he is a good man, as he clearly feels bad about lying to his king. I’m not sure this will totally placate Kaldur, but for now, I’ll take it.
   
   By the end of the episode, Kaldur watches as the girl happily swims with his parents, before he kisses Wyynde. No, friends, I did not misspeak! That’s right, Kaldur and Wyynde kissed. I’m so happy for them, please just excuse me for a minute while I cry of joy. 
3. A Need for Counseling: Over in Happy Harbor, Harper Row sits with Megan in a counseling session. Megan notices a bruise on Harper’s collarbone, but Harper denies it and chalks it up to roughhousing with her brother. Megan doesn’t believe her, but Harper quickly changes the subject to ask about Violet’s whereabouts, given that she isn’t in school. Megan explains that Violet has run away from home, and asks if Harper might know where she is, but Harper denies it.
   
   Moving along, Megan continues to try and get Harper to talk about what’s been going on. She noticed that Harper’s brother, Colin, came to school with a black eye. Harper refuses to come clean, given that she knows if she admits to her and Colin being abused, Megan will have to report it to the authorities. Then, Harper and Colin could be separated and put into foster homes, and she doesn’t want that. Megan doesn’t give up so easily, however. She brings up the situation with Violet, alcohol and the gun, and the two discuss it. It turns out that the only reason Harper had the gun was because she took it away from her house, so her alcoholic father wouldn’t have a chance to use it.
   
   When Megan prods the issue further, Harper attempts to leave. She stops when Megan brings up her brother, and how by protecting their abusive father, Harper is actually hurting her brother. With that in mind, Harper makes the difficult decision to come clean, and admits that their father abuses her and Colin. At the end of the episode, we see that Megan has taken both Colin and Harper to Child Protective Services. 
4. Giving Closure: Though we all knew that Violet ran away in the last episode, we finally get our confirmation. While Vic goes through his crisis, Tara runs out with a letter from Violet, explaining her absence. Artemis tasks it upon herself to go and find her, and because Tara feels partly responsible, she tags along as well. They use Supercycle to locate Violet, and away they go. Meanwhile, Violet is actually doing something rather noble. She has gone to visit Gabrielle’s family, in order to give them closure over their daughter’s disappearance.
   
   At first she pretends she is Gabrielle, and tries to explain how she’s sick and is going to die. After further prodding, however, she breaks and decides to tell Gabrielle’s family the entire story. Gabrielle’s cousin rejects Violet, calling her a demon, but Gabrielle’s mother is more understanding. She thanks Violet for giving them closure, kisses her forehead, and wishes her peace among her new family. Just a side note, if you hear some odd wails coming from afar, please pay no attention, it’s just me.
   
   Artemis and Tara arrive at Gabrielle’s home and embrace Violet before taking her back to where she belongs. In the final scene of this episode, Tara partakes in a phone call with Deathstroke. However, she seems to be turning a new leaf, and remarks she has no news to give.
   
   Let’s see, did I miss anything? Oh, Dr. Jace continues to be shady and has a mysterious phone call with her mentor. Then, she talks to Brion and tells him how proud she thinks his parents would be of him, now. I don’t like her, I don’t trust her, mark me at my words: that woman is up to no good. I will rue the day when I am finally proven right. 

That seems to be it for Episode 20! Feelings everywhere, lots of tears, but lots of good moments too. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I hope you did as well. 

Before I end this recap, I do want to take a minute and repeat the message displayed at the end of this episode. The National Domestic Hotline is available to help victims and survivors of domestic abuse. If you find yourself needing help, please call 1-800-799-7233, or visit www.thehotline.org. 

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