User Reviews

This season is shaping up to be the most consistent one yet; that is, consistently okay. It doesn't reach the high points of the previous seasons, but it also doesn't sink low and come off as a disaster, so it's an improvement in some respects. This season has finally found a tone appropriate for the "Titans," and it's encouraging to see how the characters have matured and learned from their past experiences. Injecting just the perfect amount of humour, Jinx is a great addition, and unlike before, there is stuff for Gar to do, and he is not neglected.

With the positives out of the way, though, I must address the negatives. Lingering issues from the season's outset are now creeping their way to the forefront. Dick and Kory's relationship lacks any real depth. If they want to make it believable, they'll have to do more than the casual interactions between the two we've seen so far. The dialogue is quite basic and lacks depth. It's a major gripe of mine that, although the DC animated shows have fantastic dialogue, the live-action adaptations never seem to measure up. The acting, especially that of the cult characters, is so dreadfully unnatural that it breaks your immersion.

Tim hasn't been very likeable this season, but the "superhero moment" scene made me laugh out loud at the writers' competence. He nonchalantly smacked the snake on the head, killing it. And then Dick says that all his hard work in training has paid off, and he's finally accomplished his goal. Isn't that something simple enough that anyone could do it? It had such a lacklustre impression on me that I was trying to figure out what the writers were thinking. Extremely disappointing stuff. With his bizarre decisions, Tim has been the worst-written Titans character this season. I hope they can turn it around, since it's getting on my nerves. The lack of visual portrayal of Gar's transition was also a letdown for me; even a brief CGI sequence showing his new form would have been adequate.

It's not a terrible episode by any stretch, but some underlying problems drag it down and ultimately drag the season down. Let's wait and see what the rest of the season has in store.

Rating: 6.6/10 (Fair)

I really don't get why the writers are ruining this season when it had a lot of potential, but I honestly think they were too lazy make the script good and kept writing themselves into a corner which forced them to write up random plot conveniences to keep the story going, and not caring what the audience thinks. The cgi is good, the sets look good, the cast is great, and the costume designs are good too. The writing is where it falls off, any time there is a fight this season, the characters just completely forget their abilities and just act stupid for no reason. The amount of dumb decisions made by the characters is actually pissing me off because they're supposed to be smart, I just don't get it.

Season 4 seems to suffer from budgetary issues, in addition to poor writing and a generally weird story arc (magic is always a lazy choice for a superhero show).

If you notice, most characters are out of costume and spend much of each episode standing around and talking. Not as much action as in Seasons 1 through 3 (also meaning fewer costly effects). And the addition of the generally annoying Jinx character doesn't help the quality of this season so far.

Let's talk about the Tim Drake character. He's supposed to be a genius and a master detective, but we've seen none of that this season while he trains to be Robin. (While early on, he did figure out the secret identities of some key heroes, that was a long time ago and now he basically stands around and whines.)

Star Labs again looks very different in this iteration. Not the same as in "The Flash" (which might be on a parallel Earth) but it should be the same as the one in "Doom Patrol", since they seem to share a "universe". And we won't even talk about the Star Labs from the Snyder films, which again is very different. The Titans Star Labs seems generally underpopulated. For such a secure environment, there's very few people around. Obviously a budget decision on the part of the producers.

At roughly the halfway point in Season 4, we have bad writing and plotting, poor special FX, disposable characters who we won't miss, and a show that looks like it just doesn't care anymore. There are 6 or so episodes left to redeem this season, and no indication there will be a Season 5 (at this rate, WarnerDiscovery CEO David Zaslav could do what Luthor and the others couldn't - kill off the Titans).

Very disappointed in the direction this series has taken.

Titan season 4 was a major disappointment. The animation was some of the worst I've ever seen in a TV show. The overall quality was just plain bad. It was hard to believe that this was the same show that had some of the best animation in recent memory.

The story itself wasn't terrible, but it was nothing special. It was just another generic superhero story with a few twists and turns. The only thing that really stood out was how bad the animation was.

I'm really hoping that the animation improves in future episodes. Titan has the potential to be a great show, but the bad animation is holding it back.