Part of me was never going to write this article. I didn’t watch Young Justice when it was on the air, because that’s just not how I watch TV anymore. Instead, I caught up with all of season two at a later date, and when it was over and cancelled, I was pretty sure I understood why. I intended to write an article explaining my thoughts, but I just kept putting it off until it was beyond relevant.

Now that Young Justice has been confirmed as rising from the dead for a third season, this is probably my best chance to explain why I just didn’t care for the show, especially after season 2.

There’s nothing wrong with sidekicks

Don’t get me wrong, Young Justice is a fine show, and any comic book fan should be thrilled at the breadth of material that was brought to glorious cartoon life. As a Robin fan in particular, how cool was it that the show is going full Robin? With Nightwing, Tim Drake and Jason Todd’s death all part of the proceeding?

That’s good stuff.

Better than B:TAS

But I was largely disappointed with Young Justice season 2 for two very important reasons. Reasons that, I feel, were such a detriment to the show that I understood why it was cancelled — aside from that whole toy issue, which sounds like a perfectly legitimate (albeit stupid) reason for a network to cancel a cartoon like Young Justice.

It got too big.

And it got too mean.

The big thing about season 2 was that the show took a five year jump in time between seasons. This allowed the writers to jump right into new storylines, while also introducing a ton of new characters. And while I’m sure a lot of fans loved this, I felt it hurt the show in the long run.

Join me after the jump for my thoughts.

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