Two years after the Reach's defeat, metahuman trafficking has reached galactic levels, but the Justice League is unable to intercede due to United Nations Secretary General Lex Luthor hindering their efforts. Recognizing the restrictions, Batman, Green Arrow, their respective protégés on the Team, and other Justice Leaguers resign in a pre-planned move to operate as vigilantes again. Black Lightning also resigns to recover from an incident where he accidentally killed a metahuman child. Days lat
The Justice League announces the resignation of several members in response to the United Nations' restrictions. Baron DeLamb declares that vigilante heroes are unwelcome in Markovia, just as Dick's team arrives in the country to investigate the metahuman trafficking syndicate, "Bedlam". Nightwing and Tigress go undercover at the King's pre-coronation party while Superboy and Black Lightning go underground to find the labs. Prince Brion is at odds with his brother over their uncle becoming regen
Tigress and Black Lightning head to the hospital to rescue Superboy, with some assistance from the girl Tigress saved, nicknamed "Halo". Dick discovers that Helga Jace activated Brion's meta-gene to oppose Bedlam's leader, Baron DeLamb. While DeLamb is able to kidnap the trafficked children, Dick's team saves Jace and Brion, who starts experiencing his geo-thermokinetic powers. DeLamb, having taken security footage from the lab, tries to frame Brion for his crimes; leading the latter to violentl
While Halo, Brion, and Helga Jace settle into America, Dick recruits Will, Roy, and Jim Harper for a mission tracking down more metahuman traffickers in exchange for helping Will with a gig at his private security company. The four are assigned to protect a shipment of high tech VR goggles that is soon hijacked by Brick and his thugs. While Dick and the Harpers try to retrieve the shipment, Will gives Dick advice on starting a new team to protect the metahuman kids. Elsewhere, during a yearly re
Dick gathers his new team together in Happy Harbor to evaluate Brion and Halo to decide how to best help them. They start training them in using their powers and agree to help Brion find his missing sister, Tara. Meanwhile, M'gann and the Team are recruited to investigate an incident on New Genesis, where someone impersonating Orion has been attacking the Bug hives. M'gann discovers that the Orion impersonator is her younger brother, M'comm (now calling himself Ma'alefa'ak), who is trying to get
When an assassination bears signs of potentially involving Tara, Brion recruits Halo and Forager to go to Infinity Island with him to confront the League of Shadows and find her. Upon arriving on the island, they encounter Sensei, who quickly defeats them. Fortunately, Dick and the others soon arrive to rescue them. Sensei and several assassins try to foil their escape, but Ra's al Ghul arrives and allows them to depart. Brion demands his sister's safe return, but Ra's reveals that the Shadows a
Cassandra, the daughter of Vandal Savage, reads a diary recounting his history. It details how Savage became immortal, his first encounter with Darkseid, and his first time defeating Starro. In the present, an alien armada threatens Earth, forcing Savage to confront them with Warworld. He soon learns that the armada is being controlled by Starro and goes to face his ancient foe. Meanwhile, in Happy Harbor, Dick, Artemis, and Conner train and bond with Brion, Violet and Forager; giving them their
This episode presents three stories told by Nightwing, Robin, and Kaldur'ahm (now the new Aquaman after Arthur decided to be King of Atlantis full-time). First, Dick recounts to Barbara how his team confronted Cheshire, Shade, Mist, and Livewire for information regarding the League of Shadows. Cheshire claims they are currently operating out of Santa Prisca before escaping with Shade. Second, Tim reports to Batman that he, Spoiler, Arrowette, and Orphan were tracking Clayface disguised as Jervis
Nightwing's team comes under attack when Lobo arrives on Earth under a contract to kill Forager. The team rushes to his defense, but despite all of their best efforts, the bounty hunter appears to succeed and pound Forager to death. However, after he departs, Forager reveals what Lobo destroyed was his exoskeleton, having shed it to fool the bounty hunter. Meanwhile, in Central City, Iris West hosts a play date for all the children of all the heroes who have families, accompanied by their parent
Batman, Katana, and Metamorpho go on a covert mission to Santa Prisca to investigate the Shadows and Tara's whereabouts. There, they learn the Shadows are currently being led by Deathstroke and trained by Lady Shiva. It is also revealed that Cassandra Savage has joined their ranks and Tara was sent to Granny Goodness. Batman and the others are discovered and engage Bane, Deathstroke, and Shiva, but manage to escape. In Star City, Artemis enrolls Violet in high school and Will has a conversation
At S.T.A.R. Labs, Victor gets into an argument with his father and accidentally causes an explosion. Silas uses a Father Box given to him by the Justice League to try and save his son, but it encases Victor in a technological cocoon and transforms him into a cyborg. Elsewhere, Violet and Forager, wearing a glamour charm and going by the name "Fred Bugg", start at Happy Harbor High and become friends with Harper Row. Violet begins experiencing uncomfortable sensations and soon discovers a new ind
Garfield prepares for a date with Queen Perdita, only to find himself trapped within his own mind after trying on a pair of Goode Goggles that rendered him unconscious. He experiences traumatizing visions about his mother's death, his adoption by the Doom Patrol before their subsequent deaths, and members of the Team who had died (such as Wally West) before his godmother's husband took custody of him and he became a TV star. During each of his visions, he sees his childhood pet monkey, who event
Nightwing's team goes on a covert mission to Greater Bialya to raid a metahuman trafficking depot, now known to be run by Granny Goodness and where Tara is being held. Upon arriving, they discover the depot to be a metahuman fight club and auction. They manage to sneak the fifteen-year-old Princess Tara out (now going by "Terra"), but go back to rescue the other metahuman kids. Meanwhile, back in Happy Harbor, Violet struggles to adjust to her new emotions. When the Father Box once again takes c
After stopping a purse snatcher, Beast Boy decides to rejoin the Team, via his off-hours since he cannot quit working for Goode World Studios. Tara, Geo-Force, Halo, and Forager join the Team. Meanwhile, Granny Goodness goes public, blaming her Goode Goggles tracking metahumans on her dead designer. G. Gordon Godfrey further discredits the League with Lex Luthor's help. In space, Parademons have been stealing rare metals from different planets. Superman, Wonder Woman, Hawkman, Hawkwoman, and Guy
Brion, Tara, Violet, and Forager (along with Beast Boy and led by Artemis) are assigned their first Team mission; to investigate the rumors concerning a Russian government metahuman program which, as they soon discover, aims to use military volunteers to create an equivalent to the Justice League called the Rocket Red Brigade. While leaving, the heroes discover Monsieur Mallah, Captain Boomerang, and Black Manta about to attack the Russian base. They intercept the attack and engage the three cri
Brion, Tara, Violet, Jefferson, and Helga Jace celebrate Thanksgiving with Will, Lian, Artemis, and Paula. When Paula learns Artemis returned to being a hero, she bitterly encourages her to instead focus on being a mother figure to Lian as Jade is not coming back. Meanwhile, Victor avoids having dinner with Conner, M'gann, Lucas Carr, and Forager. Forager encourages him to join them as they all care about him; using a butterfly metaphor to tell him he needs to "come out of his shell". Elsewhere
Garfield decides that the League cannot succeed in winning back the public's trust as Lex Luthor has restricted them too much and politics have put any action by the League on hold. To rectify this, he forms the Outsiders alongside Kid Flash, Static, Wonder Girl, Blue Beetle, and Geo-Force; using his home in Hollywood as their new base. The Outsiders discover Reach battle bugs attacking a town and take them down with little property damage. Despite their heroics, the mayor demands their arrest u
While the Outsiders' popularity is on the rise, they're sent to investigate a magical disturbance in Cuba, where Klarion uses his magic to activate the metagene in kidnapped teenagers. Unsatisfied with any of the results, he merges them into a giant monster. Zatanna secretly backs up the Outsiders by restoring the victims to their bodies, then traps Klarion and herself in the Tower of Fate. The Outsiders bring the kidnapped teenagers to Taos, but need Kaldur's help with a metahuman girl who can
A United Nations conference is held in Bwundasa, and a terrorist group known as B.I.F. launches an attack. As Miss Martian, Halo, and Terra help Troia fend off an assassination attempt by a mind controlled psychic metahuman and a disguised Lady Shiva, the Outsiders (now including El Dorado) fight the main group in the plaza to save Garth and protect the other diplomats. Luthor calls in the Flash, per the UN's guidelines, having set up the whole attack to make the Outsiders look bad. Later the Ou
Vic finds the Father-Box tech is taking over his body again, so when Silas comes to help, he trusts his father to stabilize him while Superboy contacts Dreamer for additional help. She lends them a Mother Box and tells him to seek out Metron as only his Mobius Chair can exorcise the Father Box's spirit. This leads them to the Source, where Metron is observing Superman fight Apokoliptian forces who have acquired the final material for their device. When Metron refuses to help, Superboy and Black
In Atlantis, the meta-girl has acclimated to underwater life and has chosen the name Dolphin. While watching over her with his partner Wynnde, Kaldur receives a call from Oracle asking him to find Nightwing and Black Lightning, whom she had lost contact with after they broke into Granny Goodness' house, to find evidence of her true nature they can use. Kaldur and Wynnde take the polite approach and ask Granny to return their friends, so she reveals they have been kept in an X-Pit, a pale void th
The Outsiders learn that they have inspired new young metahumans, like Infinity, Inc.; though Geo-Force thinks they are piggybacking off the Outsiders' fame. While Dick is recovering, Jefferson finally realizes everything that has happened since Batman Inc. split from the Justice League was a set-up. The news enrages the Outsiders and Conner when they learn that their closest allies were keeping secrets from them. In the meantime, Helga Jace secretly kidnaps Halo, Tara, and Brion; handing them o
Wonder Woman's portion of the Justice League attacks the Orphanage but quickly falls under Granny's control via the Anti-Life Equation. On Earth, Black Lightning continues to feel dejected by the betrayals until he spends time with his daughters. Gretchen Goode blames meta-teens for break-ins caused by the heroes looking for information on Halo's whereabouts, angering Beast Boy. Vandal Savage provides The Team with Halo's location on the condition they tell Granny he's the one who did it. Miss M
At the same time as the events occurring at the Orphanage, Beast Boy takes the Outsiders and Victor, wanting to repay Halo for all the times she helped him, to Goode World Studios after the latter senses something there. They find a large Apokoliptian machine, only for Gretchen to throw them into the X-Pit. She fights Beast Boy herself and though he fights valiantly, he is no match for her. Victor is able to use his new abilities to hack into Overlord, the machine that generates the X-Pits, and
On Valentine's Day, Will prepares a romantic dinner with Artemis, but she backs off, feeling that she is betraying Wally. Meanwhile, Brion starts a publicity tour for the Outsiders so that he and Tara can meet with Gregor as a family for the first time in months. Tara informs Deathstroke of this, so the Light arranges for Baron DeLamb to escape prison and stage a military coup. Forager is conflicted over whether to return to New Genesis or remain on Earth, so Conner takes him to Geranium City, w
The Outsiders, the Team, and Nightwing's group all enter Markovia to stop Delamb, knowing that the Light plans on the Outsiders botching the mission to push registering and controlling all heroes and outlawing Leaguers who do not comply. Deathstroke informs Tara she must publicly kill Beast Boy. Brion is able to battle and capture DeLamb on live television. Tara gets ready for the kill, but Artemis is able to talk her down: stating the heroes always knew she was working for Deathstroke, but kept