Young Justice: Outsiders - 6 Major Questions After The First Three Episodes
The return of Young Justice gave us some answers, but it left us with a lot of questions.
Contains spoilers from Young Justice: Outsiders Episodes 1, 2 and 3.
Young Justice finally made its long-awaited return to screens when its third season, 'Outsiders', debuted on the DC Universe streaming service this past Friday, and its first three episodes wasted absolutely no time in throwing us right back into the action.
Carrying on from the meta-gene narrative established during the show's original run, it focuses on a metahuman-trafficking operation in Markovia which has resulted in the kidnappings (and later weaponisation) of children who possess metahuman abilities.
It all started with the abduction of Markovia's Princess Tara and has since spiralled into a pandemic. This, of course, catches the attention of Dick Grayson - the former Robin/Nightwing who once led Young Justice's primary team of young superheroes - ultimately forcing him to turn to his old friends to shut the operation down once and for all.
Together, 'Princes All', 'Royal We' and 'Eminent Threat' were efficient in continuing the show's overarching narrative while taking it in a gripping new direction. However, there were a number of major changes that we couldn't help but notice and, as a result, we were left in desperate need of some answers.
6. What Happened To Princess Tara?
Young Justice: Outsiders may revolve primarily around the present-day meta-human trafficking situation in Markovia, but the inciting incident was undoubtedly the abduction of Princess Tara two years prior to this. The later revelation that Tara's older brother, Brion, possesses the meta-gene confirms that she was also likely a metahuman and thus, was kidnapped for experimentation and possible weaponisation of her potential metahuman abilities.
As we saw throughout the three-part premiere, thanks to the involvement of Otto and Ana Von Furth, the kidnapped children's meta-gene's were activated, transforming them into lava-spewing monsters. But outside of these two versions of Plasmus, the Justice League hadn't come across any similar types of metahumans before. So that leaves us with the question: what happened to Princess Tara?
With Ana's heart giving out and her subsequent death, it's clear that the experiments are still far from being considered a "success". So that leaves us wondering if Tara was one of the earliest kidnappings and, as a result, succumbed to the imperfect experimentations. However, given Count Vertigo's reluctance to experiment on a royal (after Brion turned up at Bedlam's facility), it's unlikely that he would have risked experimenting on Tara.
So while her whereabouts is currently still unknown, it's more than likely that we haven't seen the last of the Markovian Princess.