DC's Titans: 9 Reasons It's Already A Dud

3. The Atrocious Dialogue

Quite why anyone let Razzie-nominated writer Akiva Goldsman (Batman and Robin, The Dark Tower) work on this show and expected good results is anyone's guess. While he at least co-wrote this episode with the more esteemed Geoff Johns and Greg Berlanti, it's still an utter mess of nothing-plotting and laughably bad dialogue.

As is again a problem with many superhero shows, the script is overly reliant on expository dialogue to establish character motivations and move the plot forward, rather than letting the visuals do the bulk of the storytelling. In the very least, maybe portion the exposition out a little more sparingly, no?

That's not to forget the comically bad banter as Dick Grayson plays cop: it evokes the feel of a mediocre fan film rather than a show officially endorsed and produced by DC Comics.

At least Goldman is thus far only credited on this single episode, and we know that Johns wrote an episode later in the season by himself, so things could certainly pick up from this point.