Titans Season 2: 5 Ups & 3 Downs From 'Atonement'

1. The Broodiness Returns

One thing that has set Titans' second season apart from the first is the light-hearted optimistic tone that the show had adopted this time around. The characters smile more, the action is fun, the music is more triumphant and even the colours are brighter. Simply put: Titans was finally becoming the Teen Titans show we were waiting for it to be.

'Atonement' felt like something of a step backwards for the show in terms of that tone. As it was focused on the aftermath of Dick's revelation - which nobody took too well - it was understandable that things were a little less optimistic. However, some of the narrative felt unnecessarily repetitive of days gone by.

Dick's attempts to atone for his sins were mostly effective, but it was Hank and Dawn's storyline that proved to be rather frustrating. The pair's short-lived happiness provided us with a rare chance to see them genuinely content, but one conversation with Ellis' sister later and Hank was ready to give up on his relationship and drive off to who knows where.

In spite of his struggles and the coherency of the writing, this still felt like a somewhat out-of-character move on Hank's part. He knows that they're both damaged but he's also fully aware that he was damaged before they got together, so it didn't really make sense that he would reach such a huge conclusion about their relationship in such a short space of time - especially when he loves Dawn so much.

This just felt like another excuse to separate more characters from each other and make everyone even more miserable but it just progressed much too quickly.

Now, for the positives...