Jinx
Episode 3 of Titans Season 4 begins with the gang bringing Rachel back to HQ. She’s still alive but clearly not okay. As Rachel herself says, it seems like her “soul and core essence” have been taken. ..
Dick decides to let Tim start training, while Kory and Jinx head to Gotham to recruit someone to their cause who could help. Jinx. She’s been in solitary since she came in, but she quickly causes mayhem when she’s released from her cell, touches the ground and turns into a human tornado and disappears. Great work guards! So how on earth are they going to find her?
Dick is convinced that Jinx, the thief, is after a valuable box that’s worth a pretty penny. ..
Mother Mayhem has been manipulating the workers to get Sebastian to come in and see them, under the guise of accepting his videogame pitch.
Investor stabs self in face, police show up almost immediately and suspect him of being responsible. ..
Gar speaks to Rachel about his visions, while they’re out together, admitting that he’s whisked away to a world surrounded by red. He’s been hearing voices too, typified by his time in the woods when he collapsed. He’s convinced that skinwalkers have been telling him to join them. It seems that they’re trying to tell Gar something about the witches attacking them. As a result, he’s dead-set on trying to communicate with them – somehow.
Dick and Kory intercept Jinx during a break-in. After snatching a dangerous little box from them, Kory’s curiosity gets the better of her, she opens it up to reveal a beating heart and… she’s turned to stone. Jinx can’t reverse it and the only solution is to find the dark elf whose spell this is and reverse it. So for now, Dick has no choice but to follow along with Jinx. ..
The pair arrive at a dark nightclub, where they find a dark elf who requests they be killed. Dick finds the elf in question and immediately requests he be killed.
Dick more than holds his own, taking out the hired goons and prompting this elf to strike out herself. Dick manages to knock her out and soon learns this is another ruse. It turns out Jinx led him there on purpose under the illusion that the dark elf is the only one who can reverse the spell… when she’s not. It’s Jinx!
Dick returns to Jinx and learns that she has a deathmark, explaining her tricks. She owes 5 million and this explains why she’s so adamant on taking risks and scoring big. Dick comes up with a solution for her – help free Kory and he’ll wire the money himself.
After freeing Kory from her stone, Tim and Conner ring with news. They deduce together that this whole thing with Sebastian is a set-up, orchestrated by May Bennett. Dick implores them to sit tight for now, warning that this is dangerous. ..
Sebastian and Bennett are fighting back and forth, but Bennett shows up and sees Sebastian, deciding he’s going to change the world and she’s right there to help make that a reality. She convinces him to embrace the darker side, making him repeat a series of words.
Conner saves the man before leaving. Bennett heads out and smirks thinking she’ll get another chance at this.
Gar and Rachel continue to wander through the darkness, stumbling upon a tree with human remains hanging from it. So what are these Skinwalkers saying to Gar as they whisper and swirl around his head? “When the blood moon is full, the world will fall.”
The Episode Review
With Sebastian back in the story, it seems that the blood ritual may have something to do with his return. It’s unclear what this ritual is, but it could be some sort of connection to a monster that Sebastian has been seeing in the past.
We get a bit more development for Gar, who’s off galivanting with Rachel who hasn’t got her powers at the moment, while Conner helps Tim train.
This episode felt like a bridged episode, leading up to bigger things in the future. Hopefully next week picks up the pace!
