Justice League Unlimited 3.10

Far from Home

Supergirl, Green Lantern, and Green Arrow get abducted by a time bubble sent from the 31st century by Brainiac 5 of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Supergirl gets very punchy once Brainiac 5 introduces himself but her teammates manage to calm her down. The only other Legionnaire around when they arrive is Bouncing Boy. All the other Legionnaires (Lightning Lad, Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, Wildfire, Timber Wolf, Shadow Lass, Phantom Girl, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Ultra Boy, Blok) have been abducted by the Fatal Five.

It isn't long before the Fatal Five strike again. This time it is just Emerald Empress and the Persuader but they prove to be a little too much for the 5 heroes. The villains try to capture all the heroes but in the end settle for just taking Green Lantern and Bouncing Boy.

Green Arrow picks up on the budding romance between Supergirl and Brainiac 5 and gives them a little space. In addition to flirting the Kryptonian and the Colluan figure out where the Fatal Five are and what they are up to. They have the kidnapped Legionnaires plus Green Lantern brainwashed to do their bidding and send them to destroy the capital of the United Planets. Supergirl does her best to prevent the mindless heroes from leveling the capital of the United Planets while Brainiac 5 and Green Arrow take on the Fatal Five.

There are a lot of good, funny lines in this one. It isn't all humor but it had enough to keep me chuckling and it was well placed. A fair amount of it revolves around the mutual attraction between Supergirl and Brainiac 5, whom she initially describe to Green Lantern and Green Arrow as "seriously cute",

This is at least the second time that Supergirl has teamed up with Green Lantern and Green Arrow. The other episode that comes to mind is episode 1.01: Initiation.

There are a lot of captured Legionnaires who show up in this episode but none of them have any lines. On the one hand I wish that there had more Legionnaires with significant roles in this episode, on the other hand I think they did a great job with what they chose to use.

This episode has the feel of a back door pilot for a show that never happened, Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes. There was a Legion of Super-Heroes cartoon not too long after JLU went off the air but it was not done by the same team that did JLU and had a very different look to it. I don't think Supergirl was a regular on that show.

I remembered this episode but I didn't remember very much about it. I was cautiously optimistic that I would enjoy it. I was not let down.