Young Justice 1.06

Infiltrator

Artemis joins the team just in time to help them on a mission to recover a weapon known as the Fog. Dr. Serling Roquette, invented the weapon when she was a prisoner of the League of Shadows. Red Arrow, the superhero formerly known as the Speedy rescued Dr. Roquette in the scene before the opening credits. The League of Shadows wants her dead and sends an assassin to get the job done.

Before the team can get around to protecting Dr. Roquette, Kid Flash and Artemis start arguing. They take most opportunities they get to pick on one another. Kid Flash still has a thing for Miss Martian and continues to flirt with her fairly openly and unashamedly. There isn't any flirting between Miss Martian and Superboy. Artemis does make a couple complimentary comments about Superboy's looks.

Distracted by the chatter the team fails to notice when the assassin, Cheshire, sneaks into the school where Dr. Roquette is working. Cheshire is there to kill her but the young heroes manage to prevent that. They move Dr. Roquette to another location and send Superboy and Robin after the super high tech weapon while the rest of them guard the scientist. Cheshire strikes again but this time she brings a couple friends with her. Cheshire almost completes her mission but changes her mind about killing Dr. Roquette after the scientist successfully uploads a virus which kills the Fog.

Cheshire gets away but her cohorts do not. I was not familiar with the two villains assisting Cheshire. One had a giant hook hand and the other seemed a lot like Spider-Man even if he didn't look just like him. I don't think either of them had any lines. Cheshire gets away in the end because Artemis lets her. Artemis is very surprised by the face she sees when Cheshire's mask comes off. Cheshire threatens to reveal something she knows about Artemis to the other heroes, unless Artemis lets her go. What exactly she is holding over Artemis' head isn't exactly clear, but it will be revealed eventually.

There was a character named Cheshire who first appeared in New Teen Titans (1980) Annual 2. I don't recall very much about her but I believe she was supposed to be older that this version of the character.

Artemis gets a warning from Red Arrow, at the end of the episode, not to hurt his friends. He doesn't trust Artemis. It isn't clear if he knows something about her, like Cheshire does, but he suspects she's got something up her sleeve.

In comic books Dr. Roquette was a regular cast member of Superboy (1994) for about 3 years, from 56 - 93. Following her final appearance in that comic book, she has appeared much more sporadically.

I didn't fully understand why Cheshire let Dr. Roquette live. What difference did it make if the virus was uploaded or not? Orders are orders. Who is she to make a decision on the fly to change the plan?

Kid Flash and Artemis bickering was at the heart of the episode. I thought it was amusing how Wally immediately challenged her membership in the team. She wasn't shy about giving him grief either. It was a two-way street. She's exactly what he needs, someone to call him on his braggadocio.

Miss Martian set up a telepathic link between the team members so that they could communicate without having to worry about the bad guys overhearing them. This led to a few funny moments where someone, usually Wally but on at least one occasion Artemis, says something that clearly wasn't meant for everyone to hear and gets called out on it by another member of the team.

I like the developing mystery of Artemis. She clearly has a secret or two that she is keeping to herself. What is it that Cheshire has on her? Why is Red Arrow so suspicious of her? If she isn't Green Arrow's niece then who is she?

Overall this was a very good episode. The introduction of Artemis to the team is clearly a plus. The action and plotting were good, but not phenomenal. It was the character moments that make this a better than average episode.