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Red Arrow gets a bit of a spotlight as he battles Cheshire and Sportsmaster in Taipei. The rulers of North and South Rhelasia are in Taipei for a peace conference when Cheshire attacks. She is there to kill Lex Luthor. She is captured by the police (with some help from Red Arrow) but Sportsmaster breaks her out of jail. Red Arrow pursues and arrives just in time to see them meeting with Ra's Al Ghul. Red Arrow tries fighting them both but the two villains prove to be too much for him so he calls for backup.
M'gann and Superboy, who adopt the civilian identities of Megan Morris and Conner Kent, start school at a local high school. Their classmates include Wendy and Marvin (characters first seen on the original run of Superfriends) and Mal Duncan (who was briefly a member of the original incarnation of the Teen Titans, in the comic books). Snapper Carr is one of their teachers.
Aqualad arrives in Taipei just in time to help Red Arrow prevent Cheshire and Sportmaster from murdering anyone at the peace summit. Red Arrow questions whether saving Lex Luthor's life should be counted as a good thing. Luthor admitted in private to Red Arrow that he was there primarily for his own selfish reason: because he hopes to profit from the peace process. In the end it turns out that the assassination attempt on Luthor was just an act, and that the two men are part of the conspiracy of villains known as the Light.
Overall a fun episode with a number of Easter eggs. The Red Arrow story was by far my favorite of the two stories. I loved the way the fight scenes were animated and executed. Cheshire is a very capable villain. The first day of school story had its moments but was nowhere near as exciting as the peace conference story. Robin, Kid Flash, and Artemis do not appear in this episode.
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