Titans (TV Series) Purple Rain (2021) User Reviews

Never seen so much potential squandered

[gwrugger · 6/10 · 23 October 2021]

By such consistently poor writing. It's like all they care about is the flashiness of a scene with out caring if it makes sense based on the characters and what has come before. Like they dont even realize they are writing a serial. And there are no consequences. The Titans do not just morally ambiguous but downright cruel things to each other and other people and there are never consequences.

Part of me wants to wait and bing season 4 but this season I just start my weekend with it to get the disappointment out of the way and then watch something better, like Doom Patrol to cleanse the pallet. I probably couldn't do a whole weekend of Titans.

A Back Door Pilot?

[Gislef · 6/10 · 23 October 2021]

It's like the executive producers got feedback between season 2 and 3 that HBOMax or whoever really really wanted Geoff Johns to produce a Batman backdoor pilot. So we got lots of Dick, Bruce, and Tim, but not so much of the other Titans. Yes, Blackfire got some screentime with Starfire and Conner, but at the cost of short-circuiting her being a Big Bad at the end of Season 2. And... it seems like another backdoor pilot, for Adventure of Blackfire on Tamaran. Granted, Damaris Lewis seems up for it. And like I said in my last review, I'd pay good money to see Conner and Blackfire together. Joshua Orpin isn't great, but he wasn't given much to do this season so that's not surprising. He seems up for carrying his own show, or a dual show with Lewis, too.

As I've said before, imagine if the production staff had spent as much time on Gar, or Donna, or Rachel, as they do on Dick, Tim, or Bruce? But explore the Titans on a show called 'Titans'? Nah.

What's funny is that for an apparent backdoor pilot in-part for Dick, Dick is still taking stupid pills. Shouldn't he have told Gar about Jason, just so Gar didn't attack Jason on sight? And I still have to wonder why Dick is holding Conner back? For what? You've got a guy with (half?) the strength and speed of Superman and (half?) the intellect of Lex Luthor, And you need someone to hook up a router and take out a bunch of crooked cops. And who does Dick send? Jason and Gar. Yes, they establish that Conner has to help create the storm. But... he has superspeed. Can't he do both? Superspeed to the manor, beat up the crooked cops in five seconds, and superspeed back to the plaza. Easy-peasy.

But look at the fact that Tim of all people punches out Crane. Not Gar. Not Starfire. Not Conner. Not Donna. But a non-Titan, Tim. Umm, yay!

But at least we finally got the Titans working as a team for the first time since... the season one premiere. In a goofy scene. How does Rachel drain the nightmares out of the Pit? Can she just do whatever she wants with her powers? And Starfire now has the power to heal _and_ to generate force fields so that she can lift the Pit water out of the Pit. I guess Blackfire super-heated the water, to combine it with Conner's cold breath to make the storms. Wouldn't it be better to heat the water at the plaza, rather than superheat it before Kory put it a force field?

And what was the point of killing a bunch of people, than resurrecting them with a deus ex mechina? It just undermines Crane as a major super-villain. While the Titans use a bunch of ill-defined powers to pull it off, which doesn't do them any favors. And the Gothamites barely know what the Titans did, beyond the ones at the plaza at best? But they're forgiven for spreading Crane's fear toxin a few episodea ago. Isn't that nice?

I still liked everyone involved, although Curran Walters overstayed his welcome. That was more because the production staff couldn't seem to decide what to do with him. Is he mad at Bruce, or the Titans, or both, or neither? He starts mad with Bruce, then switches to the Titans for some reason. Then he wants to rejoin the Titans, then he and Bruce make up at the end. I liked him as a villain (like when he was mocking Dove back in the day), and I liked him as a hero with attitude. As a character who wavered between hero and villain, not so much.

Crane suffered a similar problem. Is he trying to take over Gotham, or destroy it? Why did he dick around with getting his toxin out as a street drug, if he was going to blow up canisters of it and kill millions? Other than being eeevilll, I have no idea what his motivations were.

It didn't help that Tim beat him by punching him in the face at the end. _This_ is a Big Bad? Crane only seemed to get as far as he did because the Titans couldn't be bothered to concentrate on him. Then again, if they had, he would have been gone in 60 seconds. Which just means the production staff shouldn't have used Crane as the season's Big Bad. It's like they got Kartheiser and came up with a part for him to play, happy in the knowledge that they got Kartheiser.

The fact they used Scarecrow (or at least the human alias?) was a mistake, too. When you think of the top tier of Batman villains, you think Joker, Penguin, Riddler, Catwoman, Mr. Freeze, Two-Face, Bane, and Poison Ivy. Scarecrow is a distant also-ran to those. His best use in the comics is as a way to explore the psychology of the heroes he goes up against. What will Batman do if he faces his fears? What if Robin had no fear? Scarecrow is basically a gimmick hanging on a person. Turning him into a mix of Joker and Hannibal Lector, having him smoke pot, dance, and sing!, making him a criminal mastermind, and casting Vincent Kartheiser in the role, didn't change that. And the character went in practically every direction during the season: what was the point of him killing his mother, again? Or bringing in Lady Vic? Ten years from now hardly any Batfans will remember Kartheiser's portrayal. It's not Kartheiser's fault: it's not a very memorable character.

Like with Iain Glen. He's okay as Bruce, but I have trouble imagining him as Batman. Bruce only seems to be a big part of 'Titans' (the show about the Titans, not Batman), because the production staff consider themselves fortunate to have signed Iain Glen. Bruce isn't an intimate part of the Titans, and only seems to be there through his connection to Dick. He always feels... shoehorned in. Like with Bruce's scene with Jason this episode. Why is the focus of the scene on an ex-Titan and some old hero, in a show called 'Titans'?

Overall, Season 3 seemed like a filler and prelude to Season 4, whatever the production staff does with that. Set up Tim as yet another Robin, I guess. Hopefully, they'll spend more time on the Titans and less time on backdoor pilots. "The Adventures of the Bat Family!" "Blackfire on Tamaran!".

But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. What do you think?

Decent ending for an awful season, but there a lot of flaws also...

[Riddler91 · 7/10 · 21 October 2021]

So Tim Drake knows how to fight because YouTube. I'm sure the writers thought that was clever but all it did was made me cringe. Also Tim Drake's parents let him go fight after he nearly died few days ago. These people are just awful parents though it's not their fault that the writers don't put any thought in it. Overall Tim Drake is just a poorly conceived character here.

Dick Grayson: "We're going to beat Crane by doing what Batman never would" ...as in, infiltrate him. Because Batman didn't do that, EVER, he's just a brute who knows only how to throw a punch. I know Titans writers think Batman is incompetent but this is a new low, even for them.

The humor is cringe, as ever.

And lastly, Jason. It's admirable that he didn't want to take the win against Crane from the Titans after all he pulled but if Jason "was never there" how is Dick going to tell others he's sorry? That line was pretty nonsensical. And I really don't know what they'll do with his character next. He's out of Gotham, he's not with the Titans. Last episode I thought they were going to set up Red Hood and The Outlaws with him, Superboy and Blackfire but that would have made too much sense and of course the writers are not going to go for that. Instead he's just in limbo, the spin-off isn't yet announced while the actor confirmed the character isn't going anywhere. Bizarre, like almost everything else on the show. At least his interactions with Bruce and Dick were genuine, I liked that.

Lastly, we got a sneaky little bit of Build Back Better line from Barbara Gordon because aside from the cops being total corrupt morons on this show, we needed yet another line to be clear of what political side the show is rooting for.

This is the end?

[rudicantfail · 9/10 · 14 December 2021]

I do hope that there is another season of Titans, it has been quite good to watch. Sure there were some silly, flat almost boring episodes, but as a whole, it was good. This season finale was solid, full of action, entertaining and quite good. I have to say that I am saddened that the series is over; but hopefully a fourth season will come around.

Weak season, primitive finale

[nickhaddenwanderer · 6/10 · 21 October 2021]

The finale came out quite large-scale, in comparison with the finale of the 2nd season, in general, a step forward, but typical for comics and the feeling of some kind of "average". After the 3rd episode, all the story arcs began to merge into the toilet, the drama was reduced to street fights, and it was understandably naive to wait for a script like the "Dark Knight". And this is exactly what should have been after the plot failures of season 2. They promised, but did not pull it out... If the same thing happens in season 4, this show should be canceled.

Started promising but got worse every season until this travesty

[sumtim3s00n · 12 November 2021]

I was really excited when the show started. Looked like it might have something special about it, they wont be afraid to got a bit darker and original and not follow with all the generic format cues.

Unfortunately each season it dropped in quality. This last one started somewhat ok but then every episode it was more dumb, forced drama and characters coming back, bad acting and the worst writing. It has been a while since Ive seen such abysmal uninspired writing.

Please stop and dont film another season.

Enjoyable season finale

[pauli_gomez · 8/10 · 23 October 2021]

All right, yes, the season finale has many flaws and plotholes. People instantly teleport themselves to the batcave, for example. Or leant to fight amazingly just watching youtube. Tim parents are totally inconsistent. There is another problem with a government group I don't want to name, which is ineffective until it is not. And, of course, the purple rain itself makes no sense.

But the story was interesting, the visuals amazing, the team were well done, the Robins were interesting. And the chemistry between Barbara and Dick can be felt. So, overall, a very good season finale-

Season Three Review

[southdavid · 7/10 · 17 February 2022]

If I've struggled a bit with some of the more recent output from Greg Berlanti's DC universe, one show I've never struggled with was "Titans". More grown up than its stable mates, the series has delved into DC lore quite a bit, using Deathstroke, Doom Patrol and Cadmus. Season three adapts a classic Batman storyline, though adds some interesting changes into the mix.

Haunted by his failures against Deathstroke, Jason Todd (Curran Walters) sees the opportunity for redemption by capturing the Joker against Bruce Wayne's (Iain Glen) orders. The Joker though gets the upper hand and beats Todd to death. Dick Grayson (Brenton Thwaites) and the rest of the Titans head to Gotham just in time to face off with a new villain, The Red Hood, who appears to know their secrets very well. Looking for an insight into this villain, Grayson pays a visit to an old advisory Jonathan Crane (Vincent Kartheiser).

So, yes it's not much of a spoiler if you know but they are adapting the "Death in the Family" storyline for this season, with the added injection of Jonathan Crane played with relish by Vincent Kartheiser. It's a fun performance, starting off as a reasonable man just looking for some good weed but eventually descending into a pit of madness and violence. This series also gives us Barbara Gordon, played by Savannah Welch as well as a third incarnation of Robin, Tim Drake, played by Jay Lycurgo.

I would say, that though I enjoyed it quite a bit and the musical choices are amazing, some of the storyline is a little familiar to the last season. You'd have thought Dick might have learned a lesson about not lying to the team, but apparently not. Some of the character decisions across the season were a little . . . Confused and, as ever, once you introduce the concept of the Lazarus pit it's a crutch to get you out of any storyline hole you might want.

It's still the best show in the Berlanti-verse though and hopefully with a little more coming together as a team, season four might be the best yet.

My 2nd favorite Episode of the series!

[batmancrap · 10/10 · 26 October 2021]

My first favorite being 1x05 "Together". The reason this is my 2nd favorite is because of some little things throughout that just added up to where I loved it and also my expectations were kinda low haha! Here's what I loved: 1) The Titans leaving on the bus together at the end. There was some fun and lighthearted banter/dialogue between the core 4 and others.

2) Raven messing up scarecrows mind was awesome! It was also cool to see Dick and her smile at each other afterwards when walking out. It reminded me of S1!

3) Gar (Beastboy) at Wayne manor with the code and flying into the window as a Bat lmao!

These scenes are why this is the best episode of the season!!!

I just want S4 to be more like S1 and have the core 4 fight against villains together!

Titans rushes to the finish line with a finale that lacks tension and real emotion, but it's still great and has plenty of action and memorable character interactions

[Holt344 · 7/10 · 21 October 2021]

"Purple Rain" is the season finale for Titans third season, it has Jonathan Crane executing his true plan and it's both big and smart, a true Scarecrow plan. A. R. G. U. S. Agents led by Vee rescue Barbara. Joined by Tim, the Titans reunite. After detonating one explosive, Crane threatens to set off the other bombs if the heroes are unable to solve his clues. With all the build up from past episodes, Episode 3.13 is a memorable finale that ties up multiple of storylines in a good way. There's a lot of things happening in this episode, good things at that. Richard Hatem & Greg Walker penned the script for this episode and it's overall quite good, but far from the best script of the season and there's some bad writing in there, mostly in how there should have been one more episode. There's also a couple of plot holes and things that doesn't make that much sense, but it's easy to look past them. The characters feel like themselves which is a plus. Each Titan get their moment to shine which is nice to see. There's also plenty of great character interactions and acting in the episode. Regarding the pacing, it was good and was nicely edited with good transitions.

The Emmy award winner and director of the show "Bones" and other television series, Chad Lowe is perfect for Titans and his direction and vision makes it show. There were also some truly amazing cinematography and imagery. The whole episode looked fantastic as the show usually does. Production and art design were great, the musical score and sound design needs praise. Visual effects were finally something that you can call impressive.

"Purple Rain" was overall a good episode and the best season finale Titans have given us. But it felt rushed, skipping character interactions and emotional moments to move the story along. It can be seen as both good and bad, depending on how you look at it. Realistically, when you're in a situation when a villain or terrorist is bombing a city, seeing someone you love coming back from death would have to wait. But seeing Dick Grayson interact more with Donna Troy is something I personally wanted to see and it's something us fans deserve. I see why they did it that way as it would have only hurt the pacing. The action sequences were top notch in this episode, the choreography and so on. Nightwing and Red Hood being the two who had the best action sequences. The season finale was far from what I expected it would be and it didn't really meet my expectations, but it was still pretty good. I found the episode to lack any real tension and unpredictable events, the showrunners played it off too safe. But it's understandable after the fiasco that was the season 2 finale. Vincent Kartheiser's portrayal as Dr. Jonathan Crane was terrific and I loved the character, I never expected the villain to work for the Titans but he did. Jonathan Crane, Red Hood and Blackfire was all great storylines that moved the plot forward and gave the main characters important and fantastic character development.

In my opinion, season 3 was great but it has its flaws which started to show in the second half of the season. But overall a fantastic season with lots of things to like, from acting to action, Titans brought us another memorable villain and interesting characters.

It had potential but it's going to end like the other DC shows.

[asterblasterth · 3/10 · 21 October 2021]

This show had potential. In it's first season it started off good. It had this darkness about it that I liked. The acting wasn't bad either. Season the quality went down a bit but I thought okay this is the season that Dick establishes himself as the leader, I just have to get through this. Then this season started. I had hope because of Crane showing up. I thought okay this could get messy and dark again and then I saw this show taking a turn for the worst. It's following the same path as the Green Arrow, Flash, Legends of tomorrow and all the other shows. The writing is getting crappy, the acting is going down hill, the suits and specials effects are looking cheap and so on. It's like they put a lot of money and effort into the first season and when they've got an audience hooked they start just kicking back and invest less money. It's the same m.o. Every time.

-I can't wait for season 4 !

[batmanforever-93249 · 10/10 · 6 November 2021]

-Well , there it goes my only superhero TV series i could watch from the scratch until the end ,since Smallville (even the Bollywood Superman and Lewis is not watchable for me,unfortunately,despite the higher IMDB rating,although i tried several times to watch it ). This episode was pretty good and i just can't wait to see them back in the next season.

A decent finale to end a flawed season.

[kamishettydharun · 7/10 · 21 October 2021]

Started out really great, I had so many hopes on s03. But it all changed due to few mediocre and bad eps in the middle. Atleast I'm glad they didn't ruin this season with a bad finale like in s02. Pretty good way to end s03 and a decent season for me.

Dumb, Inconsistent, waste of time and actors

[rahulsuresh-18038 · 3/10 · 22 October 2021]

This ain't worth watching anymore. It's a typical cliche CW level quality show now. What a waste of good actors and CGI and that's not how the Lazarus pit works. Did they even read the comics? It hurts me to say it, how this show gets canceled unless they bring in better writers. The Wayne manor and bat cave's security are a joke.

This is not perfect but it's entertaining and enjoyable

[vzzrafcjr · 8/10 · 21 October 2021]

The season did a lot of mistakes but I still enjoyed it and that's good enough for me!

I'm exited for season 4 with how they end things I love the new lineup.

'Tout est bien qui finit bien' !

[cjonesas · 6/10 · 11 February 2022]

Episode 13: A season finale having 6 y.o. Worth of storyline and plots. Everyone's happy, everyone's saved, most got their revenge, if any, and in the end they've got a wonderful road trip ahead to SF!

Just curious, what was the budget of this season?!

Great finale fam💯

[ek_03 · 9/10 · 24 October 2021]

Dunno why tf some of the ppl here are saying this season was "all over the place". Sure there were some inconsistencies & plot holes, but name one show or any piece of content for that matter that doesn't have such things. Perfect finale, great season, only flaw, Crane felt like kind of a drag the whole season & Connor & Blackfire's relationship was a bit...odd. But ye, fantastic season, can't wait for S4 fam💯🔥🔥

A long season with a weak ending

[Mikemoeller1 · 3/10 · 21 October 2021]

Had high hopes after the 1st episode. That quickly vanished with the long episodes to follow. Rushed finale due to too many things going on at once. This show has unlimited potential. Very frustrating...

Could have been better

[edmunboakye · 5/10 · 21 October 2021]

I love the titans but I feel like they're trying to copy CW Flash with all these little side stories and drama So many things were happening in Season 3 And Scare crow was just Crane. He wasn't even a mad scientist just a guy who wants to destroy Gotham Nothing even impressive about that If season 4 doesn't do better I'm done.

Poor Acting and Stupid Writing

[akshaythakur79 · 2/10 · 24 October 2021]

I wanted to give this show one last chance to be something good, Only one episode was upto the mark "hank one", and the rest of the show was just mess...I mean the villain of the whole season got knocked out by one single punch of the kid who cant even fight, This show did no justice to redhood, batman and scarecrow at all, and I am not expecting anything from this show from this point.

What a cheesy and cringy episode

[felixrod12 · 3/10 · 21 October 2021]

I know they got resigned for a 4th season, but I'm done with this show. This season started off with some promise and after they kill hawk the show went downhill. This last episode was so cheesy and cringy the dialogue was horrific. I was hoping for something to redeem this season at the end but they never did. For me it's goodbye titans I won't give season 4 a chance after how bad this season went.

Real mess

[alexleizerovichcoaching · 5/10 · 21 October 2021]

This episode is a big mess just like this whole season.

Starting from the fact Donna and Rachel didn't even appear up until the last 3 episodes. If they wanted to keep them why wait for the last 3 episodes.

Then you have Jason which is pretty boring character. He was ok as a side character in season 1. Then in season 2 it was too much of him. But they had to keep him for season 3 and give him a spin-off change nobody cares about. Frankly Crane is pretty lame too. Even Deathstroke was a more solid character. Batman is totally pathetic in here.

Brick

[[e-mail] · 2/10 · 22 October 2021]

After a very promising 5-6 episodes this season took a complete nose dive and this finale dropped like a brick. Resolutions were rushed and ridiculous and after all the drama there were zero consequences. And seriously, "Build back better?!" These writers are careless and shameless hacks. What a disappointment. It's a too bad a decent cast is being wasted on this garbage.

I expected disappointed and it delivered

[godpk · 4/10 · 26 October 2021]

• After a long time I now know Barbara Gordon has 1 leg, lol.

• Vee being apart of A. R. G. U. S was pulled outta nowhere so she could kick the mean men's asses.

• I know this was already mentioned but Gotham citizens are st.upid af being easily manipulated by Crane and Red Hood.

• Nightwing being assertive and finally being a leader. Better late than never. And gets decent action for once.

• Who gives af about Superboy and Blackfire's romance. They broke up already anyways.

• Gar gets one more beast form, wow. Now he can choose between 2 forms.

• This Tim Drake can't possibly know who Selina Kyle is, wtf. Dude is there to make jizz faces when anything happens.

• Crane beaten so easily and doesn't even use his scythe weapon after showcasing it last episode, wow. And doesn't even hold his only chemical weapon with him that makes him ya know SCARECROW.

• Purple rain...? OK.

• Titans split again after coming together as a team because of course.

• Red Hood character was garbage this whole season. But at least now he can finally be the outlaw he was supposed to be.

To the dude who reviewed before me and all 8-10/10, you are brain dead af. Dude before me mentions flaws and AGREES to plot holes and inconsistencies and still gave a 9. BRAIN DEAD.

Doesn't make any sense

[jorgerodr · 3/10 · 14 December 2021]

Maybe I fell asleep watching it but.... At what point do Nightwing and Wonder Girl meet again? At what point after her rebirth do they see each other for the first time? She was dead and now she's not... come on, get me a miracle and find a way to save everyone with the water from Lazarus' pit. How do they find all the titans again and bring them together to make the plan against the scarecrow? By the way, Batman now kills the Joker and then he tries to take his own life but then Wonder Girl magically appears from nowhere and saves him...? No comprendo.