The Best Episodes of Young Justice Season 1
Every episode of Young Justice Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Young Justice Season 1!
Teenage superheroes strive to prove themselves as members of the Justice League.
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Young Justice" season 1 is "Independence Day (1)", rated 8.7/10 from 3634 user votes. It was directed by Jay Oliva and written by Greg Weisman. "Independence Day (1)" aired on 11/26/2010 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Fireworks (2)".
8.7/10 3,634 votes#1 - Independence Day (1)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/26/2010
Robin, Aqualad, and Kid Flash break into Cadmus and find that it is being run by Genomorphs.
Director: Jay Oliva
Writer: Greg Weisman
8.8/10 3,487 votes#2 - Fireworks (2)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/26/2010
The sidekicks find a clone of Superman known as Superboy. They free him from Cadmus' control, while battling Blockbuster.
Director: Sam Liu
Writer: Greg Weisman
7.9/10 3,387 votes#3 - Welcome to Happy Harbor
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/2011
After Speedy declines to join the new team, Robin, Aqualad and Kid Flash fear Young Justice is just a big joke…while new member Miss Martian fears there's no room for her to be part of it. So when the four heroes and Superboy come up against Mister Twister, it looks like all their fears have just been realized…
Director: Jay Oliva
Writer: Kevin Hopps
8.3/10 3,327 votes#4 - Drop-Zone
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/2011
Young Justice goes on its first official mission under Batman, while trying to determine which of them will lead the team.
Director: Christopher Berkeley
Writer: Andrew Robinson
8.6/10 3,313 votes#5 - Schooled
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/4/2011
Superboy's anger over his non-relationship with Superman is getting out of control. He refuses to train with Black Canary, and when the team faces an opponent that even the Justice League had trouble defeating, the Boy of Steel goes rogue.
Director: Michael Chang
Writer: Nicole Dubuc
8.7/10 3,276 votes#6 - Infiltrator
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/11/2011
Green Arrow's niece, Artemis, joins Young Justice and must save a bright young scientist from the League of Shadows.
Director: Jay Oliva
Writer: Jon Weisman
8.9/10 3,278 votes#7 - Denial
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/18/2011
When the team investigates the disappearance of Kent Nelson (formerly Doctor Fate), the scientific-minded Wally West is forced to confront his disbelief in magic while battling Abra Kadabra and Klarion the Witch Boy, for the ultra-powerful Helmet of Fate.
Director: Michael Chang
Writer: Tom Pugsley
8.2/10 3,256 votes#8 - Downtime
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/4/2011
After a disastrous mission with the team, Aqualad returns to Atlantis to choose between a life on the surface world or one beneath the waves with the Aquagirl of his dreams. But other forces at play may make Aqualad's decision for him.
Director: Jay Oliva
Writer: Kevin Hopps
9.0/10 3,288 votes#9 - Bereft
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/11/2011
Young Justice discovers that they have forgotten the last six months of their lives, including each other and a final fateful mission in Bialya. The team turns to Miss Martian to recover their memories, before it is too late for Superboy.
Director: Michael Chang
Writer: Nicole Dubuc
8.9/10 3,227 votes#10 - Targets
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/16/2011
Red Arrow is on his own against the world's most dangerous assassins in preventing the League of Shadows from starting a war, until he is forced to make an unlikely alliance with someone even more dangerous. Aqualad fails to convince Red Arrow to ask the team for help.
Director: Christopher Berkeley
Writer: Andrew Robinson
9.0/10 3,225 votes#11 - Terrors
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/23/2011
Superboy and Miss Martian go undercover inside Belle Reve Penitentiary.
Director: Jay Oliva
Writer: Greg Weisman
9.2/10 3,270 votes#12 - Homefront
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/30/2011
When Mount Justice itself is attacked, can Artemis and Robin (the two teens without super-powers) save the Team (or even themselves) from the unknown invaders?
Director: Michael Chang
Writer: Jon Weisman
8.4/10 3,169 votes#13 - Alpha Male
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/7/2011
Already exhausted and rattled after a home turf invasion of The Cave, the team learns that Aqualad - their friend and leader - withheld vital information that put them all at risk. When Batman sends the Team and new "den-mother" Captain Marvel to India to investigate bizarre reports of armed animals attacking human beings, can Aqualad pull his fractured team together?
Director: Jay Oliva
Writer: Tom Pugsley
8.9/10 3,201 votes#14 - Revelation
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 10/14/2011
When Plant Creatures attack major cities around the world, the team is eager to join the fight alongside the Justice League. Instead, Batman assigns them a still more dangerous task - taking out the plants' masters: a secret society of super- villains: the Injustice League!
Director: Michael Chang
Writer: Kevin Hopps
9.0/10 3,203 votes#15 - Humanity
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/21/2011
The team is on the hunt for Red Tornado, determined to find out once and for all whether the robot was the mole - even if it means kidnapping new friend Zatanna and dragging her along on their quest!
Director: Matt Youngberg
Writer: Greg Weisman
9.4/10 3,432 votes#16 - Failsafe
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 11/4/2011
When the Justice League is defeated during an alien invasion, the Team has to step up and fill their mentors shoes.
Director: Jay Oliva
Writer: Nicole Dubuc
8.5/10 3,148 votes#17 - Disordered
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 11/11/2011
Superboy's "Sphere" goes through a surprising change, revealing a connection to the forever people of New Genesis.
Director: Michael Chang
Writer: Andrew Robinson
8.6/10 3,161 votes#18 - Secrets
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 11/18/2011
It's Halloween. Artemis and Zatanna are in Manhattan for a girls' night out. There, they encounter the deadly Harm, who has a secret.
Director: Jay Oliva
Writer: Peter David
9.3/10 3,256 votes#19 - Misplaced
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/3/2012
When every adult on the planet disappears, only the team, Zatanna, and Billy Batson are left to defeat the five most powerful sorcerers on Earth. In the end, Zatanna officialy joins the team and Zatara becomes the new Doctor Fate.
Director: Michael Chang
Writer: Greg Weisman
9.4/10 3,343 votes#20 - Coldhearted
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/10/2012
Wally West comes oh-so-close to fulfilling his birthday wish to finally fight alongside the Justice League. Instead, a massively disappointed Kid Flash is taken off the mission and tasked with a simple delivery job. But a few deadly surprises await the birthday boy along the way.
Director: Victor Cook
Writer: Jon Weisman
9.0/10 3,143 votes#21 - Image
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/17/2012
A covert operation against Queen Bee in Qurac forces Miss Martian to finally face her greatest fears and her biggest secrets. But will she reveal those secrets to her friends—or allow what she's hiding to take down the entire team?
Director: Jay Oliva
Writer: Nicole Dubuc
9.0/10 3,145 votes#22 - Agendas
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/24/2012
Superboy returns to Project Cadmus, where he learns the top-secret genetics lab may have created another Super-clone.
Director: Michael Chang
Writer: Kevin Hopps
8.9/10 3,110 votes#23 - Insecurity
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/31/2012
Red Arrow's return undercuts Artemis' confidence, while the team's mission to track down Sportsmaster threatens to expose her darkest secrets.
Director: Jay Oliva
Writer: Peter David
8.8/10 3,125 votes#24 - Performance
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 4/7/2012
The Team goes undercover at the Haly International Traveling Circus to locate a thief stealing weapons technology across Europe. But a thief isn’t all they find…
Director: Michael Chang
Writer: Jon Weisman
9.4/10 3,274 votes#25 - Usual Suspects
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 4/14/2012
The Team gets a new member and a new mission – a mission that may finally expose all the Team’s secrets... and all their lies!
Director: Jay Oliva, Tim Divar
Writer: Kevin Hopps