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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.
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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Independence Day (1)" is the best rated episode of "Young Justice" season 1. It scored 8.7/10 based on 3679 votes. Directed by Jay Oliva and written by Greg Weisman, it aired on 11/26/2010. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Fireworks (2)".

  • Independence Day (1)
    8.7/103,679 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

  • Fireworks (2)
    8.8/103,525 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

  • Welcome to Happy Harbor
    7.9/103,422 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

  • Drop-Zone
    8.3/103,360 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

  • Schooled
    8.6/103,345 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

  • Infiltrator
    8.7/103,308 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

  • Denial
    8.9/103,309 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

  • Downtime
    8.2/103,285 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

  • Bereft
    9.0/103,319 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

  • Targets
    8.8/103,254 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

  • Terrors
    9.0/103,257 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

  • Homefront
    9.2/103,299 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

  • Alpha Male
    8.4/103,197 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

  • Revelation
    8.9/103,227 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

  • Humanity
    9.0/103,228 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

  • Failsafe
    9.4/103,459 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

  • Disordered
    8.5/103,170 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

  • Secrets
    8.6/103,187 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

  • Misplaced
    9.2/103,286 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

  • Coldhearted
    9.4/103,376 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

  • Image
    9.0/103,166 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

  • Agendas
    9.0/103,167 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

  • Insecurity
    8.9/103,131 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

  • Performance
    8.8/103,148 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

  • Usual Suspects
    9.4/103,305 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