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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!

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Teenage superheroes strive to prove themselves as members of the Justice League.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Young Justice Season 1 Episode 26 - Auld Acquaintance
    9.6/10(4162 votes)

    S1:E26

    The Team finally learns the identity of the traitor in their midst, forcing a battle against an enemy more dangerous than any they’ve ever faced before!

    Directors:Michael Chang, Lauren Montgomery
    Writer:Greg Weisman

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  2. Young Justice Season 1 Episode 16 - Failsafe
    9.4/10(3772 votes)

    S1:E16

    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

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  3. Young Justice Season 1 Episode 20 - Coldhearted
    9.4/10(3693 votes)

    S1:E20

    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

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  4. Young Justice Season 1 Episode 25 - Usual Suspects
    9.4/10(3582 votes)

    S1:E25

    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!

    Directors:Jay Oliva, Tim Divar
    Writer:Kevin Hopps

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  5. Young Justice Season 1 Episode 12 - Homefront
    9.2/10(3590 votes)

    S1:E12

    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

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  6. Young Justice Season 1 Episode 19 - Misplaced
    9.2/10(3560 votes)

    S1:E19

    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

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  7. Young Justice Season 1 Episode 9 - Bereft
    9.0/10(3614 votes)

    S1:E9

    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

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  8. Young Justice Season 1 Episode 11 - Terrors
    9.0/10(3539 votes)

    S1:E11

    Superboy and Miss Martian go undercover inside Belle Reve Penitentiary.

    Director:Jay Oliva
    Writer:Greg Weisman

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  9. Young Justice Season 1 Episode 15 - Humanity
    9.0/10(3496 votes)

    S1:E15

    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

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  10. Young Justice Season 1 Episode 14 - Revelation
    8.9/10(3492 votes)

    S1:E14

    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

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  11. Young Justice Season 1 Episode 21 - Image
    8.9/10(3417 votes)

    S1:E21

    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

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  12. Young Justice Season 1 Episode 22 - Agendas
    8.9/10(3415 votes)

    S1:E22

    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

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  13. Young Justice Season 1 Episode 7 - Denial
    8.8/10(3599 votes)

    S1:E7

    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

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  14. Young Justice Season 1 Episode 10 - Targets
    8.8/10(3525 votes)

    S1:E10

    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

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  15. Young Justice Season 1 Episode 23 - Insecurity
    8.8/10(3375 votes)

    S1:E23

    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

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  16. Young Justice Season 1 Episode 2 - Fireworks (2)
    8.7/10(3869 votes)

    S1:E2

    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

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  17. Young Justice Season 1 Episode 24 - Performance
    8.7/10(3400 votes)

    S1:E24

    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

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  18. Young Justice Season 1 Episode 1 - Independence Day (1)
    8.6/10(4050 votes)

    S1:E1

    Robin, Aqualad, and Kid Flash break into Cadmus and find that it is being run by Genomorphs.

    Director:Jay Oliva
    Writer:Greg Weisman

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  19. Young Justice Season 1 Episode 5 - Schooled
    8.6/10(3651 votes)

    S1:E5

    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

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  20. Young Justice Season 1 Episode 6 - Infiltrator
    8.6/10(3603 votes)

    S1:E6

    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

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  21. Young Justice Season 1 Episode 18 - Secrets
    8.5/10(3450 votes)

    S1:E18

    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

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  22. Young Justice Season 1 Episode 17 - Disordered
    8.4/10(3423 votes)

    S1:E17

    Superboy's "Sphere" goes through a surprising change, revealing a connection to the forever people of New Genesis.

    Director:Michael Chang
    Writer:Andrew Robinson

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  23. Young Justice Season 1 Episode 13 - Alpha Male
    8.3/10(3457 votes)

    S1:E13

    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

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  24. Young Justice Season 1 Episode 4 - Drop-Zone
    8.2/10(3668 votes)

    S1:E4

    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

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  25. Young Justice Season 1 Episode 8 - Downtime
    8.2/10(3566 votes)

    S1:E8

    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

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Auld Acquaintance" is the best rated episode of "Young Justice" season 1. It scored 9.6/10 based on 4162 votes. Directed by Michael Chang, Lauren Montgomery and written by Greg Weisman, it aired on 4/21/2012. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Failsafe".