Dude, Where's My Gar?

As we transition to the end of the 2013 to now DC, with Titans, Doom Patrol, Star Girl and even The Flash, Snyder DC etc the episode is bittersweet as it links everything together and we go to the Gunn era 2024.

With that in mind, its a solid episode as I think Gar in Titans' run does not get much runtime or character development, as the big hitters like Raven to Dick get majority of it. So im happy that we got this deep dive into him and his origin.

Overall, I think its a standout episode from this season and makes you look back at the past, present and hopeful for the future that maybe these characters will come back, even with the same actors.

This episode was an information-heavy narrative and rare spotlight on Ryan Cotter's Gar. This episode's standout moment, however, was the amazing multiverse sequence that was definitely worth waiting for.

While Gar has been a compelling character throughout Titans' run, he has not received ample screen time. "Dude, Where's My Gar?" addresses this, giving Ryan Cotter's Gar a chance to shine. The episode put Gar through the ringer, showing the strengths and vulnerabilities of the character that have largely gone untapped in the series until now.

What really made the episode a standout moment was the multiverse sequence. The episode's climax was an epic visual spectacle that felt like a love letter to the DC Comics multiverse.

I know many didn't care for it but I think this is one of the best stand-alone type episodes they've ever done. Beast Boy centric episode that hits numerous marks and a little nostalgic flair thrown in for the last part of the episode. Some may complain about the variations of source material usage or that the first act drags a bit but in the end I believe it clearly brings the Beast Boy character into his own. I've always felt he was a disconnected, aimless, needy member of the team. This episode, in my opinion, helps flesh out why he was that way and let's him deal with his fears, as well as, creating his own path for how he wishes to proceed as a superhero. By not bowing down and following the status quo of his station but charting a new direction for it.

Never watched Titans. Saw a random post from TVLine about this episode and its cameo guest stars and visuals and watched it. Loved seeing Brec, Grant Gustin , Swamp Thing, Shazam, Teen Titans Go Beast Boy and above of all Grant Morrison. Freedom Beast in his appearance gave vibes of B'wanna Beast. What I love about this episode is DC is finally acknowledging existence of Multiverse. Oh, I forgot to mention Batman 1966 Joker voice cameo. After Crisis on Infinite Earths at CW, this was something good to watch. But sadly, James Gunn is launching new DC Universe which will be obviously bring new..

What was the point of this episode? It did nothing for the overall story and it was pretty boring. I actually struggled to stay awake for this one. Not only did it not drive the narrative of the overall plot, it also did very little for Gar's character development and the sketchy explanation of his back story also didn't really seem to serve any purpose whatsoever. Only cool part was the cameos, which is why I am giving it a few stars. Was nice seeing some of the favourite DC characters in this, especially Grant Gustin as the Flash. He is just infinitely better than Ezra Miller.

You can safely skip this and will miss absolutely nothing.