Young Justice
Rock SolidEvery season landed between 8.7 and 9.1 across 4 seasons.
Deep worldbuildingDense lore that rewards immersion.This show: 8/10Coming of ageGrowing up as the central arc.This show: 8/10Ensemble castMany characters carrying equal weight.This show: 8/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 8/10Sprawling sagaA many-threaded epic that unfolds across seasons.This show: 7/10Young adultTeen protagonists with teen-first appeal.This show: 7/10Found familyUnrelated people slowly becoming each other's family.This show: 7/10Mystery boxCentral riddles sustained across whole seasons.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Nolan NorthDanica McKellarJesse McCartneyStephanie LemelinKhary PaytonJason Spisak
Written by
Greg WeismanBrandon ViettiGeoff JohnsTony S. Daniel
Starring
Nolan NorthDanica McKellarJesse McCartneyStephanie LemelinKhary PaytonJason Spisak
Written by
Greg WeismanBrandon ViettiGeoff JohnsTony S. Daniel
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Young Justice Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | E23 | E24 | E25 | E26 | ||
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| S1 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.4 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 9.4 | 9.6 | |
| S2 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.6 | 9.6 | |||||||
| S3 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 8.7 | |
| S4 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 6.8 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 7.4 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.1 |
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About
"Teen sidekicks, adult-level stakes and plotting"
Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad, and other teen sidekicks form a covert ops team under the Justice League's shadow, running missions the adult heroes won't touch. What starts as a fairly standard superhero cartoon deepens fast into a sprawling, densely plotted saga with real stakes, political intrigue, and character growth across years of in-show time. The tone is more serious and serialized than most kids' superhero fare, rewarding close attention with a payoff that feels genuinely earned rather than episodic filler.
Watch it for
the unusually dense, long-game plotting that treats young heroes and their growth seriously.
Maybe skip if
you want breezy standalone episodes instead of a tightly serialized, continuity-heavy saga.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons
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Season 12010
8.893K269h 32m
Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash, Superboy, Miss Martian, and Artemis form Young Justice -- and find out whether they have what it takes to be a proven hero.
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Invasion2012
9.067K207h 16m
In Season 2, we pick up with the team five years later, as they fight off a secret alien invasion affecting the entire planet.
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Outsiders2019
8.778K269h 23m
In Season 3, the team faces its greatest challenge yet as it takes on meta-human trafficking and the terrifying threat it creates for a society caught in the crossfire of a global and galaxy-wide genetic arms race.
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Phantoms2021
8.742K262h 3m
The original team—Nightwing, Aquaman, Superboy, Miss Martian, Tigress, Zatanna and Rocket—are back, leading a new generation of young heroes on a quest for justice across the Earth, the Solar System, the Galaxy and beyond. Between Order and Chaos, through time and space, life and death battles will be fought, won and lost. Who will rise? Who will fall? And who will haunt them forever?
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Nolan North Conner Kent, Superboy, Clark Kent
Danica McKellar M'gann M'orzz, Miss Martian, Megan Morse
Jesse McCartney Dick Grayson, Nightwing, Robin
Stephanie Lemelin Artemis Crock, Computer, Tigress
Khary Payton Kaldur'ahm, Aqualad, Jefferson Pierce
Jason Spisak Wally West, Kid Flash, Forager
Kevin Michael Richardson Martian Manhunter, J'onn J'onzz, Dr. Fate
Zehra Fazal Violet Harper, Halo, Cassandra Savage
Troy Baker Brion Markov, Geo-Force, Green Lantern
Bruce Greenwood Bruce Wayne, Batman, Eduardo Dorado Sr.
Crew
Greg Weisman
Brandon Vietti
Geoff Johns
Tony S. Daniel
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