Three months after their encounter with Trigon, Dick is hard at work training Rachel, Gar & Jason in Titans Tower. Meanwhile, the rest of our heroes attempt the next phase of their lives. Hank and Dawn retreat to Wyoming, while Donna and Kory are on the move, tracking down a rogue meta-human. However, this new normal is soon disrupted by old threats from the past and the emergence of a mysterious young runaway.
Tropes featured in the episode:
- Accidental Misnaming: A worker at a coffee shop calls Rachel and Dick "Rochelle" and "Dirk".
- All for Nothing: Dawn beats up the meth dealers who got Ellis addicted, only for Ellis to be murdered by Dr. Light.
- Apologetic Attacker: Faddei tells Kory he’s sorry after knocking her out.
- Callback: Kory knocks out Shimmer the same way Donna knocked her out in Season One.
- Character Title: The episode is named after Rose Wilson.
- Chase Scene: Rose steals a car and is chased by the police through the streets of San Francisco.
- Continuity Nod: Rachel pours a large quantity of sugar into her coffee, as she did back in Season One.
- Eye Scream: Rose’s left eye is missing for some unknown reason.
- Flipping the Bird: Shimmer flips off Donna as she’s taken into FBI custody.
- Funny Background Event: Kory can be seen playing with an officer’s hat as Shimmer is being taken away.
- Healing Factor: Gar mentions that Rose’s gouged eye is already healed by the time she comes to the Titan Tower.
- Human Aliens: While being a Tamaranean, Faddei looks remarkably human.
- Kidnapped from Behind: Faddei uses an alien device to render Kory unconscious, before disappearing with her.
- Klingons Love Shakespeare: Kory is rather fond of "We Are Family".
- Lovely Angels: Kory and Donna.
- Mythology Gag: Donna's source of intel on Shimmer is Roy Harper.
- Oh, Crap!: Jason's reaction to learning that Rose is the daughter of Deathstroke.
- Parking Garage: Rose fights the police on a rooftop garage.
- Power Incontinence: While sleeping Rachel’s power escapes her body and floats above her, when she wakes up she has scratches along her side.
- Retired Badass: Dawn and Hank have retired to a farm in Wyoming, where Hank helps rehabilitate kids from drug use.
- Roofhopping: Rose jumps from the top of a rooftop parking garage to another building, only to crash through the glass windows.
- The Runaway: Rose is on the run from her father, who wants to kill her.
- Second Episode Introduction: Rose is introduced in the second episode of the second season.
- Soft Glass: Averted. Rose diving through a glass window doesn't end the same way as many action sequences in media, and she ends up with nasty gashes due to the broken glass.
- Time Skip: The episode takes place three months after the previous one.
- The Stakeout: Kory and Donna are on this together to capture the criminal Shimmer.
- Unusually Uninteresting Sight: When Rose crashes through their window, the members of the staff meeting don’t look too shocked when she stands up and walks out of the room.
- Waking Up Elsewhere: Happens to Rose, she passes out amongst the trash down an alley, to wake up in a bedroom in Titans Tower.
- We Will Meet Again: Shimmer tells Donna she'll see her again. Donna doesn't agree.
- Wham Line:Faddei: Sorry about that your Highness.
- White Shirt of Death: When Dr. Light escapes from prison, there's a prominent shot of a glowing white ceiling light that's been splattered with blood in the otherwise dark prison corridor.
- Why Am I Ticking?: Ellis becomes a living bomb thanks to Doctor Light.
- Women Are Wiser: Averted; surprisingly, Hank is coping with retirement from vigilantism better than Dawn, who's been sneaking out on him for the past month as Dove.
- Would Hurt a Child: Doctor Light turns Ellis, the kid who Hank had been helping with drug addiction, into a living bomb in an attempt to kill Hank and Dawn.
- Your Eyes Can Deceive You: Dick has Jason training against Gar while blindfolded, showing them that in a battle anything can be taken from them, their hands, feet or even their eyes.
