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Justice League Unlimited Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2004 - 2005
Episode 1
Initiation
Sat, Jul 31, 200424 mins
The League expands their operations, enlisting new recruits across the globe. The newest of these is Green Arrow, who has repeatedly refused to respond to invitations to join the League. He is therefore pulled to the rebuilt, and much larger, Watchtower by teleport. Opting against joining, he hitches a ride back to Earth with the team of Green Lantern, Captain Atom, and Supergirl, who have been sent on a mission to stop a giant, uncontrolled, nuclear-powered defense robot in an unnamed Asian country existing in self-imposed international isolation.
Episode 2
For the Man Who Has Everything
Sat, Aug 7, 200421 mins
Batman and Wonder Woman arrive at the Fortress of Solitude to celebrate Superman's birthday, only to find the Man of Steel standing motionless with a large plant affixed to his chest. Sent by Mongul, the plant is a Black Mercy feeding him a telepathic image of his heart's desire -- a happy life on a Krypton that never exploded. By immobilizing Superman in a fantasy world, Mongul removes what he views as the only obstacle between him and the conquest of Earth. While Wonder Woman battles the would-be conqueror, Batman struggles to remove the Black Mercy, only to have it latch onto him.
Episode 3
Kids' Stuff
Sat, Aug 14, 200424 mins
Morgaine Le Fey transforms Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern into children after Mordred uses his magic to remove all adults from Earth and keep children on the Earth.
Episode 4
Hawk and Dove
Sat, Aug 21, 200423 mins
Ares creates a war machine called the Annihilator to escalate a civil war in Kasnia. Hawk, Dove, and Wonder Woman try to stop his plans.
Episode 5
This Little Piggy
Sat, Aug 28, 200423 mins
The centuries-old enchantress Circe transforms Wonder Woman into a pig as revenge against Diana's mother. Batman and Zatanna work together to return her to normal, while B'wana Beast attempts to find the "Wonder Pig" before she's butchered at a slaughterhouse. It contains the famous scene of Batman singing the jazz standard "Am I Blue?" to a nightclub audience.
Episode 6
Fearful Symmetry
Sat, Sep 4, 200424 mins
Supergirl, Green Arrow, and The Question investigate Supergirl's disturbing dreams. They discover that Cadmus created a clone of Supergirl named Galatea while she was recovering from her fight against Superman on Earth.
Episode 7
The Greatest Story Never Told
Sat, Sep 11, 200423 mins
Eager for fame and fortune, the futuristic Booster Gold is frustrated when he is continually sidelined by the Justice League leadership. When the Justice League faces its latest foe, Booster Gold is relegated to crowd control, only to come across a rapidly emerging disaster -- one that forces him to confront his motives in becoming a superhero.
Episode 8
The Return
Sat, Sep 18, 200424 mins
The full power of the newly expanded League is unleashed for the first time while trying to keep Ivo's android Amazo from reaching his goal: vengeance against the recently reformed Lex Luthor. Luthor and the Atom attempt to create a weapon to neutralize Amazo's nanotechnology, though their victory is largely assisted by Dr. Fate.
Episode 9
Ultimatum
Sat, Dec 4, 200424 mins
The Justice League meets the Ultimen, a popular group of young heroes. The Ultimen discover they are the results of a government experiment in creating super humans and only have a short time to live. In frustration and anger, all but one (Long Shadow) strike out against the Justice League.
Episode 10
Dark Heart
Sat, Dec 11, 200423 mins
Most of the League battles with powerful alien nanotechnology but, realize that the waves of self-replicating robots cannot be simply destroyed. The diminutive Atom shrinks himself to stop the robots from the inside.
Episode 11
Wake the Dead
Sat, Dec 18, 200424 mins
A trio of school kids resurrect Solomon Grundy in order to get back at some bullies, but the ritual doesn't go as planned when Grundy causes a rampage in the city. Elsewhere, Shayera is struggling to find balance over her life after resigning from the team and for being branded a traitor during her former people's invasion on Earth. Inza gives Shayera some uplifting advice. The Justice League is unable to stop Solomon Grundy's rampage. Shayera, Dr. Fate, Amazo, and Aquaman arrive to save everyone on the collapsing bridge. Shayera is able to save a young girl and her mother from a falling car, she reunites with her ex-boyfriend John, who has been dating Vixen. Shayera finds Solomon Grundy and she uses her Nth mace to put him down. Everyone starts to badger Shayera with questions, but Green Lantern and Superman defend their former teammate. The mother and daughter arrive to thank Shayera for saving them. Shayera decides to rejoin her team again after learning that Superman was willing to give her a second chance for stopping the Thanagarians.
Episode 12
The Once and Future Thing, Part One: Weird Western Tales
Sat, Jan 22, 200524 mins
Batman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern chase Chronos to the past, where they team up with some of the greatest DC heroes of the Old West. After defeating stolen future tech in that era, they again follow Chronos to the future. Warhawk from the Batman Beyond era is revealed to be Green Lantern's and Hawkgirl's son.
Episode 13
The Once and Future Thing, Part Two: Time, Warped
Sat, Jan 29, 200524 mins
Batman, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman chase Chronos into the future Gotham City of Batman Beyond, just in time to face a battle with a group of Jokerz beside that era's Justice League. The time travelers are taken to the Justice League Unlimited refuge. An older Bruce Wayne reveals the street gang they fought together was enhanced by Chronos who led them to kill the rest of the League of that era. The combined heroes defeat the retooled Jokerz, and Batman traps Chronos in a time loop.
