>>89173199Pretty much. Not only was it good on its own, the call backs to earlier stuff was smart and helped a lot of seemingly unrelated things make sense in the grand scheme of the universe. Things like Volcana and the Royal Flush Gang all being part of early Cadmus stuff, to finally resolving some of the effects from the last episodes of StAS, it was great at making stuff work together organically. Even the finale with Luthor was something that was built off of early Superman episodes, not to mention call backs to how the Justice Lords had a major effect on how the Justice League thinks about their actions. Even though the next season was also great, if everything ended RIGHT THERE it would have been satisfying.
It also did a thing that a lot of stories struggle with: two sides that have legitimately RIGHT reasons for what they're doing, that oppose eachother. Cadmus had every reason to be afraid, and some people in the organization where shitbags while others believed they were working for the greater good. And the people who believed it was a just cause tolerated the shitbags because they NEEDED every possible advantage they could get against a vastly superior (perceived) enemy. The "heroes on both sides" concept is rarely done this well.
