Titans Recap, Episode 9: ‘Hank and Dawn’

Welcome back to your weekly recap of Titans. Last week, we saw the team go their separate ways after the apparent destruction of the organization which also meant we saw Dick Grayson catch up with an old friend, Donna Troy, and we saw Kory Anders chaperone Gar and Rachel to a house somewhere in Ohio by train. The plot line converged when Donna managed to crack the code of Kory’s script to reveal that Kory was meant to kill the Raven a.k.a. Rachel. Surely, this will come to an exciting continuation. Wait, this episode is focused on the origin story of Hawk and Dove? Characters we haven’t seen since they tossed one of them off a roof to make Dick Grayson feel guilty? Interesting pacing decision. Let’s see how it pans out. ***Spoilers abound for the latest episode of Titans*** (Also, Trigger Warning for Child Abuse) Found Footage An old user interface of a handheld camera pops on screen. We hear two men excitedly talk before turning on the camera. With some city as his backdrop, a man, nay boy, dressed in a modified football uniforms introduces himself as Hawk before the camera awkwardly pivots to introduce the cameraman as Dove. The two are on a stakeout to “persuade” a creep to plead guilty. Titans — Ep. 109 — “Hank & Dawn” — Photo Credit: Christos Kalohordis / 2018 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved Cut to aforementioned creep getting kicked repeatedly by Dove. Hawk demands that it’s his turn, and Dove awkwardly takes the camera as Hawk runs into frame…