Titans: 3 things the show can improve on in season 3
1. Better writers and direction
This leads to my next solution — employ better writers and directors moving forward and grant more creative control to Geoff Johns. Some of the best episodes of Titans thus far have either been solely written by Johns, Richard Hatem and Bryan Edward Hill or directed by Brad Anderson and John Fawcett. Both Alex Kalymnios and Carol Banker are also good additions as directors. Banker directed the Titans’ premiere and the second season finale, while Kalymnios did the episode, “Conner”.
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It goes without saying the current state of the show, while not exactly perfect, has room for improvement, and it starts with a fresh take on the series. If that means replacing showrunner Greg Walker with either Johns or another showrunner, it will be the best course of action. Some honorable mentions for potential writer/producers who can co-run the show with Johns are Eric Kripke, Lisa Joy, Mara Brock Akil and Jeremy Carver.
The writer’s room may need to go through a reshuffling while keeping the aforesaid writers who made the show stand firm on its own legs. The preferred team starting would be Dick, Kory, Gar, and Rachel before we rearrange the roster of the team. Nonetheless, with fresh eyes comes an organic change with a different perspective and new oversight, which can lead to a shift in direction without stepping over the footprints that came before.
A great example is the change of tone with the long-running British sci-fi series, Doctor Who. For all Whovians out there between the Russell T. Davies era to the Steven Moffat era, there was a slight change in direction that came on gradually. Except for the obvious (i.e. changing of the actors in the main role), the series focused less on darker elements and became more voyage-like. It was a lot faster in pace as well.
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With this, the direction Titans may need to go is to get back to the essence of what Teen Titans was, which is adolescents and young adults dealing with problems that affect everyone in their daily lives while finding time in order to protect mankind from evil. In other words, less Riverdale and more Sense8 in tone and intimate scenarios.