Short description: While battling a mysterious creature in the wilds of Siberia, Starfire is lost in a blinding snowstorm. A reclusive young soldier named Red Star comes to her aid and the two become fast friends. When Robin and the rest of the Titans arrive, they discover Red Star hides not only a tragic past, but a destructive secret.

This the first time I'm saying this in a post, but I generally dislike most of the Starfire-centric episodes. She can't carry episodes by herself, she just can't. Sisters and Betrothed were alright because of Blackfire, excluding the fact that they were terribly predictable (but then again its a kids show, they can only do so much without leaving behind their fanbase/staying true to the comics). But Troq and Transformation are probably the two worst episodes in the series (even though Transformation was important as far as the rest of the series goes, the girl needed to get those eye beams somehow).

But Snowblind follows the trend of how Starfire-centric episodes seem to be lacking something. The pacing is off and the characterization is just bad. This probably stems from a problem with Starfire's character: She just doesn't learn. There's a difference between ignorance/naviety and out and out being a fool. The biggest example of this is her outfit/passing out in the cold, which leads to her interaction with Red Star. Its been said before in this thread, but it really warrents repeating. She can withstand space and radiation but not Russia or Jump City winter? Its one of the character holes that are common with her that make her pretty much unlikeable to me.

I had a big problem with her lines in this episode from her passing out and whispering "Robin" (just not necessary) to her dialog with Red Star about his power. She compares his situation to her abilites when its obviously not even close to being the same thing. If Starfire doesn't purge a starbolt she doesn't explode. Using her powers/having her powers isn't a matter of life and death.

Another problem with this episode is that she's doing the same thing she does in every episode: either going off on her own or not telling others whats wrong when there is obviously a problem. Everyone says that Raven is the isolated one. That's not true. Raven is reserved. Starfire is isolated even though she's social. Ever notice how whenever Starfire has a problem she opts to run away in some regard? It's ridiculous. She has the great network of friends who listen to her but instead of telling them what she feels they have to chase her around to find out what is making her sad/lonely/or whatever. And it's gotten to the point where it's annoying.

So this episode really bothered me. I tried watching it more than once, but every time I just liked it less and less. It wasn't Red Star that was the problem, I actually enjoyed him. I also enjoyed Raven's outfit, Robin's actions, Cyborg's conteractions and Beast Boy just being Beast Boy.

I give this episode a 4/10 when I'm feeling generous. The pacing was terrible, the dialog was barely tolerable and it was riddled with Starfire-ism that were either unacceptable or didn't make sense.