After two weeks of waiting, we finally got the Batwoman we saw in last year’s Elseworlds, and the costume we know from the comics. As much as I’d like them to go away, the flashbacks are going to be sticking around for a while. This time, it’s a childhood memory of Alice that comes to her in the form of a nightmare. That means it’s even blurrier and more poorly lit! Is it any wonder I despise these so much.
Fortunately, the show gets going real quick after she wakes up. Kate Kane lays out the big problem she’s created for herself. She donned her cousin’s batsuit to scare Alice. Now that Alice knows who she is, that doesn’t work so well. Not to mention the fact that she isn’t entirely comfortable with the entire city thinking she’s a hero.
Especially when it brings out the supervillains of Gotham to dare Batman out. First, there’s a robbery at a Wayne Enterprises weapons warehouse. Then, a bloody effigy of Batman is left on a building’s stairs. Batman’s enemies are trying to draw him out, and Kate knows they’ll eventually kill someone. She might not want to be the city’s hero, but if anything’s going to force her to, it’s that. The reluctant hero story is one The CW hasn’t really done much with. It’s a new story for these shows, and it works really well as a superhero motivation. The robbery at Wayne Enterprises is also a convincing reason for Luke Fox to turn from rules-following doubter into sidekick. Whoever robbed the warehouse knows Bruce Wayne is Batman. And Kate has a pretty good idea of who that could be.
Ruby Rose as Kate Kane and Gabriel Mann as Tommy Elliot. (Photo Credit: Robert Falconer / The CW)
Bruce’s childhood rival/other rich asshole Tommy Elliot dropped by to invite Bruce to the opening of his new building. (It’s five stories taller than Wayne Tower!) Even though Bruce has been gone for three years, Tommy’s convinced he’s back in town for some reason.
While attending his opening party, Kate lets slip that there’s a GPS tracker on the stolen weapon. (Incidentally, it’s a gun that can pierce Batman’s armor.) It doesn’t take too long for her to find him frantically examining the stolen gun. Turns out Tommy blames Batman for Bruce outshining him his whole life. He demands Batman meet him on the roof. As motivation, he trapped his party guests, including Kate’s father, stepmother, sister and ex, in the elevators. If Batman doesn’t show, he’ll drop the elevators.
All this is to finally get Kate in her own proper Batwoman suit. She needs to show the city that Batman hasn’t come back. I have to say, finally seeing the red comics-accurate costume come together, red hair and all, was a highly successful payoff. The moment felt earned and motivated, and gave the sense that the show is all coming together. That it was followed by an exciting fight scene didn’t hurt either.
Ruby Rose as Kate Kane, Nicole Kang as Mary Hamilton, and Meagan Tandy as Sophie Moore. (Photo Credit: Robert Falconer / The CW)
Batman’s most useful gadget remains cool in Batwoman. Just like her cousin, Kate is willing to let the bad guy get away and even put herself at risk of death to save other people. As she jumps into the elevator shaft to save her dad and stepmom, Tommy blows up the elevator she’s standing on. She’s able to get back to the roof, and just as Tommy’s about to kill her, Alice appears and knocks him out from behind.
Dougray Scott as Jacob Kane. (Photo Credit: Robert Falconer / The CW)
I like having a villain other than Alice this week. It’s a good sign that the show won’t be too preoccupied with its main villain. Yes, the family drama between Kate, Jacob, and Alice is interesting, but we need some proper, regular superhero action. That’s something the show can deliver, even while advancing the Alice storyline. She spends most of the episode in the background.
At the beginning, Kate makes her promise to go 24 hours without killing anyone if she wants the Crows to release her captured… lover? Boytoy? Henchman? Whatever. Alice does not. She instead breaks into Jacob and Catherine’s apartment, kills their guard and calls Jacob just to taunt him. She claims she doesn’t want a sister relationship with Kate. She wants to torture her.
Alice’s real motives remain a mystery, though fortunately, an intriguing one. While in Jacob’s apartment, she left playing cards on Catherine’s desk. Catherine hides them from her husband, and even stranger, insists that Alice isn’t Jacob’s daughter. We already know she sent goons after Kate to retrieve Alice’s knife, so she clearly has some connection to the villain we don’t yet know about.
Elizabeth Anweis as Catherine Hamilton-Kane. (Photo Credit: Robert Falconer / The CW)
The show still feels like it’s figuring out what superhero story it wants to tell. It tried to have a villain of the week, but didn’t fully commit. Even so, the mysteries surrounding Alice and Catherine are intriguing enough to pull me through. Not to mention the love triangle between Kate, Sophie, and Tyler. Sophie never mentioned her and Kate’s relationship to her husband? Spicy. And we all saw that look Sophie got when she saw Kate flirting with the bartender. I’m a sucker for a good love story, and the ingredients for one are here. Plus a leather bat costume and a red wig, of course. Those just add to the fun.
Batwoman airs Sundays at 8 p.m. EDT on The CW.
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