Batman 66 - Episodes 61-64 Reviews

It's been a few weeks but now in my rundown of episodes, one villain wants to go to prison and the other is keen on a bit of voice snatching.

2x27: The Penguin's Nest

In the space of five minutes, two things are surprising in this episode. First of all was seeing the Penguin owning his own restaurant and attending to some of our regular and then the second bit was stealing Aunt Harriett's bracelet with the intention of being sent back to prison. Actually, the Penguin's continued attempts to be incarcerated (including an unconvincing fake out shooting of a henchmen) are hilarious until he actually gets sent to prison, rescued by his gang and the cliffhanger ends with poor O'Hara locked in a trunk set to be drown in the pool. Is this the first time the cliffhanger hasn't involved Batman and Robin in danger? Does make a change though. 7/10

2x28: The Bird's Last Jest

With the Penguin's motives for wanting to go back to prison becoming clear - he wanted the aid of an expert forger, it's up to Alfred to go undercover yet again and be a spy for Batman and Robin. Except that it all goes horribly wrong as the Penguin realises who Alfred actually is, bakes him into a pie and tries to blackmail Bruce Wayne out of a million before the dynamic Duo save the day. There's a nice moment where Aunt Harriet gets to take out Penguin's female companion while O'Hara makes another reference to his Irish heritage. 7/10

2x29: The Cat's Meow

It's always nice to have Catwoman back for a two parter and while this one isn't her best one, it's still a lot of mad fun nonetheless. This week she decides steal the voices of a local TV host and Commissioner Gordon before coming up with a unique variation of the old Chinese Water Torture method to deal with the Dynamic Duo. There's even a hilariously daft moment where she infiltrates Wayne Manor as a dancing instructor called Miss Klutz - an apt name, considering her lack of rhythm when dancing with Dick Grayson. 8/10

2x30: The Bat's Kow Tow

With Batman and Robin released from their noisy fate, it's up to Catwoman to steal the voices of British singing duo Chad & Jeremy (appearing as themselves here) and hold their dulcet tones to a ransom. It's a decent plan, it almost worked but instead of bringing Britain to it's knees (you probably should've gone for another male act of the time, Selina), Batman is able to bring Catwoman's plan to a halt. There is a delightfully charged moment where Catwoman finds herself incapable of killing her infamous foe that shows the mutual attraction between the pair, with Robin somewhat spoiling the moment but either way, this was still a fun two parter for the Princess of Plunder. 8/10

Next blog I'll delve into The Puzzles Are Coming/The Duo is Slumming and The Sandman Cometh/The Catwoman Goeth.