Written by Laura Moran
Directed by Colin Heck & Ben Jones
Nick: "We're family. Family doesn't kill each other."
Harley: "You people are not my family and you know what? You're not even worth it."
With her crew gone, this week was definitely a case of returning to an old familiar stomping ground as Harley reunited with her family in the titular place of this episode and within minutes of seeing her parents, it's easy to see why Harleen aspired to a life of crime.
It's hard to decide who the worst parent really was in this episode. Nick should be the obvious candidate considering he originally destroyed Harley's dreams of Olympic success while at the same time also admitting that he wanted to collect on the bounty that had been put out on Harley as well for good measure.
Personally I wouldn't have blamed Harley for taking her father out, but she spared him and her mother while disowning them. As for Sharon - yup, they played her up for stereotypes here as she expressed disappointment and resentment over Harley choosing a life of crime over being a doctor's wife. Plus she was pretty much a massive enabler to Nick as well. Harley might be better off giving her actual family a wide berth for the rest of her life.
As for Ivy, well this was a mixed bag for her this week. On one hand, she was able to get a dandelion to go and get Frank to try and rescue her and amateur Breaking Bad style antics aside, Frank did manage to get to a worse for wear Harley so rescuing Ivy should be the priority for the next episode. Meanwhile, it's the flipping Scarecrow who has Ivy prisoner, though why we have yet to know.
As for the bounty on Harley bit, I did like that it was Bane who resolved this one when he realised that Joshua was the one who arranged for Harley to die because she wrecked his Bar Mitzvah. It's nice that Bane is on Harley's side. He might be the only ally she has in the Legion of Doom at the moment.
- We got to see some funemployment with King Shark, Clayface and Dr Psycho having fun at a water park at the beginning of the episode.
- Both Harley's grandparents were killed in this episode, pretty brutally and we saw her dead brother Barry in flashbacks.
- No Joker or Batman in this one or even Lex for that matter.
- Chronology: From where the previous episode left off. We also got a flashback to 2009 when Harley's Olympic dreams were ruined.
Bensonhurst served as a nice reminder that for some people, going home isn't always the best option and that you end up being a better person away from your family. Still though, it was nice to see a bit more into Harley's past but it's time to go and get Ivy back now.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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