My Review of Harley Quinn's 3x04: "A Thief, A Mole, An Orgy"

 

Written by Tom Hyndman

Directed by Juan Meza-Leon

Court of Owls Leader: "Let the grand Owl orgy begin."

A few weeks ago, The Boys gave us Herogasm. This show decided to go a bit Eyes Wide Shut as the Court of Owls made their debut with this episode. Needless to say, it was something that generated a myriad of reactions from a few characters here.

For Harley and Ivy, there was a sense of horror as they realised exactly what the Court of Owls go up to on a Wednesday evening but at the same time, the two of them had concerns at hand. One was to find the missing Frank, which they failed to do and two was of course some relationship conflict with secrets and lies spilling out with the pair. 

Ivy's determined to terraform Gotham but Harley'a driving her to distraction so Ivy lied about Catwoman imposing stricter house rules while Harley smashed up security cameras. Of course these things get revealed, along with the revelation of Ivy and Catwoman being a former thing. The ladies fight and then make up with one another. Then realise that Frank's still missing and identifying a mole will be the key to getting him back.

Then there's Jim Gordon. He's still annoying in his pursuit of becoming the mayor, while ignoring Barbara's sensible advice in favour of Two-Face's more unethical methods. By the end of the episode, the bumbling idiot did however manage to get blackmail material in order to bankroll his campaign.

As for Catwoman, yup she's letting Harley, Ivy and everyone else stay at her place but she took too much delight in watching Harley and Ivy fall out while Bruce barely tolerated Gordon's presence. However both of them did leave before the orgy stuff actually went ahead.

- Sy Borgman was back this episode, hooked into the wifi system of Catwoman's place while Clayface and King Shark were members of Harley's band.

- Joker and Bane being members of the Court of Owls wasn't too shocking. Someone give Bane his pasta maker though.

- Probably the worst thing we saw at the orgy was Mrs Clause spanking some guy who Gordon had briefly talked to in the bathroom.

- Chronology: Not long from where the previous episode left off.

A Thief, A Mole, An Orgy was a lot of fun with a very intriguing take on the shadowy organisation in this episode. There's a possible danger of the Harley/Ivy fight and make up dynamic getting a bit overused but this was still a great episode.

Rating: 7 out of 10