Written by Sarah Nevada Smith
Directed by Cecillia Aranovich & Jennifer Coyle & Mike Milo
Poison Ivy (re Bruce): "Oh shit. Okay, so there's that baggage you were talking about."
Selina: "I cannot be here when he wakes up."
Last week's episode took a change of pace and focused on the Joker becoming Mayor. This episode pretty ignored all of that in favour of three other storylines that all had their own merits. One of them being a much needed focus on King Shark.
As a character, King Shark hasn't had a lot to do this season. This episode finally gave him more spotlight following the death of his father and his brother, Prince Shark assuming the mantle of King now. Except that the Prince wanted to sell his Kingdom to Ocean Master and of course, King Shark wasn't having any of that.
It didn't take long for the brothers to fall out over their ancestral land being sold to Aquaman's brother and it didn't take much for King Shark to kill his brother as well. I guess this means he's now the river of his homeland, unless he can palm it off to someone else.
With that plot, taking up a good chunk of screen time, the other big storylines were more focused on Harley and Ivy coming up with ways to rescue Frank by kidnapping Bruce Wayne. However with Ivy being ill from trying too hard to connect with the Green, it was up to Harley to go and get Bruce all by herself.
Of course that would've gone a bit smoother had Batgirl not been the clingy friend in which Harley tried to blow her off and Mad Hatter (Griffin Matthews) wasn't trying to control people again with those hats of his. Still though it was fun watching Harley and Batgirl working together though we can add Mad Hatter to the list of ever growing dead rogue gallery members.
As for Bruce Wayne, he was super annoying in this episode. Moping for Selina dumping him, being like a love sick puppy when she didn't show at the gala before getting himself tied up and gagged by Harley. I have to admit, the writing has been really bad for the character this season.
- Clayface is still using the Billy Bob Thornton look, even though the film has been completed.
- I'm with Nightwing regarding his comments on Selina. Again the writing for her has been the worst for the character.
- Tawny opened the episode with her show spotlighting a romance between Ratcatcher and one of his rats.
- Chronology: From where the last episode left off.
Another Sharkley Adventure hot the ground running with the three main plots. The strongest being the Harley, Batgirl and Mad Hatter but the King Shark and Bruce Wayne ones had their moments too. A very engaging episode.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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