My Review of Harley Quinn's 3x10: "The Horse And The Sparrow"

 

Written by Sarah Nevada Smith

Directed by Joonki Park

Harley (to Ivy): "Let's kill the Joker? I love that for us."

There have been plenty of times in the last eighty years in which various characters have had the perfect motives and opportunities to kill the Joker. On this show, it's for when he actually does something good that nearly ended up a dead man. Until he wasn't.

This show has probably done something more original with the character in years compared to everything and making him the Mayor has been a good twist. Ivy upon accepting an offer to run the Legion of Doom had the perfect chance to kill the Joker. Harley was even willing to go through with it. Except she wasn't and both Joker and Ivy knew it.

There was something refreshing with the Joker and Ivy actually having a conversation about Harley and the differences and similarities with her. In the end, Ivy realised that Harley had evolved into someone that wanted to help people and she supported. Harley also vowed to support Ivy's own Legion goals and Joker lived another day and got Bruce Wayne arrested for tax evasion. 

With Bruce Wayne heading to prison, the Batfamily were down a member. That left a spot available for Harley to temporarily assume while Batgirl lead the group. This will definitely make for a fun dynamic next season.

Elsewhere the premiere of A Hard Wayne's Gonna Fall wasn't just triggering for Bruce but Clayface himself had a hard time with everyone not knowing his hard work. When he tried to out himself as Billy Bob Thornton, no one listened to him and both King Shark and Frank's advice was largely ignored. Still that storyline has been resolved.

- Selina stole a pair of pearls, only to later give them back to Bruce after he was arrested.

- I caught that reference to a certain CGI mustache. Now I wonder what that could be about.

- Some guest appearances from Clock King, Bane, Swamp Thing and Nora Fries during the screening of the movie. Rita Farr played Martha Wayne. 

- Chronology: From where the last episode left off.

The Horse And The Sparrow wrapped up this season on a strong note. While this season hasn't been as strong as the first two, watching Harley and Ivy's evolution as a couple has been joy and I expect next season to likely be the last, I can't wait to see what will happen next.

Rating: 8 out of 10