Written by Adam Stein
Directed by Vince Heuck
Harley (to Ivy): "It's about to get more 'Yikes'."
We did not have to wait long for this one. In just a few weeks since the first season ended with both Batman and Joker out of the mix and Gotham in ruins, the second season of DC Universe's animated series came back on a decent note.
Long story short, instead of actually taking over the city which has now become a No Man's Land situation, Harley decided it would be better to liberate some goons and let chaos be the order of the day. Ivy pointed out this was a bad idea, Harley didn't listen and consequences were had.
The consequences being an Injustice League formed with Penguin, Two Face, Riddler, Bane and Mr Freeze (Alfred Molina) quickly putting Harley on ice in order to carve out their own territories in the ruined city and restore organised crime (and get their goons back of course).
As for Harley, when the gang used one of Clayface's plans to finally get her free, she wasn't pleased that most of her work had been undone, leading to a fight between her and the Penguin, which the latter did nor survive. First Scarecrow, now Penguin? This show is not saying with killing off Rogue Gallery members. I'm not sure how I feel about that.
Meanwhile Jim Gordon rejected Robin's help, got ousted from the GCPD by Two Face, had formerly good cops go bad and Barbara wants a divorce, so he's having a rotten time of it. On the other hand, Bruce Wayne turned up just about alive at the end of the episode and I don't doubt a certain clown won't be far behind in a few episodes time.
- They got a Batman Returns homage in with Harley biting the Penguin'a nose clean off before she killed him.
- Damien made me laugh dressed as Batman and other projects did Dr Psycho put on hold to save Harley?
- King Shark continues to be a delight, Sy Borgman was okay but where were Frank and Kite Man?
- Chronology: A week became three weeks, then over two months since the finale.
New Gotham while not as good as the previous episode did serve as a good opening nonetheless. However how long will it take Harley and her crew to take out the rest of the Injustice League and how long before two other characters re-enter the picture? Other than that, this was still a lot of fun to watch.
Rating: 7 out of 10
No comments:
Post a Comment