Written by Tom Hyndman
Directed by Tom Derosier
Harley: "I told you, I tried. Didn't work. Ivy said no."
Joker: "Are you prepared to live with that?"
Well, this I didn't see happening. The Joker might be back and he may be determined to do his usual bout of killing, maiming and so on but for this episode, we entered buddy cop mode with both Harley and her ex looking for a certain book. In other news, it turns out the Joker can give some decent advice.
In this one he told Harley to fight for Ivy and that in itself might possibly be the strangest thing the character has ever done in his 80 year history. Unfortunately for Harley, just as she was about to actually take the slightly changed Joker's advice, Dr Psycho put Ivy under his control to kill Harley.
Cliff hanger wise, it's a good moment as Ivy went from throwing herself into trying to marry Kite Man to falling into Psycho's latest trap. After all, if a Parademon can't kill Harley, then her best friend just might. Except we all know that Harley will probably snap Ivy out of it by next week.
As for the Joker, I really enjoyed his scenes with Harley and Batman during the mission to free the Justice League from Fables book. Even the romance plot with Bethany was surprisingly effective as he realised that he actually cared about her. I don't see it lasting but it was a nice story and the League are free too, which is a bonus.
As for Psycho, there's no going back for him. This episode pivoted on him being the big baddie for the last two episodes with Riddler as a side kick and we also have Darkseid somewhat added into the mix as well. This plot felt inevitable with Psycho, so here's to Harley and the gang giving him the much needed beatdown he deserves.
- This episode opened and ended with Frank and a stoner named Chad as the former bought everyone up to speed on events so far.
- So are Clayface and King Shark gone now? Even Darkseid seemed disgusted by Psycho's reputation.
- Zatanna freed the League. Can we get more of her next season?
- Chronology: From where previous episode left off, also six month for the Joker since meeting Bethany.
A Fight Worth Fighting For excelled with the best Joker/Harley content we've had in a long while, really went to town on Psycho being an evil little shit (along with a flashback to when he first enjoyed human suffering) and was just fun from start to finish.
Rating: 8 out of 10
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