BATWOMAN 3.2

RECAP - BATWOMAN  3.2:  "Loose Tooth"  

The Quest for the Bat Villains' Arsenal is well underway, as Renee Montoya has now ORDERED Batwoman to work with Alice in order to obtain the remaining weapons of Batman's infamous rogues weapons before they fall into the hands of some undesirables, and they get a whole new reign of terror in Gotham City.  Luke continues to work on his Batwing suit to get IT working properly.  And finally, we have Ryan coming face to face with Jada Jet....the woman who abandoned her.

This week's villain just happened to inherit the mutative qualities of Killer Croc, as this new mutant lizard was stalking his prey by nabbing a couple of kids for a late night snack at a pool where they were there illegally.  And, in order to track this creature down, Montoya has mandated Alice to supervised custody...meaning, essentially, that Batwoman gets to babysit her, and have her as a partner.  And as much as the Scarlet Knight hates it.  Montoya continues to threaten Batwoman with having her hang up her cowl if she doesn't comply.  She wants these weapons and monsters off the streets before they start getting a higher body count.  

Luke then delivers the 4-1-1 to the team about the original Killer Croc - Waylon Jones.  In his last battle with Batman, the GCPD got involved, dropped thermite in the sewers, and all that was left was a tooth.  Whomever has it now...got infected with Jones' disease, and has now inherited the abilities of Croc.  Things get interrupted when Jada Jet arrives in her helicopter on top of Wayne Tower, looking for a meeting with the acting CEO of the company....which turns out to be Ryan, as agreed upon by Kate.  So, the head of Jeterian Industries meets the acting CEO of Wayne Enterprises.  Ryan is nervous to meet her birth mother, but Sophie told her before the meeting that she's got it.  She's strong and powerful....and this woman abandoned her.  They discuss the illegal breach into Jetarian's systems (which we know it was Sophie's hack job), and Jada makes it know she will NOT take espionage lightly.  Ryan holds up her end, and says that there's no interest in it, and wants her helicopter off the roof.  Jada leaves, warning Ryan, but impressed at her poise.  

Luke's been busting his behind trying to figure out how to get the suit from shutting down in critical moments.  It senses when he is hurt, that's when it shuts down.  So, he took the safety measure out, and part of that was the AI that was his dad.  Mary suggests that maybe she should give him a checkup, make sure everything is fine.  

Alice continues to taunt Ryan about her mother, while they're trying to figure out the new Croc's next move.  Ryan isn't interested in playing this game, and Alice says that since he's a new predator, he's saving his victims for when he's hungry.  We turn to a gal in the forest looking for a soccer ball she lost in the woods, and when she goes to find it, she hears rustling, and then is quickly snatched from the scene, as we see the deflated soccer ball left behind.  As Alice and Batwoman are on the way, and they talk about mothers, and Ryan knows that all Alice is doing is plotting her escape, and will run the first chance she gets.  Alice says that she's there to help the girl, and won't let her get abandoned like she did.  They head into the sewers after seeing the soccer ball, and then head into the sewers to try and find the girl.  They come across a whole bunch of slabs of meat, and Alice realizes that someone is setting a trap for their reptilian prey.  Then, an older man comes out, and he says he's Croc's father.  He explains about how his son Steven was on a fishing trip, caught a fish, and found a tooth in it.  Then, Steven cut himself on the tooth, and the blood on it mixed into his system, and made him change.  He feels he needs to help him, and Batwoman promises to get him some help, but the father doesn't feel that her "help" is all that good, considering it would mean locking him up.  He then takes out an electric cattle prod and zaps Batwoman with it, and she falls down.  He continues zapping the water around her, hurting her more.  Sophie's running the coms at the Batcave, and notices that he's hurt.  Just then, Croc appears, and takes his dad, and his dad drops the cattle prod.  Alice picks it up, zaps the tracker bracelet on her ankle, removes it, and makes her escape.  She then hears the cries for help from the girl and finds her....only to tell her to get out of there on her own.  The girl can't, because her ankle is broken, but Alice says that no one's going to come get her, and to get out on her own.  Alice then bolts...but hears Croc coming.  As Croc shows up to nab the girl, Batwoman recovers and attacks Croc.  They fight for a bit, and Batwoman manages to trap him in a bat-net.  With him neutralized, she managest to rescue the girl.  

In Alices attempt to flee, she meets up with Batwing.  They fight a little, and she goads him a bit, and he injects her with a concoction.  She wonders what it's supposed to to do, since she feels nothiing.  But Batwing says that he injected her with thousands of nanobites...there's nowhere on the planet she can run where they won't find her.  In the aftermath, Batwoman and Montoya talk, and Montoya wonders how Batwoman let Alice run, but then she sees that Alice is captured an in the Batmobile.  Batwoman gives Montoya the ankle bracelet, and then takes off.  We then see Alice escorted back to Arkham Asylum, as we get the recap from Vesper Fairchild.  

In the wake of his checkup from Mary...which included them having some awkward sexual tension...she says that he's physically fine...but maybe he needs to put the safety measure back in.  Because while he may be PHYSICALLY fine...maybe not MENTALLY from his gunshot wound.  Ryan and Sophie talk about her mom some more, and Ryan wonders how someone can cough up 2 million dollars to cover up a pregnancy.  Sophie says that if Jada can't see how great Ryan turned out, it's her loss.  Ryan then takes the initiative to walk into Jada's office unannounced, and confronts her, and tells her that she is her daughter. 

Montoya's at her office, and she and her subordinate look to open up the canister with Poison Ivy's vine.  Montoya opens it, and then pours water on it, wondering what will happen.  But nothing does...it's just a dead vine.  So...she knows that Ivy's vine is still out there.

Not a bad episode.  We knew that a lot of the Bat Team's quests were going to be one episode deals, as they get the villian weapons back, but there are some other stories starting to develop.  First and foremost:  Jada and Ryan.  Mother and daughter finally had their face off, and Jada was impressed by Ryan.  But there's obvious tension, as Jada is all about business.  And doesn't want any industrial espionage going on.  When Ryan decides to come out and tell her that she's her daughter....I was quite surprised.  I was thinking they'd hold off on that for a little bit, build up more tension, then drop the bomb.  But instead, they went this route, and next episode will see Ryan meet her brother.  So, I am thinking that this little revelation will NOT go over well with Jada, who may try to deny it, and then we'll see how little brother faces up against her.  But we're going to see a huge confrontation between mother and daughter soon enough.  

Mary has looked a little lost in the shuffle since this season started.  Aside from getting her MD license, she's not really been a part of the team much.  She hasn't really offered anything much, either.  But it also seems like there's some SERIOUS sexual tension brewing between her and Luke, juding from the looks they were giving each other, and how she just ogled his body.  We'll see where they go with THIS story.  

With Alice  back in Arkham, I wonder if her little deal with Montoya is done, since she tried to run.  Of course, Luke was extremely smart and injected the nanobites in her system, and even if she DOES escape, she'll have nowhere to go on the planet where they couldn't find her.  So, I'm curious as to what more to this season she can contribute, and what more to her story there actually is to tell.  

As for Montoya...she's playing everything straight-laced, and very by-the-book as Jim Gordon did.  I do kind of wonder if we'll get to see more of Renee's personal life outside of the job...and I also wonder if we'll ever get to see her meet Vic Sage, who is a crimefighter known as The Question.  It would be VERY cool to bring him into the series, but not sure they'll do that...and not sure we'll get a Season 4 yet.  But, I would like to see more of Montoya's life outside of her work.  

All in all, I enjoyed the episode, as they lay the groundwork for the return of Pamely Isley, and what trouble SHE'LL bring back to Gotham.  What about all of YOU?  Did you like what transpired on this week's episode?  Drop me a line by subscribing to the blog and leaving a comment....cheaper than a doctor bill.

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