BATWOMAN 3.6

 

RECAP - BATWOMAN  3.6:  "How Does Your Garden Grow?" 

"Mary, Mary, quite contrary....how does your garden grow?" as Alice said to her step-sister this week, as we finally saw the consequences of what happened to the dear Dr. Hamilton, as her brief night in Gotham Park thanks to one of Poison Ivy's vines grew bitter fruit in the form of taking over Mary, and having her embrace the Pamela Isley side that's been taking root within her the last couple of weeks.  To make matters WORSE for the Bat Team, is that Montoya is hot to catch this new Ivy character for not only criminal reasons, but personal as well, as we've learned of her past with the late Dr. Isley.  And while the Bat Team has to deal with THIS, Sophie is hot on the trail of the man from the Black Glove Society who had put her sister in the deep freeze...she wants answers, and she KNOWS that Jada Jet was deeply involved.  That's going to bring her and Ryan into serious debate.  

This week, Mary's little night she spend in Gotham Park, where she got smothered by Ivy's vines, has caused some crazy little change inside of her...and while she TRIED to tell everyone about it, they've been too preoccupied with their own issues (especially Ryan), to even listen to her.  Alice has noticed the little nuances in Mary's behavior, and she's taken note.  When she noticed the dead vine last week, and put it together with Montoya's obsession with finding Ivy, she also noticed that Mary's clinic got a little more---greener.  When a man is found smothered in a beehive, this brings Montoya's attention to the forefront, and she fears the worst.  While Mary is checking the body, Alice takes notice of what's gone on, and says that Mary is the one responsible for the man's condition.  Mary doesn't buy it until the man wakes up, and says she IS the one responsible.  Later at the Batcave, Mary bursts in and says she has no recollection of where she was during the day.  Searching her phone, they find out she was at a hardware store earlier getting some gardening supplies.  She then cuffs herself to some equipment to ensure she doesn't leave.  Montoya shows up, because she feels she knows Batwoman knows what's going on, and she's not spilling the info.  Her and Ryan hash it out about what she knows---and Montoya is passionate about finding this new Ivy before it's too late.  

They also find out that Mary has gotten ahold of the member of the Black Glove Society, and he's been missing.  Batwoman and Alice investigate and find him buried up to his neck in an open field with a bucket over his head.  They bring him back, but Ryan wants to get info out of him, but ensure Sophie doesn't find him, because of her own investigation into what happened to her sister.  While Ryan goes to deal with Sophie (more on that in a bit), Luke and Alice argue about whether or not Ryan would turn Mary in to Montoya, and Luke says Ryan would never do that.  As they continue to bicker, the sun comes in, and Mary knocks Luke out with a keyboard.  Ivy has now taken possession of Mary, and her and Alice bail, once Alice realized that sunlight was Mary's triggger.  Luke is found by Alice, and after Mary called Montoya to meet her at Gotham Botanical Gardens, Batwoman and Batwing follow.  At the botanical gardens, Mary has tried to capture Montoya, but the Bat crew shows up.  Batwoman tries to reason with her, but she's not hearing it, and captures them both with vines.  Montoya helps break them free, as Luke gets the worse of it, as he's pulled on like a Stretch Armstrong doll in the process.  Now, matters are worse.  Luke is injured, and Ryan officially puts him on the shelf from field duty...mostly because when he was in the field, Mary had taken the safety feature out of the suit after Luke had put it back in.  Luke and Ryan commit to helping Mary, and she's called in a favor.  She also makes a plea to Jada for help as well.

Now, the other part of our episode focused on Sophie's mission to find the head member of the Black Glove Society, and find out who ordered him to put her sister and her friends in the deep freeze.  She feels Jada's hands are all over it.  She goes to Montoya for info, and Montoya tells her to let it go...anyone looking into the Black Glove Society doesn't usually survive.  Sophie is determined to get answers.  Ryan and Sophie argue about Jada's involvement, but Ryan tells her to just trust her.  When Sophie inquires why, Ryan refuses to tell her (she doesn't want to bring up her brother's psycho issues).  After the man has been captured by Batwoman, and kept in custody by her, Sophie finds out, and nabs him...looking to get the info out of him one way or another by torturing him with a blowtorch.  She does manage to find out that the Society helps the very affluent with their kids mental issues, and pays a hefty price to keep things quiet and out of public view.  Sophie wants to know more as to WHY her sister almost got killed, and several of her co-workers have.  Batomwan stops Sophie, and they bicker some more.  Sophie says she can't trust her at all, and storms off. At the end of the episode, we see Sophie at the bar drinking her woes, when Montoya shows up, also feeling a mess.  They don't really discuss Ryan, without really discussing Ryan and her moves as of late.  So, they share some drinks, and later on, get hot and heavy in a hallway. 

The end of the episode sees Alice and Mary taking off for parts unknown...presumably to go find the buried Pam Isley...who was buried by Bruce quite some time ago...away from sunlight.  

This episode saw us see Mary fully embrace her Ivy side, as that dark side finally came to light---and Alice is there to help her embrace it.  Montoya is upset with Batwoman for having kept Mary's secret from her, now matters are worse.  On top of that, Sophie's investigation had Jada Jet written all over it, and that's bringing in her in direct conflict with Ryan, who is trying to keep her brother's mental issues on the downlow for now until she's ready to tell everyone about it.  But Sophie is impatient---not that you can blame her---she wants justice for her sister, who's still recovering.  With Ryan going to Jada for a favor, I wonder what that will be.  And...as for the favor she called in to help Mary---is that Jada, or is that someone else OUTSIDE of Gotham?  Things are getting intense as we get to the midseason finale this next week.  

How did YOU all feel for this episode, folks?  Drop me a comment, and lemme know YOUR thoughts below.  

Until next time...the Signal is OFF.