TonightsBatwomanbegins with an unintentionally hilarious scene.
A lawyer walks to his car, arguing with someone on the phone about his client.
Then, he watches as a light post falls on his car, sparks flying everywhere.
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He walks further and sees a hooded man carrying a massive ax.
Instead of running away, he just stares.
The lawyer finally runs…and heres where it gets kind of funny.
He runssoslowly and keeps looking back at the creeping water.
He climbs a fence, alsoveryslowly.
Needless to say, the lawyer doesnt live.
Hes electrocuted to death.
From there, the episode actually morphs into something more substantial.
This is the most entertaining episode ofBatwomanyet, which isnt saying much, but still.
Its a villain-of-the-week-style episode, and it works because it adheres to the formula.
This is, for the most part, a focused episode.
As I mentioned, The Executioner is on the loose.
Hes murdered the assistant district attorney our slow lawyer from the cold open and hes set to do more.
As theyre wondering about how to track him down, The Executioner saves them the trouble.
Hes holding hostages in a warehouse in Harlem.
When everyone hears screaming from inside, they run towards the sound.
Its a trap though, the voices are recorded and playing through an amplifier.
As Connelly enters and trips a wire, a rack of guns go off.
Batwoman saves Sophie, whos wounded, but Connelly is killed.
Thanks…Kate, says Sophie before she passes out.
Okay, maybe this is another unintentionally hilarious moment.
That pause is so dramatic.
Shes given Mouse a new face, this one provided by a man named Dean Devro.
Now this all makes sense.
Alice needs Mouse to break into Hamilton, and thats exactly what he does.
Not a lot of actual security at this place apparently.
Luke tracks the poison used to a specific warehouse in Gotham.
Theyre taking the racist police force to task while operating in the same way.
It feels like the result of struggling to square the procedural storytelling needs with a larger message.
So, nobody thought to suspect a former executioner of being The Executioner?
Batwoman pays a visit to his house and finds the poison canister, and inside is a USB stick.
On that stick is a video of him detailing why hes committed these crimes.
So now hes getting his revenge them having made him kill all those innocent people.
Batwoman shows up at the judges quarters and hes burning all the evidence.
When The Executioner attacks, Batwoman saves the judge, and Jacob shows up and kills The Executioner.
Theres a lot of thematic and character work going on in this episode.
Kate works towards forgiveness with her father, as they both attempt to bring Beth back once again.
Sophie ponders telling Jacob about Kates secret identity but decides against it when she sees Kate and Jacob reconcile.
