Batwoman (Season 1)

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| style="text-align:center;"|[[Marcos Siega]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|October 6, 2019
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| style="text-align:center;"|T15.10154
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|style="background:#c28b6c; colspan="8"|hree years after the disappearance of [[Gotham City]]-based vigilante [[Batman]], [[Jacob Kane]] and his private security firm the Crows preside over a gala led by Mayor Michael Akins to turn off the [[Bat-Signal]]. At the height of the festivities, [[Beth Kane|Alice]] and the [[Wonderland Gang (comics)|Wonderland Gang]] crash the event and abduct Crows operative [[Sophie Moore]], prompting Jacob's stepdaughter Mary to call his biological daughter, [[Batwoman|Kate]]. Returning from overseas, Kate learns Alice is targeting her father and sets out to locate her cousin, billionaire Bruce Wayne. She discovers, however, that Bruce is Batman, who she blamed for failing to save her sister and mother after they died in a car crash. Realizing there's more to the story, she dons her cousin's [[Batsuit]], altered by [[Wayne Enterprises]] employee [[Luke Fox (Character)|Luke Fox]], before rescuing Sophie and foiling Alice's plan to detonate a bomb in a crowded park. The next day, as the news reports on what they believe is Batman's return, Kate begins to suspect Alice is her sister, Beth.
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| style="text-align:left;"|"[[The Rabbit Hole (Batwoman Episode)|The Rabbit Hole]]"
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| style="text-align:center;"|Marcos Siega
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| style="text-align:center;"|Caroline Dries
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| style="text-align:center;"|October 13, 2019
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| style="text-align:center;"|T13.21952
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| style="text-align:center;"|1.45
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|style="background:#c28b6c; colspan="8"|Kate's growing suspicions about Alice's identity drive a wedge between her and Jacob, who firmly believes Beth is dead based on the evidence. While trying to get Alice's favorite knife tested for DNA, she comes under attack from a group of thugs that manage to steal it back. Deducing one of Alice's injured men used Mary's secret clinic, Kate frees him to give Alice a message. Kate then asks Sophie to buy her time while she meets with Alice, who refuses to directly admit she is Beth, but agrees to provide a DNA sample. Sophie tells Jacob where to find them, resulting in Alice being transported to [[Arkham Asylum]]. Alice tells Kate she tasked her boyfriend, ex-Crows agent Dodgson, with killing Mary; prompting Kate to save her before rescuing Alice from a bomb intended to kill her before both Kate and Alice escape from the police. Meanwhile, Kate's stepmother, Catherine, orders the thugs she tasked with stealing Alice's knife to destroy it. After interrogating Dodgson, Kate finds a parcel containing a live bat and a note from Alice that implies she knows her identity.
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| style="text-align:left;"|"[[Down Down Down (Batwoman Episode)|Down Down Down]]"
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| style="text-align:center;"|[[Dermott Downs|Dermott Daniel Downs]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|Holly Henderson & Don Whitehead
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| style="text-align:center;"|October 20, 2019
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| style="text-align:center;"|T13.21953
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| style="text-align:center;"|1.22
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|style="background:#c28b6c; colspan="8"|Bruce's former childhood friend, [[Hush (Character)|Thomas Elliot]], leaves Kate an invitation to a gala celebrating the purchase of the building overlooking Wayne Tower. Around the same time, a [[Railgun|railgun]] designed to penetrate the Batsuit is stolen from a Wayne Enterprises facility. Kate correctly infers that Elliot is the thief, having learned Bruce's true identity and intends to kill Batman for saving his mother years earlier, delaying his inheritance. When he takes hostages to force Batman out, Kate confronts him in a modified suit, adopting the persona of Batwoman as she rescues the hostages and disables the railgun. Alice subdues Elliot to save a cornered Batwoman, but they part on less than amicable terms while the Crows take Elliot to Arkham Asylum. Elsewhere, Sophie finds herself pondering her relationship with Kate, but dismisses them after enter a relationship with a bartender, Reagan. Catherine finds playing cards left by Alice in her bedroom, demanding Jacob deal with her despite his concerns that she might be Beth. Gotham publicly learns about Batwoman.
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| style="text-align:left;"|"[[Who Are You? (Batwoman Episode)|Who Are You?]]"
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| style="text-align:center;"|[[Holly Dale]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|Nancy Kiu & Denise Harkavy
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| style="text-align:center;"|October 27, 2019
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| style="text-align:center;"|T13.21954
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| style="text-align:center;"|1.29
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|style="background:#c28b6c; colspan="8"|Kate's relationship with Reagan complicates her efforts to catch jewel thief [[Magpie (Character)|Magpie]], who has stolen [[Martha Wayne]]'s necklace, and puts her newfound status as Gotham's protector in question. When Dodgson develops an infection during his captivity, Batwoman drops him off with Mary for treatment. While he is drugged with [[Morphine|morphine]], Mary impersonates Alice and gets him to reveal part of her plan: a mysterious figure named Mouse. After getting the necklace back, Batwoman foils Magpie's latest heist at a museum gala; allowing the Crows to arrest her and take her to [[Blackgate Penitentiary]]. Recognizing that she cannot be in an honest relationship, Kate breaks up with Reagan. To provide a cover for her vigilantism, Kate sets up a company to buy dilapidated buildings and turn them into low-cost housing with Luke as her assistant. Meanwhile, Alice meets with Catherine at Beth's grave and demands she turn over an experimental weapon; threatening to tell Jacob the truth about Beth. Catherine confesses to Jacob that she used a deer skull in place of Beth's, causing him to storm out.
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| style="text-align:left;"|"[[Mine Is a Long and a Sad Tale (Batwoman Episode)|Mine Is a Long and a Sad Tale]]"
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| style="text-align:center;"|Carl Seaton
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| style="text-align:center;"|Jerry Shandy & Ebony Gilbert
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| style="text-align:center;"|November 3, 2019
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| style="text-align:center;"|T13.21955
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| style="text-align:center;"|1.16
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|style="background:#c28b6c; colspan="8"|Alice is linked to a series of skin thefts in Gotham, so Kate captures her and gives her the chance to explain herself, while also leaving Jacob and Sophie a trail to follow. The sisters travel to the rural area where Beth was last seen. A series of flashbacks show Beth being rescued from drowning and subsequently being held captive by a man who wants her to be a companion for his disfigured son, Jonathan Cartwright, who will later become Mouse. Catherine tells Mary the truth about her deception and she storms into Wayne Enterprises in a drunken stupor. Luke calms her by letting her assist with his skin theft investigation, learning that they are connected to several escaped Arkham prisoners. Alice drugs Kate and locks her in Mouse's home. When Jacob and Sophie show up after subduing Dodgson and the Wonderland Gang members with him, Alice stabs her father. Kate escapes, takes Mouse captive with Sophie's help, and forces him and Alice to leave. Jacob recovers, but now fully accepts that Alice is Beth. Alice promises Mouse, who she calls her "brother", that she will help him become whoever he wants to be.
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| style="text-align:left;"|"[[I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury (Batwoman Episode)|I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury]]"
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| style="text-align:center;"|[[Scott Peters (Writer)|Scott Peters]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|James Stoteraux & Chad Fiveash
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| style="text-align:center;"|November 10, 2019
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| style="text-align:center;"|T13.21956
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| style="text-align:center;"|1.09
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|style="background:#c28b6c; colspan="8"|A vigilante calling himself the "Executioner" begins targeting law enforcement and judicial officials he deems to be corrupt. Alice has Mouse impersonate one of Catherine's researchers to steal the weapon she refused to turn over. However, Alice convinces him not to as she still needs him for an upcoming tea party. When he discovers it was intended to kill Batwoman, he feels betrayed and confronts Alice; believing she wants to protect her sister. Sophie deduces Batwoman's identity, but is injured by the Executioner during his latest attack; forcing Kate to take her to Mary. A flash drive is located, which proves the Executioner's claims to be true. This upsets Luke, as he fears it would allow his father, [[Lucius Fox|Lucius]]', killer to request a re-trial. Sophie escapes, but not before Mary urges her not to reveal Batwoman's identity. Jacob manages to kill the Executioner, only to be caught in one of his traps. After Batwoman saves him, he tells her he was wrong to blame Batman for what happened to Beth and his wife.
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| style="text-align:left;"|"[[Tell Me the Truth (Batwoman Episode)|Tell Me the Truth]]"
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| style="text-align:center;"|[[Michael A. Allowitz]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|Caroline Dries & Natalie Abrams
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| style="text-align:center;"|November 17, 2019
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| style="text-align:center;"|T13.21957
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| style="text-align:center;"|1.01
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|style="background:#c28b6c; colspan="8"|Kate runs into her old friend, [[Julia Pennyworth]], while on the trail of a professional assassin called "The Rifle". Sophie threatens to tell Jacob Kate's identity unless she ceases her vigilantism. The Rifle meets with Alice and hands over a mysterious vial as he mentions his boss Safiyah. Kate invites Sophie to a local restaurant, where their show of affection upsets the homophobic owner. When they leave, Sophie confesses that Jacob was the one who convinced her to end their relationship, putting her on the path to where she is now. Catherine goes to see Jacob, who reluctantly agrees to hold off filing for divorce. Julia poses as Batwoman so Kate can trick Sophie, but winds up captured by the Crows when the Rifle ambushes her. Kate breaks her out and Sophie concludes that she was wrong. Nevertheless, Kate tells her it's best they stop seeing each other. After purchasing a space, Kate and Mary open a gay bar. Jacob meets with Alice, revealing himself as Mouse, while the Rifle leaves for the [[Mediterranean]] with Julia in pursuit as the real Jacob returns from upstate. Alice puts the next stage of her plan in action.
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| style="text-align:left;"|"[[A Mad Tea-Party (Batwoman Episode)|A Mad Tea-Party]]"
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| style="text-align:center;"|Holly Dale
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| style="text-align:center;"|Nancy Kiu
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| style="text-align:center;"|December 1, 2019
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| style="text-align:center;"|T13.21959
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| style="text-align:center;"|1.01
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|style="background:#c28b6c; colspan="8"|Alice has Jacob abducted while Mouse sequesters Sophie and Tyler as her plan unfolds. On Alice's orders, disguised Wonderland Gang members replace the security detail assigned to protect Gotham's Humanitarian Ball, where Catherine is to be awarded. Alice rewrites her speech, making her confess to numerous crimes before collapsing. Alice tells a captured Catherine and Mary they have been poisoned by a toxin developed by the former's company and there is only enough antidote for one. Catherine compels Mary to take it, expressing how proud of her she is before she dies. As Batwoman neutralizes the Wonderland Gang, she nearly strangles Alice in anger upon learning of her actions. However Mouse, disguised as Jacob, stuns Batwoman to exfil Alice. Jacob awakes to find himself framed for Catherine's death and arrested by Commissioner Forbes. Furious that Kate chose to believe in Alice, Mary is left devastated by her mother's death. Tired of doubting, Tyler asks Sophie to decide whether she loves him or Kate. As Kate visits Jacob, both agree Alice is beyond saving and must be stopped. Meanwhile in [[Central City (DC Comics)|Central City]], [[Nash Wells]] uncovers a wall of symbols before a blinding light pulls him inside.
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Revision as of 10:57, 22 January 2021

Batwoman
Season 1
Home media cover
Starring
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 20
Release
Original network The CW
Original run October 6, 2019 –
May 17, 2020
Season chronology
Next →
Season 2
List of Batwoman episodes

The first season of the American television series Batwoman premiered on The CW on October 6, 2019, and consisted of 20 episodes. The series is based on the DC Comics character Kate Kane / Batwoman, a costumed vigilante created by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, and Keith Giffen, and is set in the Arrowverse, sharing continuity with other Arrowverse television series. The showrunner for this season is Caroline Dries.

Ruby Rose stars as Kate, and she is joined by main cast members Rachel Skarsten, Meagan Tandy, Nicole Kang, Camrus Johnson, Elizabeth Anweis and Dougray Scott. Rose previously appeared as a guest actor in the fifth annual Arrowverse crossover. Batwoman was picked up for a full season by The CW in October 2019, and filming took place primarily in Vancouver, British Columbia. Production was shut down in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving the season with only 20 of the planned 22 episodes.

The series premiere was watched by 1.86 million viewers and had a 0.5 18–49 demographic rating.

Contents

Episodes

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1 1 "Pilot" Marcos Siega Caroline Dries October 6, 2019 T15.10154 1.86
hree years after the disappearance of Gotham City-based vigilante Batman, Jacob Kane and his private security firm the Crows preside over a gala led by Mayor Michael Akins to turn off the Bat-Signal. At the height of the festivities, Alice and the Wonderland Gang crash the event and abduct Crows operative Sophie Moore, prompting Jacob's stepdaughter Mary to call his biological daughter, Kate. Returning from overseas, Kate learns Alice is targeting her father and sets out to locate her cousin, billionaire Bruce Wayne. She discovers, however, that Bruce is Batman, who she blamed for failing to save her sister and mother after they died in a car crash. Realizing there's more to the story, she dons her cousin's Batsuit, altered by Wayne Enterprises employee Luke Fox, before rescuing Sophie and foiling Alice's plan to detonate a bomb in a crowded park. The next day, as the news reports on what they believe is Batman's return, Kate begins to suspect Alice is her sister, Beth.
2 2 "The Rabbit Hole" Marcos Siega Caroline Dries October 13, 2019 T13.21952 1.45
Kate's growing suspicions about Alice's identity drive a wedge between her and Jacob, who firmly believes Beth is dead based on the evidence. While trying to get Alice's favorite knife tested for DNA, she comes under attack from a group of thugs that manage to steal it back. Deducing one of Alice's injured men used Mary's secret clinic, Kate frees him to give Alice a message. Kate then asks Sophie to buy her time while she meets with Alice, who refuses to directly admit she is Beth, but agrees to provide a DNA sample. Sophie tells Jacob where to find them, resulting in Alice being transported to Arkham Asylum. Alice tells Kate she tasked her boyfriend, ex-Crows agent Dodgson, with killing Mary; prompting Kate to save her before rescuing Alice from a bomb intended to kill her before both Kate and Alice escape from the police. Meanwhile, Kate's stepmother, Catherine, orders the thugs she tasked with stealing Alice's knife to destroy it. After interrogating Dodgson, Kate finds a parcel containing a live bat and a note from Alice that implies she knows her identity.
3 3 "Down Down Down" Dermott Daniel Downs Holly Henderson & Don Whitehead October 20, 2019 T13.21953 1.22
Bruce's former childhood friend, Thomas Elliot, leaves Kate an invitation to a gala celebrating the purchase of the building overlooking Wayne Tower. Around the same time, a railgun designed to penetrate the Batsuit is stolen from a Wayne Enterprises facility. Kate correctly infers that Elliot is the thief, having learned Bruce's true identity and intends to kill Batman for saving his mother years earlier, delaying his inheritance. When he takes hostages to force Batman out, Kate confronts him in a modified suit, adopting the persona of Batwoman as she rescues the hostages and disables the railgun. Alice subdues Elliot to save a cornered Batwoman, but they part on less than amicable terms while the Crows take Elliot to Arkham Asylum. Elsewhere, Sophie finds herself pondering her relationship with Kate, but dismisses them after enter a relationship with a bartender, Reagan. Catherine finds playing cards left by Alice in her bedroom, demanding Jacob deal with her despite his concerns that she might be Beth. Gotham publicly learns about Batwoman.
4 4 "Who Are You?" Holly Dale Nancy Kiu & Denise Harkavy October 27, 2019 T13.21954 1.29
Kate's relationship with Reagan complicates her efforts to catch jewel thief Magpie, who has stolen Martha Wayne's necklace, and puts her newfound status as Gotham's protector in question. When Dodgson develops an infection during his captivity, Batwoman drops him off with Mary for treatment. While he is drugged with morphine, Mary impersonates Alice and gets him to reveal part of her plan: a mysterious figure named Mouse. After getting the necklace back, Batwoman foils Magpie's latest heist at a museum gala; allowing the Crows to arrest her and take her to Blackgate Penitentiary. Recognizing that she cannot be in an honest relationship, Kate breaks up with Reagan. To provide a cover for her vigilantism, Kate sets up a company to buy dilapidated buildings and turn them into low-cost housing with Luke as her assistant. Meanwhile, Alice meets with Catherine at Beth's grave and demands she turn over an experimental weapon; threatening to tell Jacob the truth about Beth. Catherine confesses to Jacob that she used a deer skull in place of Beth's, causing him to storm out.
5 5 "Mine Is a Long and a Sad Tale" Carl Seaton Jerry Shandy & Ebony Gilbert November 3, 2019 T13.21955 1.16
Alice is linked to a series of skin thefts in Gotham, so Kate captures her and gives her the chance to explain herself, while also leaving Jacob and Sophie a trail to follow. The sisters travel to the rural area where Beth was last seen. A series of flashbacks show Beth being rescued from drowning and subsequently being held captive by a man who wants her to be a companion for his disfigured son, Jonathan Cartwright, who will later become Mouse. Catherine tells Mary the truth about her deception and she storms into Wayne Enterprises in a drunken stupor. Luke calms her by letting her assist with his skin theft investigation, learning that they are connected to several escaped Arkham prisoners. Alice drugs Kate and locks her in Mouse's home. When Jacob and Sophie show up after subduing Dodgson and the Wonderland Gang members with him, Alice stabs her father. Kate escapes, takes Mouse captive with Sophie's help, and forces him and Alice to leave. Jacob recovers, but now fully accepts that Alice is Beth. Alice promises Mouse, who she calls her "brother", that she will help him become whoever he wants to be.
6 6 "I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury" Scott Peters James Stoteraux & Chad Fiveash November 10, 2019 T13.21956 1.09
A vigilante calling himself the "Executioner" begins targeting law enforcement and judicial officials he deems to be corrupt. Alice has Mouse impersonate one of Catherine's researchers to steal the weapon she refused to turn over. However, Alice convinces him not to as she still needs him for an upcoming tea party. When he discovers it was intended to kill Batwoman, he feels betrayed and confronts Alice; believing she wants to protect her sister. Sophie deduces Batwoman's identity, but is injured by the Executioner during his latest attack; forcing Kate to take her to Mary. A flash drive is located, which proves the Executioner's claims to be true. This upsets Luke, as he fears it would allow his father, Lucius', killer to request a re-trial. Sophie escapes, but not before Mary urges her not to reveal Batwoman's identity. Jacob manages to kill the Executioner, only to be caught in one of his traps. After Batwoman saves him, he tells her he was wrong to blame Batman for what happened to Beth and his wife.
7 7 "Tell Me the Truth" Michael A. Allowitz Caroline Dries & Natalie Abrams November 17, 2019 T13.21957 1.01
Kate runs into her old friend, Julia Pennyworth, while on the trail of a professional assassin called "The Rifle". Sophie threatens to tell Jacob Kate's identity unless she ceases her vigilantism. The Rifle meets with Alice and hands over a mysterious vial as he mentions his boss Safiyah. Kate invites Sophie to a local restaurant, where their show of affection upsets the homophobic owner. When they leave, Sophie confesses that Jacob was the one who convinced her to end their relationship, putting her on the path to where she is now. Catherine goes to see Jacob, who reluctantly agrees to hold off filing for divorce. Julia poses as Batwoman so Kate can trick Sophie, but winds up captured by the Crows when the Rifle ambushes her. Kate breaks her out and Sophie concludes that she was wrong. Nevertheless, Kate tells her it's best they stop seeing each other. After purchasing a space, Kate and Mary open a gay bar. Jacob meets with Alice, revealing himself as Mouse, while the Rifle leaves for the Mediterranean with Julia in pursuit as the real Jacob returns from upstate. Alice puts the next stage of her plan in action.
8 8 "A Mad Tea-Party" Holly Dale Nancy Kiu December 1, 2019 T13.21959 1.01
Alice has Jacob abducted while Mouse sequesters Sophie and Tyler as her plan unfolds. On Alice's orders, disguised Wonderland Gang members replace the security detail assigned to protect Gotham's Humanitarian Ball, where Catherine is to be awarded. Alice rewrites her speech, making her confess to numerous crimes before collapsing. Alice tells a captured Catherine and Mary they have been poisoned by a toxin developed by the former's company and there is only enough antidote for one. Catherine compels Mary to take it, expressing how proud of her she is before she dies. As Batwoman neutralizes the Wonderland Gang, she nearly strangles Alice in anger upon learning of her actions. However Mouse, disguised as Jacob, stuns Batwoman to exfil Alice. Jacob awakes to find himself framed for Catherine's death and arrested by Commissioner Forbes. Furious that Kate chose to believe in Alice, Mary is left devastated by her mother's death. Tired of doubting, Tyler asks Sophie to decide whether she loves him or Kate. As Kate visits Jacob, both agree Alice is beyond saving and must be stopped. Meanwhile in Central City, Nash Wells uncovers a wall of symbols before a blinding light pulls him inside.

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LaMonica Garrett also stars on "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two" as Mar Novu / Monitor, a multiversal being who tests different Earths in the multiverse in preparation for an impending "crisis" orchestrated by his polar opposite, Mobius / Anti-Monitor.

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  • Gray Horse Rider as Kate's trainer
  • Chris Shields as Michael Akins
  • Giles Panton as Shane McKillen
  • Jim Pirri as Bertrand Eldon / Executioner
  • Mark Gibbon as Angus Stanton
  • Matthew Graham as Dean Deveraux
  • Kheon Clarke as Chris "The Fist" Medlock
  • Phillip Mitchell as Stu Donnelly
  • Brent Fidler as Judge Raymond Calverick
  • Garfield Wilson as The Rifle
  • Kurt Szarka as Slam Bradley

"Crisis on Infinite Earths"

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a. ^ As depicted in Crisis on Infinite Earths.

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