# Batwoman (TV series)

Batwoman is a TV show based on the fictional character Batwoman, a costumed crime-fighter who appears in comic books published by DC Comics.

## Season 1
### Pilot [1.1]

    Catherine Hamilton-Kane: Batman gave up on us. It's been three years, Gotham. The Bat's not coming back.
    Alice: Your father doesn't want you, Kate. He shipped you away and you show up without the proper postage. Sophie is the daughter your father always wanted, not you.
    Mary Hamilton: So, I swear this began with me offering water and Band-Aids, and the next thing you know, I'm the Meredith Grey of Sherwood Forest. I'm sorry if stealing from my med school makes me a bad person.
    Kate Kane: It doesn't. It actually makes you deeper than I thought.
    Kate: Bruce gave me a great piece of advice once. 'Grow into the person you needed as a kid.
    Kate: My dad was running from his pain, but I was running, too, toward everything that didn't want me. A military academy, a private army, my own father. I spent fifteen years searching for a place I fit, and I think I've finally found it. Some see fear, others hope. I see the freedom to be myself, to play by my own rules.

### The Rabbit Hole [1.2]

    Alice: "Tell us a story," said the March Hare. "Yes, please do," pled Alice, and so the Dormouse began "Once upon a time, there were three little sisters."
    Kate: What did you do?
    Alice: You don't remember why we'd each have to get our own waffle when we came here?
    Kate: Because you don't like to share.
    Alice: Exactly. And you are my sister, Kate!
    Kate: [voice-over] Maybe it was fate watching her drown in a river the way everyone assumed she had years ago, and maybe i was meant to stand by and watch it happen all over again. After all, my dad was right. Alice was a monster. She was a liar, a manipulator, a killer, but despite all that. She was still my sister.
    Sophie Moore: Is this you?
    Kate: What? This-this dude in the picture?
    Sophie: The person in this picture dressed as Batman who saved my life the other night. Was that you?
    Kate: Anyone who knows me knows I hate Batman.
    Sophie: So does your dad. Which would make putting on the suit makes an incredibly reckless move.
    Kate: Wasn't me. Beside, if I were going to save you in a dramatic fashion, I would totally dress as Wonder Woman.
    Luke Fox: Did you get the suit wet?
    Kate: Okay, so I couldn't find the auto-dry function.
    Luke: Yeah, because that's not a thing.
    Kate: $10.8 million suit. Kind of feels like an oversight. Just saying.
    Kate: [narrating] Luke was right, Bruce. Gotham needed something to believe in. They wanted hope just as I started to lose mine. I spent half my life looking for my sister, and today, I found someone else, someone I didn't know or recognize. For the first time in fifteen years, I felt something other than hope. I felt doubt.
    Alice: [narrating] It may have taken you years, sweet, darling Kate, but you found me eventually; even if I'm not the girl you expected me to be. I had my secrets just as you have yours. But do be careful, my dear sister. Putting on that suit and all the darkness that comes with it... makes you just as crazy as me.

### Down, Down, Down [1.3]

    Luke: [holds up Desert Eagle] This is a Desert Eagle Mark IX .50 AE, one of the most powerful handguns in the world. It can literally blast a hole through anything. [shoots at the batsuit] Doesn't make a dent.
    Kate: Yeah, it stings a little. Just for reference.
    Kate: How do you know who he is?
    Tommy Elliot: You mean Batman? [feigning surprise] Oops! Did I say that out loud?
    Kate: How do you know that?
    Tommy: Oh, because a few months ago, I paid a man to riddle me the answer. Gotta love the honorable Bruce Wayne for designing a fail-safe so he could never become too powerful in a super-suit. Such a great guy.
    Kate: He's your best friend.
    Tommy: Yeah, he was. The bestest. Nothing could be average with Bruce. Even had to have more dead parents than me.
    Kate: Because he saved your mom's life?
    Tommy: Oh, yeah. No, I am aware. Thanks to him, instead of collecting my inheritance, I was left wiping the spittle off of a jabbering madwoman's lips for 13 years.
    Kate: You wanted him dead, why wait until he's in a bulletproof suit?
    Tommy: Because Bruce didn't ruin my life. Batman did. Do you know what it's like to have the villain of your story be the hero of your city? He is a monster who left me anchored to a repulsive, gold-digging bitch, and now he's gonna die.
    Alice: Beth is gone.
    Kate: Then why save me?
    Alice: Because I have plans for you, Kate. That and it's no fun torturing a corpse. Believe me, I've tried.
    Kate: [voiceover] Your friend Tommy wants to kill you, Bruce, and since you're not here, it looks like I'm gonna have to kick his ass on your behalf. And send a message to anyone else who'd come after you, but to do that, I need to be honest with the city that I'm not you. I'm me.
    Kate: [voiceover] I wasn't afraid of letting down the city. I was afraid of letting down you, Bruce. But whatever happens, whatever I face, it's worth it.
    Vesper Fairchild: Okay Gotham, someone just dropped a bombshell on this city, and I mean that literally. The bat is back, just curvier and sexier. So the big question, what are we calling her? Batlady? Batchick? Talk to me Gotham, we need a name!
    Sophie: Batwoman.

### Who Are You? [1.4]

    Kate: [voice-over] A wise woman once said "hurt me with the truth, don't comfort me with a lie." Yes, Bruce, I'm quoting Rihanna. Because I'm not a liar, I have never hidden who I am. I came out when Brad Morrison taught all the kids at school that I was gay. I said "yeah... and?" Then punched him. Ever since then, I've been out and proud as long as I can remember. So how the hell am I supposed to wake up every morning and hide who I am?
    Magpie: Do we have to be on opposite sides? Birds of a feather should flock together.
    Batwoman: I'm allergic to feathers.
    Luke: Maybe you angled it wrong.
    Kate: Maybe it's broken.
    Luke: It's not broken.
    Kate: If it worked, I would've caught it.
    Luke: Did you try flipping your wrist back with a snap...
    Kate: You're batsplaining!
    Kate: How did Bruce make living a double life look so easy?
    Luke: Oh, he didn't. He was miserable.
    Kate: Bruce Wayne? Guy had three Ferraris and slept with half of Gotham.
    Kate: [voice-over] Lies don't make anyone comfortable, especially the one telling them, but no one said anything about this job being comfortable. If I'm going to embrace the Bat, then I'm going to have to embrace hiding a part of myself from the outside world. Living this double life is a sacrifice, but our city is worth it.

### Mine Is a Long and Sad Tale [1.5]

    Luke: I'll look into whatever the hell she could be using the skin for if you remind me to clear my image search history.
    Kate: Bruce doesn't have night-vision goggles?
    Luke: Batman doesn't do goggles.
    Alice: You're not asking the right questions, Kate. What is my evil plan? Who am I targeting next? How am i going to do it? When you really need to be asking why? Why am I like this?
    Alice: Well, it all began with an unfortunate event of which I remember vividly. And, if given the chance again, I would take it back in a heartbeat. It was the simple, effortless thing that I had done so many times before. I woke up.
    Jacob Kane: Where's Kate?
    Alice: "Where's Kate?" "Is Kate okay?" "Is Kate happy?" "Is she sleeping enough?" "Has she done her homework, seen a doctor, had enough to eat?" Kate, Kate, Kate, Kate, Kate, Kate! [holds her knife to her wrist] I'm so sick of Kate!
    Jacob: What are you doing?
    Alice: "Where's Beth?" When was the last time you uttered those words, Commander Crow? Was it here? Was it in this house?
    Jacob: Come on. Don't do this.
    Alice: Was it when I called you and you didn't even believe it was me?
    Jacob: Let's go outside. We'll talk.
    Alice: You told your men to kill me.
    Jacob: Put down the knife.
    Alice: Because you don't care. You've never cared!
    Jacob: Put down the knife.
    Alice: YOU GAVE UP ON ME!
    Jacob: BETH, DROP THE DAMN KNIFE!
    Alice: "Beth." You you said it.

### I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury [1.6]

    Jacob: What's he wearing?
    Kate: It's an old fashioned executioner's hood. Axe is a nice touch.
    Sophie: Like the new look. Red suits you.
    Batwoman: Goes with everything.
    [Sophie looks at herself handcuffed to the bed]
    Mary: I didn't do that.
    Sophie: Well, you better undo it.
    Mary: Batwoman would kill me. Frankly, she's scarier than you.
    Kate: Any suspects?
    Luke: Well, if you exclude the law-abiding citizens of Gotham, that leaves... the other half.
    Kate: You wouldn't listen then, and you won't listen now, and an innocent man is gonna pay the price for it.
    Batwoman: The law's not perfect, I'll give you that. Doesn't mean you get to rewrite it in blood.
    Executioner: You trust the law so much, why are you wearing that suit?

### Tell Me the Truth [1.7]

    Luke: Can you trust her?
    Kate: I used to trust her. With everything.
    Luke: Then just be real with her.
    Mary: He bailed. Kate bailed. If I knew it was attendance optional, I would've literally been anywhere else.
    Julia Pennyworth: Wherever the Rifle shows up, he leaves death and destruction in his wake.
    Kate: I know the type.
    Kate: You credit your entire career to my dad?
    Sophie: I credit him for stopping me from losing everything I worked for.
    Kate: And instead you just lost me.
    Kate: [voice-over] Batman was praised and revered, but Bruce Wayne not so much. No one knew the man beneath the cowl. You didn't let them in, Bruce, for good reason. Because even the people we love are still people at the end of the day. They act out of fear, pride, hope, pain, and sometimes, they let us down, but you know better than I do that no one can be a lone wolf forever. I have to let people in even if it's just one person and one small piece of myself at a time.

### A Mad Tea-Party [1.8]

    Alice: If you are going to kidnap me again, do wait until I can dolly up into something with a little more flair.
    Kate: Did you hire the Rifle to kill me?
    Alice: Says the walking, talking, living girl.
    Vesper: Tonight is the city's humanitarian gala which is Rich Person for 'Let's dress up and congratulate each other on being rich. And dressed up.'
    Catherine: I've always wanted to see you work in your clinic.
    Mary: How did you know about the clinic?
    Catherine: I've always known.
    Mary: How come you never said anything?
    Catherine: The fastest way for you to stop doing something is for me to approve of it.
    Kate: It's vintage.
    Luke: Thanks. Not exactly my style. Or size. Oooh, is that blood? You really shouldn't have.

### Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part Two [1.9]

    Main article: Crisis on Infinite Earths (Arrowverse)
    This episode is Part One of a five-part crossover event called Crisis on Infinite Earths. For quotations, see the related page.

### How Queer Everything Is Today! [1.10]

    Luke: Oh. Hey. Slam is Mr. March in the Annual Hunks of the GCPD calendar.
    Kate: The handcuffs are a nice touch.
    Luke: I got to say I can't really blame people for shipping you and Captain America.
    Kate: Have we not had this conversation? I'm very, very, gay.
    Sophie: You ever feel like you're hiding from the world.
    Kate: I'm literally standing in a shadow.
    Kate: Whenever I put on this suit, I feel like I'm lying to our entire city.
    Luke: Well, that's the job.
    Kate: According to the multiverse, my job is to be a Paragon of Courage.
    Luke: Right. Because a Paragon finder said so before the infinite Earths collapsed into a single space-time continuum. I'm sure it was all very exciting.
    Parker Torres: You're that psycho.
    Alice: Oh. Charmed, I'm sure.
    Alice: You're not a hero!
    Kate: It doesn't take a hero to know what pure evil looks like.

### A Narrow Escape [1.17]

    Luke Fox: Why didn't you tell me about Cartwright?
    Kate Kane: Honestly? Sometimes I feel like you think I'm some infallible hero that makes the right choice every single time. I just ... I didn't want to see the look on your face when you realized you were wrong.
    Luke Fox: I'm not wrong.
    Kate Kane: I broke Batman's code.
    Luke Fox: You think you're the only one? Ever wonder why the Joker hasn't reared his head in five years? He's not in Arkham, Kate. Both you and Bruce stared into the abyss. The question is how long are you gonna let it stare back at you?

### A Secret Kept from All the Rest [1.19]

    Kate: We both know there's no Batwoman without Luke Fox.

### O, Mouse! [1.20]

    Mouse: You poisoned me? Why did you do that?
    Alice: Be ... Because I couldn't let you leave me. Not you, too.
    Mouse: This, this wasn't even real?
    Alice: If only pain could turn to ash with the strike of a match. But my pain is a part of me the way my family is a part of me, and you could never understand why I need to enact my revenge because you've never experienced true betrayal. At least not until now. Goodbye, my sweet Mouse. My brother, my everything. I'll see you again in Wonderland.

## Season 2
### Whatever Happened to Kate Kane? [2.1]

    Ryan Wilder: [after Mary and Luke use the Batsuit's GPS to confront her] Guess you're in on it, too. I saw her plane go down, put two and two together. I'm really sorry.
    Mary Hamilton: Well, the suit has GPS, so you might as well just give it back now, Miss...
    Ryan Wilder: Wilder, Ryan. And I'm not done yet.
    Mary Hamilton: That suit is meant for a hero, not the lost and found.
    Ryan Wilder: You tell that to the bored billionaire who found it in Batman's lost box?
    Luke Fox: You don't know the first thing about Kate Kane, and you sure as hell don't know anything about that symbol.
    Ryan Wilder: Trust me, I know I'm not a symbol or a name or a legacy.
    Mary Hamilton: Exactly, so why do you think you're worthy of wearing it?
    Ryan Wilder: Because I'm a number. I am the 327th baby of a black woman who died during childbirth that year. I'm a $20 a day check to a group home. I'm Inmate 4075, serving eighteen months for a crime I didn't commit. But I can live with all those numbers because the mama who adopted me, I was her number one. But it turns out she's just one of a quarter million murders in this country who have not seen justice, and that is a number I can't live with, so you can have this damn suit back when her killer is dead.
    Alice: I tried being reasonable once. I was tethered to reason. I was calculated, precise, planned, and look where that got me. Sharing a roof with Bruce lame.
    "Bruce Wayne": On what planet do I agree to live with a woman who just told me her plan to have her father kill her twin like it was some kind of April Fool's joke?
    Alice: On my planet. Because on my planet, you are still Tommy Elliot, and if I so much as breathe a word, Bruce Wayne goes from being the meat in a top model sandwich to the guy with a steak for a face! Trust me, Tom-Tom. An Alice with a goal is so much sweeter than an Alice unmoored.
    Ryan Wilder: You're not Bruce Wayne.
    "Bruce Wayne": And you're not Batwoman.

### Bat Girl Magic! [2.3]

    Ryan Wilder: I didn't design the damn suit.
    Victor Zsasz: I can tell because I don't see the Batwoman in you, and maybe that's because I don't see the you in Batwoman.

### Rebirth [2.16]

    John Diggle: Your old man's Lucius Fox, right? Put together some details when you were having that friendly game of hold 'em. You lost your old man young. That's, that's hard, man. That's real hard. My old man was a marine deployed overseas when I was a boy, killed in action.
    Luke Fox: I'm sorry to hear that.
    John Diggle: It's all right. But it left me with a lot of questions about him and me, so I get it when those questions become more important than anything else in the world, man. Believe me, I get it. What you have to remember is that we all end up in the same place eventually, man, and you'll see your father soon enough. What changes with time is what you get to tell him you did while you were on the earth.
    Luke Fox: Okay, so I'm just supposed to ignore the fact that I'm still angry as hell?
    John Diggle: No, brother. Don't ignore it. Use it. You carry the torch for the great Fox family. You stand for justice. You're gonna need anger to win that fight.

### Kane, Kate [2.17]

    Alice: You want me to come back to Coryana with you? Well, that depends. Do you have any non-smoking rooms available? No, because I'm pretty sure that I turned your little island into an all-inclusive ashtray.
    Safiyah Sohail: Not for much longer. Coryana will soon be abloom with Desert Rose once more thanks to a small cutting from one of Poison Ivy's vines. Its rather aggressive growth properties will soon turn my one Rose into thousands.
    Alice: Poison Ivy, huh? Didn't know you had the green thumb girl on speed dial.
    Safiyah Sohail: I don't. I simply struck a gentlewoman's agreement with a new friend to procure it for me. You see, she was all to eager to help me once I had a sword driven through the powerful man who had wronged her along with the men who condemned her to Arkham, where she was trampled.
    Alice: Circe Sionis.
    Safiyah Sohail: Oh. You didn't really think you'd gotten your sister back, did you?

### Power [2.18]

    Black Mask: Fair citizens of Gotham City. Black Mask here. I ask you to look past this ghoulish veil and realize it is not the affectation of a madman but rather the necessary concealment of an altruist, so ... How does one fix a broken city? Well, I've heard the phrase "Defund the Police" bandied about. Please. The GCPD can't afford the hole in its doughnut. Well, what about Arkham Asylum, that house of horrors that you fund with your tax dollars, or Blackgate Prison, too violent for Jacob Kane, loving father of lunatic at large Alice of Wonderland? Well, how about Gotham City Hall then or the judges or the D.A. or the banks, all chock full of predatory denegerates so crooked they've got to screw their pants on in the morning? And don't even get me started on Batwoman, operating without checks or balances, leaving the collateral damage of an untold number of innocents in her wake. Why are we allowing these self-serving bandits to dictate to us what the terms fair and just mean? We should be dictating these terms to them, so I'm asking you to join me for an evening of anarchy. Help me raze every single one of these moldering institutions to their foundations. I've dropped masks at a dozen street corners. Stand up, strap one on, become your own vigilante, and when the dust finally settles over our failed system, well, Black Mask will still be standing, ready to lead you to your liberation because you know what they say about power, huh? Use it or lose it.
    Alice: I just realized why your mail's in my sister's loft. You "live there" now. You read my mail. Relax. It's just a supersexy power bill, postcard from Angelique, she sends her X-Os. Oh, and, uh, don't forget you have a parole board hearing tomorrow at 9:15. They really let anyone be a superhero these days, don't they?
    Ryan Wilder: Trust me. You're not the only one in the car shocked I've served more time than you.
    Alice: Oh, I'm serving my time, dear, just not in the traditional sense.
    Ryan Wilder: Remind me to get the name of your lawyer.
    Alice: Safiyah's punishment is worse than a stint at Blackgate. By killing Ocean, she made sure I would spend the rest of my life in agonizing grief. She didn't let me say good-bye.
    Ryan Wilder: [pulls the Batmobile into an alley and parks] Okay. We're here.
    Alice: I'm saying I get it. I get why you hate me. [follows Ryan and she exits the car] Hey! Hey! I said I'm sorry.
    Ryan Wilder: What do you want, forgiveness because you know what it feels like to have the one person who cared about you ripped from your life? Get this through your head. You don't deserve my forgiveness.
    Alice: Why? Because you're the hero and I'm the villain? You're not a hero, Ryan, but you already know that, which is why I'm here, which is why you're so desperate to get Kate back. Because your city is falling apart, and you can't save it.
    Ryan Wilder: Put on your mask.
    Alice: What kind of hero kills the first woman they've ever met?
    Ryan Wilder: What are you talking about?
    Alice: Your biological mother died in childbirth, right? See, when a girl leaves me at the whims of a madman with a fingernail extractor, my first task upon escaping is to learn everything about her, and I know that your first act on this earth resulted in Mommy's death, so if you want to point fingers at who killed the moms in your life...
    Ryan Wilder: [slaps Alice] We are gonna find Kate. Then I'm gonna do everything in my power to dump your ass behind bars.
    Ryan Wilder: [when asked if and how she has changed at her parole hearing] Have I changed? Honest answer ... No. I haven't changed. I am still the good, caring, intelligent human being I was the day I was wrongly arrested and the day I met my cellmate and the day I was dumped before this board and told I had a 75% chance of being a repeat offender, but since I know this committee wants to do the right thing today, allow me to give you the answer you need. Yes, I've changed. I've changed because I stopped seeing myself the way you see me and started seeing myself for who I am. A woman who has found her power.
    Ryan Wilder: That suit changed my life in more ways than one, and it has been an honor to be able to wear your symbol.
    Kate Kane: I put that suit on to give back to my city. You put it on to survive. You know better than anyone what that symbol means to people who have no hope left.
    Sophie Moore: So you and me and timing, huh?
    Kate Kane: Maybe in another universe, we were meant to be together.
    Sophie Moore: But in this one?
    Kate Kane: In this one, I think we both deserve something a little easier.
    Sophie Moore: Well, whoever that is for you, I really hope for your sake that she can compete with this.
    Alice: Well, here you have it. Alice behind bars, the jumpsuit, embarrassing lack of shoelaces, a neighbor who's crazier than me. Is it everything you'd hoped for?
    Ryan Wilder: I just wanted the system to work for once.
    Alice: Right.
    Ryan Wilder: It finally did. This is justice for my mom. Just happy I got to see it with my own eyes. I hope we never see each other again.
    Alice: Funny you should mention mothers actually. You remind me almost daily that your adoptive mother is dead, but maybe there's a little wiggle room for bio mom.
    Ryan Wilder: What?
    Alice: Oh. You don't know. Well, maybe it's time someone told you. Your mother didn't die in childbirth, Ry-Ry. Mommy dearest is still very much alive.

## Season 3
### Mad As a Hatter [3.1]

    Ryan Wilder: [after watching a video of a man slitting another man's throat] I don't know what's more disturbing. That, that he posted it, or that Alice actually has a fanboy.
    Mary Hamilton: Sorry. How does a top hat make someone kill their drinking buddy?
    Luke Fox: Right. [pulls out a file box] Meet Jervis Tetch, a.k.a. the original Mad Hatter. Now according to my dad, Jervis Tetch was a tiny, insecure, and annoying neuroscientist. He felt like the world wasn't listening to him, so he developed mind control technology to force them to listen. He built it directly into his hat.
    Ryan Wilder: [reading from a file] Okay, this says Bruce had the hat deprogrammed before he put it into the trophy case.
    Luke Fox: My guess is that the technology latches to the brain activity of the first person who puts it on.
    Mary Hamilton: If the hat is technology, can't we hack it or whatever?
    Luke Fox: It's not exactly uploaded to the Cloud.

### Freeze [3.3]

    Mary Hamilton: Look. I'm an official doctor now, so if you need actual help, I have to give it to you. So, do you?
    Alice: I see what's going on here. You couldn't help Batboy, so now you're burdening me with your savior complex.
    Mary Hamilton: Batboy?
    Alice: Yeah. Luke. It says in his files he's having some unfortunate performance issues.
    Mary Hamilton: You went through my files? Okay, that cabinet is locked.
    Alice: I broke out of the Crows with a fishing line. Your office warehouse cabinet didn't stand a chance. Anyway, it's your fault for taking forever to see me and not giving me any magazines. I assume that Batwoman knows she's working with an emotional ticking time bomb.
    Mary Hamilton: Batwoman doesn't break into my file cabinet because it's called doctor-patient confidentiality.
    Alice: Perfect. I'm not a doctor, so what's the issue? Oh, now you're in the middle. That is a dilemma. Do you tell bossy pants Batwoman that Luke's ignoring his PTSD symptoms, or do you keep Luke's secret because you love him?
    Mary Hamilton: I do not love Luke like that. You have no idea what you're talking about.
    Alice: Sure, but a little piece of advice. I'd keep that to yourself. Telling Ryan will only, um, fill you with resentment.
    Mary Hamilton: How do you figure?
    Alice: Because she'll ignore you, Mary. I'm sorry. Do you not see your place on this team? I've been on it for less than a month, and it's already glaringly obvious. They don't see you unless they need you, just like daddy and just like Kate. So if you want to go on liking them, it's probably best you know your place.

### A Lesson from Professor Pyg [3.5]

    Renee Montoya: Pamela and I met at Gotham U. I was studying criminal law, she was into botany, Complete opposites, but couldn't see a future without the other.
    Alice: Love that.
    Renee Montoya: At the same time, one of her classmates was conducting these obsessive experiments for his Ph.D. He and Pam were competitive, both supersmart, kind of nerdy. She thought it was harmless until one night he abducted Pam and used her as his guinea pig.
    Alice: Let me guess. That'd be Marc Legrand.
    Renee Montoya: Whatever he injected her with was poison, some awful combination of things around his lab. Oleander, nightshade, water hemlock. Changed her entire physiology.
    Alice: Turned her into a green-thumbed psycho.
    Renee Montoya: She didn't see it that way. She wanted to save the planet, and that meant punishing anyone destroying it.
    Alice: Except an up-and-coming cop shacking up with a serial killer. Kind of puts a cramp in the old career trajectory.

### Meet Your Maker [3.9]

    Jada Jet: When Marquis wakes up, there's no doubt he'll go after his sister. That's why I called you. I want to offer you a job as head of my security detail. You'd be protecting Ryan, me, the company. Like old times. Except Franklin's not in charge, I am.
    John Diggle: Well, then, it's exactly like old times.
    Pamela Isley: What were you thinking would happen when you freed me?
    Renee Montoya: I wasn't. I got wrapped up in a moment seeing you, a white tulip. The memories, the guilt...
    Pamela Isley: Oh, I'm so sorry that you had to feel guilt, Renee, while I rotted for a decade with no water, no sunlight, no soulmate. Must have been really awful for you.

## Cast

* Ruby Rose (main, season 1) and Wallis Day (recurring, season 2) – Kate Kane / Batwoman I
* Rachel Skarsten – Beth Kane / Alice
* Meagan Tandy – Sophie Moore
* Nicole Kang – Mary Hamilton
* Camrus Johnson – Luke Fox / Batwing
* Elizabeth Anweis – Catherine Hamilton-Kane (season 1)
* Dougray Scott – Jacob Kane (seasons 1-2)
* Javicia Leslie – Ryan Wilder / Batwoman II (season 2–)
* Robin Givens – Jada Jet (season 3–)
* Victoria Cartagena – Renee Montoya (season 3–)
* Nick Creegan – Marquis Jet (season 3–)

## External links

* Batwoman at IMDb
* Batwoman at TV Guide
Pilot [1.1][edit] Catherine Hamilton-Kane: Batman gave up on us. It's been three years, Gotham. The Bat's not coming back.
Alice: Your father doesn't want you, Kate. He shipped you away and you show up without the proper postage. Sophie is the daughter your father always wanted, not you.
Mary Hamilton: So, I swear this began with me offering water and Band-Aids, and the next thing you know, I'm the Meredith Grey of Sherwood Forest. I'm sorry if stealing from my med school makes me a bad person. Kate Kane: It doesn't. It actually makes you deeper than I thought.
Kate: Bruce gave me a great piece of advice once. 'Grow into the person you needed as a kid.
Kate: My dad was running from his pain, but I was running, too, toward everything that didn't want me. A military academy, a private army, my own father. I spent fifteen years searching for a place I fit, and I think I've finally found it. Some see fear, others hope. I see the freedom to be myself, to play by my own rules. The Rabbit Hole [1.2][edit] Alice: "Tell us a story," said the March Hare. "Yes, please do," pled Alice, and so the Dormouse began "Once upon a time, there were three little sisters." Kate: What did you do? Alice: You don't remember why we'd each have to get our own waffle when we came here? Kate: Because you don't like to share. Alice: Exactly. And you are my sister, Kate!
Kate: [voice-over] Maybe it was fate watching her drown in a river the way everyone assumed she had years ago, and maybe i was meant to stand by and watch it happen all over again. After all, my dad was right. Alice was a monster. She was a liar, a manipulator, a killer, but despite all that. She was still my sister.
Sophie Moore: Is this you? Kate: What? This-this dude in the picture? Sophie: The person in this picture dressed as Batman who saved my life the other night. Was that you? Kate: Anyone who knows me knows I hate Batman. Sophie: So does your dad. Which would make putting on the suit makes an incredibly reckless move. Kate: Wasn't me. Beside, if I were going to save you in a dramatic fashion, I would totally dress as Wonder Woman.
Luke Fox: Did you get the suit wet? Kate: Okay, so I couldn't find the auto-dry function. Luke: Yeah, because that's not a thing. Kate: $10.8 million suit. Kind of feels like an oversight. Just saying.
Kate: [narrating] Luke was right, Bruce. Gotham needed something to believe in. They wanted hope just as I started to lose mine. I spent half my life looking for my sister, and today, I found someone else, someone I didn't know or recognize. For the first time in fifteen years, I felt something other than hope. I felt doubt. Alice: [narrating] It may have taken you years, sweet, darling Kate, but you found me eventually; even if I'm not the girl you expected me to be. I had my secrets just as you have yours. But do be careful, my dear sister. Putting on that suit and all the darkness that comes with it... makes you just as crazy as me. Down, Down, Down [1.3][edit] Luke: [holds up Desert Eagle] This is a Desert Eagle Mark IX .50 AE, one of the most powerful handguns in the world. It can literally blast a hole through anything. [shoots at the batsuit] Doesn't make a dent. Kate: Yeah, it stings a little. Just for reference.
Kate: How do you know who he is? Tommy Elliot: You mean Batman? [feigning surprise] Oops! Did I say that out loud? Kate: How do you know that? Tommy: Oh, because a few months ago, I paid a man to riddle me the answer. Gotta love the honorable Bruce Wayne for designing a fail-safe so he could never become too powerful in a super-suit. Such a great guy. Kate: He's your best friend. Tommy: Yeah, he was. The bestest. Nothing could be average with Bruce. Even had to have more dead parents than me. Kate: Because he saved your mom's life? Tommy: Oh, yeah. No, I am aware. Thanks to him, instead of collecting my inheritance, I was left wiping the spittle off of a jabbering madwoman's lips for 13 years. Kate: You wanted him dead, why wait until he's in a bulletproof suit? Tommy: Because Bruce didn't ruin my life. Batman did. Do you know what it's like to have the villain of your story be the hero of your city? He is a monster who left me anchored to a repulsive, gold-digging bitch, and now he's gonna die.
Alice: Beth is gone. Kate: Then why save me? Alice: Because I have plans for you, Kate. That and it's no fun torturing a corpse. Believe me, I've tried.
Kate: [voiceover] Your friend Tommy wants to kill you, Bruce, and since you're not here, it looks like I'm gonna have to kick his ass on your behalf. And send a message to anyone else who'd come after you, but to do that, I need to be honest with the city that I'm not you. I'm me.
Kate: [voiceover] I wasn't afraid of letting down the city. I was afraid of letting down you, Bruce. But whatever happens, whatever I face, it's worth it. Vesper Fairchild: Okay Gotham, someone just dropped a bombshell on this city, and I mean that literally. The bat is back, just curvier and sexier. So the big question, what are we calling her? Batlady? Batchick? Talk to me Gotham, we need a name! Sophie: Batwoman. Who Are You? [1.4][edit] Kate: [voice-over] A wise woman once said "hurt me with the truth, don't comfort me with a lie." Yes, Bruce, I'm quoting Rihanna. Because I'm not a liar, I have never hidden who I am. I came out when Brad Morrison taught all the kids at school that I was gay. I said "yeah... and?" Then punched him. Ever since then, I've been out and proud as long as I can remember. So how the hell am I supposed to wake up every morning and hide who I am?
Magpie: Do we have to be on opposite sides? Birds of a feather should flock together. Batwoman: I'm allergic to feathers.
Luke: Maybe you angled it wrong. Kate: Maybe it's broken. Luke: It's not broken. Kate: If it worked, I would've caught it. Luke: Did you try flipping your wrist back with a snap... Kate: You're batsplaining!
Kate: How did Bruce make living a double life look so easy? Luke: Oh, he didn't. He was miserable. Kate: Bruce Wayne? Guy had three Ferraris and slept with half of Gotham.
Kate: [voice-over] Lies don't make anyone comfortable, especially the one telling them, but no one said anything about this job being comfortable. If I'm going to embrace the Bat, then I'm going to have to embrace hiding a part of myself from the outside world. Living this double life is a sacrifice, but our city is worth it. Mine Is a Long and Sad Tale [1.5][edit] Luke: I'll look into whatever the hell she could be using the skin for if you remind me to clear my image search history.
Kate: Bruce doesn't have night-vision goggles? Luke: Batman doesn't do goggles.
Alice: You're not asking the right questions, Kate. What is my evil plan? Who am I targeting next? How am i going to do it? When you really need to be asking why? Why am I like this?
Alice: Well, it all began with an unfortunate event of which I remember vividly. And, if given the chance again, I would take it back in a heartbeat. It was the simple, effortless thing that I had done so many times before. I woke up.
Jacob Kane: Where's Kate? Alice: "Where's Kate?" "Is Kate okay?" "Is Kate happy?" "Is she sleeping enough?" "Has she done her homework, seen a doctor, had enough to eat?" Kate, Kate, Kate, Kate, Kate, Kate! [holds her knife to her wrist] I'm so sick of Kate! Jacob: What are you doing? Alice: "Where's Beth?" When was the last time you uttered those words, Commander Crow? Was it here? Was it in this house? Jacob: Come on. Don't do this. Alice: Was it when I called you and you didn't even believe it was me? Jacob: Let's go outside. We'll talk. Alice: You told your men to kill me. Jacob: Put down the knife. Alice: Because you don't care. You've never cared! Jacob: Put down the knife. Alice: YOU GAVE UP ON ME! Jacob: BETH, DROP THE DAMN KNIFE! Alice: "Beth." You you said it. I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury [1.6][edit] Jacob: What's he wearing? Kate: It's an old fashioned executioner's hood. Axe is a nice touch.
Sophie: Like the new look. Red suits you. Batwoman: Goes with everything.
[Sophie looks at herself handcuffed to the bed] Mary: I didn't do that. Sophie: Well, you better undo it. Mary: Batwoman would kill me. Frankly, she's scarier than you.
Kate: Any suspects? Luke: Well, if you exclude the law-abiding citizens of Gotham, that leaves... the other half.
Kate: You wouldn't listen then, and you won't listen now, and an innocent man is gonna pay the price for it.
Batwoman: The law's not perfect, I'll give you that. Doesn't mean you get to rewrite it in blood. Executioner: You trust the law so much, why are you wearing that suit? Tell Me the Truth [1.7][edit] Luke: Can you trust her? Kate: I used to trust her. With everything. Luke: Then just be real with her.
Mary: He bailed. Kate bailed. If I knew it was attendance optional, I would've literally been anywhere else.
Julia Pennyworth: Wherever the Rifle shows up, he leaves death and destruction in his wake. Kate: I know the type.
Kate: You credit your entire career to my dad? Sophie: I credit him for stopping me from losing everything I worked for. Kate: And instead you just lost me.
Kate: [voice-over] Batman was praised and revered, but Bruce Wayne not so much. No one knew the man beneath the cowl. You didn't let them in, Bruce, for good reason. Because even the people we love are still people at the end of the day. They act out of fear, pride, hope, pain, and sometimes, they let us down, but you know better than I do that no one can be a lone wolf forever. I have to let people in even if it's just one person and one small piece of myself at a time. A Mad Tea-Party [1.8][edit] Alice: If you are going to kidnap me again, do wait until I can dolly up into something with a little more flair.
Kate: Did you hire the Rifle to kill me? Alice: Says the walking, talking, living girl.
Vesper: Tonight is the city's humanitarian gala which is Rich Person for 'Let's dress up and congratulate each other on being rich. And dressed up.'
Catherine: I've always wanted to see you work in your clinic. Mary: How did you know about the clinic? Catherine: I've always known. Mary: How come you never said anything? Catherine: The fastest way for you to stop doing something is for me to approve of it.
Kate: It's vintage. Luke: Thanks. Not exactly my style. Or size. Oooh, is that blood? You really shouldn't have. Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part Two [1.9][edit] Main article: Crisis on Infinite Earths (Arrowverse) This episode is Part One of a five-part crossover event called Crisis on Infinite Earths. For quotations, see the related page. How Queer Everything Is Today! [1.10][edit] Luke: Oh. Hey. Slam is Mr. March in the Annual Hunks of the GCPD calendar. Kate: The handcuffs are a nice touch. Luke: I got to say I can't really blame people for shipping you and Captain America. Kate: Have we not had this conversation? I'm very, very, gay.
Sophie: You ever feel like you're hiding from the world. Kate: I'm literally standing in a shadow.
Kate: Whenever I put on this suit, I feel like I'm lying to our entire city. Luke: Well, that's the job. Kate: According to the multiverse, my job is to be a Paragon of Courage. Luke: Right. Because a Paragon finder said so before the infinite Earths collapsed into a single space-time continuum. I'm sure it was all very exciting.
Parker Torres: You're that psycho. Alice: Oh. Charmed, I'm sure.
Alice: You're not a hero! Kate: It doesn't take a hero to know what pure evil looks like. An Un-Birthday Present [1.11][edit] Beth Kane: Kate, you're hurting me. Kate Kane: Not yet, but I will.
Alice: [to Sophie] My dear, sweet, little birdie. I may be free of my cage, but you're still trapped in yours, and you always will be because it's one of your own making... and that... is a hell more unbearable than...
Alice: Can't imagine what years in that place must have been like. Sophie Moore: But you do know what it's like to feel trapped don't you, Sophie? I imagine you felt that way your entire life. It's unbearable when the only thing you dream about is being out. Take Your Choice [1.12][edit] Alice: [to Kate; filled with rage] You... let.. me die.. But I didn't. [knocks Kate out with metal tray]
Alice: [killing a Crow] I wouldn't be caught dead in that uniform. But I'm glad you were.
Kate Kane: Does alcohol slow degeneration or something? Beth Kane: No, but it gives me a buzz while I face my mortality.
Beth Kane: I'm just saying I wasn't held captive for half my life. Alice: I'm confused. Surely someone found you washed up on the riverbank after mummy's car crashed into the river. Alice: No one found me because I never washed up onto the riverbank. Beth Kane: Then how did you survive the infamous crash? Do tell. I doubt you simply swam to shore like a nimble, little frog paddling past mother's head as it bobbed in the rapids. Kate Kane: Beth... didn't go over. Alice: But there was a crash, was there not? Oh. I see. So on your Earth, rather than simply standing by and sobbing, your Kate pulled you from the car before it fell. I always wondered what my life would have been like if you had saved me. I just never imagined that I'd be so... basic. Eyes that never had to witness the horrors that I saw. Ears that never had to hear the evils I heard. Lips that never had to beg for her life. Kate Kane: Because two Beth Kanes can't exist at the same time. Beth Kane: Technically speaking, we are an anomaly of intergalactic proportions. Alice: Got it. So in order for one of us to live, the other has to die. Now I am no astrophysicist, but I'm pretty sure that two minus the one who doesn't belong means I get to live, and my knife is pretty good at subtraction. [throw her knife at Beth and Kate catches it]
Chuck Dodgson: The only thing more dangerous than a corrupt man is one who thinks he's noble. Colonel Jacob Kane: I'm not sure I need a morality lesson from the guy who sides with one of Gotham's most prolific killers.
Kate Kane: If Beth is enemy number one in Gotham, then we have to get her to a hospital outside the city. Maybe a new face to face with this new commander. Can help us past the checkpoints. Luke Fox: Sorry. By telling her what exactly? Kate Kane: I hadn't figured that out yet. Luke Fox: I have. It's easy. All you have to say is that "an event called Crisis merged an infinite number of universes, resulting in Alice's not-so-evil twin from another Earth ending up on this Earth. Just ask Supergirl or The Flash, and, oh, by the way, I swear I'm not Batwoman."
Luke Fox: What about cryotechnology? Bruce knew a guy with a cryogenic tank. We freeze your body in cryostasis and slow the cell deterioration! Beth Kane: So a -196 degree bath in liquid nitrogen? Yeah, that sounds survivable.
Vesper Fairchild: Apologies for a late night broadcast, Gotham. Like many of you, I was stopped on my way to work by Crows agents looking for Alice. On the upside, I'm pretty sure that involuntary pat-down counts my annual mammogram. Holy police state, Batwoman! Can we find her already?
Mary Hamilton: Okay. Problem. Kate Kane: What? Mary Hamilton: Her cells are disintegrating on a molecular level. Beth Kane: May I? I'm no expert in multiverses... Luke Fox: But you're two credits shy of astrophysicist, so whatever you're thinking, spill. Beth Kane: Well, I've read some theories - the multiple universe hypotheses, inflation model, MWI of quantum mechanics. Kate Kane: [confused] MWI? Luke Fox: Many worlds... Beth Kane: Many worlds interpretation. Kate Kane: Does anyone speak real people? Beth Kane: Right. Um, in my research, I theorize that all of these universes are separated for a reason. If I'm right, it means Alice has one mother of a headache, too. Collateral damage from the multiverse collapsing. In other words, this universe is literally not big enough for the both of us, and the longer we coexist in this world, the more we're living on borrowed time except we're borrowing it from each other. As cells decay, the body goes haywire, synaptic misfire, pain receptors go into overdrive until eventually... Kate Kane: If we can't find a way to save you, you're both gonna die.
Sophie Moore: You ambushed 5 of my guys at a checkpoint last night. Care to explain? Batwoman: Detaining the former commander's daughter, that's a statement. Besides, what happened to probable cause? Sophie Moore: Alice got away on my watch. It's on me to find her. The Batwoman: And it's on me to protect my city. Sophie Moore: Copy that. So if the law breaking vigilante is done telling me how to do my job, I should get back to it. Batwoman: Call off the shoot to kill order on Alice. Sophie Moore: Why are you protecting a terrorist all of a sudden? Batwoman: I'm protecting you. Is this really how you want to start your command, roughing up innocents, unlawful searches? Your boss is in jail. You're losing your clients, and half the city thinks the Crows are on some kind of power trip. A manhunt like this puts innocent lives in jeopardy. Sophie Moore: Alice puts innocent lives in jeopardy. Batwoman: Then let me find her my way. Tell the Crows to stand down. Sophie Moore: Are you crazy? Batwoman: You once told me you trusted me. Drink Me [1.13][edit] Kate Kane: I've always wanted to slay a vampire.
Kate Kane: Noctura? Was Night-Bite taken?
Mary Hamilton: [looking at Catco magazine] Kate... You are totally Batwoman.
Kate Kane: [talking about Nocturna] Well, we can't track her down, maybe we can draw her out. Luke Fox: Please don't say "blood drive".
Kate Kane: Did we just lure a vampire to us using a bar full of walking blood bags? Luke Fox: Theoretically... yes.
Kate Kane: For the record: killing people, not sexy.
Kate Kane: How did Nocturna know about the Desert Rose? Alice: You mean, how did you know that Nocturna knew about the Desert Rose? Because Mary is alive because, uh, I saved her. Kate Kane: You sent her after Mary. Alice: Of course I did. It was Mary's life or mine, and someone had to choose me for once. Kate Kane: If you want me to feel guilty, I don't. I never will, not after everything you've done. Alice: Hmm. See, I don't believe you. I think somewhere deep down there's a teeny, tiny part of you that's relieved I lived, that you hadn't quite failed at saving me Kate Kane: And they call Nocturna a vampire when all you do is feed off my guilt like the parasite you are. Alice: So you're saying that you feel guilty. Kate Kane: What's the end game, Alice? Why'd you save Mary? Alice: To prove to you how stupid you were for letting me die. Kate Kane: Stupid? Stupid was thinking that my sister was redeemable. Stupid was convincing The Crows not to kill you. Stupid was rescuing you from the Gotham river, convincing Dad that I could get Beth back. Stupid was thinking that you could ever, ever possibly be worth it. Alice: But maybe I don't want you to give up on me.
Alice: [reading file on Dr. Campbell] Hmm. Gotham's most elite plastic surgeon, 20 years of lipo, rhino. Hmm.Now this is interesting. 6 years ago, he took a sabbatical. When he returned, divorced his wife, started specializing in facial reconstruction of child burn victims. 6 years ago, hmm? What a long and sad tale you have, Dr. Campbell, or should I perhaps call you August Cartwright? What do you think? Is the caterpillar trying to convince the world that's he's a butterfly? If so I will follow him to you My little Mouse, and together We will pull off his wings.
Luke Fox: Okay, I'm reading your stats. She injected you with a paralytic. Batwoman: I got that. Luke Fox: And you have six Crows incoming. Batwoman: I got that, too. Luke Fox: Gonna hit you with an adrenaline shot. Takes about thirty seconds to kick in. Batwoman: I don't got that.
Mary Hamilton: I'm more than happy to run your blood, but you don't seem like you have the flu. Kate Kane: [feigning a cough] I've, uh, been pulling all-nighters doing real estate courses, and it's like germs galore. Mary Hamilton: You know you can tell me anything? Kate Kane: Right, yeah. Mary Hamilton: So maybe these perceived flu-like symptoms are a manifestation of the guilt you feel for choosing Beth over Alice, and even though Alice miraculously survived, you drew a line in the sand that you can't erase, forever altering the dynamic between you and your twin. Kate Kane: [sputtering] You got all that from a blood draw?
Nocturna: Vampire, Bat. Screams "duo" to me. Batwoman: I work alone. Luke Fox: [on comms] I heard that. Batwoman: Shh.
Luke Fox: So, I ran the mystery shooter's partial plate. Kate Kane: And? Luke Fox: The three numbers I remembered don't match a single registered sedan. I think the plate was stolen. Kate Kane: So not only did we let an innocent girl die, but I can't even bring her killer to justice. Luke Fox: Mary's making reward fliers for any info on that vehicle. Okay, we'll find something. In the meantime, though, we still live in Gotham, where there's still plenty of justice to dole out. [offering a tablet] Luke Fox: Maybe this will take your mind off things. Kate Kane: A vampire? Luke Fox: A wannabe vampire. Kate Kane: You can't be serious. Luke Fox: That's kind of my point. Lately, things have been a little too serious, and you could use the distraction. Kate Kane: Then bring me an old-fashioned bomber, or an arsonist, or-or someone that actually exists in the real world.
Colonel Jacob Kane: My own daughter and one of Gotham's most diabolical killers dead on a metal slab. After everything, it seems there should be so many emotions, but... all I feel is hollow. Sophie Moore: It was destined to end this way, sir. Colonel Jacob Kane: The bullet wasn't one of ours. You radioed in and said you had her in your sights. What-what happened? Batwoman: [flashback] Call off the shoot-to-kill order on Alice. Sophie Moore: You're kidding. Batwoman: Let me find her. Tell the Crows to stand down. Sophie Moore: [return to the present] I didn't have a lock. The target kept moving. Colonel Jacob Kane: Hmm. Well, someone got her, anyway. Side effect of making an entire city your enemy.
Mary Hamilton: Okay, that's weird. You have Special K in your blood. Kate Kane: Ketamine? Mary Hamilton: Want to tell me how that happened? Kate Kane: [evasively] I was partying pretty hard last night. Mary Hamilton: Partying? Kate Kane: Someone must have slipped me something. Mary Hamilton: I thought you said you were taking real estate classes. Kate Kane: I was. No one wants to learn about zoning laws sober.
Kate Kane: We know she's targeting club-goers. Maybe your little black light will come in handy after all. Luke Fox: We're having a party. Kate Kane: We're having a party.
Reporter #1: Mr. Kane, how does it feel to be exonerated? Colonel Jacob Kane: Any day that justice prevails is a good day in my book. Reporter #1: You've proven you were framed by Alice and her gang. What are your next steps? Colonel Jacob Kane: Return to the Crows and restore peace to this city. Look, Alice is dead, Gotham is safer because of it. At the end of the day, that's all that really matters.
Mary Hamilton: Wasn't supposed to be Beth. Luke Fox: We did everything right. We found a loophole, we-we kept her alive, we got her through the checkpoints. I thought we were in the clear, and then it just... just came out of nowhere. Mary Hamilton: It wasn't your fault, Luke. Luke Fox: Look, we need to figure out who shot her. Mary Hamilton: I agree, but first, we need to prepare ourselves for the real Alice. The Crows think that she's dead, and she's not, which means no one's out looking for her, and if my twin picked my alien doppelganger's life over mine, I'd be on the verge of going nuclear. [to Kate] Mary Hamilton: Uh, no offense. Kate Kane: You're right. I looked her in the eye and I told her I chose to save someone else. Mary Hamilton: Kate... you did the right thing. You have to know that. Kate Kane: It doesn't matter, because the wrong Beth lived. Now Alice is back on the loose because of me, and we need to brace ourselves for the consequences.
Luke Fox: She seduces her victims, drains their blood, and leaves them for dead. It's all very early 2000s. Both victims were lured out of clubs on the Strip in Old Gotham. Crows are replacing every doorman, so I thought we should patrol the only other bar in that neighborhood on that street. It's a place called the Catch. Kate Kane: It's a janky, old fishermen's bar. It's not really her demo, but, um, what about Curse? [seeing the confusion in his face] Kate Kane: EDM. It's invite-only. Luke Fox: Oh, oh! Curse. The... yeah. Yeah, right. Okay. Yeah. I thought... I thought you said "purse," which is why I was like "A club called Purse? That'd be weird." Kate Kane: You have no idea what I'm talking about. Luke Fox: Not a one. Nope.
Luke Fox: Since the encounter was so... intimate, we may be able to get something off the suit's UV detection system. [showing her a small, hand-held device] Luke Fox: Behold. 600 watts of 95% UVA and 5% UVB. Works great for fingerprints, counterfeit money, checking out motel bedspreads. Kate Kane: Ew.
Luke Fox: The temporary paralysis was the result of Nocturna injecting you with an animal tranquilizer. That's got to be her M.O. Kate Kane: It wasn't really an injection. It was more like a bite, nibble, lip thing. Luke Fox: Do you mind? Kate Kane: I'm just saying, she had actual fangs that delivered the ketamine. You know, like, just when she bit down on my lip... Luke Fox: [extremely uncomfortable] Understood and moving on.
Alice: Silly Mouse, what is the purpose of a rendezvous spot if only one party obliges? [a pair of her Rabbits approach] Alice: Yes? Rabbit: [offering a small stuffed animal] This is all that was left in his hospital room. Alice: What do you mean "left"?
Colonel Jacob Kane: Alice may be gone. So is the city's trust. We are hemorrhaging clients. Not because we're weak or ineffectual or indecisive. It's because for the first time in four years, we have competition. The city likes Batwoman because she doesn't subscribe to the rules. It makes her entertaining. She gets to dress up, cause whatever mayhem she chooses, and zip-line away to cheers and adoration. That's not how protecting a city works, and now... there is a new predator on the streets; Nocturna. Let's find this blood-guzzling serial killer before Batwoman does. Let's remind everyone what real authority actually looks like. Sophie Moore: [the assembled Crows disperse] Like you never left.
Sophie Moore: So next time I'll have to bring you in. Which means there can't be a next time.
Grinning from Ear to Ear [1.14][edit] GCPD Officer #1: [Duela's face is missing] Lord have mercy. Duela Dent: I'm finally perfect.
Kate Kane: [to Luke] No, I'm not sleeping with someone. But can we please pause for a moment to appreciate that those words came out of your mouth?
Luke Fox: How did you get her name? Kate Kane: Batsources, okay? Luke Fox: Would those batsources be of the tall, dark, and girlfriend material variety? Kate Kane: I'm choosing to ignore that.
Luke Fox: Cowlcam. What do you think? Kate Kane: Use this without my permission, and I will find a new place to put my batarang.
Luke Fox: You finally get Sophie off your tail, and now you're swapping spit with her. Kate Kane: I don't think you know what kissing is.
Sophie Moore: If you tell anyone, it'll take me an hour to hide your body.
Colonel Jacob Kane: That sounded like a threat. Bobby Reeves: It is. Let's not turn it into more.
Batwoman: How do you see this playing out? Dinner, movie, I take you back to my cave? Sophie Moore: You live in a cave?
Diane Moore: Not sure how charging $5 for a coffee is not a criminal offense.
Sophie Moore: [on her relationship with Batwoman] You're right. As long as I am with the woman who wears a mask, I'll always be wearing one myself. Off with Her Head [1.15][edit] Luke Fox: What is happening? Mary Hamilton: Sorry. Doctor-vigilante confidentiality.
Kate Kane: I need you to promise you won't kill him. Colonel Jacob Kane: Kill who? Kate Kane: That didn't sound like a promise.
Luke Fox: You'll really drag me to the junkyard. Mary Hamilton: Technically, you're driving. Luke Fox: Ok.
Luke Fox: So you paid a guy a thousand bucks to tell you there's a car in a junkyard. How much will you give me if I tell you there's sand at the beach?
Kate Kane: I am everything you stripped away from my sister--hope, honor, integrity. I'm what she would have been if not for you.
Alice: [drinking Kate's whiskey] We're gonna need this with the night we have ahead of us. Kate Kane: What do you mean? Alice: Last time I checked, bodies don't bury themselves.
Gabi Kane: [to young Kate and Beth on the importance of their emotions and their connections to one another] Red is a very symbolic color. It's the color of love, but it's also the color of passion, courage, war. At one point or another, you're going to have to wrestle with all of these emotions. What defines your character is how you balance them. So keep it close to your heart. Cause i'll be thinking of you while I wear mine.
Mabel Cartwright: I wasted my life with a man who never loved me and took too long to die. Now only am I alone, I'm alone and old.
Kate Kane: We need to call the GCPD and get him arrested. Colonel Jacob Kane: Based on what? Some crazy horror story you and I tell the very same police commissioner who wrongly accused me of murder no less than four months ago? Kate Kane: It's the truth. Colonel Jacob Kane: Which can only be corroborated by a lunatic who everyone in Gotham thinks is dead. We need to think this through. Kate Kane: What do you suggest, we kill him, bury his body, and go on with our lives? Colonel Jacob Kane: [Cartwright coughs and wakes up] Rise and shine, you son of a bitch. August Cartwright: I was expecting Alice. Colonel Jacob Kane: Well, you got one meaner. Do you want me to start with your nose or your kneecaps?
Alice: "Oh, dear. I shall be too late." Mouse: No. Stay away from me! Alice: Mouse, it's me. The caterpillar told me where to find you. Mouse: You're dead. You're dead. You're dead! Help! Alice: [slapping him] Mouse! Cartwright thought he killed me, but he was wrong. It was someone else, another woman who fooled you. I'm here now. Mouse: What's the secret password? Alice: "Are there any lions and tigers about here?" Mouse: "It's only the Red Queen snoring." Alice: See? It's me, your beloved sister. Now, what is this place? Mouse: This... this used to be her house. Alice: Whose house? Mouse: The queen. Alice: The Queen of Hearts.
Mabel Cartwright: And this must be the girl. Young Beth: My name is Alice. [curtseying] Young Beth: So pleased, Your Majesty. Mabel Cartwright: Well, aren't you a curious thing with your milky young complexion? Young Beth: I like your purse. Mabel Cartwright: And I like your necklace. Where did you get that? Young Beth: Oh. Um, I don't actually remember.
Amanda: Okay, I don't see your car. Can you flash your lights or something? A creepy guy is following me. Thug: Oh, what? You won't even talk with me? Amanda: Just leave me alone. Thug: Heh. No one with those legs wants to be left alone, huh? Heh. Come on. I'm friendly. Batwoman: [dropping down in front of him] I'm not. Thug: This just became a party.
Kate Kane: [holding Cartwright restrained] I think Alice found him and left him for me. Colonel Jacob Kane: Alice is dead. Kate Kane: That's the thing. She's not.
Alice: What is the caterpillar doing? Why would your own father lock you here and poison you like this? Mouse: He wanted me to see the truth. Alice: What are you talking about? Mouse: The toxin... he wanted me to unlock my greatest fear, and as it turns out, you psychotic bitch, my greatest fear is you!
Kate Kane: [pulling Jacob off Cartwright] If you kill him, then we are no better than he is. August Cartwright: Not to mention you'll never find out where Alice is being tortured. Hoo. I can only imagine the darkness she has inside of her. I have a feeling I know exactly who's paying her a visit. Kate Kane: Who? August Cartwright: Mommy dearest.
Batwoman: [rescuing a young woman] You okay? [the thug she's fighting shoots her] Batwoman: What a dick. Amanda: Oh, my god! [he fires twice more; managing to take the gun away, she pistol whips him, knocking him out] Amanda: I'd ask for a selfie, but I think you're needed elsewhere. Batwoman: [seeing the Bat-Signal in the sky] Next time.
Colonel Jacob Kane: I saw Beth's body. She was dead. Kate Kane: I know what you saw. All that matters is... that it wasn't our Beth. Colonel Jacob Kane: Well, what are you saying? That the girl on the metal slab was an imposter? Kate Kane: Or another skin pirate minion. Gotham has seen crazier things. In fact, there's one right in front of us now. [handing him a wallet] Kate Kane: Turns out the bastard who makes faces in his basement also masquerades around Gotham's elite as the city's beloved plastic surgeon.
Kate Kane: Who is "Mommy Dearest"? August Cartwright: Well... Alice is playing games against the master of games. No. I'm not going to let her win. Kate Kane: You don't know Alice like I do. August Cartwright: Hmm. I know I spent the last six years fooling Gotham, your late wife, and the both of you.
August Cartwright: After so many years apart, the only way my son and I could start our life anew was if he believed Alice was his enemy who destroyed our family. He was quite suggestible to the idea after I used a little concoction from an old colleague. You may have heard of him. Dr. Jonathan Crane? Kate Kane: Fear toxin. Scarecrow's M.O. Triggers your greatest fear. August Cartwright: And now Alice is his. Much like the rest of Gotham, Mouse thinks that Alice is dead. Seeing his greatest fear manifested in front of him, Mouse will undoubtedly snap. My guess is by now he's dosing her with insurmountable amounts of the hallucinogen himself. Unless adrenaline is administered soon, she'll be gone forever. Colonel Jacob Kane: Where is she? August Cartwright: I'll tell you where she is... in return for my freedom. Kate Kane: Not happening. August Cartwright: Alice has until now been focused. Her plans are always calculated, pointed. Collateral damage is minimized, but this type of chemical exposure will undo all of that. Any wisps of sanity Alice is clinging to will dissolve in the wind. If she doesn't jump off the nearest rooftop, well, then... I imagine she'll unravel completely, out herself to Gotham in the process of going nuclear. I would hate to be in the blast radius when that happens. Through the Looking-Glass [1.16][edit] Alice: Kate, have I ever lied to you? Kate Kane: Literally dozens of times. Alice: Yeah, okay.
Alice: We buried a body this morning. When did you have time to eat?
Alice: It is amazing how distracted you get when you find out both your daughters are killers.
Kate Kane: I'm no killer. Alice: And they say I'm the delusional one.
Kate Kane: But on one condition. We do it my way. Alice: Ohh. Considering your way involved strangling a man until he choked to death on his own blood, I would love absolutely nothing more!
Alice: Irony, you are one sick bitch.
Kate Kane: You need help finding the guy who framed my dad and murdered Catherine. Alice: Both done at my request. Kate Kane: Didn't he also try to kill you? Alice: And yet I still forgive him, choosing to see the best in him. Ever tried that? Kate Kane: All the time. Never works out.
Kate Kane: We just took out an old lady. I'm pretty sure the sister bonding time is over.
Kate Kane: "Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster". Alice: I'm afraid that quote wasn't in the one book I was allowed to read.
Alice: [to Kate] When I was under the influence of Fear Toxin, out of all the horrible things I experienced, worst was being left behind by you. A Narrow Escape [1.17][edit] Luke Fox: Why didn't you tell me about Cartwright? Kate Kane: Honestly? Sometimes I feel like you think I'm some infallible hero that makes the right choice every single time. I just ... I didn't want to see the look on your face when you realized you were wrong. Luke Fox: I'm not wrong. Kate Kane: I broke Batman's code. Luke Fox: You think you're the only one? Ever wonder why the Joker hasn't reared his head in five years? He's not in Arkham, Kate. Both you and Bruce stared into the abyss. The question is how long are you gonna let it stare back at you? If You Believe in Me, I'll Believe in You [1.18][edit] Mary Hamilton: Dangerous? I have been poisoned, stabbed, and nearly exsanguinated. And the fact that I have lived to use that word as a verb is proof that I can look out for myself.
Kate Kane: Believe it or not, Tommy Boy, I'm not here for a measuring contest. Tommy Elliot: Oh, that's too bad. Speaking of being the bigger man, have you heard from Bruce?
Tommy Elliot: If you can't trust your money launderer, who can you trust?
Kate Kane: I'll see you in the Batcave. Mary Hamilton: That is literally the coolest thing anyone has ever said to me.
Mary Hamilton: So, this is what a victory lap looks like. Kate Kane: Trafficker got away. Some asshat yanked my wig, almost pulled off my cowl. Luke Fox: Who could have predicted that 30,000 strands of grab-me red hair would be like waving a flag in front of a bull? Mary Hamilton: What if you ran an electrical charge through the cowl, so that the next person who tried to get grabby would have 10,000 volts of "hands off"? Kate Kane: As much as I love the thought of wrapping my head in lightning... Mary Hamilton: Right. Dumb.
Kate Kane: [stops Magpie from leaving] Seriously? Magpie: Early bird gets the worm.
Mary Hamilton: I wasn't sure how you guys celebrated. Kate Kane: Usually by icing my knuckles.
Kate Kane: Tell me you found that journal. Julia Pennyworth: We've gone through the entire place, which is basically a shrine to his twig and berries, but alas, no Lucius Fox journal. Luke Fox: The guy owned at least 40 buildings in Gotham alone. Who knows where he could have stashed it? Kate Kane: [getting an idea] Well, there is one person who knows.
Sophie Moore: So, where do we start? Julia Pennyworth: Whichever aisle's the property seized from Tommy Elliot. Sophie Moore: [laughing] Of course Tommy collected, like, every Kitty Delgado comic. Julia Pennyworth: [snickering at a comic book with a well-endowed woman on the cover] Oh, my god. There's no way a cat burglar's squeezing into all those tight spaces with those jubblies.
Dr. Butler: Give us the journal, and we will let you walk out of here. Tommy Elliot: Really? What, just out into the street where every wanted poster will have my... [taken aback when Alice measures his forehead with her fingers] Tommy Elliot: ...face on it? Alice: Not if we get you a new one. Tommy Elliot: Oh. Tsk. This is what it's like bartering with a psychopath. [with a nod from Alice, Butler pulls his mask off, revealing Mouse] Alice: We can make you into anyone you want to be; real, imagined... whoever your little heart desires. So, do we have a deal?
Alice: I couldn't help but listen in to your little visit with Kate Kane, because when my sister wants something, I want it more. What's so special about the dearly departed Lucius Fox's journal, just between us bad guys? Tommy Elliot: I'm sorry. Are you two working together? What's going on here? Dr. Butler: You can answer the question voluntarily, or we will extract it. Tommy Elliot: Heh. Supposedly, it's a failsafe to kill the Bat if the suit ever got into the wrong hands. Alice: Why's Bruce Wayne's R&D guy telling dear diary about that? Tommy Elliot: [as if it's obvious] Because Bruce Wayne's Batman.
Luke Fox: The cowl shock thing, not the worst idea. Kate Kane: She wants to be part of this, and the answer is no. Luke Fox: She doesn't want to be part of this as much as she wants to be part of your life. Kate Kane: Then I will take her out for dinner. We need to focus on your dad's journal. If that thing really is the cookbook of Wayne Enterprises' best-kept secrets, we need to find where Tommy Elliot hid it.
Tommy Elliot: Get out of my cell. Alice: But yours is so much roomier than mine, and there's going to be a vacancy when they strap you to the electric chair for murdering Lucius Fox. Tommy Elliot: Oh, but, Alice, haven't you heard? I'm crazy! 100% unfit to stand trial. Alice: Mmm. Dr. Butler: Not anymore, I'm afraid. I got a call this morning from a judge asking my opinion in regards to your fitness to stand trial. As Arkham's chief medical officer, I could hardly lie, so the Crows will be here soon to collect you. Alice: But we can help you. Tommy Elliot: Why... would you help me? Alice: Because you're gonna help us.
Luke Fox: [after Kate got the wig on her cowl yanked on] I'm just saying, like, a braid or something could help. Kate Kane: I am not wearing a braid.
Luke Fox: You called it. Whatever you said must have rattled Tommy's cage. 22 minutes since you left Arkham, there's already an outgoing call to... [checking a computer screen] Luke Fox: ...address says the Lookout. Kate Kane: Isn't that Johnny Sabatino's club? Luke Fox: Technically, but Tommy owns the building. Kate Kane: Hmm. Rumor has it that Sabatino's been laundering Tommy's money through that club for years. Luke Fox: That is one posh laundromat.
Tommy Elliot: Visiting hours are four days a week. He's a total no-show. Is that any way to treat your best friend? Kate Kane: It is if you killed his actual best friend: Lucius Fox. Tommy Elliot: [banging the glass in anger] That's an outrageous lie. Lucius was never Bruce's best friend. Kate Kane: Of course that would be your takeaway. Tommy Elliot: What did Lucius Fox ever do for Bruce? Kate Kane: You mean besides turning Wayne R&D into the world leader in defense technology? Oh, but you already knew that. That's why you had him killed; for his journal. You wanted the keys to the candy store.
Sophie Moore: So, if I were the smoking gun that links Tommy Elliot to the murder of Lucius Fox, where would I be? Julia Pennyworth: Oh, I don't know, luv, but I hope the Crows pay overtime. Sophie Moore: [seeing a large portrait of Tommy in the nude] I'll settle for hazard pay.
Johnny Sabatino: How'd you know Batwoman would be coming for the journal? Tommy Elliot: Well, I have friends in low places. Johnny Sabatino: Yeah, that I knew. The Bat's been a thorn in my bottom line for too long. Can't wait to clip her wings. Tommy Elliot: Oh. Well, you enjoy that, buddy. Where's the journal? Johnny Sabatino: Yeah. See, here's the thing. If that book was so important that the Batbaby wanted it, I'm thinking that you undersold me on its value, so I'm gonna hang onto it. Tommy Elliot: Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, don't be a dick. Johnny Sabatino: Tommy, your accounts are frozen, you're on ice. Can you blame me for giving you the cold shoulder? Take care of yourself, buddy.
Reagan: What are you doing here? Don't you have a club of your own now? Kate Kane: I'm checking out the competition. Promise not to tell your boss? Reagan: Only if you let me make you a drink on the house and you promise not to tell my boss. Kate Kane: Deal. Reagan: I actually stopped by the Holdup a couple of times. I was hoping... I don't know, maybe I would run into you. Kate Kane: I don't really oversee the day-to-day. Reagan: Too busy? Yeah, I remember. At the risk of sounding even more stalkery, I've been following your real estate endeavors. Buying up property around Bennett Park and actually lowering the rents? This city could use a lot more Kate Kane.
Kate Kane: This is really good. Reagan: It's called an... I sort of thought you'd fight harder to win me back, and I've regretted walking away ever since. Kate Kane: That is very specific. Any chance you know how to make a Kate Kate is a total idiot? Reagan: Mm-hmm. Luke Fox: [on comms] Can you ask her to make you a what the hell are you doing? You have a mission to complete. Reagan: [seeing her touch her ear] Is your ear okay? Kate Kane: It's fine. Can you hear that annoying whining sound? Luke Fox: Mm, hilarious.
Mary Hamilton: What do you mean they caught her? What happened to your member of the Special Reconnaissance Turns Out I'm Not Good Backup regiment? Luke Fox: Okay, I didn't call you down here for a Yelp review, Mary. I need you on the comms monitoring the cameras for me. Mary Hamilton: What? Luke Fox: I'm going in and save Kate and Julia. Mary Hamilton: Going in? As what, Sabatino's accountant? No offense, this is not gonna get you past the bouncer. It has to be me. Luke Fox: Okay, no offense, but you're insane! Mary Hamilton: I know Sabatino's cousin. I pumped her stomach when she ODed. She owes me one. She can get me face time with her cousin. Luke Fox: And then what? Ask him nicely, offer to tag his club on your Insta? Mary Hamilton: You sound like Kate. Luke Fox: Because she's right, Mary. It's too dangerous! Case in point, she was just apprehended! Mary Hamilton: Well, then what's the bat-protocol here, Luke? Luke Fox: I don't know! I don't know. All I do know is that I really wish my dad were here right now because he would know what to do, but he's not because he died protecting that journal, and now Kate and Julia might do the same, and I cannot add you to that list. Mary Hamilton: Look. I know no one trusts me to pull this off, but I trust you to keep me safe.
Luke Fox: Good evening, party crashers. Tuxedo One, you have a date with the utility hub one level down. Red One, there's an employee bathroom on the north end. Could be a good place for a wardrobe change.
Johnny Sabatino: What's the deal with the other one? Lieutenant: Mary Poppins says she works for SRR. Johnny Sabatino: A little out of her zip code. Talk to our guys across the pond, see if she's worth anything. [to one of his other thugs] Johnny Sabatino: Take her in the back. And let's, um, put the word out to the families we're auctioning off Batwoman to the highest bidder. Winner gets to cure Gotham of its bat problem.
Kate Kane: That place will be filled with mobsters. Mary Hamilton: Which is why you need backup. Kate Kane: [clearing her throat] I... already have it. Mary Hamilton: [seeing Luke and Julia] I thought there weren't any more spots on the Bat-team. Julia Pennyworth: Oh. I'm just an honorary member, luv. Kate Kane: The Crows plucked her from the SRR. She's literally trained for this.
Luke Fox: The building schematic shows a wall safe. I'm betting it's in there. Batwoman: [spotting the journal] Or it's just sitting on his desk. Luke Fox: Awfully important book to just leave lying around. [grabbing it, she sets off an alarm, and a boobytrap knocks her unconscious] Luke Fox: Kate? Kate, come in! Kate!
Mary Hamilton: So, these are all the finalists, 'cause they deliver on the sss... [imitating a sizzling sound] Mary Hamilton: ...and bat-gadget concealment, 'cause we want to hide the goods, but not hide the goods, you feel me? Kate Kane: Okay, the goal is to blend in. Mary Hamilton: Yeah, but at this place, standing out *is* blending in. I mean, the Lookout is the hottest club in Gotham; no offense to your bar. It's... you know, it's more of a lounge. Kate Kane: Mm-hmm. Mary Hamilton: And fortunately, your Batboots are both functional and on trend.
Alice: Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put Humpty Dumpty back together again, but he was an egg and never should have been sitting on that wall in the first place, and honestly, what were a bunch of horses gonna do? Tommy Elliot: W-W-When do I get my face? Alice: As soon as I get that journal. And it's not just a face, Tommy. It's a whole new you.
Kate Kane: [seeing Julia texting with Sophie] Is all official Crows business conducted using hamburger emojis? Julia Pennyworth: It's a cheeseburger. Nah. She wanted to see if I was up for celebrating. You never mentioned she was a burger connoisseur. Kate Kane: Well, just don't bother trying to convince her that kimchi is the best topping. Julia Pennyworth: Oh, I've already taken that hill. It's her new favorite.
Alice: [to Tommy] Clearly you are an only child. Otherwise, you would know that our dear siblings are the ones most predisposed to betray us.
Luke Fox: We're... going clubbing?
Kate Kane: [has magpie in a armlock] Do you know what they say about a bird in the hand? Magpie: Yeah I do. [throws journal off building]
A Secret Kept from All the Rest [1.19][edit] Kate: We both know there's no Batwoman without Luke Fox. Hush: [points handguns at librarian] Hush.
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Julia Pennyworth: I've had worse. Tommy Elliot: Not yet. But you will.
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Batwoman: How's Arkham? Colonel Jacob Kane: It's a mess. Psychotic escapees are all over this city right now thanks to you. Batwoman: Thanks to Alice. She had the entire asylum under... Colonel Jacob Kane: Alice isn't the one claiming to be the city's hero. She needs you as much as you need her. The Joker had Batman like she has you, and guess who always ends up as collateral damage. Batwoman: I will protect my city. Colonel Jacob Kane: No, you won't. Because you're done. Get out. Batwoman: You know I won't leave. Colonel Jacob Kane: Let this serve as your warning. If I see you again, it's war.
Mouse: You realize, the more people we abduct the more we risk exposure. Hush: And you realize that none of this is real, right? You can play house and dress-up and pretend this funny farm is your own private castle. But at the end of the day, you're just a freak who made out with a radiator.
Kate Kane: Magpie is your sister? Reagan: Surprise. Kate Kane: Why did she want it? Reagan: It bought her her freedom out of Arkham. Kate Kane: Who did she give it to? Reagan: I don't know. I don't ask for details for exactly this reason. Besides, by now, it's lost up the food chain, she's in the wind. I told all of this to your friend. Kate Kane: What? What friend? Reagan: Blonde chick with the British accent. She cornered me in a parking lot, put a knife to my throat, didn't stop to give a name.
Vesper Fairchild: Good morning, Gotham. Or should I say... [whispering] Vesper Fairchild: "Good morning, Gotham"? [normally] Vesper Fairchild: After a showdown in G.U.'s library last night, GCPD have coined the bandage-wrapped gunslinger after the only word witnesses heard him utter: "Hush." Welcome to Gotham City, Hush. Sounds like you're gonna fit right in.
Kate Kane: Where's the journal? Reagan: I don't know, and that's the truth. I... I gave it to someone. Kate Kane: Who? Reagan: It will sound worse than it is. Kate Kane: Who do you work for? Reagan: It's more like "with". My sister Margot. You know her... as Magpie.
Mouse: This isn't a shelter, Alice. This is... back to where we started. Alice: No one's forcing you to stay. Mouse: I told you that inviting Luke into your obsession would draw out the Bat, and now here we are, freezing, wet, drenched in sewer water. Alice: And I told you that Luke would bring us the answers that we need, so I suppose we're both right. Mouse: I was happy, Alice. I was happy. What happened to you? Do you even care that you burned the whole thing down? Alice: I care about killing the Bat, so go bring me that walking facial gone wrong so he can tell me where to find a little green rock called kryptonite.
Mary Hamilton: [to Kate, when the phone rings] You have a landline?
Kate Kane: [hugs Luke] We both know there is no Batwoman without Luke Fox.
Luke Fox: She's not scheming against us. Kate Kane: And you'd know that how? Because she pretended to fall in love with you when she was really just a babysitter sent by Bruce Wayne? Mary Hamilton: [slipping toward the bar] Okay, it's time to day drink. O, Mouse! [1.20][edit] Mouse: You poisoned me? Why did you do that? Alice: Be ... Because I couldn't let you leave me. Not you, too. Mouse: This, this wasn't even real? Alice: If only pain could turn to ash with the strike of a match. But my pain is a part of me the way my family is a part of me, and you could never understand why I need to enact my revenge because you've never experienced true betrayal. At least not until now. Goodbye, my sweet Mouse. My brother, my everything. I'll see you again in Wonderland.
Whatever Happened to Kate Kane? [2.1][edit] Ryan Wilder: [after Mary and Luke use the Batsuit's GPS to confront her] Guess you're in on it, too. I saw her plane go down, put two and two together. I'm really sorry. Mary Hamilton: Well, the suit has GPS, so you might as well just give it back now, Miss... Ryan Wilder: Wilder, Ryan. And I'm not done yet. Mary Hamilton: That suit is meant for a hero, not the lost and found. Ryan Wilder: You tell that to the bored billionaire who found it in Batman's lost box? Luke Fox: You don't know the first thing about Kate Kane, and you sure as hell don't know anything about that symbol. Ryan Wilder: Trust me, I know I'm not a symbol or a name or a legacy. Mary Hamilton: Exactly, so why do you think you're worthy of wearing it? Ryan Wilder: Because I'm a number. I am the 327th baby of a black woman who died during childbirth that year. I'm a $20 a day check to a group home. I'm Inmate 4075, serving eighteen months for a crime I didn't commit. But I can live with all those numbers because the mama who adopted me, I was her number one. But it turns out she's just one of a quarter million murders in this country who have not seen justice, and that is a number I can't live with, so you can have this damn suit back when her killer is dead.
Alice: I tried being reasonable once. I was tethered to reason. I was calculated, precise, planned, and look where that got me. Sharing a roof with Bruce lame. "Bruce Wayne": On what planet do I agree to live with a woman who just told me her plan to have her father kill her twin like it was some kind of April Fool's joke? Alice: On my planet. Because on my planet, you are still Tommy Elliot, and if I so much as breathe a word, Bruce Wayne goes from being the meat in a top model sandwich to the guy with a steak for a face! Trust me, Tom-Tom. An Alice with a goal is so much sweeter than an Alice unmoored.
Ryan Wilder: You're not Bruce Wayne. "Bruce Wayne": And you're not Batwoman. Prior Criminal History [2.2][edit] Alice: They say revenge is a dish best served cold, but I think the portions are big enough for us to split.
Alice: [singing] Twinkle, twinkle, little bat. How I wonder where you're at. Up above the world you fly, like a tea tray in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle, little bat. Up until your brain went splat.
Bat Girl Magic! [2.3][edit] Victor Zsasz: Now, let's not get ahead of ourselves. First I make you bleed, then I make me bleed.
Luke Fox: You looked me in the eye, and said miracles happen. Mary Hamilton: I know. So do tragedies.
Victor Zsasz: Plenty of open seats elsewhere. Ryan Wilder: You don't remember me. I dated Angelique Martin. Victor Zsasz: You're Angelique's ex? Then by all means, stay and do whatever you want. Just don't do to me what you did to her. Ryan Wilder: So you do know me. Victor Zsasz: I know you broke her heart. Apologies if I'm overstepping. I'm just a sucker for lesbian drama.
Ryan Wilder: She was bad for me. Victor Zsasz: That's how you know it's love.
Mary Hamilton: You're Victor Zsasz. Victor Zsasz: I'm actually here to clean up a little mess. It seems you and I have ruffled some of the same feathers. Now I have to tie up some loose ends. Mary Hamilton: Would those feathers belong to Safiyah? Victor Zsasz: I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you, so I'll just tell you. Yes.
Sophie Moore: So let me get this straight. Alice, the defector thief, is granted a private audience with your queen while you, the loyal soldier, gets to babysit me all day. That's why you hate Alice, isn't it? Tatiana: If Safiyah lets Alice live today, I need you to be okay with her roaming free in Gotham. Sophie Moore: Wouldn't it be easier for the both of us if I dumped her ass in a padded cell? Tatiana: Easy rarely earns victory. Sophie Moore: What victory? Why are we here? What do you really want with us? Tatiana: Are you going to grant her freedom or not? Sophie Moore: The second I have the chance, I'm putting Alice away for good. Tatiana: Then I have no more use for you.
Sophie Moore: Why am I still alive? Alice: Yeah, that's probably not a good thing. Sophie Moore: Why is that not a good thing? Alice: Because Safiyah spared you, which means she has a crush on you, which is all very well and good until it's not. Sophie Moore: Why are you still alive? Alice: Because Safiyah and I need each other. Toodle-oo! Sophie Moore: Hey. You're still one of Gotham's most wanted criminals. Alice: But if you arrest me, then I can't complete the job that your new... girlfriend has tasked me with. And then she might never tell me where... Kate is. Sophie Moore: Kate?
Ryan Wilder: [Mary is in danger] You keep trying her. I'll suit up. Oh, and don't kill me, but I made some alterations. Luke Fox: To what, the suit? It's not yours. Ryan Wilder: I know. It's Kate's, but if I'm gonna be Batwoman, I'm doing it my way. Luke Fox: But the suit is perfect. Ryan Wilder: Have you seen the damn wig?
Luke Fox: [picking up the Gotham City Gazette] "Bat Girl Magic," huh? Where did they get a professional photo of you? Ryan Wilder: You didn't hear? Yeah, uh, Mary's doing all my PR now. Luke Fox: Well, of course she is.
Victor Zsasz: So, I take it you're the replacement. What happened to the old one? She get killed, or are you like Sammy Hagar to her David Lee Roth? Batwoman: You're looking at me wondering which old white guy I am? Victor Zsasz: Ugh. Kids today. No sense of history.
Batwoman: Not gonna sweat some freak who uses his skin as a knife sharpener. Victor Zsasz: Well, at least it's my skin, because - and I'm only being honest - you don't seem very comfortable in yours. It's like... trying to pass for somebody else. Batwoman: I didn't design the damn suit. Victor Zsasz: Heh. I can tell, because I don't see the Batwoman in you, and maybe that's because I don't see the you in Batwoman. Batwoman: You want to know what I see? Victor Zsasz: Is it a shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile? Batwoman: [he takes out and aims a mini-RPG] Oh, hell, no!
Colonel Jacob Kane: NTSB found Kate's phone in the wreckage. Since you and Mary wouldn't answer my calls, I had the tech team on all night trying to override the password. Sophie Moore: Actually, that's why I'm here. Colonel Jacob Kane: Do you have any idea what in the hell Kate was doing looking into a painting by Jack Napier? Sophie Moore: Maybe we can ask her when we find her, sir. I think Kate's alive.
Victor Zsasz: Okay, now that was really something. Real confidence behind it. I haven't been kicked like that since... well, Batman. Batwoman: Not trying to pass for him, either. Victor Zsasz: Story for another time, but... you should ask yourself... if the person you're inflicting pain on actually enjoys pain... at what point do you just... give up?
Alice: You took everything from me! Safiyah Sohail: Because I gave you everything. Just like I'll give you your sister. Alice: That's Kate's necklace. Safiyah Sohail: If I blew up Kate's plane with her inside, how could I possibly have this?
Luke Fox: I wanted to say I'm... sorry for being so hard on you. You kicked some major ass yesterday. Ryan Wilder: I get it. You miss Kate. But I need you to give me a chance, a real chance 'til she's back. Luke Fox: Yeah. Deal. Ryan Wilder: And, uh... let me make some upgrades to the Batmobile. Luke Fox: Okay, now you're being crazy again.
Safiyah Sohail: I know you want me to be a bad person, but I'm not. I didn't kill your sister. Last thing I'd ever do is draw attention to my island. Alice: Then why do I have a note signed by you saying otherwise? Safiyah Sohail: Oh, then, by all means, you got me, Alice. My name was on a note. Alice: Then who blew it up? Safiyah Sohail: Clearly, someone who thought you still matter to me. Alice: Last year, I worked with one of your men, the Rifle. Traded a weapon designed to kill Batwoman in exchange for a vial of your Desert Rose serum. Only I reneged on my end, handed over a broken piece of technology. Safiyah Sohail: Go on. I'm dying to know how this ends. Alice: You killed my entire gang in retaliation. Safiyah Sohail: You have a gang? Alice: Had. Safiyah Sohail: Killing lackeys. Sounds tedious. Alice: Or thorough. Safiyah Sohail: If I was being thorough, why are you standing here?
Ryan Wilder: I dove out of a flaming building just for a list of names? Mary Hamilton: Just a prolific hitman with a long list of names. Anyone else have a pit in their stomach? Luke Fox: Let's figure out who they are first. Janet Evans is... a ninth-grade biology teacher. Paul Akins... plumber. Jamal Walker... stockbroker. I... I don't get this. I'm not seeing a connection. Mary Hamilton: There's no way we can protect all these people. Ryan Wilder: What if we don't have to? Zsasz doesn't find work, work finds him, meaning someone hired him to get this list. We figure out who he works for, and we stop them. Mary Hamilton: But how? Ryan Wilder: I ask him. Luke Fox: [sarcastic] Because he really opened up to you the last time. Ryan Wilder: Not as Batwoman. As Ryan. Luke Fox: Are you insane? Why would a hitman rat out his employer? Mary Hamilton: But he does know who you are, or at least of you peripherally, so it's worth a shot. Luke Fox: Or you become a tally mark over his right eyebrow. Ryan Wilder: Or I find out who hired him. [to Mary] Ryan Wilder: You're a billionaire, right? How much of that is liquid?
Safiyah Sohail: I hated what you did, but I'd be lying if I said I hated how you did it. Poisoning hundreds of people only to turn around and save them just to spite a single enemy. You got my attention. Alice: This may come as a shock to you, but your approval means very little to me. Safiyah Sohail: Wasn't always the case. Remember when we met? You were hiding out on that yacht we were raiding. You'd just escaped captivity. Your Mouse locked away, his father out in the world. You were so... broken, so angry like a siren thrashing in her net. You thanked me for finding you. Alice: You didn't find me. Safiyah Sohail: No. No, you found yourself. Because I taught you how to turn your rage into power, but that rage never included killing Kate, and now it consumes you to the point of seeking revenge against her supposed killer? Why? What happened? Alice: Can't a girl change her mind? Safiyah Sohail: Not the girl I knew. Not the girl who loved her sister more than anyone. What happened between the two of you, Alice? Alice: If you must know... I always thought Kate and I were one and the same, not hero and villain, just two sisters who would do anything for one another. But I was wrong.
Safiyah Sohail: I've forgiven you for what you did all those years ago. Which is why it's going to be much harder forgiving you for this. You exposed the secret of the Desert Rose to the world. Coryana is the garden, and I am its keeper. My family has dedicated lifetimes to protecting its secret. History is littered with colonizers who come with their false ideals and pillage for their own profit; the African diamond trade, oil in the Middle East. Coryana is no different. Our garden will be ravaged, and our peaceful island will cease to exist. Alice: Well, maybe you should have thought about that before you blew up my sister's jet. Safiyah Sohail: I didn't bring down her jet. Alice: And I didn't expose the secret of the Desert Rose to the world. I gave it to just one person, and she did the rest. Safiyah Sohail: And who is this person?
Agent Whelan: What's his mask made of, wood? Agent: Commander says to go after the head of the snake. According to my CI, that guy is at the top of the False Face Society. Agent Whelan: You got a name? Agent: Not yet. Agent Whelan: Get one. I'm not giving the boss a photo of some dude in a black mask.
Mary Hamilton: Safiyah. I've never heard of her. Luke Fox: It's one of her many aliases. The only Safiyah we have in our database has half a dozen European passports with just as many names; Nasar, Sohail, Patel... Mary Hamilton: Okay. So how do we find her? Luke Fox: Well, if she's extremely shady, odds are Ryan's already in a book club with her. Mary Hamilton: What's your problem with her? Luke Fox: I don't have a problem with Ryan. Mary Hamilton: Then what's your problem with me? Luke Fox: This is not a permanent gig. Mary Hamilton: I know. You've said that a thousand times. Luke Fox: Then why get her a job, lie to her P.O., throw a pep rally every time she does something right? Mary Hamilton: Because we're her team. She's the Bat. Luke Fox: She's a stand-in who fits the suit until Kate comes back. Mary Hamilton: Except she's not! Kate is not coming back, Luke. Luke Fox: How can you say that after everything we're been through?
Victor Zsasz: New look! Batwoman: New Batwoman.
Alice: I am not leaving this island without Kate. Safiyah Sohail: She'll be brought back to the island as soon as you leave. I'm not foolish enough to have you both here at the same time. Alice: And I'm supposed to just believe you? Safiyah Sohail: I have every intention of giving you your sister back, but before I do, I need you to do something for me.
Victor Zsasz: [looking for room on his body to log a kill] Uh-oh. Are you kidding me? Well, look at who's getting close to retirement.
Batwoman: Sure you got the right address? Because what kind of stone-cold killer shops at Storage & Stuff? Luke Fox: An actual psychopath.
Batwoman: Seriously? Luke Fox: That would have been a 10 if you stuck the landing. Batwoman: I would have stuck the landing if the boots actually fit. Luke Fox: [she throws batarangs at a drug dealer] You know we don't have an inexhaustible supply of those, right? About a grand apiece. We're at about 4 grand now? Batwoman: [nailing the dealer in the knee] Ha ha! Worth it!
Victor Zsasz: Champagne, sir. Vin Capalaci: We didn't order champagne. Victor Zsasz: No. Your wife back home did. [hitting him in the face with the bottle] Victor Zsasz: She sends her love.
Vesper Fairchild: Good morning, Gotham. I'm looking at a very distant, very fuzzy photo from the other night's Batwoman rally, and dumb question: did we get a new Batwoman? Dumber question: is she black? Don't get me wrong, I'm all about the representation in G-Town, but did I miss something?
Victor Zsasz: [a fight bursts in on Capalaci's mistress in the tub] You know, if he really cared, he'd have sprung for the soaking tub for two. Pretty Woman: [he breaks Capalaci's neck] No! Victor Zsasz: Now, Mrs. Capalaci, now there's a woman who spares no expense. I am not cheap, and there are plenty of reasonably-priced hitpersons available to handle a perfidious husband and his sudsy paramour. [showing her the wine bottle] Victor Zsasz: This is a Brute Millesime. Now, I could have just as easily picked up a bottle of the cheap stuff, but Mrs. Capalaci insisted on the finer vintage because she wanted you to know that she was willing to spend more on you than her husband was.
Victor Zsasz: You must be the new girl. Did you find what you're looking for? Batwoman: [feeling her utility belt] B-Batarang? Luke Fox: Somebody used 'em all. Mary Hamilton: They run out? Luke Fox: Use the bo staff. Victor Zsasz: While we're all waiting for something to happen, can I make you a drink?
Ryan Wilder: Not late. Parole Officer: Nope. You had a comfortable 12-second cushion before I would have had to revoke your parole for missing your appointment. I assume this means you have a day job now?
Sophie Moore: Safiyah? How do you know her? Alice: How do *you* know her? Sophie Moore: She's been surveilling Julia and me for months. Alice: Hmm. She always did like to watch. Sophie Moore: And why are you here? Alice: To do us both a favor. It's been a while since I killed a queen. Sophie Moore: For the record, when you fail and I end up dead alongside you, it's no longer considered a favor. Alice: I poisoned my one true friend Mouse so I could enact the perfect revenge on my family, and Safiyah ruined everything! If I die today, so be it.
Colonel Jacob Kane: The False Face Society is peddling a new injectable, Snakebite. It's an addictive psychedelic made from mushrooms and Scarecrow's fear toxin. Figure out the False Face chain of command. I am not letting this get a foothold in my city.
Luke Fox: When did you start working at the Hold-Up? Ryan Wilder: When my P.O. wouldn't get off of my ass about punching a clock.
Batwoman: The suit's bulletproof, dumbass. Devil: Who are you? Batwoman: Batwoman. Devil: Nah. You ain't Batwoman. Batwoman: Is that so? Luke, I need a good comeback. Luke? Luke Fox: Uh, sorry. Nothing's coming. Batwoman: [fist-fighting the dealer, with each landing blow] Does this... clear... things... up? Devil: [with his arm wrenched behind his head] Are... are you beeping? Luke Fox: Yeah. What is that? Is that an alarm? Batwoman: Tag in the GCPD. I gotta go. Luke Fox: You got somewhere else you need to be?
Alice: One last meal before the slaughter? Safiyah Sohail: I had you drugged, kidnapped, and shipped to my doorstep. This is my way of saying no hard feelings. Come. Sit with me. Alice: If it's all the same to you, I prefer my poison in pill form. Safiyah Sohail: You think I'd go to the trouble of bringing you all the way here just to poison you? Alice: Yeah, so you could have a front-row seat. Safiyah Sohail: I'm not the one who started this fight, Alice. Alice: What is the appropriate reaction to learning my sister's plane was blown out of the sky? Safiyah Sohail: You stabbed me in the back, exposed my island's most precious resource to every opportunist in Gotham. Alice: Well, a wise woman once taught me it's not worth sending a message unless it's loud. Safiyah Sohail: You always were my best student, but I'm afraid you've been misinformed. I didn't blow up your sister's plane. Someone wants you to think I killed Kate when the truth is I haven't thought about her or you since you left this island five years ago, which means the two of us have a puzzle to solve, so sit, my friend, and join me for a glass like old times.
Alice: You missed a gorgeous sunrise. Sophie Moore: Where are we? Alice: Well, I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be, although I'm a little surprised they got you a companion ticket. I guess they needed someone to report back I was dead. Sophie Moore: You planned on being kidnapped? Alice: I needed a grand gesture to get an audience with the queen, and what do you get the girl who has everything? Answer: you get her so pissed off that she sends her most skilled killer to fetch you. Sophie Moore: Sorry. Who did you piss off?
Tweaker: I'm looking for Snakebite. Devil: Get lost. Seen too much of you lately. Tweakers bring heat. Tweaker: There's nothing like this out there. Devil: [taking his money and giving him a plastic box] Go easy.
Mary Hamilton: What's with the mark on his forehead? Luke Fox: Running facial rec right now. Ryan Wilder: Don't bother. It's Victor Zsasz. He's a hitman. He logs his kills with hash marks. Luke Fox: How are you on a first-name basis with a prolific hired assassin? Ryan Wilder: Because I know people who know him. [seeing their looks] Ryan Wilder: What? We kind of run in the same circles. Luke Fox: You run in the... Mary Hamilton: Ran in the same circles, okay? Past tense, and very large, wide circles, which has now just come in handy because now we know who we're looking for. Ryan Wilder: [her phone buzzes] My P.O. is at the Hold-Up looking for me. I gotta go. Luke Fox: What about Zsasz? Ryan Wilder: I'll deal with him when you find his address. His scars are works of art. He ships in some high-end French skin-care lotion. Name translates like a baby's butt or something. Mary Hamilton: Les Fesses de Bebe! [seeing Luke's look] Mary Hamilton: What? It's really good stuff. Ryan Wilder: Yeah. You two, go... Luke Fox: Track the baby's butt. Yeah. I got it.
Ryan Wilder: Your phone is about to ring, and the answer is yes. Mary Hamilton: Roxanne, will you excuse me? Hey, Amy. Can you help Roxanne to the lab? [giving her assistant a file folder] Mary Hamilton: Yeah. Thank you. [leading Ryan a few feet away] Mary Hamilton: Come here. What are you doing here? I'm in the middle of a consul... Ryan Wilder: I am so sorry. I just... Mary Hamilton: [her phone buzzes] Mary Hamilton. Yes, I am the current owner of the Hold-Up. Ryan Wilder's parole officer. Okay. Hi. Did I just hire Ryan for a bartending position? [Ryan non-verbally urges her to say yes] Mary Hamilton: Yes. Yes. I was very impressed by her... fruit-slicing abilities. Yeah. Okay. Talk to you soon. [hanging up] Mary Hamilton: Since when can parolees work at a bar? Ryan Wilder: She is making an exception because I can't get a job. Mary Hamilton: Well, this is perfect, because working at the Hold-Up will detract people from thinking you're you-know-who, and it'll explain why we'll be hanging out together all the time. Ryan Wilder: All the time? Mary Hamilton: Mm-hmm. Ryan Wilder: Luke said I'm only keeping the suit warm 'til Kate gets back. You make it seem like she's not. Which one is it?
Mary Hamilton: [to Batwoman] Ok. I so dig the new wig. Ryan Wilder: I didn't design the damn suit. Victor Zsasz: I can tell because I don't see the Batwoman in you, and maybe that's because I don't see the you in Batwoman. Fair Skin, Blue Eyes [2.4][edit] Luke Fox: You're not actually gonna run him over, right? Batwoman: And ruin my new paint job?
Alice: [drawing a gun on Luke] I didn't order takeout, but I'll take you out anyway.
Luke Fox: You see, Alice can't get my hopes up, because I never lost hope to begin with. Gore on Canvas [2.5][edit] Batwoman: Well, in my experience, when the Crows fly together, they call it a murder for a reason.
Ocean: This woman got a name? Alice: Enough women want you dead I need to be specific?
Ryan Wilder: It is amazing how well you behave when you are literally starving.
Vesper Fairchild: Guess the early bird gives us the bird.
Ocean: I bore people to death by telling them I'm a soil technician. Alice: That sounds like a fancy name for dirt nerd.
Alice: What do you call it when you're sure you've met someone... you're sure you've never met? A stay of execution.
Ocean: Rough childhood? Alice: You could say I come by my abandonment issues honestly, yeah.
Alice: I'm sorry, did you call me a bad assassin?
Alice: Hey, do you have any cash? We should probably leave the maid a tip. Ocean: You're dark. Alice: Shouldn't have doubted me. Do Not Resuscitate [2.6][edit] Ocean: Oh, crap. Alice: Yeah. My thoughts exactly.
Ocean: The last thing I need is being caught in the middle of two crazy bitches trying to rip each other's hair out.
Alice: It will be very clear when I transition to actual murder.
Sophie Moore: Good to see you staying out of trouble. Ryan Wilder: Good to have your approval that... I don't care about.
Alice: Are you ready to hear what I think? Ocean: I've had an option this whole time?
Alice: I've never asked this to a woman, but... you didn't happen to roofie me for six months straight? It's Best You Stop Digging [2.7][edit] Mary Hamilton: But good news--I got to drive the Batmobile. Bad news--the wipers button and the rocket launchers look very similar. Someone should label those.
Batwoman: Do you know who I am? Alice: Honestly, so many women keep showing up in that outfit, it's impossible to keep track.
Alice: You really shouldn't be thinking at all, Tatiana. It's not your strong suit. Survived Much Worse [2.8][edit] Luke Fox: Ryan, hurry up! If you miss your window, you're gonna end up in the middle of the ocean and there's no shark repellant on the utility belt. Batwoman: Well, why not? Luke Fox: Because that's stupid.
Batwoman: This would be a lot easier if we had a Batplane. Mary Hamilton: That's what I've been saying. Luke Fox: I'll get right on that after I work out the kinks in the Batsub.
Alice: If I had a nickel for every bad penny... Rule #1 [2.9][edit] Black Mask: Who am I? Batwoman: You're a sadistic drug lord. Black Mask: [having just killed one of his men] Okay. I can see why you might think that. But it's Gotham that's sadistic, not me.
Batwoman: So she's somewhere inside a janky, old sawmill? Luke Fox: Gotham bad guys wouldn't have it any other way.
Mary Hamilton: No one is ever Alice until they are. Time Off for Good Behavior [2.10][edit] Horten Spence: [seeing Batwoman] I'm just glad it's you. Luke Fox: [listening in] Said no suspicious dude ever.
Julia Pennyworth: I mean, it's the age-old question, isn't it? If a lunatic throws a tantrum in a forest, will anyone hear? Arrive Alive [2.11][edit] Ryan Wilder: I thought my driving skills were getting better. Luke Fox: Yeah, no.
Black Mask: If I only kill one Crow today, I'll fall asleep depressed.
Ocean: Why'd you stab me? Alice: Wouldn't you like to know? Initiate Self-Destruct [2.12][edit] Alice: How will we pass the time? Batwoman: Quietly would be my first choice. Alice: I like you. You're fun but mean.
Alice: [riding in the Batmobile] Ooh! What does this button do? Batwoman: Pisses me off. Don't make me hit the ejector seat. Alice: That exists? Batwoman: You want to find out? Alice: Kinda.
Alice: Never leave a woman who's been in captivity half her life alone with a hairpin.
Alice: If they were harmed in any way, I swear to you on my headless mother's grave...
Alice: Oh, goody! I've always wanted to ride in the Batmobile.
Batwoman: I thought you killed him. Alice: Well, that's completely beside the point.
Alice: Well, it's hard to lie through your teeth when they've all been yanked out.
Black Mask: Masks have taken on various meanings over time. Deceit, disguise, cheap entertainment, but as Jung once said, we all wear masks, both to create an impression upon others but also to hide our own true natures. Enigma: [he removes his mask] Good evening, Mr. Sionis. [he touches another mask tenderly] Enigma: It's absolutely beautiful. Roman Sionis: Hmm. Though making people look their best is my specialty, I think this just so happens to be my masterpiece. For generations, every Sionis has had a replica mask decorating their casket. I exhumed this one from the coffin of my dearly departed daughter, once dead, now on the verge of rebirth. Kate Kane: My name is Kate Kane. [he puts the mask on her] Kate Kane: No. No. Ugh! Roman Sionis: Dr. Rhyme, if you would. Enigma: Ms. Kane, our therapy has come to an end point. On my cue, you will remember nothing of your life before today. Your only memories will be those of Circe Sionis. Kate Kane: No. N... [Enigma grabs her wrists] Kate Kane: No! Enigma: [tapping her cane twice, Kate falls unconscious] I must warn you, Roman. While psychologically and behaviorally she is your daughter, there was nothing I could do about her voice. Her larynx was damaged by your man during the kidnapping and subsequent torture. Roman Sionis: Hmm. Circe Sionis: [regaining consciousness] What the hell, dad? Why am I wearing this mask? Roman Sionis: Well, don't you remember, sweetheart? You were in a terrible fire when you broke out of Arkham. Circe Sionis: It still feels a little fuzzy. Roman Sionis: Hmm. Well, things will become more and more clear as the days pass. The important thing is now that you have this mask, no one will ever hurt you again.
Luke Fox: Tell me you destroyed it. Sophie Moore: I can't. Too many eyes. We need a plan B. Luke Fox: No. What? Sophie, no. Every plan involves you destroying the damn sample! Sophie Moore: Look. My entire office is acting like they're sitting on the nuclear codes. I'd have an easier time swiping records out of Area 51. There are only 78 more minutes 'til they get her profile. Then they're gonna upload it to the national DNA database, and... and if she's ever been entered in there for any reason ever, such as an arrest, they're gonna get a match, and the whole world will know Batwoman's identity.
Alice: Initiate self-destruct? Cool. Batwoman: Hey! This is a rescue mission, not a school field trip. Stop! Alice: Well, you agreed to this little team-up pretty quickly, which tells me that this Angelique must be very near and dear to your heart. Batwoman: You want to tell me where I should turn? Alice: Keep going straight, which I'm guessing you didn't do with Angelique. Come on. You can tell me everything. Who emojied who first? I'm dying to know how a drug chef stole Batwoman's heart. Batwoman: We are not doing this. We are not getting to know each other. Everything I need to know about you is written on my mama's grave.
Alice: You sure this Angelique chick is good enough for you? Batwoman: She is. Thank you for your concern. Alice: Is she, though? I mean, city hero, drug dealer. Doesn't exactly scream royal wedding. Batwoman: You asking for a friend... or are you asking because you accidentally have feelings for someone and it terrifies you? Because... how could anyone ever love a monster who watched her gang kill a woman and not even wonder her name? Alice: Obviously asking for a friend. Batwoman: [wry chuckle] Angelique was the only person in our group home who ever had my back. Alice: I see. So you were plucked away like the little orphan Annie while she was left behind. That's why you're so determined to save her now, isn't it? Guilt. [snickering] Alice: Where have I heard that before? Your predecessor was obsessed with saving me. She couldn't accept reality and move on. Poor thing didn't realize until it was too late... and then she died. [moving closer] Alice: Just a little piece of advice from an antihero to a hero. You can't save everyone, not without losing who you are. Batwoman: [getting ready to move as they watch Black Mask's henchmen run by] If you really want to know who I am, you should know this about me. I am someone who never forgets. Alice: [realizing she's handcuffed to a pole] What are you doing? Batwoman: Oh, don't worry. I'm gonna save Ocean... from you. I am going to make sure he knows exactly what you are.
Sophie Moore: Oh, no. Luke Fox: What? What happened? Sophie Moore: It's not just Batwoman's file. They're uploading DNA profiles from dozens of Crows investigations. Luke Fox: You can't single hers out? Sophie Moore: That's the problem. They made the file labels numbers for anonymity. There are no names, meaning there's no way to tell them apart. The only way to get Batwoman's would be to corrupt them all. Luke Fox: How serious are these cases? Sophie Moore: This being Gotham, we can be damn sure it's not for jaywalking. If we did this, we wouldn't just be protecting Batwoman. We would be protecting rapists and murderers. We can't do it, Luke. Luke Fox: What about Batwoman, Sophie? The results will be back in a matter of minutes. What are we supposed to do? Sophie Moore: I might have an idea.
Sophie Moore: I know how you feel about vigilantes, sir, but instead of wasting our time with Batwoman, shouldn't we be trying to figure out who Black Mask is? Colonel Jacob Kane: Well, we were, but Batwoman got in the way of that, ruined our undercover operation, and cost us a chance to take down Black Mask. Sophie Moore: She's on our side, Commander. Colonel Jacob Kane: Heh. Well, if that were true, she wouldn't mind being on a first-name basis. Sophie Moore: Is that the real reason you're doing this? Trust? Or is it because every time you see her, you think of Kate? Colonel Jacob Kane: Get out of my office, Moore. Sophie Moore: Excuse me? Colonel Jacob Kane: You think a little fling with my daughter five years ago gives you permission to tell me how to do my job? Sophie Moore: Sir, I... I didn't mean to overstep. Colonel Jacob Kane: Get out of my office now.
Alice: Angelique and Ocean are apparently being held at a place that is more fortified than this one, and quite frankly, I need backup, by which I mean someone to stand behind so that the bullets don't hit my visage. Batwoman: Damn. You're crazier than everyone already thinks. Alice: Well, enemy of my enemy, doesn't that mean... Batwoman: That you're still the bitch who murdered my mom. Alice: Touche, but I'm also the bitch who knows where our beloved cooks are. [stabbing a False Face henchman] Alice: The only one who knows as of now, and as much as our dearly departed was forthcoming about their location, he wasn't as clear about how long they'd stay alive. Apparently, Black Mask just wants them to spill the recipe, so the clock is tick, tick, ticking. What do you say? Partners? That silence sounds like a firm yes. Batwoman: You cross me, and you don't have to worry about bullets killing you.
Luke Fox: Batwoman, we took a group vote, and you need to come home. Batwoman: What are you talking about? Angelique is being held somewhere in this dump. Mary Hamilton: And while we appreciate that she's a former flame, Sophie just dropped an A-bomb. We need to figure out how to preserve your identity. Batwoman: We will once I find Angelique. Mary Hamilton: Didn't Sophie just say that we only had a couple more hours? Batwoman: Yeah. So I gotta be quick. Luke Fox: Okay, I'm just gonna say it. Finding Angelique is not worth throwing the Bat-legacy down the drain. Batwoman: Excuse me? Luke Fox: Look, I'm just saying you can't have both. Black Mask is using Angelique to cook Snakebite, right? So, he went through a lot of trouble for her, so I highly doubt he'd just kill off his golden goose right off the bat. Priority number one should be saving the future of the symbol for your sake and the city's, and then... Batwoman: How about this? You two call Sophie, y'all put your heads together and save my future. I'll be here kicking some False Face ass, saving my past. [finding a mask and blood spatter on the ground] Batwoman: I'll check in later.
Batwoman: One sentry. Looks like they're trying to keep a low profile. Alice: [reaching for the telescope] I wanna see. [Batwoman shrugs her off] Alice: Why don't I get any Battoys? Can I at least have a batarang? Batwoman: Okay, you draw him out, I'll take him out. Think you can handle that? Alice: Sure. Batwoman: [she honks the Batmobile's horn] What the hell are you doing? Alice: What you asked. Batwoman: I told you to draw him out, not draw him to us. Alice: And I delivered. Your move, lover girl.
Alice: Never leave a woman who's been in captivity half her life with a hairpin.
Mary Hamilton: Hey. Got you a prezzie. Sophie Moore: Mary, kind of busy right now. I-I can't really do... Mary Hamilton: [pointedly] It's not from me. It's from someone who knows how hard you are to shop for, and he got you this. [Sophie opens it] Mary Hamilton: It's a targeted kill drive. Your lab is turning Batwoman's DNA evidence into a bunch of ones and zeroes, and that guy will rearrange those ones and zeroes, making it unreadable. Sophie Moore: Didn't know you were on Batwoman's payroll, as well. Mary Hamilton: Oh. Huh? No. Luke just asked me as a favor, 'cause we hang out casually as friends. Sophie Moore: [skeptical] Uh-huh. Mary Hamilton: Yeah. Sophie Moore: [leaving together] So, according to the Bat team, if I use this device, then when the file is transmitted to the DNA registry, it won't match anything? Mary Hamilton: Yeah. Sophie Moore: That's pretty clever. So, did Luke include an instruction manual? Mary Hamilton: No, but he is available for tech support. You just have to plug that little cutie into any computer in the building with tier one access. Sophie Moore: Tier one access? There's only one person with that. [indicating Jacob's office] Sophie Moore: Your dad's been holed up in there for hours. How the hell do you expect me to get him to leave? Mary Hamilton: Why do you think I'm here?
Batwoman: What the hell is this, barbeque for one? Alice: Batty, what brings you here? Oh. Was it the odor? Honestly, I've been at this so long, I can hardly smell it. Batwoman: Why are you here? Alice: The False Face kidnapped a friend, so I've been popping by their known hideouts, seeing if someone would be willing to spill his possible location. Batwoman: I'm looking for someone they kidnapped, too. Alice: Really? Her name wouldn't happen to be... pbbft... I don't know, Angelique, by chance? Batwoman: How do you know that? Alice: Well, according to Mr. Extra Crispy over here, when Angelique couldn't conjure up the special sauce that gives Snakebite its bite, Black Mask took her phone and used it to track down the actual chef, who does know all 11 herbs and spices. Batwoman: You're talking about Ocean.
Ryan Wilder: [re-watching a recording of Angelique at gunpoint] Why are you making me re-live this? Luke Fox: Black Mask kept tabs on his cookhouses with a video feed, allowed him an eye on the cookie jar without actually getting his hand caught in it. Smart, right? Wrong. Because that allows me to track the internet traffic. Mary Hamilton: So we can track it back to the camera's IP address to get the location of the cookhouse where Angelique is being held. [seeing his look] Mary Hamilton: Not just a pretty face here, people. Ryan Wilder: Send those cookhouse coordinates to the Batmobile. Luke Fox: Uh, I'm not sure that's gonna be first your stop. Somebody turned on the Bat-Signal.
Circe Sionis: Where's Batwoman? Alice: Finally, a member of this lame society who's actually trying. [indicating the mask] Alice: Love this. Is it oak? [Circe puts a dagger to her throat] Alice: You can find her on the deck. Circe Sionis: I'll be back for you. Alice: Looking forward to it.
Mary Hamilton: Blech. You know we're gonna have to deep-clean the Batmobile now. Luke Fox: Oh, I am well aware. Okay, based on the trajectory, they're headed somewhere along the waterfront. Mary Hamilton: Ugh. I get the appeal of Angelique or whatever, but how desperate are we? I mean, Alice? Alice? Really? Do we even know this isn't a trap? Luke Fox: Nope.
Sophie Moore: [at the Bat-Signal] Hi. Batwoman: It's not a pager. A little busy here. Sophie Moore: Well, unless you want to give me your name and number... Batwoman: Uh-huh. What do you want? Sophie Moore: First off, lose the 'tude. I'm doing you a favor. I thought you should know the Crows are in the process of extracting your DNA profile from blood spatter found at the Snakebite facility. Once they have that, they're gonna upload it to the National DNA Registry. Of course, they'll need something to match it against, so you should be good, unless of course you've ever been in the system. Anything you want to tell me? Batwoman: Other than you need to destroy that sample? Sophie Moore: It's already being processed. They'll have the profile in a few hours. Arrest warrant won't be long after that. Batwoman: I better use what time I have left to save the one person who had the guts to testify against Black Mask. Remember her? The one the Crows were supposed to protect? Sophie Moore: [Batwoman moves to leave] Wait. I can't make any promises about the sample, but I'll do my best. Batwoman: Let's hope that's enough. I'll Give You a Clue [2.13][edit] Stephanie Brown: My dad poisoned me and locked me in a box. You relax!
Ryan Wilder: Four targets. Mary Hamilton: Yeah. Sophie Moore: Four bullets. Ryan Wilder: That's how we get her out. Look. We hit each of those targets in this specific color order. Sophie Moore: Too easy. The blocks detach from the chain, which means they're probably not in order. Besides, those symbols have to mean something. Mary Hamilton: Okay. Alphabetical by animal, then? Ryan Wilder: Okay. So, uh, bird, bobcat, fly, and then spider. Sophie Moore: Bobcat? That's a puma, which means it comes after fly. Ryan Wilder: It's a bobcat, which means it comes before. Sophie Moore: You want to bet her life on it? Mary Hamilton: Hey! There's a girl dying in a box. Think. If they're not in the right order, why chain them together in the first place? Ryan Wilder: Food chain. They are in pecking order. Okay, so, bobcat/puma eats bird, bird eats spider, and spider eats fly. Sophie Moore: [taking aim] Let's find out. Ryan Wilder: Whoa, whoa! Who said you were shooting? Sophie Moore: Pretty sure I just did. Ryan Wilder: Anyone want to discuss the five shots of tequila you downed tonight? Sophie Moore: Mary. Mary Hamilton: Yeah? Sophie Moore: Pick. Someone who probably holds a high score in Duck Hunt or a military marksman? [to Ryan] Sophie Moore: Unless you have some sharpshooter skills you'd like to disclose. Ryan Wilder: Go for it. Sophie Moore: Thank you. Now back up.
Ryan Wilder: Why is there a Crow in our loft? Mary Hamilton: I thought you were working late. Ryan Wilder: I was, but then drama showed up and ruined my night, so I cut out early. Why is Crowphie here? Mary Hamilton: We were just hanging out. I didn't realize I had to run guests by you. Ryan Wilder: You don't. It's just... her? Sophie Moore: Okay, look. I'm not here to add to your drama. The guys at work sent me tequila for my five-year anniversary, and I wanted to share it with someone. You're welcome to join us. Mary Hamilton: And, honestly, based on the vibage that you just walked in here with, it kind of seems like you could use some ultra-expensive tequila right now. Ryan Wilder: So am I supposed to just act like I'm cool with her being here? Sophie Moore: As a lesbian who was married to a man for three years, I will say drinking is the key to denial. Ryan Wilder: I thought you were bi. Sophie Moore: Yeah. There's a lot we don't know about each other yet, Ryan.
Mary Hamilton: It's gonna be okay. Stephanie Brown: No, it's not. Mary Hamilton: What? Stephanie Brown: [taking off her coat, revealing numbers and letters drawn all over her chest, back, and arms] I don't think he's done.
Alice: I've seen my fair share of torture toys, if you know what I mean. I think she knows what I mean, but, um, what the hell is that? Black Mask: Oh, you don't need to worry about this. I'd rather you use your energy conjuring up a name. Alice: Gladly. Black Mask: Hmm. When you crashed my Snakebite cookout last night, you brought a friend: Batwoman. Alice: Friend? [laughing] Alice: No. That conniving, pointy-eared manipulator led me down the garden path of partnership and trust only to stab me in the back, but you know what? It's my fault. I should have known. You put on the suit, you're not happy until Alice is behind bars, but you know what really irks me... Black Mask: Shut up! I'm the one doing the torturing here, not you. Give me her name so I can destroy her life the way she destroyed my business. Alice: It eludes me. Black Mask: You're lying. Circe Sionois: Black Mask enjoys people making it difficult for themselves. Alice: Well, then, I'm your girl. Black Mask: [placing Alice's finger in a contraption with a wood splinter under her fingernail] Now, if that doesn't pry something out of you, well, we got nine more tries.
Mary Hamilton: Never have I ever kissed Batwoman. Sophie Moore: [drinking her shot] Yeah. Never have I ever been saved by Batwoman. [they all drink a shot] Sophie Moore: When did Batwoman save you? Ryan Wilder: Last Halloween. Sophie Moore: Oh! The O.G. Makes more sense. Ryan Wilder: Why does it make more sense? Sophie Moore: I don't know, Ryan. Why would it make absolutely no sense for the new Batwoman to have saved you? Ryan Wilder: [confused] Huh? Sophie Moore: [dismissing it] It's okay.
Alice: I know I'm probably the last person you expected to call, but... Colonel Jacob Kane: Who is this? Alice: It's Alice. Um, Beth. Hello? Colonel Jacob Kane: [in a Snakebite-induced hallucination, seeing Beth and Kate as little girls] I don't... I-I don't understand. Alice: I need you to trace this call and come rescue me. I'm being held by Black Mask, and the fact that I am SOS-ing the man who had several shoot-to-kill orders on me should underscore my desire to get the hell out of here. Jacob Kane? Hello? Colonel Jacob Kane: You have the wrong number. Alice: Daddy! [he hangs up] Alice: Daddy?
Sophie Moore: Never have I ever had sex on an airplane. [Mary drinks a shot] Sophie Moore: Ooh. Mary Hamilton: Everyone, relax. It was private. Never have I ever sexted the wrong person. Ryan, drink. Sophie Moore: Ooh. Ryan Wilder: Wait, what? [realizing] Ryan Wilder: Ohh! Oh, my bad! My bad. Mary Hamilton: Mmm. Yeah. Your bad. So whatever you have going on with Imani, just FYI, consider me an unwilling third. Sophie Moore: Ooh! Who is Imani? Ryan Wilder: I got one. Never have I ever compromised my values to support a white supremacist organization. Sophie Moore: Hmm. Ryan Wilder: [handing a shot to her] Drink.
Mary Hamilton: Who the hell is Cluemaster, again? Sophie Moore: Ever watch "Quiz Bowl" back in the day? Mary Hamilton: Uh, is that the "Jeopardy!" rip-off? Not on purpose. Sophie Moore: The host, Arthur Brown, got fired and went on a murdering spree. Along the way, he laid out clues for law enforcement to figure out where his next kill would be. It stumped everyone for weeks. Called himself Cluemaster. Ryan Wilder: [on her phone] Guys, Arthur Brown escaped Blackgate today. Mary Hamilton: Oh, fine. I'll call my dad, tell him we made contact. Sophie Moore: No, you can't. This is all a part of Cluemaster's game. If we involve the authorities, he's gonna see it as cheating. He's toying with me. Getting his revenge. Ryan Wilder: For what? Sophie Moore: He thinks he's the most brilliant mind in Gotham. He believes I'm the only person who's ever solved one of his puzzles, and it's driving him crazy. Ryan Wilder: Okay. Well, it's time to solve another one. Mary Hamilton: Yeah. [re-reading the clue] Mary Hamilton: "A girl's been poisoned; not you, that's no fun. Can you save her before midnight? I'll give you a clue, hotshot: probably not." Thanks. That's not a clue. Sophie Moore: It's gotta be. He's very specific about the words he uses. Ryan Wilder: Has he ever called you hotshot before? Sophie Moore: Not that I know of. Why? [Ryan picks up the tequila bottle and holds a candle against it] Sophie Moore: What are you doing? Ryan Wilder: I'm making hot shots. Mary Hamilton: [a logo appears in the wax] Okay, that's kind of sexy.
Ryan Wilder: So, wait. Cluemaster knew you'd recognize some random-ass logo in the middle of nowhere? Mary Hamilton: [trying a padlock on the gate] It's locked. Give me a boost. Sophie Moore: [helping Mary up over the fence] After I put him away, he became obsessed with me; where I went to school, where I trained, what kind of tequila I drink. He couldn't figure out how some rookie Crow could solve a puzzle that no one else could. Ryan Wilder: [Sophie starts to climb the fence] Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait. What? I don't need a boost? Sophie Moore: You'll be fine. [Mary snickers; watching Ryan scale the fence with some effort] Sophie Moore: First fence? Ryan Wilder: It'll come as a shock to you, but B&E doesn't come naturally.
Agent Russel Tavaroff: Freeze. Hands in the air. Batwoman: You got to be kidding me. Agent Russel Tavaroff: He's ours. Back the hell away. Batwoman: Kind of in the middle of something. Agent Russel Tavaroff: Kinda gonna shoot you in the face. Hands in the air. Now! Batwoman: You hearing this? Luke Fox: [on comms] I know it's tempting, but don't. Batwoman: [to the Crows] You want to know why you guys suck? Luke Fox: And here we go. Batwoman: It's not just because you don't care about 99% of the people in this city, or just because you lie and you cheat and you cover up murders. It's because you legit suck at your job. Agent Russel Tavaroff: Five seconds until we shoot. Batwoman: I put a tracker on his boot, moron. Guy had no idea. He would have led me back to Black Mask, I would have had the upper hand, and the most dangerous man in Gotham would have been behind bars! Instead, your alpha asses show up late acting like I was the enemy, and they gave me time to do this. [she fires a two-way grappling hook and escapes]
Mary Hamilton: [something obviously not a worm falls out of Sophie's tequila bottle] They say the worm is lucky. Sophie Moore: No. No, no, no. This... that ain't a worm. Ryan Wilder: This is why you don't drink hooch from the Crows. Mary Hamilton: [looking it up on her phone] I think it's a puss caterpillar, the Southern Flannel Moth, genus megaloypyge. It's one of the most venomous caterpillars in the world. Ryan Wilder: Oh, no, no, no, no. Sophie Moore: No. Mary Hamilton: Okay, but according to the internet, a single caterpillar isn't lethal. Sophie Moore: So we're good, right? Ryan Wilder: [opening a card] Wait. I don't think we're the target, and I don't think this bottle came from your boys. Sophie Moore: What? [taking it] Sophie Moore: "A girl's been poisoned; not you. That's no fun. Can you save her before midnight? I'll give you a clue, hotshot: probably not. Love... Cluemaster."
Ryan Wilder: And your brilliant plan will be? Sophie Moore: We're at a firing range. We shoot it open. Ryan Wilder: With the girl inside? Mary Hamilton: Would you guys shut up? Ryan Wilder: What are those? Mary Hamilton: I found these under the railing chained to that gun. Sophie Moore: It's one of his puzzles. Mary Hamilton: Exactly. So if you two would just release each other's throats for two seconds, maybe we could actually figure this thing out.
Mary Hamilton: [finding Cluemaster's next clue] Guys! "Just a nip should do the trick." It's an antihistamine. It'll counteract the... [as she picks it up, lights come up on a woman trapped in a plexiglass box] Mary Hamilton: ...poison. Stephanie Brown: Help! Help! Help me! Help! Ryan Wilder: What did he do to her? Sophie Moore: Oh, my god. It's Stephanie Brown, Cluemaster's daughter.
Luke Fox: [as Ryan fights False Face hechmen] So, not to backseat hero, but maybe leave one conscious to plant the tracker. Batwoman: Takes all the fun out of it.
Mary Hamilton: What was this puzzle about? Sophie Moore: "Quiz Bowl" was throwing a party to honor the game show's top winners. Arthur always thought the writers dumbed down the questions to appeal to a wider audience, so... he put a riddle in the Gazette, said he was gonna bomb the party. Ryan Wilder: So how did you solve it? Sophie Moore: The truth? I didn't. All rookies spend a year on the tip line, and on my very first day, a girl called in frantic, told me about the puzzle, then told me what it meant. I was promoted to field agent the very next day. Ryan Wilder: Because you lied and took credit for something you didn't do. Sophie Moore: You don't think it haunted me every time I strapped on a gun my first year that maybe I didn't deserve to be there? Ryan Wilder: So, whose glory did you steal? Sophie Moore: Someone who begged me to keep her identity a secret, so I did. This will come as a shock to you, but I can be trusted.
Arthur Brown: Do you know why it's called beginner's luck? I'll give you a clue. It's because it's unexpected and because it doesn't last. Sophie Moore: As far as I'm concerned, it'll last for 13 life sentences. Arthur Brown: I love puzzles, but yours, rookie Crow, is missing a few pieces. How did you solve Cluemaster's riddle? Sophie Moore: I know it's just my first day, but a little advice: don't advertise the crime you're about to commit if you don't want to get caught. Arthur Brown: But that's how I showcase the sheer stupidity of mankind. I provide the authorities with all the clues and then watch as they screw it all up anyway. Sophie Moore: I'm sorry your view of mankind is so bleak. Get well. Arthur Brown: No one has ever matched wits with the Master. Tell me how you did it. Moore, please. I must know. Sophie Moore: You have the rest of your life in here to figure it out.
Circe Sionois: Word of advice. The last person who tried to one-up me ended up with his eyes gouged out like two olives on a toothpick. Alice: Now, that makes me want a martini. Circe Sionois: Well, just tell Black Mask who Batwoman is, and you'll be drinking one soon. Alice: Here's the thing. I could, but then I wouldn't have the satisfaction of killing her myself. It's personal, but I've had limited success with my vengeance games as of late, and quite frankly, it's left me feeling rather... pbfft... unfulfilled. Circe Sionois: Feelings. How awful. I hope it's worth your life one... eyeball... at a time. Alice: Funny story. You remind me of an inmate I heard of at Arkham. Sweet Circe Sionis. Poked the baby blues out of some corporate bigwig. My Mouse and I used to call her "Can't CEO Killer." Ahh. Memories. Circe Sionois: He deserved it. Alice: Who, dear? Circe Sionois: The corporate bigwig. He crossed a line, and I had to make sure he never found his way back. Alice: [recognizing her] You. You gouged his eyeballs out. Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk. Why, if it isn't Circe Sionis. I heard that you were trampled to death in the Arkham breakout. Circe Sionois: On the contrary. I was rescued by my father. Alice: And did you get those horrific burns before or after Daddy saved you? [seeing her react] Alice: Touchy subject? Circe Sionois: Enough about me. It's time to talk about Batwoman. Alice: Bring me Black Mask. I'll tell him exactly what he wants to hear.
Stephanie Brown: Agent Moore! Sophie Moore: Stephanie, we're gonna get you out of there. Ryan Wilder: How? Th-There's no lock, no door. Stephanie Brown: [realizing her nose is bleeding] What is... this? Did... did he poison me? Are you kidding me? And Justice For All [2.14][edit] Ryan Wilder: Look, black folks and horror do not mix.
Luke Fox: [to Batwoman] You're about to get up close and personal with some truly nasty cannibals. Armed and Dangerous [2.15][edit] Sophie Moore: You did the right thing. Colonel Jacob Kane: Thanks to you. Sophie Moore: Doesn't matter how we get there, sir. What matters is what we do. This is why I always looked up to you. Colonel Jacob Kane: You were always my best agent, Moore.
Mary Hamilton: Come on, Luke. Wake up. Who else is gonna roll their eyes at me every time I threaten to redecorate the Batcave, or ignore my fashion advice, even though you clearly only own a suit?
Alice: Typically when one storms out after winning an argument, they don't come crawling back. Takes the drama out of it.
Mary Hamilton: [to Alice] So you came here to warn me out of the goodness of your empty chest cavity? Rebirth [2.16][edit] John Diggle: Your old man's Lucius Fox, right? Put together some details when you were having that friendly game of hold 'em. You lost your old man young. That's, that's hard, man. That's real hard. My old man was a marine deployed overseas when I was a boy, killed in action. Luke Fox: I'm sorry to hear that. John Diggle: It's all right. But it left me with a lot of questions about him and me, so I get it when those questions become more important than anything else in the world, man. Believe me, I get it. What you have to remember is that we all end up in the same place eventually, man, and you'll see your father soon enough. What changes with time is what you get to tell him you did while you were on the earth. Luke Fox: Okay, so I'm just supposed to ignore the fact that I'm still angry as hell? John Diggle: No, brother. Don't ignore it. Use it. You carry the torch for the great Fox family. You stand for justice. You're gonna need anger to win that fight. Kane, Kate [2.17][edit] Alice: You want me to come back to Coryana with you? Well, that depends. Do you have any non-smoking rooms available? No, because I'm pretty sure that I turned your little island into an all-inclusive ashtray. Safiyah Sohail: Not for much longer. Coryana will soon be abloom with Desert Rose once more thanks to a small cutting from one of Poison Ivy's vines. Its rather aggressive growth properties will soon turn my one Rose into thousands. Alice: Poison Ivy, huh? Didn't know you had the green thumb girl on speed dial. Safiyah Sohail: I don't. I simply struck a gentlewoman's agreement with a new friend to procure it for me. You see, she was all to eager to help me once I had a sword driven through the powerful man who had wronged her along with the men who condemned her to Arkham, where she was trampled. Alice: Circe Sionis. Safiyah Sohail: Oh. You didn't really think you'd gotten your sister back, did you? Power [2.18][edit] Black Mask: Fair citizens of Gotham City. Black Mask here. I ask you to look past this ghoulish veil and realize it is not the affectation of a madman but rather the necessary concealment of an altruist, so ... How does one fix a broken city? Well, I've heard the phrase "Defund the Police" bandied about. Please. The GCPD can't afford the hole in its doughnut. Well, what about Arkham Asylum, that house of horrors that you fund with your tax dollars, or Blackgate Prison, too violent for Jacob Kane, loving father of lunatic at large Alice of Wonderland? Well, how about Gotham City Hall then or the judges or the D.A. or the banks, all chock full of predatory denegerates so crooked they've got to screw their pants on in the morning? And don't even get me started on Batwoman, operating without checks or balances, leaving the collateral damage of an untold number of innocents in her wake. Why are we allowing these self-serving bandits to dictate to us what the terms fair and just mean? We should be dictating these terms to them, so I'm asking you to join me for an evening of anarchy. Help me raze every single one of these moldering institutions to their foundations. I've dropped masks at a dozen street corners. Stand up, strap one on, become your own vigilante, and when the dust finally settles over our failed system, well, Black Mask will still be standing, ready to lead you to your liberation because you know what they say about power, huh? Use it or lose it.
Alice: I just realized why your mail's in my sister's loft. You "live there" now. You read my mail. Relax. It's just a supersexy power bill, postcard from Angelique, she sends her X-Os. Oh, and, uh, don't forget you have a parole board hearing tomorrow at 9:15. They really let anyone be a superhero these days, don't they? Ryan Wilder: Trust me. You're not the only one in the car shocked I've served more time than you. Alice: Oh, I'm serving my time, dear, just not in the traditional sense. Ryan Wilder: Remind me to get the name of your lawyer. Alice: Safiyah's punishment is worse than a stint at Blackgate. By killing Ocean, she made sure I would spend the rest of my life in agonizing grief. She didn't let me say good-bye. Ryan Wilder: [pulls the Batmobile into an alley and parks] Okay. We're here. Alice: I'm saying I get it. I get why you hate me. [follows Ryan and she exits the car] Hey! Hey! I said I'm sorry. Ryan Wilder: What do you want, forgiveness because you know what it feels like to have the one person who cared about you ripped from your life? Get this through your head. You don't deserve my forgiveness. Alice: Why? Because you're the hero and I'm the villain? You're not a hero, Ryan, but you already know that, which is why I'm here, which is why you're so desperate to get Kate back. Because your city is falling apart, and you can't save it. Ryan Wilder: Put on your mask. Alice: What kind of hero kills the first woman they've ever met? Ryan Wilder: What are you talking about? Alice: Your biological mother died in childbirth, right? See, when a girl leaves me at the whims of a madman with a fingernail extractor, my first task upon escaping is to learn everything about her, and I know that your first act on this earth resulted in Mommy's death, so if you want to point fingers at who killed the moms in your life... Ryan Wilder: [slaps Alice] We are gonna find Kate. Then I'm gonna do everything in my power to dump your ass behind bars.
Ryan Wilder: [when asked if and how she has changed at her parole hearing] Have I changed? Honest answer ... No. I haven't changed. I am still the good, caring, intelligent human being I was the day I was wrongly arrested and the day I met my cellmate and the day I was dumped before this board and told I had a 75% chance of being a repeat offender, but since I know this committee wants to do the right thing today, allow me to give you the answer you need. Yes, I've changed. I've changed because I stopped seeing myself the way you see me and started seeing myself for who I am. A woman who has found her power.
Ryan Wilder: That suit changed my life in more ways than one, and it has been an honor to be able to wear your symbol. Kate Kane: I put that suit on to give back to my city. You put it on to survive. You know better than anyone what that symbol means to people who have no hope left.
Sophie Moore: So you and me and timing, huh? Kate Kane: Maybe in another universe, we were meant to be together. Sophie Moore: But in this one? Kate Kane: In this one, I think we both deserve something a little easier. Sophie Moore: Well, whoever that is for you, I really hope for your sake that she can compete with this.
Alice: Well, here you have it. Alice behind bars, the jumpsuit, embarrassing lack of shoelaces, a neighbor who's crazier than me. Is it everything you'd hoped for? Ryan Wilder: I just wanted the system to work for once. Alice: Right. Ryan Wilder: It finally did. This is justice for my mom. Just happy I got to see it with my own eyes. I hope we never see each other again. Alice: Funny you should mention mothers actually. You remind me almost daily that your adoptive mother is dead, but maybe there's a little wiggle room for bio mom. Ryan Wilder: What? Alice: Oh. You don't know. Well, maybe it's time someone told you. Your mother didn't die in childbirth, Ry-Ry. Mommy dearest is still very much alive.
Mad As a Hatter [3.1][edit] Ryan Wilder: [after watching a video of a man slitting another man's throat] I don't know what's more disturbing. That, that he posted it, or that Alice actually has a fanboy. Mary Hamilton: Sorry. How does a top hat make someone kill their drinking buddy? Luke Fox: Right. [pulls out a file box] Meet Jervis Tetch, a.k.a. the original Mad Hatter. Now according to my dad, Jervis Tetch was a tiny, insecure, and annoying neuroscientist. He felt like the world wasn't listening to him, so he developed mind control technology to force them to listen. He built it directly into his hat. Ryan Wilder: [reading from a file] Okay, this says Bruce had the hat deprogrammed before he put it into the trophy case. Luke Fox: My guess is that the technology latches to the brain activity of the first person who puts it on. Mary Hamilton: If the hat is technology, can't we hack it or whatever? Luke Fox: It's not exactly uploaded to the Cloud. Loose Tooth [3.2][edit] Alice: Oh, great. The sidekick. Batwing: It's Batwing. Alice: Ooh. Cool name. Now let's see if you can live up to it.
Jada Jet: I believe warnings are best given directly, and I'll only give one.
Alice: Rotting meat. Kinda takes me back to my childhood.
Sophie Moore: Hey, just remember. She never gave you anything. So, she can't take anything away.
Alice: I'll tell you about my mom. She had a really great head on her shoulders. Emphasis on the word "had".
Batwoman: You first Alice: Me? The one who's not wearing impenetrable tactical armor. That's who you want taking point.
Ryan Wilder: [to Montoya] You're tying my fate to a psychopath? Freeze [3.3][edit] Mary Hamilton: Look. I'm an official doctor now, so if you need actual help, I have to give it to you. So, do you? Alice: I see what's going on here. You couldn't help Batboy, so now you're burdening me with your savior complex. Mary Hamilton: Batboy? Alice: Yeah. Luke. It says in his files he's having some unfortunate performance issues. Mary Hamilton: You went through my files? Okay, that cabinet is locked. Alice: I broke out of the Crows with a fishing line. Your office warehouse cabinet didn't stand a chance. Anyway, it's your fault for taking forever to see me and not giving me any magazines. I assume that Batwoman knows she's working with an emotional ticking time bomb. Mary Hamilton: Batwoman doesn't break into my file cabinet because it's called doctor-patient confidentiality. Alice: Perfect. I'm not a doctor, so what's the issue? Oh, now you're in the middle. That is a dilemma. Do you tell bossy pants Batwoman that Luke's ignoring his PTSD symptoms, or do you keep Luke's secret because you love him? Mary Hamilton: I do not love Luke like that. You have no idea what you're talking about. Alice: Sure, but a little piece of advice. I'd keep that to yourself. Telling Ryan will only, um, fill you with resentment. Mary Hamilton: How do you figure? Alice: Because she'll ignore you, Mary. I'm sorry. Do you not see your place on this team? I've been on it for less than a month, and it's already glaringly obvious. They don't see you unless they need you, just like daddy and just like Kate. So if you want to go on liking them, it's probably best you know your place. Antifreeze [3.4][edit] Sophie Moore: Her psychosis is getting worse. And she suspects the doctors don't care. Mary Hamilton: Honestly, whatever meds they're giving her in there could be causing a psychotic break instead of curing it. Ryan Wilder: It's going to be everyone's problem if Alice fully loses her mind before we finish the job for Montoya. Alice: But hypothetically, I could get a supervised work release from Arkham and sweet Mary could make sure I was taking my proper meds. I'm sure that Ry-Ry could convince Renee-nay it was for the best. You know, all for the sake of fighting crime. Ryan Wilder: Right. And who's gonna put up with that baby-sitting job? Sophie Moore: Someone who sleeps with a gun under her pillow. Alice: [wraps her arm around Sophie] What do you say? Roomies!
Alice: Jeez, misdirected anger much? Sophie Moore: Miidrected? This is completely your fault.
Terry: You've got mail! [chuckles] Alice: I hate that I'm old enough to know what you did there. A Lesson from Professor Pyg [3.5][edit] Renee Montoya: Pamela and I met at Gotham U. I was studying criminal law, she was into botany, Complete opposites, but couldn't see a future without the other. Alice: Love that. Renee Montoya: At the same time, one of her classmates was conducting these obsessive experiments for his Ph.D. He and Pam were competitive, both supersmart, kind of nerdy. She thought it was harmless until one night he abducted Pam and used her as his guinea pig. Alice: Let me guess. That'd be Marc Legrand. Renee Montoya: Whatever he injected her with was poison, some awful combination of things around his lab. Oleander, nightshade, water hemlock. Changed her entire physiology. Alice: Turned her into a green-thumbed psycho. Renee Montoya: She didn't see it that way. She wanted to save the planet, and that meant punishing anyone destroying it. Alice: Except an up-and-coming cop shacking up with a serial killer. Kind of puts a cramp in the old career trajectory. How Does Your Garden Grow? [3.6][edit] Ryan Wilder: Believe it or not, Montoya, there are other people I'd rather not be drinking with right now. Renee Montoya: That's the nicest thing anyone said to me all day.
Ryan Wilder: Why aren't you telling me what you're not telling me? Alice: You lost me on the double negative.
Ryan Wilder: We have enough problems without Sophie finding more. Alice: Well, "Moore" is literally her name. Pick Your Poison [3.7][edit] Mary Hamilton: What's your type? Alice: Tall, dark, and brooding. Mary Hamilton: Your blood type. Alice: O negative.
Marquis Jet: See? That's the thing. If the Joker was so horrible, why was he the only one in this damned city who looked like he was having any fun?
Alice: It is amazing what two people with nary a conscience between them can pull off.
Mary Hamilton: It takes time to make bad look so good.
Mary Hamilton: I need the caffeine. Being two people is exhausting.
Mary Hamilton: You'd be a lot easier to trust if you weren't a serial killer.
Alice: My... how you have blossomed. I think your diabolical debut deserves more than a roadside greasy spoon. Poison Ivy: I don't care what we do or where we go as long as it's fun.
Ryan Wilder: This is not you talking. Mary Hamilton: No. This is you not listening. Trust Destiny [3.8][edit] Renee Montoya: You spend your whole life in service to logic, and forensic evidence. You know what love does? it makes you want to say things like, "I know she's down here. I can feel her."
Marquis Jet: Everyone says the world has gone mad, but I get it. Meet Your Maker [3.9][edit] Jada Jet: When Marquis wakes up, there's no doubt he'll go after his sister. That's why I called you. I want to offer you a job as head of my security detail. You'd be protecting Ryan, me, the company. Like old times. Except Franklin's not in charge, I am. John Diggle: Well, then, it's exactly like old times.
Pamela Isley: What were you thinking would happen when you freed me? Renee Montoya: I wasn't. I got wrapped up in a moment seeing you, a white tulip. The memories, the guilt... Pamela Isley: Oh, I'm so sorry that you had to feel guilt, Renee, while I rotted for a decade with no water, no sunlight, no soulmate. Must have been really awful for you.
Meet Your Maker Sophie Moore: Ever watch a horror movie? When black people go into the woods, they usually don't come out. Ryan Wilder: Black people never write those movies. What do you say we flip the script?
Mary Hamilton: Alice, we're not tire-rioning the woman responsible for my awakening.
Ryan Wilder: [talking to Luke] You know how you're on the journey of being a hero? You fail. I mean, look at Sophie. Alice and Pam escaped on her watch, and she worked security 5 years. Sophie Moore: True... and Ryan, the supposed team detective, didn't even notice that her roommate was infected with poison ivy until it was too late. Talk about screwing up big time. Ryan Wilder: See? No one's perfect.
Sophie Moore: Pretty sure in the real world this would be an HR violation of appropriate workplace behavior. Luke Fox: Good thing it's not the real world. Sophie Moore: Yeah. Well, hurry up because you're breathing like Darth Vader and making me feel bad about that bagel I had for breakfast.
Jada Jet: You can take the girl out of the streets, but you can't take the streets out of the girl.
Ryan Wilder: You know how you know you're on the journey to being a hero? You fail. Toxic Alice: Me, deep? There's no need for insults.
Alice: Alice the Benevolent. It, um, does have a nice... ring to it.
Batwoman: This city is worth saving, at least to me.
Broken Toys Victor Zsasz: And I'm afraid a deadline is a deadline. That's a very violent word when you think about it, but entirely appropriate to this moment.
Marquis Jet: They say you should never meet your heroes. Kiki Roulette: What do they say about meeting your villains?
Alice: There's nothing wrong in someone who takes pride in her work. Sophie Moore: There is if her work killed people. We're All Mad Here Marquis Jet: Sorry about that. Way too many crazy people in this room.
Jada Jet: How'd you get down here so fast? Sophie Moore: It's a lesbian bar. Know your exits.
We Having Fun Yet?
Ryan Wilder: This is really happening. Marquis Jet is about to shut Batwoman down for good.
Alice: Is it just me, or is this evil plan unfolding exactly as I called it?
Pilot: [about the controls] Nothing is working, sir. It's totally dead. Marquis Jet: [shooting the man] I guess you two have that in common.
Luke Fox: Okay, are you looking at the satellite access portal? Mary Hamilton: Uh, the thing with the dots and the numbers? Luke Fox: Let's assume "yes".