You're a Damn Good Cop, Jim Gordon

Season 1
Episode 6

## All Season 1 Episodes

"**You're a Damn Good Cop, Jim Gordon**" is the sixth episode of the first season of *Harley Quinn*. It is the sixth episode of the series overall. It was released on January 3, 2020 on DC Universe.

## Synopsis

When Clayface loses his arm in a heist, it turns out to be not only evidence for Jim Gordon, but also a key witness against Harley and her crew.

## Plot

Harley is aggravated that stealing King Tut's corpse still hasn’t earned her a nomination into the Legion of Doom, her temper grows by KGBeast being nominated. At King Shark's off-hand suggestion of stealing more computers, Harley sets her sights on robbing WayneTech, Bruce Wayne's tech corporation. They initially go to steal an invisible bike, but Harley goes further and steals a more tantalizing mystery device. The spontaneous change calls for a spontaneous escape, in which Clayface's arm gets severed.

Batman responds to Jim Gordon summoning him with the Bat Signal, but realizes Gordon just wants to talk to someone about his marital problems. For this misuse the signal, Batman dismantles it and leaves Gordon Clayface's arm to interrogate for the WayneTech break-in. Batman coldly muses that Jim "used to" be a "damn good cop."

Harley checks the news regarding the WayneTech heist, only to find high-profile evil blogger, the Cowled Critic trashing her for "leaving behind" crew-members, as well as Poison Ivy and Doctor Psycho supposedly being in a relationship after Ivy caught Psycho during his fall.

Gordon, meanwhile, is busy interrogating a child-like version of Clayface personified in the severed arm. He rambles about his marriage, but the hand gladly listens without judgement. Harley, Clayface, and King Shark prepare to break into the police department to get the hand back, while Psycho and Ivy hunt down the Cowled Critic. At the same time, Gordon becomes genuinely friendly with Clayface's hand for listening to his troubles.

Harley's initial attempt to gain entry fails when King Shark gets tranquilized the moment he sets foot in the police station, beaten up, and taken to prison. Clayface gets away by transforming into a cop, and successfully serves as the decoy instead. Atop the building, Harley and Clayface find Gordon, who refuses to surrender the hand, his new friend.

Ivy and Psycho the Cowled Critic's address: a house occupied by Psycho's ex-wife, her new boyfriend, and Psycho's son, Herman. Herman is revealed to be the Cowled Critic.

Back with Gordon, Harley threatens to press the button on the mystery device she stole from Wayne Tech if Gordon doesn’t release the arm. Gordon shoots his gun anyway, prompting her to press it. This instantly teleports her to the Batcave, where Batman is sorely tempted to let her fall from a stalagtite. Harley calls out his selfishness in putting his work before friendship, and realizes that she is describing herself, being fixated on her own goals over Clayface’s arm. She convinces Batman to go after Gordon and reconcile.

Again with Psycho, Herman berates his dad for trapping him in the basement, killiing all his friends, and even for naming him "Herman." Psycho says this abuse was to mold Herman into a great supervillain, and assesses Herman has indeed become "more evil than I could have dreamed." Herman is overjoyed to have his father's pride; the father and son embrace, exchanging tearful "I hate yous".

Batman and Harley arrive atop the police station, Batman apologizes to Gordon for his harsh words, and restores the Bat Signal. With his old friend back, Gordon allows The Arm to be reabsorbed by Clayface. Batman immediately tries to apprehend Harley, but she throws the teleportation device at him, zapping him back to the Batcave. Psycho arrives and disarms the police attempting to arrest her.

Back home, Harley's group watch the Cowled Critic retract his previous review of them and deem that Harley is good material for the Legion of Doom...if only she could stop leaving crew members behind. Harley realizes she left King Shark in prison, so she breaks him out, finding him in fine spirits.

## Cast and Characters

### Main Cast

* Kaley Cuoco as Harley Quinn
* Diedrich Bader as Batman
* Jason Alexander as Sy Borgman
* Lake Bell as Poison Ivy
* Ron Funches as King Shark
* Tony Hale as Dr. Psycho
* Chris Meloni as Commissioner Gordon
* Alan Tudyk as Clayface

### Guest Cast

* Tom Kenny as The Arm
* Vanessa Marshall as Giganta
* Mark Whitten as The Cowled Critic / Herman

### Cameos

* Frank the Plant
* KGBeast (pictured)
* Brad

## Trivia

* Harley mentions Furious 7 then Doctor Psycho drives across a skyscraper to another one referencing that scene from the movie.
* Clayface tracking down his lost and independent arm is quite similar to an episode of *Batman: The Animated Series* where that version of Clayface created a little girl from himself, intending to have her act as a scout to see if he could come out of hiding. She went rogue and befriended Robin, forcing Clayface to track her down and reabsorb her.
* One of the prisoners at the end has the number 011285. That’s the day of the giant squid attack on New York from *Watchmen*, another DC property.

## Gallery

*See also: All images from "You're a Damn Good Cop, Jim Gordon"*

Doctor Psycho on the invisible motorcycleIvy catches Psycho which the Cowled Critic wrongly view as them being a coupleCommissioner Gordon interrogates The ArmHarley stuck in the BatcaveHarley gets through to BatmanBatman saves Harley from falling to her deathJim Gordon and Batman reconcileThe Arm reluctantly leaves Commissioner Gordon for ClayfaceClayface gets his arm back
### Video

Harley Quinn Episode 106 Watch on DC Universe TV-MA
## See Also

* You're a Damn Good Cop, Jim Gordon/Credits