Bludhaven Law

***Bludhaven Law*** is an American web television series created by Akiva Goldsman, Geoff Johns, Bruno Heller, Matt Reeves, Todd Helbing, Dick Wolf, Greg Berlanti for DC Universe. Based on the DC Comics character Dick Grayson (Brenton Thwaites), a young man ridden with the guilt of his troubled past from his former life in Gotham City, where, he was a servant for the Court of Owls before being taken in by Batman. After attempting to bury the darker, devastatingly violent part of his persona, Dick has distanced himself away from everyone he knows and loves in a new city, Bludhaven, in order to find peace, but peace never comes easy for men with pasts like Dick Grayson. As his violent, destructive history crashes his idyllic new beginning, Dick is thrusted back into action with a new mission - bring justice where he once gave out punishment - but to do that, he will first have to deal with and harness his darker side brought on by the Court of Owls.

## Cast

### Main cast

* Brenton Thwaites as Dick Grayson/Talon/Nightwing
* Michael B. Jordan as Timothy Fox/The Dark Knight/Batwing
* Amber Stevens as Tamara Fox
* Ryan Jefferson Booth, Martin Freeman as Francis Redhorn
* Molly Quinn as Barbara Lee Gordon/Batgirl/Oracle
* Sam Metcalfe as Nathan Bullock
* TBA as Angel Rojas

### Recurring cast

* Titus Welliver as Roland Desmond/Blockbuster
* Esai Morales as Slade Wilson/Death Stroke
* Jai Courtney as Special Agent Victor Sage
* Dorian Missick as Walter Stapleton/Burnback
* Linda Kash as Candice Long/The Candy Lady
* Peter Outerbridge as Roman Sionis/Black Mask
	+ James Remar as the voice of Black Mask

### Guest cast

* Mehcad Brooks as James Olsen/Guardian
* Chyler Leigh as Alex Danvers
* Katie McGrath as Lena Luthor
* Camrus Johnson as Luke Fox
* David Harewood as J'onn J'onzz/Hank Henshaw/Martian Manhunter
* Ben McKenzie as James Gordon
* Dougray Scott as Jacob Kane
* David Mazouz as the voice for Bruce Wayne/Batman
* Simon Mayonda as Lucius Fox
* Alan Ritchson as Hank Hall/Hawk
* Minka Kelly as Dawn Granger/Dove
* Damon Guptom as Bill Henderson
* Tyler Hoelchin as Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman
* Elizabeth Tulloch as Lois Lane
* Dylan Walsh as Sam Lane

## Confirmed plot points

#### **Season 2**

* Timothy Fox will become Batwing
* Lucius Fox's killer will be revealed. Lucius' killer is not a new character, he is someone that has interacted with Dick before.
* Racial inequality will be dealt with more this season.
* Dick will face the guilt as well as consequences of leaving Roland Desmond to die.
* Sean Pertwee will return as Alfred Pennyworth.
	+ After Alfred Pennyworth gave up his search for Bruce, he returned to his family home in London, England. Alfred will be in Gotham City to avenge Lucius' death.

## Confirmed characters

* Francis Redhorn: A no-nonsense leader of Bludhaven's law enforcement branch who is determined to protect the city from crime. Redhorn is very similar to Quentin Lance as they are both men of strong moral values, but of poor health. However, similar to Quentin Lance from before, Redhorn has a fluctuating opinions towards vigilantes as he believes some doing good, but at the same time, he feels that they must be brought down.
* Roman Sionis: Roman Sionis is the son of Richard Sionis, a wealthy investments banker who was arrested by James Gordon in the early 1980s for his illegal fight club. Even after running his own company Janus Cosmetics to the ground, Sionis still followed in his father's footsteps by taking part in shady dealings until he was apprehended by the FBI. However, Sionis is forced to cooperate with the FBI when a mysterious masked individual called Black Mask takes the mantle of his estranged father.
* Black Mask: A mysterious crime lord that appeared out of nowhere years after Batman disappeared from Gotham. Black Mask has been ruling Gotham from the shadows for sometime by reuniting the city's street gangs and mafia networks under his leadership. Despite his existence being brought into the light by the FBI, Black Mask still continues to run things with his identity left intact from public knowledge. Now, Black Mask has his sights on Bludhaven, as he seeks to do there what he did in Gotham.

## Episodes

### Season 1 (2018)

1.**"Pilot"-**In flashbacks to 2005, fifteen-year-old Dick Grayson stalks drug dealer Tyler Hackett, who abused his daughter Suzy, a cheerleader at Dick's school. Hackett was able to get the charges dropped by the GCPD. Sometime later, Hackett met with a dealer and gave him some drugs, hidden inside a stuffed toy that belonged to Suzy as a child. They were interrupted by Dick, dressed in his Talon costume, who beats them all up, Hackett tries to escape only for Dick to start brutally stomping on Hackett's face until Hackett promises to no longer abuse his daughter. When Hackett asks where Batman is, Dick knocks him out with a kick telling him to "screw Batman". In 2018, Dick is now living in Bludhaven as a detective whose associate is Detective Timothy Fox, Chief Francis Redhorn, and Lieutenant Walter Stapleton. Bludhaven is a lot worse than Gotham as there are criminals in costumes nicknamed Tiger Shark, Spellbinder, Killer Croc, and Raptor being active as well as corruption and mob activity. During a crime scene where several corrupt BPD members are murdered while trying to steal drugs, the BPD is called in. While examining the crime scene, Dick's behavior is noted: As a result of having witnessed the brutal murder of his family as a child and his subsequent upbringing by the Court of Owls, Dick has developed a profoundly thick skin topped by a near-impenetrable suit of emotional armor to keep himself protected from the world at large, dour, stoic, humorless, introverted and deadpan, Dick typically forgoes most human contact and keeps his feelings to himself. He does not get along very well with people, many of whom perceive him as rude, stubborn, anti-social, prickly, and disrespectful. Later as Dick and Timothy are discussing the BPD members' deaths, Dick is annoyed to discover Timothy's sister Tamara moves to Bludhaven and is her downstairs neighbor. Tamara claims she was sent to look out for Timothy because of their father Lucius Fox, ultimately though, Tamara was sent by Batman to look out for Dick. Dick is annoyed by this since Batman left Gotham years ago and rudely warns Tamara to stay out of his way. Dick had a falling out with Batman due to blaming him and Alfred for making him too violent prompting Dick to be against the idea of running around in a costume to solve Bludhaven's problems because, after all, James Gordon made things better in Gotham all without wearing a costume. Dick decides not to let that get to him since he is being visited by Barbara Gordon, Gordon's daughter, who is pregnant with the child of GCPD Detective Nathan Bullock, her fiance, and grandson of Gordon's partner Detective Bullock. On the bus to Bludhaven, Nathan and Barbara witness a homeless woman being harassed by thugs in masks which prompts Nathan to stop the bus so he can intervene. Nathan works to protect the woman while Barbara disobeys her fiance by involving herself. A masked gang leader known as Tiger Shark stabs Barbara repeatedly with a knife until two BPD officers intervene. Nathan is shocked by this and has Barbara taken to the hospital. When Dick learns what happened to Tamara, he immediately heads there to check up on Barbara. The good news is that Barbara survived, but the bad news is that she lost the baby as a result of the stabbing. Because of the circumstances, the Tiger Shark is declared by the BPD to have murdered a baby. Nathan and Barbara are devastated by this as they were both looking forward to being parents while Dick is furious. Donning a blue and black costume complete with a mask, smoke bombs, and pair of escrima sticks, Dick decides to search for Tiger Shark, who is on the BPD's most wanted list. Tiger Shark is engaged in a drug deal until Dick intervenes by using a device called Nightwing, which a young Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle used against Eduardo Dorrance during the Cataclysm, to summon a swarm of bats to attack everyone. When Tiger Shark tries to flee, Dick beats him up and leaves Tiger Shark the unmasked gang leader, for the BPD tied to a pole. Dick speaks to the mourning Barbara about it and contemplates being a vigilante once more, but decides against it, as his time with the Court of Owls has harmed him. Dick asks Barbara to get rid of the suit for him, but Barbara decides to hold onto it in case Dick changes his mind. As Timothy begins to wonder if Batman is in Bludhaven, Stapleton meets with Redhorn at a restaurant called Griffin’s to discuss the case with him. Stapleton starts to suspect that Roland Desmond, a powerful businessman rumored to be a crime lord, has compromised several members of the BPD. To protect the conspiracy, Redhorn takes out his gun and kills Stapleton. Afterward, Desmond arrives to commend Redhorn for his work.

2.**" The Hills Have Eyes"-**Nathan and Barbara both try to be there for each other following the loss of their child. Meanwhile, Dick and Timothy team up to investigate when a group of teenagers is committing crimes all over Bludhaven. One of the teenagers includes Donny Grasso, an angry, confused, rebellious teenager from a lower working-class family. While his mother tried her best, Donny and his father did not get along well. Donny had frequent run-ins with the police, which angered his father even more. Donny was eventually taken in by Spellbinder, whose special object could satisfy Donny's desires of stardom, acceptance, and popularity. In return, Donny was forced to beg and steal from others. As Donny became more violent, Dick and Timothy became aware of it, and the plot behind it. Donny escaped from Dick and Timothy after a wild and dangerous chase across the highway, and Spellbinder rewarded him for it. Timothy figures this out after tailing Donny to Spellbinder's lair where Timothy ends up succumbing to Spellbinder's magic and robs a grocery store while donning a ski mask. Dick is on patrol and catches Timothy in the fact. Dick gets into a fight with Timothy, who pulls his gun and begins shooting at him. To prevent the robber from killing anyone, Dick is forced to knock him out and unmasks the robber to be Timothy. Believing this is suspicious and not wanting Nathan to know about his vigilantism, Dick takes Timothy to Tamara. While breaking down, Timothy tells Tamara that it was Spellbinder, who promised he would be with Lucius once more if he helped. Dick begins to sympathize with Tamara despite having no respect for her. Timothy became a U.S Army Ranger against his father's wishes. After his third mission, Timothy had a minor shoulder injury which his father used as an excuse to get his son released from the service. Timothy then cut ties with his father in retaliation as well being envious of the respect that Lucius had for Tamara and their younger brother Luke Fox. Luke has graduated and received admission to a prestigious university. Wanting to celebrate with his family, Lucius went to grab some ice at Sip&Dash, during which he was murdered. After moving to Bludhaven, Timothy would later learn about his father's death from Luke and blame himself for not being there to protect him. The world that Spellbinder made Timothy be in showed Lucius being alive and proud of Timothy. Feeling confused as to whether he has to be a vigilante, Dick speaks to Barbara about it and Barbara urges Dick to embrace his desire to do good. Dick fears he might make a mistake someday only for Barbara to reassure him that everyone makes mistakes, it is a part of being human, and continues to encourage Dick by reminding him of all the good things Dick has done because he wanted to. Taking Barbara's words into consideration and believing that Spellbinder has gone too far with Timothy, Dick decides to visit him in costume. Spellbinder tries to use his mystical eye on Dick only for it to be ineffective as Dick has strong willpower. Dick defeats Spellbinder and turns him over to some government contacts. Timothy awakens to find Dick unmasked and still in his suit, realizing that Dick is a vigilante.

3. **“James Olsen”-**Following the incident from last week, Timothy has been avoiding Dick due to feeling conflicted. Although Timothy believes Dick is doing good as a vigilante, Dick is still breaking the law at the same time. Timothy asks for time to process all of this. Meanwhile, Stapleton’s body is found by his daughter Melissa and while Stapleton is in a coma from the gunshot wound to the head, Melissa blames it on Redhorn and the BPD for not having her father’s back when he needed them the most. Dick decides he is stretched too thin to investigate Stapleton’s murder due to his duties as Nightwing and because of the caseload that Redhorn just handed him. Because of this, Dick decides to take Barbara’s suggestion of hiring someone to help and allows it to be National City’s James Olsen, the CEO of Catco Worldwide Media who has been recently outed as the vigilante Guardian. Back when Bruce Wayne was dating Lois Lane, Dick and James had a rivalry where Dick thought Batman was better than Superman while James thought it was Superman that was better. This was before Dick hated Batman for making him violent. Dick asks James to look into Stapleton’s murder and James agrees to it. As James begins to probe into Stapleton’s murder, Redhorn fears that it will be a matter of time before James finds out what he did and schemes to have James killed by hiring Raptor and Raptor’s men to do it. Barbara and Tamara both try to convince Timothy that Dick is good for Bludhaven just as Nathan tries to convince Timothy that Batman was good for Gotham before Batman abandoned his city. Nevertheless, Timothy learns that James is in town and decides to invite James to pray with him. James and Timothy both are religious and go to church where they always say a prayer before going on patrol every night. James and Timothy will address both their fathers when they pray. Timothy deduces that James knows Dick since they are both vigilantes and reveals his conflict with Dick to him. Timothy is well aware that despite James being given a special deputy status in the NCPD, there are still mixed opinions about James where individuals believe James is doing good and where others are annoyed by James’ vigilante methods. James admits to Timothy that he revealed his identity as Guardian to give others hope and while James believes that his methods are different from Dick’s, he still vouches for him. Redhorn drives Raptor and his crew to the church in a black van, ordering them to kill James. As Raptor and his men attack everyone in the church, James and Timothy work together to get everyone safely. However, they fail when Raptor kills a priest by throwing a knife into his stomach. Dick learns about this when James contacts him and heads over there by a motorcycle while in costume. Dick, James, and Timothy begin fighting Raptor and his crew. Unfortunately, James suddenly panics and lets out a laser from his eyes that kills Raptor as well as Raptor’s team. James starts firing lasers from his eyes in assorted locations prompting Dick to dodge the lasers and save Timothy from them just as he is about to be killed. James then covers his eyes to try to stop the lasers from being released only for that to not work. Not wanting to harm anyone, James immediately flies away from the church after smashing a hole in the roof. As Dick watches James float away in suspicion, Timothy examines Raptor’s fried corpse and then starts to freak out screaming: “what the hell?”

4. **"Bludhaven: Hell on Earth"-**Redhorn reaches the scene with the BPD and questions, Timothy, as to what happened upon examining the fried corpses of the criminals that James executed when he lost control of his powers. Timothy explains how James and he evacuated everyone from the church and then fled. Timothy leaves out the details of Dick arriving in costume to take on Raptor and James having powers. Redhorn suddenly acts self-righteous by reassuring Timothy that they both know better Timothy isn't clean since Redhorn knows that Timothy is from a wealthy family: Redhorn grew up with wealthy children who were entitled, and thought the laws didn't apply to them. Redhorn then insults Timothy by calling him "dirty" and has him suspended without pay since Redhorn suspects that Timothy is hiding something as well as the fact that James is nowhere to be found. Before Redhorn could have his CSI team investigate any further, the DEO led by Agent Alex Danvers arrives to take over the case. Redhorn grudgingly hands the case over to Alex and informs her of his suspicions about James as well as Timothy's suspension. General Hayley is under a lot of pressure from President Baker to solve this murder as Baker fears that if the public were to discover that a criminal was murdered by a Kryptonian, then it would cause a commotion. So as a result, Hayley orders Alex and her agents to solve those murders quickly. J'onn accompanies Lena to the church where Lena is searching for James. Elsewhere, a fire demon attacks a police precinct while repeating "Redhorn" numerous times. The police try to fight back by opening fire only for the fire demon to set the officers shooting at him on fire and then set the entire building on fire to kill the rest of the officers who are still inside the building. Dick goes looking for James but gets a call from Barbara, who is back in Gotham with Nathan, informing him of the incident with the BPD, so Dick decides to look into that first since James has no intention to harm anyone. When Barbara gets camera footage of the fiery monster repeatedly mumbling "Redhorn" as he was setting the BPD on fire, Dick immediately suspects the metahuman to be Stapleton's daughter Melissa, who blames Redhorn for what happened to her father. When Dick goes to interrogate her in costume, Melissa rudely denies being responsible for the attacks but wishes she did it. Then the metahuman violently attacks Dick warning him to leave his daughter alone and is revealed to be Walter Stapleton, the man Redhorn killed in cold blood. Dick is surprised by this and especially when Stapleton reveals that Redhorn shot him. Dick is barely able to survive and is badly burned. Barbara then calls Dick to reveal that she found James' location and Dick decides to go there despite his injuries to talk to James before James could disappear again. Before going to visit James, Dick asks Barbara to look into Redhorn. Dick finds James, who is with Alex, J'onn J'onzz, and Lena Luthor, Lex Luthor's sister. James reveals that when he was dying from a gunshot wound, Lena injected some Harun-El into his bloodstream, allowing him to have the same powers as Superman. James shows regrets for killing Raptor and his men even though Dick reassures James that it was an accident, but James feels that he has let his father down by breaking the "no-kill" policy. Barbara sends Dick all the info she has on Redhorn. Francis Redhorn was born on January 1, 1978. In 1997, Redhorn joined the army and served 8 years in the military where he got multiple awards such as the Homeland Security Distinguished Service Medal. After being injured in the line of duty, Redhorn earned the Purple Heart award, and he started working in the Bludhaven Police Department. Redhorn worked there for 13 years and eventually got promoted from sergeant to chief, the highest rank in the department. Although Redhorn is not well-respected by his subordinates due to how badly he treats them, he has a clean record. Dick refuses to believe this since Redhorn couldn't be that clean because of what Stapleton said and Barbara revealed that she dived into Redhorn's financial records, where Redhorn's got no suspicious payments given to him. Dick then learns from Barbara that Redhorn is a family man: at some point while working in the BPD, Redhorn met and married a woman named Mary, and they had a son named Noah. Dick is surprised to learn that Redhorn is a family man and notes that Redhorn seems to be the type of man who would do anything to keep his family safe, maybe even if it means breaking the law to do so. Melissa goes to speak with Timothy in his apartment to reveal that her father is responsible for the attacks made against the BPD and it makes no sense since her father is still in the hospital on life support. Timothy promises to look into it but warns Melissa that the monster has to be stopped and Melissa reluctantly agrees to it after some convincing. Dick meanwhile tries to convince James to help him take on the fire demon only for James to refuse since he still feels guilty for killing all those people despite Lena, J'onn, and Alex being fine with it since James killed them in self-defense. Dick shows James the information that Barbara gathered on Redhorn where James is surprised to learn that Redhorn is a war hero similar to his late father, who died serving the country. Dick informs James of the fire demon wanting to kill Redhorn and James, upon learning that Redhorn has a family to look after, reluctantly agrees to help. While Dick, Alex, J'onn, Lena, and the DEO assist Timothy and the BPD in taking on the fire demon, James confronts Redhorn outside the BPD parking lot to warn him about Stapleton. Redhorn ignores James' warning since Stapleton is dead as Redhorn shot Stapleton himself. James tells Redhorn that he has government contacts and tries to convince Redhorn to hide out with him. Redhorn refuses since he believes that James is playing a game and warns him to stop or else. James then argues that he isn't playing a game, he is trying to help him. Redhorn then coldly tells James that he doesn't need his help. As Redhorn is entering his car, James tells Redhorn that he just wants to do the right thing. When Redhorn hears that, he suddenly turns and walks toward James to insult him. Redhorn claims that Superman and his girlfriend have made this country more dangerous by inviting aliens to attack their cities to find who is more powerful. When James asks what Redhorn means by Superman's girlfriend, Redhorn refers to Supergirl and calls her an "incest child". Redhorn accuses Supergirl of being in an incestuous relationship with Superman, her cousin. Redhorn expresses his belief that Superman is "cumming" in Supergirl right now. Redhorn's insults get on James' nerves prompting James to knock Redhorn out with a single punch to the face. While focusing on Stapleton, who is obsessed with killing Redhorn and is on his way to kill him, Lena uses the L-Corp drones to distract him while Dick, Timothy, J'onn, and Alex evacuate all the civilians from the area. While helping with the evacuation, J'onn tries to access Stapleton's mind to reason with him only to collapse upon obtaining Stapleton's memories of getting shot by Redhorn in cold blood. Dick tries to get J'onn out of the area by motorcycle only to get cornered by Stapleton. Stapleton almost kills Dick and J'onn until Melissa arrives to try to reason with her father. Stapleton makes his daughter promise to cut him from life support when she gets the chance. Dick uses this distraction to use a fire hydrant to spray water all over Stapleton. As a creature of pure fire, Stapleton is very susceptible to most liquids, predominately water, so Dick defeats him. Melissa grimly admits that Dick was justified in doing this. Later, in the med bay where J'onn is recovering, Timothy is shocked to learn that J'onn is a martian and J'onn tells everyone about Redhorn killing Stapleton. James returns to explain that after knocking Redhorn out, he sped him to Shanghai to protect him from Stapleton's wrath. While the team tries to console James with Raptor's death, James admits that killing Raptor is something he is going to have to live with for the rest of his life. Alex reveals that General Hayley has decided against pressing charges on James knowing full well that James did it to protect himself. As for Timothy though, his suspension has been lifted due to the strings that Hayley pulled with the mayor of Bludhaven. Nevertheless, James still decides to pause his activities as Guardian for a while. As Melissa tearfully shows respect for her father's wishes by cutting him from life support, Dick vows to prove that Redhorn shot Stapleton while Timothy is still conflicted about whether to work with Dick on this or bring down Redhorn on his own. As Timothy departs, Alex, J'onn, James, and Lena prepare to leave for National City, but Dick and Alex have an important matter to deal with before Alex leaves. The matter is on who would win in a fight, a government agent or a police detective operating outside the law as a masked vigilante. While Dick is in costume and armed with a pair of Escrima sticks, he and Alex begin their friendly duel.

5. **"Future's End"-**Becoming concerned that Redhorn could be a liability after learning that Redhorn was targeted by a metahuman, Mayor David Hull decides to drug Redhorn in an attempt to remove them from Desmond's organization. Dick then passes out when Hull drugs him by mistake while looking for Redhorn down at the armory. Dick wakes up later five years in the future, where he is living happily with Barbara and their son John somewhere in California, with another baby on the way. Tamara is still with Crows Security and Timothy has decided to follow in his father's footsteps by forming his technology firm called FoxTeca. Dick is visited by paraplegic Julia Pennyworth, Alfred's daughter, who asks Dick to stop Batman, who is hellbent on killing the Joker for killing Commissioner Gordon. After speaking to Barbara about it, Dick decides to return to Gotham and reunites with Bruce Wayne's uncle Crows Commander Jacob Kane and Lucius Fox's son Luke Fox, who is moonlighting as Batwing. Batman throws the Joker off a building and the Joker lands on top of a car, alive but with broken bones. Dick and Luke are relieved to know that the Joker is still alive while Jacob is disappointed at the revelation since Jacob blames the Joker for the city's and all his family's problems. Dick convinces Luke to let him go to Wayne Manor alone where Bruce has isolated himself in the Batcave and Dick tries to reason with Bruce while speaking to the camera directly. Satisfied that he has persuaded Bruce, Dick leaves. Batman breaks into Arkham State Hospital where he murders the Joker, the staff, and every patient including Penguin, Riddler, and Hugo Strange. Because of this, Jacob holds a press conference outside Wayne Towner where Dick publicly reveals Batman's identity to the press and that he used to be Robin as well as Nightwing. Dick is then arrested by Nathan, who is bitter that Barbara chose Dick over him, but the Crows immediately give Dick immunity from prosecution, provided that Dick helps them in their case against Batman. Jacob, Luke, Tamara, and the rest of the Crows raid Wayne Manor, but Batman kills them all. Enraged that Batman has slaughtered all those people, including his uncle, Dick immediately blows up Wayne Manor with explosives. Dick goes inside Wayne Manor to investigate and finds Batman alive but trapped beneath the rubble. Dick then kills Batman by picking up a boulder and smashing Batman's head with it until Batman is dead. In the present, Dick awakens in the Crows ICU. After Timothy found out that Dick was drugged, he immediately took him over to Tamara. Although Dick didn't kill Batman, he is still traumatized by it. Dick then later learns that Redhorn and Hull are publicly pinning Stapleton's murder on him. Redhorn explains to the public that due to an anonymous tip and on acting with a no-knock warrant, the BPD found drugs planted in Dick's apartment as well as the firearm used to kill Stapleton with Dick's fingerprints on it. Dick is incensed when Redhorn claims that Stapleton was investigating Dick for drug dealing and that is what got him killed, so because of this, there is a warrant out for Dick's arrest. Tamara reassures Dick that the Crows can put him into hiding until this whole mess is over and Dick groans because unless he can prove his innocence, his life in this city is over.

6. **"We Are Robin"-**Dick, Timothy, and Tamara work together to begin clearing Dick's name. Redhorn begins to suspect that Jacob Kane, the owner of the Crows, is hiding Dick after visiting the vacant Wayne Manor in Gotham. Dick gets frustrated and decides to take his mind off his troubles by going on patrol on Nightwing, even though Redhorn is also gunning down for the vigilante. On patrol, Dick defeats a gang involved in a drug deal with help from the new Robin, Dick's successor that Bruce appointed right after Dick left Gotham, whom Dick identifies as Jason Todd. Jason tells Dick that Alfred sent him to Bludhaven to let Dick know about members of Haly's Circus are being systematically murdered. Dick and Jason both decide to investigate. They head to one of Bruce's safehouses in Chicago to track down the remaining circus performer Clayton Williams. Learning that Bruce implanted a tracker in her arm at some point in the past, Dick removes it with a scalpel. Dick and Jason attempt to enter the Corvo. Dick is allowed in, however, the bouncer detects Jason's ID as fake. Jason heads around the back, waiting by the back door, entering when someone came out with the trash. As he entered, he flirts with some women, heading for the bar. He grabs someone's drink and takes a sip. A woman notices, calling him out, and so he offers to buy her a drink. Her boyfriend takes issue, causing Jason to pick a fight with him. Before it could escalate, Dick intervenes after warning Clayton, but not before there is an explosion outside. They head out, where Dick receives a call from Nick Zucco, revealing himself as the serial killer. Dick goes to rescue a kidnapped Clayton, followed shortly behind by Jason, who intervenes and knocks down Zucco. Chicago P.D. promptly enters the scene, responding to reports of gunshots, only to be brutally beaten down by Jason. Jason is pulled aside by Dick, who takes serious issue with his extreme violence, but Jason simply brushes it off, leaving, not before telling Dick he can do whatever the fuck he wants since Bruce is no longer around. While Dick is gone, Jacob assigns Tamara as a part of a security detail for a fundraiser hosted by Roland Desmond for the massacre in the church. Desmond makes a speech about wanting to make Bludhaven a better place to live in, which was greatly supported as they clapped for Desmond. Once he had completed his speech, Desmond began walking through the room greeting some of the people and thanking others for all of their donations to his campaign. Hull and Redhorn reassure Desmond that Dick will not be a problem, but Desmond it was a bad idea to even frame Dick in the first place, which Tamara overhears. Desmond is revealed to have invited his mother to the event, but suddenly notices people collapsing from their wine. Desmond tried to stop his mother from drinking, but it is too late. Desmond, Tamara, and the Crows rush Desmond's mother to the hospital. As Desmond waits by his mother's bed, Tamara reveals to Timothy that Desmond may have played a role in framing Dick after overhearing him discussing it with Hull and Redhorn. Timothy decides to look into the matter. Timothy is still hesitant to break into Desmond's penthouse illegally to collect the evidence as Timothy rather do things by the book. So Tamara does it instead. Miraculously, Desmond's mother recovers. But Desmond has his mother moved to England. As he had her driven off, Redhorn desperately tried to explain to her the reasons for having her moved but she was upset as she greatly enjoyed living there. His mother would often become highly confused by the situation due to her dementia, repeating that it was a beautiful day multiple times, as Desmond continued to hold onto her hand to keep her calm. After Desmond safely gets his mother out of the country, he angrily orders Hull and Redhorn to find out who is responsible for poisoning the event. Redhorn reassures Desmond that the BPD and Crows are on it. Timothy gets angry at Tamara for stealing the evidence as it was against protocol. Tamara argues that Timothy has been breaking protocol time and time again by keeping Dick's secret and protecting him. Tamara believes that being a Crow makes her inferior to others as she had no problem with breaking into Desmond's penthouse to gather the evidence while Desmond was at the hospital tending to his mother. Timothy also notes that it was low of Tamara to use Desmond's mother's ailment as a diversion to get the evidence, but Tamara is unconcerned about Timothy's beliefs. Dick returns to the Crows' safehouse in Bludhaven and Tamara tells him the good news by showing Dick the footage of Redhorn killing Stapleton. Desmond must have had it on his computer to threaten Redhorn if Redhorn stepped out of line. Dick thanks Tamara for it but is not in the mood because of Jason's actions. Dick then proceeds to burn his old Robin suit in the fireplace, much to his shock of Tamara. In flashbacks, Tony Zucco kills Richard and Mary Grayson while they are performing at Haly's Circus. Years later, Tony was arrested on charges of racketeering and tax evasion, but the new district attorney wants to let him walk away relatively free because he could help them in their case against Sofia Calvi. Detective Dick Grayson and Commissioner James Gordon are unhappy with this decision and decide to attack him as Robin after telling Gordon that Zucco should die. During the attack, Tony was killed by Sofia's thugs for snitching. Nick then gets abducted by Sofia, who kills his fiance and mother after the G.C.P.D. decides to no longer protect the Zuccos. Nick survives vowing to get revenge on Dick.

7. **"Twisted"-** At the Narrows, an activist for the homeless people, a woman named Beatrice Bennett, pleads with Mayor Pollard to put city resources towards the homeless shelter only for Pollard to refuse since he wants to continue construction for the stadium and the parking lots. This results in the homeless becoming angry at the mayor. When Pollard is entering his limousine making plans to enter a race against Hull for mayor, he gets abducted by the Joker's Daughter, who takes him to the sewers under the Narrows to torture him for not giving into Bennett's pleas. At a fancy restaurant, the rich and powerful are having dinner there discussing how pleased they are with Pollard's plan to turn the neighborhood into a central business district. A man in a hood stumbles into the building and the rich begin to act arrogantly toward him. They become shocked when the hooded figure removes his hood, revealing himself to be Pollard strapped to a bomb. Pollard is revealed to be suffering from trauma due to the torture he endured. The BPD is led by Redhorn there, however, the club explodes killing everyone there with Redhorn barely surviving. Tamara investigates this cautiously to discover that Pollard was abducted hours ago by the Joker's Daughter upon watching the camera footage. Timothy is still angry at Tamara for taking the evidence to exonerate Dick illegally. At the same though, Timothy has mixed opinions about Dick: he believes that Dick is doing good as Nightwing, but at the same time, he feels that Dick needs to be brought down since he is still breaking the law by being a vigilante. Tamara tries to convince Timothy that Dick's vigilantism is necessary for Bludhaven. Dick is also conflicted about being a vigilante again since he doesn't want to end up like Jason Todd and kill others similar to what he did to Batman in his dream sequence while he was drugged by Hull. Dick believes that he is no better than Batman because, in 2015, Batman executed the Joker for trying to torture Gordon to insanity. Batman then handed Harley Quinn over to a government organization called ARGUS where Harley patiently waits for her "pudin" to break her out while being unaware that he is dead since Alfred buried the body to cover up for Bruce. Alfred tried to convince Bruce to show no remorse for killing the Joker, but Bruce did. Bruce then signed over his assets to Kate and left Gotham soon afterward. The rest of Bruce's allies: Barbara, Selina, Luke, Alfred, Vicki, Jason, and Julia all tried to find him, but to no avail. Dick recalled that since he left Gotham when Bruce executed the Joker since that breaking point prompted him to leave. Dick didn't want to search for Bruce. The point is, as Barbara makes, that Bruce should've lived with the guilt since Bruce got to choose his penance which satisfied him. Being forced to live with the guilt is similar to what Nathan's grandfather Bullock did to Gordon. This is needed for Barbara to convince Dick to continue being a vigilante but to use the guilt to be better. Dick finally accepts that Barbara is right. Tamara gives Dick and Timothy a lead on the Joker's Daughter, whom she identifies as Duela Dent. Dick heads in costume and by a motorcycle while Timothy drives there by car and in his police uniform. Dick and Timothy both discover the Joker's Daughter is lonely and wanted to make friends which is why she did what she did with Pollard to please the people supporting Beatrice Bennett's cause. But at the same time, they discover the Joker's Daughter has also kidnapped those people, executed them, and turned them into toys and taxidermy with freakish grins. Dick and Timothy, the duo, both discover sinks filled with blood and a refrigerator with frozen corpses, heads, and limbs. Upon entering the basement, they find several crates, clown-themed items, and large jack-in-the-boxes, one with the top half of one of the homicide victims. When they find and free their latest captive from the third box, the Joker's Daughter enters, enraged at the duo depriving her of a victim, attacks Dick and Timothy with a large sledgehammer, driving him back, as the Joker Daughter swings it and swats him through the air when he tries to pounce on her from the ceiling. An intense combat sequence ensues, wherein the Joker's Daughter takes up a chainsaw against them, having been disarmed of her mallet by Timothy, which she strikes against a wall and accidentally destroys along with some of her rotting, human taxidermy while slashing at the duo. The Joker's Daughter, having wounded her abdomen when her chainsaw was destroyed, gives up the fight and permits the duo to take her to prison. Timothy then proceeds to knock her out of disgust for her actions. Later, Redhorn makes arrangements for the Joker's Daughter to be transferred to Arkham Asylum in Gotham since sending her to Lockhaven Penitentiary would be a mistake. Redhorn wants to remove Timothy from the force since the Joker's Daughter claims that he was working with a vigilante when he arrested her. The woman that Dick and Timothy saved earlier refuses to let Timothy go down out of gratitude for saving her, so she tells Redhorn that the vigilante wasn't present when Timothy came to her rescue. Redhorn takes her word for it since Redhorn knows Duela is delusional, as Duela is the niece of the retired Gotham judge Harvey Dent, not the daughter of the Joker. But Redhorn is still suspicious of Timothy and warns him that he will be watching. Timothy later visits Dick and Tamara at the Crows' safehouse and admits to them that it felt good working with Dick while Dick was in costume to catch Duela. While Timothy cannot condone vigilantes as a police detective, he feels that it be more productive to instead concentrate on the "actual bad guys". As for Tamara, Timothy admits that law enforcement is flawed, but the good it does will always make up for the bad. Nevertheless, Tamara going against protocol to help Dick out was the right call to make. Timothy admits that he never should've doubted Dick and Tamara, his sister. Later, with Timothy's blessing, Tamara emails the footage of Redhorn killing Stapleton Redhorn to give Redhorn a chance to make things right. Redhorn panics when he receives the footage by email and rushes home to check up on his wife and son. Redhorn then panics when he doesn't find them in the living room and that a vase is broken.....

8. **"Paradise Lost"-**Timothy, Tamara, and the rest of the Crows head to the Redhorn household to arrest Redhorn. They find that the house has already been empty and that Redhorn wiped his computer clean. Timothy is frustrated by the lack of progress in apprehending Redhorn and demands to know why the Crows cannot release the footage of Redhorn killing Stapleton to the public just yet. Dick explains that they were trying to give Redhorn a chance to come clean, but now, their top priority should be getting Redhorn's wife and son away from him so they don't face the consequences with Redhorn of his actions. Believing that Redhorn has left Bludhaven, Redhorn was in Jacob Kane's unit back then in the United States Army. Redhorn served with Jacob for eight years from 1997 until he was injured in the line of duty. Jacob recalled that Redhorn talked a lot about his trip to Iron Lake, a town in upstate New York and that Redhorn talked about buying a place there. Believing that's where Redhorn could be, Dick and Tamara decide to take a road trip there with Jacob warning them to be cautious since the public still believes that Dick killed Stapleton. Meanwhile, with Redhorn gone, the 26th precinct in the Bludhaven Police Department is asked by Mayor Hull to relocate to the 27th precinct in the Bludhaven Police Department where Wallace Ebersol is the acting chief. Timothy is then reunited with his old partner, Macklin 'Mac' Arnot, whom he knew from their days together in the police academy. Believing that Redhorn has skipped town to avoid working for Desmond, Hull asks several members of the 26th precinct to eliminate Redhorn. Timothy becomes surprised when he learns that Arnot is an Inspector since the Bludhaven Police Department is not known to have any "Inspectors". Believing that his old friend may be up to no good, Timothy decides to investigate with help from Barbara. When Dick and Tamara get to Iron Lake, Dick intervenes in costume when he discovers one set of Iron Lake police officers trying to save a woman and her son from another set of Iron Lake police officers. As it turns out, the woman is Mary Redhorn and the boy is Noah, Redhorn's wife, and son. Later, Mary encounters Nightwing when he storms into Redhorn's house. The vigilante tries to explain to Mary that her husband killed Stapleton, but Mary refuses to listen, and out of fear, she demands that he leave. Mary is then rescued by Dakota Jamison, the female Native-American police chief of the Iron Lake Police Department since she was checking in on Mary after the attack. At Town Hall, Chief Jamison is there with Redhorn, Mary, and Noah. Redhorn is angry that Nightwing showed up at his house since that is where his family was and Mary is also angry at Nightwing for showing up at her house since that was where her son was. Redhorn convinced the townsfolk that Nightwing is a "dangerous psychopath" and that he was targeting his family in revenge for trying to protect Bludhaven from him. Chief Jamison announces a shoot-on-site order against the vigilante if he didn't surrender to the police within 24 hours. Back in Bludhaven, Barbara does a quick background check to reveal that Arnot was a petty criminal with strong ties to several organized crime factions, which Timothy was unaware of. Timothy follows Arnot and takes pictures of him selling drugs to teenagers. After Timothy takes the pictures, Barbara tries to convince him to take matters into his own hands by putting his military training to use, but Timothy wants to do things by the book by reporting Arnot. Timothy goes to Arnot's superior Ebersol to demand that he take action against Arnot. Ebersol, who is a very timid man unlike Redhorn, reveals to Timothy that there is nothing he can do because someone brokered a deal between City Hall and organized crime. The deal involved organized crime keeping their activities in the Narrows in exchange for the BPD ignoring any movies that the mob made. Ebersol explains that Arnot's predecessor was Dudley Soames, and the Inspector rank stated its holder as a "liaison" between the Department and organized crime (in a police force as corrupt as Bludhaven's, such a position had become a semi-official fixture). Arnot made a clear, veiled threat to Ebersol's family when Ebersol objected to the deal, so Ebersol decided to back off. Ebersol pleaded with Timothy to do the same and Timothy seemingly agreed to it. Deciding that Barbara is right, Timothy decides to take matters into his own hands by borrowing tactical gear and a helmet from the Crows. Timothy would use the gun he borrowed from the Crows to kneecap his foes and the knives he would use would be coated in a derivative of tetrodotoxin that was a fast-acting paralytic that the Crows created. Barbara even gives Timothy the codename "the Dark Knight", since Barbara recalls Bruce starting out like this when he saved Nathan's grandfather from Sofia Falcone. Barbara then digs up facts that Arnot secretly owns a factory which must be where he's manufacturing the drugs. In Iron Lake, deciding that Mary would never trust a vigilante, Tamara decides to confront her as a Crow. Tamara tells Mary that her husband isn't the man she believes him to be and shows her the footage of him killing Stapleton. Mary is shocked and horrified by this since she knew Stapleton since she talked to him. Mary anxiously recalls that her husband told her that it was Dick's gun used to kill Stapleton. Tamara then confirms that Dick's gun was used to kill Stapleton, but Redhorn pulled the trigger. Tamara promises Mary that she will protect her and her son, but they have to leave with her today. Mary agrees and asks Tamara to go with her to the Redhorns' Iron Lakehouse to get Noah. Back in Bludhaven, Timothy raids the factory as the Dark Knight and subdues all of Arnot's thugs with his gun and throwing knife skills without killing any of them. Once that is done, Timothy presses a button on his helmet and asks Barbara to send an anonymous tip to the Crows on where the drugs are being manufactured. Back in Iron Lakes, Redhorn is forced to go on the run with Tamara leaks the footage to Jamison of Redhorn killing Stapleton. Dick then confronts Redhorn as the vigilante and they engage in a fierce fight. Dick's speed and agility were equally matched against Redhorn's brute strength and determination, with Dick flipping over Redhorn and kicking him repeatedly while Redhorn simply charged into him and threw him across the street. Although his suit gave Dick extra protection, Redhorn was still able to nearly beat him to death by lifting him in the air and slamming him down hard before beating him with a metal stick, all the while ranting about how he just wanted to protect his family. Refusing to give up, Dick disarms Redhorn, before using his Escrima sticks to then beat him down into submission, knocking Redhorn to the floor following repeated strikes to his head and chest. Despite being barely able to sit up following the beating, Redhorn tells Dick that one man could not make a difference with all of the crime and corruption in Bludhaven. Dick asks Redhorn if his wife and son know he is such a dick and Redhorn gets angry when Dick starts naming them. Before Redhorn could get up to attack Dick, Dick throws a hard punch at Redhorn, knocking him out. The still unconscious Redhorn is then arrested and finally taken back into custody by the Iron Lake Police Department again as soon as Chief Jamison arrived at the scene and finds him, with Jamison personally handcuffing Redhorn. As for the vigilante, Jamison allows him to leave the scene since Redhorn lied to her about him. Mary goes to confront her husband while he is in custody and expresses anger that she lied to him about Stapleton's death. To make matters worse, Redhorn brought a gunfight to their home where their son Noah could've died because of him. Redhorn pleads with Mary to listen to him. Redhorn started working for the man who ordered Stapleton's execution since the man sent his goons over to Noah's nursery where they planted a note and surveillance photos of Noah and Mary in there. Redhorn discovered it when he was packing another lunch for Noah and was forced to work for the men since. Redhorn even tells Mary about the deal brokered between the city and organized crime. Mary is enraged that Redhorn killed a man and announces that she is filing a divorce, she doesn't want her son to be around him anymore. Redhorn then hangs his head down in shame as Mary leaves the interrogation room. Tamara tells Dick that the charges against him for Stapleton's murder are now being dropped. The public now knows it was Redhorn who killed Stapleton and not Dick, so Dick can show his face again to the public. Dick is then grateful for that and shares a kiss with Tamara. Back in Bludhaven, the Crows shut down Arnot's factory and have the dealers arrested. Timothy admits to Barbara that he could've gone to the Crows sooner with that evidence, but he decided that he wanted a thrill like Dick and admitted that it felt good being the Dark Knight similar to how it felt working with Dick when Dick was Nightwing last week. Ebersol anxiously asks Timothy if he had anything to do with the Crows raiding Arnot's lab and arresting him, but Timothy denies it. Although he is suspicious, Ebersol decides to give Timothy the benefit of the doubt and leaves the scene, warning him to be cautious.

9. **"Caged"-**A series of bodies start dropping all over Bludhaven where the victims are found to have large bite marks all over their bodies as if they were eaten alive. Dick and Timothy both begin to suspect that the recent body drops are connected to the Tournament of Skulls. The Tournament of Skulls was organized at some point around or before 2008. It is held every six months in Bludhaven, with some of the most dangerous underground criminals participating in a literal fight to the death. The tournament claimed over 60 fatalities in the next five years, most of which were caused by Waylon Jones, the reigning champion. Waylon Jones was the result of the Indian Hill experiments conducted by Hugo Strange in the early 1980s. After escaping from the bus when Strange tried to transport all the patients to another facility, Jones moved to Bludhaven and became a ruthless hitman-for-hire. Jones was able to evade the authorities by using multiple fake aliases and addresses. However, he would come out of hiding every six months to participate in the Tournament of Skulls under the codename "Killer Croc". Killer Croc was the reigning champion of the fight ring since 2008. Dick and Timothy both decide to stick with the Crows for the time being after Timothy tell the Crows about the arrangement by City Hall and the BPD with organized crime to keep the crime in the Narrows and that deal was brokered by Desmond. Believing that Ebersol will turn a blind eye to this out of fear for his family, Dick decides to stick with the Crows for the time being. Dick and Tamara both decide to hide the fact that they slept together from Timothy. Timothy recalled that after he graduated from MIT with degrees in engineering and business management, he got hundreds of job offers from around the world even one from his father's company of Wayne Enterprises. However, Timothy wanted action and took up MMA to cage fighting before Jacob recruited him for the Army. Tamara remembered how Lucius was distraught that his son was ignoring so many prospects to go fight in "barbaric cage matches". Timothy decides to relive the glory days by going undercover in the fighting recruit. Meanwhile, Desmond is revealed to have been looking after a mysterious woman, who is struggling with her heroin addiction. Rather than feed her heroin, Desmond purchased a big residence, where the mysterious woman would spend the rest of her days under the best medical treatment. After what happened to his mother, Desmond hires a security team to look after the mysterious woman, as Desmond loves her as if she were his daughter. While Timothy is competing with Dick posing as a guest watching the fights, they both notice that Mayor Hull and Roland Desmond are orchestrating the matches and that several BPD members are taking bets on who would win in a fight by gambling with money. Meanwhile, Redhorn is in custody with the Crows, and Tamara has called in the FBI to assist with the crime in Bludhaven. Now that Redhorn knows that Desmond will unable to harm his family, he begins informing the Crows and the FBI of all the people involved with Desmond's organizations, the deal to keep the crime in the Narrows, and all of its activities. Because Timothy is now the top contender, he is against Killer Croc who is his league's undisputed champion. Timothy faces Killer Croc and is defeated by him, so Dick arrives instead to challenge Killer Croc to a fight to protect Timothy while in costume. Desmond tells the vigilante that he admires him for trying to save a broken city. Desmond admits that after he got Hull elected as mayor, he did threaten Redhorn's family to make Redhorn cooperate with the deal to keep the crime in the Narrows. Not only that, but Desmond also started the biggest drug enterprise through Maxie Zeus' shipping company, where Desmond would manufacture illicit substances in Bludhaven and distribute them to other American cities while keeping the drugs out of Bludhaven. As Desmond notes, only the Narrows are full of crime and no other place in Bludhaven. Although Desmond dislikes hurting people and is remorseful for what happened to Dick and Stapleton, Desmond still believes he is helping Bludhaven. Desmond offers the vigilante a chance to join his side, but Dick refuses, and Desmond orders Killer Croc to finish the vigilante off before leaving with Hull. Nightwing quickly finds Killer Croc to be a far tougher opponent; Killer Croc's greater strength and tough reptilian skin leave Nightwing at a severe disadvantage. Eventually, Nightwing notices bruising on Killer Croc's skin and realizes he can strike Croc at his weaknesses to make up for the difference in strength. Playing more evasively, Nightwing delivers strategic strikes on Croc and manages to knock Croc to the floor. The prisoners watch on silently as Nightwing punches an unconscious Croc in the face and torso repeatedly, almost savagely and vindictively, and only a horrified shout from Timothy stops Nightwing in his attacks. Soon, the FBI and the Crows intervene to shut down the fight club. Dick leaves the scene as Nightwing before he could be caught by the law. Desmond meets with Hull to discuss the final stages of Desmond's plans for Bludhaven. Hull explained that all was in place except for a replacement for Arnot. Desmond asks about some irregularities in the transactions. Hull claims it was all perfectly normal as money was being moved around all the time. When he tries to hand the paperwork back, Desmond notes that his hands were shaking and he is shedding sweat. Seeing no other alternative, Hull confesses that he tried to kill Desmond's mother since he thought she was a distraction. Hull calmly informs Desmond that their partnership is at an end because Redhorn and Desmond must hand over half his assets to him. When Desmond asks why he should do this, Hull informs him that he knows about the woman that Desmond has been looking after and that he would make all that he knows about the woman be public unless Desmond cooperated. This throws Desmond into a rage and he refuses to accept the deal and hits Hull hard across the face. Hull attempts to defend himself by striking Desmond on the neck with his taser, but Desmond is so angry it seems to only fuel his rage. Desmond throws Hull down an elevator shaft to his death, where he splits his skull upon impact. Later when Desmond returns to his penthouse, he is arrested by Tamara and the Crows. Dick and Timothy are grateful that Desmond's evil has ended. Tamara asks them to check up on Redhorn. When Dick and Timothy go to check up on Redhorn in the interrogation room, they discover Redhorn is dead, with the message 'truth is not an option written in his blood.

**10. "Boss Fight"-**On the rooftop of the Crows Headquarters, Agent Fox and her brother Detective Fox call Dick with a great signal in the sky. Dick appears and Timothy asks if Dick will consider returning to the BPD or if he will join Tamara with the Crows. Dick says neither and leaves. In the meantime, Blockbuster plants a bomb in 1013 Park Desmond Avenue to kill Dick, causing numerous casualties, including Dick's landlady Beatrice Bennett. Timothy wants Dick to stay with him until they could figure out what to do about the bombing, but Dick already deduces that Desmond had a hand in the bombing and declines to protect Timothy. Dick is now living on the streets homeless despite Tamara promising him shelter. Dick all of a sudden spots someone he hasn't seen in years: Stephanie Brown, who was raised alongside him by Bruce. Dick spots Stephanie entering a black van and tails her by jumping from rooftop to rooftop. Dick stops when the van reaches a building and Stephanie steps out of it. Dick watches and starts to recall his past with Stephanie: *Stephanie accidentally stumbled upon one of Batman's most ambitious contingency plans for a possible outbreak of uncontrollable gang violence, Batman developed an elaborate scenario that would unite all of Gotham's underworld under a single crime boss: Jacob Weaver, who is an alias of Batman himself. Stephanie felt in competition with Jacob Weaver, whom she assumed to be an accomplice of Batman rather than being an alias of Batman himself. Because she always wanted to please Batman, Stephanie decided to implement the contingency plan without Batman's knowledge or participation. Thus, Jacob Weaver has no presence when Stephanie, while posing as Roman Sionis' daughter Circe Sionis, assembles the leaders of all the gangs into one place. The meeting ends disastrously, with numerous crime bosses and henchmen dying (Rupert Thorne, Hellhound, Silver Monkey, and NKVDemon III) and all of the gangs in Gotham going to war with one another. Roman Sionis is angered to learn that someone has been posing as his deceased daughter, so as Black Mask, Sionis kidnaps Stephanie to punish her. When Batman and Robin discover Stephanie's dead body, they take her to Leslie Thompkins' clinic hoping that Leslie could help her. Leslie reports to Batman and Robin that Stephanie had died from her injuries. This takes a toll on Batman as Leslie advised against him using children in his war against crime. So this prompts Batman to leave Gotham out of guilt for what happened to Stephanie.* Later in the evening, in costume, Dick breaks into the building where Stephanie is held captive and rescues her from Arnot and the crooked police guarding her. At the same time, the FBI is escorting Desmond to Slabside Maximum Security Prison to await trial for his crimes. They are being followed by BPD officers. Inside the van, Ronald Desmond begins reciting a parable from the Bible to the FBI agents inside, specifically the story of The Good Samaritan, in which a man is beaten and left in the dirt, only to be ignored and left to die by a priest and another religious man. Then a Samaritan came and helped the man, caring for his wounds while also then giving him his money. Desmond explained he had always believed he was the Samaritan in the story, but he had learned he was neither the Samaritan nor the priest, but he represented the men of ill-intent who had attacked the traveler who had been on a road he should not have been on. As Desmond finished his tale, the armored van was stopped in the middle of the road and a firefight broke out outside, while Desmond did not say another word and instead just simply sat calmly and waited for his escape plan to finally come into action. When the mercenaries eliminate all the police officers and FBI agents outside, the mercenaries bang on the door and demanded the guards open it. An agent threatens to shoot Desmond if the mercenaries got inside, however, a corrupt agent shoots his colleagues to free Desmond. Once the armored van's doors are opened, the now free Desmond calmly walks to the other van with his armed guards before ordering his men to kill anyone who attempts to follow them, whether they follow on the ground or in the air, uncaring of the lives that would be lost as long as he got his freedom. A henchman advises Desmond to leave the city, but Desmond wants to leave after dealing with Dick. Dick later finds out that Leslie Thompkins faked Stephanie's death to get Batman to end his crusade and to punish him for involving children. Stephanie then tried to reinvent herself as an actress. After a brief period of success, she became a heroin addict and was reduced to starring in pornographic films in Mexico. Strapped for cash, she sells the information that Bruce Wayne is Batman for a shot of heroin. This information is sold upward to Desmond, who then decides to keep an eye on Dick after deducing that he is Robin if Bruce Wayne is Batman. Dick demands to know how Stephanie could put so many individuals in danger through her carelessness. She insists that she did not mean to help Desmond discover his secrets, it was an accident and bound to happen anyway the way Bruce and Dick live their life. Dick then leaves to find Desmond just as Desmond was on his way over to him. They find each other and they fight with Desmond being angry that Dick ruined his plans to save the city and Dick being angry at Desmond for the explosion in his home. Desmond decides the best way to strike at Dick is to strike at the people he has sworn to protect. Blockbuster promises to murder everyone Nightwing has ever cared about. Not stopping there, he promises to murder anyone that Dick knows, or even interacts with. People will be gunned down for simply walking past him on the street. Dick is enraged and continues going down on Desmond hard. Dick wants to kill Desmond for all that he's done, but Dick decides to call Timothy over and hand Desmond over to the FBI for him. As Dick makes the call to Timothy, Stephanie kills Desmond by blowing his brains out with a handgun. Blood splatters all over the alleyway and onto Dick. Seeing his own hands covered with blood, Dick is horrified at what he's done... what he's allowed to happen. He starts going into shock, feeling unable to breathe, and stumbling onto the rooftop. Feeling that he's completely failed as a hero, failed Batman, failed Stephanie, and most importantly failed himself. As he has a complete emotional breakdown, crying out, numb with pain, Stephanie then comforts Dick by reassuring him "he can't hurt us anymore." Dick then leaves in embarrassment when Timothy arrives to arrest Desmond. Timothy calls out to Dick if he killed Desmond only for Dick to take off leaving. In the aftermath, Timothy is relieved to know that Dick didn't kill Desmond and that it was Stephanie. Tamara decides to cover up Stephanie's role in the shooting and sends her to rehab to get the help she needs. Believing that there is nothing left for him in Bludhaven after what he did, similar to Bruce, Dick decides to go on a self-imposed exile and leaves town permanently. When Dick arrives at the airport to buy a plane ticket, the saleslady asks Dick where he wants to be, Dick just simply replies that he wants to be anywhere but Bludhaven. Once Dick gets his ticket, he leaves before Timothy and Tamara could stop him.

### Season 2 (2019)

1. **“Rebirth”-**It has been six months since Dick Grayson left Bludhaven out of guilt for letting Roland Desmond die. Timothy and Tamara have been obsessed with finding Dick through their respective resources such as Timothy through the Bludhaven Police Department and Tamara through the Crows. Dick has been nowhere to be found similar to Bruce Wayne when Bruce left Gotham. On December 10, 2019, Dick, Timothy, Tamara, as well as everyone in the multiverse except for the seven Paragons, are killed in an antimatter wave by the Anti-Monitor. A month later, everyone is restored in a new universe made by both the Paragons and the Specter. The Specter has made several changes to Earth TUD-27 where Dick, Timothy, and Tamara reside. In this new universe: Roland Desmond never adopted Stephanie Brown and was therefore less successful in his plans against the vigilante. Because Stephanie never revealed the identities of the Bat Family members to Desmond, Dick’s home never got destroyed by the mob. Dick was able to successfully defeat Desmond as Nightwing without killing him and handed him over to the FBI as a vigilante. Also in this new universe, Redhorn is now an older gentleman and it was Mayor Hull who framed Dick for killing Stapleton while it was Redhorn who cleared Dick’s name. Despite this, Dick, Timothy, and Tamara can remember their pre-crisis life. For the last few months, a criminal named Black Mask has filled the vacuum left behind by Blockbuster as Bludhaven’s criminal kingpin and has been committing several acts of murder and theft through his group, the False Face Society. The FBI led by Special Agent Victor Sage moves John Daggett, the son of the late Roland Daggett, to the Bludhaven Presidential Hotel for his protection since John's late father died while doing business with Roman Sionis, the criminal known as Black Mask who inherited leadership over the False Face Society from his father Richard Sionis. The protection is still in place despite John lacking knowledge of his deceased father’s crooked dealings. Dick has been unable to cope with the recent changes as he still harbors anger towards Redhorn for framing him in the last timeline after learning that Redhorn’s pre-crisis counterpart is a younger version of Redhorn’s older counterpart. So, Dick decides to go to Metropolis to speak to someone about this: Clark Kent. Clark has had his hands full in Metropolis since he is dealing with a violent vigilante referred to as Barrage, who is killing criminals and civilians while dismissing the deaths of those civilians as collateral damage. Across town, the Metropolis Special Crimes Unit headed by Inspector Henderson is dealing with a hostage situation. There's a school bus suspended high above the streets by a crane and some thugs wearing high-tech teleportation vests are holding young children hostage. One child decides to get Superheroic, opens up his shirt to reveal a Superman logo underneath, and thinks he can zap one of the bad guys with heat vision. Instead of getting his head blown off, the boy is saved by real heat vision melting the gun, and the real Superman ripping through the roof and hefting the bad guy into the sky. The rest of the thugs teleport away then reappear and open fire on the police. Superman saves the kids. Ready to go to Luthor Corp. After he takes care of the bomb, Superman round up the teleportation thieves who apologize to the children for kidnapping them, hitching their school bus up on a crane, and then trying to blow them up with a bomb. As Superman politely soars off with one of the teleportation vests, Dick goes to meet with him.Dick decides to help Clark with that while speaking to him about his past life. Dick reveals to Clark that in this universe, he was immediately taken in by Alfred after his parents died and not raised by the Court of Owls to be their child soldier, however, Dick still retains his memories of his time in the Court of Owls. Clark sympathizes with Dick by revealing that he killed General Zod in the last timeline and in the new timeline, he was able to defeat Zod without killing him. Clark still believes that Dick is not accountable for Desmond’s death in the last timeline as it was Stephanie who killed Desmond, not Dick. Clark notes the similarity with Bruce as Bruce always felt the weight of the world on his shoulders. However, Dick still harbors resentment toward Bruce as Bruce still made him into a child soldier similar to the Court. Working together, Dick and Clark both discover that Barrage is a former DOD member named Phillip Karnowsky, who served three tours in the most dangerous parts of Iraq. At some point after his service, he fell in love with and married Julie.In 2018, Julie was killed in a shooting, much to Phillip's devastation. He was further angered when Julie's murderer was acquitted due to the murder weapon having gone missing. Clark noted that Julie’s murderer was part of Intergang, an organization led by Ron Milano. Dick and Clark both go to find Julie’s murderer in his apartment only to find his severed rotting body parts in his apartment. Dick and Clark both deduce that Phillip killed Julie’s murderer in revenge. Dick examines Barrage’s pattern to note that Barrage is targeting criminals who cheated the justice system through judicial technicalities. Clark sympathizes with Phillip as he lost his wife Lois Lane before in the pre-crisis of Earth TUD-27. Lois Lane was working undercover at a restaurant to prove corrupt District Attorney Ray Sacks' connection to Ron Milano. Lois’ cover is blown and Milano beats her to death with a pair of brass knuckles. Clark confronts Barrage as Superman when Barrage is trying to kill a criminal who was released on a technicality even though that criminal killed a child. Superman tries to talk Barrage down by convincing him that this isn’t the right way to do things. When Barrage starts questioning why Superman allows people like Ron Milano to live because wouldn’t the world be a better place without people like Milano? Superman decides to get personal with Phillip by admitting that sometimes he believes the world would be a better place without people like Milano, but he always realizes that if he did that, then he would be abandoning hope. Barrage then starts demanding to know hope for what. Superman explains that he hopes that Ron Milano can learn to be a better person. Even Ron Milano has some good inside of him and if Superman lets him die, then that chance to be more is gone forever and the same applies to everyone, including Barrage. Barrage then angrily starts referring to Superman as a fool and shoots Superman with a kryptonite bullet, subduing him. Nightwing contacts Tamara to inform her about Superman's condition. Inspector Henderson arrives to arrest Nightwing as Nightwing is still a federal fugitive for catching Desmond illegally. Nightwing escapes with Superman. Lois joins Henderson and the MPD in a chase. Back in Bludhaven, the False Face Society lures Timothy and the BPD into an underground tunnel and Black Mask sets off the explosives after leaving his False Society Society members to die and buries everyone inside. Upon dropping off his last passenger; a bus driver doses off in the middle of the street, only to be woken up by a taxi Nightwing stole going through his bus. News stations cover the pursuit of the "murderer Nightwing kidnapping a wounded Superman" just as Tamara is hacking into the traffic system so no individuals are harmed during the chase.Inside the taxi: Tamara comments on the stress she's feeling over Superman being hurt and Nightwing being chased, just as Superman tells Nightwing to call him Clark, and Nightwing, relieved that Clark is still alive, asks him who to call to save him. Nightwing calls Tamara, who in turn calls a choked-up Lois; Tamara gives her the situation: Superman has four Kryptonite bullets, none to the heart, but his vitals are fading. Tamara later gives Nightwing Lois' message: get the Kryptonite out and then expose Superman to yellow sunlight. But as Nightwing says, he already has his hands full. Lois has Tamara tell Nightwing to bring Superman to the Leviathan ship which Nightwing does after evading Henderson. Nightwing performs a surgical procedure on Superman inside the taxi just as Lois arrives to witness what is happening. After getting the bullets out, Nightwing reprograms his vest and splashes Clark with yellow sunlight, just as the police report that they lost Nightwing. Lois is relieved that it’s over, but Nightwing and Sam Lane respond that it isn't since people now believe that Nightwing killed Superman. Sam Lane admits to Lois that a shipment of kryptonite went missing in the DOD months ago and that they were in the process of tracking it. Karnowsky then mysteriously resigned after the shipment went missing and Lois is furious at her dad for not telling Clark about this as Karnowsky must’ve stolen the kryptonite to use against Clark in case he ever encountered him. Nightwing still decides to go search for Phillip to avenge Superman while Lois goes to meet with Henderson to convince him that Nightwing is not a murderer. Lois convinces Henderson that Nightwing was helping Superman who needed medical attention after being hurt by Barrage. When Ron Milano is meeting with members of Intergang to discuss Superman’s murder, Milano ducks down as his goons and the club-goers are shot down by Barrage. Lois arrives at the club and is disturbed by the way Nightwing brutally fights against Milano and Barrage. Henderson is the first officer to arrive at the scene. Believing that Lois was sincere about Nightwing not being a danger, Henderson allows him to leave. Dick and Lois both return to Leviathan where Clark finally wakes up. Sam apologizes to Lois and Clark for not informing them about the missing shipment of kryptonite and gives Clark some orange juice. Clark asks Sam and Lois for time alone to speak with Dick. Clark convinces Dick that while recuperating, he has realized that while life can be hard, it is also too short to live, and that to live your life to the best you can. Clark is unsure why the timeline is suddenly different on Earth TUD-27, but he advises Dick that they have been given a second chance to do things differently. However, Dick argues with Clark that he doesn’t know what Dick had become. While it is hard to let go of the past, it is important to ensure that it doesn’t hold you back from what you want to do. Realizing that Clark is right, Dick promises to try to live his life to the best he can. Clark promises to be right here if Dick wants somebody to speak to which Dick thanks Clark for. Dick tells Clark that he feels that the only way to move on from what happened is to find Stephanie. Clark offers to help Dick find her, but Dick tells Clark that this is something he has to do on her own which Clark understands. Clark then wishes Dick good luck before he leaves. When Dick is leaving, Lois asks Dick if she can have an interview with the vigilante from Bludhaven. Believing that he owes Lois for getting Metropolis PD off his back, Dick agrees to it but asks Lois for time to recover. Dick is reluctant to give Lois an interview as he feels Lois will make him look like a hero when he’s not. Lois believes that Dick is still a good person and that he was just going through a hard time. Lois is optimistic that Dick will discover that on his own someday, but Dick doubts it and Lois promises to give Dick an interview when Dick feels ready Before Dick leaves, Lois thanks him for saving Clark as their two boys would have grown up without a father if not for Dick. Lois' gratitude leads for Dick to contemplate his redemption. When Dick returns to Bludhaven in the evening, Commissioner Redhorn demands to know where Dick was. Fearing that Redhorn will put the pieces together if he tells him he was in Metropolis, Dick claims he was in Smallville visiting a friend. Redhorn debriefs Dick on the situation with TImothy while Dick was not in Bludhaven. Because Dick left Bludhaven without his permission, Redhorn decides to punish Dick by transferring him to the night shift.
2. **“Hydrology”**-As a consequence of leaving work without his permission, Redhorn has assigned Dick to work the night shift which Dick finds conflicting with his activities as Nightwing as he is not able to go out as much at night in his alter-ego. Dick is concerned that Redhorn will eventually start making connections with him and with his alter-ego. Meanwhile, Timothy and the rest of the BPD are still trapped in the tunnels which is why Redhorn asks Tamara and the Crows to dig them out with Redhorn supervising. While trapped in the tunnels, when Tamara contacts Timothy by radio, Timothy jokes to his sister that if his penis is crushed then he doesn’t want to live which annoys Tamara but also indicates that her brother is alright. However, without food and water, Timothy and the BPD don’t have much longer to survive. Dick wants to help get Timothy out, but Redhorn refuses since he felt Dick neglected his duties from last week. In the meantime, several children are being kidnapped in the Latino community prompting Dick’s night shift supervisor, Chief Angel Rojas, to take this personally. When the parents report the event to the BPD, Chief Rojas promises to never stop searching for their children, who made it a total of twelve children taken so far. Later, Nightwing breaks into Rojas’ office to look at the kidnapping file, where he finds an old photo of a boathouse in Bludhaven Harbour. She was interrupted when Rojas returned and was forced to shove him aside to escape. Angrily, Rojas deduces where the vigilante will be going and calls it in. After leaving Rojas’ office, Nightwing investigated the boathouse but was suddenly dragged underwater by the Weeping Woman. Fortunately, Nightwing managed to escape the spirit and swam for the shore where Chief Rojas and the BPD were waiting to arrest him for vigilantism. Breaking free of Rojas’ grip, Dick manages to escape on his Batcycle. Dick is motivated just like Rojas to find the missing children since he has a soft spot for them. Rojas reluctantly agrees to let Dick help him with his investigation. While trapped in the tunnels, Timothy experiences another hallucination of his father Lucius Fox. Timothy then recalls his past life when he never liked high society despite his wealthy upbringing. *Much to his parents’ annoyance, Timothy got an after-school job at the Royal Autobody under Jerome Otis where he used his earnings to pay for martial art lessons under Ted Grant. Ted Grant believed that Timothy could easily win a cage fight, but Lucius and his wife Tanya insisted their son get a proper education rather than getting brain damaged. Although Timothy acquired a master’s in engineering, he defied his parents’ wishes again by joining the Army Rangers since his parents hoped Timothy would work at Wayne Enterprises. During his third tour with Fred Jones, Timothy was injured and his parents pulled strings to have him honorably discharged.*  Lucius convinces Timothy to rely on the best parts of himself and apologizes for cutting his military career short. Lucius admits that Timothy was capable of making his own life choices and didn’t even need Lucius to acknowledge or even approve of them. That brings Timothy to tears since he always thought his father was ashamed of him unlike his siblings Luke, Tiffany, and Tamara, but it turns out his father was proud of him. That night, Dick and Rojas questioned a morgue attendant who was present when two of the drowned children were brought in. The children had drowned while playing in a condemned boathouse - the same boathouse that Nightwing had nearly drowned at the night before. Their mother - Maria Salvaje - had come to identify her children drunk, and was deported as a result. Dick and Rojas then search Maria Salvaje's apartment, where her drunken father still resided. The man admitted that his daughter killed herself after failing to find solace for the loss of her children in alcohol. Dick heads back into his apartment to do some occult texts and to do some meditation, Dick discovers that the best way to fight a being of water is to use *fire*. In the meantime, Rojas heads back to the boathouse where he first encountered Nightwing and tries to figure out what the vigilante was doing there. Rojas begins to suspect that the vigilante knows something he doesn’t. All of a sudden, Rojas is attacked by the Weeping Woman, whom Rojas recognizes to be Maria. While taken hostage by the Weeping Woman, Rojas is shocked to realize that Maria was still alive since he thought she was dead. According to Maria, the Weeping Woman is based on the Mexican folk tale of "La Llorona". “La Llorona” is about a woman also named Maria who drowned her children so she could be with the man she loved, but the man rejects her, leading her to commit suicide. In heaven, she was asked where her children were, and when she didn't have them, she wasn't allowed into the afterlife without them. She was doomed to a ghostly fate of wandering the Earth, weeping, and searching for her children, abducting those who don't listen to their parents. Rojas then reprimands Maria for allowing her children to die through drunken negligence. Before Maria could kill Rojas out of anger after making him lose consciousness, Nightwing intervenes while being there with a canister of gasoline. Nightwing frees the unconscious Rojas from the ghost’s grip and sets the boathouse on fire. As the Weeping Woman evaporates, Nightwing questions him about the kidnappings, and Maria admits that someone in a black mask manipulated her into becoming a vengeful spirit and helping to abduct the children and that the children are still alive. Nightwing then drags the unconscious Rojas out of the burning building and leaves. Rojas then wakes up and looks back to the burning boathouse. All Rojas remembers was Maria being the Weeping Woman and after that, nothing. Rojas then starts wondering how he got here. Later on, Timothy and the BPD manage to escape from the tunnels with help from Tamara and the Crows. Rojas later pulls Dick into his office to speak with him. Rojas tells Dick about his near-death experience. Rojas questions if Maria is still alive and who might have saved him from her clutches. Dick suggests to Rojas that Nightwing might have saved him, but Rojas doubts it believing that the vigilante would’ve left him to die, as Rojas tried to arrest the vigilante earlier tonight. As for the missing children, Rojas assumes that Maria drowned the children. Becoming saddened by this, Rojas decides that he’s going to have to inform their parents about this. Rojas is disappointed by this since he wanted to bring the children back to their parents alive. Rojas reveals to Dick that he is also a parent. At some point, Rojas met and married a woman named Sofia, and together they had a son named Luis and a daughter named Nina. Rojas admits to Dick that he and Sofia would be devastated if anything happened to Luis and Nina, so Rojas sympathized with the parents of the children that Maria kidnapped. Redhorn later on arrives and is furious at Dick when he found out that Dick wasn’t in the precinct during the night shift, but Dick explains that he went back to Maria Salvaje’s apartment to search for more leads on the missing children's case. Rojas then vouches for Dick as Rojas was the one who asked him for help. Redhorn then asks Rojas for his report and demands to know what happened at the boathouse which got set on fire. Rojas becomes nervous, knowing that Redhorn will not believe him about Maria, and starts struggling with what to say. To protect Rojas, Dick loses his temper and becomes frustrated with Redhorn for having it out for him. Still upset with Redhorn for what he did to him in the last timeline, Dick angrily decides to resign from the Bludhaven Police Department. Dick tells Redhorn to be sympathetic to Rojas since those kidnapped children were part of Rojas’ community. Dick then reminds Redhorn that he has a son named Peter. However, Redhorn is taken aback by this since he and his wife Mary wanted to have children but could never have any. If they had a son, the Redhorns would’ve named him Peter. However, Redhorn and his wife never mentioned this to anyone, not even to Rojas. Redhorn then asks how Dick knows about this. Dick coldly tells Rojas that it doesn’t matter since he’s resigning anyway. Rojas tries to persuade Dick to stay, but Dick refuses and leaves to pack his things. Redhorn then cautiously watches as Dick leaves Rojas’ office. Later, Timothy calls Tamara over to the Triste Cafe to talk about Lucius Timothy admits to Tamara that he misses their father. Tamara reassures Timothy that their parents were never ashamed of any of them, just over-protective. Timothy agrees while taking a sip of coffee and admits that he wished things could’ve been different between him and his father before his father died. Dick arrives to meet with Timothy and Tamara. Dick is glad to know that Timothy is fine, but reveals that he quit the force last night since he couldn’t stand being around Redhorn any longer. Timothy is disappointed by this since he will have to be assigned a new partner. Tamara offers Dick a job in the Crows, but Dick admits that he is through working with law enforcement for a while since he feels it makes it too difficult for him at night. Dick then debriefs Timothy and Tamara about what happened with Maria and reveals that the missing children are still alive while Rojas believes that Maria drowned them. Black Mask might have had something to do with Maria kidnapping them. Timothy and Tamara are taken aback by this. Timothy and Tamara have a soft spot for children since their younger sister Tiffany are around the age of the children who were abducted, so they promise Dick to do everything they can to find those missing children. Later, Rojas tells one of the parents that their children are dead. After Rojas glumly leaves, Dick confronts the parents in costume to reveal that their children are still alive and that Rojas doesn’t know that. Dick then promises that he will find all of the children at *any* cost.
3. **“Fair Skin Blue Eyes”**-A week since he resigned from the Bludhaven Police Department, Dick has been working at the Triste Cafe as a cashier to help pay the bills. Tamara tries to convince Dick to join the Crows as she can cover for his nightly activities, however, Dick refuses because of Redhorn. Tamara informs Dick of an arms shipment made by the False Face Society that Dick intercepts as the vigilante. Dick contemplates destroying the arms so they wouldn’t be out onto the streets, but Timothy advises Dick to call in the ATF on this matter. While out on patrol searching for more leads on the False Face Society as the vigilante, Dick encounters a young boy who throws a brick through a window at a jewelry store on purpose just to get the vigilante’s attention. The young boy asks Nightwing to search for his brother Kevin Johnson, an African-American child who has been missing for two months even after the missing person report was filed with the Bludhaven Police Department. This makes Dick distrustful of Redhorn even further. Chief Rojas has been calling Dick for the past few days to try to convince him to come back onto the force, but Dick refuses because of his issues with Redhorn. Meanwhile, Timothy debriefs Redhorn and Sage about the incident in the tunnels as well as how it was Roman Sionis who trapped him there. Sage refuses to believe that it was Sionis as Sionis died in a plane crash two months ago because of Oswald Cobblepot. Timothy, Redhorn, and Sage deduce that someone else has taken up the mantle of Black Mask which is why Sage calls in Jeremiah Arkham, a psychiatrist from Gotham, to consult them on the case. Redhorn meanwhile asks Timothy to take the lieutenant’s exam so that Timothy can head the Internal Affairs Bureau if he passes. Similar to the NYPD, Redhorn wants the Internal Affairs Bureau formed to deal with crooked cops, but Timothy is still distrusting of Redhorn after learning about how the BPD hasn’t made finding Kevin Johnson a top priority similar to all the other missing children. Dick, who was abducted by Candice Long aka “the Candy Lady” (Linda Kash) at age 6 before being rescued by Batman, concludes that Kevin has also been taken to be brainwashed and sold to a gang similar to what “the Candy Lady” tried to do to him. It was when Dick escaped from Wayne Manor to Bludhaven to try to find leads on his parents’ murder. *In Bludhaven, while searching for leads on his parents, DIck stops by the Hexo Galaxy Comics store. Hero Galaxy Comics sells new and antique comic books and collectibles, as well as books, CDs, and records. The store. also provides a stand of free comic books. The store has stocked several different types of comics, including multiple comics printed by DC, such as Claw the Unconquered, DC Super-Stars of Space, Green Lantern Corps: Edge of Oblivion, Jonah Hex Spectacular, Kamandi, and Looney Tunes. Candice abducted Dick by luring him into her van with the promise of comic books.* At her house, Candice tried convincing Dick that nobody wanted him and put a jar of candies in the girl's room, taking one candy away for each day nobody would come for him. After all the 60 candies would be gone, it would prove her right. Batman would eventually find DIck and rescue him. Timothy meets with Redhorn to discuss Kevin Johnson. Redhorn then reveals that the reason he wanted Timothy to head the Internal Affairs Bureau was so that Timothy can change the system for the better since Redhorn can visualize Timothy becoming a chief someday. However, Timothy is still distrustful of Redhorn because of what happened to Kevin Johnson. Wanting to prove to Timothy that he wasn’t corrupt, Redhorn decides to search for Kevin Johnson himself. When Dick shows up at Candice’s house asking questions since she was out on parole, Candice Long aka “the Candy Lady” swiftly sedates him and ties him up in the room where he held Dick as a child. Hearing noises, Candice finds Dick escaping his bonds. Candice fights Dick and the two struggle causing them to fall off the stairs. Dick reveals himself to be the boy she kidnapped before. Candice mocks Dick and tells him that Kevin was already sold. Dick knocks Candice out and has Tamara arrest her. While following a lead on Kevin, Redhorn is captured. After breaking Kevin by making him believe nobody wanted him, Candice sold him to the False Face Society. To prove himself to the gang, Rudy wanted Kevin to kill Redhorn, but Kevin was reluctant as Nightwing arrived on the scene. Nightwing and Redhorn work together to take out Rudy and the gang. Kevin picks up a firearm and points it at Redhorn since Kevin feels killing Redhorn will make him feel accepted. Redhorn is about to kill Kevin in self-defense but stops when Nightwing convinces him to. Nightwing manages to talk Kevin down by making him believe that he was meant for so much more than being in a gang and killing people. Kevin puts the gun down and Redhorn promises to protect Kevin. Redhorn questions Kevin as to how he knew Kevin would be here and Nightwing tells Redhorn that it was because he looked for it before leaving. Redhorn tells Rojas of his experience with Nightwing and how Nightwing saved him. Redhorn concludes that Nightwing might have saved Rojas from the Weeping Woman two days ago, which Rojas reluctantly starts to believe. Dick admits to Tamara and Timothy that perhaps this Redhorn is different from the one before Crisis. However, Dick still refuses to be involved in law enforcement as it contradicts his vigilantism and is fine working at the Triste Cafe to help pay the bills. Upon hearing Dick’s statement, Timothy agrees to take the lieutenant’s exam and later tells Tamara about how he hallucinated Lucius while trapped in the tunnels.
4. **“I’ll Be Judge, I’ll Be Jury”-**In Gotham City, New York, United States, District Attorney Angus Stanton was on the phone regarding a case in which he was prosecuting several people who assaulted a woman. Suddenly, his car got smashed by an electric pole and Angus noticed the Executioner staring at him. The masked figure then broke a fire hydrant, causing water to fall near the electric pole. Angus tried to flee and climb a metallic fence but was electrocuted to death. In Bludhaven, while studying for the lieutenant's exam, Timothy comes across Stanton's demise and Rojas allows him to go to Gotham to be with his family. According to Timothy and Tamara, Stanton was the one who sent Reggie Harris, the man who killed their father, to prison. Tamara asks Dick to go to Bludhaven to look after Timothy. However, Dick is reluctant to since Gotham will bring back memories. Dick reluctantly agrees since this is about Timothy and Lucius, whom Dick greatly admired. Timothy is annoyed when he realizes that Dick tags along with him but allows it. Dick and Timothy meet with Lucius' wife Tanya, his daughters Tiffany and Tamara, and son Luke. Dick reveals to Timothy that Luke knew about Lucius working with Bruce and worked alongside him. There is tension between Luke and Timothy as Luke is bitter towards Timothy as well as Tamara for moving to Bludhaven after Lucius' death since everyone in their family needed them the most. Dick is reunited with Nathan, Barbara, and Jim Gordon. Nathan is injured when a vigilante proclaiming himself "the Executioner", assassinates his partner Stu Donnelly. Dick takes Nathan to an underground medical clinic that used to be operated by Barbara's stepmother Leslie Thompkins but now by Jacob's stepdaughter Mary. Mary reveals to Dick that Jacob left Gotham to find Bruce and bring him back after finding out he is Batman "out of loyalty for Martha". Barbara tells her father that she believes that Nathaniel Barnes is the Executioner, but Gordon reveals the Tetch Virus left Barnes' system a long time ago and Barnes died from old age afterward. So it couldn't have been Barnes despite the Executioner using all the tools that Barnes used before in his killing spree. Dick then discovers that the new Executioner is Bertrand Eldon, an executioner at Blackgate Penitentiary. A week ago, Eldon discovered that all those he executed from the Burnside were actually innocent and set up by a combined cabal of DA Angus Stanton, Detective Stu Donnelly, and Judge Raymond Calverick. Feeling disgusted for his actions, Eldon decided to take up Barnes' mantle as the new "Executioner" and attacked Stanton as well as Donnelly. Dick passes on the flash drive to Gordon, who starts to realize that Stanton didn't always make good decisions. This upsets Luke and Timothy, who both fear this will allow their father, Lucius', killer to request a re-trial. Calverick is in his office burning papers when Gordon comes in. Gordon figures that the judge is burning the fake confessions, and says that he'll get free protection at Blackgate. Calverick runs out into his courtroom and the Executioner attacks him. Nightwing grabs the Executioner's axe and tells Calverick to run. Once he does, the Executioner says that he no longer trusts the law. Dick tells Luke over the radio to get back-up to get Calverick into protective custody. Dick and the Executioner fight, and he finally gets the upper hand. Gordon watches this and shoots the Executioner. A timing device goes off on the Executioner's belt. Dick realizes it's a dead man's switch linked to the Executioner's heartbeat. Gas pours into the room and the door seals. Luke confirms that the oxygen levels are dropping, and Dick warns that the Executioner triggered the lockdown procedure. Timothy asks Luke for ideas, and Luke says the hydrogen cyanide is flammable. However, Luke has to let the gas fill the room once to get full saturation. Nightwing tells Gordon to stay low to the ground. Dick ignites the gas when at its saturation level, and the cyanide burns off. Gordon is unconscious but fine. Calverick's crimes of framing innocent individuals were exposed to the public, leading for him to be arrested, convicted, and disbarred. Gordon tells Barbara about being saved by Nightwing and begins to wonder if he will take up Batman's mantle to protect Gotham. Dick decides to stay in Gotham a lot longer and calls Tamara to debrief her on what happened with the Executioner.
5. **“I’ll Give You A Clue”-**Sometime before Bruce returned to Gotham, Arthur Brown became the contestant of a gameshow known as *Quiz Bowl* and had a daughter, Stephanie. Becoming disillusioned with how the gameshow had begun "dumbing down" the questions, Brown was later fired, leading to him going on a murdering spree as the criminal "Clue Master" while leaving clues for law enforcement to follow. Jim Gordon investigated Clue Master's crimes and, with an anonymous tip sent to him by Stephanie, was able to thwart and arrest him. Arthur was then sent to Arkham Asylum, making him obsess about how Gordon was able to beat him. To protect Stephanie out of fear that her father would try to harm if he were to escape and find out, Gordon takes the credit for sending Arthur to Arkham. In the present day, Brown escapes from Arkham and plans to torment Gordon. Dick, Timothy, Nathan, Luke, Tiffany, Tamara, and Barbara invite Gordon to trivia night with them where they get to answer questions. However, Arthur poisons Gordon's drink with a puss caterpillar, one of the most venomous caterpillars in the world, for revenge and leaves a clue for Sophie to pursue. Deducing the use of the word "hotshot", Dick holds up a candle to the poisoned glass, revealing an emblem. Dick, Nathan, and Timothy work with Gordon to rescue Brown's daughter Stephanie. They learn that Stephanie is a puzzle expert, who really solved Gordon's riddle and has a cryptogram written on her. Dick and Timothy decide not to tell the others how Stephanie was Bruce's adopted daughter in the previous timeline since she was raised by Arthur and then by social services in the current one. Gordon at first refused to allow Luke, Tiffany, and Barbara to be involved in the case, but after realizing that he, Dick, Timothy, and Nathan know nothing about decrypting the message that Arthur left for them, Gordon reluctantly allows Luke to help them. As Luke and Stephanie work together on the message, Gordon, Dick, Timothy, and Nathan head to Arthur's studio where they are trapped under a bomb. Dick, Timothy, Nathan, and Gordon start answering a quiz from Clue Master. In his deadly quiz, the Clue Master states some rouges that Bruce Wayne and Jim Gordon encountered: Oswald Cobblepot, Theo Galavan, the Court of Owls, Mr. Freeze, Lazlo Valentin, and Captain Cold. Dick, Timothy, Nathan, and Gordon cannot escape without Batman's gear, so Timothy convinces Dick to confess to Nathan and Gordon. Gordon then heads to the Batcave at Wayne Enterprises. Gordon returns to the "Quiz Bowl" set with the grappling gun and Dick uses it to save himself, Timothy, and Nathan from the bomb. Meanwhile, Stephane knocks out Luke to confront her father, who plans to kill her, but Luke recovers enough to save her. Arthur is then sent by Gordon back to Blackgate. Dick, Luke, and Timothy meet Gordon and Nathan at the Triste Cafe later to discuss this. Nathan is bewildered to learn that Bruce Wayne is Batman and that Dick used to be Robin. Nathan recalled the stories his grandfather Harvey Bullock told him when he was younger. Gordon recalled when Bullock thought of naming Bruce "the Shadow" before settling on the name "Batman". Gordon admitted that he always suspected Bruce to be Batman, but chose never to dive into it any further to preserve Batman's effectiveness and maintain his own plausible deniability. When Gordon asked where Bruce was as Bruce Wayne and Batman left Gotham a long time ago, Dick admitted that he wasn't sure as Bruce disappeared at the same time the Joker did. Luke then revealed that Bruce killed the Joker which is why Bruce decided to leave Gotham as Bruce felt ashamed of what he did. Gordon wondered if Bruce will ever return only for the others to be unsure. When Luke accidentally reveals that Barbara has worked with Bruce as Batgirl before becoming Oracle, Gordon becomes furious at this because*,* after all these years of hard work and trust, he was never told about this, and blamed Bruce for putting her in danger. Gordon then leaves in anger to confront Barbara. Nathan wants to be with Gordon when he confronts Barbara, but Gordon angrily tells Nathan that this is a family matter before leaving. Despite Gordon telling him not to, Nathan disobeys as he is still Barbara's husband. Dick worries for his career while Timothy is upset with Luke for letting this slip with Gordon. Dick later gets a call from Jacob, who requests help for a case he is working on.
6. **"Hawk and Dove"-**In flashbacks to 2010, two vigilantes that went to Dick and Barbara's school called Hawk and Dove started to operate in Gotham City. Their actions interested Dick, who was Robin at the time. Batman advised Dick to have no interactions with Hawk and Dove as Batman considered them to be "loose cannons" and "out of control". However, Dick disobeyed and began patrolling Gotham with Hawk and Dove at night. Together, Dick, Hank, and Dawn worked together to take on a street gang referred to as the "All-Americans". Afterwards, Hawk jokes about Batman's disapproval of Robin hanging out with them. In the present day, TBA
8. **“A Narrow Escape”**
9. **“If You Believe Me, I’ll Believe In You”**
10. **“Black Mask: Year of The Villain"**
11. **“Power”**

## Behind The Scenes

* The first season of the show was originally meant to take place on Earth-38 and the second season of the show was meant to take place on Earth-Prime as a continuation of Dick Grayson's post-Crisis life; however, Akiva Goldsman, Geoff Johns, Bruno Heller, Matt Reeves, Greg Berlanti, and DC decided to use Earth-TUD27 as a fresh start for the shows, especially after DC passed on a *Batwoman* spinoff. *Bludhaven Law* is still canon in *Gotham* and *Pennyworth*.
	+ Speaking about James Olsen, Alex Danvers, Lena Luthor, Superman, J'onn J'onzz, Jacob Kane, Inspector Henderson, and Luke Fox who appeared in *Bludhaven Law,* Todd Helbing had this to say about them and future characters from the Arrowverse that will appear on the show: "they may be their doppelganger and they may look exactly the same, but it would be a completely different story." For instance, when Damon Guptom reprised his role as Bill Henderson from *Black Lightning*, this version never lived in Freeland and instead served as a member of Metropolis as an ally to Superman, not Black Lightning. If Cress Williams were to reprise his role as Black Lightning and Melissa Benoist would reprise her role as Supergirl, it would not be Black Lightning and Supergirl from the Arrowverse, it would be the *Bludhaven Law* version of them with completely new backstories.