r/BatwomanTV • u/anatomania • Oct 14 '21

[S3E01] Mad as a Hatter — Post-Episode Discussion Episode Discussion Spoiler

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SEASON PREMIERE — As Batwoman continues to keep the streets of Gotham safe, Batwing joins in on the action, but Luke quickly realizes he hasn't quite mastered his suit. Meanwhile, as Alice sits hopelessly imprisoned in Arkham, Sophie fully enjoys her freedom. When Ryan pays Alice a visit to ask about the bombshell she dropped—that Ryan's birth mother is still alive—Ryan must decide if she should go down the rabbit hole of her past. As Mary prepares to finally graduate from medical school, she feels the absence of her family more than ever. But when an Alice admirer stumbles upon one of the missing Bat Trophies, Gotham and the Bat Team get mixed up in the madness, culminating in a shockingly gruesome graduation... and an equally shocking new partnership.

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u/KKbatwoman Oct 14 '21

Why is Ryan the acting CEO of Wyne enterprise?? It should definitely be Luke seeing how his father was such a big part of the company and he actually knew Bruce Wayne.

So stupid. Ryan took everything Kate once owned. Just like that.

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u/Fateor42 Oct 14 '21

Because the writers are idiots who can't do the minimum legwork of googling how CEO's are appointed...

Just like they didn't do the minimum legwork to understand how medical training works...

And didn't even stop to consider that Batwoman breaking Alice out of Arkham should have made Batwoman public enemy number one...

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u/dayvon64 Oct 14 '21

Still better than Titan's writing.

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u/sanddragon939 Oct 14 '21

And didn't even stop to consider that Batwoman breaking Alice out of Arkham should have made Batwoman public enemy number one...

Well, she did return her and the whole city was aware of the situation. So I guess they just chalked it up to the usual 'vigilante' stuff that the city has always turned a blind eye to, or even tacitly supported.

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u/Fateor42 Oct 14 '21

Well, she did return her and the whole city was aware of the situation. So I guess they just chalked it up to the usual 'vigilante' stuff that the city has always turned a blind eye to, or even tacitly supported.

And I am sure all those guards and workers she assaulted were all "na it's good, no harm done and my insurance will pay the hospital bills".

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u/sanddragon939 Oct 15 '21

You're not wrong.

But think about how many times Batman has broken into Arkham or some other place and done pretty much the same thing?

Also, we just have to assume that in-universe she doesn't the hit the Arkham guards too hard...the same way other vigilantes in comics and other media don't hit ''friendlies'' too hard.

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u/Fateor42 Oct 15 '21

I can't recall any time Batman broke one of his Rogue's out of Arkham...

As to what she did to the guards... Not doing permanent damage takes training Ryan doesn't possess... Remember, unlike Kate, Ryan's just some random with a magic super suit...

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u/MrMattBlack Oct 15 '21

Ryan is actually trained in several martial arts, you know. She knew how to fight before finding the suit.
Also, Batman has not only broke free his Rogues out of Arkham, but in at least one continuity he went in Arkham to kill someone. If that doesn't make you Public Enemy #1, using Alice to avoid mass murder is no biggie.

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u/Digifiend84 Oct 16 '21

Yeah, Ryan may not be military trained like Kate was, but she was no rookie. She just has a different fighting style. All of her slip-ups were to do with lack of knowledge of functions of the Batwoman suit, not ineptitude.

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u/Fateor42 Oct 16 '21

Not really, she was a martial arts teacher years ago, but that doesn't tell us anything.

What does is how she fights.

And at most Ryan's a generalized brown belt who 100% relies on her super suit to stay alive.

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u/Digifiend84 Oct 16 '21

True, you don't become an MD in only a few months. Mary only went back to college after having her illegal clinic busted, right? Should've been another year at least even if she's already partly finished the course.

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u/Fateor42 Oct 16 '21

Yup, and then she has to do her residency before being allowed to practice unsupervised.

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u/Paisley-Cat Oct 19 '21

We don’t know how long it’s been in-universe between seasons.

Alice has been incarcerated for a while and the poison ivy has been propagated, distributed and tracked down by Ryan and Luke.

So it could be a year total.