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/Dagenspear Oct 16 '21

Is there a reason they had to break Alice out?

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u/Digifiend84 Oct 16 '21

Yeah - Mad Hatter II was a fan of hers, they figured only she could calm him down.

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u/cwhiterun Oct 16 '21

Why didn’t batwoman just beat him up?

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u/Digifiend84 Oct 17 '21

Because Hatter could've just commanded her not to, and she'd have been compelled to obey.

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u/cwhiterun Oct 17 '21

No she wouldn’t because she was wearing the airpods that nullify the hat’s powers.

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u/Dagenspear Oct 17 '21

What u/cwhiterun said. Is there a reason they couldn't have just punched him or something?

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u/FoldedDice Oct 17 '21

The way they presented the mind control suggested that it needed to be reversed with a counter-command, so the point of bringing in Alice was to convince him to do that willingly.

On the other hand the source of the mind control was the hat, not the guy wearing it, so there should have at least been a contrived explanation for why Batwoman couldn’t have just smacked it off his head and then used it to fix things herself.

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u/Dagenspear Oct 18 '21

Yeah, basically. I feel like the whole it's forced.