Batwoman Episode 02/01 - "Whatever Happened to Kate Kane?"

[SV Fan]

The ratings were dismal to say the least. Of course its hard to really judge with it being the only new CW show on at the moment.

Ratings: NFL Divisional Playoff Draws 29 Million to Fox, Batwoman Dips

Hindsight being 20/20 maybe they would be best to hold off Batwoman till after the NFL season ends but my guess is they have plans to get through Batwoman then move on to the next show sometime in April

 

[SV Fan]

For what it's worth...

The CW re-ran the season 2 premier on Monday night. And it scored pretty much the same rating as Sunday night.

I actually caught Monday's show because I totally forgot it was on Sunday, it just so happened I looked at the TV guide monday and saw hey Batwoman is on.

 

[ARBH]

As much as I disliked Ruby Rose in the role of Kate Kane, I made a mistake in blaming her for the dreadful quality of the show. In my opinion, she was not good at all. Javicia Leslie gives a mush better and dynamic performance, and still... the show is not good. The writing is absolutely dreadful. I get the writers have a lot on their plate, changing the complete narrative to fit Ryan Wilder's life. I know they did their best with very little time. But their best just further shows the glaring deficiency in their overall talent.

I know there are a lot of loose ends to still tie up, but I am hoping once we get past Alice as the main villain, things may even out. Ryan deserves her own story arc. Without Kate Kane, the character of Alice is even less intriguing than she was in season one, which is somehow an amazingly troubling sentence to actually type out. Tonally, the series is flat, while the story is bloated. The character of Alice continues to annoy the hell out of me. She really exists without reason. She has her wonderland gang following her blindly without reason. She kills with wanton disregard, because the writers feel that makes her formidable. It makes her a worn-out trope. There is no mystery to her anymore. She is simply there because of... reasons. Her story should have been closed in season one. It should have closed prior to that.

Javicia Leslie does breathe some life into the show, but the overall storytelling is the proverbial albatross around her neck. Do better by her. She is talented. At least more-so than Ruby Rose was in the lead role.