To continue with my short reviews,
The Under-Dwellers: This episode kinda reminded me of the first TMNT movie--a villain is manipulating kids into doing his bidding. In this case, it's the Sewer King, and he's using homeless children as his league of pickpockets. I guess you could say it's a take on Fagan from Oliver Twist too. The Sewer King is another villain I am not familiar with--no idea if he's from comics or created for the show. It's an ok episode. Feels more like filler to me. Anyone else a little weirded out by Batman kidnapping and hypnotizing a kid to take him back to the Batcave?
POV: Another 'just ok' episode. I like how they are using stuff away from the direct Batman episodes in order to build up the world and breathe life into Gotham but some of these happen to fall short imo. Basic premise, there's a botched police operation that results in an investigation. Three different officers must give their take on how things went. I do like how it showed Batman through the eyes of the cops though.
Forgotten: Bruce Wayne is investigating missing homeless people, receives a bonk on the head and develops amnesia. Bruce ends up on a chain gang. This was another ok episode--entertaining to watch but not a whole lot of Batman in it and the amnesia was just a convenient part of the writing it seemed. There was no real development of character, imo. But it was cool to see Alfred doing something outside of the manor while attempting to track down Bruce.
Be a Clown: The next Joker episode. Here, Joker disguises himself as a clown to crash a party. Unbeknownst to him, the Mayor's son hitches a ride in his van in hopes of becoming a magician. I'd have to say this is my favorite of the Joker episodes thus far. I really enjoyed the dry humor and there's a pretty cool roller coaster chase.
Two Face Part 1 & 2: A two part episode featuring Harvey Dent. I loved both of these. Harvey is running for reelection and is attempting to keep a secret--his split identity or personality. Mobster Rupert Thorne is trying to blackmail Harvey in part 1 and the confrontation they have at a chemical plant leaves Harvey with half a scarred face and Two Face is born. They do a good job here of fleshing out Harvey and his reveal was all done really well. Again, not sure if this matches his origin in the comics but I enjoyed it. I also like how Bruce was using the guilt he was suffering over his parents and projecting that onto Harvey. In part 2, we basically tie up the plots revealed in part 1. Dent is looking to even things up with Rupert and Batman must intervene before they end up killing one another. IMO, part 2 is not as good as the first however the ending was great with the coin scene. I recall Batman Forever using the same Bat-tactic against Dent with a bag o' coins.
