The third season of Batwoman ended on Wednesday night. The hit The CW series was not slow to take a stand. The season finale had a lot to cover. Marquis Jet (Nick Creegan), aka The Joker, attempted to take over Gotham City and Alice (Rachel Skarsten), tried to make a new start. The episode ended with a surprise cliffhanger and may have introduced a long-running, formidable Batman villain.

The episode focused on the Bat Team’s plan to stop Marquis’ acid raining down on Gotham City. Ryan Wilder/Batwoman (Javicia Leslie) finally stopped Marquis, getting him to safety. But not before they removed the bomb from the blimp. The blimp crashed on Gotham’s outskirts. A news team was present to assess the damage. The macabre, long-spindly, and exposed bones-wielding figure attacked them, then killed them, before vanishing into the night.

The villain looks very much like Doctor Death, the first villain to appear in DC Comics. Doctor Death started out as a shady scientist. However, Doctor Death became a horribly mutated man and played an important role in the “Zero Year” comics storyline (which coincidentally has ties to the Batman-Blimp). There are many other options, such as the Monster Men created in DC Rebirth continuity by Hugo Strange or an odd version of Solomon Grundy. This is especially true since the series has yet to be renewed for a fourth season.

Dries said that Dries would not reveal the identity of the person responsible for this incident, but that Dries could identify who it was. The point is that the Bat Team did everything it could to remove that blimp from the city. It came very close, but it wasn’t quite. It was clear that this explosion had an impact on people and that there will be consequences. Dropping acid barrels on a specific location will have repercussions.

Batwoman Season 3 Episode 13 Review

After the relics of Batman villains’ past were washed up on Gotham, this season of Batwoman brought new life to classic characters. While the Bat Team was on their way to find the artifacts, Ryan found out that her birth mother was still living. The team was put in danger by powerful villain paraphernalia. Ryan’s difficult reunion with her family proved more volatile than anyone could have imagined.

Batwoman season 3 introduced the Berlantiverse to legendary Batman rogues. Although some comic book villains have been mentioned, Arkham Asylum currently holds O. Cobblepot. The show has largely avoided the Dark Knight’s headlines.

After Circe had liberated the Batcave trophies, Agent Tavaroff was Baneified. Similar to last season, many of the trophies with their associated powers and abilities were taken by people who found them. We saw familiar weapons such as the Mad Hatter’s Hat and Mr. Freeze’s liquid nitrogen in the hands of unknown foes. We got a new interpretation of Poison Ivy alongside the original.

THE NEW POISON IVY

When Mary was in close contact with the vines, Poison Ivy transformed into a villain. She slowly acquired her meta abilities…and temperament. Mary’s transformation into a villain was a fun twist on the famous character. We enjoyed watching her discover and explore her new powers. She became a villain when she ran with Alice and then joined hands with Pamela Isley, her creator.

After Renee Montoya pulled a sham on the Bat Team, Pam was released from Batcave prison and we meet her in person. Pam was revived by Mary and she immediately resumed her plan for breaking the Gotham dam to flood the city. She went zero to extreme violence as only a Gotham-bred villain can.

Mary wasn’t able to fully surrender to her powers and Pam took her energy when she refused to help her. Although this seemed to bring Mary back to normal, things are not always so simple and we might see her Ivy powers returning. Mary was able to find her intrinsic power in this way, which helped her become a fully realized version. She left this season more informed than she was in season 1, but with a stronger, more confident, and unapologetic.

BATWOMAN RECEIVES A JOKER

The Joker is the most iconic Gotham-bred villain. The Joker’s spirit is still alive, even though Jack Napier, the villain of this universe, was shot to death by Bruce. Ryan, Jada Jet’s birth mother, meets her brother Marquis. Marquis, who was electrocuted by the Joker’s joybuzzer as a child, has sociopathic tendencies that Jada has been trying to treat and cover up.

Jada asked Batwoman for help in putting Marquis on ice. He was frozen until he could be treated. Marquis became chillingly maniacal after that plan fell apart. He defeats the Bat Team to the joybuzzer they want to use to “fix” him.

Marquis’ plans are foiled by Batwoman, who stops Marquis from executing several of his schemes. He also plans to torture and kill Black Glove Society members. His mother is one of them. Alice decides that she wants the joy-buzzer for herself and tries to steal it. This complicates an already chaotic situation. Marquis tells Alice his villain origin story, which turns out to be Alice’s. All of this culminates in the season finale, which is, pardon my pun, BATSHIT.

Ryan manages to get Marquis’ buzzer, but Mary demands that Ryan give it to Alice. Marquis lures everyone out, revealing his promise to reveal Batwoman’s true identity. He steals the Batblimp—THE. BAT. BLIMP. The Bat Team hijacks satellites and Penguin’s umbrella to hypnotize people en masse. They then encourage them to seek shelter. Sign up for our mailing list

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Batwoman confronts Marquis and eventually, their fight leads to Batwoman holding Marquis’ hand on a ledge while holding Marquis’ in her other hand. Ryan doesn’t abandon him, but Alice delivers the well-earned character development moment and gives Ryan his buzzer back. This allows her to give Ryan the zip zap. Luke must connect his father’s AI to the blimp in order to control it. He lets go of his father to save his city. Marquis awakens from a seemingly healed state when the blimp explodes in the city’s outskirts.

The Bat Team wins! Except… something emerges out of the Batblimp’s wreckage and chooses violence. Things are never easy. Although the Bat Team had hoped that Marquis’ joy buzzer would be able to reverse the damage, he kept it for a while. It’s not clear what he did to it or what a second zap could mean for him. Batwoman and Marquis may continue their rivalry, and Ryan might be forced to face the possibility that her brother can’t be saved.

Characters

Season one was a long season in which Alice sought acknowledgement. Season two saw her unravel her past and address her trauma. She continued with this in season two, partly by developing a relationship with Mary. Redemption does not mean forgiveness for Alice, but Mary’s forgiveness is crucial in her desire to be redeemed.

ALICE

Alice gives up the joy buzzer and lets go of the notion that everything happens by itself. She accepts her power and makes the choice for better. This gives her agency back. Although she can’t undo all the damage she has done, accepting responsibility is an important part of her redemptive adventure. It is not clear if Beth can ever be completely redeemed, but there are steps to make that happen.

SOPHIE

Sophie lost a lot of her identity after she left the Crows. She had to reinvent herself beyond that. She found a way to “protect and serve” through her support of the Bat Team and her sister’s activism. She learned to work with others and embrace her queer identity, which was a difficult task. Sophie is officially now a thing with Ryan. Sophie has shown tremendous growth since her closeted self in season one.

RYAN WILDER

Ryan rose from the ashes and took every chance that presented itself. She transformed herself into a hero and became the person she needed as a child. She took all the lessons learned from the last season’s wins and failures and brought confidence and authority to this season.

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It will be a satisfying end to the series if “We Having Fun, Yet?” is the final episode of Batwoman. This episode not only wraps up all the major plot points in the season but also resolves much of the character development that started in season 1. It would be a shame for her story to end–or any other of theirs–but it is!