DC's Batwoman [Season 1,] Episode 20: O, Mouse! by AverageMansReviews

DC's Batwoman [Season 1,] Episode 20: O, Mouse! by AverageMansReviews

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5 things about this episode

Warning: there is flashing/other effects/face scarring/flesh molded into a face/medical procedures

Storyline/It is too late for these character developments: now these two points go hand-in-hand here; the storyline is good but however it leaves things on question-marks; question-marks that it ranges from will continue into the Second Season to hell no it will not continue into the Second Season based on the grounds our lead character Kate Kane has left the building and everything else in the middle meaning your guess is as good as mine what they want to take or leave from this shambles of a First Season.

So how can Ruby Rose as Kate Kane/Batwoman in short say it is the right time to pass on the mantle; when Kate Kane's story is only half done in this story? When Kate Kane as Batwoman finally experiences a little bit of what Beth Kane/Alice has experienced for 15 years or slightly a little bit more; Kate Kane is still worried about just Kate Kane as she is talking to her Stepsister Mary Hamilton; how is Kate Kane or Kate Kane/Batwoman unable to develop is a character or a person through everything we have either experienced or seen and Col Jacob Kane is even worse they have tried to give him what I can only best describe as a character development boost in this Season Finale; well it has taken you/them 20 Episodes to give Colonel Jacob Kane some noticeable substance in his character developments in his own right.

I mean even the expression "better late than never" really does not apply here, because this is one of those situations where it would have been better out of the two choices if they just didn't change it at this point, because it just highlights another problem with the writing of this First Season, basically what I'm saying here is; they should be on damage control so if they don't touch something they cannot make it worse; yes I know if they don't touch something they cannot make it better either, but being as this is the 20th Episode of 20 what is the point now they may as well have waited until Season 2.

I have found it infuriatingly painful that either Colonel Jacob Kane or Kate Kane [not as a child] but as an adult or as Batwoman has never really either took responsibility for how Beth Kane/Alice has turned out or made a really big effort to understand her; it's like "Oh she is damaged goods I am done with her." with her extremely unnecessary comments or betrayals and I am not blind to the fact that Beth Kane/Alice has done terrible things. But they left her behind; I know I have brain damage and a mental health illness, but I can't be the only one that sees her being left behind as a child as a life altering turning point in her life and as a child she cannot be held responsible for being left behind.

I should just point out there is some perfection character developments from a character in this episode, but I have decided to discuss the ones I have because throughout this entire season it sticks out like a sore thumb that the Kane/Hamilton family connection would have been much more happier if Beth Kane/Alice had remained dead which is an excellent reflection on today's society anyone or anything damaged or inconvenient is either swept under the carpet or thrown away.

Kate Kane/Batwoman vs. Tim "The Titan" Teslow: this takes place in this either High School or College American Football Stadium; this is good action and good art going hand-in-hand here.

This episode receives: 5/10, this episode is mixed; I don't know what you want me to say here the only character/performer that comes over as relentlessly in-depth and bizarrely well-rounded is Beth Kane/Alice performed by Rachel Skarsten, don't get me wrong there are some good characters/performers as well, but she is continuously there knocking it out of the park, without her this TV program would be nothing and this is one of those occasions where you would dread to think where this TV program would have ended up, I will tell you where it would have ended up on the list of cancelled TV programs after just 1 Season. There are some action sequences that are either good or better and likewise for the artistic visions, but other than that they will have to do a death and rebirth of a Phoenix on this TV program to get it on its feet, I would have said again but it may help the situation if it was on its feet to begin with.

But of what I have heard and seen online I am getting the feeling of déjà vu here and as of this blog [when it was first dictated I haven't seen a trailer yet.]

On a side note from now on I will be withdrawing any mention of me using a softer version of an adult language at the top of the contents in question, because in DC's Batwoman [Season 1,] Episode 10: How Queer Everything Is Today! I did use an adult softer version of a word without giving you a heads up; I remember why it would have been breaking my 3 to 5 things about one episode, the more time I spend thinking about it more time I think which I could be wrong I had done this in other episodes o or another f this TV program as well, I can’t remember but either way never mind. I will still be using the just a heads up for information bits and pieces. But whilst I'm on the subject I am aware that this TV program has been renewed for a Third Season and what really tiny little bits and pieces as things stand here and now. I have no idea why they have done this. But in the interest of fairness and balance as of this Review/Blog I haven't seen Season 2 of this TV program so I will have to wait and see; yes this is me attempting to put a ever so slightly positive spin on things. [I can possibly hear some of you saying out there in Internet land that “I have seen this Season Second I really wouldn’t bother attempting to put a positive spin on it; it is worse than the First Season.”  All I can say is; “I know, but I am just trying remains a little bit positive about things until I have seen it.”

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DC's Batwoman [Season 1,] Episode 19: A Secret Kept from All the Rest by AverageMansReviews

DC's Batwoman [Season 1,] Episode 19: A Secret Kept from All the Rest by AverageMansReviews

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5 things about this episode

Warning: there is flashing/other effects/face scarring/flesh melting/torture/electrocution

Storyline: it is excellent; it has much to offer its viewers.

Arkham Asylum: Beth Kane/Alice, Jonathan "Johnny" Cartwright/Mouse/Dr. Butler and Tommy Elliot/Hush; this is excellent character developments and when it is naturally appropriate there is dark comedy here as well

Kate Kane/Batwoman vs. Tommy Elliot/Hush: this entire sequence involving in or on vehicles and a rescue of Parker Torres; this action sequence is good.

This episode receives: 8/10, this episode is excellent; not to deliberately find fault with this First Season, because there is a lot in this First Season to find fault in or with. But this is still a valid point nonetheless; please tell me in the Second Season they have a real direction and vision for this TV program.

This point comes from the perspective of; when this TV program stops using Mjolnir [the name of Thor's Hammer] to hammer itself towards its target audience of females and others [I have learned in this day and age just to put others that way I don't get any backlash] and basically forget anyone else that may be watching.

Let me make this crystal clear; I have absolutely no problems with female or lesbians or others. But how this TV program or much more specifically this First Season has been written for most parts; this is not how to gel people of different backgrounds of any kind together; in short this is how you do it in this episode and more importantly give your viewers some credit to understand what is going on without using Mjolnir to do it.

 

DC's Batwoman [Season 1,] Episode 18: If You Believe in Me, I'll Believe in You by AverageMansReviews

DC's Batwoman [Season 1,] Episode 18: If You Believe in Me, I'll Believe in You by AverageMansReviews

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5 things about this episode

Warning: there is flashing/other effects/face scarring/under face/suicide/medical procedure/breaking of arm.

Storyline: it is good providing Kate Kane isn't on-screen; yes what I am saying here is providing Kate Kane your lead character is not in her own TV program it is good; there is something wrong with this picture, if you’re lead character doesn’t bring the amount of positive they should bring based on the fact they are your lead character/performer.

Kate Kane or Kate Kane/Batwoman press the reset button: she isn't learning or growing as a character/person; I mean at this point we are 18 episodes in and she hasn't grown in the slightest in a positive sense, there is plenty of how she is just a self-serving person or an unpleasant person, but nothing of long-lasting growth, it's like at the end of every episode someone comes along and presses a delete button and sets her back to her factory settings.

Like she shows no signs of her previous mental issue or mental block and she is more interested in hooking up with an old girlfriend [Reagan] then focusing on the mission at hand and before I receive any backlash if a male character/performer was written like this; yes absolutely I would be exactly the same especially when we only have two episodes left of this Season.

We see from Kate Kane/Batwoman's perspective: the viewers see from Kate Kane/Batwoman's perspective when she's using Night Vision from her helmet/coming down over her eyes; this is good art.

Margaret Pye/Magpie vs. Kate Kane/Batwoman: this entire action sequence is good.

This episode receives: 6/10, this episode is good: now just in case I receive some form of backlash at some point in the future for disrespecting women or anything like that. Can I just point out one minor detail I have pointed out now and again that Beth Kane/Alice is the best character in this TV program and she could be in any Arrowverse TV program and be nothing but a colossal asset to that TV program in question and this episode is just another example of that.

DC's Batwoman [Season 1,] Episode 17: A Narrow Escape by AverageMansReviews

DC's Batwoman [Season 1,] Episode 17: A Narrow Escape by AverageMansReviews

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4 things about this episode

Warning: there is flashing/other effects/face scarring/torture/electrocution/strangling.

Storyline: it is mostly boring minus any involving Arkham Asylum.

Kate Kane or Kate Kane/Batwoman there's the door: she just needs to go now. I know she has gone I will discuss this more later on; she is just a really unlikable person and when things get hard she runs away, now before I receive any backlash yes I would be exactly the same if she was a man and yes I am very much aware that what she has been through lately it affects everyone in different ways, but removing those two comfort blankets of expressions [yes I have a mental illness as well.]

But having said that what did she expect when she decided to put on Batman's costume [this situation occurred when she wasn't wearing Batman's costume,] but it is still a valid point either in or out of the costume did she just expect it to be a 9-to-5 job wearing the costume without any repercussions on any level be it mentally, emotionally, physically or anyone seeking revenge I mean she isn't Dolly Parton.

Kate Kane or Kate Kane/Batwoman doesn't learn much from this experience in this episode; yes she tells another character basically not to do what she has done [Luke Fox; you know the basic character developments for this situation] but is it going to dawn on Kate Kane or Kate Kane/Batwoman that Beth Kane/Alice has had many more years of mental abuse consequently mental psychological change to Alice and as it relates to this situation that I have previously talked about in this review/blog [where she wasn't wearing her costume] is not on her Twin Sister even though she engineered this entire situation her actions are on her and her alone and it is worthwhile pointing out that Kate Kane or Kate Kane/Batwoman's mental health issue cleared up relatively quickly; so I'm guessing here she isn't going to take this experience with her and grow as person/character and try to understand her Twin Sister better on any level.

But then again this First Season has never been about equality [showing and dealing with any form of mental health properly] has it; it has just been about politics ticking and getting those TV ratings, but Oh yes if my memory is correct didn't this First Season fail to do that? Not only that but isn't there going to be a new Batwoman in Season 2 [Ryan Wilder,] because the first one [Ruby Rose] in short said that It is the right time to pass on the mantle.

Now I know nothing other than this she comes from comic books and this First Season of this TV program, but my point here is this; I have been around long enough to know that just based on the fact that this is/was the First Season there would have been lots more content for them to use or they wouldn't have brought this TV program to life and put it in the Arrowverse in the first place, so I do not believe they covered everything for a second, I do believe [I don't deal or try not to deal in speculation,] but I do believe that at minimum there were problems behind the scenes in one way or another.

My final point on this matter; if I should have anyone come back with a comment like "This TV program wasn't designed or built with you in mind." Now with somebody like me this; is a stupid comment to make based on the facts I have a disability, mental illness [newsflash they don't make much content for people like myself, but you don't see me complaining] TV and the film industries main focus is to make money and if it doesn't achieve that it is failing; so basically I don't believe in deliberate politics ticking or anything like this; I believe in if you are good enough then you're in [like Tilda Swinton as the Ancient One from Dr. Strange 2016] and if it was an issue [for an example moving on from one stage to the next] I would slowly address the gender or others in my projects subtly so the viewers get this gelling affect over this social politics appropriation effect.

Motorcycle vs. Batbike: this is a good action sequence where Kate Kane/Batwoman uses these missiles.

This episode receives: 3/10, this episode is poor; don't get me wrong the opening scene [before the opening credits is so good that I had to make sure I was watching the right episode] and as I have pointed out the Arkham Asylum component and other action elements to this episode is good, but this First a Season has been incredibly poorly written and I hope with the Second Season they put the majority of this First Season behind them in fact just treat the Second Season as the First Season.

DC's Batwoman [Season 1,] Episode 16: Through the Looking-Glass by AverageMansReviews

DC's Batwoman [Season 1,] Episode 16: Through the Looking-Glass by AverageMansReviews

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5 things about this episode

Warning: there is flashing/other effects/breaking of leg/face scarring/strangling /now as everyone should know by now I don't use adult language in my content, but I used a softer version of what I mean.

Storyline: it is excellent; it has lots to offer in this episode.

RIP Beth Kane long live Alice: I don't know where to begin that is how angry I am; because without giving too much away through most of this episode we get to experience a version of Beth Kane showing more through the surface than ever before; the comedy and the character developments go hand-in-hand as Beth Kane/Alice is naturally comical and these are in-depth character developments as well; yes she is incredibly damaged, but deep down is a good person trying to show through; then she gets stabbed in the back from her Twin Sister and her Father [Kate Kane & Colonet Jacob Kane;]

I have never made it a secret I have a mental illness when it is appropriate to bring it up in my content; so how do you expect me to react when this TV series was released in 2019 and it clearly has a lesbian or bisexual outlook which I have no problem with, but my point is this; I have a massive colossal problem with how mental health has been shown in this First Season with this Kane/Hamilton family connections; not taking the time to realize that what Beth Kane/Alice has been through has really well and truly screwed her up, yes I know she is not at all innocent and I'm not condoning what she has done or is going to do, but it isn't just her; her family has let her down in her past and they continuously do it in her present.

What is annoying me greatly is the fact Kate Kane or Kate Kane/Batwoman takes the time to wait until Beth Kane is more like Beth Kane so her very hard hood and cloak known as Alice is down so whatever she does or says is going to hurt Beth Kane like the full effect of basically an atom bomb going off, which I find it makes Kate Kane or Kate Kane/Batwoman a vile giant donkey diarrhea pile of a person; simply put you don't do that to somebody regardless of what they have done in their life [just off the top of my head and before I receive feedback I have just thought of some occasions where it may be okay/understandable to do this such as if this individual is of an age that should know better has brought you harm in some way in the first place,] but however that does not apply here because Beth Kane/Alice was not in control of her situation when she was much younger as a child and here is a great idea why doesn't Kate Kane either as Kate Kane or Batwoman take responsibility for her own actions I mean there is a great case for her to end up in Prison for roughly 20 to 25 years.

I mean Beth Kane/Alice sticks to her Twin Sister's condition, that is a clear indication to me now something has been put to rest she wants to find a version of Beth Kane with a little bit of Alice [Alice is a part of Beth Kane so she will always be inside her,] but she wants to be more like Beth Kane now and for the future.

Arkham Asylum: in short this action is lots of fun.

This episode receives: 7/10, this episode is good; full disclosure this episode was going to get full marks that was until the final stages of this episode, I can't stress to you how much this infuriated me let's just say I can't put the words here including the amount of times I used them; I do try to remain unbiased, but I am sick to death of how this First Season has shown/used mental health.

 

 

DC's Batwoman [Season 1,] Episode 15: Off with Her Head by AverageMansReviews

DC's Batwoman [Season 1,] Episode 15: Off with Her Head by AverageMansReviews

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5 things about this episode

Warning: there is flashing/other effects/suicide/face scarring/disfigurement/child abuse - mental & physical/mental abuse/character on fire/strangling to death/decapitation.

Finally everything gets on the same page: now yes usually I would section things off a little bit more than this and I will still do that in this review. But as it relates to here and now it makes more sense to talk about things like this, because it would make things easier to discuss and to read; now for some strange reason they have now decided to put out an excellent storyline with many things happening in different locations with different characters and on top of that we now have these characters in the same bracket of character developments, basically no one feels out of place in this episode.

But now the question has to be asked; why didn't this TV program begin something like this? Instead of being socially aware of something which it didn't need to be or so heavy in its representation and because I know there are some people out there that have itchy typing fingers right about now, I mean it from this perspective; this TV program was released in 2019 and not 1989, this basically means in 1989 this heavy usage of social politics ticking would have been brave and fresh new TV, but however in 2019 or 2020 [when this was first dictated,] I mean this respectfully no one cares about sexuality providing you are you and not being pushed into it, but what people do care about in 2019 or 2020 is; something being rammed down their throats.

I mean in fairness and balance it isn't just the sexuality component, basically to somewhat abbreviate this; it would be quicker and easier just to scrap a lot of this season and just start again, minus Beth Kane/Alice; yes it does have positive episodes to its name, but if you have been reading these episodes in the right order as I have been releasing them; you have to admit we have been through a lot of mud holes to get to this point and just based on how things are at the moment [which means absolutely nothing,] but I would like to think of the remaining episodes of this First Season that it is smooth sailing just based on the grounds everything seems to be pulling in the same direction now.

Homemade flamethrower: because this element is tiny all I can say is; it is good action and good dark comedy.

This episode receives: 10/10, this episode is top-notch entertainment; this episode shows the true strength of what this TV show could have been and should have been about from day one; yes I have never read the comic books or I know nothing minus what I am watching about this Batwoman. But however as I have just said if they went with something like this from day one; just maybe the TV ratings for this First Season wouldn't have done an excellent impression of the Titanic.

DC's Batwoman [Season 1,] Episode 14: Grinning from Ear to Ear by AverageMansReviews

DC's Batwoman [Season 1,] Episode 14: Grinning from Ear to Ear by AverageMansReviews

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5 things about this episode

Warning: there is flashing/other effects/self-harming/face scarring/cutting of the neck/under face

Storyline: it is excellent; it makes this point I should hasten to add an extreme version of it, which I have been talking about for years when it is appropriate; about the cosmetic society which we are all heading to; everyone being cosmetically beautiful and all of that whilst the have-nots or people with mental health issues may react eventually like this character [Duela Dent] and to make sure I am not pushing my own agenda or narrative here I would like to say it really does make this. 100% clear so there is no confusion here.

Dr. August Cartwright/Dr. Ethan Campbell: these two characters are responsible for how Jonathan "Johnny" Cartwright/Mouse and Beth Kane/Alice turned out; yes I am not excusing the Kane/Hamilton family unit [Colonet Jacob Kane and Catherine Hamilton-Kane, I can't blame Kate Kane or Mary Hamilton when they were children, but yes as adults in the more present times] but these two Doctors really did a number on these two children [and for those that are more educated into this side of the DC world and have seen this TV program or you have just seen this TV program; work with me here I am trying not to give too much away.]

Kate Kane/Batwoman swinging rescue: because this is a small sequence; I will not give it away; but it is a good piece of action and it is something you should really look out for when you come to watch this episode.

Duela Dent's red face: I should just point out this potentially graphic for some viewers but then again it is good art.

This episode receives: 8/10, this episode is excellent; the more you watch of it the better it gets and yes once again Beth Kane/Alice continues to show and be the best thing about this TV show by such an ever so long distance.

DC's Batwoman [Season 1,] Episode 13: Drink Me by AverageMansReviews

DC's Batwoman [Season 1,] Episode 13: Drink Me by AverageMansReviews

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4 things about this episode

Warning: there is flashing/other effects/flesh molded into a place/vomiting/medical procedures

Storyline: it is excellent; it has lots happening in it.

Natalia Knight/Nocturna vs. Kate Kane/Batwoman: any time these two characters go one-on-one in this episode; this is good.

Kate Kane and Beth Kane/Alice: now this episode was doing so well until this dialogue exchange towards the end of this episode, you will hear Kate Kane say stupid consistently in this conversation; how can I say this nicely she comes off as very much a complete and without question a immature idiot, because I think I have made it crystal clear by this point in these episode reviews of this TV program/First Season that no one wants to take any responsibility for what happened to Beth Kane/Alice or meet her on common ground, all they want to do is radiate hate towards her.

I am so past getting angry with these character developments, I just now find it extremely weird; that in abbreviated version of events; this young girl gets [Beth Kane] and many years later she comes back; she has been through this metamorphosis into [Alice] and her biological family/adopted family are surprised that she is somewhat angry and they are annoyed at her for being or doing the things she is or has done to them, I am not condoning her actions but is it me or does her actions sound more normal than be it her biological or adopted families’ re-action or dealing with this situation, it is very disturbing when someone that is deeply mentally broken says and does things which in theory makes more sense than any of these apparently sane characters.

This episode receives: 8/10, this episode is excellent; so after everything is said and done this episode still gets given this mark; Beth Kane/Alice is the best component to this episode, as she evolves and goes to a darker place, there is one character on the other hand that is so, so out of place now and that would be Colonet Jacob Kane he just sticks out like a sore thumb and it should be noted if this TV program was more like this episode, I wouldn't have had as many problems with it as I have had; this is what this TV program should have been aiming for from the very beginning and taking this kind of level of episode and putting it consistently into the Second Season.

 

 

 

DC's Batwoman [Season 1,] Episode 12: Take Your Choice by AverageMansReviews

DC's Batwoman [Season 1,] Episode 12: Take Your Choice by AverageMansReviews

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4 things about this episode

Warning: there is flashing/other effects/face scarring/medical elements/drug/stabbing neck and body.

Storyline: it is excellent; it has so much happening in it.

Love me my Twin Sister: now I don't want to give too much away here, but what I am finding point blank insufferable is the character developments; Beth Kane/Alice deep, deep down is just wanting her Twin Sister and Father to love her for who she is; which is someone that is very broken and needs psychiatric treatment; yes I am fully aware the best place for her and for her to serve a long stretch in prison would be Arkham Asylum, so I acknowledge she is a criminal I am not deflecting from that.

But here's my point; for a very high percentage of the time Beth Kane/Alice begins to show her vulnerable fragile side or begins to take off her very hard cloak and hood her Twin Sister Kate Kane or Kate Kane/Batwoman keeps stabbing her in the heart every time in one way or another [minus physically putting a knife in her heart] and all I can say is this episode is no exception and don't even get me started on their Father Colonet Jacob Kane; at this point just don't speak to me about him; he made these series of choices, so whatever he has coming or is going to experience by these series of choices is supremely well deserved and just to clarify these are life-changing choices for his Twin Daughters, so I am not being petty here, but these character developments of Beth Kane/Alice's biological family are for me incredibly sickening/infuriating.

Batbike: there are two sequences when the Batbike is being used; these are two creative action sequences.

This episode receives: 8/10, this episode is excellent; to be honest I was going to give this episode full marks, but the treatment of Beth Kane/Alice from Dr. August Cartwright to any of the Kane family connection is running my patients dry in this First Season in fact it is on empty [so you have been warned for future episode reviews of this First Season,] I was going to give this episode a slightly lesser mark, but my professionalism kicked in.

 

DC's Batwoman [Season 1,] Episode 11: An Un-Birthday Present by AverageMansReviews

DC's Batwoman [Season 1,] Episode 11: An Un-Birthday Present by AverageMansReviews

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5 things about this episode

Warning: there are flashing effects/other effects/face scarring/medical procedures/flesh/simulation of animal cruelty/child-abuse [and on a quick side note just to cover my back because I can't remember the last time I said this or if I have ever said this; this section in all reviews is just a rough outline, I am not being lazy it is just if I miss out a small detail, I don't have to worry about it; it's just I missed out a little bit in a previous episode as it relates to this TV program but I remembered so I put it in, but I'm just saying, if I have missed out any previous or present or future elements in the reviews in question.]

Alice's and Mouse's origins: this gets shown in this episode and it is good.

Younger Johnny Cartwright first procedure in this episode: this procedure is performed by Dr. August Cartwright, because this is a small element and I don't want to give too much away; all I can say is it is good [on a side note I went with "Johnny" in the description of this; because that is what he is called in this scene.

Kate Kane/Batwoman is a lesbian; well this is news to me: yes I am being extremely sarcastic here, it's not like they have been shoving it down our throats since Episode 1, oh wait they have. I am bringing this up here right now because we have this whole lesbian component to this episode for one example; we have being one hostage character Bryan Akins [Son of Mayor Michael Akins in this vehicle; pointing out/saying "It is 2020 and no one cares about gay or straight anymore."

So obviously I am going to jump on this and tear into it; because it just highlights how stupid this TV program is; because if you have this character/performer pointing this out which let's be honest it is a very valid point, in 2019 [when this TV program was released] or in 2020 [when this Episode was released.] Who cares, seriously who cares about this?! Even though this TV program is still relatively new it's so outdated, because no one cares anymore!

My point is this; and here comes the stupid factor if this character/performer can point this incredibly spot on point out it in turn devastatingly in about less than a second completely destroys and utterly undermines this TV program.

This may need some explaining; I have come to the conclusion in the previous paragraph I did, based on the grounds if no one cares about sexuality anymore; why is this TV program heavily incredibly so heavily based around sexuality in the first place if as this character/performer says in short no one cares? So consequently if nobody cares about sexuality, does that mean consequently if you continuously shove sexuality down someone's throat/your viewers your viewership numbers are going to get less and less which that would be a big YES [which I am just speaking fact here I have seen the numbers for this First Season] which means they basically sent this version of Kate Kane/Batwoman out to fail, but not only fail but to spectacularly fail as well.

So whomever came up with these character developments minus Beth Kane/Alice or Jonathan "Johnny" Cartwright/Mouse, yes I didn't know anything and I still don't know much about this version of Kate Kane/Batwoman. But is really stupid and naïve to think whatever the Arrowverse throws out for the next generations we are just going to just happily watch it. I mean I don't have any problems with different sexualities or anything other, but man the character developments for the present or future Arrowverse projects has to be better than this First Season of DC's Batwoman that is now the minimum.

Kate Kane motorbike hit: I can't say it was an accident, because it isn't [this will make sense when you watch it,] because likewise this is another small element all I can say is likewise this is good.

This episode receives: 5/10, this episode is mixed; I don't know what to say about this TV program anymore, it just finds ways to be irritating or as this episode would show it shoots itself in the foot by that little bit of dialogue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DC's Batwoman [Season 1,] Episode 10: How Queer Everything Is Today! by AverageMansReviews

DC's Batwoman [Season 1,] Episode 10: How Queer Everything Is Today! by AverageMansReviews

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5 things about this episode

Warning: there are flashing effects/other effects/face scarring

Storyline/Acceptance: now these two components go hand-in-hand; be it from the storyline perspective or acceptance [character developments] perspective, generally speaking the storyline is okay.

But I am now at minimum or as things are going it is 99.9% certain I'm going to bury this first season alive now, in short this TV program will have to do so much, so, so much to change my opinion of it and yes I am within my rights to say these things because I have a mental illness myself.

So this TV program has been pushing since day one about being lesbian or bisexual and everything to do with that yes? In fact they have made it crystal clear this is the focus of this TV program right and just for the record I have no problem with generally speaking; any sexual or gender or any of that; everyone with me so far?

But I feel and it looks like that this TV program takes a massive dump on mental health and it really does push the sexuality acceptance which if you're pushing sexual acceptance you should be pushing mental health illness acceptance not put it under many buses in this TV program or in this episode under the bus, because it doesn't fit the narrative you're trying to present.

Now if you are new to my content or a recurring reader to my content you should know by now I have evidence to support what I am saying just watched this episode and you'll understand, but to be a little bit more specific now.

There is this dialogue exchange between Beth Kane/Alice and Kate/Batwoman where Beth Kane/Alice explains her actions and they are gifts to her Sister [I will not tell you too much about that, because that would be giving too much of the storyline away,] but in Beth Kane/Alice's mind it makes perfect sense, it is one of those occasions where even a decent person would go "Beth/Alice has excellent reasons, from a broken person's perspective."

Just get Kate Kane/Batwoman off my TV I have really massive problems with her, because in a nutshell; Beth Kane/Alice emotionally asks [with Alice turning back into Beth Kane naturally and fluently at the same time] her to accept her for who she is? And I was absolutely fuming at her response "We were sisters and then Beth died and the world would have been a better place if she had stayed dead." With Beth Kane saying "I don't believe you" I must stress she doesn't get the end of this sentence out with Beth going to rub her Sister affectionally on the cheek, but Kate grabs her wrist and on hearing a police vehicle siren Kate Kane says quietly [whilst her head is turned] "What did she do?"[Beth Kane instantly turning back into Alice] saying again "What did she do?!"

This is why I am absolutely fuming; Kate Kane or Kate Kane/Batwoman had this excellent opportunity to try and reach her Twin Sister on some level as she was in this vulnerable moment as Beth as Kate Kane/Batwoman highlights earlier on in this scene "You’re sick."

So highlighting again the fact you know she is sick and at the moment you can see and feel Beth taking off her almost unbreakable hood and cloak known as Alice, why would you then verbally take this knife and plunge it into her heart with these words "We were sisters and then Beth died and the world would have been a better place if she had stayed dead." You may as well continuously stab, stab, go on stab that knife right into Beth's heart; tell her more devastating things go on I mean you may as well finish off the job that you're Father started many years ago; so that Beth can be laid to rest at this point it would be the most kindest and most loving thing her biological family has done for her for countless years, so by extinguishing Beth's flame on her candle it would free Alice to live her life in crazy chaos; yes she would be absolutely crazy chaos but at least she would be crazy happy on some level instead of waiting for her Twin Sister and Father to hug and love her for who she is, who knows if they did that Beth may go and willingly seek help for her mental state; this would involve spending many years at Arkham Asylum, but she would have her Twin Sister and Father back in her life.

Come on this is getting boring now, when are any of the Kane's or any relating character or anybody yes at this point I will take anybody going to wake up and realize they left Kate Kane behind as a child, so originally they failed her; they have never been the victims, they are not the victims; they are facing the repercussions of their failure on a grand scale and in fairness and balance what Mary Hamilton has recently experienced is just a casualty of that, I am not saying that Kate Kane/Alice is innocent far from it, I am not that stupid or blind I can see and acknowledge that Beth Kane/Alice has done heinous things as well.

But it is driving me crazy; this TV program is trying to push the idea now that Beth Kane/Alice is just the one in the wrong which is strongly not the case. I mean we have her Twin Sister Kate has chosen the side of her Stepsister Mary Hamilton. Which I just find so wrong, just throwing someone away because they are broken and then replacing them with someone which is not broken is just despicable behaviour. Kate Kane may as well say "I have spent all this time looking for you, but now I have met you again and what I've seen I don't like, so you can go away again." I can't stress how much this is irritating me because originally this entire situation was not Beth Kane's fault, but now she is the only one as Beth Kane/Alice everyone is putting the blame on.

But this is all okay as long as we make sexuality or anything from this field into this acceptance narrative. To be honest this TV program has just a simulated a general public perception; if someone is broken somehow or isn't up to the cosmetic perfection standard you just throw them away and replace them with someone that isn't or you say the smallest salt crystal wrong about somebody's sexuality with the intention or not and there is this massive outcry, whilst on the other hand anyone says anything wrong about mental health with the intention or not and nothing is said, sexuality or mental health it is a part of who we are as people or however you would like to be identified as but they are drastically seen and dealt with as two different planes of existence [one gets the penthouse treatment, whilst the other gets the doghouse outside in the rain.]

This feels like one of those occasions where I just need to cover my back, about the penthouse and doghouse analogy. I am aware that those sexuality, gender and others have came a long way and it still is a struggle, but in comparison to mental health illnesses and physical disabilities are about 50 years behind you and it doesn't look to be getting better any time soon, it looks to be going backwards instead of forwards; when this was first dictated in 2020 [yes I also have a physical disability,] so I mean absolutely no disrespect by my analogy.

Captain America: yes this Marvel character gets mentioned twice in this episode.

Train rescue: Kate/Batwoman is on her new Batbike and she fires these accessories which act as hooks to bring this train to a stop; this is a highly imaginative action sequence.

This episode receives: 5/10, this episode is mixed; even though I have torn this episode to shreds; the only reasons why I am still continuing to watch this TV program is because I began it so I am going to finish it and Beth Kane/Alice and Jonathan "Johnny" Cartwright/Mouse are the only ones I am sticking around for and let me speculate here, because I haven't seen the next episode [but I have seen pictures] or episodes Kate Kane comes to realize at some point that Beth Kane/Alice there is still some good in her and is worth saving, it is how these characters developments have been written which gives it away; I mean I could have told her that some episodes ago, but then again Kate Kane does come across as really selfish and only concerned about herself as she has already shown in this episode using that dialogue exchange, if you haven't guessed I don't care how Kate Kane or Kate Kane/Batwoman is feeling; she has had it easy compared to her Twin Sister, what was needed here is Kate Kane from the crossover [Episode 9: Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two,] yes even though Kate Kane/Batwoman doesn't suit up in this crossover I feel really comfortable suggesting that crossover version from the previous episode is galaxies far, far, so far away from this one being used in her own TV program in fact where did she go? Please come back as soon as possible; in short I now feel we are getting short-changed, from the previous episode we can see/feel what she could have been like instead of what we have been left which is nothing but a self-serving cold person and on a quick side note there is half of this Season/10 Episodes still to go.

I have to say thank you to the writers for making it 100% transparent that mental health means absolutely nothing compared to sexuality or anything from this field, I mean I knew it anyway. But there is nothing quite like it being played out in a TV program for everyone to see and consequently shoved back in the faces of those with mental health issues in the first place; maybe the next time you take a dump in our backyard you bring your own toilet paper? Because in this current situation when this was being first dictated heading towards the end of 2020, toilet paper is a priceless item in this global situation.

I mean here is a great idea why not for Season 2 as your Batwoman is a black woman use the same approach as you have on this Season and you have her go up against a white supremacist organization and exploit that and let's see how far you get with that Oh I'm sorry the general idea for TV content is to get high TV ratings, I forgot that little technicality, but you failed with this First Season didn't you? [I should just point out to cover my own back again that I am being heavily sarcastic in this paragraph.]