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TV Show Reviews
Review of "Batwoman"
10/11/19 by
Suzanne
airs Sundays on The CW
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I grew up reading comic books back in the 60's and 70's, so I'd never heard
of Batwoman before (just Batgirl). Apparently, she didn't appear until 2006.
Batwoman (Kate Kane) is Batman (Bruce Wayne)'s cousin. Batman disappeared for a
while, so she took over as the superhero that Gotham City needed.
We met her last year when they did their annual
crossover episode on "Arrow,"
"Flash" and "Supergirl."
I've been looking forward to the new series.
Batwoman exists on the same Earth as Arrow and
Flash, Earth-1.
I'm enjoying this show so far. It reminds me a bit of "Arrow" when it first started. This version of Gotham City is dark and filled with crime the way Starling
City was. Kate starts out as a Batman imitation but soon finds her own look and name (A lot faster than Oliver did). There's a lot of good action, and the characters seem great so far.
The main villain so far is a character called Alice (there's a big secret about her, so I won't spoil it for you). She reminds me a bit of the Batman villain Harley Quinn.
In case you haven't read it before, Kate is a lesbian. This is the first lesbian superhero TV show. We find out some of her past and what drives her.
We meet her family and friends. Check it out because it's pretty good.
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MORE INFORMATION:
“BATWOMAN”
PREMIERES SUNDAY,
OCTOBER 6
(8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) ON THE CW
Kate Kane (Ruby Rose)
never planned to be Gotham’s new vigilante. Three years
after Batman mysteriously disappeared, Gotham is a city in
despair. Without the Caped Crusader, the Gotham City Police
Department was overrun and outgunned by criminal gangs.
Enter Jacob Kane (Dougray Scott) and his military-grade
Crows Private Security, which now protects the city with
omnipresent firepower and militia. Years before, Jacob’s
first wife and daughter were killed in the crossfire of
Gotham crime. He sent his only surviving daughter, Kate
Kane, away from Gotham for her safety. After a dishonorable
discharge from military school and years of brutal survival
training, Kate returns home when the Alice in Wonderland
gang targets her father and his security firm, by kidnapping
his best Crow officer Sophie Moore (Meagan Tandy). Although
remarried to wealthy socialite Catherine Hamilton-Kane
(Elizabeth Anweis), who bankrolls the Crows, Jacob is still
struggling with the family he lost, while keeping Kate ––
the daughter he still has –– at a distance. But Kate is a
woman who’s done asking for permission. In order to help her
family and her city, she’ll have to become the one thing her
father loathes –– a dark knight vigilante.
With the help of her
compassionate stepsister, Mary (Nicole Kang), and the crafty
Luke Fox (Camrus Johnson), the son of Wayne Enterprises’
tech guru Lucius Fox, Kate Kane continues the legacy of her
missing cousin, Bruce Wayne, as Batwoman. Still holding a
flame for her ex-girlfriend, Sophie, Kate uses everything in
her power to combat the dark machinations of the psychotic
Alice (Rachel Skarsten), who’s always somewhere slipping
between sane and insane. Armed with a passion for social
justice and a flair for speaking her mind, Kate soars
through the shadowed streets of Gotham as Batwoman. But
don’t call her a hero yet. In a city desperate for a savior,
she must first overcome her own demons before embracing the
call to be Gotham’s symbol of hope.
Based on the
characters from DC, BATWOMAN is from
Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros.
Television with executive producers Greg Berlanti (“Arrow,”
“The Flash,” “Supergirl”), Caroline Dries (“The Vampire
Diaries,” “Smallville”), Geoff Johns (“Arrow,” “The Flash,”
“Titans”) and Sarah Schechter (“Arrow,” “The Flash,”
“Supergirl”). David Nutter (“Game of Thrones,” “The Flash,”
“Arrow”) and Marcos Siega (“The Vampire Diaries,” “You”)
executive produced the pilot.
CREDITS FOR
“BATWOMAN” ON THE CW
Day and time:
Sundays 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET
Network debut: October 6,
2019
Format: Three years after
the mysterious disappearance Batman, Gotham
is a city in despair. Without the Caped Crusader, the Gotham
City Police Department was overrun and outgunned by criminal
gangs. Armed with a passion for social justice and a flair
for speaking her mind, Kate Kate will have to become what
her father loathes, a dark knight vigilante, soaring through
the streets of Gotham as Batwoman.
Cast: Ruby Rose as Kate
Kane/Batwoman
Dougray Scott as Jacob Kane
Rachel Skarsten as Alice
Meagan Tandy as Sophie Moore
Nicole Kang as Mary Hamilton
Camrus Johnson as Luke Fox
Elizabeth Anweis as
Catherine Hamilton-Kane
Executive Producers: Greg
Berlanti, Caroline Dries, Geoff Johns and Sarah Schecter
Origination: Vancouver,
British Columbia
Produced by: Berlanti
Productions in association with Warner Bros.
Television
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