Batwoman: Season 3, Episode 7 – critiqueif(typeof __ez_fad_position != 'undefined'){__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-alchimy_info-box-3-0')};

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Batwoman is an amazing creation. After the second season, it was hard to expect such a drastic drop in quality that makes you gasp at the silliness of the first season. My impression is that the script was written on one knee. No one has read it, thought about it, and paid attention to the nonsense it contains. We have, among other things, the incomprehensible behavior of Ryan towards his mother and his foster brother. The creators rely on simplifications so drastic that fan stories have more depth than this flat, mindless story. What's worse is that Ryan puts her biological mother, who is actually a stranger to her, ahead of her adoptive Bat-family. It's ridiculous on too many levels.

Nicole Kang isn't the best actress, which is evident when she tries to portray Mary in Poison Ivy 2.0. However, there is no denying his efforts. What we get is a tirade of banality, genre-cliched demeanor, and plot decisions so modeled on the Arrowverse that they're reminiscent of the worst episodes of Supergirl; only they haven't been this bad before, though. The quintessential example of this lack of kitsch awareness is the Poison Ivy Costume 2.0 reveal scene, which pushes the boundaries of comic book style and is reminiscent of cheap 1970s productions. interesting character who will bring something to this series, if not a new screenplay misstep.

And anyway, crossing the boundaries of good taste is the character of Ryan's adoptive brother, who pops up as an impostor and turns out to be a "creepy" sociopath. However, that's only the mention of his connection to… The Joker can elicit hysterical laughter of disbelief. We've already seen this season how the creators are so determined to introduce 2.0 versions of familiar characters, but to make Joker 2.0 from such a poorly written character? Apparently, in the minds of the writers, just dye your hair purple, fake a smile, and talk about laughing to create a new Joker. For now, this cliffhanger only shows that Batwoman discovers a new bottom of the quality chasm she keeps sinking into.

Batwoman is a show that doesn't have writers who know how to put letters together properly. These are people who create a chaotic, inane conglomeration of ridiculous ideas. Giving Wayne's company to the new Joker is another of the many signs that the writers don't know what they're doing. They think they're cool, pat each other on the back, and don't notice they're slowly drowning in a swamp of absurdity.