The next accommodates spoilers for Harley Quinn Season 3, Episode 2, “There’s No Ivy in Group,” now streaming on HBO Max.
One of many funniest elements of Harley Quinn is the HBO Max sequence’ wild takes on DC characters. Batman and Commissioner Gordon aren’t as succesful as followers are accustomed to seeing, whereas Damian Wayne is depicted as a whiny brat versus a soldier. This has created a slapstick model of Gotham Metropolis completely different from some other depiction. And primarily based on the Season 3 evaluations, followers and critics alike are loving it.
This tone has allowed the writers to introduce extra emotional characters or not less than emo story arcs. Bane is offended that Harley and Poison Ivy stored his marriage ceremony reward after Ivy broke up with Kite Man. In Season 3, Episode 2, “There’s No Ivy in Group,” the sequence added Nightwing and never solely is he far more emo than Bane, he makes Robert Pattinson’s model of Batman look chipper. It is comprehensible that the writers feared followers would hate him.
The trailers for The Batman had Pattinson’s title character brooding, basking in his eyeliner and looking out like an additional from a My Chemical Romance music video. He was very emo within the film when he turned a recluse to be able to hone his talents and save Gotham following the demise of his mother and father. The character turned the topic of memes each earlier than and after the movie, as followers performed off Pattinson’s well-known function within the Twilight franchise.
When Dick Grayson got here to city in “There’s No Ivy in Group,” he lower the same determine — stewing on the bus and whispering monologues in a low, scratchy voice. What was even funnier was how he repeatedly stored these monologues up when speaking to the Bat-family, letting them know he’d left Gotham, forgotten about Robin and embraced his new identification as Nightwing. Harley and Ivy made enjoyable of him and even stole his limo, whereas Dick flipped his hair extra typically than the emo children in South Park.
However Nightwing’s perspective endangered the workforce within the area after they needed to cease Firefly’s crew and once more Riddler’s lethal escape room. It got here out that he was fighting despair after he let Tarantula kill Blockbuster and questioning if he might lower it as a superhero with out Batman. After a teary breakdown, he realized that there was no have to skulk round or show himself — everybody had already accepted him.
Dick wised up and helped save the day, performing mature versus insecure. If he nonetheless struggles with placing his demons to mattress, Harley Quinn might make the most of Batgirl to assist him proceed to develop. He does appear to have an affinity for Barbara, being awkward and whatnot, whereas she gave the impression to be impressed by him as soon as he chilled out. They may forge a path collectively, away from being skilled within the Batcave. She might assist Dick chill out and turn into a much less annoying hero, which might be essential as a result of Joker is already plotting his subsequent transfer.
New episodes of Harley Quinn stream Thursdays on HBO Max.