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Previously on batwoman:

Alice was right. Your mom's still alive, Ryan.

If you wanna know her name.

It's not worth it.

What's next, batwoman?

We find that case of Batman trophies

before anyone else does.

Why did you call me here?

Over a dozen weapons of mass destruction

are belly-up in the Gotham river somewhere.

You two will find and stop every freak who gets his hands on these weapons

until each of the items are found and accounted for.

Come on.

- It's so fun. - I can't believe we're doing this.

Shh, shh, shh.

J“ I know a galaxy and I can take you for a ride j“

j“ I had a premonition that we fell into a rhythm j“

nice.

Could you be a little louder? I don't think they heard you in star city.

J“ shining just the way I like j“

j“ if you're feeling like you need a little bit of company j“

j“ you met me at the perfect time j“

j“ you want me, I want you, baby j“

j“ my sugarboo, I'm levitating j“

how cold do you think the pool water is?

You tell me.

J“ yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah j“

j“ I got you, moonlight, you're my starlight j“

it's actually really warm.

J“ come on, dance with me I'm levitating j“

j“ you, moonlight j“

j“ I need you all night come on, dance with me j“

j“ I'm levitating j“

Seriously?

Okay, I get it.

You can hold your breath for a really long time.

But I got news for you.

The world already has an aquaman.

He's a lot more ripped.

Derek?

If you're waiting for me to say, "this isn't funny," then fine.

This isn't funny. You can come up now.

By the order of the mayor's office,

in exchange for your cooperation in these cases,

you will be remanded into supervised custody.

J“ this is a wild world j“

If you harm or attempt to harm any person,

this release will be rescinded.

If you violate any of the laws of Gotham city,

this release will be rescinded.

If you attempt escape, this release will be rescinded,

and you will spend the remainder of your life at arkham in solitary confinement.

Any questions?

Does this kind of wreck my ensemble?

Any questions I'm likely to answer?

I got one.

What makes you think any of this will stick?

Well, you.

You're responsible for everything she does.

She crosses the line, your days as a caped vigilante are over.

I might even arrange for you two to have adjoining cells.

You're tying my fate to a psychopath?

Well, more like handcuffing it, but yes.

Until you two have tracked down

those toxic toys from Batman's trophy case.

Because another one's already racking up a body count.

In a crime as cold-blooded as the creature some say is responsible,

two Gotham university students are missing and presumed dead.

Blood and not much else was found at the scene,

save for a grisly calling card,

which eerily resembles that of Batman foe killer croc,

who terrorized Gotham nearly two decades ago

in a violent reign of reptilian terror.

And while some insist this may just be the work of an attention-seeking copycat,

authorities can't say for sure whether Gotham has a new lizard problem

or if this killer is just a crock.

And while initial searches for...

Killer croc, aka Waylon Jones, former professional wrestler

who suffered from an unidentified infection that caused his skin to grow scales,

hence the appearance of a crocodile.

Now, as the infection progressed,

other physical abnormalities followed.

Elongated jaw, claws, tail.

I remember him. Batman killed him, right?

Oh, no, no. No, Bruce tried to save him.

He took pity on him.

He thought his violent tendencies were a result of the infection.

He had waynetech labs working on a cure for his condition,

a way to reverse it, but he never found it, though.

- So, what happened? - The gcpd happened.

They had their own ideas of how to deal with k.C.

So they dropped a truckload of thermite into the sewer junction,

right on top of him, lit the primer cord, and ran.

So that tooth?

Pretty much all that was left of him.

Now it's loose.

Okay, but how could a tooth have created a whole other croc?

I get a lizard can grow back a whole new tail,

but tell me that tooth didn't grow back a whole new killer croc.

If the original killer croc suffered from an infection,

it would've gotten into his bloodstream.

Maybe the tooth carried the infection.

And whoever found it...

We need to find them.

But the question is, how?

I have a question.

Why is there a tree in here?

I mean, I get the whole bat motif,

but this is a 44-story building.

Surely there's a more comfortable workspace available.

I need to talk to you both.

In private.

I'm just gonna hang out here.

If new croc's anything like the old one, I need batwing on my six.

You figure out what's wrong with the suit?

Uh, working on it. Making progress.

Why don't you put your nerd brains together to fast-track a fix?

Yeah, yeah, we'll get on it.

Knock, knock.

Got a copy of the forensics report from the pool attack.

Fair warning, the word "secretion" comes up in several places.

Because apparently, his drool contains a paralytic agent

which renders his victims unconscious, allowing him to feed on them

at his leisure.

I should probably put it out there now that I really do not do reptiles, so...

Okay, let's get Alice on this.

If crazy stuff's going down, get the crazy lady's take on it.

Um, we don't really use the c-word anymore.

"Crazy"?

What the hell?

Seems we have a guest.

Security cleared a landing request

for the ceo of jeturian industries.

She's insisting on a meeting with the Wayne ceo,

and will not leave until she has one.

Good luck with that.

Well, we can't exactly tell her, "we don't know where our billionaire ceo is."

I have a feeling she'll settle for the acting ceo.

Who's the acting ceo?

Me. Kate made sure we could handle any problems in her absence.

Thought I'd be just the name on the letterhead.

Okay, well, if Jada jet wants to meet Wayne's top op,

I need to look the part.

Actually, you are in luck,

because I just picked up a ton of dry cleaning.

And why don't you try to find out

- what our uninvited guest wants? - Okay.

Hey.

You said you didn't want to know this,

but before you sit down with her, you should know that...

That uninvited guest is your birth mother.

Okay, tell the truth.

Does this say, "no, I haven't been ceo for just five minutes"?

No, it says, "I'm a confident, put-together, young black woman

who you were an idiot to give up."

You think she knows?

Pretty big coincidence if she doesn't.

What does she want?

What do you want?

I just wanna get through this meeting and never see her again.

And I wanna get her damn helicopter off my roof.

Okay. Um...

What is the minimum I need to know to get through this unscathed?

What would Bruce Wayne insist on knowing about her?

Probably her bra size.

Wiki version:

Jeturian industries specializes in microtechnology.

Jada jet took control after the death of her husband a decade ago,

doubled the company's wealth in half that time.

She's a fighter.

But so are you.

Send her in.

Hey, just remember,

she never gave you anything,

so she can't take anything away.

You got this.

J“ talk how you talk, walk how you walk j“

j“ 'cause I'd have a problem sleeping j“

j“ if we 're counting crimes nickels and dimes j“

j“ we'd both have riches... j“

if I had known Wayne had a new ceo,

I would've sent a gift basket.

Then we couldn't meet in person. Ryan.

And it's acting ceo.

So Bruce Wayne checks his stock price from a superyacht in Belize

while you do all the real work?

Nice to meet you.

Were you and Bruce acquainted?

Mm. We exchanged a few heated words years ago

when he poached one of my most valued employees.

If your employee allowed himself to be poached,

he must have felt undervalued.

But you didn't fly 12 blocks from your corporate headquarters

to open up old wounds.

I'm here to address a new one.

There was an illegal breach of the jeturian industries servers.

It was a very sophisticated hack.

But the culprit left behind a few digital bread crumbs.

And we followed them back

to an ip address belonging to Wayne enterprises.

- That's why you're here? - Well, depends.

Anything else I should know about?

Corporate espionage is more than enough reason to have a chat.

I have no idea what you're talking about.

Ignorance of what's going on in your company

doesn't pass for business acumen.

If you had proof, you'd be talking to the sec, not me.

Why are you here?

I didn't forge my company into a multinational conglomerate

to have someone swoop in and steal my life's work.

And because I believe warnings are best delivered directly.

And I'll only give one.

Stay out of my business.

That won't be a problem.

You should drop "acting" from your job title.

Denying you knew anything about this...

Was not your best performance.

Your dad programmed your suit's al to speak with his voice?

Uh, dad, say hello to Mary.

Hello, Mary.

Give it a try.

Mr. Fox?

What was Luke like as a kid?

Calling up photo records for Lucas fox, age 6.

Dad, belay that request, please.

It's like you can talk to him again.

That's amazing.

Be more amazing if the suit didn't turn off at the worst times.

Any guesses why?

According to the diagnostic, the suit's fail-safe got tripped,

causing it to shut down.

What tripped it?

The suit tracks all kinds of medical data. Biometrics. Eye movement.

Electromagnetic impulses to the brain. Heart rate.

Constantly monitoring the health status of the person wearing it.

If I'm reading this right, the suit thought you were injured.

Which prompted a system-wide shutdown, putting the suit in safe mode.

Turning off in the middle of a fight because you need medical assistance

seems more like unsafe mode.

There's a reason it was under a tarp in my dad's lab,

and not out on patrol in Gotham.

Still has some glitches to work out.

Well, why don't we start by making sure there aren't any glitches with you first?

If the suit thinks you're injured, let's make sure you're not.

So?

Let's get this monster.

Oh, I thought she found you.

Did I spy with my little eye Jada jet's chopper on the roof?

You knew her name this entire time?

She's kind of like a helicopter parent, just without the "parent."

I mean, really, what kind of mother abandons their daughter

to the horrors of foster care

to literally jet-set around the globe?

No, no.

We're not doing this.

Renee said I had to watch you. Doesn't mean I have to listen to you.

So you don't want to know where croc's gonna strike next?

Fine.

Well, as the resident expert on predatory behavior,

I had some thoughts on how Mr., uh...

Chooses his prey.

I was thinking back to my first kill, for which

I chose a geriatric harpy with an oxygen tank.

Now, do you know why I did that?

- Because you're a killer. - No.

Well, yes, but that's not the takeaway.

I chose her because she was easy pickings.

See, when a fledgling predator is learning how to stalk its prey,

it seeks to separate one from the herd.

So he wouldn't have gone after two victims for his first hunt.

Look at you learning to think like a killer.

Which means the pool wasn't this croc's first attack.

If it wasn't for all the blood in the deep end...

They would've just been listed as missing persons.

Like the missing persons I found

that were last seen at the east river shore, a mere two miles from the pool attack.

Welcome to his hunting grounds.

With the team trailing by one, an incredible cross-field pass

from Megan rapinoe to rookie sensation Whitney hutchinson,

who fakes out the last defender, and she's on breakaway.

And scores.

The crowd goes wild.

We're all tied up with minutes left in the game...

Which the refs are calling on account of darkness.

Arguing with the ref will get you a yellow card.

Fine.

Gross.

According to the 911 call, you're right where

the missing girl's mother said she was playing.

Well, they'll find about as much as we have,

which isn't much.

There has to be some sign of her.

Drag marks lead in that direction.

But there's no body parts, no blood. He didn't feed on her here.

Understandable. He did just feast on all-you-can-eat coeds.

There's a whole lot of secretion, Sophie.

Didn't og killer croc's saliva contain a paralytic agent?

That's how he subdued his victims.

And then stash them away for later.

Like a croc pantry for when he wants a doggy-bag.

We need to find where he stashed her. That girl could still be alive.

Until he gets hungry.

Is that croc skin?

It appears our croc is a growing boy.

Ow!

No, no, no.

So, what was she like? Mommy?

She was amazing.

And then you took her from me.

I meant birth mommy.

If it'll break the ice, I'll tell you about my mom.

She had a great head on her shoulders. Emphasis on the word "had."

Why do you care?

Why do you pretend not to?

Surely you grew up wondering what she was like.

And seeing as fate, otherwise known as me, has brought you together,

I deserve to know that my efforts have paid off.

You wanna know what Jada was like?

She was amazing.

She was confident, direct, fearless, unapologetic.

She was a freaking master class in taking what's hers.

And letting it go, apparently.

Did it hurt more knowing she didn't want you in her life?

No, because I don't want her in mine.

She doesn't know who I am, but I know who she is, and I don't need her.

Now shut up, and help me find the trail.

Actually, I think we just found where it ends.

You first.

The one not wearing impenetrable tactical armor?

That's who you want taking point?

I'm not letting you out my sight, Alice.

You really think I'll run?

You think I'll believe you give a damn about stopping this croc?

Yeah, I think you'll run the first chance you get.

So it's my job not to give you any chances.

I thought it was your job to save the little girl.

Don't act like you're here to do the good deed.

You only think about yourself. Don't use that little girl as camouflage.

I was that little girl.

You're not the only one with abandonment issues.

I will not give up on this girl, the way everyone gave up on me.

That smell.

Rotting meat.

Takes me back to my childhood.

What the hell is this?

Bait.

We're not the only one hunting this monster.

He's not a monster.

He's my son.

This feels a bit unnecessary. I'm fine.

Well, you're keeping fit,

in my official professional

medical opinion.

Let's look at your heart rate.

Looks good. Let's have a listen to your lungs.

Good breath sounds.

Your heart rate is rising.

Rising.

Still rising.

Now it's racing.

Luke, are you okay?

Uh, yeah, yeah. L"

I'm just ticklish and your hands are cold.

Yeah, yeah.

You're right.

You're totally fine.

Totally... you're totally feeling fine,

which is...

- You can put your shirt back on. - Yeah, okay.

If you want.

- You should. - Okay.

Yeah, so like I said, it's just a problem with the suit.

Yeah, must be.

You think you can fix it?

Yeah, it should be easy. I just need to override the fail-safe.

Are you sure that that's a good idea?

Isn't the point of a fail-safe to keep you safe when the suit fails?

It's trying to protect you.

It's a little overprotective.

Kind of reminds me of a certain newly minted doctor that I know.

My boy didn't mean to hurt those people.

I'm sure he didn't.

He's not a killer.

Unlike that one.

Wasn't expecting to find anybody here.

Much less a pair of celebrities.

What are you doing together? Aren't y'all enemies?

Long story. She's working with me.

They're short-staffed at city hall. That's why.

We wanna help your son. Tell us what happened to him.

Probably better I show you.

Just before Steven was heading off to college,

we went on a father-son fishing trip.

He hooked a bluegill on his first cast.

When we cut it open, there was something mighty weird inside.

Let me guess.

A rather large crocodile tooth?

Steven thought it would be cool to make it into a necklace.

But he cut himself on the tooth.

Cut got infected.

Then Steven...

Started changing.

Tried doctors.

None knew what it was. They couldn't stop the changes.

Every day there was a little less Steven,

and a little more...

Creature.

Then the appetite took hold of him.

And I had to chain him up.

But he was just too strong.

Too hungry.

Broke free.

I've been trying to lure him back.

You rolled out the red carpet for him.

I can't imagine what you're going through.

We do want to help your son.

We have to start by making sure he doesn't hurt that girl or anyone else.

But I don't think he'll agree to being locked up again.

Well...

That's where this comes in.

Think that's strong enough for him?

But it's not for him.

It's for you.

I won't let you hurt my boy.

Batwoman, I'm reading a huge power spike. Is everything okay?

Batwoman, do you read me?

Batwoman.

I'm sorry.

I really am.

But my boy's suffered enough without you adding to it.

I just...

I just wanna get him the help he needs.

Yeah, your idea of helping Stevie

is taking him away from me, locking him in a cage.

Or worse,

jab him with needles, dissect him like a lab animal.

I'm his father.

And I'm gonna do whatever I need to do to keep him safe.

Even if that means...

Stevie, no. It's your dad.

Stevie, no!

No!

Daddy issues.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

I just need a minute.

Well, that's good.

Because that's all I need.

Suckers.

One minute I had her, then everything went dead.

I'm trying to raise her, but I can't even...

Batcave, come in.

Batwoman, we read you. What happened?

Exactly what I said would happen.

Alice escaped.

I can't hunt her down and save a little girl.

Batwing, ready to get back in the field?

Yeah, I'm good to go.

So you and Mary fixed the suit?

Um, yes, batwing is all clear.

Alice was headed north, through the sewer tunnels.

If she's on foot, she'll wanna change that.

There's a truck depot a few miles on that trajectory.

That's where I'd head.

I hope you're right,

because we need to find Alice before Renee knows she's gone.

Help, somebody!

Help me, please!

Thank god. I thought that thing was gonna come back.

He probably will, so come. We gotta skedaddle.

I can't walk.

You're gonna have to try.

But my leg is broken.

See, I'm on a really tight schedule here,

so you and I three-legged-racing out of here,

it's really gonna slow me down.

No, no.

You have to help me.

Fine.

I'm gonna help you.

By teaching you a lesson that I had to learn the hard way.

No one is gonna save you except yourself.

You are the only one you can count on.

And the sooner you learn that,

the better off you'll be.

You'll thank me for this one day.

No!

No, don't leave me!

No, please, come back! Don't leave me! Please!

I know you're out there, Steven. I know you can hear me.

There's still some of you left in there that can understand me.

Okay, I do not wanna hurt you.

Just wanna help you.

And your fatherjust wants to help you too.

He really loves you.

And trust me,

you are really lucky to have a parent like that.

Someone that would do anything to protect you.

And never give up on you.

No matter what.

So much for trying to reason with you.

Montoya, we got a problem.

Just lost the signal from Alice's tracking monitor.

Define "lost."

One moment, it's reading loud and clear. The next, nothing.

It doesn't make sense. No one's ever managed to circumvent those.

Tell that to Alice.

This means she could be anywhere.

Oh, great.

It's batwing.

Ooh. Cool name.

Let's see if you can live up to it.

How's the suit, Luke? Any problems?

Just this distracting voice in my ear.

Did you really think you could beat me?

Why would I beat you?

We're on the same team, whether we like it or not.

- Was something supposed to happen? - It already has.

A thousand nanobots are swimming through your bloodstream,

sending out tracking beacons to satellites as we speak,

so if you wanna run, you better be really fast.

J“ bang bang, there goes my bang bang I want some bang bang, I want some bang bangj“

j“ bang, bang, there goes my bang, bang bang, bang, there goes my bang, bangj“

Are you okay?

It's okay.

I got you.

I got you.

I thought I lost you.

Congratulations.

I see you stopped the croc, secured the tooth,

reunited a missing girl with her mother, but...

What I don't see is your partner.

She's over there,

waiting for you to chauffeur her back to arkham.

Had some technical difficulties with that,

but I think we found a better solution.

Right, Alice?

Leaping lizards, Gotham.

You can add "bat" to the list of apex predators,

because batwoman just took a bite out of croc 2.0.

The rampaging reptile has been relocated

to the not-so-natural habitat of arkham asylum,

where I assume the guards' hazard pay just went up.

Thanks to the caped crusader,

the croc was denied his last meal,

and missing girl Whitney hutchinson was reunited with her mother

in a reunion that had even the likes of yours truly a little weepy.

Rest assured, Gotham,

these were not crocodile tears.

You know, if you squint,

you can just make out jeturian industries from here.

I liked it better when I didn't know she was there.

I'm sorry.

I should've never told you.

It's not your fault.

It's nobody's fault.

Except hers.

Know what I can't get over?

She paid a doctor $2 million to falsify records,

so no one would ever know I was hers.

What kind of mom does that?

You don't know what her life was like then, or what she was going through,

or even what her options were.

But there is one person who can give you those answers.

J“ don't give up now j“

I don't know if I want to know them.

Ryan, I know what it's like to need to put up a wall.

Believe me, I've laid a few bricks in my life.

I also know what it's like to be a girl who just wants a hug from her mom.

J“ needing a lie more than I thought j“

what if she doesn't want me as her daughter?

Then it'll be her loss.

Not yours.

J“ needing a lie more than I thought j“

Sorry I banged up the suit a bit.

J“ needing a lie... j“

dad?

Dad?

Why isn't he talking?

I don't know.

Maybe it's because you removed the fail-safe.

And I think you need to turn it back on.

I managed to pinpoint where the suit thinks you're injured.

It's the exact place where you were shot.

Yeah, but that injury's healed.

I know. Thanks to the desert Rose, you don't even have a scar.

Right.

A physical one, anyway.

I think what the suit is interpreting as

physical pain is actually psychological pain.

Mary, come on.

That's absurd.

Is it?

I mean, you've been through so much.

Just because your body's healed

doesn't mean you have.

This is a problem.

Botanist in the lab doesn't think this vine is poison Ivy's.

Only way to be 100-percent sure is to run tests on it.

But the only way to do that...

Is to open it.

But he wasn't willing to do that.

How'd you know it wasn't the real thing?

Because I've seen it up close.

And if the real thing is still out there, then...

God help us.

Wait, excuse me, miss. I'm afraid you can't just go in there.

I'm sorry, Ms. Jet. She just walked right in.

It's all right.

I dropped in on Ms. Wilder unannounced yesterday.

She's just returning the favor.

I thought you and I agreed you'd stay out of my business.

This is personal.

Because I'm your daughter.