Eh very few shows are perfect all the way through right, if it’s fun then it’s fun. And lol, I didn’t get to the Court of Owls bit, but I read the arc in the New 52 Batman – and Illuminati aside, I was enjoying the storyline, he was being an actual detective, there were multiple Robins giving input, the assassins had a cool design….and THEN “Thomas Wayne Jr” appeared and it kind of left a bad taste in my mouth. Shame because it was fun before that.

Yeah, the court of owls is a vague thing that only pops up at the very end and for a show with none of the Robins or most of the Batfamily, I’m surprised how much I like it. Because it’s a Bruce I like. (Ugh Thomas Wayne Jr. it was a stupid concept when they did it to Tony Stark too) Lucius Fox joins up as the only other sane man, so that’s also good.

I only saw half of season 1! Damn I never even considered that it might be possible to give a crap about the Riddler, until this show XD Alfred though, always pretty reliable ❤ I liked the atmosphere of the show, Gotham’s got a real feel to it.

Yeah, even when the plot (and characterization or lack/inconsistencies) were lacking or jumbled, the setting always felt like “Gotham” (even if that feeling was – NYC but not, the crazy comic book feel. That it has this weird mash of technology and time period costuming and cars and items really strongly helps). The Riddler does get better as it goes on – and put up everything to get to the second half of season 2 with Mr. Freeze and especially Hugo Strange the perfect mad scientist. Alfred has one or two moments where I was unhappy, but the delightful ‘i’m trying to protect and raise Bruce Wayne – and am ending up with Batman’. the young actors are great.

It takes a few episodes to hit its stride (and it’s not consistent quality). But for an AU Batman show I’m enjoying it more than the recent animated movies or some of the comic stuff. 

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(Even if I’m sorry but I can’t take anything that uses the Court of Owls as credible villains but that has to do with my general lack of a suspension of disbelief for secret Illuminati council of rich old guys pulling the strings. Ancient Conspiracies equal *eyeroll*. Cavet: having a bunch of villains team up in evil conspiracies or secret government agencies type comic book villains I can do. Ancient mysteries and hidden villains, sure. It’s the combining of the two and getting into the conspiracy theory Illuminati/some group is secretly mastermind conveniently behind everything for a long time that I can’t swallow even in a silly narrative). Keep Owlman on Earth-3, please, and Thomas Wayne Jr is the sort of stupidity that should stay dead in the Silver Age.