Episodes 113
Nora Clavicle and the Ladies Crime Club
Plot:A woman’s rights activist uses her power to replace Gordon and O’Hara with women officers as part of a plan to blow up Gotham with explosive packed Mice.
Guest Stars:Barbara Rush as Nora Clavicle
Trivia:The villain is a weak parody of Gloria Steinham
Niitpick:So, you know how I have mentioned here and there that there has been clear sexism on this show? Well this episode is a freaking parade for sexism! I mean, wow.
Bat Silliness:Oh man, where do I start?
Bat Gadget:
Bat Trap:The trio placed into a Siamese human knot. Sure.
Final Thoughts:Some say this is the worst episode of the series. Is it worse than the surfing episode? Well let’s see. We begin at a luncheon celebrating Commissioner Gordon. Where Gordon is discharged by the mayor and replaced by Nora Clavicle. What? The mayor says he had to because his wife refused to cook or clean unless he did so. SIGH... Buckle in folks!! First of all I have no problem with Gordon and O’Hara being upset, some say that’s misogynistic but what else would they be feeling? But Linseed being a tool is lame. Clavicle is a women rights activist who wants to prove Women can run Gotham better. The fact she can’t just replace a commissioner is irrelevant. The new chief of police is Linseed’s wife, for some reason. Clavicle also bans Batman from Gotham, because he’s a man. Of course Batgirl is still active and is looking into things herself. Every man on the police is fired and replaced with women. I thought this was a scheme, like they were part of the plan and were intentionally being lame, but no that’s not how the episode presents this. This is what women being cops would be like? Clavicle's underlings commit a crime to trap Batman and Robin while the new female guard is to busy applying her lipstick. The two officers outside are busy exchanging recipes as the thieves escape. The emergency service is sending the officers to shoe sales in stores. And did I mention they were all carrying rolling pins? Are you kidding me??? The trio is captured and after escaping a Siamese human knot (please don’t ask), they figure out how Clavicle plans to destroy the entire city. Hundreds of explosive mice. So get this, the new police women are afraid to go after the mice. Do I need to explain why? Sigh. Never knew all women were afraid of mice. How do our heroes win? Batman has a little flute and at the right key pretends to be a pied piper and drives the mice away. Yes really. We get two minutes of this and to be fair the three seem to be having fun in this scene. Even if it is moronic and what is it with those awful sets? Oh and of course no final fight because our heroes would never hit a girl. The villains are caught off screen in fact. Wow. I knew of this one but it actually surprised me with how stupid and insulting it truly is.
Grade:D-, bad but like a “so bad its good” movie the abundant sexism makes it a must watch kind of bad unlike the surfing episode which was just cringe worthy. So yes that one is still my pick for worse episode of the series. This a close second!! I mean. did they give up because they knew they were gonna be canceled? It’s hard to believe today but there was a time when men were scared to death of having women in charge. Bizarre. Actually that’s another way to look at this episode, as an example of how far we’ve comes since 1969. The pied pipe stuff is kind of cute which is why I gave it a small extra point. Hey Penguin’s back tomorrow. That’s gotta be a better episode, right?
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