1 00:00:01,836 --> 00:00:03,713 - Blue Ribbon Content presents 2 00:00:03,796 --> 00:00:06,716 "Batman: The Audio Adventures." 3 00:00:07,967 --> 00:00:11,596 [TV clicks, static] 4 00:00:11,679 --> 00:00:13,973 - Come on, get him, get him! 5 00:00:14,056 --> 00:00:17,894 [horse whinnying] 6 00:00:17,977 --> 00:00:20,563 [TV clicks] - ♪ Blabbo the birthday clown ♪ 7 00:00:20,646 --> 00:00:24,317 ♪ He is just a birthday clown ♪ 8 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:26,944 ♪ It's a really bad time-- ♪ 9 00:00:27,028 --> 00:00:30,364 - ♪ Then bury me way out ♪ 10 00:00:30,448 --> 00:00:34,535 ♪ Past Wayne Manor ♪ 11 00:00:34,619 --> 00:00:38,539 ♪ Out where the pines ♪ 12 00:00:38,623 --> 00:00:41,918 ♪ Hide the moon ♪ 13 00:00:42,001 --> 00:00:47,089 ♪ And the cats and the bats and the bloodhounds ♪ 14 00:00:47,173 --> 00:00:51,260 ♪ They gonna shake their bones ♪ 15 00:00:51,344 --> 00:00:56,432 ♪ To my funeral tune ♪ 16 00:00:56,516 --> 00:00:58,768 ♪ ♪ 17 00:00:59,519 --> 00:01:03,147 - Ah, the smokey sound of Stoveplate Sullivan 18 00:01:03,231 --> 00:01:04,941 and his Potbelly Orchestra, 19 00:01:05,024 --> 00:01:07,735 just one example of the world-class arts 20 00:01:07,819 --> 00:01:12,240 and culture you can see every day on Gotham City One. 21 00:01:12,323 --> 00:01:15,117 Welcome back to our annual member pledge drive. 22 00:01:15,201 --> 00:01:17,954 I'm station manager Marisol Drummond. 23 00:01:18,037 --> 00:01:19,455 For over 30 years, 24 00:01:19,539 --> 00:01:21,874 Gotham City One has brought you news, weather, 25 00:01:21,958 --> 00:01:24,126 and traffic from around Gotham Land 26 00:01:24,210 --> 00:01:26,754 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 27 00:01:26,838 --> 00:01:30,132 But we depend on your generous donations 28 00:01:30,216 --> 00:01:34,303 to keep bringing Gotham City to Gotham City 29 00:01:34,387 --> 00:01:37,223 for another 30 years and beyond. 30 00:01:37,306 --> 00:01:41,269 That number again is CLOISTERS-50101, 31 00:01:41,352 --> 00:01:44,313 and you can have this Stoveplate Sullivan's 32 00:01:44,397 --> 00:01:46,774 greatest hits album for a minimum pledge 33 00:01:46,858 --> 00:01:49,235 of just $200. 34 00:01:49,318 --> 00:01:51,153 It's a great deal. [phones ringing] 35 00:01:51,237 --> 00:01:54,824 Oh, I'm told we have an Eddie N. on the line. 36 00:01:54,907 --> 00:01:57,118 Thanks for holding. I know you've been patient. 37 00:01:57,201 --> 00:01:58,828 Are you there, Eddie? 38 00:01:58,911 --> 00:02:00,162 - Oh, crap. 39 00:02:00,246 --> 00:02:02,456 - Eddie N. - What? 40 00:02:02,540 --> 00:02:06,127 - Is--I thought we had Eddie N. on the line? 41 00:02:06,210 --> 00:02:09,213 - I--Yeah, I'm his assistant. 42 00:02:09,297 --> 00:02:12,008 He just told me to watch his phone. 43 00:02:12,091 --> 00:02:13,885 I didn't ask why. Maybe he said. 44 00:02:13,968 --> 00:02:16,512 I don't know. So do you want him? 45 00:02:16,596 --> 00:02:19,599 - I think--I think you called us. 46 00:02:19,682 --> 00:02:21,767 - Oh-oh. 47 00:02:21,851 --> 00:02:23,227 Whatever, probably. 48 00:02:23,311 --> 00:02:25,605 Hey, Eddie, they took your call or whatever! 49 00:02:25,688 --> 00:02:28,816 - I've got--thank you, Ms. Tuesday. 50 00:02:28,900 --> 00:02:32,361 Marisol Drummond, fast Eddie N. here. 51 00:02:32,445 --> 00:02:35,323 What a thrill. Big fan of Gotham City One. 52 00:02:35,406 --> 00:02:37,867 I love Jack Ryder. I love the Gotham Gourmet. 53 00:02:37,950 --> 00:02:39,452 I love your award-winning documentaries 54 00:02:39,535 --> 00:02:40,870 on Gotham City history. 55 00:02:40,953 --> 00:02:43,664 And I just love all the hard-hitting coverage 56 00:02:43,748 --> 00:02:47,460 from transit reporter Myron Armbruster. 57 00:02:47,543 --> 00:02:49,378 - Wow, Eddie N. 58 00:02:49,462 --> 00:02:52,381 And I love your enthusiasm. 59 00:02:52,465 --> 00:02:55,343 What do you think's your favorite thing 60 00:02:55,426 --> 00:02:57,386 about Gotham City One? 61 00:02:57,470 --> 00:03:02,475 - Gee, Marisol, that's really not a good question. 62 00:03:02,558 --> 00:03:05,144 It's bad. You're bad. 63 00:03:05,227 --> 00:03:08,064 You're really bad at your job. [laughs] 64 00:03:08,147 --> 00:03:09,315 - What? 65 00:03:09,398 --> 00:03:11,484 - Look, I tried to make this work. 66 00:03:11,567 --> 00:03:14,612 Right up top I told you a bunch of things I like, 67 00:03:14,695 --> 00:03:16,364 basically doing your job for you, 68 00:03:16,447 --> 00:03:19,867 and now you need me to narrow it down? 69 00:03:19,951 --> 00:03:22,703 No wonder people hate pledge drives. 70 00:03:22,787 --> 00:03:27,291 Every year you amateurs beg for change like bums. 71 00:03:27,375 --> 00:03:28,584 - Cut him off. 72 00:03:28,668 --> 00:03:31,212 - And you got us hostage, don't you know? 73 00:03:31,295 --> 00:03:34,090 I know a thing or two about taking hostages, 74 00:03:34,173 --> 00:03:36,759 so every year I'm forced to cough up some ducats 75 00:03:36,842 --> 00:03:41,222 to you grabby mendicants 'cause I just want it to stop. 76 00:03:41,305 --> 00:03:44,725 I just want to sit in peace and watch hard-hitting coverage 77 00:03:44,809 --> 00:03:47,895 from transit reporter Myron Armbruster. 78 00:03:47,979 --> 00:03:49,438 He really does do a great job. 79 00:03:49,522 --> 00:03:51,273 I don't think I'm laying it on too thick 80 00:03:51,357 --> 00:03:53,275 to give another shout-out to Myron. 81 00:03:53,359 --> 00:03:55,987 Give that guy a Gothy award already. 82 00:03:56,070 --> 00:03:57,905 - What do you mean you can't cut him off? 83 00:03:57,989 --> 00:04:01,283 - No, Marisol, that was a bad question. 84 00:04:01,367 --> 00:04:03,119 And you have a bad [indistinct]. 85 00:04:03,202 --> 00:04:05,997 [chuckles] But I've got an interesting question. 86 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,333 - We have to be able to-- - Riddle me this. 87 00:04:09,417 --> 00:04:11,961 50 score of 12 have I. 88 00:04:12,044 --> 00:04:15,047 A fortnight more will lay nine by. 89 00:04:15,131 --> 00:04:18,134 If I collect till solstice moon, 90 00:04:18,217 --> 00:04:22,013 how many will I have in June? 91 00:04:22,096 --> 00:04:26,392 - I-I don't-- - Of course you don't, Marisol. 92 00:04:26,475 --> 00:04:30,813 But he good news, honey, is I wasn't asking you. 93 00:04:30,896 --> 00:04:34,650 No, I'm looking at those sadists back there 94 00:04:34,734 --> 00:04:37,236 behind you answering phones. 95 00:04:37,319 --> 00:04:39,030 [people gasp] - The phone bank? 96 00:04:39,113 --> 00:04:41,574 - If one of them doesn't input the right number 97 00:04:41,657 --> 00:04:44,744 into their phone in the next 60 seconds, 98 00:04:44,827 --> 00:04:49,165 let's just say, is transit reporter Myron Armbruster 99 00:04:49,248 --> 00:04:50,666 out of the building? 100 00:04:50,750 --> 00:04:54,545 Please evacuate Myron. He's not part of this. 101 00:04:54,628 --> 00:04:58,799 - I don't--does anyone--can we just cut to a commercial? 102 00:04:58,883 --> 00:05:01,469 [objects snapping, people cry] Nobody panic! 103 00:05:01,552 --> 00:05:03,387 [radio static] 104 00:05:03,471 --> 00:05:04,764 [soft music] 105 00:05:04,847 --> 00:05:08,642 - Gotham, a box of indescribable treasures 106 00:05:08,726 --> 00:05:11,020 hopelessly rusted shut. 107 00:05:11,103 --> 00:05:12,313 Join us now for a tale 108 00:05:12,396 --> 00:05:14,815 of "Life and Death in Gotham City." 109 00:05:14,899 --> 00:05:17,068 February 9th. 110 00:05:17,151 --> 00:05:18,527 ♪ ♪ 111 00:05:18,611 --> 00:05:20,529 [siren wailing] 112 00:05:20,613 --> 00:05:24,033 As the Gotham City One studio erupts into mayhem, 113 00:05:24,116 --> 00:05:26,160 a separate scene of panic unfolds 114 00:05:26,243 --> 00:05:28,704 outside the old Gotham City opera house. 115 00:05:28,788 --> 00:05:31,874 It's an unwelcome interruption to a badly needed night 116 00:05:31,957 --> 00:05:33,250 of leisure for Bruce Wayne. 117 00:05:33,334 --> 00:05:35,711 At faithful Alfred's insistence, 118 00:05:35,795 --> 00:05:37,338 Robin was sent on patrol 119 00:05:37,421 --> 00:05:39,715 to let a weary tuxedo-clad Bruce 120 00:05:39,799 --> 00:05:41,842 enjoy an evening of pleasant company 121 00:05:41,926 --> 00:05:44,512 and wholesome Gotham nightlife. 122 00:05:44,595 --> 00:05:46,889 But just as Bruce Wayne's thoughts begin 123 00:05:46,972 --> 00:05:50,309 to soar with the lilting aria of the prima donna... 124 00:05:50,392 --> 00:05:52,019 [crash, people scream] [Joker laughs] 125 00:05:52,103 --> 00:05:55,064 The Joker brings him crashing back down 126 00:05:55,147 --> 00:05:56,982 to the filthy Gotham sidewalks. 127 00:05:57,066 --> 00:06:00,778 We are still days away from the feast of St. Valentine's, 128 00:06:00,861 --> 00:06:04,240 but the Joker is getting the word out to save the date. 129 00:06:04,323 --> 00:06:07,034 - Oh, Bruce, thank you, dear boy. 130 00:06:07,118 --> 00:06:09,411 Thank you. You saved my life. 131 00:06:09,495 --> 00:06:11,831 - I'm sure you're exaggerating, Mrs. Puttermesser. 132 00:06:11,914 --> 00:06:13,165 It was nothing really. 133 00:06:13,249 --> 00:06:14,625 Now please be careful getting home. 134 00:06:14,708 --> 00:06:15,918 You've had quite a scare. 135 00:06:16,001 --> 00:06:18,504 - Finding a shadowy spot amid the mayhem, 136 00:06:18,587 --> 00:06:20,756 Bruce Wayne steps aside to check in 137 00:06:20,840 --> 00:06:23,592 with his young ward and crime fighting partner. 138 00:06:23,676 --> 00:06:26,554 - Robin, report. - Scene is secure. 139 00:06:26,637 --> 00:06:28,597 A lot of very rattled opera lovers 140 00:06:28,681 --> 00:06:30,015 but zero casualties. 141 00:06:30,099 --> 00:06:32,184 That's not a stat the Joker usually posts. 142 00:06:32,268 --> 00:06:34,687 - Think of it as a trailer for a coming attraction. 143 00:06:34,770 --> 00:06:37,273 This stunt tonight, he was doing promotion, 144 00:06:37,356 --> 00:06:41,110 hyping his upcoming performance this Valentine's Day. 145 00:06:41,193 --> 00:06:43,362 - He advertises his crimes? 146 00:06:43,445 --> 00:06:44,864 - He'd tell you every new show 147 00:06:44,947 --> 00:06:46,907 needs a killer marketing campaign. 148 00:06:46,991 --> 00:06:49,034 - I'm just glad no one got hurt. 149 00:06:49,118 --> 00:06:50,411 - Joker just hasn't gotten 150 00:06:50,494 --> 00:06:52,621 to the hurting people part yet, Robin. 151 00:06:52,705 --> 00:06:54,498 - But why is that, Batman? 152 00:06:54,582 --> 00:06:57,293 - He'd tell you comedy is all about timing. 153 00:06:57,376 --> 00:06:58,627 Continue to monitor the-- 154 00:06:58,711 --> 00:07:01,088 - So Bruce Wayne, superhero. 155 00:07:01,172 --> 00:07:03,549 - Suddenly, Bruce's shadowy spot is flooded 156 00:07:03,632 --> 00:07:06,677 by the probing light of journalistic inquiry. 157 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:08,888 - Excuse me, superhero? 158 00:07:08,971 --> 00:07:11,223 - That seems to be the headline talking to this crowd. 159 00:07:11,307 --> 00:07:14,018 Vicki Vale, Mr. Wayne, "Gotham Gazette." 160 00:07:14,101 --> 00:07:15,978 - Did Mrs. Puttermesser tell you a tale? 161 00:07:16,061 --> 00:07:17,521 She's incorrigible. 162 00:07:17,605 --> 00:07:20,482 I suppose I held the door open as I exited, Ms. Vale. 163 00:07:20,566 --> 00:07:22,359 Does that count as heroism? 164 00:07:22,443 --> 00:07:24,486 I'm happy to hear it was helpful. 165 00:07:24,570 --> 00:07:26,572 And we've met, you know. 166 00:07:26,655 --> 00:07:28,532 - Yes, that's not remotely in line 167 00:07:28,616 --> 00:07:30,534 with eyewitness reports, Mr. Wayne. 168 00:07:30,618 --> 00:07:32,870 - Mr. Wayne, please, Bruce. 169 00:07:32,953 --> 00:07:35,164 I think you've even been to my house, Ms. Vale. 170 00:07:35,247 --> 00:07:37,416 - Everyone's saying you carried unconscious victims 171 00:07:37,499 --> 00:07:40,252 out of there two at a time like they were grocery sacks. 172 00:07:40,336 --> 00:07:41,754 - Why don't we-- 173 00:07:41,837 --> 00:07:44,506 - Now, I'm going to say no upfront to a nightcap. 174 00:07:44,590 --> 00:07:45,883 - Ah. 175 00:07:45,966 --> 00:07:48,135 - So how about you drop the adorable modesty 176 00:07:48,219 --> 00:07:50,304 and give me the story. - Uh... 177 00:07:50,387 --> 00:07:53,515 - Just as Ms. Vale prepares to administer the stress test 178 00:07:53,599 --> 00:07:55,851 to Bruce's improvisational skills, 179 00:07:55,935 --> 00:07:58,062 sweet relief. 180 00:07:58,145 --> 00:07:59,521 - I was on duty at the scene 181 00:07:59,605 --> 00:08:01,232 when the disturbance occurred, Ms. Vale. 182 00:08:01,315 --> 00:08:03,192 I'm happy to answer your questions. 183 00:08:03,275 --> 00:08:05,319 - I appreciate that, Robin. Thank you. 184 00:08:05,402 --> 00:08:06,862 - The Batman says, 185 00:08:06,946 --> 00:08:09,615 "An informed public is a necessity for civil order." 186 00:08:09,698 --> 00:08:12,910 - And I'd love to interview you separately. 187 00:08:12,993 --> 00:08:15,329 Right now I'm taking Mr. Wayne's statement. 188 00:08:15,412 --> 00:08:18,332 - Oh, well, I'm sure Mr. Wayne doesn't-- 189 00:08:18,415 --> 00:08:21,043 - Tell me, if you would, how the incident played out 190 00:08:21,126 --> 00:08:24,088 from your vantage point, Bruce? 191 00:08:24,171 --> 00:08:25,547 - Oh, boy. 192 00:08:25,631 --> 00:08:27,216 [whoosh, waltz music plays] 193 00:08:27,299 --> 00:08:30,803 The waltz number just started, and there was a ruckus. 194 00:08:30,886 --> 00:08:33,889 I don't know what exactly. I'll be honest, Ms. Vale. 195 00:08:33,973 --> 00:08:35,849 I was desperately in search of more ice 196 00:08:35,933 --> 00:08:37,935 for the champagne bucket in my private box. 197 00:08:38,018 --> 00:08:41,230 My date was--say, where is my date? 198 00:08:41,313 --> 00:08:43,190 - It was knockout gas, Ms. Vale, 199 00:08:43,274 --> 00:08:45,901 a pressurized device hidden in a cello case. 200 00:08:45,985 --> 00:08:48,237 Joker's gang had a man in the orchestra. 201 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:51,156 - Well, as the cast onstage succumbed to the gas, 202 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:53,951 suddenly, a small figure crept out from behind the curtain 203 00:08:54,034 --> 00:08:55,411 in a clown costume. 204 00:08:55,494 --> 00:08:57,246 I didn't know if it was a child, 205 00:08:57,329 --> 00:09:00,082 or a frail woman, or a castrato. 206 00:09:00,165 --> 00:09:02,251 - Where would the Joker get a castrato? 207 00:09:02,334 --> 00:09:05,379 Oh. Oh, never mind. Go on. 208 00:09:05,462 --> 00:09:06,755 - Whatever it was, 209 00:09:06,839 --> 00:09:09,591 this little clown homunculus began to sing. 210 00:09:09,675 --> 00:09:11,593 [high-pitched singing] It was j--awful. 211 00:09:11,677 --> 00:09:13,595 - Disturbing. - I'll say. 212 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:15,681 The Joker obviously doesn't know his Strauss 213 00:09:15,764 --> 00:09:18,726 from his Leoncavallo. 214 00:09:18,809 --> 00:09:21,603 - You want to break that down for the lunch pail set? 215 00:09:21,687 --> 00:09:24,857 - Tonight's performance was Strauss's "Die Fledermaus." 216 00:09:24,940 --> 00:09:26,442 Joker interrupted it with music 217 00:09:26,525 --> 00:09:29,320 that's famously from Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci." 218 00:09:29,403 --> 00:09:31,739 No idea what that was about. - I do. 219 00:09:31,822 --> 00:09:33,699 Think of it as a trailer for a coming attraction, 220 00:09:33,782 --> 00:09:35,117 Ms. Vale. 221 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:38,746 He interrupted the opera of the bat with "Pagliacci." 222 00:09:38,829 --> 00:09:40,539 - The opera of the clown. 223 00:09:40,622 --> 00:09:42,666 [dark music] 224 00:09:42,750 --> 00:09:44,626 - At any rate, it was out of tune. 225 00:09:44,710 --> 00:09:46,462 [traffic clamoring] - The message is simple though. 226 00:09:46,545 --> 00:09:48,213 The Joker is planning something deadly 227 00:09:48,297 --> 00:09:49,631 for this Valentine's Day, 228 00:09:49,715 --> 00:09:52,593 something he's calling "Dark Purple Dawn." 229 00:09:52,676 --> 00:09:54,345 I'll supply you with further details 230 00:09:54,428 --> 00:09:55,637 as they emerge, Ms. Vale. 231 00:09:55,721 --> 00:09:57,264 - You do that, Boy Wonder. 232 00:09:57,348 --> 00:09:59,641 And thank you for the service you do for the city. 233 00:09:59,725 --> 00:10:02,936 I'm sure my parents would be very proud of you. 234 00:10:03,020 --> 00:10:04,438 - Thank you, Mr. Wayne. 235 00:10:04,521 --> 00:10:05,898 - Now, if you'll both excuse me, 236 00:10:05,981 --> 00:10:07,983 I'm gonna try to salvage the evening. 237 00:10:08,067 --> 00:10:09,777 - And I've gotta get back on patrol. 238 00:10:09,860 --> 00:10:11,403 Good night, Ms. Vale. 239 00:10:11,487 --> 00:10:14,490 - The brooding billionaire and his young ward part ways 240 00:10:14,573 --> 00:10:16,241 but remain in communication. 241 00:10:16,325 --> 00:10:18,744 - Thanks for your help in a tight spot, chum. 242 00:10:18,827 --> 00:10:19,953 Now get changed. 243 00:10:20,037 --> 00:10:21,205 Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson 244 00:10:21,288 --> 00:10:22,831 have a sudden social obligation. 245 00:10:22,915 --> 00:10:24,416 - What's up, Bruce? 246 00:10:24,500 --> 00:10:26,293 - Tonight there's a black tie ribbon cutting ceremony 247 00:10:26,377 --> 00:10:28,587 at the Gotham Museum. - Right. 248 00:10:28,670 --> 00:10:31,673 For the brand-new Oswald C. Cobblepot Hall of Penguins. 249 00:10:31,757 --> 00:10:33,675 - I've just heard that the Penguin himself 250 00:10:33,759 --> 00:10:35,511 is going to attend after all. 251 00:10:35,594 --> 00:10:36,970 - Oh, boy. 252 00:10:37,054 --> 00:10:39,640 I'm guessing he's not just taking the high road. 253 00:10:39,723 --> 00:10:42,142 - He wants revenge against the museum chairman, 254 00:10:42,226 --> 00:10:44,728 and apparently he's willing to pause his bizarre feud 255 00:10:44,812 --> 00:10:46,105 with Two-Face to get it. 256 00:10:46,188 --> 00:10:48,774 Expect unusual cruelty tonight, Robin. 257 00:10:48,857 --> 00:10:50,526 Be ready for anything. 258 00:10:50,609 --> 00:10:52,152 - Don't go away. 259 00:10:52,236 --> 00:10:56,240 The museum is just down the street from the opera house. 260 00:10:58,075 --> 00:11:01,286 [radio static] 261 00:11:01,370 --> 00:11:03,205 - ♪ You ain't been lonely ♪ 262 00:11:03,288 --> 00:11:07,209 ♪ Till you've known the lonely I-- ♪ 263 00:11:07,292 --> 00:11:08,961 - From Haly's Circus, 264 00:11:09,044 --> 00:11:10,712 and they are advising civilians 265 00:11:10,796 --> 00:11:12,965 not to approach the escaped gorilla 266 00:11:13,048 --> 00:11:15,175 unless he puts down the-- 267 00:11:15,259 --> 00:11:17,052 [radio static] 268 00:11:17,136 --> 00:11:20,055 [upbeat music] 269 00:11:20,139 --> 00:11:22,433 ♪ ♪ 270 00:11:22,516 --> 00:11:24,893 - ♪ Heat your home, stay toasty warm ♪ 271 00:11:24,977 --> 00:11:28,397 ♪ Through Gotham's coldest summer storms ♪ 272 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:31,108 - Hey, Gotham City. It's almost March. 273 00:11:31,191 --> 00:11:33,986 Do you know where your home heating oil is? 274 00:11:34,069 --> 00:11:37,573 Sure, we all know winter's on its way out, 275 00:11:37,656 --> 00:11:42,619 but so is Mr. Freeze... of lockup again. 276 00:11:42,703 --> 00:11:44,246 That's right, folks. 277 00:11:44,329 --> 00:11:47,833 Gotham's own old man winter is scheduled for release 278 00:11:47,916 --> 00:11:50,419 from Arkham Asylum on March 1st. 279 00:11:50,502 --> 00:11:53,964 Do you have enough heating oil to last the summer? 280 00:11:54,047 --> 00:11:56,300 ♪ ♪ 281 00:11:56,383 --> 00:11:59,303 - ♪ Chatter, chatter, chatter, chatter, brr ♪ 282 00:11:59,386 --> 00:12:01,221 - Do you remember when Mr. Freeze 283 00:12:01,305 --> 00:12:02,848 flash froze Gotham Harbor? 284 00:12:02,931 --> 00:12:04,600 Pretty sure that was in May. 285 00:12:04,683 --> 00:12:07,769 Oh, and how about that great Gotham blizzard, 286 00:12:07,853 --> 00:12:08,937 remember that? 287 00:12:09,021 --> 00:12:10,314 That was the blizzard 288 00:12:10,397 --> 00:12:12,608 that canceled the 4th of July fireworks. 289 00:12:12,691 --> 00:12:15,110 Yeah, don't be a schnook. 290 00:12:15,194 --> 00:12:17,321 They're letting the Freeze guy off the hook, 291 00:12:17,404 --> 00:12:20,616 so come get a summer's worth of heating oil from me, 292 00:12:20,699 --> 00:12:22,493 Heating Oil Doyle. 293 00:12:22,576 --> 00:12:25,454 I know it sounds insane, but don't fight it. 294 00:12:25,537 --> 00:12:27,080 This is the new normal. 295 00:12:27,164 --> 00:12:29,833 - ♪ If you freeze this June, there's no excuse ♪ 296 00:12:29,917 --> 00:12:33,962 ♪ You knew they turned the Freeze guy loose ♪ 297 00:12:34,046 --> 00:12:38,008 - That's Heating Oil Doyle's House of Home Heating Oil 298 00:12:38,091 --> 00:12:40,469 in Springtown off I-57 299 00:12:40,552 --> 00:12:43,013 14 miles past Wayne Memorial Airfield 300 00:12:43,096 --> 00:12:45,140 on the edge of Slaughter Swamp. 301 00:12:45,224 --> 00:12:47,684 What? That's what they call it. 302 00:12:47,768 --> 00:12:49,394 ♪ ♪ 303 00:12:49,478 --> 00:12:52,898 [radio static] 304 00:12:52,981 --> 00:12:55,484 [smooth music] 305 00:12:55,567 --> 00:12:59,238 - Gotham, a splendid cabinet of grotesqueries 306 00:12:59,321 --> 00:13:01,657 for the sophisticated degenerate. 307 00:13:01,740 --> 00:13:03,325 Join us now for another tale 308 00:13:03,408 --> 00:13:06,870 of "Life and Death in Gotham City." 309 00:13:06,954 --> 00:13:09,706 ♪ ♪ 310 00:13:09,790 --> 00:13:13,418 The sprawling Gotham Museum has a trove of antiquities 311 00:13:13,502 --> 00:13:16,880 and natural wonders that rivals the finest in Europe. 312 00:13:16,964 --> 00:13:20,050 Here in the wildlife of the polar regions hall, 313 00:13:20,133 --> 00:13:23,220 Bruce Wayne and his young ward Dick Grayson arrive 314 00:13:23,303 --> 00:13:26,348 to a swinging scene of high society. 315 00:13:26,431 --> 00:13:29,184 - There's Penguin. He's up to something all right. 316 00:13:29,268 --> 00:13:31,144 He'd never be here on time if he wasn't. 317 00:13:31,228 --> 00:13:33,772 The board of the museum has no idea what they've done. 318 00:13:33,855 --> 00:13:35,274 They think they're having a little spat 319 00:13:35,357 --> 00:13:37,776 with Oswald Cobblepot on the society page. 320 00:13:37,859 --> 00:13:41,113 They don't realize the Penguin considers this a lethal insult. 321 00:13:41,196 --> 00:13:43,407 Mingle around the party with your ears on. 322 00:13:43,490 --> 00:13:44,992 I'm gonna chat Penguin up 323 00:13:45,075 --> 00:13:47,244 and plant a number four listening device if I can. 324 00:13:47,327 --> 00:13:48,829 - Copy that. 325 00:13:48,912 --> 00:13:51,540 - Bruce Wayne confidently makes his way through the party 326 00:13:51,623 --> 00:13:53,834 to the obscene plutocrat. 327 00:13:53,917 --> 00:13:57,129 - Good evening, Oswald. - Ah, Wayne. 328 00:13:57,212 --> 00:13:59,381 Truly honored you didn't just send the butler 329 00:13:59,464 --> 00:14:01,174 in your place as per usual. 330 00:14:01,258 --> 00:14:02,593 Hope you pay that man well. 331 00:14:02,676 --> 00:14:05,429 He has the busiest social calendar in Gotham. 332 00:14:05,512 --> 00:14:07,055 [quacking laughter] 333 00:14:07,139 --> 00:14:09,391 - Yes, well, Oswald, I just wanted 334 00:14:09,474 --> 00:14:10,684 to express my congratulations 335 00:14:10,767 --> 00:14:12,686 to you for your recent acquisition. 336 00:14:12,769 --> 00:14:14,771 The frozen mammoth specimen you won at auction 337 00:14:14,855 --> 00:14:16,064 will make an impressive centerpiece 338 00:14:16,148 --> 00:14:17,858 for your Ice Age Gala. 339 00:14:17,941 --> 00:14:20,402 - Oh, no, you don't, Wayne. 340 00:14:20,485 --> 00:14:22,988 Don't try to sauce my gander. 341 00:14:23,071 --> 00:14:24,781 I know you're furious 342 00:14:24,865 --> 00:14:27,701 I've got that prehistoric pachyderm 343 00:14:27,784 --> 00:14:30,329 instead of this museum. 344 00:14:30,412 --> 00:14:31,788 - It's no secret I don't like you 345 00:14:31,872 --> 00:14:33,790 hoarding an important scientific discovery 346 00:14:33,874 --> 00:14:35,083 for your own profit, 347 00:14:35,167 --> 00:14:36,627 but I don't see any reason for there 348 00:14:36,710 --> 00:14:38,587 to be bad blood between us. - [quack laughter] 349 00:14:38,670 --> 00:14:41,506 Don't worry your big square head about that, Wayne. 350 00:14:41,590 --> 00:14:43,258 We've never had problems 351 00:14:43,342 --> 00:14:45,260 because you're an ineffectual counterfeit 352 00:14:45,344 --> 00:14:47,346 of your tediously virtuous parents. 353 00:14:47,429 --> 00:14:50,515 Wish this town had more muscle-bound milquetoasts 354 00:14:50,599 --> 00:14:53,935 like you, bruisy old bean. [laughter] 355 00:14:54,019 --> 00:14:56,772 And just don't try to horn in on my action, 356 00:14:56,855 --> 00:14:58,899 and we'll be fine. 357 00:14:58,982 --> 00:15:01,610 - You mean, wet my beak, Oswald, with you? 358 00:15:01,693 --> 00:15:03,654 - [quack sound] - Oh, I'd never. 359 00:15:03,737 --> 00:15:05,238 - Why, you-- 360 00:15:05,322 --> 00:15:08,033 - But before the sputtering bird can load return fire, 361 00:15:08,116 --> 00:15:11,286 the men are joined by the object of Oswald's ire, 362 00:15:11,370 --> 00:15:14,790 the aged chairman of the board of the Gotham Museum. 363 00:15:14,873 --> 00:15:17,292 - Young Bruce Wayne, I say. 364 00:15:17,376 --> 00:15:19,836 - Chairman Waterbury, I'd hoped to see you tonight. 365 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:21,922 Good to see you looking so fit, professor. 366 00:15:22,005 --> 00:15:25,342 - Oh, my dear boy, I still can't accept 367 00:15:25,425 --> 00:15:26,843 that you've grown so. 368 00:15:26,927 --> 00:15:28,845 Am I really as old as I look? 369 00:15:28,929 --> 00:15:30,931 And Oswald Cobblepot, 370 00:15:31,014 --> 00:15:33,809 so you showed up to cut the ribbon after all. 371 00:15:33,892 --> 00:15:35,811 - Why shouldn't I, Waterbury? 372 00:15:35,894 --> 00:15:38,438 My name is on your petty little exhibit. 373 00:15:38,522 --> 00:15:40,607 I paid for it, as you well know. 374 00:15:40,691 --> 00:15:45,237 Was this all a penguin stunt supposed to humiliate me? 375 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:48,115 - If you perceive humiliation, Mr. Cobblepot, 376 00:15:48,198 --> 00:15:50,909 I'd suggest there are countless possible sources, 377 00:15:50,992 --> 00:15:53,078 given your lifestyle and your character, 378 00:15:53,161 --> 00:15:56,456 in stark contrast to Mr. Wayne here. 379 00:15:56,540 --> 00:15:57,624 - Oh, let's not-- 380 00:15:57,708 --> 00:15:59,334 - A true pillar of the community 381 00:15:59,418 --> 00:16:01,878 and the soul of scientific adventurism 382 00:16:01,962 --> 00:16:04,089 since he was a young boy, isn't that right, lad? 383 00:16:04,172 --> 00:16:06,717 Hm. Always in the museum as a youth, 384 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:08,885 always knocking on my office door 385 00:16:08,969 --> 00:16:10,679 with the most outlandish questions. 386 00:16:10,762 --> 00:16:12,347 - Oh, not that outlandish, surely. 387 00:16:12,431 --> 00:16:14,766 - "What's the minimum fatal dose of tarantula venom?" 388 00:16:14,850 --> 00:16:17,519 Oh, "can voodoo priests really control minds?" 389 00:16:17,602 --> 00:16:20,605 Oh, "what's the weakest point on the human skeleton?" 390 00:16:20,689 --> 00:16:22,357 - Oh, I'm sure I was a nuisance, 391 00:16:22,441 --> 00:16:23,942 but enough about-- 392 00:16:24,025 --> 00:16:25,986 - And for evidence of this man's innate generosity, 393 00:16:26,069 --> 00:16:28,822 look above us, suspended from the ceiling there. 394 00:16:28,905 --> 00:16:33,034 See the life-sized model of the magnificent tusked narwhal? 395 00:16:33,118 --> 00:16:35,954 - You mean, the big fish with the horn up there? 396 00:16:36,037 --> 00:16:39,082 I thought that was called a tuna-corn. 397 00:16:39,166 --> 00:16:41,918 [quacking laughter] A tuna-corn! 398 00:16:42,002 --> 00:16:45,422 - That life-sized replica was the generous donation 399 00:16:45,505 --> 00:16:48,800 of young Master Bruce Wayne, age nine. 400 00:16:48,884 --> 00:16:51,386 All he wanted for his birthday that year 401 00:16:51,470 --> 00:16:54,306 was for the museum to have its own narwhal. 402 00:16:54,389 --> 00:16:57,225 - I had schoolmates who didn't believe narwhals were real, 403 00:16:57,309 --> 00:16:58,727 and that seemed a shame. 404 00:16:58,810 --> 00:17:00,479 - Oh, spare me. 405 00:17:00,562 --> 00:17:03,148 - That is a scholar and a gentleman, 406 00:17:03,231 --> 00:17:06,276 Mr. Cobblepot, and his ilk is as foreign to you 407 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:09,112 as the particulars of taxonomic classification 408 00:17:09,196 --> 00:17:10,906 and phylogenetic trees. 409 00:17:10,989 --> 00:17:13,575 - I've given you hundreds of thousands 410 00:17:13,658 --> 00:17:15,494 over the years, Waterbury. 411 00:17:15,577 --> 00:17:18,246 I've stuffed cabinets upon cabinets 412 00:17:18,330 --> 00:17:20,624 full of treasures in this dump. 413 00:17:20,707 --> 00:17:22,209 Despite your insult, 414 00:17:22,292 --> 00:17:26,171 I'm here tonight at your tacky fête. 415 00:17:26,254 --> 00:17:27,756 - Oh, you don't care about the museum, 416 00:17:27,839 --> 00:17:29,674 and you never have, you waddling lout. 417 00:17:29,758 --> 00:17:32,010 You think we're ridiculing you with this exhibit, 418 00:17:32,093 --> 00:17:33,220 Mr. Cobblepot? 419 00:17:33,303 --> 00:17:35,096 I want to put your mind at ease. 420 00:17:35,180 --> 00:17:36,973 You're nothing like a penguin. 421 00:17:37,057 --> 00:17:40,101 Penguins have a noble bearing. 422 00:17:40,185 --> 00:17:43,772 - The malevolent mafioso narrows his beady black eyes 423 00:17:43,855 --> 00:17:45,440 with a murderous smile. 424 00:17:45,524 --> 00:17:50,320 - Well, professor, I must say, you really stuck it to me. 425 00:17:50,403 --> 00:17:52,531 Wouldn't you say, Wayne? 426 00:17:52,614 --> 00:17:54,699 He really stuck it to me, 427 00:17:54,783 --> 00:17:58,703 really got his point across. [laughs] 428 00:17:58,787 --> 00:18:01,414 - The Penguin's odd emphasis goes unnoticed 429 00:18:01,498 --> 00:18:04,459 by the professor but not by Bruce Wayne. 430 00:18:04,543 --> 00:18:06,878 - [echoing] Look above us... tusked narwhal... 431 00:18:06,962 --> 00:18:09,172 - [echoing] Really stuck it to me. 432 00:18:09,256 --> 00:18:11,424 - Now that I have that out of my system, 433 00:18:11,508 --> 00:18:14,094 I think I can manage to say a few civil words 434 00:18:14,177 --> 00:18:17,013 of introduction for you, Cobblepot. 435 00:18:17,097 --> 00:18:19,224 So let's get this ribbon cutting over with 436 00:18:19,307 --> 00:18:20,892 and never speak again. 437 00:18:20,976 --> 00:18:26,398 - I think that's exactly how it's going to go, Waterbury. 438 00:18:26,481 --> 00:18:28,316 - As the squat gangster waddles 439 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:30,986 after the aged academic to the podium, 440 00:18:31,069 --> 00:18:33,530 Bruce Wayne's mind begins to calculate a way 441 00:18:33,613 --> 00:18:36,116 to avert the obvious coming catastrophe. 442 00:18:36,199 --> 00:18:39,077 He signals to his young protégé with urgency. 443 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:42,205 Dick, we have a situation. - What is it, Bruce? 444 00:18:42,289 --> 00:18:44,833 - Good evening, and welcome to the wildlife 445 00:18:44,916 --> 00:18:48,336 of the polar regions wing of the Gotham Museum. 446 00:18:48,420 --> 00:18:50,088 Yes, thank you, thank you. 447 00:18:50,171 --> 00:18:52,883 I hope my remarks don't leave you cold tonight. 448 00:18:52,966 --> 00:18:54,801 [laughter] 449 00:18:54,885 --> 00:18:56,303 Your reception so far has been... 450 00:18:56,386 --> 00:18:57,846 - In less than a minute, 451 00:18:57,929 --> 00:18:59,931 that narwhal is gonna break loose and fall tusk-first 452 00:19:00,015 --> 00:19:01,766 from the ceiling to impale the professor. 453 00:19:01,850 --> 00:19:05,061 - Holy pincushion! How can you tell? 454 00:19:05,145 --> 00:19:06,354 - Look there. 455 00:19:06,438 --> 00:19:08,398 I noticed the whale has moved slightly 456 00:19:08,481 --> 00:19:09,858 since my last visit. 457 00:19:09,941 --> 00:19:11,985 It's been rehung in a diving posture 458 00:19:12,068 --> 00:19:13,612 directly over the podium, 459 00:19:13,695 --> 00:19:16,281 and it's rigged to fall when Penguin cuts the ribbon. 460 00:19:16,364 --> 00:19:17,699 - I see it. 461 00:19:17,782 --> 00:19:20,827 The balloons drop and so does pointy up there. 462 00:19:20,911 --> 00:19:22,954 - Not many options, I'll shove the professor 463 00:19:23,038 --> 00:19:24,539 out of the way if I have to. 464 00:19:24,623 --> 00:19:26,917 - Uh-oh, after the opera house, 465 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,252 here's the morning gazette's banner headline: 466 00:19:29,336 --> 00:19:31,463 "Bruce Wayne, Superhero." 467 00:19:31,546 --> 00:19:32,714 - I'll have a tough time 468 00:19:32,797 --> 00:19:34,966 explaining my keen sense of danger. 469 00:19:35,050 --> 00:19:37,552 It's not ideal. I've got an alternative. 470 00:19:37,636 --> 00:19:40,722 Be ready to help calm a spooked crowd after it falls. 471 00:19:40,805 --> 00:19:42,849 That whale weighs several hundred pounds. 472 00:19:42,933 --> 00:19:44,517 Uh, waiter? 473 00:19:44,601 --> 00:19:47,228 - The dashing billionaire grabs a passing champagne bottle 474 00:19:47,312 --> 00:19:49,147 and begins shaking it vigorously 475 00:19:49,230 --> 00:19:52,067 as the Penguin readies his ceremonial scissors. 476 00:19:52,150 --> 00:19:55,028 - It is indeed my honor to cut this ribbon 477 00:19:55,111 --> 00:19:58,239 and officially open the Hall of... 478 00:19:58,323 --> 00:20:00,241 [grumbling] 479 00:20:00,325 --> 00:20:02,077 Penguins. 480 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:06,915 Penguin, incidentally--I'm sure all of Gotham knows this but-- 481 00:20:06,998 --> 00:20:11,711 is a cruel nickname that has been applied to me in the past. 482 00:20:11,795 --> 00:20:15,632 So this exhibit initially offended me, 483 00:20:15,715 --> 00:20:17,968 but after some reflection, 484 00:20:18,051 --> 00:20:20,804 I've decided to let this matter... 485 00:20:20,887 --> 00:20:23,264 [quack, quack] drop. 486 00:20:23,348 --> 00:20:25,392 - Just before the Penguin cuts the ribbon, 487 00:20:25,475 --> 00:20:28,561 Bruce Wayne pops the cork on the agitated bubbly. 488 00:20:28,645 --> 00:20:30,855 The tiny explosion launches the cork 489 00:20:30,939 --> 00:20:32,941 with great velocity across the room 490 00:20:33,024 --> 00:20:36,027 where it strikes the professor square on the forehead... 491 00:20:36,111 --> 00:20:37,445 - Ow! 492 00:20:37,529 --> 00:20:39,656 - Sending the old gentleman staggering backward 493 00:20:39,739 --> 00:20:41,574 an instant before the ribbon is cut 494 00:20:41,658 --> 00:20:44,452 and the be-tusked whale comes crashing down. 495 00:20:44,536 --> 00:20:47,247 [crash, tusk vibrates] [people scream] 496 00:20:47,330 --> 00:20:50,500 - It's okay, everyone! Is everyone all right? 497 00:20:50,583 --> 00:20:52,127 I think everyone is okay. 498 00:20:52,210 --> 00:20:54,754 - Bruce Wayne makes his way through the startled crowd 499 00:20:54,838 --> 00:20:56,715 to the aid of the dazed professor. 500 00:20:56,798 --> 00:20:59,300 - Are you all right, sir? - Sweet province! 501 00:20:59,384 --> 00:21:02,679 That tusky cetacean nearly pierced me like a shish kebab. 502 00:21:02,762 --> 00:21:05,098 - Let me help you up. That was a close one. 503 00:21:05,181 --> 00:21:06,975 - Too close, my boy. Oh! 504 00:21:07,058 --> 00:21:08,727 If that cork hadn't struck me-- 505 00:21:08,810 --> 00:21:11,229 - I'll take the blame and the credit for that one, professor. 506 00:21:11,312 --> 00:21:13,815 I guess it was a good thing I was so thirsty. 507 00:21:13,898 --> 00:21:16,818 - The Penguin toddles toward them in a pique. 508 00:21:16,901 --> 00:21:19,362 - Well, well, Waterbury, old boy, 509 00:21:19,446 --> 00:21:21,489 you got mighty lucky tonight. 510 00:21:21,573 --> 00:21:23,908 Sure hope your luck lasts. 511 00:21:23,992 --> 00:21:26,619 Shame about your whale, Wayne. 512 00:21:26,703 --> 00:21:31,958 Guess Mommy and Daddy can't exactly buy you a new one, huh? 513 00:21:32,042 --> 00:21:34,502 [quacking laughter] 514 00:21:34,586 --> 00:21:37,922 - Thanks for your concern. The museum has insurance. 515 00:21:38,006 --> 00:21:39,299 Good night, Oswald. 516 00:21:39,382 --> 00:21:41,843 - As the sullen vulture of vice retreats 517 00:21:41,926 --> 00:21:43,511 to the company of his valet, 518 00:21:43,595 --> 00:21:45,847 Dick Grayson rejoins his guardian. 519 00:21:45,930 --> 00:21:47,640 - That was quick thinking, Bruce. 520 00:21:47,724 --> 00:21:50,518 Penguin probably spent days and thousands to set that up, 521 00:21:50,602 --> 00:21:51,811 and you trashed his plan 522 00:21:51,895 --> 00:21:53,438 without even changing out of your tux. 523 00:21:53,521 --> 00:21:55,732 - Yes, I'm afraid if Penguin wanted to dine 524 00:21:55,815 --> 00:21:57,275 on a dish of revenge tonight, 525 00:21:57,358 --> 00:21:59,861 he's going to go home hungry. 526 00:21:59,944 --> 00:22:04,365 - So why does Penguin look so pleased with himself right now? 527 00:22:04,449 --> 00:22:06,284 - Indeed, far from furious, 528 00:22:06,367 --> 00:22:09,162 the Penguin is clucking with mirth. 529 00:22:09,245 --> 00:22:13,708 - That's not good. Engage audio surveillance. 530 00:22:13,792 --> 00:22:15,043 - [laughs] 531 00:22:15,126 --> 00:22:18,088 Oh, I can hardly be angry, Mr. Decondor. 532 00:22:18,171 --> 00:22:20,215 That was not the main event. 533 00:22:20,298 --> 00:22:23,176 The evening's just getting started. 534 00:22:23,259 --> 00:22:25,887 Let's head over to Pier 2! 535 00:22:25,970 --> 00:22:28,223 - Pier 2, Mr. Cobblepot? 536 00:22:28,306 --> 00:22:30,517 - Yes, old smoke, Pier 2, 537 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:34,813 the only dock on the waterfront Harvey Dent does business with. 538 00:22:34,896 --> 00:22:38,608 Pier 2 is Two-Face's whole import-export operation. 539 00:22:38,691 --> 00:22:40,276 [laughs] 540 00:22:40,360 --> 00:22:42,946 What time is it precisely, Mr. Decondor? 541 00:22:43,029 --> 00:22:45,281 - Precisely a quarter to 8:00, sir. 542 00:22:45,365 --> 00:22:47,909 - Great blue heron, let's move! 543 00:22:47,992 --> 00:22:50,537 You see, I just passed word to Harvey Dent 544 00:22:50,620 --> 00:22:54,124 that I planted a bomb under his precious Pier 2, 545 00:22:54,207 --> 00:22:56,251 and the clock is ticking! 546 00:22:56,334 --> 00:22:57,627 He'll be apoplectic! 547 00:22:57,710 --> 00:23:01,464 I can't wait to see the look on his face...s. 548 00:23:01,548 --> 00:23:04,175 [laughs] 549 00:23:04,259 --> 00:23:06,761 I pluralized it! Ha! 550 00:23:06,845 --> 00:23:08,012 - Harvey. 551 00:23:08,096 --> 00:23:09,472 - To patrons of this broadcast, 552 00:23:09,556 --> 00:23:11,724 we regret to inform you that the remainder 553 00:23:11,808 --> 00:23:13,184 of Bruce Wayne's high living night 554 00:23:13,268 --> 00:23:14,769 out on the town has been canceled 555 00:23:14,853 --> 00:23:17,147 by an unexpected contingency. 556 00:23:17,230 --> 00:23:18,857 In its place, we offer a scene 557 00:23:18,940 --> 00:23:21,943 of maritime mayhem breaking against the shore 558 00:23:22,026 --> 00:23:25,947 between "Life and Death in Gotham City." 559 00:23:26,030 --> 00:23:27,448 Thank you for your patience. 560 00:23:27,532 --> 00:23:31,202 Pier 2 is just a short distance from the museum. 561 00:23:31,286 --> 00:23:34,330 [dial clicks, dramatic music plays] 562 00:23:34,414 --> 00:23:36,207 ♪ ♪ 563 00:23:36,291 --> 00:23:37,625 [dial clicks] 564 00:23:37,709 --> 00:23:40,420 - ♪ If a cloud of gas is on its way ♪ 565 00:23:40,503 --> 00:23:44,966 ♪ Make sure you go the other way if-- ♪ 566 00:23:45,049 --> 00:23:48,803 - The following is an encore presentation. 567 00:23:48,887 --> 00:23:53,308 - Tonight, on the award-winning docuseries "Ghosts of Gotham," 568 00:23:53,391 --> 00:23:55,518 we take you back to that dark night 569 00:23:55,602 --> 00:23:57,395 the Joker was born. 570 00:23:57,478 --> 00:23:58,980 [Joker laughing] 571 00:23:59,063 --> 00:24:02,150 - Five years ago, he emerged from an accidental fall 572 00:24:02,233 --> 00:24:05,737 into a vat of chemical waste transformed 573 00:24:05,820 --> 00:24:07,363 from an ordinary hoodlum 574 00:24:07,447 --> 00:24:10,742 to Gotham's public enemy number one, 575 00:24:10,825 --> 00:24:14,829 the clown prince of crime, the harlequin of hate. 576 00:24:14,913 --> 00:24:17,832 Everyone in Gotham City knows who he is, 577 00:24:17,916 --> 00:24:21,085 but no one knows who he was. 578 00:24:21,169 --> 00:24:25,548 Even the underworld never knew his true name. 579 00:24:25,632 --> 00:24:27,383 Before the chemicals changed him, 580 00:24:27,467 --> 00:24:29,594 he was simply the anonymous leader 581 00:24:29,677 --> 00:24:31,429 of the Red Hood Gang. 582 00:24:31,512 --> 00:24:33,306 [radio clicks] - Of the Red Hood Gang. Repeat. 583 00:24:33,389 --> 00:24:36,809 All units be advised, Red Hood Gang is heavily armed. 584 00:24:36,893 --> 00:24:39,854 - They were a coterie of crimson capped thugs 585 00:24:39,938 --> 00:24:43,441 responsible for a string of unusually violent 586 00:24:43,524 --> 00:24:46,903 but otherwise unremarkable petty crimes 587 00:24:46,986 --> 00:24:49,530 until one fateful night. 588 00:24:49,614 --> 00:24:53,076 The leader of the Red Hood Gang was cornered by the Batman 589 00:24:53,159 --> 00:24:57,205 on a high catwalk in the Ace Chemical Plant 590 00:24:57,288 --> 00:25:01,960 as seen here in this dramatic reenactment. 591 00:25:02,043 --> 00:25:04,379 - You will never catch me, Batman! 592 00:25:04,462 --> 00:25:05,713 Ha-ha-ha-ha! 593 00:25:05,797 --> 00:25:07,548 This is what I say, me, 594 00:25:07,632 --> 00:25:10,385 the leader of the Red Hood Gang. 595 00:25:10,468 --> 00:25:13,721 - But the man who would become the Joker tempted fate 596 00:25:13,805 --> 00:25:16,140 with his arrogant words. 597 00:25:16,224 --> 00:25:17,809 - Come and get me, Batman, 598 00:25:17,892 --> 00:25:21,604 if you think you can catch me by running, ha-ha-ha-- 599 00:25:21,688 --> 00:25:23,690 [static, tone] 600 00:25:23,773 --> 00:25:25,108 [dramatic music] 601 00:25:25,191 --> 00:25:27,735 - Newsflash, we interrupt this freaking program 602 00:25:27,819 --> 00:25:29,070 for a newsflash! 603 00:25:29,153 --> 00:25:31,072 This is a freaking breaking news bulletin 604 00:25:31,155 --> 00:25:33,324 from Joker News Network! [laughter] 605 00:25:33,408 --> 00:25:35,410 - ♪ Love the Joker ♪ 606 00:25:35,493 --> 00:25:37,287 - What does it mean? 607 00:25:37,370 --> 00:25:38,871 - Good evening, Gotham City. 608 00:25:38,955 --> 00:25:41,416 I'm JNN anchorperson Charlie Charliehorse 609 00:25:41,499 --> 00:25:43,668 with shocking news just developing. 610 00:25:43,751 --> 00:25:48,047 Milos Kozlowski, a local actor/limousine driver, 611 00:25:48,131 --> 00:25:49,382 is missing. 612 00:25:49,465 --> 00:25:51,592 Kozlowski is of course best known 613 00:25:51,676 --> 00:25:54,095 for playing the leader of the Red Hood Gang 614 00:25:54,178 --> 00:25:56,389 on that cheapo true crime program. 615 00:25:56,472 --> 00:25:59,100 You know the one, the one that's constantly in reruns. 616 00:25:59,183 --> 00:26:02,645 Oh, sorry, "encore presentation." 617 00:26:02,729 --> 00:26:04,105 Some have said the decision 618 00:26:04,188 --> 00:26:06,357 to cast a schlubby Polish immigrant 619 00:26:06,441 --> 00:26:09,235 as the devilishly handsome clown prince of crime 620 00:26:09,319 --> 00:26:13,614 was offbeat, even lazy, but au contraire. 621 00:26:13,698 --> 00:26:15,742 Every time they show that episode, 622 00:26:15,825 --> 00:26:17,285 which is a lot, 623 00:26:17,368 --> 00:26:19,996 Kozlowski dazzles late-night trash addicts 624 00:26:20,079 --> 00:26:23,666 with his enormous pit stains, steakhouse waistline, 625 00:26:23,750 --> 00:26:25,752 and a playful lack of aptitude 626 00:26:25,835 --> 00:26:27,628 with the rhythms of English speech. 627 00:26:27,712 --> 00:26:30,048 This reporter sure hopes nothing happened to him, 628 00:26:30,131 --> 00:26:33,509 but as I said, they rerun that episode a lot. 629 00:26:33,593 --> 00:26:35,053 Wouldn't surprise me 630 00:26:35,136 --> 00:26:38,389 if someone somewhere finally reached their limit. 631 00:26:38,473 --> 00:26:40,808 JNN will keep you updated as details 632 00:26:40,892 --> 00:26:43,728 of the missing Joker impersonator become available. 633 00:26:43,811 --> 00:26:46,731 We now return you to "Ghosts of Gotham" 634 00:26:46,814 --> 00:26:48,191 already in progress. 635 00:26:48,274 --> 00:26:50,485 Gee, I wonder if it's a rerun. 636 00:26:50,568 --> 00:26:52,570 [static, tone] 637 00:26:52,653 --> 00:26:54,489 ♪ ♪ 638 00:26:54,572 --> 00:26:56,741 - The Red Hood was submerged completely 639 00:26:56,824 --> 00:27:00,078 in a roiling mixture of unknown chemicals. 640 00:27:00,161 --> 00:27:03,331 The toxic baptism not only bleached his skin, 641 00:27:03,414 --> 00:27:07,460 powerful psychoactive effects remade his mind. 642 00:27:07,543 --> 00:27:10,171 The Joker himself has said it was like being forced 643 00:27:10,254 --> 00:27:13,800 to witness an autopsy of his own sanity. 644 00:27:13,883 --> 00:27:16,052 Whatever was in that vat of chemical waste, 645 00:27:16,135 --> 00:27:18,179 it pushed this ordinary lowlife 646 00:27:18,262 --> 00:27:19,889 past the point of madness. 647 00:27:19,972 --> 00:27:22,016 - Ha-hee-hee-ho-ha-ho! 648 00:27:22,100 --> 00:27:23,768 - The Red Hood was no more. 649 00:27:23,851 --> 00:27:26,396 He now called himself the Joker. 650 00:27:26,479 --> 00:27:30,817 - I now call myself the Joker. Why are you so serious? 651 00:27:30,900 --> 00:27:35,113 Ha-ha-ho-ho, wait until you are getting a lot of me-- 652 00:27:35,196 --> 00:27:37,615 [static, tone] 653 00:27:37,698 --> 00:27:38,950 ♪ ♪ 654 00:27:39,033 --> 00:27:40,576 - Joker News Network! 655 00:27:40,660 --> 00:27:44,372 It's a freaking newsflash! Everybody freak out! 656 00:27:44,455 --> 00:27:46,249 - ♪ Love the Joker ♪ 657 00:27:46,332 --> 00:27:47,750 - Breaking news once again. 658 00:27:47,834 --> 00:27:50,044 It's with a heavy heart we can now confirm 659 00:27:50,128 --> 00:27:53,464 that Milos Kozlowski, the relentless rerun presence 660 00:27:53,548 --> 00:27:55,716 with the world's worst Joker impression, 661 00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:59,929 has been found dead in a highly suspicious suicide. 662 00:28:00,012 --> 00:28:02,849 The talented Polish thespian killed himself 663 00:28:02,932 --> 00:28:05,101 by jumping out of a basement window. 664 00:28:05,184 --> 00:28:06,602 Friends say he had been depressed 665 00:28:06,686 --> 00:28:09,230 ever since he bought a pair of water skis 666 00:28:09,313 --> 00:28:12,150 but couldn't find a lake with a hill in it. 667 00:28:12,233 --> 00:28:14,569 Things got worse when he couldn't make ice cubes 668 00:28:14,652 --> 00:28:16,571 because he lost the recipe. 669 00:28:16,654 --> 00:28:19,532 And bad luck came in threes as last month, 670 00:28:19,615 --> 00:28:22,660 he got severe frostbite waiting outside a theater 671 00:28:22,743 --> 00:28:25,830 for a movie called "Closed for Winter." 672 00:28:25,913 --> 00:28:29,083 That news again, Milos Kozlowski is dead 673 00:28:29,167 --> 00:28:31,210 of highly unnatural causes. 674 00:28:31,294 --> 00:28:33,379 His final wish was to be buried at sea, 675 00:28:33,463 --> 00:28:36,007 but he didn't want anyone to drown while digging his grave. 676 00:28:36,090 --> 00:28:39,260 Instead, he'll be laid to rest in a paper bag, 677 00:28:39,343 --> 00:28:42,096 since it's a cinch he could never act his way out of. 678 00:28:42,180 --> 00:28:44,807 Rest in peace, Milos Kozlowski. 679 00:28:44,891 --> 00:28:47,101 You might be fertilizing daisies, 680 00:28:47,185 --> 00:28:48,728 but look on the bright side. 681 00:28:48,811 --> 00:28:51,147 Your death scene was your finest performance. 682 00:28:51,230 --> 00:28:52,940 Turns out there was acting talent 683 00:28:53,024 --> 00:28:54,484 inside that guy all along. 684 00:28:54,567 --> 00:28:57,487 The Joker just needed to pull it out with some pliers. 685 00:28:57,570 --> 00:28:58,821 ♪ ♪ 686 00:28:58,905 --> 00:29:00,698 - This has been the Joker News Network! 687 00:29:00,781 --> 00:29:04,243 When news breaks, we stab you with the shards! 688 00:29:04,327 --> 00:29:06,496 You know what you did! 689 00:29:06,579 --> 00:29:08,456 [static] 690 00:29:08,539 --> 00:29:09,874 [soft dramatic music] 691 00:29:09,957 --> 00:29:12,627 - Gotham, a city built at the intersection 692 00:29:12,710 --> 00:29:14,921 of destiny and despair. 693 00:29:15,004 --> 00:29:17,048 Join us now for a continuing tale 694 00:29:17,131 --> 00:29:19,717 of "Life and Death in Gotham City." 695 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:21,802 ♪ ♪ 696 00:29:21,886 --> 00:29:24,305 Pier 2, the Gotham Waterfront. 697 00:29:24,388 --> 00:29:26,974 The busy buzz and clamor of illegal commerce 698 00:29:27,058 --> 00:29:29,352 proceeds as normal for a winter's evening 699 00:29:29,435 --> 00:29:30,811 while just underneath, 700 00:29:30,895 --> 00:29:32,647 a desperate scene is taking place 701 00:29:32,730 --> 00:29:34,857 amongst its trusses and scaffolding. 702 00:29:34,941 --> 00:29:38,528 - You idiot, times running out. This thing's gonna blow! 703 00:29:38,611 --> 00:29:39,987 Then what? - Ugh. 704 00:29:40,071 --> 00:29:42,365 Hold on. We still have time. [seagulls cawing] 705 00:29:42,448 --> 00:29:46,661 We can find the bomb. Just don't look down. 706 00:29:46,744 --> 00:29:48,829 - Hanging precariously from the underside 707 00:29:48,913 --> 00:29:51,832 of the towering structure is a harrowed Harvey Dent 708 00:29:51,916 --> 00:29:54,627 frantically in search of the devastating explosive 709 00:29:54,710 --> 00:29:56,254 planted by the Penguin. [Harvey panting] 710 00:29:56,337 --> 00:29:59,215 Hand over hand, he clamors painstakingly 711 00:29:59,298 --> 00:30:00,550 amongst the trusses, 712 00:30:00,633 --> 00:30:02,760 dangling high above the crashing waves. 713 00:30:02,843 --> 00:30:04,679 - Where is it? Where is it? 714 00:30:04,762 --> 00:30:06,430 - I'm looking! Do you not see me looking? 715 00:30:06,514 --> 00:30:09,016 - Oh, what is that, cheap crack about my eye? 716 00:30:09,100 --> 00:30:12,311 I had an accident, you insensitive prick. 717 00:30:12,395 --> 00:30:14,021 - Oh, shut up, you imbecile! 718 00:30:14,105 --> 00:30:15,940 We're running out of ti--ah! 719 00:30:16,023 --> 00:30:18,901 - He misjudges a handhold. He grabs thin air. 720 00:30:18,985 --> 00:30:22,613 - Ahh--oh, don't drop the gun! You moron. 721 00:30:22,697 --> 00:30:24,031 [splash] Be careful. 722 00:30:24,115 --> 00:30:26,367 It's a long fricking drop into the drink. 723 00:30:26,450 --> 00:30:31,372 - Listen, listen, shut up. I need you to shut up. 724 00:30:31,455 --> 00:30:33,249 - Time is rapidly elapsing, 725 00:30:33,332 --> 00:30:36,711 but hope arrives wearing a grim cowl and cape. 726 00:30:36,794 --> 00:30:38,713 - Batman to Robin. Maintain your position. 727 00:30:38,796 --> 00:30:41,215 I found Harvey. - Copy that, Batman. 728 00:30:41,299 --> 00:30:44,802 - Harvey, get down from there. - Batman, leave us alone. 729 00:30:44,885 --> 00:30:48,055 - Harvey, Harvey, you're not well, even for you. 730 00:30:48,139 --> 00:30:50,975 You've been falling apart since the rooftop in Little China. 731 00:30:51,058 --> 00:30:52,393 - Oh, no you don't. 732 00:30:52,476 --> 00:30:54,437 Don't blame us for this, Batman. 733 00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:55,688 The bird sent us up. 734 00:30:55,771 --> 00:30:57,315 - He's telling the truth, Batman. 735 00:30:57,398 --> 00:30:59,817 We're trying to stop a bomb for once. 736 00:30:59,900 --> 00:31:02,612 - No one's blaming you, Harvey. I'm here to help. 737 00:31:02,695 --> 00:31:04,280 - We can't let this happen, Batman. 738 00:31:04,363 --> 00:31:06,282 If Pier 2 blows up, then what? 739 00:31:06,365 --> 00:31:08,576 It's a catastrophe, a fiasco, 740 00:31:08,659 --> 00:31:11,245 a-a discombobulation of the fundamental-- 741 00:31:11,329 --> 00:31:12,747 - Oh, cork it, you jackass! 742 00:31:12,830 --> 00:31:14,957 - Nobody wants the pier to blow up, Harvey. 743 00:31:15,041 --> 00:31:17,168 - Objection, heresy. 744 00:31:17,251 --> 00:31:18,961 I don't think council has examined 745 00:31:19,045 --> 00:31:21,422 the sworn testimony of the Penguin. 746 00:31:21,505 --> 00:31:24,925 - That bad turkey's trying to boil our noodle here, Bats, 747 00:31:25,009 --> 00:31:27,428 'cause he knows if he blows up Pier 2, 748 00:31:27,511 --> 00:31:30,389 then Pier 3 is Pier 2, but it ain't. 749 00:31:30,473 --> 00:31:33,476 It ain't. It's-it's-it's Pier 3. 750 00:31:33,559 --> 00:31:36,270 But there's-there's gotta be a second pier, 751 00:31:36,354 --> 00:31:37,730 but if there ain't a Pier 2-- 752 00:31:37,813 --> 00:31:39,440 - Harvey, let me look for the bomb. 753 00:31:39,523 --> 00:31:41,442 - No, no, no, not on our watch. - You're not well. 754 00:31:41,525 --> 00:31:43,319 You need to get to safety. - Objection! 755 00:31:43,402 --> 00:31:45,613 I don't think this court recognizes the mystery man 756 00:31:45,696 --> 00:31:48,324 in the bat costume as a mental health expert! 757 00:31:48,407 --> 00:31:50,701 - Harvey, listen to me. You're unraveling. 758 00:31:50,785 --> 00:31:53,079 We have less than four minutes to find that bomb. 759 00:31:53,162 --> 00:31:55,331 There are dozens of people up there on the pier. 760 00:31:55,414 --> 00:31:57,583 The blast radius will be at least a thousand yards. 761 00:31:57,667 --> 00:31:59,502 - Shut up! - A millions ton of steel-- 762 00:31:59,585 --> 00:32:00,920 - Just shut up! - And concrete'll-- 763 00:32:01,003 --> 00:32:02,797 - Dozens, thousand, million--shut up, 764 00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:05,800 shut up, shut up with all the fricking numbers, Batman! 765 00:32:05,883 --> 00:32:07,468 Don't you think that's the trouble 766 00:32:07,551 --> 00:32:08,886 with this stinking world? 767 00:32:08,969 --> 00:32:11,597 All your damn numbers. - I'm talking to Harvey. 768 00:32:11,681 --> 00:32:14,141 I'm not talking to you. You're insane. 769 00:32:14,225 --> 00:32:16,310 - But what if he's not, Batman? 770 00:32:16,394 --> 00:32:18,896 - Harvey, listen to me. Don't listen to him. 771 00:32:18,979 --> 00:32:22,233 - Ha-ha, don't listen he says, ha, ha. 772 00:32:22,316 --> 00:32:24,902 I can't believe I've never thought of that, 773 00:32:24,985 --> 00:32:26,654 just not listening. 774 00:32:26,737 --> 00:32:28,197 - I told you, Bats. 775 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:30,950 Harvey's a kind of--whatchu call... 776 00:32:31,033 --> 00:32:32,493 captive audience. 777 00:32:32,576 --> 00:32:35,454 And I'm gonna wise him up if it kills us both. 778 00:32:35,538 --> 00:32:38,791 - Harvey, fight it. - I-I can't, Batman. 779 00:32:38,874 --> 00:32:42,545 All day long he's at me. He says we're all deceived. 780 00:32:42,628 --> 00:32:46,632 - What I said is you're all suckers. 781 00:32:46,716 --> 00:32:49,009 He doesn't believe in numbers, Batman. 782 00:32:49,093 --> 00:32:50,386 He says they aren't real. 783 00:32:50,469 --> 00:32:51,679 They ain't. 784 00:32:51,762 --> 00:32:54,348 Numbers, math, all your times tables, 785 00:32:54,432 --> 00:32:56,058 it's a stinking lie. 786 00:32:56,142 --> 00:32:59,061 - He says he's never counted past two, Batman, ever. 787 00:32:59,145 --> 00:33:01,105 He-he never needed to. 788 00:33:01,188 --> 00:33:04,024 He says everything everywhere all the way down 789 00:33:04,108 --> 00:33:07,653 to a fracture of an atom is half a matched pair. 790 00:33:07,737 --> 00:33:09,697 And it's bloody beautiful. 791 00:33:09,780 --> 00:33:13,576 Wake up, all you rats lined up behind the piper. 792 00:33:13,659 --> 00:33:15,536 You're ignorant till you wise up. 793 00:33:15,619 --> 00:33:18,622 And if you ain't the fishhook, then you're the worm, 794 00:33:18,706 --> 00:33:20,750 you stupid fricking bots! 795 00:33:20,833 --> 00:33:25,129 - Batman, he sees such beautiful binaries everywhere. 796 00:33:25,212 --> 00:33:26,505 It's so simple. 797 00:33:26,589 --> 00:33:29,216 There's a dead cat in the box, right? 798 00:33:29,300 --> 00:33:31,969 But don't open it, or you'll kill him. 799 00:33:32,052 --> 00:33:33,763 You see? [laughs] 800 00:33:33,846 --> 00:33:35,264 Don't kill the dead cat, 801 00:33:35,347 --> 00:33:38,893 or Mr. Schrodinger will keep you after class. 802 00:33:38,976 --> 00:33:40,728 - The words are utter madness, 803 00:33:40,811 --> 00:33:44,064 but the voice is a cry for help from a friend in pain. 804 00:33:44,148 --> 00:33:46,776 The eye of Harvey Dent looks out at Batman 805 00:33:46,859 --> 00:33:48,944 from far away, pleading. 806 00:33:49,028 --> 00:33:51,155 - Harvey, it's going to be okay. 807 00:33:51,238 --> 00:33:54,325 Maybe we can both escape, you and I, the two of us. 808 00:33:54,408 --> 00:33:56,243 - The--the two? 809 00:33:56,327 --> 00:33:57,953 - That's right, Harvey, just-- [ticking] 810 00:33:58,037 --> 00:34:00,581 - But at that moment, Harvey's eye lights on the bomb, 811 00:34:00,664 --> 00:34:03,959 its precious seconds draining away like life blood. 812 00:34:04,043 --> 00:34:08,714 - Batman, the bomb, I see it. I think I can reach it. 813 00:34:08,798 --> 00:34:10,966 - Harvey, don't! You'll lose your grip! 814 00:34:11,050 --> 00:34:13,052 - [grunting] 815 00:34:13,135 --> 00:34:14,303 - He reaches-- 816 00:34:14,386 --> 00:34:15,346 - Batman! 817 00:34:15,429 --> 00:34:16,555 - Then falls. 818 00:34:16,639 --> 00:34:18,933 Batman flies to the bomb. 819 00:34:19,016 --> 00:34:21,852 Two-Face struggles in the roiling surf. 820 00:34:21,936 --> 00:34:24,563 - Help me, Batman! - Swim, Harvey! 821 00:34:24,647 --> 00:34:27,483 [splashing] - Batman...help! 822 00:34:27,566 --> 00:34:28,734 Help me! 823 00:34:28,818 --> 00:34:30,611 - I have to disarm the bomb, Harvey. 824 00:34:30,694 --> 00:34:31,946 You know how to swim. 825 00:34:32,029 --> 00:34:35,199 - Yes, I do, but he doesn't! 826 00:34:35,282 --> 00:34:37,743 Shut up! Don't tell him that! 827 00:34:37,827 --> 00:34:39,286 Keep me up! 828 00:34:39,370 --> 00:34:40,621 - Why don't you just-- 829 00:34:40,704 --> 00:34:42,540 - As his friend struggles to stay afloat, 830 00:34:42,623 --> 00:34:44,458 the truth pierces through Batman 831 00:34:44,542 --> 00:34:46,794 like the point of an icicle. 832 00:34:46,877 --> 00:34:48,796 - Oh, no. - Robin to Batman. 833 00:34:48,879 --> 00:34:51,006 What's going on down there? Did someone fall? 834 00:34:51,090 --> 00:34:52,758 - I've located the bomb, trying to disarm, 835 00:34:52,842 --> 00:34:54,218 just seconds left. 836 00:34:54,301 --> 00:34:55,886 - I'm coming down. - Negative. 837 00:34:55,970 --> 00:34:58,430 I need you up there to evacuate civilians on the pier. 838 00:34:58,514 --> 00:35:00,015 Hang on, Harvey! 839 00:35:00,099 --> 00:35:02,977 - But in the pitching surf, Batman's words go unheard. 840 00:35:03,060 --> 00:35:05,729 - B--ga--help! 841 00:35:05,813 --> 00:35:07,982 - Shut up! I ain't weak! 842 00:35:08,065 --> 00:35:09,650 - Harvey Dent struggles as if to keep 843 00:35:09,733 --> 00:35:11,652 two drowning men afloat. - Stop struggling! 844 00:35:11,735 --> 00:35:13,153 And panicking! - And he's losing. 845 00:35:13,237 --> 00:35:14,655 - Just let me swim! 846 00:35:14,738 --> 00:35:16,157 - I ain't panicking! 847 00:35:16,240 --> 00:35:18,742 You're always trying-- [gurgling] 848 00:35:18,826 --> 00:35:20,244 humiliate me! 849 00:35:20,327 --> 00:35:22,079 You think you're better than me? 850 00:35:22,162 --> 00:35:24,707 Let's see if you drown better than me! 851 00:35:24,790 --> 00:35:27,126 - You sick-headed simp! 852 00:35:27,209 --> 00:35:28,502 We're gonna die! 853 00:35:28,586 --> 00:35:33,173 Oh. Are you scared? Ha, I can't wait! 854 00:35:33,257 --> 00:35:36,510 I hate your chicken-fried guts, you coward! 855 00:35:36,594 --> 00:35:37,595 - Harvey! 856 00:35:37,678 --> 00:35:40,681 - I can't wait to see you in hell! 857 00:35:40,764 --> 00:35:43,851 - Please, he'll kill us both, Batman! 858 00:35:43,934 --> 00:35:48,188 - But Batman cannot save both his friend and Pier 2. 859 00:35:48,272 --> 00:35:50,691 And as Harvey Dent sinks beneath the waves, 860 00:35:50,774 --> 00:35:53,777 again, Batman sees his friend looking back at him 861 00:35:53,861 --> 00:35:55,863 from deep inside one good eye. 862 00:35:55,946 --> 00:35:58,866 It's almost like Harvey Dent can see beyond the mask 863 00:35:58,949 --> 00:36:03,037 of the Bat into the face of a friend failing him. 864 00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:07,374 - Ah--ahh! 865 00:36:07,458 --> 00:36:09,543 - But there is no time for blame. 866 00:36:09,627 --> 00:36:10,920 - Batman to Robin. 867 00:36:11,003 --> 00:36:12,713 High yield explosive discharge imminent. 868 00:36:12,796 --> 00:36:14,048 - Where are you, Batman? 869 00:36:14,131 --> 00:36:15,799 - No time to finish the disarm sequence. 870 00:36:15,883 --> 00:36:17,760 I'm gonna launch it clear of the structure by Batapult. 871 00:36:17,843 --> 00:36:19,762 I don't know if the pier will withstand the concussion. 872 00:36:19,845 --> 00:36:22,765 Brace for detonation, Robin! [yells] 873 00:36:22,848 --> 00:36:24,350 [explosion] 874 00:36:24,433 --> 00:36:27,227 - The blast knocks Batman from his precarious perch, 875 00:36:27,311 --> 00:36:30,105 and he plummets into the black harbor below. 876 00:36:30,189 --> 00:36:32,566 - [panting, groans] [splash] 877 00:36:32,650 --> 00:36:37,655 - After a seeming eon of agony, Batman comes up from the waves. 878 00:36:37,738 --> 00:36:39,823 - [gasps for breath] 879 00:36:39,907 --> 00:36:41,867 - The pier is still standing. 880 00:36:41,951 --> 00:36:44,536 Wasting no time, the dark knight goes back under 881 00:36:44,620 --> 00:36:46,372 to find his fallen friend. 882 00:36:46,455 --> 00:36:49,583 Again and again, he descends to the depths. 883 00:36:49,667 --> 00:36:53,128 Again and again, he finds nothing. 884 00:36:53,212 --> 00:36:54,546 - Batman to Robin. 885 00:36:54,630 --> 00:36:57,216 There's a lot of debris, but there's no body. 886 00:36:57,299 --> 00:36:59,259 It's probable Two-Face survived, 887 00:36:59,343 --> 00:37:01,470 but even if he did, I failed him. 888 00:37:01,553 --> 00:37:03,389 And that look on his face before he went under, 889 00:37:03,472 --> 00:37:04,807 he knew it. 890 00:37:04,890 --> 00:37:08,060 Robin, I may have just lost Harvey Dent forever. 891 00:37:08,143 --> 00:37:10,562 - But, Batman, everything's all right up here. 892 00:37:10,646 --> 00:37:13,315 You saved the pier, and you could've died, 893 00:37:13,399 --> 00:37:14,692 and you won! 894 00:37:14,775 --> 00:37:15,943 - Won? 895 00:37:16,026 --> 00:37:17,736 We live to fight another day, Robin. 896 00:37:17,820 --> 00:37:19,405 That's all it ever is. 897 00:37:19,488 --> 00:37:22,449 Rendezvous at the Batmobile. Batman out. 898 00:37:22,533 --> 00:37:24,660 [smooth music] 899 00:37:24,743 --> 00:37:27,788 - What does it profit a man if he saves the world 900 00:37:27,871 --> 00:37:29,373 but loses his place in it? 901 00:37:29,456 --> 00:37:31,625 A question commonly asked in the course 902 00:37:31,709 --> 00:37:34,545 of "Life and Death in Gotham City." 903 00:37:34,628 --> 00:37:37,756 ♪ ♪ 904 00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:39,717 [radio static] 905 00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:44,221 - ♪ We say it again, that word is GLARBIMACTAFIN ♪ 906 00:37:44,304 --> 00:37:45,556 [radio static] 907 00:37:45,639 --> 00:37:47,850 - Always professional and by the book. 908 00:37:47,933 --> 00:37:52,021 [radio static] 909 00:37:52,104 --> 00:37:55,149 - 19, 3, 66, Charlie, 910 00:37:55,232 --> 00:37:59,361 22, 40, 46, 47, Alpha, 911 00:37:59,445 --> 00:38:04,074 58, 16, 3, 22, Lima, 912 00:38:04,158 --> 00:38:07,244 33, 44, Echo, 913 00:38:07,327 --> 00:38:11,040 54, 20, 1, 62, 914 00:38:11,123 --> 00:38:15,044 69, 114, November, 915 00:38:15,127 --> 00:38:19,840 64, 3, 33, 69, Delta, 916 00:38:19,923 --> 00:38:24,053 110, 32, 52, Alpha, 917 00:38:24,136 --> 00:38:28,932 12, 25, 61, 55, 13, 918 00:38:29,016 --> 00:38:32,770 9, 2, Romeo, 86-- 919 00:38:32,853 --> 00:38:34,063 [radio static] 920 00:38:34,146 --> 00:38:35,939 - Book your vacation now. 921 00:38:36,023 --> 00:38:37,399 [radio static] 922 00:38:37,483 --> 00:38:39,193 - ♪ Gotham City ♪ 923 00:38:39,276 --> 00:38:41,028 [piano music] 924 00:38:41,111 --> 00:38:45,657 ♪ Stain the city ♪ 925 00:38:45,741 --> 00:38:51,205 ♪ My, your future's bright ♪ 926 00:38:51,288 --> 00:38:54,208 ♪ There you will lead us ♪ 927 00:38:54,291 --> 00:38:58,003 ♪ There he'll never ♪ 928 00:38:58,087 --> 00:39:01,840 ♪ Quit the fight ♪ 929 00:39:01,924 --> 00:39:08,972 ♪ ♪ 930 00:39:10,265 --> 00:39:12,935 - To be continued. 931 00:39:13,018 --> 00:39:14,394 [upbeat music] 932 00:39:14,478 --> 00:39:16,563 - "Batman: The Audio Adventures." 933 00:39:16,647 --> 00:39:19,399 Written and directed by Dennis McNicholas. 934 00:39:19,483 --> 00:39:21,944 Based on the DC comic "Batman." 935 00:39:22,027 --> 00:39:25,072 Created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger. 936 00:39:25,155 --> 00:39:27,741 Based on characters from DC Comics. 937 00:39:27,825 --> 00:39:30,410 With performances by Jeffrey Wright, 938 00:39:30,494 --> 00:39:33,664 Ike Barinholtz, Heidi Gardner, Toby Huss, 939 00:39:33,747 --> 00:39:38,919 John Leguizamo, Seth Meyers, Bobby Moynihan, Chris Parnell, 940 00:39:39,002 --> 00:39:43,132 Paula Pell, Katie Rich, Paul Scheer, Pete Schultz, 941 00:39:43,215 --> 00:39:47,427 Brooke Shields, Brent Spiner, Melissa Villaseñor, 942 00:39:47,511 --> 00:39:52,141 Ray Wise, Doug Bossi, Ellis Hall, Erica Phillips, 943 00:39:52,224 --> 00:39:55,978 Rosie Phillips, Tony Phillips. Robbie Wyckoff. 944 00:39:56,061 --> 00:39:58,605 Executive produced by Jon Berg. 945 00:39:58,689 --> 00:40:01,608 Executive produced by Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, 946 00:40:01,692 --> 00:40:04,486 Deborah Henderson, and Jordana Freydberg. 947 00:40:04,570 --> 00:40:06,989 Produced by Dennis McNicholas. 948 00:40:07,072 --> 00:40:09,283 Produced by Angela Petrella. 949 00:40:09,366 --> 00:40:11,076 Music by Doug Bossi. 950 00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:15,122 Sound recording, design, and mixing by Big Yellow Duck. 951 00:40:15,205 --> 00:40:17,457 Sound design, mixing, dialogue editing, 952 00:40:17,541 --> 00:40:20,043 and rerecording mixing by Chris Gibney. 953 00:40:20,127 --> 00:40:22,129 Production manager Kay Tinder. 954 00:40:22,212 --> 00:40:25,132 Post supervisor Deanna Saracino. 955 00:40:25,215 --> 00:40:26,967 Writers' assistants Trey Woodard 956 00:40:27,050 --> 00:40:28,635 and Scott Weinstein. 957 00:40:28,719 --> 00:40:31,638 Additional sound recording by Icemen Audio. 958 00:40:31,722 --> 00:40:33,474 Production legal Jordan Rock. 959 00:40:33,557 --> 00:40:36,935 Production accounting Reva Jones and Steven D. Smith. 960 00:40:37,019 --> 00:40:40,647 Original songs by Doug Bossi and Tony Phillips. 961 00:40:40,731 --> 00:40:43,984 Special thanks Bill Weinstein and Bryan Besser. 962 00:40:44,067 --> 00:40:47,738 Production services provided by Insurrection Media. 963 00:40:47,821 --> 00:40:49,489 The characters and events depicted 964 00:40:49,573 --> 00:40:51,033 in this podcast are fictional. 965 00:40:51,116 --> 00:40:54,286 Any similarity to any actual person living or dead 966 00:40:54,369 --> 00:40:57,789 or to any actual events, firms, places, and institutions, 967 00:40:57,873 --> 00:41:01,084 or other entities is coincidental and unintentional. 968 00:41:01,168 --> 00:41:03,170 This podcast is protected under the laws 969 00:41:03,253 --> 00:41:05,088 of the United States and other countries, 970 00:41:05,172 --> 00:41:06,798 and its unauthorized duplication, 971 00:41:06,882 --> 00:41:10,344 distribution, or exhibition may result in civil liability 972 00:41:10,427 --> 00:41:11,970 and criminal prosecution. 973 00:41:12,054 --> 00:41:15,265 Country of first publication United States of America. 974 00:41:15,349 --> 00:41:17,351 "Batman: The Audio Adventures." 975 00:41:17,434 --> 00:41:21,021 Copyright 2019 Warner Brothers Entertainment Incorporated. 976 00:41:21,104 --> 00:41:23,607 Batman and all related characters and elements are 977 00:41:23,690 --> 00:41:26,068 trademark and copyright DC Comics. 978 00:41:26,151 --> 00:41:28,028 All rights reserved. 979 00:41:28,111 --> 00:41:30,364 ♪ ♪