CHCatherine Hamilton-Kane
Batman gave up on us. It's been three years, Gotham. The Bat's not coming back.
S1 E1Pilot
Your father doesn't want you, Kate. He shipped you away and you show up without the proper postage. Sophie is the daughter your father always wanted, not you.
So, I swear this began with me offering water and Band-Aids, and the next thing you know, I'm the Meredith Grey of Sherwood Forest. I'm sorry if stealing from my med school makes me a bad person.
KKKate Kane
It doesn't. It actually makes you deeper than I thought.
Bruce gave me a great piece of advice once. 'Grow into the person you needed as a kid.
My dad was running from his pain, but I was running, too, toward everything that didn't want me. A military academy, a private army, my own father. I spent fifteen years searching for a place I fit, and I think I've finally found it. Some see fear, others hope. I see the freedom to be myself, to play by my own rules.
S1 E2The Rabbit Hole
"Tell us a story," said the March Hare. "Yes, please do," pled Alice, and so the Dormouse began "Once upon a time, there were three little sisters."
What did you do?
You don't remember why we'd each have to get our own waffle when we came here?
Because you don't like to share.
Exactly. And you are my sister, Kate!
[voice-over] Maybe it was fate watching her drown in a river the way everyone assumed she had years ago, and maybe i was meant to stand by and watch it happen all over again. After all, my dad was right. Alice was a monster. She was a liar, a manipulator, a killer, but despite all that. She was still my sister.
Is this you?
What? This-this dude in the picture?
The person in this picture dressed as Batman who saved my life the other night. Was that you?
Anyone who knows me knows I hate Batman.
So does your dad. Which would make putting on the suit makes an incredibly reckless move.
Wasn't me. Beside, if I were going to save you in a dramatic fashion, I would totally dress as Wonder Woman.
Did you get the suit wet?
Okay, so I couldn't find the auto-dry function.
Yeah, because that's not a thing.
$10.8 million suit. Kind of feels like an oversight. Just saying.
[narrating] Luke was right, Bruce. Gotham needed something to believe in. They wanted hope just as I started to lose mine. I spent half my life looking for my sister, and today, I found someone else, someone I didn't know or recognize. For the first time in fifteen years, I felt something other than hope. I felt doubt.
[narrating] It may have taken you years, sweet, darling Kate, but you found me eventually; even if I'm not the girl you expected me to be. I had my secrets just as you have yours. But do be careful, my dear sister. Putting on that suit and all the darkness that comes with it... makes you just as crazy as me.
S1 E3Down, Down, Down
[holds up Desert Eagle] This is a Desert Eagle Mark IX .50 AE, one of the most powerful handguns in the world. It can literally blast a hole through anything. [shoots at the batsuit] Doesn't make a dent.
Yeah, it stings a little. Just for reference.
How do you know who he is?
TETommy Elliot
You mean Batman? [feigning surprise] Oops! Did I say that out loud?
How do you know that?
TTommy
Oh, because a few months ago, I paid a man to riddle me the answer. Gotta love the honorable Bruce Wayne for designing a fail-safe so he could never become too powerful in a super-suit. Such a great guy.
He's your best friend.
TTommy
Yeah, he was. The bestest. Nothing could be average with Bruce. Even had to have more dead parents than me.
Because he saved your mom's life?
TTommy
Oh, yeah. No, I am aware. Thanks to him, instead of collecting my inheritance, I was left wiping the spittle off of a jabbering madwoman's lips for 13 years.
You wanted him dead, why wait until he's in a bulletproof suit?
TTommy
Because Bruce didn't ruin my life. Batman did. Do you know what it's like to have the villain of your story be the hero of your city? He is a monster who left me anchored to a repulsive, gold-digging bitch, and now he's gonna die.
Beth is gone.
Then why save me?
Because I have plans for you, Kate. That and it's no fun torturing a corpse. Believe me, I've tried.
[voiceover] Your friend Tommy wants to kill you, Bruce, and since you're not here, it looks like I'm gonna have to kick his ass on your behalf. And send a message to anyone else who'd come after you, but to do that, I need to be honest with the city that I'm not you. I'm me.
[voiceover] I wasn't afraid of letting down the city. I was afraid of letting down you, Bruce. But whatever happens, whatever I face, it's worth it.
VFVesper Fairchild
Okay Gotham, someone just dropped a bombshell on this city, and I mean that literally. The bat is back, just curvier and sexier. So the big question, what are we calling her? Batlady? Batchick? Talk to me Gotham, we need a name!
Batwoman.
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