*UPDATED: July 2022*
TV show with 3 seasons (51 episodes)
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Story (season 1):
Kate Kane returns to Gotham and takes over for Batman who has vanished. As Batwoman she fights crime and countless villains. But her worst enemy is her own ….sister, who has become the crazy villainess Alice!
This show is very special to me!
Since the TV show, Black Scorpion in the early 2000’s I waited for another TV show with a masked woman in the lead role. It took nearly 20 years to fulfill that wish and I was hyped from day one that the first rumors about this show popped up.
But before I start to write for hours now….you can find my whole story with this show all over this Blog 😉
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Maskrippers opinion:
Mask action
(self unmaskings, forced unmasking, unmasking attempt, secret identity struggle, false BatwomEn)
The biggest highlight of the season was
.The other highlight of the season is in the last image above: A thug grabs into Batwoman’s wig from behind, nearly yanking on her cowl in the process (as the wig is attached to the cowl)
Also, the episode where Julia is dressing up as Batwoman to fool Sophie 🙂
Besides that, there are some nice self-unmaskings throughout season 1.
In seasons 2 and 3 there was rather little mask action. Some self-unmaskings without witnesses and one self-unmasking in front of Alice who thereby learned that Ryan is the new Batwoman.
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Story
Good storylines overall. Some “villain of the week” episodes as well. I really like the rather dark atmosphere of Gotham which is shown here.
Season 2 and 3 had solid storylines with much fewer villain of the week episodes.
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Masks
Well, if you count the Elseworld crossover to season 1 of Batwoman, which you should as it takes place early in the season…Batwoman has 4(!) different cowls just in season 1.
I could write a lot about it, but I already have here, so check it out:
Batwoman’s cowls in the Batwoman TV show
In regards to masks, this TV show easily tops overtrumps everything so far!
I never saw a better mask in a movie or TV show.
The mask that Ryan was wearing in seasons 2 and 3 is a great cowl, now with a new wig.
Well, yeah, the red wig did look rather silly on her, but I’m not a big fan of the new wig. It’s even more impractical (volume) and dangerous since criminals can grab it easily or she could get entangled with it.
The villainess Magpie who appears in her costume in 2 episodes wears a white wig and an eye mask. A solid disguise!
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Rest of the costumes
Well, her costume is solid. Maybe a little too “practical”, could be sexier for my taste.
The suit of Batwoman 2.0 that Ryan has is certainly an improvement as it is sexier with the shiny black material.
Also, it helps that Javicia Leslie is filling is out better than Ruby Rose did. 😉
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Actresses
It’s not a secret that Ruby Rose isn’t in the elite class of actors. Her roles in the previous movies were mostly pretty one-dimensional.
Her acting in season one here is solid as it improves throughout the season.
I had mixed feelings about her quitting after season 1.
Javicia Leslie does a good job as Ryan Wilder, nothing much to complain for me.
Rachel Skarsten does a fantastic job playing Alice! Can’t praise her enough for it…
I love Alice for her craziness and her tragic backstory and I hate her for the thing she does.
The rest of the cast does a good job.
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LINKS:
All Batwoman TV show posts on Maskripper (Warning, a rather long list already 😉 )
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