Recaps

Jason got tickets to see the Flying Graysons and invited Brucie, but she arranged for Croc-Man and Bruce Wayne to accompany him because Gotham faced trouble that night. The group headed to the circus, where Bruce was expected to attend as part of Brucie's plan to work with Batman and support Gotham.

• At school, the chubby student proposed a circus-and-confession bet, and Pamela confiscated the tickets Jason and the student had dropped.
• Jason invited Brucie to the circus, but she said she could not go and arranged for someone else to accompany him.
• Croc-Man arrived, and Brucie explained that he was on a mission and would pass the tickets to Bruce Wayne.
• Bruce Wayne arrived in a Porsche, and Brucie told Jason to keep him in sight while Croc-Man protected him.
• Jason, Croc-Man, and Bruce set out for the circus, which Bruce had to attend as part of Brucie's plans for Gotham.

Gordon convened an emergency meeting over the resignations of six precinct chiefs and thirty-one other officers while Miao Mu launched a citywide assault on Gotham’s gangs. The operation left Black Mask captured and wounded after Deadshot shot off his gun hand.

• Gordon asked the assembled precinct chiefs to decide what to do about the mass resignations, while Barnes questioned whether Gordon had approved them.
• Miao Mu coordinated hooded police and armed WM Security teams for an overnight operation, ordering them to seize the gangs’ goods and avoid disrupting commuters.
• WM Security personnel stormed gang hideouts, and police followed to arrest suspects, confiscate money, and trace the gangs’ drug networks.
• In Burnley District, Black Mask fled as police raided his company and killed his bodyguard, Big Man.
• Hooded officers caught Black Mask, and Deadshot shot off Black Mask’s right hand as he tried to draw his pistol.

Miao Mu directed WM Security Company and the police as they launched sweeping raids across Gotham, while Bruce tried to reach him and learned that the night’s actions had left Batman with no clear side to support. Jason told Bruce that Gotham was entering a new era, but the chapter left Bruce unable to decide who he should help.

• Miao Mu watched WM Security Company operatives wipe out gang strongholds while the Arkham Police Department pursued powerful figures in the Diamond District.
• Miao Mu spoke with Nygma, who confirmed that the raids had arrested people listed in court and City Hall rosters.
• Bruce tried to leave the circus to confront Miao Mu, but Jason and Croc-Man kept him there, and Bruce discovered his phone had no signal.
• Jason told Bruce that he would not be able to see Miao Mu until tomorrow and explained that the police and criminals were both being attacked across Gotham.
• Jason asked Croc-Man whether he could take down Gotham’s famous playboy, and Croc-Man boasted that he could beat three of him.

Bruce Wayne fought Jason and Croc-Man at the circus, easily defeating them before Jason teamed up with Dick Grayson to attack him. The chapter left Jason and Dick preparing to fight Bruce together while Dick demanded an explanation.

• Jason opened the fight with a punch, but Bruce caught him and threw him into the pool.
• Croc-Man charged Bruce, who tripped him, knocked him unconscious, and tied him up.
• Jason ambushed Bruce with a punch, but Bruce kicked him back into the pool and shoved him underwater when he tried again.
• Dick Grayson interrupted after thinking Bruce was drowning Jason, and joined Jason in attacking Bruce.
• Bruce defeated both boys by throwing them into the pool, then identified Dick as one of the Flying Graysons.
• Jason introduced himself and asked Dick to team up, while Dick grabbed a hose and ran toward the faucet.

Bruce witnessed the deaths of Dick Grayson's parents during their aerial act and tried to save Mr. Grayson, but Dick's father died in his arms. Later, Miao Mu defended his operation against Gordon and revealed a sweeping list of corrupt officials he intended to arrest, while Gordon warned that the CIA was investigating him.

• Bruce subdued Jason and Dick, then rushed backstage after hearing a woman's scream and found the Flying Graysons' wires snapped and the performers fallen.
• Bruce treated Mr. Grayson and brought Dick to his dying father, but Mr. Grayson died after saying goodbye to his son.
• Miao Mu told Gordon that Batman had carried out the operation against Black Mask's criminal network and showed him evidence linking the raid to Batman.
• Miao Mu gave Gordon an arrest list targeting corrupt police officers, city officials, and judges, and said he intended to purge Gotham's institutions.
• Gordon agreed to handle the fallout and warned Miao Mu that the CIA was investigating him.

Gordon began questioning the captured Gotham officials in Arkham, while the Court of Owls met to respond to Miao Mu’s actions and WM Group’s rapid growth. The Court approved a plan to unleash violence and ordered Arkham cleansed.

• Gordon brought documents and a camera to the detention room and demanded that the captured officials confess to their crimes.
• The officials questioned Gordon about the situation, but he said he would wait until they were ready to talk.
• The Court of Owls discussed Miao Mu’s actions and learned that City Hall officials had been detained in Arkham.
• The Court of Owls voted to target WM Group and approved a plan to stir up riots and recruit mercenaries, former gang members, and assassins.
• The owl judge issued the Court of Owls’ final judgment: death, ordering the cleansing of Arkham.

Robert assessed a bank robbery job as a bounty to kill Miao Mu drew widespread attention after Deathstroke warned people away from it. Batman visited Miao Mu, agreed to a wager over the Court of Owls, and left to investigate Bane.

• Robert approved a plan to rob a bank and considered the rising bounty on Miao Mu, despite Deathstroke's warning against taking it.
• Batman entered Miao Mu's fortified police department and questioned him about the bounty and his preparations.
• Miao Mu challenged Batman to bet on whether the Court of Owls would kill him or he would destroy them first, and Batman agreed to officiate Miao Mu's wedding if he won.
• Miao Mu warned Batman that Bane was in Gotham, so Batman ordered Alfred to search for information on him.
• Batman sampled Miao Mu's hot pot, turned red from the spice, and hurried out the window.

Batman fought the Copperheads, a trio of assassins who ambushed him in an alley and poisoned him. He escaped through the sewers with the third Copperhead defeated, but the poison was worsening as he called Alfred for help.

• Batman hid from the Copperheads and recorded the eldest sister’s voice while Alfred ran a voiceprint comparison.
• The eldest Copperhead found Batman and poisoned him with a strike from her curved blades.
• Batman blocked the eldest Copperhead’s poison needles with his electrified cape and evaded the brothers’ attack by escaping through a manhole.
• The third Copperhead brother fell into the sewer, and the eldest sister and second brother followed him underground.
• Batman dragged the unconscious third Copperhead out of another manhole and took his blade, then called Alfred as the poison blurred his vision.

Gordon secured evidence against corrupt officials while Miao Mu and his allies prepared Arkham District for an imminent attack. Brucie, Barbara, and Huntress formed the Birds of Prey and set out to find the Court of Owls.

• Gordon emerged from the holding room with incriminating footage, and Miao Mu gave him a gun as they prepared for the coming fight.
• Miao Mu arranged to move the judges to Arkham Asylum, while Gordon learned that Batman had raised the Iron Framework Bridge and sealed off Arkham District.
• Otis’s rats hunted through the sewers, closing routes and consuming anyone they found as Otis tracked the remaining passages.
• WM Security personnel, Croc-Man, and Deadshot fortified Arkham Asylum and prepared to defend the district.
• Barbara scanned for the Court of Owls’ base as Brucie equipped her Arc Reactor exoskeleton and Huntress agreed to join them.
• Barbara proposed the name Birds of Prey for their team.

Miao Mu prepared to draw the Court of Owls' Talons into a fight in Arkham District, while Nygma warned him that the Kane family had stopped a report accusing him of rebellion. When the Talons arrived and began killing police officers, Miao Mu confronted them as Deadshot opened fire from Arkham Asylum.

• Nygma told Miao Mu that the Kane family had intercepted a report calling for the military to suppress him.
• Deadshot destroyed an unauthorized helicopter, and the Talons killed two patrolling police officers in Arkham District.
• Miao Mu spotted the Talons' approach on his computer and ordered Deadshot to kill them all.
• Deadshot fired an RPG at the Talons, blowing two away and severing another's arm as mercenaries followed behind.
• Miao Mu confronted the Talons, and Deadshot shot one through the head from the asylum roof.
• Miao Mu blasted a charging Talon in the chest with his shotgun as the others attacked with darts and weapons.

Miao Mu and his allies fought off the Court of Owls’ Talons around Arkham Asylum, while Deadshot and the asylum’s defenses helped repel the attackers. The chapter ended with the Talons still committed to their mission, as Mrs. Kane judged Miao Mu an extremely dangerous individual.

• Miao Mu used armor and gunfire to kill several Talons, while Deadshot shot another from Arkham Asylum’s rooftop.
• The Court of Owls sent Talons after opening one hundred frozen coffins to suppress the threat to its control of Gotham.
• PROM-1 mines shredded several attackers approaching Arkham Asylum, and Croc-Man rallied the guards to prepare for more.
• Bane canceled his group’s bounty mission and withdrew after hearing the mines explode.
• The Talons continued their assault despite the defenses, while Mrs. Kane watched Arkham District and classified Miao Mu as extremely dangerous.

Miao Mu and Deadshot used the streets of Arkham District to draw the Talons into a deadly ambush, while armed guards and Croc-Man fought off their assault on Arkham Asylum. In Gotham Old Town, Brucie and Huntress Helena broke into a hidden passage and prepared to descend.

• Miao Mu baited the Talons beneath the streetlights while Deadshot shot down attackers from the Arkham Asylum rooftop.
• The Talons launched a frontal assault on Arkham Asylum and tried to break through the side walls.
• Croc-Man and the WM Security Company fought back with machine-gun fire as Talons stormed into the asylum.
• In Gotham Old Town, Brucie smashed through hidden mechanisms and opened a secret passage while Huntress Helena prepared a poison gas grenade.
• Helena placed a tracker, called the police, and followed Brucie toward the passage's spiral staircase.

Police and Miao Mu’s allies moved against the Court of Owls, driving its members into the Owl Maze and turning them against one another. Brucie and Barbara navigated the maze as the fleeing members realized their secret had been exposed, while Miao Mu’s plan left their fate in the hands of the police and Scarecrow’s Fear Gas.

• Gotham police prepared for unrest and rushed to respond when an officer was attacked on 42nd Street.
• Jerry led police into Gotham Old Town after Renee Montoya reported new information, with tracking devices guiding them toward their targets.
• Brucie used her exoskeleton to break through the Owl Maze while Barbara remotely scanned its routes.
• Court of Owls members fled through the maze toward other bases after women forced them from their homes and destroyed hidden doors.
• The Court members suspected a traitor had revealed their identities, unaware that Miao Mu already knew who they were.
• Miao Mu planned to have the Court members slaughter one another so police would classify them as a cult, while Scarecrow’s Fear Gas intensified the chaos.

The Court of Owls members turned on one another after being told there was a mole, while Brucie and Helena broke into their headquarters. Brucie and Helena began hunting down the fleeing members, leaving the Court in chaos.

• The Court of Owls members accused one another of being a mole after some of them began laughing uncontrollably.
• Ramru kicked his elderly aunt and led the crowd in beating the accused traitors and moles.
• Brucie smashed through the headquarters’ walls as Helena followed with a route-guiding computer.
• The Court of Owls members fled when Brucie and Helena arrived among the bodies.
• Brucie charged after the fleeing members while Helena shot them in the thighs with her crossbow.

Croc-Man fought the Talons at Arkham Asylum while Harley Quinn went to free Mr. J and move him to safety. A Talon broke into Mr. J’s room, and Harley was fatally stabbed when Mr. J’s bound body deflected the attacker’s blade; the Talon then turned to attack Mr. J.

• Croc-Man killed an injured Talon with his ammunition belt and headed upstairs as the battle continued through Arkham Asylum.
• Harley Quinn left the medical office and went to Mr. J’s ward, determined to rescue him from the fighting.
• Harley removed Mr. J’s muzzle and loosened his chair restraints but kept his straitjacket on.
• An injured Talon crashed through the ward window and attacked Harley as she reached for her revolver.
• Mr. J’s movement caused the Talon’s blade to strike Harley in the neck, and she collapsed as the attacker turned on Mr. J.

Miao Mu and Deadshot fought off the Talons attacking them on the streets of Arkham. Deadshot blasted a fleeing Talon from the rooftop, while Miao Mu unleashed the Holy Flame Hammer’s power and tore through his attackers.

• Miao Mu and Deadshot battled waves of Talons, with Deadshot shooting them from the Arkham Asylum rooftop and Miao Mu fighting them with his claws.
• Deadshot used the Talons as cover and fired both pistols until only one remained on the rooftop.
• The last Talon threw Deadshot’s sniper rifle away and leapt from the roof using his coat to glide, but Deadshot hit him with a grenade.
• Miao Mu dodged blades and darts as the Talons attacked him from several directions.
• Miao Mu ignited the Holy Flame Hammer, covered himself in white holy flames, and killed the Talons with blazing strikes.

Miao Mu helped expose the Court of Owls to Metropolis newspapers while construction began on a school using Talons as foundation piles. As the revelations spread, Bruce faced the newly public possibility that the Court had caused his parents’ deaths and decided it was time to become Batman.

• Gordon worked to wrap up the previous night's events as Gotham returned to its usual routines and construction began in Arkham District.
• Miao Mu oversaw the school’s foundation work, where Croc-Man and WM Security Company used Talons as concrete piles.
• Nygma told Miao Mu that Metropolis reporters had learned about the Court of Owls, while Lois, Clark, and Nygma raced toward Gotham for the story.
• Miao Mu explained that Nygma had sent reporters revelations about the Court’s secret rule over Gotham and its possible role in the Waynes’ deaths.
• Bruce read the reports Alfred had gathered, considered the evidence linking the Court to his parents’ deaths, and decided to put on the mask.

After the Court of Owls was crippled, Gotham’s police arrested its remaining members while Brucie gathered the city’s powerful nouveau riche for a dinner that revealed the business empires of prominent families. The guests stayed to join her, leaving Gotham’s new balance of power poised to take shape.

• Gotham’s Major Crimes Unit arrested Mrs. Boris and other Court of Owls members as the Boris Family faced ruin.
• Brucie hosted Lucius Fox, Maxie Zeus, and Gotham’s wealthy business figures at the Zeus Grand Hotel.
• Brucie had the attendants reveal plates bearing the Powers, Fike, and Tifalino family names alongside documents detailing their publicly known assets.
• A young man at the table hoped the Falcone Family might regain its former position, while Lucius looked at Brucie with surprise.
• Brucie invited only friends to stay and help change Gotham, and none of the guests left.

Miao Mu tightened his campaign against the Court of Owls while Nygma discussed a future meeting with Mrs. Kane. At Belle Reve, Oswald and Nanaue escaped through a tunnel, only to encounter Aquaman and lose their freedom again.

• Miao Mu stationed his people at Arkham Asylum and offered bounties on escaped Court of Owls members.
• Nygma asked Miao Mu how he planned to meet Mrs. Kane, and Miao Mu said he would go through her great-nephew.
• Oswald and Nanaue dug through the beach beneath Belle Reve and escaped into the sea as the rising tide collapsed the sand above them.
• Nanaue carried Oswald across the water until he detected a sound and dove toward the seabed.
• Oswald saw Aquaman, Arthur Curry, and sank in despair as Aquaman stared at him and Nanaue.

Bane and the Copperhead team killed wealthy Gotham targets and claimed half of their assets under the bounty system, while Alberto Falcone watched Gotham’s surging wealth flow through his criminal empire. Bane considered establishing a base in Gotham as the killings and money-making continued.

• Bane captured Miss Hesta, scanned her assets, and killed her after she offered to pay him to let her go.
• Bane photographed Miss Hesta and the scene, reported the location to the police, and calculated the profits from his Gotham mission.
• Bane’s men found another wealthy target, and Bane went to inspect the opportunity himself.
• Copperhead’s team lined up their victims, assessed their assets, and realized their payouts could let them retire.
• Alberto Falcone’s criminal businesses processed Gotham’s wealth at full capacity, while he credited his investment in WM Group with helping fuel his profits.

Nygma, Gordon, and Bruce grappled with the aftermath of a scheme that turned the Court of Owls’ destruction into a citywide cycle of killings, seized wealth, and charitable payouts. Bruce discovered that a mysterious corpse was not another version of himself but his son, Bruce II.

• Nygma reviewed the intelligence and prepared for danger as Miao Mu slept, confident that he would take only a small share of the wealth.
• Gordon received reports of more than a hundred bodies and found that the victims were wealthy family members whose murder bounties came from their own assets.
• The killings and money laundering fed Gotham’s banks, charitable foundations, and benefit funds, while Gordon found no way to identify or stop the people responsible.
• Bruce pieced together how Gotham’s factions were profiting from the Court of Owls’ destruction and examined a young corpse resembling him.
• Alfred told Bruce that the corpse was his son, Bruce II, rather than another-world version of Bruce.

Miao Mu visited the Kane estate with Bruce Wayne to meet the Kane Family, bringing a gift of confiscated antiques while navigating heavy CIA surveillance. Mrs. Kate confronted him with photographs from Hellgate and said someone wanted him to return something extremely important.

• Lois and Clark exposed the Court of Owls’ atrocities, leading to the confiscation of its bones and Talon coffins.
• Miao Mu supervised workers as they encased the sleeping Talons in concrete piles at the Arkham District construction site.
• Miao Mu traveled to the Kane estate with Bruce Wayne, while Croc-Man and Deadshot acted as bodyguards and Alfred drove Bruce’s antique car.
• Bruce warned Miao Mu that CIA agents were monitoring the estate and that he should speak plainly if he had anything to say.
• Mrs. Kate showed Miao Mu photographs from Hellgate and said a man in them had asked the CIA to find him and demand the return of something important.

Miao Mu learned that Professor X had contacted the government about something taken from his universe, then offered to sell information about crossing between worlds. As Miao Mu left, Croc-Man and Deadshot warned that a large force surrounded them.

• Miao Mu identified Charles Francis Xavier, or Professor X, as a telepath who could alter memories and kill people through Cerebro.
• Mrs. Kane told Miao Mu that Professor X wanted him to return something important taken from their world.
• Miao Mu claimed that a set of coordinates could open a gateway between universes and offered to provide information through WM Group's inquiry service.
• Miao Mu left the room while considering the government's interest in colonizing another universe.
• Croc-Man and Deadshot escorted Miao Mu to the car and said a large number of people, including special units, were surrounding them.

Miao Mu weighed how to divert attention from the Congress bigwigs while Oswald learned from a newspaper that Gotham’s wealthy were dying and decided to return. Batman later confronted Miao Mu about Gotham’s chaos, and Miao Mu said the struggle over interests was already over, leaving Wayne Enterprises with the largest share.

• Miao Mu tried to figure out how to pass a troublesome bone to someone else and distract the Congress bigwigs.
• At Arthur Curry’s lighthouse, Nanaue ate Arthur’s roast pig and began chewing on an antique cabinet while Oswald thanked Arthur for rescuing him.
• Arthur asked Oswald about Gotham and requested stock recommendations, but Oswald saw the newspaper’s list of dead wealthy Gothamites and resolved to return.
• Batman arrived at Miao Mu’s home, interrupting his evening with Brucie, and asked when Gotham’s chaos would end.
• Miao Mu told Batman that the division of interests was already complete and Wayne Enterprises had received the biggest share.
• Batman said Wayne Enterprises would take responsibility and restart the Gotham Renewal Fund, but Miao Mu reminded him that he lacked authority over the company.

Miao Mu and Batman investigated a young Bruce corpse that resembled a clone and discussed the danger posed by collapsing parallel worlds. At the Batcave, Miao Mu’s Hyper-Adapter reacted to the corpse’s Omega Energy, and they prepared to travel to its world.

• Batman told Miao Mu he had found another corpse resembling one of his own, and Miao Mu agreed to inspect it.
• Miao Mu and Batman drove through a heavily policed Gotham while discussing the Dark Multiverse and the risks of investigating parallel worlds.
• Miao Mu offered to take Batman to another world, warning that the journey could be dangerous and might leave them unable to return safely.
• At Wayne Estate, Batman led Miao Mu down to the Batcave and showed him two refrigerated corpses, including a young Bruce who looked like a clone.
• Miao Mu brought the Hyper-Adapter near the young corpse, and its Omega Energy reacted.