Recaps

Miao Mu and the Arkham officers fought Bronze Tiger and the Assassin League, while Strange and Scarecrow advanced their own schemes in Gotham. After recruiting Deadshot and tracking Talia onto a cruise ship, Miao Mu stabbed her and threw her into the sea, then escaped with Otis despite his poisoned wounds.

• Strange hypnotized Jeremiah and learned that Mrs. Maria Powers was his godmother and a juror of the Court of Owls, while Miao Mu sought information about Falcone from Helena.
• Miao Mu fought Huntress Helena and then Bronze Tiger, who had been sent by the Assassin League, before escaping with her after injuring Bronze Tiger.
• Bronze Tiger attacked Arkham Police Department and pursued Nygma and Jason, but Miao Mu arranged a rematch and called Batman for help.
• Miao Mu and Batman fought Bronze Tiger and the arriving assassins, while Talia attacked them and led the Assassin League against the Arkham officers.
• Talia stabbed Miao Mu before Gordon arrived with reinforcements, and the surviving assassins fled as Miao Mu told Gordon to investigate the Tap Water Poisoning Case.
• Scarecrow poisoned Gotham University with Fear Gas, Nygma killed an Assassin League member with a remote bomb, and Barbara found a file labeled with Miao Mu's name.
• Miao Mu recovered, learned Gordon was being questioned by Internal Affairs, and recruited Deadshot Lawton from Blackgate Prison by appealing to his concern for Zoe.
• Jonathan Crane attacked Alfred with Fear Gas, while Bruce attended the charity gala and Cameron van Cleer auctioned Bruce's dating rights to raise funds.
• Nygma and Jason failed to catch Talia on Trigate Bridge, then Jason fought off punks with the Question-Mark Cane.
• Miao Mu and Otis found Talia aboard the Tailun Jikang, and Miao Mu stabbed her and threw her into the sea before treating his poisoned wounds and ordering Otis to leave.

Batman rescued Alfred from Arkham as the Joker’s schemes brought Gotham into a hostage crisis and a renewed threat against the Roman. Miao Mu faced Falcone’s demand to capture the Joker, then discovered a time-stopping clock just before Barry Allen crashed into the grave he had filled.

• Bruce followed clues to Arkham Asylum, where Hugo Strange and Scarecrow Jonathan used released inmates and Fear Gas against him, but he fought through his hallucinations and found Alfred missing from the room marked 3129.
• Batman defeated Strange and learned Alfred had been left in Crime Alley, then rescued Alfred while Arkham burned and Jeremiah became the Joker after Simon Hurt gave him the Madness Factor.
• Miao Mu kept the Fear Gas, hired Dr. Milo to work off his debt, and learned that Oswald had spent much of his salary supporting students from the slums.
• The Joker seized a television station, took hostages including Alexis Kaye, and set up a deadly game, but Gordon and Miao Mu led a police assault while Jason Todd fought back and Batman captured the Joker.
• The Joker later attacked Falcone, injured him, and bombed his truck, prompting Sophia to show Miao Mu a Joker card and give him ten days to capture the Joker or face a bounty on himself and those around him.
• Miao Mu recruited Lawton and Bronze Tiger for his plans, while Jason began training Alexis and Bronze Tiger agreed to teach at Miao Mu’s martial arts school.
• At a funeral for fallen officers, Miao Mu found a buried grandfather clock, activated it, and discovered that its button could stop time for five seconds while seven or eight hours passed.
• After Miao Mu and Jerry left the cemetery with the clock, Barry Allen crashed into the grave and found that his Speed Force was missing.

Miao Mu and Barry became caught up in Joker’s auction attack and a demonic ritual, while Batman was wounded and Constantine was dragged into Hell. After Joker was transferred to Arkham, Doctor Hurt revealed himself as Barbatos and began steering Joker toward Gotham’s despair as a mysterious cargo arrived at Blackgate Island.

• Batman interrupted Catwoman’s attempted theft of the Tears of the Atlantic, while Miao Mu discovered that Barry Allen had arrived from ten years in the future.
• Miao Mu took Barry in, and the pair later attended the Christmas season’s events as a mysterious visitor stole Scarecrow’s Fear Gas from Miao Mu’s home.
• At Philip Kane’s auction, Joker and his gang seized the guests, and Batman fought them as a second Joker appeared through a magical barrier.
• Miao Mu, Barry, Zatanna, and Constantine confronted Felix Faust and Solomon Grundy, while Batman fought Joker and escaped the auction badly wounded.
• Miao Mu defeated Faust and destroyed the magic circle, while Barry carried Batman to the Batcave and Zatanna took Constantine through a portal into Hell.
• Bruce recovered at home and kept a black cat Alfred had found on the Batmobile, while Miao Mu received Bronze Tiger’s martial arts notes and prepared for Joker’s transfer to Arkham.
• Miao Mu ordered Joker’s teeth removed and placed him in Arkham, where Joker escaped into a hidden laboratory and killed a pig-masked doctor.
• Doctor Hurt revealed himself as Barbatos, dunked Joker in a glowing green pool, and urged him to spread despair as red-cloaked figures emerged from a container at Blackgate Island.

Miao Mu uncovered Simon Hurt’s connection to Barbatos, survived the demon’s attack, and learned that Malebolgia’s plan was drawing Spawn into Gotham. As Batman pursued Catwoman and the Spear of Longinus, Miao Mu expanded his Arkham operations and prepared to fight the growing supernatural threat.

• Miao Mu encountered Joker’s doll in the police station restroom and woke in Hell, where Joker’s memories revealed the Hell Brand, Constantine’s demonic bargain, and Gotham’s link to Hell.
• Miao Mu confronted Simon Hurt, who declared himself Barbatos and transformed, but Superman helped defeat him while Deadshot Lawton’s bullet struck his heart.
• Miao Mu found the Hyper-Adapter and a Wayne Family crest on Simon Hurt, while Spawn fought Superman at the docks and Oswald helped Miao Mu take the unconscious Al Simmons to safety.
• Miao Mu agreed to investigate the Spear of Destiny for Simmons, while Batman followed clues about the dockside battle and learned that Selina had become a black cat.
• Batman pursued weapons smugglers and fought Catwoman as she searched for a way to become human, while Miao Mu encountered Punchline and later learned from Barry that the timeline had changed.
• Miao Mu and Nygma examined the Whisper Gang leader’s corpse and planned Arkham’s supplies, while Selina found the Spear of Longinus’s location on the Batcomputer and stole the spear from the Gotham Museum.
• Batman fought Spawn after finding burned corpses, then refused Superman’s offer of help as Miao Mu and Nygma began developing demon-fighting supplies in a concealed shelter.
• Catwoman kissed Batman and escaped his arrest attempt, then returned toward her home as fur appeared on her hands, and Batman followed, and Simmons sensed the transformed woman and went to investigate.