Recaps

Alberto took the blame for the murders while Harvey Dent admitted to Gordon that he had acted outside the law, and Gordon cleaned up the Gotham City Police Department. Roland helped stop the League of Assassins’ raid on Arkham, then discovered that Poison Ivy had collapsed after using up the room’s carbon dioxide.

• Alberto confessed to the killings, and Gordon realized Harvey Dent was responsible for the previous night’s events but lacked evidence to arrest him.
• Gordon became commissioner, removed corrupt officers, and helped lower Gotham City’s crime rate by working with Batman and Harvey.
• Roland encountered the League of Assassins on the way to Arkham and fought David Cain and the other assassins, using Star Platinum to stop them.
• Roland brought the captured assassins back to Arkham, where he learned that Poison Ivy had attacked Harley Quinn after surviving a stab wound.
• Roland found Batman pinned beneath concrete and rescued him, then collapsed beside the unconscious Poison Ivy after inhaling the oxygen she produced.
• A nurse explained that Poison Ivy had passed out after consuming all the carbon dioxide in her room, and Roland had slept beside her until the next day.

Roland and Batman stopped the Joker and Harley Quinn’s escape, and Roland provoked the Joker by naming Catwoman as Batman’s most important criminal. Later, Roland met Cassandra in a Chinatown milk tea shop and learned that she had abandoned an assassination assignment after sensing her target’s fear.

• Roland watched the Joker and Harley Quinn argue over the Joker’s changed behavior with Batman, then intervened when Harley ambushed Batman.
• Harley kissed Roland, and Roland angered the Joker by saying Batman cared more about Catwoman; the Joker broke free and fought Batman before Batman subdued both escapees.
• Roland drew a master-crafted Storm Bolter, then warned Batman about Lady Shiva and the League of Assassins’ growing presence in Gotham.
• Roland went to a Chinatown milk tea shop, where he met Cassandra and heard why she had abandoned her League of Assassins mission to kill a gang leader.

Roland took Cassandra in after she decided to leave the League of Assassins, then brought her to dinner at Commissioner Gordon’s home. Cassandra befriended Little Barbara and inspired her to begin martial arts training with Bronze Tiger.

• Roland persuaded Cassandra to submit a study-abroad application and stay at Roland Cathedral, and she sent it to Lady Shiva.
• Roland asked Bronze Tiger to cover his duties, then invited Jason to dinner at Commissioner Gordon’s new home.
• Cassandra knocked Jason out in one move during a sparring match, so Roland brought her along to dinner instead.
• At Gordon’s home, Roland introduced Cassandra to Bruce, Harvey, and Little Barbara, and Cassandra quickly befriended Little Barbara.
• Cassandra demonstrated her strength by kicking through a punching bag, and Little Barbara asked her to teach her martial arts.
• Roland suggested that Bronze Tiger teach Little Barbara, and she convinced Gordon and the others to let her train after school and on weekends.

Roland and Batman investigated a supposed return of the Mad Hatter, discovering that the captured man had been brainwashed and given Jervis Tetch’s memories. Suspecting the Court of Owls may be behind the incident, Batman decided to reopen his investigation into the organization.

• After Gordon received a report that the Mad Hatter had taken control of citizens, Roland went with Batman to investigate the factory while Gordon stayed behind.
• Batman captured the dwarf claiming to be the Mad Hatter, and police fingerprint results showed he was not Jervis Tetch.
• Batman discovered that the man’s memories had been wiped and replaced, possibly using the Mad Hatter’s brainwave-control technology.
• Batman suspected a larger conspiracy, and Roland suggested the Court of Owls might be involved.
• Roland explained that the Court was said to consist of Gotham’s old prominent families and might have opposed the Wayne family and Thomas Wayne’s efforts to improve the city.
• Batman resolved to investigate the Court of Owls again, despite having failed to find evidence of it when he was younger.

Roland and Batman discussed the Court of Owls and the League of Assassins before Batman investigated Mr. Freeze’s attack on GothCorp. Roland later persuaded Victor Fries to turn himself in and entrusted Nora’s care to Batman, while Batman agreed to find doctors and seek Victor’s freezing technology.

• Roland suggested provoking the League of Assassins into fighting the Court of Owls, but Batman refused and returned to the Batcave to research the Talons’ weakness.
• Batman responded to a report that Mr. Freeze had frozen GothCorp employees, then found Victor Fries killing Ferris Boyle over Nora’s stolen cryogenic capsule.
• Batman took Mr. Freeze’s freezing shot to protect Nora’s capsule, leaving himself frozen while Victor collapsed in grief beside his wife.
• Roland arrived two hours later, heard Victor’s story, and persuaded him to turn himself in while leaving Nora in Roland’s care.
• After Roland thawed Batman and joked that centuries had passed, he explained his plan to help Victor and asked Batman to arrange doctors and inquire about buying Victor’s freezing technology.

Bruce gathered Victor's research and began building armor as he anticipated a war with the Court of Owls, while Cassandra practiced speaking and joined Jason and the children for motorcycle pistol shooting. On the way back, David Cain tried to take Cassandra, but Jason and the armed children forced him to retreat.

• Bruce told Victor that his wife had a treatment and learned that Victor's research was in his apartment, then visited Black Mask and told him Tommy had become the bandaged Batman before the real Batman killed him.
• Bruce failed to persuade Black Mask to change his ways, added protective devices to his cell, and began building the Long-Tailed Shark Suit in the Batcave.
• Cassandra practiced speaking with Little Barbara, then joined her and Jason for the Church's motorcycle pistol shooting event, where Little Barbara fell from a motorcycle during her first attempt.
• David Cain confronted Cassandra on the way back, but Jason fired at him and the children aimed more than a hundred guns, forcing him to leave.
• At Roland Cathedral, Roland praised Jason's improvement, and Bronze Tiger said he would join them next time they went out.

Ra's al Ghul launched a war against the Court of Owls with Roland’s help, while Batman intervened and ultimately captured Ra's al Ghul. After the Court vanished and the League was defeated, Roland arranged for a new eerie nursery rhyme to spread through Gotham City.

• Ra's al Ghul learned that the Court of Owls had threatened him and recruited Roland to join an attack against them.
• Ra's al Ghul ordered the slaughter of prominent families, prompting Talons to attack the League of Assassins and triggering a wider war.
• Batman captured fighters from both factions as Roland warned Ra's al Ghul that his attacks on wealthy families had provoked the Court’s fighting forces.
• The Court of Owls disappeared from Gotham and delivered electrum and money to Ra's al Ghul, who then turned his attention to Batman and Roland.
• Batman froze the League’s assassins, and Roland secretly helped him capture Ra's al Ghul, ending the war in Batman’s favor.
• Roland revealed that Jason had helped spread a new nursery rhyme through Gotham, warning children not to disturb the crowned Bat King.

Roland and Batman recovered Kara Zor-El after Batman’s satellite collided with her spacecraft, and Roland brought the unconscious Kryptonian girl to Roland Cathedral. After sunlight restored her strength, Kara’s super-hearing overwhelmed her, and Cassandra tried to calm her.

• Batman’s satellite struck a spacecraft during launch, so he and Roland recovered both wrecks from the Atlantic and found Kara alive inside.
• Roland explained Kara’s origins to Batman, and they agreed to bring her to Metropolis to reunite her with Superman.
• Roland took Kara to Roland Cathedral, where she pretended to sleep while listening to him and later waited to absorb sunlight.
• Kara’s body recovered under the sun, but her super-hearing activated and flooded her with sounds from across Earth.
• Cassandra recognized that the noise was overwhelming Kara and told her to steady her mind.

Roland brought Kara to Metropolis to find her younger cousin Clark, while Bruce joined them to investigate the Joker’s theft of Kryptonite and Roland’s pearl. Kara reunited with Clark, who was confused by her sudden appearance, as Bruce prepared for a dinner date with Lois.

• Kara impressed Bronze Tiger in gym class, and Roland arranged for her and the church students to travel to Metropolis.
• Roland told Kara that her little brother was a superhero in Metropolis, while Bruce planned to visit for a Wayne Enterprises project with LexCorp.
• Bruce learned that the Joker had escaped with Kryptonite and that Roland’s pearl had also been stolen; Kara flew between the two planes to offer her help.
• In Metropolis, Lois stumbled into Bruce’s arms, and Bruce arranged to have dinner with her while Clark watched miserably.
• Kara recognized Clark as her cousin and embraced him, explaining that she had been trapped in the Phantom Zone; Clark told her he had grown up with loving adoptive parents.
• Lois learned Kara was Clark’s cousin and praised Bruce for helping her, while Clark’s face darkened at the thought of her date with Bruce.

Lex Luthor partnered with Joker to kill Superman, while Bruce and Lois went on a date and Clark watched from afar. After Joker and Harley attacked Jason’s group, Superman pursued them but was slowed by kryptonite, and Roland arrived to find Batman throwing Superman to the ground and Kara unconscious.

• Lex Luthor rejected Bruce’s proposal to sell intelligent robots to the military, then agreed to pay Joker a billion dollars to kill Superman after Joker showed him kryptonite.
• Bruce took Lois to dinner and kept asking about Clark, while Clark watched them from afar and Kara lamented how he had built a life on Earth.
• Clark and Kara rushed to help Cassandra and Jason at a gang hideout, where Jason’s group had already intimidated the gang boss.
• Joker and Harley attacked Jason and Cassandra, then escaped after using a kryptonite smoke bomb that slowed Superman’s pursuit.
• Jason told Roland that Joker had escaped and that Batman had arrived, so Roland raced to the hideout.
• Roland arrived to see Batman throw Superman to the ground, while Cassandra gave mouth-to-mouth to Kara, who had passed out from the kryptonite powder.

Roland rescued Bruce, Lois, and Superman from Joker, then helped them fight off kryptonite-equipped robots and watched Bruce’s secret identity complicate his relationship with Lois. Jason called to report that he, Ben, Cassie, and Kara had captured Joker and Lex Luthor after demolishing Luthor Corporation headquarters.

• Roland saved Bruce, Lois, and Superman from Joker’s gas and exploding laboratory, earning Bruce’s offer of three days at Metropolis Amusement Park for the children.
• Bruce visited Lois with Roland, and Clark arrived to find them together before kryptonite-equipped robots attacked.
• Batman and Superman joined Roland in fighting the robots, and one robot tore off Batman’s mask in front of Lois.
• Bruce and Lois argued about his secret identity while Superman wondered whether revealing his own identity would improve his chances with Lois.
• Jason called Roland and said that he, Ben, Cassie, and Kara had demolished Luthor Corporation headquarters and captured Joker and Lex Luthor alive.

After Kara and the others defeated Lex Luthor and Joker, the group spent two days at Metropolis Amusement Park before heading back to Gotham City. Their trip ended with a call from a captor claiming to have Nightwing, and Superman and Kara joined the rescue effort.

• Kara knocked Lex Luthor unconscious after he insulted her and Superman, while Bronze Tiger explained how Kara, Cassie, and Jason had stopped the plot.
• Joker and Harley Quinn were taken away, Lex Luthor was investigated, and Bruce ended his business partnership with him.
• Roland and the others spent two days at Metropolis Amusement Park, where Kara agreed to visit Roland Cathedral and Lois told Bruce she was unsure she still wanted to be with him.
• As the group flew back to Gotham City, a caller told Bruce that Nightwing had been captured and gave him an address.
• Roland called Superman, and Superman and Kara boarded the plane; Superman agreed to go ahead disguised as Batman and rescue Nightwing.

Bane escaped Peña Duro, came to Gotham to confront Batman, and was swiftly defeated by Superman disguised as Batman. After Bane was sent to Arkham Asylum, Roland accepted an invitation to a charity gala where Bruce and Kate welcomed Gotham’s guests.

• Bane survived Peña Duro’s brutal prison, grew stronger through training and the G-111 Venom experiment, then escaped to Gotham to face his fear of Batman.
• Bane’s men led “Batman” to Nightwing, and Bane attacked, only to shatter his own knee when Superman blocked his finishing move.
• Superman carried Bane and Nightwing away while Batman learned that removing Bane’s Venom tube would weaken him; Bane was sent to Arkham Asylum for treatment.
• Roland accepted Batman’s invitation to the Wayne and Kane families’ Charity Gala, held two days later.
• Bruce and Kate welcomed guests at the gala, where Penguin Cobblepot mourned Tommy and asked Bruce about the rumors of his death.

Deadshot arrived in Gotham, presented himself as a superhero, and then began targeting gangs while secretly building a criminal operation. After he attacked Roland’s church, Roland and Bronze Tiger captured him and questioned him in its secret room.

• At Bruce’s Charity Gala, Deadshot killed armed attackers with extraordinary marksmanship, introduced himself as a superhero, and went peacefully with Commissioner Gordon.
• Deadshot began sniping gang leaders in Gotham’s East End, and Harvey warned Commissioner Gordon and Batman that he intended to take over the underworld.
• Deadshot recruited men and learned that Roland’s church trained homeless children, then decided to move against the Wayne-backed church.
• Deadshot attacked the church, but Bronze Tiger charged through his gunfire while Roland’s bullets bounced off, and they captured him.
• Roland took the unconscious Deadshot to the church’s secret room, where Deadshot identified himself as Floyd Lawton.

Roland captured Deadshot and, with Bronze Tiger’s help, persuaded him to teach at Roland Cathedral. The next morning, Deadshot began instructing the students while Batman agreed to let him work under watch.

• Bronze Tiger sensed someone watching, and Roland found and unmasked Batwoman, who questioned Deadshot before leaving.
• Bronze Tiger asked Roland to bring Vodka, then bonded with Deadshot over drinks as Deadshot shared the story of accidentally killing his brother.
• Deadshot remembered his past as a Bolshevik and sang with Roland, while Bronze Tiger concluded that he could be persuaded to join them.
• Batwoman told Bruce that Roland had caught Deadshot and described how easily he had overpowered her.
• Deadshot introduced himself as Floyd and began teaching the students marksmanship and target-practice mathematics, impressing them with his shooting.
• Batman visited Roland Cathedral and said he would let Deadshot teach because Bronze Tiger vouched for him, but would keep an eye on him.

After Kara was shunned for using her strength to stop a bully, Clark enrolled her at Roland’s unusual school in Gotham, where she quickly fit in. Meanwhile, Roland discovered a livestream of villains targeting Green Arrow in Star City.

• Roland told Deadshot he had arranged legal help so Deadshot would not go to prison for shooting robbers and drug lords.
• Kara was bullied after rescuing a classmate, then frightened the school with her strength and was rejected by students and staff.
• Clark brought Kara to Roland, who offered her a place at his school; Kara agreed to transfer and soon befriended the students.
• Deadshot caught a student watching a livestream of supervillains hunting a superhero, and Roland watched it after sending the student to Floyd for punishment.
• In Star City, Green Arrow approached the villains’ gathering while a viewer named Uncle McDonald criticized the villains in the livestream chat from Gotham City.

Roland trolled the dark web while Green Arrow fought villains and Kong Kenan intervened. Batman tracked a suspicious commenter to Deadpool, who had been impersonating Deathstroke online, and brought him back to Gotham City.

• Roland challenged dark-web users to fight him in Gotham City and switched accounts after each one was banned.
• Green Arrow killed Mammoth, but Kong Kenan arrived to protect him from the remaining villains.
• Batman and Batwoman traced the twisted reality show to several corporations and noticed a comment claiming its writer had nearly killed Batman.
• Batman identified the commenter’s profile as Deathstroke’s, while Slade accused Wade of impersonating him online.
• Batman found Wade in the Middle East, learned he had been posting as Deathstroke, and took him to Gotham City.
• Roland greeted Deadpool and answered his joke about being thirty with a cold laugh.

Batman and Roland questioned Deadpool, whose warnings prompted Commissioner Gordon to restrict Barbara’s movements, but she slipped out and encountered Scarecrow. A Harley Quinn from another world arrived at Roland’s church seeking help to stop Poison Ivy and capture a rogue Harley Quinn.

• Roland identified Deadpool as Wade Winston Wilson, and Deadpool demonstrated his immortality by cutting his throat and recovering.
• Batman left Deadpool with the Gotham City Police Department, where Deadpool’s remarks about Barbara made Gordon worry about her safety.
• After Gordon forbade her from going out, Barbara sneaked away and fought Scarecrow in Gotham’s East End, where an unknown person intervened with a metal bat.
• A Harley Quinn from another world arrived at Roland’s church and revealed that Poison Ivy was trying to destroy the world and another Harley Quinn had gone rogue.
• The other-world Harley asked Roland to help catch the rogue Harley, and Batman arrived to learn that Harley had come from a world where she had entered Bruce’s mind.

Roland, Batman, and two Harley Quinns traveled to a parallel world to stop Poison Ivy and Plant Master from turning people into plant hybrids. Batman defeated Plant Master, while Harley and Poison Ivy reconciled after Harley used her signature move.

• Harley Quinn explained that Poison Ivy and Plant Master had kidnapped Alec Holland to create a plant-hybrid virus, and the group used Swamp Thing's root to travel to the threatened world.
• Batman found the runaway Harley Quinn, and the four bit into the root and arrived in a swamp.
• Batman sent out bat Drones to locate Poison Ivy and Plant Master while the group fought through plant traps.
• Bonnie Quinn confronted Poison Ivy, who chose to fight her, while Batman and Roland prepared to face Plant Master.
• Batman dodged Plant Master's attacks with Observation Haki and knocked him down with a Power Punch.
• Harley took off her hat, removed her makeup, and cried until Poison Ivy embraced her, then secretly told the others that the move always worked.

After returning from another world, Batman and Roland investigated reports of a vast magical operation in England and rejected Amanda Waller’s demands for Bane and Wayne Enterprises’ help. Batman later assembled Roland, Superman, Shining Knight Justin Arthur, and Merlin, who warned that someone intended to resurrect King Arthur with evil magic.

• Swamp Thing warned Roland, Batman, and their companions about The Black before they returned to their own world, where they freed the local Batman and Nightwing from Ivy’s vines.
• Batman and Roland questioned Deadpool about his trip to England and learned that a group of politically minded nuns had brought him to an island where Slade had stayed.
• Amanda Waller asked Bruce Wayne for Bane and proposed military cooperation against England, but Bruce refused and told her to leave.
• Bruce spent several days investigating in the Batcave, then summoned Roland and Superman to meet Shining Knight Justin Arthur and Merlin.
• Merlin revealed that someone planned to use evil magic to resurrect his king, King Arthur.

Merlin, Batman, Roland, and Superman tried to stop King Arthur’s resurrection on an island protected by a powerful Magic Circle. As Batman fought Lancelot and Superman battled Gawain, Merlin discovered Greek divine conduits among the island’s runes, and Roland produced a collection of powerful religious and magical objects.

• Merlin explained that King Arthur’s Magic Circle could empower her and weaken powerful opponents, while Batman revealed that a satellite showed black fog covering the island.
• Superman flew to the island, where Gawain challenged him and the Magic Circle weakened Superman while strengthening the knight.
• Merlin deciphered part of the Magic Circle and revealed the island’s runes and chanting nuns as Superman’s fight with Gawain continued.
• Merlin teleported Batman beside King Arthur to seize her scabbard, but Lancelot emerged and fought him, preventing him from reaching her.
• Merlin detected a divine presence connected to the Greek Pantheon and said the nuns were using powerful conduits, possibly taken from the British Museum.
• Roland asked whether stronger conduits would help Merlin, and a collection of religious relics, magical items, and techniques appeared around him.

Merlin and Roland fought the bishop’s faction as Great Britain was lifted into the sky, while the bishop tried to resurrect King Arthur. The battle continued with Kara facing Bedivere and Roland wearing down King Arthur, and Merlin summoned more fighters, including Bane.

• Merlin used the magic circle to make Great Britain rise into the air, while the bishop sacrificed several women to keep it afloat.
• A British politician learned that Britain had already left Europe, and panic spread as people fled or prepared for disaster.
• Merlin sent Roland to take King Arthur’s scabbard, but the resurrected king stabbed him before Merlin healed him with the Dead Sea Scrolls.
• Merlin fought the bishop with Excalibur and summoned Kara to battle Bedivere, while Roland attacked King Arthur with wind-based techniques.
• Merlin summoned more fighters to support Roland and was surprised when Bane appeared, unable to do more than crawl.

Merlin and Roland’s allies fought the Bishop’s Knights of the Round Table while Batman wore down Lancelot and Merlin confronted King Arthur. Merlin weakened Arthur’s dark magic and revealed that the resurrection artifact and the destroyed magic circle had left her without enough time or power.

• Merlin restored Bane, and Gareth intercepted him as he charged Batman.
• Batman taunted Lancelot and evaded his attacks while Merlin explained that the circle kept repairing Lancelot and Gawain.
• The summoned allies fought the Bishop’s knights, with Lady Shiva, Bronze Tiger, and Cassandra battling Lamorak and Oliver Queen facing Tristan.
• Merlin beheaded the Bishop and began destroying the magic circle while Roland fought King Arthur and Bors.
• Merlin challenged Arthur’s corrupted plans and weakened her dark aura with Excalibur, then explained how the resurrection artifact and lost time had undermined her power.
• Merlin chanted an incantation, shaking the island and making flowers bloom across its boulders.

After defeating the Knights of the Round Table, Batman and Roland prepared to investigate who had raised Great Britain, while Merlin began lowering the island. Batman captured Bane, Joker, and Harley Quinn and left for London with Roland and their companions, while Deadpool and Deathstroke stayed behind.

• Roland defeated King Arthur, and Merlin suspected someone had been pulling the strings behind the Knights of the Round Table.
• Merlin began lowering Great Britain, warning that the process would take at least a month to avoid a catastrophic crash.
• Batman told Roland that Grandpa Justin had found a lead pointing to London, and Roland and Kara joined his trip while Superman returned to Metropolis.
• Lady Shiva chose to go to Gotham City to spend time with Cassandra, while Batman severed Bane's Venom tubes and took Bane, Joker, and Harley Quinn aboard the Batwing.
• Roland, Batman, and their companions boarded the Batwing for London with Oliver, who recognized Roland as the man from a livestream involving Arkham Asylum.

Roland and his companions traveled to London to find Justin Knight, while Merlin explained why teaching magic was dangerous. They found Wonder Woman guarding the captive Justin, and both sides mistakenly accused each other of resurrecting King Arthur.

• Batman warned Oliver that England's airports and most planes were no longer usable, leaving him unable to return to Star City soon.
• Roland considered starting a magic elective, but Merlin explained the risks and costs of learning magic and persuaded him against it.
• The group landed near London, and Batman used his phone's navigation to lead Merlin, Roland, and Lady Shiva to a hotel where Justin Knight was being held.
• Batman broke into the room and found Justin tied up beside his horse, while Wonder Woman appeared and challenged them.
• Merlin and Wonder Woman each accused the other side of resurrecting King Arthur, then realized they had misunderstood one another.