Recaps

Ririko secured Clark’s promise to expose Galavan’s smuggling operation and appear whenever she wanted, while the revelation sparked protests and forced Wayne Enterprises to promise reforms. At a job fair, Oswald approached Ririko and began to bring up Valentine’s Day, leaving his request unfinished.

• Ririko set terms for Clark: he had to expose the smuggling deal, bring Galavan down, pay for her exclusive, and show up whenever she wanted to see him.
• Bruce told Ririko about the flying man who destroyed the nuclear weapons shipment, then went to the basement to plan equipment that would let him fly.
• Harley confronted Jeremiah over his betrayal, but he threatened to detonate bombs; she left, and Jeremiah revealed he had been bluffing.
• Clark’s photos helped the Daily Planet expose Galavan’s smuggling operation, prompting protests as Galavan, Tabitha, and the cultists disappeared.
• Thomas Wayne announced cuts to arms and nuclear funding, new investments in environmental protection and vocational education, and a pledge to create two thousand jobs.
• Oswald visited the job fair and approached Ririko, cautiously noting that Valentine’s Day was in two days.

Ririko followed Edward into Gotham’s Underground District to meet his old friend, Fish Mooney, who could provide information connected to what Ririko was seeking. The chapter ended with Fish recognizing Edward and mocking him as “Beanstalk,” while Ririko appreciated the joke.

• Ririko left Oswald behind and followed Edward out of the rally venue into a hidden passage.
• Edward led Ririko through the Underground District, explaining that his old friend could help with what she was looking for.
• Ririko learned that Edward had grown up in the Lower East Side and had once taken in Oswald when he was injured and helpless.
• Edward brought Ririko to a bar and paid the waitress to summon Fish Mooney.
• Fish Mooney appeared, called Edward “Beanstalk,” and gave Ririko an approving look when she understood the joke.

Ririko asked Fish Mooney about the strength-enhancing drug Maroni bought from William Earn, and Fish offered information in exchange for help at her bar. The deal left Ririko, Edward, and Victor set to work as waitstaff in revealing uniforms for Valentine’s Day.

• Edward tried to pose a riddle, but Fish Mooney and Ririko demanded he get to the point.
• Ririko asked Fish Mooney about Maroni’s drug, and Fish demanded one of Penguin’s fingers as payment before revealing that Maroni had two doses and other wealthy families had bought the rest.
• Fish Mooney tried to stop Ririko from leaving and called Victor Zsasz her dog, but Ririko recognized him and mocked the idea.
• Fish Mooney offered information if Ririko worked at the bar for two days, and Ririko bargained for a share of the Valentine’s Day takings.
• Fish Mooney agreed to give Ririko five percent and told Ririko, Edward, and Victor to wear the bar’s revealing uniforms.

Fish Mooney’s tavern tried several Valentine’s Day promotions, but Edward’s riddle contest failed while Ririko’s photo wall brought in customers. As the tavern finally became busy, Victor asked Ririko whether she was worried about complaints if she stayed there on Valentine’s Day.

• Fish Mooney inspected Ririko, Edward, and Victor in their Valentine’s outfits, while Edward proposed a discounted set meal and a signed riddle book.
• Ririko’s cocktail and wilted-rose promotion drew few customers, and Victor stabbed a man’s hand when he tried to grab Ririko.
• Edward’s riddle contest failed to attract customers because no one could answer his questions.
• Ririko set up a pink, heart-shaped photo wall, and Edward posted a picture of it on his social feed.
• Customers arrived to take photos and buy drinks, and Victor asked Ririko if she feared someone might complain about her staying at the tavern on Valentine’s Day.

On Valentine's Day, Ririko worked at Fish Mooney's crowded tavern while Victor and Edward helped, and Oswald grew jealous after spotting a photo of Ririko with Edward. When Oswald arrived with roses, Ririko hid in the kitchen with Victor, whose past with Fish Mooney remained unexplained.

• Ririko and Victor joined Fish Mooney and Edward for dinner, where Victor had made Ririko's beef into a heart and threatened Edward over asking why.
• Fish Mooney assigned Edward to clean the booked guest rooms, and Ririko suggested he leave a riddle book in each one.
• Oswald recognized Ririko in Edward's social media photo, failed to reach either of them, and decided to visit the tavern.
• Ririko told Fish Mooney that men depended on her, then learned Fish had rescued Victor from a mass grave.
• The tavern drew a long Valentine's Day queue, and Ririko hid in the kitchen when Oswald arrived with roses and Butch carrying a gift.
• Victor told Ririko to go on her date, but she asked whether spending Valentine's Day with him counted.

Ririko and Victor hid from the tavern brawl and shared their painful pasts before becoming intimate. When Hugo Strange and Firefly arrived outside, Victor insisted Fish Mooney could handle the trouble downstairs.

• Ririko led Victor upstairs to avoid the argument between Fish Mooney, Oswald, and Edward.
• Victor told Ririko that a prison bully had killed his mother and nearly killed him, and that he was waiting in Gotham to take revenge.
• Ririko and Victor became intimate while the brawl downstairs continued.
• Ririko spotted Hugo Strange and Firefly outside the tavern, drawn there by Edward's geotagged photo.
• Victor pulled Ririko away from the window as Fish Mooney and Oswald turned on Hugo Strange and his crew.

After learning that Bane possessed the drugs Victor sought, Ririko feared the enemy she remembered from earlier timelines. Bruce vanished on patrol, and surveillance showed Bane attacking the Batmobile, so Ririko and Fish Mooney set out to find Bruce and Victor.

• Fish Mooney told Victor and Ririko that Bane had the drugs and warned Victor that Bane might be stronger than before.
• Victor took Ririko home, and she watched him ride away after he said he would try to stay alive.
• Alfred told Ririko that Bruce had gone on patrol and had not returned, while the Dark Web group chat reported that the Batmobile's signals had vanished.
• Fish Mooney told Ririko that Victor had gone after Bane, and Barbara shared footage of Bane lifting and hurling the Batmobile.
• Ririko called Fish Mooney for Bane's location, and Fish Mooney agreed to help her find the missing men.

Ririko and Fish Mooney entered an abandoned factory to rescue Victor and Bruce from a drug-enhanced Bane. After Fish’s bullets failed to stop him, Ririko used her power and ordered Bane to snap his own neck.

• Ririko joined Fish Mooney and armed herself before they approached the factory where Bane was holding Victor and Bruce.
• Fish Mooney climbed toward the roof to distract Bane while Ririko entered the factory and saw Victor badly injured and Bruce chained to a pillar.
• Ririko tried to lure Bane closer by challenging him to fight the flying man in Metropolis.
• Fish Mooney shot Bane several times, but the bullets failed to hurt him, and he prepared to stomp on Victor.
• Ririko ordered Bane to snap his own neck.

Ririko used her newly unlocked Blood Boundary Control to restrain Bane, but she was struck and later awoke in a stone chamber wearing a robe. Ra's al Ghul told her that Victor and Bruce would not survive unless she chose which one he would save.

• Ririko failed to control Bane with Prophetic Command, and Bane crushed Victor while Fish Mooney fired at him.
• Ririko cut her wrist and used Blood Boundary Control to bind Bane with pale arms growing from her blood.
• Ririko tried to free Bruce from his chains but was struck and lost consciousness.
• Ririko woke in a stone room, found that her system and skills remained, and chased a young bald man through the corridors.
• Ririko barged into a room of hooded people and met Ra's al Ghul, who said he could save only Victor or Bruce and made her choose.

Ririko refused Ra's al Ghul's attempt to pressure her and learned he would revive Bruce Wayne and Victor Zsasz if she became his successor. After agreeing only on the condition that she first see them alive, she was returned to her room, where she met the bald girl Talia al Ghul.

• Ririko dismissed Ra's al Ghul's demands and told him to get to the point.
• Ra's al Ghul offered to revive Bruce Wayne and Victor Zsasz if Ririko became the League of Shadows' successor.
• Ririko agreed to the condition only after Ra's al Ghul promised she could verify that both men were alive.
• Ririko returned to her room, worried about being trapped in the League of Shadows and unable to contact anyone outside.
• Ririko caught the girl delivering her meal and learned her name was Talia al Ghul.

Ririko explored the underground League hideout and found a hot spring, where she discovered Bruce had somehow been lying unconscious at the bottom. Bruce woke and learned that Ra's al Ghul had rescued them, leaving the two of them embracing in the pool.

• Ririko coaxed Talia into revealing that the exit was above them, then ate the bland food in her room.
• Ririko explored the circular corridors, found a hidden hot spring, and entered the pool alone.
• Ririko sensed someone beneath her in the water and discovered Bruce lying motionless at the bottom.
• Bruce woke underwater and surfaced with Ririko, who told him that Bane had beaten him to death and Ra's al Ghul had rescued them both.
• Bruce embraced and kissed Ririko, promising to become stronger as they lingered together in the hot spring.

Ririko and Bruce emerged from the Salaru Sacred Pool, prompting Ra's al Ghul to reprimand them for using it improperly. The next day, Ra's arranged to move Victor to Jerusalem for treatment and ordered Ririko and Bruce to train, leaving Ririko worried she would have to learn martial arts.

• Ririko and Bruce recovered together in the Salaru Sacred Pool, where an old man discovered them and ran off to alert Ra's al Ghul.
• Ra's al Ghul confronted Ririko and Bruce about using the sacred pool, but Ririko dismissed his objections and asked for a hair dryer while Bruce asked for pants.
• The next morning, Ririko ate breakfast and went to the stone meeting chamber, where the League members regarded her warily because news of her bath had spread.
• Ra's al Ghul told Ririko that Victor's injuries were too severe for the pool to heal, so he would send Victor to the League's Jerusalem headquarters.
• Ra's al Ghul ordered Ririko and Bruce to stay and train, promising to put Ririko in the pool if training harmed her, and Ririko wondered whether she had to learn martial arts.

Ra's al Ghul tested Bruce and Ririko's abilities, then assigned Talia to train Ririko, who struggled through several days of lessons. In Gotham, Jeremiah noticed that Ririko had vanished with Bruce and headed to Metropolis; back at the training room, Ririko began a sparring match with a League of Shadows member.

• Ra's al Ghul had Bruce and Ririko demonstrate their skills, and Bruce showed a polished staff routine while Ririko lamented a damaged false nail and listed the skills she considered useful.
• Ra's al Ghul assigned Talia to train Ririko, and Ririko ended the day aching and determined to escape the League's compound.
• Jeremiah saw newspaper reports that Bruce and Ririko were missing, suspected they were connected to a reporter's photographs, and bought a first-class ticket to Metropolis.
• Several days later, Ra's al Ghul ordered Ririko to spar with a League of Shadows member, who charged at her with a staff.

Ririko used Prophecy and evasive footwork to make a League of Shadows member knock himself out, then challenged Ra's al Ghul over his training and his refusal to kill Bane. In Talia's room, Ririko discovered Talia's admiration for Oswald Cobblepot and persuaded her to sneak out for a visit.

• Ririko dodged a League of Shadows member's attacks, then used Prophecy to make him hit himself unconscious.
• Ra's al Ghul told Talia to teach Ririko more than Flash Step, and Ririko criticized him for sparing Bane despite Bane killing Victor's mother.
• Ririko found Oswald Cobblepot's campaign flyer hidden under Talia's mattress and learned that Talia admired his ideas about governing.
• Ririko promised Talia she could meet Oswald, get a photo with him, and tour the mayor's office, and Talia agreed to sneak out for one night.

Ririko and Talia escaped the League of Shadows, but Bruce stayed behind to continue his training. Ririko raced toward City Hall to find Oswald, while Oswald, unaware she was coming, wondered whether she no longer wanted to see him.

• Talia led Ririko and Bruce to an exit shaft, where Bruce chose to remain behind and train with the League of Shadows.
• Ririko and Talia emerged in Gotham and met Selina, who lent them a battered bicycle instead of money.
• Talia pedaled Ririko to City Hall, but a guard said Oswald had just left for Metropolis.
• Ririko urged Talia to ride toward the airport so they could catch Oswald.
• In his car, Oswald refused Butch's suggestion to ask Fish Mooney about Ririko and wondered whether she wanted to see him.

Ririko caught up with Oswald before he left Gotham and agreed to travel with him to Metropolis. On the private charter, she relaxed in a new dress while Oswald learned she had encountered Bane and asked him for a massage.

• Talia chased Oswald's Rolls-Royce for nine blocks on a bicycle and asked him for an autograph, while Ririko caught up with them.
• Oswald signed Talia's notebook and drew a penguin before Ririko told her to head back.
• Ririko decided to accompany Oswald to Metropolis, and Butch stayed behind after the charter's passenger list could not be changed.
• On the plane, Ririko asked for caviar, champagne, and a pretty dress, and Oswald arranged them for her.
• Oswald asked where Ririko had been, and she said she had met Bane and that Fish Mooney later rescued her.
• Ririko rested her leg across Oswald's thighs and told him to massage her.

Ririko and Oswald arrived in Metropolis after Clark rescued their plane from attacking Alien Worms. Ririko went off with Clark for a meal, while Jeremiah watched them from a park bench.

• Ririko teased Oswald during the flight, and the crew stayed out of their way until the captain announced they had reached Metropolis.
• Alien Worms attacked the plane, but Clark steadied it and brought it safely down for an emergency landing.
• Oswald demanded an apology from Mayor Morrisroe, then discovered Ririko had gone shopping without him.
• Ririko met Clark on a shopping street and asked him to treat her to a meal.
• Jeremiah watched Ririko walk away with her arm linked through Clark's.

Ririko spent the evening with Clark, arranged to stay at his apartment, and met his unusually affectionate dog, Krypto. The chapter ended with Clark stopping Krypto from following Ririko into the bathroom.

• Clark took Ririko to an ordinary fast-food restaurant, where she learned he would accept an award at the Environmental Summit Forum the next day.
• Ririko agreed to stay at Clark's apartment after finding Metropolis hotels fully booked, and they agreed to split his prize money with most of it going toward two handbags.
• Clark hurriedly cleaned his apartment before letting Ririko inside.
• Krypto flew into Ririko's arms, obeyed her commands, and eagerly followed her toward the bathroom.
• Clark caught Krypto at the bathroom entrance and warned him not to watch Ririko shower.

Ririko attended the Second City Environmental Summit with Clark and Oswald, where Pamela Isley’s environmental proposal was brushed aside and Clark lost an award he expected to win. Ririko suspected Daily Planet editor Leslie Hammond had rigged the result and decided he would have to pay.

• Clark told Ririko he became a reporter to earn recognition through his own efforts, then secretly hand-washed and heat-dried her clothes.
• At the summit, Pamela Isley presented Mayor Oswald Cobblepot with her plant-based nuclear-waste remediation plan, but he dismissed it and hurried over to Ririko.
• Ririko watched Clark attend the media awards ceremony, where Jonathan Gray won the Environmental Reporting Award instead of Clark.
• Clark told Ririko that the editor in chief had said his report was nominated, while Ririko suspected Leslie Hammond had switched the winner and resolved to make him pay.

Ririko exposed Jonathan’s award-winning report as the result of a corrupt deal, and Clark confronted the Daily Planet’s editor-in-chief before deciding whether to resign. Hammond persuaded Clark to stay by agreeing to a competition with Jonathan for the senior reporter position.

• Ririko used her hypnotic command to make Jonathan admit that he had pressured Editor-in-Chief Hammond into giving him the award.
• Hammond silenced Jonathan and dismissed Clark’s objections, telling him to resign if he disliked the decision.
• The next day, Clark brought his resignation letter and belongings to work, but the HR director told him Hammond wanted to speak with him.
• Hammond praised Clark and offered him a promotion, but Clark said he would send his résumé to the Gotham Daily.
• Hammond revealed that an advertiser had placed a large order tied to Clark’s Superman reports, and Clark agreed to stay if he could compete with Jonathan for the senior reporter position.

Ririko searched for the missing Oswald with Clark and Krypto, but their trail through Central Park turned up only a bouquet and strange vines. After the park’s trees began shaking, Clark chose to take Ririko for sushi, leaving the mystery unresolved.

• Ririko found Oswald’s hotel room empty, failed to reach him by phone, and asked Clark to bring Krypto to help find him.
• Krypto led Ririko and Clark to Central Park, where they questioned a homeless man holding roses wrapped in paper decorated with penguins.
• Clark removed a vine from Ririko’s ankle while Jonathan secretly photographed them, hoping to uncover Clark’s secret and take his place at the newspaper.
• After searching the park, Ririko asked Clark to listen for Oswald’s cries for help and decided to get sushi.
• Krypto barked at a creeping vine, and when Clark snapped it, the park’s trees began swaying violently; Clark then agreed to go eat with Ririko.

Central Park’s plants grew into a dangerous, pollen-filled forest that attacked people and ensnared Mayor Cobblepot. Ririko entered the park with Krypto to rescue Oswald after the pollen incapacitated Clark and made him try to kiss her.

• Clark woke Ririko and took her to Central Park, where police warned that the rapidly growing plants had trapped several people.
• A vine grabbed Clark’s camera, but he pulled it free while the police described how the plants resisted chainsaws and fire.
• Clark heard Mayor Cobblepot calling for help, changed into Superman, and then collapsed after inhaling toxic pollen.
• The pollen made Clark confess his love for Ririko and try to kiss her, so Krypto tied him to a utility pole.
• Ririko followed Krypto through a gap in the vines and found Oswald bound and suspended from a huge tree.

Ririko confronted Poison Ivy after she trapped Oswald in vines, and Krypto helped free him before Ririko's monstrous hair devoured Ivy's plants. Oswald woke to find Ririko pinning the humiliated Poison Ivy in Central Park, and both women rejected his suggestion to take the fight back to the hotel.

• Ririko discovered that Poison Ivy had trapped Oswald in vines and confronted her over the attack.
• Poison Ivy blamed Ririko for distracting Oswald from his duties as mayor and declared she would make him protect the environment.
• Krypto freed Oswald by cutting through Poison Ivy's vines with laser beams, and Ririko grappled with Ivy.
• Ririko's hair spawned monstrous growths that devoured Poison Ivy's plants and left Central Park withered.
• Oswald woke and found Ririko pinning Poison Ivy, then suggested they go to the hotel, but both women told him no.

Ririko sent Oswald back to Gotham after his infatuation value fell, while Jeremiah Valeska killed Jonathan and discovered Clark Kent’s secret identity. After spending two days shopping in Metropolis, Ririko prepared to confront two Daily Planet men over her missing bonus.

• Ririko covered Pamela with her coat, then dragged Oswald toward the park exit as Krypto led the way home.
• Jonathan met Jeremiah Valeska in a Metropolis alley and demanded more money for information about Clark Kent.
• Jeremiah killed Jonathan with a fountain pen, took his photographs, and learned that Clark was Superman.
• Oswald reverted to his old self, but Ririko arranged for Butch to take him back to Gotham.
• Ririko shopped around Metropolis for two days, then prepared to visit the Daily Planet and confront the men who took her bonus.

Clark returned to the Daily Planet and found Jerome holding the newsroom hostage with linked Laughing Gas Bombs, demanding that Clark reveal he was Superman. As Clark struggled to protect his colleagues without endangering his family, Ririko arrived with Krypto and confronted the situation.

• Clark brought his revised article to the Daily Planet, where Jerome appeared on the newsroom computers and called him Superman.
• Jerome revealed that Laughing Gas Bombs were strapped to Clark's colleagues and showed a police officer dying from the gas.
• Jerome explained that removing any bomb would trigger them all and demanded that Clark admit his identity in front of everyone.
• Clark denied being Superman and offered to surrender, but Jerome rejected the offer, while Hammond pleaded with Clark to save the newsroom.
• Ririko arrived with Krypto, criticized Hammond for begging Clark after cheating him out of prize money, and asked Jerome why he had not invited her to the party.