Season 2 Episode 21: Prisoner of Hush

My name is Bruce Wayne. When I was 8 years old, my parents were killed by evil. And so I made a promise to fight that evil. I traveled the world for 18 years, and returned to Gotham City to protect it. Now I have new allies, helping me in my crusade, but I also have new enemies. New threats have arrived in my city, and I must stop them. I am vengeance. I am the night. I am the Batman.

Previously on the Batman...

Tommy has returned to Gotham

Tommy killed his parents because he hates them

In flashback world, young Tommy hates Bruce and has met Peyton Riley at a party

Riddler is in Arkham

Selina is in Gotham General after Hush stole her heart

Batman stands over Selina's body in Gotham General.

"She was brought into the hospital by a strange man who said it was his best friend's wife. We put her on life support, but he was gone. I realized that she was Selina Kyle and contacted you." Leslie explains.

"I'm going to find her heart, and I'm going to save her. Will she be okay?"

"She'll live. For now. But not for long. She's in a coma. The heart is a muscle that pumps blood to the brain. She has a good two days before she dies."

"If what Tommy says is to be believed, it'll only take me one."

Back at Arkham, Nygma is taken by two guards and walked down the hall. The two guards are then hit by darts, knocking them out. Edward turns and sees Batman standing in the shadows. The door to a cell opens up and Edward is dragged inside. There, they see Freeze sitting on his bed, with a device embedded within his skin to keep him from dying. Batman turns Riddler around and pins him to the floor, with his hands cuffed behind his back.

"Where's Hush?" Batman asks.

"What are you talking about? I quit his operation months ago. How should I know where he is now?" Riddler answers.

"You know his plan. Catwoman's heart has been stolen by him. Where did he plan on keeping it?"

"You're not going to get anything from me."

Batman grabs Riddler by the throat and pushes his head underneath the water inside the toilet, drowning him. 30 seconds pass by before Batman pulls him out of the water. Riddler coughs. Batman punches him in the nose.

"Tell me where Hush is!"

"You're...you're crazy! I don't know where he is!"

Batman starts to drown Riddler again.

"My God!" Freeze comments.

Batman pulls Riddler from the water.

"Where is he keeping her heart?! You saw the plans! You must've known!"

"I don't, I don't remember!"

Batman reaches up to the light bulb and pulls it out of the ceiling. He takes the wire and pushes Riddler's head back into the water. He puts the wire into the water too, electrifying the water, shocking Riddler's face.

"Try."

Riddler's muffled screams are heard from the water. Batman pulls both of them out.

"I'm serious! This must be his backup plan! But he just planned on getting leverage on you! He never told us what that leverage would be! He never told any of us what it would be! I...DON'T...KNOW!" Riddler yells.

Batman squints his eyes.

"I'm going to talk to the rest of the members of your operation, and if they know what you don't, I'll be back for you."

Batman drags Riddler out of the cell and closes it again. He leaves Riddler there in the hallway and disappears. Freeze looks out.

"Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. Nygma, what did you do?" He asks.

The Batman

"Where's Tommy?" Bruce asks walking into the Batcave.

Barbara continues typing on the Batcomputer.

"I'm trying Bruce, but I'm not finding Tommy anywhere on the facial recognition scanners." Barbara states.

"How can you not find him? We can track anyone down, why not him?" Bruce asks.

"I don't know, Bruce. He's gone."

Bruce takes his mask and throws it to the ground.

"Someone has to know where he is!" Bruce yells.

"What about Crane? He was never caught." Barbara suggests.

"...good idea. Use the towers to scan the city for any traces of fear toxin." Bruce commands, breathing heavily.

He grabs his mask and goes to the exit, but stops when he sees Alfred, sitting on a crate. He walks over to him.

"Are you okay, Alfred?" Bruce asks.

"Hm? Oh, yes, I am. Just...seeing what Tommy became, was so...disturbing." Alfred explains.

"It's not what he became. He was always like this. He always had anger."

"Yes, you are probably right."

"I've gotta go."

"Stay safe, Master Bruce."

Batman breaks into Blackgate Prison and sees Penguin's cell. He drops down and reaches through the bars and grabs him.

"Cobblepot. Catwoman's heart. Where is it?" Batman asks.

"What? What are you talking about?"

"Part of Hush's plan included stealing her heart. Where is it?!"

"I have no idea! Guards! GUARDS!"

Batman lets Penguin go and disappears into the darkness. Barbara contacts Batman as he makes it out onto the roof.

"Bruce, I found him. He's at the following location." She informs him.

She turns to look at the computer and sees Tommy's face walking down the street on the camera. Tommy turns and walks down an alley. He starts to think back about after Bruce had left Gotham. It had been years. He was still dating Peyton, but his Mother refused to see her. There was one rainy day where they say in a cafe and decided to talk over coffee.

"Why don't you just leave her?" Peyton asked.

"I want to. But if I do, I'll lose the fortune. She has it all, and she's paying for medical school." Tommy replied.

"She has you bound."

"As long as she pays for it, I'll be gone."

"Maybe I should finally meet her."

"She doesn't like what she's heard of you. Particularly, your father."

"I understand."

"...I'll talk to her."

Tommy placed his hand on top of hers. Tommy smiles at the memory in the alley before getting swooped off the ground by Batman. Batman grabs Tommy's throat and dangles him off a roof.

"Where is it?" Batman asks.

"Where's what?" Tommy asks.

"Her heart. I want her heart."

"I won't just tell you, Bruce. Why won't you just let me walk back to my Manor?"

"Where is it?!"

"I'll tell you where to find it, but you need to surrender. You know where to find me. And you must surrender as Bruce Wayne."

"Listen to me Tommy, you will tell me where it is..."

"I really do know you better than you know yourself. I knew you still had feelings that you tried to bury. You want to see her alive...just surrender!" Tommy spits.

"I'm turning you into the police."

"Sure, except for the fact that you'll never find her heart. By my calculations she has about two days. You haven't been able to get anything out of me that I didn't want you to know. Do you really think you can break me, inside the GCPD, while the police are after you, in less than two days?"

Batman scowls. Tommy smiles. Bruce returns to the Batcave, defeated.

"Did you find anything?" Lucius asks.

"No. Just stuff Tommy already told me about." Bruce states.

"Where is he?" Barbara asks.

"In his Manor." Bruce answers.

"What?"

"Yes, he's in there."

"Then why don't you go after him?"

"Because if I bring him in then I'll never find Selina's heart. The only way to save her is to surrender. There is no way to stop him."

"So what are you thinking?"

"I'm not going to let Selina die. I'm going to surrender."

Later, Bruce starts to hang up all of his gear and suits. Barbara walks up to him.

"Bruce, you can't be serious. Can you?" Barbara asks.

Bruce turns to her.

"It's the only way." Bruce states.

"No, it's not." Barbara pleads. "There are plenty of other ways."

"Selina must be saved. It's nearly been a day. We can't find her heart. This is not working. Only Tommy knows where it is. I can't go throughout the city trying to find out where it is for another day! I have to surrender!"

Barbara looks down. Bruce heads for the exit.

"Are you going to surrender now?" Barbara asks.

"No...I have some people to talk to first." Bruce says and leaves.

Meanwhile, a huge truck drives down the road and then towards City Hall. The wall collapses as the truck makes impact. Out steps the Joker with a Tommy gun and aims it at the Mayor.

"Don't move, Mr. Mayor, or we'll have you gunned down, right here!" Joker warns and laughs.

"What do you want from me?" The Mayor pleads.

A few bodyguards enter the room but Joker's goons hit them over the head with pipes, knocking them out.

"I want to become the new Mayor! Ha ha ha ha ha ha! Soon I will be ruling Gotham City! He he he he he he!" Joker announces.

Then Batman and Batgirl break through the window and stand in front of Joker.

"Give it up, Joker!" Batgirl shouts.

"Blast!" Joker curses.

He turns the gun on them but Batgirl charges and kicks the gun out of his hands before he can even fire. She punches him to the ground and kicks him. Batman knocks out the thugs guarding him. Batgirl grabs Joker.

"No, please! I surrender! Please, stop!" Joker shouts.

Batgirl drops him.

"Huh. Easier than I thought..." Batgirl says.

Gordon shows up with the cops and puts Joker into the backseat.

"Can't believe I was foiled again. Heh heh heh heh ha ha. Heh heh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

The car drives away as Batman and Batgirl watch from the rooftop.

"That seemed easy. Too easy, wouldn't you say?" Batgirl asks.

"...no." Batman states and grapples away.

Bruce walks out of Wayne Manor and to his car. He turns to Lucius, Alfred, and Barbara standing there on the yard.

"You cannot sentence yourself to death like this." Alfred pleads.

"I have to do this. For Selina." Bruce replies. "Thank you for everything, Alfred. You were...my greatest friend. More."

Alfred hugs him.

"Master Bruce...don't do this." Alfred pleads.

"Forget 'Master,' Alfred. Call me Bruce." Bruce says and pulls away. "Lucius, I couldn't have done this without you. Thank you."

Lucius nods. He turns to Barbara.

"Promise me that when I'm gone, you'll look after this city. Don't ever stop. Tell Selina about this. She might want to protect Gotham as well." Bruce asks.

"Please don't do this." Barbara pleads.

"I'm sorry. I have to."

Bruce steps into his car. He turns and waves, before driving off. He takes a deep breath and drives towards Elliot Manor.

"Do you place the tracker?" Alfred asks.

"Yup." Barbara states.

The car drives up to Elliot Manor, Bruce steps out, and walks through the front door. He walks down the hall and sees Hush standing there.

"Hush."

"This is the end."

"Where's her heart?"

"Follow me."

Hush walks into a room and Bruce follows. Hush opens up a secret panel on the wall into a secret room. Hush flips up his mask and they see Selina's heart behind glass in some kind of blue fluid with wires attached to it.

"What is this?" Bruce asks.

"This...this is cryo tech I stole from Freeze. It's helping me keep her heart alive. You forget that I'm a great surgeon." Tommy explains.

Bruce walks up to the glass and looks at her heart.

"We first met when you performed surgery on me. The Batline was cut." Bruce says.

"I know. I cut it." Tommy replies.

"You want me to rot in a jail cell for the rest of my life. Why would you kill me by cutting the rope so early on?" Bruce asks.

"It wasn't. I knew your location at all times. I needed to know it. It's simple, really. I slipped the tracker during surgery. Humans die when they fall from about 100 feet up. A few feet below, and they'll get major injuries, but I know that I could fix it up and put the tracker in there then."

"You've been planning this, for nearly an entire year."

"And now it finally ends."

"Bring her heart back, or I will not surrender."

"Oh, you can have the heart. I don't really care. You can turn it into the GCPD. Hell, I'll call them right now."

The door is broken down and a SWAT team led by Gordon runs inside.

"They'll return the heart to Selina. Only problem is that they'll think you took it. Good bye, old friend." Tommy explains and disappears into the shadows.

Gordon and the SWAT team run into the secret room.

"Bruce Wayne, you are under arrest!" Gordon exclaims.

They put Bruce in handcuffs.

The Batman

Next Time on the Batman: City of Hush (2x22)

Bruce is taken to Arkham Asylum. He is now a prisoner and Tommy has won. With Selina recovering, Batman's allies must find out how to continue the mission without the Batman.

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