Season 2 Episode 22: City 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...

Hush stole Selina's heart

In flashback world, Tommy needs his Mother's money for medical school

Joker was arrested by Batman and Batgirl

Bruce told everyone to protect Gotham City and surrendered

The police came in and arrested him

Bruce picks up a phone and talks with the rest of the Bat Family.

"Bruce...I'm so sorry." Barbara apologizes.

"Don't be. It was my choice." Bruce replies.

"I thought I could help you. I couldn't." Barbara says.

"Now the city knows you're the Batman." Alfred states.

"They don't know, Al. They took me in because they think I took Selina's heart. They think I'm a psychopath. But they don't know." Bruce explains.

"I'll fix this, Bruce. I promise." Barbara states.

"Just make sure Gotham City is safe. Please."

Barbara stays silent. Bruce hangs up the phone and turns. He's in Arkham Asylum.

The Batman

Selina awakes with a gasp. She looks around and finds out that she's in the hospital. She walks out and onto the street and looks around. She watches the news back at her old apartment and finds out that Bruce Wayne was arrested for the theft of her heart.

"Oh my God..." She whispers.

Holly is dead. Bruce is arrested. And the real man who did this is on the loose. She's lost everything. Meanwhile, a truck drives down the street from a bank. The Batmobile drives after it.

"GO! GO! GO!" A thug shouts from the truck.

They turn a corner and the Batmobile turns the corner too. Batgirl is driving it. She fires a tow cable and it hooks onto the back of the truck. The Batmobile stops, pulling the truck back. Batgirl ejects out of the car and on top of the truck. She crashes in through a window and kicks the driver. She grabs the head of a thug and smashes it into the headboard Raiders Truck Chase Style until he's unconscious.

The thugs jump out from the back and start running but the Batmobile fires a net that pins them to the ground and electrifies them. Batgirl hops out of the truck and looks up at the sky and sees the Bat Signal. Gordon and Harvey stand up on the rooftop.

"Commish, he hasn't been here for over a week. What makes ya think he'll show up now?" Harvey comments.

"I don't think he's going to show up. But that's not the only purpose the Signal serves. People need hope, Harvey. People need hope." Gordon explains

Barbara walks into her apartment to find Gordon sitting on the couch.

"Dad..? Are you okay?" Barbara asks.

"Huh? Yeah. I'm fine honey." Gordon replies.

"So when is Mom coming back from her trip?"

"Soon."

"Are you sure, Dad? Are you really okay?"

"...okay look...your Mother...she left us."

"What?"

"She...I..."

"But...she...I mean, is she coming back?"

"I don't know, Barbara. It could be...maybe she...maybe she isn't."

"Oh my God...no..."

Barbara sits down.

"But why?" Barbara asks.

"...it was because of me...there was someone at work and I-" Gordon starts.

"Oh no...Dad..."

"...I'm so sorry, Barbara. It's all my fault."

Barbara starts crying.

"All my fault..." Gordon mutters.

Bruce walks down a hall and into a lobby inside of Arkham Asylum. He sees other patients. Even some people that he locked up.

Mr. Freeze.

Killer Croc.

Mathew Davis.

Victor Zsasz.

The Mutant Leader.

The Riddler.

Two-Face.

He even sees a couple of new faces like an old man with a sock on his hand. There's a man sitting in the corner staring at the clock, counting out the seconds. He turns and sees a couple more patients walk into the lobby. They walk up to Bruce.

"Wayne. Didn't expect to see you here." The inmate says.

"I shouldn't be here." Bruce answers.

"Why not?"

"I didn't do anything wrong."

"Sure."

The inmate pushes him back.

"You're in for some pain, Bruce." The inmate states.

Several crowd around him. Everyone turns. They punch him in the gut and knees him in his side. They hit him and make him bleed. Bruce headbutts one of them and punches another in the nose. He pushes them back, but there are to many of them, and he can't show off too many skills in front of too many witnesses. He punches an inmate to the ground but three others start punching him.

Then one of the inmates is pulled back from him and pushed to the ground. He gets kicked to the ground. Bruce looks at the inmate. Freeze is there. Freeze pulls an inmate back by his hair and smashes his face into the wall. He elbows another inmate in the nose and kicks him to the ground. Bruce kicks another inmate to the ground and turns to Freeze.

"Thank you. Why'd you help me?" Bruce asks.

"I wasn't just going to stand there and watch someone get beat up like that. It wasn't the right thing to do. And...I know about your donations to help find Nora a cure." Freeze explains. "Call me Victor."

"Call me Bruce."

Some doctors rush in and take Bruce out of the lobby. They take him down the hall and to Hugo Strange's office. Bruce is strapped to a couch.

"I heard you got in a fight today, Mr. Wayne." Hugo starts.

"They started it." Bruce replies.

"But you finished it. With the help of Victor Fries."

"So?"

"Is this your way of getting your anger out?"

"No. I fought back because I didn't want to get beat up."

"I believe you do have some anger inside you, Mr. Wayne. Why would you want to steal an innocent woman's heart?"

"I didn't."

"So you don't remember it? Or are you in denial? Maybe you need to work out some...issues from your parents murder."

"No."

"Are you saying it had no affect on you? At such a young age. You must feel...angry."

"..."

"Will you at least admit that?"

"Yes. When I was a boy, I did feel anger. But I moved on. All people do."

"Not all."

"I saw the fight on the cameras. You fought with rage. I saw it in your eyes."

"Shut up."

"You still have anger in you. Maybe if you let these things out...you can actually move on. Come on. You have to trust me."

"...yes. I feel angry. I've tried to move on, but I want...vengeance." Bruce says with anger.

"How interesting." Hugo chuckles.

The Batcomputer searches the city using facial recognition but Tommy is not found.

"Dammit!" Barbara shouts.

Someone else walks into the Batcave. It's Nightwing. Barbara turns.

"Dick..." She starts.

She runs over to him and they hug.

"How did you get back into the city..?" She asks.

"I snuck in. I heard you might have wanted help." Nightwing states.

"It's really good to see you here." Barbara embraces him again.

"I missed you too. ... What do you need help with?"

Meanwhile, Tommy goes on a cruise and looks out over the deck. He truly enjoys life. But memories keep coming back to him. A memory of walking into Elliot Manor and up to his Mother's room.

"Mom, Peyton was thinking about finally meeting you." Tommy said.

"I don't want anything to do with that...dirty girl." His Mother replied.

"Mom, she's...she's a good person. She really wants to meet with you."

"I know who her father is. A mobster. A criminal. You should stay away from her, Thomas."

"I know what I'm doing, Mom. You don't have to tell me what to do anymore! You don't have to like her, but just talk to her. For one afternoon! You're not giving up a lot!"

"Thomas! Stay away..."

"No."

"Excuse me?"

"I said, NO!" Tommy yelled, and swung his hand across his Mother's face, causing her to fall to the floor.

"Tommy! What the hell's the matter with you?!" She screamed. "Get away from me!"

"I am so sick and tired of you, Mother. You did teach me something though. Peyton shouldn't see you. Wouldn't want her to have the displeasure."

Tommy walked out of the room, down the stairs, and out of the house, leaving his Mother there.

Back at his apartment, Gordon sits in the empty, dark kitchen, drinking a bottle of alcohol. It takes away the feeling of loneliness.

"What if Tommy isn't in the city?" Nightwing asks, looking at the Batcomputer.

"You're saying he left?" Barbara asks back.

"He has everything he wanted. He wanted Bruce in jail and got it. He won."

"That's a good point."

"What I'm saying is that we shouldn't focus on Tommy. We need to focus on other things."

"Like...?"

"Like getting Bruce back." A voice shouts.

They both turn and see someone walking into the cave. Selina.

"After everything that Bruce did, I shouldn't want him out. But I do. Because if we get him out then this Hush guy will come back, and we can trap him. And I can get my revenge. We're not leaving Bruce in there forever. We have to break him out." Selina states.

"We have to clear his name." Barbara states.

"I have to return the favor." Dick states.

The final objective is clear.

The Batman

Joker is sent to Arkham where he's been sentenced to. He's escorted to his cell in Maximum Security and placed inside. They close the door. Joker smiles, and then starts to laugh.

"Home sweet home..." He comments and starts to giggle.

Next Time on the Batman: Heart of Hush: The Season Finale (2x23)

With Bruce being locked in Arkham, Catwoman, Nightwing, and Batgirl all form an allegiance to plan a breakout in the facility. With their last hope being the Batman, they rush to break him out, and have their face off with Hush.

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