Na Na Na Na . . . Nah!
So, evidently someone thought that it was 'time' for a Batwoman TV series? Even if it was only a spin-off character from Arrow?
If only it were that simple; but, no, the reason for Batwoman was to 'be inclusive'.
And without quarter. Not just that 'this character is cool and is ok with A, B and C'; it's EVERYBODY is included - often for no reason other than to be included.
With 'character' defined as 'all-boxes-ticked' it needed a mawkishly heavyweight backdrop for balance. Sadly it got one, but remained unbalanced.
Alice? Who The?
Bruce Wayne had a grim backstory, so this one had to be grimmer: Kane Kane witnessed her sister die (with Batman failing to save her). Even worse, she came back. (And never bloody went away again.)
Came back with a quite literal vengence. Against their father, who happens to run private security for Gotham - 'The Crows' - since GCPD are now the Keystone Kops.
Came back as an Alice-in-Wonderland themed Joker clone. Even down to the never-quite-gets-taken-in-by-the-Bat quirk. (Even Harley Quinn in the cartoon series wasn't so embarrassingly obvious.)
The series spent far too much time bogged down in the Kate'n'Alice saga; the odd Batwoman-just-solves-a-crime episode would have made a welcome change. But this is not the Dark Knight Detective; this is the Right-on Representative.
The one breath of fresh air was the appearance of Magpie. A mild seeming woman who was a thief with a slick combat style, and a slick latex outfit:
Which is a vast improvement on the original comics costume:
Unfortunately she was brought into play by Alice. But at least she was fun while she lasted. She even smiled.
And Kate Kane? She came home after being kicked out of military school, causing tension with her father.
Her ex-girlfriend had also returned - to work for The Crows, causing tension with her father.
So she joined the other family firm, vacated by cousin Bruce, causing tension with her father.
Unholy Row!
Lots of hoo-hah about working conditions causing an accident; injury sustained therein exacerbated by working conditions.
All preceded by long and many complaints of Ruby Rose being 'difficult to work with'. Followed by accusations of dodgy behaviour by other cast members, causing tension with her on-screen father.
And The Curtain Falls
Only to rise again.
Congratulations to new girl Javicia Leslie for making a whole series without being fired.
Lucky the spare batsuit happened to be in her size . . .