There’s a scene in the second episode of Batman: Caped Crusader Season 2 that epitomizes how the show works: Batman (Hamish Linklater) is pursuing a Rocketeer-esque figure — Roxanne Sutton (Wunmi Mosaku) — during a train heist. We’re on the outskirts of Gotham, and at one point, Roxanne leaves the train and gets into her rocket, which flies over the countryside as the Batmobile pursues. The rocket skims the ground, and eventually Batman can’t follow; the rocket busts through a fence and over a ravine. The rocket doesn’t go very high, and Batman can’t drive into thin air. This is the world of Caped Crusader: rockets and ray guns exist, but we’re not getting nuts about it.
With the debut of Batman: Caped Crusader Season 2, the series continues to be one of the best and most underrated DC TV projects around. This time, the show is better than ever, even if it occasionally suffers from one odd tick: For all of its brooding Bat-goodness, Batman himself is very chatty, which sometimes makes the series feel like a 1940s radio show that never existed. Luckily, a fresh take on the most famous Bat-baddie of all makes this run of episodes a season to remember.
