Season 7: Episode 329 - BATMAN: Paging the Crime Doctor/Zatana/The Mechanic/Harley and Ivy

Paging The Crime Doctor

 

Dr Matthew Thorne, a formerly respectable surgeon who lost his license after sheltering his brother Rupert Thorne from the police and once a friend of Dr Thomas Wayne and Leslie Thompkins, is reduced to acting as a mob doctor.  When Rupert is critically injured, his brother coerces Leslie to assist with the surgery.  But the recovering mob boss wants no witnesses, and Mathew is forced to decide where his real loyalties lie. 

 

Zatanna

 

Zatanna was the daughter of Zatara, an excellent magician who taught Bruce Wayne, under the name of “John Smith”, everything he knows about escape artistry and “magic”.  Zatara was a world renowned magician and was considered quite possibly the best in his field.  He also passed on his teachings to his only child, a daughter named Zatanna.  Zatanna gained her talent from her father and became an excellent magician herself.

 

She also had a romantic relationship with Bruce, despite never knowing his real name.  Zatanna always had close ties with Bruce Wayne, although Bruce was cautious of this relationship by never giving her his real name.

 

Years later in a show in Gotham City, she made the contents of the Gotham Mint disappear to show up magic debunker Montaque Kane.  Unfortunately for her, Kane had not only seen through her trick, but was a thief, and stole the money while framing her for the crime.  She was freed from custody and assisted Batman in bringing Kane to justice.

 

After their collaboration with Batman, she eventually recognised him as her old friend from long ago.  she then told Batman that Zatara, who had passed away by this stage would have been proud of him, putting his arts to use in fighting crime.

 

 

The Mechanic

 

Thanks to a freak accident during a high-speed chase, the Batmobile is virtually demolished.  After Batman takes the car to his personal mechanic, Earl Cooper, the Penguin makes his move and tampers with the Batmobile, putting it under his control. 

 

 

Harley and Ivy

 

After a failed heist, a frustrated Joker boots Harley Quinn from his gang and to prove her worth to the Clown Prince of Crime, Harley goes solo on her own crimes.  This path eventually leads her to form a partnership with fellow criminal Poison Ivy.  The success of Harley and Ivy as the new “Queens of Crime” doesn’t go unnoticed by The Joker, or Batman, both of whom set out to stop the amazing duo for their own personal reasons, Little do they know, no man can stop Harley and Ivy.

 

 

Opening Credits; Introduction (.56); Episode One:  Paging the Crime Doctor (36.20); Episode Two:  Zatana (45.50); Episode Three:  The Mechanic (1:04.50); Episode Four:  Harley and Ivy (1:13.52); Favourite Episode:  (1:52.53); End Credits (1:55.30); Closing Credits (1:56.46)

 

Opening Credits– Epidemic Sound – Copyright . All rights reserved

 

Closing Credits:  Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves by Aretha Franklin and The Eurythmics.  Taken from the album Be Yourself Tonight by The Eurythmics.  Copyright 1985 RCA Records.

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