Batman Season One
Part One of Two
Before we begin, some notes. Gotham City is re-imagined to be a combination of Nolan's Chicago/Pittsburgh and Burton's heavy Gothic influence. Thomas and Martha Wayne's deaths are not shown at all in he first season, though they are mentioned. Their deaths are shown in the Cinematic Trailers, and is very similar to the ones in
Batman v Superman and
Batman Begins. Batman is charactericized to be mid-to-late-twenties and Richard is a freshman in high school.Final note, there is no meta-humans/ magic in this season. This is supposed to be realistic to an extent.
EDIT: Assume Richard goes by his abbreviation, as he does in the comics, and Lego Batman (it's not a bad word!) The filter does not allow me to type it.
Episode One: The Birth of the Bat
Wayne Industries plans to move several of its manufacturing units overseas due to high crime rates in Gotham City. Bruce Wayne, who wants to obey with father's legacy, makes a generous donation to the police department in hopes to reduce crime. Five months later, no changes occur, and Bruce only has a month to the shareholders meeting. He decides to take matters into his own hands. With his engineering associate Lucius Fox, Bruce borrows some equipment from the company, and build himself a leather suit. He begins his adventure of fighting crime, beginning with making a surprise arrest on the crime syndicate -Joker.
Episode Two: The Man of Clay
High School Freshman acrobat/actor Richard Grayson finishes up his application to spend the winter working at Wayne Inc (with his friend Victor Stone). Currently he is in the lead role for the remake of the film Dread Castle. Basil Karlo is an actor who is angered that someone else will be playing his role. Meanwhile, as Bruce makes improvements on his suit and lair with his butler Alfred and Lucius, he hears that Karlo has gone crazy and is currently holding everyone on the movie set hostage. Bruce suits up, battles the maniac, and has help from Richard, who is in awe of Batman. Police Detective James Gordon interviews Richard about the vigilante in the first post credit scene.
Episode Three: Most Wanted
Bruce visits GCPD where James Gordon is interviewing witnesses about a mysterious vigilante. (It is assumed Batman has a few more outings.) Bruce wants to know what happened to the money he donated, to which Gordon has no idea. None of the police officers saw the five million that he donated. The Commissioner gives a simple reply with no substance. Bruce returns home, and with the help of Alfred and the black market plans a raid on GCPD during the night. Batman breaks in, and begins downloading files of the commissioner's personal computer. However, he is caught by Gordon and two police officers. After a confrontation, Bruce narrowly escapes with critical data on a flash drive. In the post credit scene, the Joker is meeting with his ‘lawyer.’
Episode Four: Interns
Lucius Fox leaves the team after he learns what Bruce did to GCPD, and GCPD declares Batman a terrorist and villain. Bruce arrives to the main foyer of Wayne Inc. where he (re)meets Richard Grayson and his friend, Victor Stone. Both of them are interviewing for internships where the shadow corporate executives. Richard expresses his interest to save Gotham, as he is an orphan much like Bruce. On his way home from his interview, Richard watches as a single man robs a gas station. Richard chases after the man and engages him in a fist fight. The man pulls out a gun, and hits Richard first in the leg. Batman intervenes and saves Richard's life. However, he is forced to choose whether to get Richard to a hospital or go after the bad guy. He decides to stay with Richard, and the bad guy gets away - cigar in hand. It looks like a firefly - the further and further he gets. The post credit scene teases Fox meeting with a mysterious man - Derek Powers.
Episode Five: The Shareholder Meeting
Bruce Wayne prepares to make his case for staying in Gotham while his new secretary Richard Grayson recovers. Meanwhile, Derek Powers (who is the leader of Wayne Entertainment) and Lucius Fox (who is the leader of Wayne Technologies) work together to plan a speech for moving to Metropolis. After a compelling speech by Bruce with little statistics, Derek and Lucius give a much better speech. The company is about to vote when people begin to terrorize the auditorium. Bruce is escorted out by Gordon, as are Fox and Powers. Bruce runs to the upper stairs and begins to combat the gunman in his normal clothes. Derek Powers joins him in his fight. One of the gunman reveals the codename of the man who hired them - Blight. Bruce and Derek meet afterwards. The board members who died were all those loyal to Bruce, but the company has to delay the vote. The post credit scene features Derek killing a mobster in alleyway as one of his mob gave up the name Blight.
Episode Six: The Trial of the Joker
Bruce, his newly recovered assistant Richard, Alfred, Derek, and Lucius all head to the trial of the man who has created about a third of Gotham’s crime. The Joker’s lawyer is Laurel Lance of Starling City and Harvey Dent represents Gotham. Due to the means of arresting not following code (ie: Batman), Joker almost escapes with a laxer punishment. However, he confesses to hundreds of crimes and receives the punishment. Everyone in the courthouse is surprised. Outside the courthouse, a member of Joker’s gang - Mr. Hammer - attacks visitors. Harvey Dent surprisingly defeats him on live TV, leading the media to question if he is Batman. That night, Bruce watches over Dent’s apartment and sees clowns go in. He fights them off with the help of Harvey Dent, and the two of them a conversion about heroism after the victory. The post credit scene features Joker meeting his prison psychologist - Harleen Quinzel.
Episode Seven: To Save the City
Gordon and his partner Harvey Bullock raid a drug operation, where due to Bullock’s ‘clumsiness’, Gordon ends up captured by the Falcone crime family. The mob leader demands the life of Batman in exchange for Gordon back. The police are given 48 hours. Richard prepares to give Bruce a presentation as to why Bruce should fund Batman - Batman agrees with everything Bruce stands for. Bruce then reveals his dual identity and recruits Richard as a sidekick. Bruce and Richard work to discover where the mob is located, and infiltrate it themselves. They discover the mob has hundreds of members, and they find Gordon. Batman and Richard (who only wears a ski mask) proceed to secretly break him out. Gordon thanks them, and says that he and Batman will have to talk soon. Gordon is placed in protective custody. The post-credit scene features Richard sewing his suit.
Episode Eight: The Rise of the Robin
In the Batcave, Alfred, Richard , and Bruce work on the installation of a multi-monitor computer. Batman and Robin attempt next to stop a robbery at an electronics store. However, due to Robin’s error, they lose the crook. Bruce is regretting recruiting Robin. The computer lights up and reveals a bombing in progress at Gotham National Bank which Bruce and Richard themselves to deal with. The duo arrive and stay back; they find fire trucks and police cars surrounding the scene. A firefighter walks into a fire truck with a sack, and the truck drives away. Robin tails the truck, while Batman enters the building to help survivors. Batman has a confrontation with Bullock, who abandons all hopes of helping the people to kill Batman. Batman wins and carries Bullock’s semi conscious body outside as the building explodes. Meanwhile, Robin confronts the men in the firetruck who were the bombers and thieves (one if them is the villain from ep. 4). Robin manages to defeat them one by one as he enters their gang’s base. The post-credit scene features Bruce giving a great presentation to the board followed by a decision to stay in Gotham.
Episode Nine: Toxicity
Derek Powers wanders into Professor Jonathan Crane's office at an unnamed university, where he acquires an airborne pathogen which should drive Wayne Inc into a great state of panic. He also acquires a computer virus to install on Lucius’ computer, an antidote to the pathogen, a strange weapon, and a serum that should enhance his body. When injected it allows him abilities similar to those of Captain America (enhanced strength). Meanwhile Bruce and Gordon are discussing the death of Bruce’s parents over coffee and how that would make Bruce a wise candidate for the mayoral run. Bruce declines the offer for now, and both of their phones buzz of a robbery at a nearby jewelry store. Gordon heads to his cop car, and Bruce suits up after grabbing a bag from his trunk. At the jewelry store, police chase after a set of motorcycles, and Batman follows with a stolen motorcycle. The thieves escape to the sewers, where only Batman can follow. When he gets down there he is engaged by a singular woman dressed in all black. She questions where he learn to fight and he said he had a teacher. After Batman defeats the woman in an intense battle, he is ambushed by three more folks dressed in similar attire. They declare that Bruce has passed the test and will begin the next phase of testing. Bruce wakes up in his bed the next day with the Batman suit stored away in the cave. In the post-credit scene, Derek Powers sets up for his assault on Wayne Inc.
Episode Ten: Wayne Inc.
The episode begins with Gordon and Dent arriving at Wayne Inc. to meet with Bruce and Lucius about crime cleanup in Gotham. They discuss finances and corruption, while Richard and Victor Stone arrive. The young duo spots a mysterious van in the parking lot with a suspicious individual. Richard makes a call to security about it, and a gang member appears behind Richard and smashes the phone. Richard combats the guy while more arrive. Wayne security joins Richard in the battle. Upstairs, Derek releases the poison into the air ducts on Wayne Inc and shuts down all computers and security cameras with a virus. In Bruce’s meeting, security runs in to escort the men of importance to a safe bunker. While en route, the security guards go crazy and attempt to kill anything they see. They wound Lucius by shooting him in the arm. Gordon begins to feel pain in his head, like a million voices screaming. Dent has to fight Gordon from killing himself out of pain, while Bruce runs to look for help. Meanwhile, Alfred arrives on scene to allow Bruce and Richard an easy suit-up. He also provides them with gas masks. Robin works with the police to take out the unknown attackers, while Batman goes inside to rescue Dent and Gordon. When he arrives, he finds Derek Powers holding a gun to both Gordon and Dent’s head. After a climactic battle between Batman and Powers, Batman defeats Powers and begins to escort him out of the building. Powers yanks off Batman’s gas mask and forces him to inhale the serum - that is when Batman realizes Powers is behind the attack (insert villainous monologue). Batman tries to fight Powers but finds himself terrified and insane. Batman falls to the ground about to lose when Dent shoots Powers in the leg. Batman and Dent escape the building while police surround Powers, and use video from Dent’s cell phone as evidence. The post-credit scene features the Joker meeting with psychologist and then kissing her. They break out of prison.
