As an actor, I love like getting kidnapped, tortured.
I know the fans hate it.
[INTRO MUSIC]
I knew going into season two, more than anything,
because there were so many things that were up in the air,
I knew for a fact that leaving season one into season two,
Alice was going to have a love story this season.
And that was my number one goal.
And obviously she's so charismatic,
and she has chemistry with anyone she's acting with,
but we wanted to reveal that there was love at some point,
and kind of make that her new Achilles heel for the season.
Can I fall in love again, or am I good enough to be loved,
does that make me vulnerable?
All of those questions that the series
villain might be asking herself, if she dares
have feelings about it.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Mr. Helzinger.
(SCREAMING) What?
What's happening?
Aaron, it's me.
It's Dr. Rogers.
Ah, tell me you've got--
Tell me you've got a fix for it.
Not at the moment, I'm afraid.
[SCREAMS]
[GRUNTS]
Aaron, you're OK.
You just, you just.
Had an episode.
I can't go on like this.
That's why I'm here.
There is a cure for you, and for dozens of other patients
that are cooped up in here.
And Aaron, you're going to help me get it.
By the time this episode comes along, the kryptonite,
it's gotten really bad.
And it's gotten to a point that she cannot hide it anymore.
It's gotten to a point that it's infected,
the veins are super green and nasty,
it's affecting her energy, it's affecting her breathing.
When we're actually doing the fight scenes,
I have to be aware, all the time, of this injury,
of the effect that this injury has.
You'll see me grab for it at times,
you'll see me have to take a break, which is when usually
our villain is able to when our villain is able to get
his upper hand in the fight.
I just need your help getting his new location from her.
Sure, I'll just casually text her and ask.
You don't have to ask her anything.
Once this is within range of her cell,
it'll install an invisible high frequency
generator receiver app.
Essentially turns her cell into a digital and audio microphone.
I just need you to get it close enough to transfer.
You can't be serious right now.
As serious as your girl doing 8:00 to 10:00 at Blackgate.
OK, first of all, technology like this
should not exist in a free society.
Second, screw you.
I'm not betraying my girlfriend.
In episode four, we finally got
to see the beginning of the relationship,
and why Ryan fights for Angelique the way she does.
Because Angelique saved her, she saved from the candy lady,
but not only that, she saved her because Ryan had no one.
The were originally best friends and then they
fell in love with each other.
That's a soulmate type of situation,
where I'm always going to root for it,
if it's healthy for you.
And I think right now, in their specific positions,
in their current positions in life,
it's not healthy for Ryan.
But I also think that there's something to save in Angelique,
and that's Ryan's job.
At least she feels that way.
She feels like, it is my job to save her, like mama saved me.
And I will do whatever it takes to save her.
And in that case, I don't know if I can even have
a real judgment towards it.
I think that that's a soul mate partnership that I feel
like has to just have its moment,
and evolve the way it's supposed to evolve.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
This is the same Angelique who let you
take the fall for her, right?
Who continues to sell, even after you served time for being
caught with her drugs on you?
Do the right thing here, Ryan.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
I'll get you the information you want.
And then this file right here, it disappears.
Is that clear?
I do this, you can't touch her.
You can't protect her forever.
No, but I can protect her from you.
Is that clear?
Crystal.
As an actor, I love like getting kidnapped, tortured.
I know the fans hate it.
They're going to totally be like, protect Mary,
what are you doing?
But it's sort of deliciously, my favorite parts of playing Mary,
just because she is the heart, she's
sort of often the comedic relief of this show,
to watch her in distress and to see how intelligent she is,
figure it out, be on her toes, and then
also the sort of psychological exploration of Amygdala
and just the little boy inside.
And that's really what Mary connects to.
And to find all of this out about her mother's past,
that she didn't know about, I think is a little bit haunting.
So yeah, Mary is going to definitely have to make
some choices of her own.
They said it's somewhere in this underground lab.
So where is it?
She doesn't know anything about it either.
Actually I know literally everything about it.
There's none left.
No!
The cure that I needed.
I think if you've been following on through Batwoman,
you know that the clinic is the most integral part
of Mary Hamilton's identity.
In her last moments with her mother,
I think it allows her to say goodbye, and for her mom
to finally let go, when she says I've known about the clinic
the whole time and I'm so proud of you.
So knowing that, to have Jacob, her father,
take away the one identifying factor, the one thing
that Mary says is her sense of purpose,
is maybe the most devastating blow of all.
The reasons that he gives an episode
six about shutting down Mary's clinic, is honest and accurate.
You know, for reasons of morality,
for reasons of legality, but the other reason I think
is he just doesn't want to put her in harm's way.
When you operate within that world of darkness
and of nefariousness, and you're part
of a volatile and dangerous world,
the chances are that you're going to get hurt.
And I think he wants to protect her,
so he shuts it down for her safety.
And for his emotional well-being as well, because he doesn't
want to put her in harm's way.
I know you're pissed about the clinic.
I'm shutting it down, Mary.
Why?
Why would you do that?
It's illegal.
Yeah, but a lot of people in Gotham
can't afford health care in the legal way.
Practicing without a license, impersonating a doctor,
possession of narcotics, need I go on?
I saved hundreds, maybe thousands of lives!
And even more than that, I make people feel like they're
worthy of being alive.
I like that she kind of has that moment with him,
where she can just say like, I get what you had to do,
but I also did I had to do.
And I've moved on from it, but just throwing it out there,
you weren't the best dad to me.
And that's OK, but here we are and now I have this clinic.
And my hope is that we lead the audience down this path
of he's going to hug her and say I accept you
and I'm so proud of you.
But he's Jacob Kane at the end of the day,
and he's not going to do that.
If he wants to protect something, he holds it,
squeezes it so tight that he suffocates it.
You know when she kind of throws that emotional bombshell
at him, I think he's affected, because he never really
thought about it like that.
He never thought that he was neglecting her,
and for him she was always his daughter.
But he's got time to reflect now,
and maybe I didn't do enough, maybe I didn't see enough,
maybe I didn't understand the emotional trauma
what she went through, when she lost her mother, my ex-wife.
So I think Jacob's kind of getting it
from all sides in season two.
And so he's got a lot to deal with emotionally.
And it just shows in her mind, how little he knows her.
And so this is going to create a fracture in their life,
in their relationship, that ultimately will be pretty
detrimental to Jacob, as he's trying to cope with news
he gets about Kate and Alex continuing to be a problem.
And it's going to affect him very, very personally.
I'll protect her, I promise you.
Now go.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GRUNTS]
Luke, now.
[CRASH]
Batwoman to Batcave, I got it.
That's OK, he's--
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Sedate him in the car, we don't need any incidents.
Who are you?
I'm just a man looking for a map.
Don't give it to him.
It's very layered, because I think that Sophie
is at a transition in her life, where
she's seeing things around her and she's
questioning her own choices.
She's questioning her own loyalty to an organization
that she's wanted to be a part of her entire life.
And it really does kind of mirror a lot
of what's going on in the world in general.
You know?
And it's making people take a step
away from looking at organizations,
to looking at themselves individually.
And then also as two black women,
just watching their journeys together, because,
yeah we're black actresses, but we're also
black characters in Gotham.
So there's this connection that happens, where it's
like, I want to see you win.
But this choice that you're making, I don't agree with.
I will shoot this Crow in the head.
Her blood will be on your hands, Batwoman.
Is that really how you want to start your legacy?
We need that map.
I know.
But I also can't let you die.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
We see her reacting differently
at the end of this episode, than she ever has before.
And I think she grows up after episode 6.
And that's how impactful, important,
and sort of shaken she is after her encounter with Amygdala.
She has to look out for herself now.
You know, sometimes the Bat Team isn't there.
Sometimes her own father, her own family, isn't there.
Her mother certainly isn't there anymore.
And when she looks around, she has to look out for herself
and what's going to be the best for her.
After fighting a villain, they come together and start
to realize, OK look, we know that we're looking for Kate,
but Ryan is in trouble.
And we need to figure out how we can save her, while still
obviously looking for Kate.
What do you mean she's dying?
I looked at the wound.
The meds were working.
Why didn't you tell me?
She asked me not to.
But we're the Bat Team.
Not to her.
Ryan has a huge medical secret,
that she is going to need all the help she can get.
And certainly Mary is the most qualified person she has,
for the better or for the worse.
Without the clinic, Mary is working at such a disadvantage
here, in not only her contributions to the Bat Team,
but in hopes of saving Ryan's life.
They have to start to depend on each other.
I mean, at the end of the day, there's
genuine love amongst the team.
And whether or not Ryan is Batwoman,
they don't want to see her die.
And so you really watch them all go on this beautiful group
journey, to not only save Ryan, but also continue to find Kate.
So while Luke and Mary are kind of trying to figure out,
how do we solve this thing that really can't be solved,
Ryan's like, you us figure that out.
I'm going to go do my thing.
And if it is the last day on Earth,
at least I can die knowing I went down trying.
And so it's a pretty dark episode for Ryan,
as she has to come to terms with the fact
that this could be one of her last days on Earth.
[MUSIC PLAYING]