History Recap / Batwoman2019S1E15OffWithHerHead

* PauEvilUntoEvil:

* KickTheSonOfABitch:
** Subverted with Alice's ordeal with the fear toxin; while she certainly is a nasty piece of work, ''no one'' deserves to go through that, and her suffering is played for all the horror it's worth.
** Played straight with the fate of Mabel Cartwright, whom Alice burns alive for her years of abuse and her intention to take Gabi's face just to improve her own looks.
** Averted with Cartwright's death; while he was an absolutely horrible person, his death is a traumatic event for Kate and no one, save Alice, sees it as anything but horrifying.

* PreMortemOneLiner

* {{Pun}}: At the twins' bat mitzvah, Kate has a tin of novelty mints called "[=BatMints-Vah=]."

* {{Troll}}: When Luke demands to know what Batwoman's phonecall to Mary was about, she says she can't violate "doctor-vigilante confidentiality".

* WalkInChimeIn

* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Averted when Kate has to explain away Alt-Beth to her father. Rather than reveal the truth of the Crisis and her role in it, she just dismisses the body as another Skin Pirate minion and points out that Gotham has seen stranger things.
* YourWorstNightmare: The fear toxin makes Alice experience her worst fears -- Mabel Cartwright, and her sister and father abandoning her to her fate.

* IncrediblyLamePun: At the twins' bat mitzvah, Kate has a tin of novelty mints called "[=BatMints-Vah=]."

* AbsenteeActor: Meagan Tandy (Sophie) sits this one out, although Kate does begin a text to Sophie at the end of the episode.

-->'''Alice''': ''His'' mother? Is that what you think this is about?

* TheBadGuyWins: While Alice is a lesser evil than Cartwright, and certainly far more sympathetic, her plan for this episode works: Kate is provoked into killing Cartwright, getting Alice revenge on her abductor and "proof" that she and her sister are NotSoDifferent. Kate also ends up proving Cartwright right that she's capable of murder, just like Alice.

* NotSoDifferent: When push comes to shove, Kate proves just as capable of murder as Alice.

* WorstAid: Kate stitching Cartwright's neck wound with a staple gun. [[RealityEnsues As expected]], it doesn't hold for long.

* BoringButPractical: The fliers with the partial license plate of the car driven by Beth's killer turn out to be useful after all, when a junkie reports seeing such a car in a junkyard.

-->'''Mabel:''' I said I need you to [[TemptingFate warm this tea!]]
-->'''Alice:''' Consider it a pleasure. ''(breaks off valve on oxygen cylinder)''
-->'''Mabel:''' What the hell are you doing?
-->'''Alice:''' Long live the Queen. ''(burns her alive)''

* WalkInChimeIn / PreAssKickingOneLiner
-->'''Woman:''' Just leave me alone!
-->'''Creepy Guy:''' No one with those legs wants to be left alone, huh? Come on, [[BlatantLies I'm friendly.]]
-->'''Batwoman:''' ''(dropping out of the sky)'' I'm not.

* AbusiveParents: Mabel isn't Alice's mother, but her repeated physical and emotional abuse of her over the years they lived together still counts.
** It's implied that she's this to August too.

* MeaningfulEcho: The words of Gabi Kane are heard again in voiceover when Kate murders Cartwright.

* MeaningfulEcho:

* WorstAid: Kate stitching Cartwright's neck wound with a stapble gun. [[RealityEnsues As expected]], it doesn't hold for long.

* EverythingSensor: While searching a crowded carpark, Mary asks Luke if has has some kind of gadget to cut down the search. Of course Luke working for a real estate firm would mean he'd have no need for such a bat-gadget.

* EveryythingSensor: While searching a crowded carpark, Mary asks Luke if has has some kind of gadget to cut down the search. Of course Luke working for a real estate firm would mean he'd have no need for such a bat-gadget.

* AnythingSensor: While searching a crowded carpark, Mary asks Luke if has has some kind of gadget to cut down the search. Of course Luke working for a real estate firm would mean he'd have no need for such a bat-gadget.

* BookcasePassage: When in Bruce Wayne's old office, Mary can be seen pulling books out at random trying to activate the door to the Batcave, which she saw Team Batwoman about to enter

* BookcasePassage: When in Bruce Wayne's old office, Mary can be seen pulling books out at random trying to activate the door to the Batcave.