History Recap / Batwoman2019S1E18IfYouBelieveInMeIllBelieveInYou

* GenreSavvy: Neither Jacob nor Sophie buy Elliot's so-called "suicide", wise to Alice and Mouse's face-swapping trick.

* NotSoDifferent: Reagan also has a dysfunctional relationship with a mad criminal sister.

* RealityEnsues:
** The long red hair attached to Kate's cowl proves to be a liability in a fight. Lampshaded by Luke.
--->"Who could have predicted that 30,000 strands of "[[ByTheHair grab me]]" red hair would be like waving a flag in front of a bull?"
** According to Kate, her typical means of celebrating a successful night as Batwoman is to ice her knuckles, averting InvulnerableKnuckles.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: As goes with the territory of Arkham being the quintessential BedlamHouse, the experiments Alice describes being conducted on the inmates at Arkham would be very illegal in reality in this century. Also, it's illegal to commit someone to a mental institution against their will without a court order, which Jacob and Kate can't have gotten because they're keeping the fact Alice is related to them secret and she had no trial.

-->"Who could have predicted that 30,000 strands of "[[ByTheHair grab me]]" red hair would be like waving a flag in front of a bull?"

-->'''Kate:''' I'm sorry. It's too dangerous.
-->'''Mary:''' Dangerous? I have been poisoned, stabbed, and nearly exsanguinated, and the fact that I have lived to use that word as a verb is proof that I can look out for myself.

* [[BatmanColdOpen Batwoman Cold Open]]: The episode starts with Batwoman saving some human trafficking victims who were [[OrganTheft sold for their organs]]. It's unrelated to the main plot aside from an implication that the traffickers will be recurring and the buyer showing up at the AuctionOfEvil to get revenge.

* LetsGetDangerous: Mary discovers that even though she's now a SecretKeeper, the other members of Team Batwoman have no intention of letting her help out in the field, because she doesn't have the years of training and experience that they have. When Kate and Julia both get captured, Mary has to step in and rescue them over Luke's objections.

* DutchCourage: Mary's DrinkOrder before infiltrating a mafia auction is "vodka, plenty of it." Reagan approves.

* {{Fanservice}}: We get another Kate/Reagan love scene, with the latter in lacy BlackBraAndPanties.

* TimeForPlanB: Magpie throws the journal off the building so Batwoman has to jump after it, giving her a chance to escape. She then just has her sister seduce Kate and steal the journal back.

* NotStayingForBreakfast

** After Kate and co. go through much trouble and extreme danger to recover Lucius's journal, Reagan simply steals it for Magpie after sleeping with Kate.

* BeneathSuspicion: Kate admits to being completely blindsided by Reagan's betrayal, which doesn't ease Luke's anger very much.

* ContinuityNod: Magpie repeats her "I'm not a jailbird" line from episode 4.

* {{Narcissist}}: Among Elliot's possessions that were seized by the Crows is a huge nude portrait of himself.

** Alice lets Magpie out to steal the journal for her, correctly anticipating that his mob contact would realize its value and refuse to give it back to Tommy. To ensure Magpie doesn't to the same, she has a TrackingChip with [[ExplosiveLeash lethal electric properties]] that Alice only removes after the journal is in her hands.

--> Who could have predicted that 30,000 strands of "grab me" red hair would be like waving a flag in front of a bull?

* BatmanColdOpen: The episode starts with Batwoman saving some human trafficking victims who were sold for their organs. It's unrelated to the main plot aside from an implication that the traffickers will be recurring and the buyer showing up at the AuctionOfEvil to get revenge.

* DramaticIrony: Tommy mentions the journal contains plans for a "failsafe" in case the Batsuit falls into the wrong hands, something that episode 3 established was a railgun. While Alice is also aware of the effectiveness of railguns against the suit, she isn't aware that Bruce made one as the aforementioned failsafe, and thus doesn't pick up on what Tommy's referring to. Of course, knowing what the technology is and replicating it are two different things.