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* EnemyDetectingRadar: Kate uses the sensors in her bat-cowl to detect electronic sources and pin down where the ECT machine is, having worked out that Alice is using it.

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* EnemyDetectingRadar: Kate uses the sensors in her bat-cowl to detect electronic electric sources and pin down where the ECT machine is, having worked out that Alice is using it.


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* WorldOfSnark: Given all the TeethClenchedTeamwork it's all over the place in this episode.
-->'''Alice:''' What do you mean Batwoman showed? Were you followed?
-->'''Hush:''' Well, I sort of stopped thinking clearly when she threw a batarang in my leg!
** "[I'm] Mary, otherwise known as the last person to find out that Kate is Batwoman."
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Reagan's betrayal has left Kate paranoid about Julia, given that she betrayed her in the past and is apparently seeking the journal for herself. When Luke defends Julia whom he's known all his life, Kate accuses him of not being objective. Given that the whole situation is Kate's fault in the first place for not securing the journal, Luke takes up Kate's invitation to take a walk, leaving Kate without a MissionControl when she needs it.
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* EnemyDetectingRadar: Kate uses the sensors in her bat-cowl to detect electronic sources and pin down where the ECT machine is, having worked out that Alice is using it.
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* RuleOfThree: Invoked; Alice gives Mouse and Tommy three chances to find someone to break the code before they go after Luke Fox. Ironically their third choice ends up bringing Batwoman down on them anyway.

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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Mouse asks Alice this, preferring to get killing Batwoman just over with. But Alice wants to make her suffer first.

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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Mouse asks Alice exactly this, preferring to get killing Batwoman just over with. But Alice wants to make her suffer first.first.
-->'''Mouse:''' I mean, if you want Kate dead so badly, why don't you just shoot her? I'm sure Tommy will give you the friends and family rate.
-->'''Alice:''' So the last thing she sees is his gauze pad and his gun and has no idea what's happening? No. Her betrayal deserves a reckoning!
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* BatPhone: Played for laughs when Mary expresses disbelief that Kate has a landline phone on her desk. In this case, it's a direct line to Kate as CEO of Gotham Pride Real Estate, but serves the same function of calling Batwoman into action when Parker's girlfriend calls to let her know she's been kidnapped.
* BatSignal: Kane himself uses the Bat-Signal, but only to issue an ultimatum.


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* ElectroconvulsiveTherapyIsTorture: Justified as they are deliberately torturing people using a dialed-up ECT machine.


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* HollywoodHealing: Averted with Julia complaining of nerve damage after being tortured.


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* PleaseIWillDoAnything: Averted; Luke is willing to break the code to stop Julia being tortured, but once they realise what the journal contains [[UndyingLoyalty both make it clear they will not cooperate regardless of what Alice does.]]


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* VoiceChangeling: Mouse imitates Kate's voice on the phone to get Luke to reveal his location.
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* CanNotSpitItOut: Sophie offers to keep her relationship with Julia platonic if that's what Kate wants. To the dismay of Mary and Parker who are secretly listening in, Kate says IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy. Later Parker suggests to Kate that she might try harder to hold onto Sophie, so Kate goes to pay her a visit, arriving just in time to witness a Julia/Sophie BigDamnKiss.


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* ThereWasADoor: Kate kicks open the door to Reagan's apartment.
-->'''Reagan:''' Oh... my God! I double-locked that.
* ThisMeansWar: [[InspectorJavert Commander Kane]] warns Batwoman that it will be war between them if he encounters her again. This also counts as DramaticIrony seeing as Kane is unknowingly threatening his own daughter.
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** Hush points out that Alice's method of kidnapping codebreakers, then electrocuting them to death if they can't break the code on Lucius's journal instantly under duress isn't particularly effective.

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** Hush points out that Alice's method of kidnapping codebreakers, then electrocuting them to death if they can't break the code on Lucius's journal instantly under duress isn't particularly effective. Hush also accepts Luke's argument that he'll work more effectively if he's left alone.
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* ElectricTorture: Alice tortures the codebreakers Hush kidnaps with an electroshock therapy machine dialed up to deadly levels.

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* ElectricTorture: Alice tortures the codebreakers Hush kidnaps with an electroshock therapy machine dialed up to deadly levels. Then Julia is tortured to force Luke to cooperate.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: The decoded journal page Alice reads discusses "[[MythologyGag The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul]]", and also [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/Azrael Azrael and his Suit of Sorrows]], which has yet to be introduced into the Arrowverse..

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* FreezeFrameBonus: The decoded journal page Alice reads discusses "[[MythologyGag The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul]]", and also [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/Azrael Azrael and his Suit of Sorrows]], which has yet to be introduced into the Arrowverse..Arrowverse.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: The decoded journal page Alice reads discusses "[[MythologyGag The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul]]", and also [[ComicBook\Azrael Azrael and his Suit of Sorrows]], which has yet to be introduced into the Arrowverse..

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* FreezeFrameBonus: The decoded journal page Alice reads discusses "[[MythologyGag The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul]]", and also [[ComicBook\Azrael [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/Azrael Azrael and his Suit of Sorrows]], which has yet to be introduced into the Arrowverse..
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* FreezeFrameBonus: The decoded journal page Alice reads discusses "[[MythologyGag The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul]]", and also [[ComicBook/Azrael Azrael and his Suit of Sorrows]], which has yet to be introduced into the Arrowverse..

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* FreezeFrameBonus: The decoded journal page Alice reads discusses "[[MythologyGag The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul]]", and also [[ComicBook/Azrael [[ComicBook\Azrael Azrael and his Suit of Sorrows]], which has yet to be introduced into the Arrowverse..
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* FreezeFrameBonus: The decoded journal page Alice reads discusses "[[MythologyGag The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul]]".

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* FreezeFrameBonus: The decoded journal page Alice reads discusses "[[MythologyGag The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul]]".Ghul]]", and also [[ComicBook/Azrael Azrael and his Suit of Sorrows]], which has yet to be introduced into the Arrowverse..

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* DefiantCaptive:
** Parker isn't very afraid of Hush, mouthing off to him even when he points a gun at her face, as she knows that [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou he kidnapped her for a reason]].

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* DefiantCaptive:
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DefiantCaptive: Parker isn't very afraid of Hush, mouthing off to him even when he points a gun at her face, as she knows that [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou he kidnapped her for a reason]].

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* ApologeticAttacker: Kate towards the guards at Arkham she beats up.



* DefiantCaptive:
** Parker isn't very afraid of Hush, mouthing off to him even when he points a gun at her face, as she knows that [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou he kidnapped her for a reason]].



* FriendshipMoment: Kate and Luke settle their differences at the end of the episode with a hug.



* GunsAkimbo: Hush, true to his comic counterpart, carries two pistols to great effect.



* HiddenVillain: Safiyah Sohail, who is now after Julia and Kate.



* IGaveMyWord: Alice lets Julia and Luke go after Kate hands her the glasses.



* InspectorJavert: Jacob gives Kate one last chance to leave the city, or otherwise it's war the next time they meet.



* JerkassHasAPoint: Hush points out that Alice's method of kidnapping codebreakers, then electrocuting them to death if they can't break the code on Lucius's journal instantly under duress isn't particularly effective.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: Hush points out JerkassBall: Kate grabs it at the start of the episode, accusing Luke of not being trustworthy when he refuses to believe that Alice's method Julia would betray them. Becomes a (downplayed) version of kidnapping codebreakers, then electrocuting them to death if they can't break the code on Lucius's journal instantly under duress isn't particularly effective.JerkassHasAPoint though, as Julia indeed kept secrets from them.



* TheLoad: {{Subverted}} with Mary, who initially screws up and gets overshadowed by Parker, once the latter enters the Batcave, but then she finds Lucius Fox's glasses to decipher the code.
* LoveTriangle: Kate is obviously not very happy about the fact that Julia and Sophie, both ex-girlfriends of hers, are now dating each other.
* LuredIntoATrap: Mouse imitates Kate's voice to find out Luke's and Julia's location for Hush to kidnap them.



* PragmaticVillainy: Mouse objects to Alice and Hush kidnapping codebreakers because he doesn't want to attract Batwoman's attention to their reign over Arkham.

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* PragmaticVillainy: PragmaticVillainy:
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Mouse objects to Alice and Hush kidnapping codebreakers because he doesn't want to attract Batwoman's attention to their reign over Arkham.Arkham.
** Hush points out that Alice's method of kidnapping codebreakers, then electrocuting them to death if they can't break the code on Lucius's journal instantly under duress isn't particularly effective.



* SadisticChoice: Kate has to choose between giving Alice the glasses to decipher the journal or letting her friends die. She chooses the former.



* SuperheroParadox: Commander Kane believes that Alice wouldn't be as serious a problem if not for Batwoman's presence.
* WhamLine: Alice learns about kryptonite from the journal.

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* SuperheroParadox: Commander Kane believes that Alice wouldn't be as serious a problem if not for Batwoman's presence.
presence, comparing the two to Batman and the Joker.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork:
** There is a lot of tension between Hush and Alice and Mouse.
** To a lesser extent, Mary and Parker also don't get along at first, with Mary feeling jealous of some "rando teen" being told the secret before her and feeling useless next to her.
* WasItAllALie: Reagan insists that what she and Kate had was real.
* WhamLine: Alice learns about kryptonite from the journal.journal.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Mouse asks Alice this, preferring to get killing Batwoman just over with. But Alice wants to make her suffer first.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Julia encourages Luke, telling him that he is just as smart as his dad, with Luke getting his EurekaMoment and deciphering the code shortly afterwards.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Alice and Mouse plan on killing Hush after he has ceased being usefull.
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* ILied: Safiyah agreed to spare Kate's life in exchange for Julia bringing her Lucius' journal. Then Julia found out that the journal contained secrets on how to kill Kate anyway.

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* ILied: Safiyah agreed to spare Kate's life in exchange for Julia bringing her Lucius' Lucius's journal. Then Julia found out that the journal contained secrets on how to kill Kate anyway.



* JerkassHasAPoint: Hush points out that Alice's method of kidnapping codebreakers, then electrocuting them to death if they can't break the code on Lucius' journal instantly under duress isn't particularly effective.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: Hush points out that Alice's method of kidnapping codebreakers, then electrocuting them to death if they can't break the code on Lucius' Lucius's journal instantly under duress isn't particularly effective.



* RealityEnsues: The two codebreakers Alice has Hush kidnap don't manage to decode Lucius' journal in the brief time Alice allows. Even Hush points out that she can't expect them to crack a ridiculously complex cipher when given no time to actually work on it.

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* RealityEnsues: The two codebreakers Alice has Hush kidnap don't manage to decode Lucius' Lucius's journal in the brief time Alice allows. Even Hush points out that she can't expect them to crack a ridiculously complex cipher when given no time to actually work on it.
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* PrisonRiot: Alice frees everyone in Arkham so that the resulting chaos will cover her group's escape.


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* SuperheroParadox: Commander Kane believes that Alice wouldn't be as serious a problem if not for Batwoman's presence.
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* HandicappedBadass: Thomas Elliot has lost his face and the bandages covering what's left of it probably don't do his vision, hearing, or breathing any favours, yet he's shown to be even more of a physical threat than in past episodes.
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* CantKillYouStillNeedYou:
** Alice is keeping Hush alive because she needs him to find whatever weapons she learns about from the journal. Once he's done that, then she'll kill him.
** Invoked by Parker, who knows Hush won't shoot her if he went to all the effort of kidnapping her.
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* ConflictBall: Aside from creating some friction among the good guys, there was really no reason for Julia to hide her true motives or the fact that she was dismissed from SSR from Kate and Luke.

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* ConflictBall: Aside from creating some friction among the good guys, there was really no reason for Julia to hide her true motives or the fact that she was dismissed from SSR SRR from Kate and Luke.

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* TheBusCameBack: Parker Torres returns.



* ConflictBall: Aside from creating some friction among the good guys, there was really no reason for Julia to hide her true motives or the fact that she was dismissed from SSR from Kate and Luke.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Hush is doing all of Alice and Mouse's legwork in this episode, but it's only because he expects to get something out of it. He has no loyalty to either of them and spends most of the episode antagonising Mouse, with the two even coming to blows at one point.



* GenreSavvy: [[Recap/Batwoman2019S1E10HowQueerEverythingIsToday As she had with Alice]], Parker quickly catches on to the fact that if Hush hasn't killed her already, then he probably needs her for something.



* HeroicSacrifice: Attempted by Luke and Julia, who are willing to die in order to keep Alice from killing Batwoman.



* ItsAllAboutMe: Alice completely ignores all of Mouse's objections to her actions and destroys the comfortable life he enjoys to fulfill her own goals. By the end of the episode, he's clearly more than a little upset about it.



* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Thomas Elliot proves to be ''far'' more of a threat here than in previous episodes and shows a dangerous competence with firearms, a far cry from the ShadyRealEstateAgent with [[NonActionGuy few combat skills]] he's been previous seen as.

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* NoHonorAmongThieves: Alice plans to kill Hush as soon as she has the means to kill Batwoman.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Thomas Elliot proves to be ''far'' more of a threat here than in previous episodes and shows a dangerous competence with firearms, a far cry from the ShadyRealEstateAgent with [[NonActionGuy few combat skills]] he's been previous seen as. That said, he's still no match for Batwoman, fleeing after taking a Batarang to the leg.
* OnlySaneMan: Mouse, of all people, is the only villain to point out that their actions risk attracting unwanted attention from Batwoman and could end their control over Arkham.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Mouse argues against kidnapping Luke because Batwoman would no doubt track him to Arkham and expose their ruse. Alice, on the other hand, argues that the only person likely to be able to crack the code is the son of the man who wrote it.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: The decoded journal page Alice reads discusses "[[MythologyGag The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul]]".


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* ILied: Safiyah agreed to spare Kate's life in exchange for Julia bringing her Lucius' journal. Then Julia found out that the journal contained secrets on how to kill Kate anyway.


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* JerkassHasAPoint: Hush points out that Alice's method of kidnapping codebreakers, then electrocuting them to death if they can't break the code on Lucius' journal instantly under duress isn't particularly effective.


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* MythologyGag: "The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul", mentioned under FreezeFrameBonus, is a comic book storyline.


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* PragmaticVillainy: Mouse objects to Alice and Hush kidnapping codebreakers because he doesn't want to attract Batwoman's attention to their reign over Arkham.
* RealityEnsues: The two codebreakers Alice has Hush kidnap don't manage to decode Lucius' journal in the brief time Alice allows. Even Hush points out that she can't expect them to crack a ridiculously complex cipher when given no time to actually work on it.


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* RevengeBeforeReason: As Mouse points out, Alice's obsession with revenge on Batwoman is leading her to risk the comfortable new life they've built for themselves at Arkham. By the end of the episode, much to Mouse's misery, Alice's quest for vengeance has cost them the power they held over Arkham and reduced them to cowering in a sewer to hide from the Crows and Batwoman. Alice doesn't care in the slightest.
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* ShipperOnDeck: Mary continues to ship Kate and Sophie, with Parker joining in.

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* ImmediateSelfContradiction: Kate assures Luke that she couldn't be a hero without him. Then Parker comes out of her office and Kate thanks her for her help. Luke immediately lampshades that it took Kate less than a day to find someone who could do his job.



** Luke figures out that Julia is no longer part of the SRR.

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** Luke figures out that Julia is no longer part of the SRR.SRR, which he shares with Kate.


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* LiteralMetaphor: Parker lampshades that the Batcave is an actual cave with actual bats, as she always figured it was just a nickname for Batman's hideout.
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* TheReveal: Julia cut a deal with Sofiyah to retrieve the journal in exchange for sparing Batwoman, but has double-crossed her now that she knows what the journal contains.

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* TheReveal: Julia cut a deal with Sofiyah Safiyah to retrieve the journal in exchange for sparing Batwoman, but has double-crossed her now that she knows what the journal contains.

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* InternalReveal: Luke figures out that Julia is no longer part of the SRR.

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* InternalReveal: InternalReveal:
** Kate learns that Reagan is Magpie's sister.
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Luke figures out that Julia is no longer part of the SRR.SRR.
** Mary learns about Parker Torres.
** Parker learns the Batcave is real.
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* HollywoodSilencer: Hush uses them on both of his pistols. They sound like they're straight out of ''VideoGame/{{GoldenEye}}'' and aren't heard by library patrons.
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* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Thomas Elliot proves to be ''far'' more of a threat here than in previous episodes and shows a dangerous competence with firearms, a far cry from the ShadyRealEstateAgent with [[NonActionGuy few combat skills]] he's been previous seen as.
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Thomas Elliot, christened Hush by the media, starts kidnapping codebreakers to translate Lucius Fox's journal.
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* TheCameo: One of the inmates freed when Alice opens all the cells is shorter with bushy hair, and gives a PsychoticSmirk to the camera for a bit. Presumably, this is meant to be Dr. Psycho.
* ElectricTorture: Alice tortures the codebreakers Hush kidnaps with an electroshock therapy machine dialed up to deadly levels.
* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: Lucius Fox's glasses have AR lenses that can decrypt his journals.
* HostageForMacGuffin: Batwoman trades the glasses to Alice in exchange for the lives of Luke and Julia.
* InternalReveal: Luke figures out that Julia is no longer part of the SRR.
* KickTheDog: Hush guns down a bunch of library patrons while kidnapping his target, evidently just because he felt like it.
* MoreExpendableThanYou: Luke argues this to Kate after she saves him at the expense of the journal. Kate, however, points out that she wouldn't be a very effective hero without him.
* TheReveal: Julia cut a deal with Sofiyah to retrieve the journal in exchange for sparing Batwoman, but has double-crossed her now that she knows what the journal contains.
* WhamLine: Alice learns about kryptonite from the journal.

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