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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Mary asks Alice for her (blood) type, she responds "Tall, dark, and brooding."

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Mary asks Alice for her (blood) type, type (meaning blood type), she responds "Tall, dark, and brooding."
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Ryan races to cure Mary before she becomes Poison Ivy permanently. She teams up with Jada to do so, but Marquis has his own plans, while Mary & Alice bond, pushing the former closer to villainy.

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Ryan races to cure Mary before she becomes Poison Ivy permanently. She teams up with Jada to do so, but Marquis has his own plans, while Mary & and Alice bond, pushing the former closer to villainy.



* CallBack: Alice reminds Mary of the last time she (Alice) had a blood transfusion, during the Nocturna incident. Mary reminds Alice that she (Mary) was in danger then because of Alice putting the Desert Rose in her system and killing her mom, saying she should give Alice an embolism. But she doesn't, because Alice is her only friend right now.

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* CallBack: Alice reminds Mary of the last time she (Alice) had a blood transfusion, during the Nocturna incident. Mary reminds Alice that she (Mary) was in danger then because of Alice putting the Desert Rose in her system and killing her mom, saying suggesting she should give Alice an embolism. But she doesn't, because Alice is her only friend right now.



* DeletedScenes: Represented by "Earth Prime", a comic series depicting events occuring between episodes. We have Ryan fighting the ''Arrowverse'' version of Clayface (continuing the LegacyCharacter theme, it's a bullied student who was pushed into the Clayface mud and absorbed its powers), Luke having dating troubles with Stephanie Brown, and Ryan having a meeting with [[{{Series/Supergirl2015}} Lena Luthor]] about wanting access to Mr. Freeze's freezing serum as a stabilizing agent for a renewable power source. Said serum could also be used to freeze Clayface, which of course is what happens.

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* DeletedScenes: Represented by "Earth Prime", a comic series depicting events occuring occurring between episodes. We have Ryan fighting the ''Arrowverse'' version of Clayface (continuing the LegacyCharacter theme, it's a bullied student who was pushed into the Clayface mud and absorbed its powers), Luke having dating troubles with Stephanie Brown, and Ryan having a meeting with [[{{Series/Supergirl2015}} Lena Luthor]] about wanting access to Mr. Freeze's freezing serum as a stabilizing agent for a renewable power source. Said serum could also be used to freeze Clayface, which of course is what happens.



* HumanPincushion: Marquis has a thing for stabbing, it seems. Not only does he stab a Wayne Security Guard with a pen, he also leaves a doctor stabbed in a freezer.

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* HumanPincushion: Marquis has a thing for stabbing, it seems. Not only does he stab a Wayne Security Guard security guard with a pen, he also leaves a doctor stabbed in a freezer.
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* AbsenteeActor: Once again, Montoya doesn't show up at all in the episode.
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* DeletedScenes: Represented by "Earth Prime", a comic series depicting events occuring between episodes. We have Ryan fighting the ''Arrowverse'' version of Clayface (continuing the LegacyCharacter theme, it's a bullied student who was pushed into the Clayface mud and absorbed its powers), Luke having dating troubles with Stephanie Brown, and Ryan having a meeting with [[{{Series/Supergirl2015}} Lena Luthor]] about wanting access to Mr. Freeze's freezing serum as a stabilizing agent for a renewable power source. Said serum could also be used to freeze Clayface, which of course is what happens.
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* CarFu: Alice injured a Police Officer by running over him when she and Mary were trying to escape in the stolen RV.
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* TitleDrop: By Alice.

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* TitleDrop: By Alice.Alice when telling Mary to choose between her and Arkham.
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* {{Pheromones}}: Mary's Poison Ivy mind control pheromones kick in along with her eyes turning green, which she first uses to manipulate the bartender for free drinks. Then she charms a series of guys into letting her cut them and check their blood type, looking for a compatible donor for Alice, and presumably keeps the one they find compliant while they perform the transfusion offscreen. Finally, she makes Ryan tell the truth about what she would do if Mary didn't take the cure and lose her powers.

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* {{Pheromones}}: Mary's Poison Ivy mind control pheromones kick in along with her eyes turning green, which she first uses to manipulate the bartender for free drinks. Then she charms a series of guys into letting her cut them and check their blood type, looking for a compatible donor for Alice, and presumably keeps the one they find compliant while they perform the transfusion take three pints of his blood offscreen. Finally, she makes Ryan tell the truth about what she would do if Mary didn't take the cure and lose her powers.
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* CallBack: Alice reminds Mary of the last time she (Alice) had a blood transfusion, during the Nocturna incident. Mary reminds Alice that she (Mary) was in danger then because of Alice putting the Desert Rose in her system and killing her mom, saying she should give Alice an embolism. But she doesn't, because Alice is her only friend right now.
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** Played with in regards to Alice and Mary. Because while Alice initially seems to be just manipulating Mary in order to get her to remove the Nanobots, she sincerely does seem to care about her as a sister, in her own, twisted way.

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** Played with in regards to Alice and Mary. Because while Alice initially seems to be just manipulating Mary in order to get her to remove the Nanobots, nanobots, she sincerely does seem to care about her as a sister, in her own, twisted way.



* {{Pheromones}}: Mary's Poison Ivy mind control pheromones kick in along with her eyes turning green, which she first uses to manipulate the bartender for free drinks. Then she charms a series of guys into letting her check their blood type, looking for a compatible donor for Alice, and presumably keeps the one they find compliant while they perform the transfusion offscreen. Finally, she makes Ryan tell the truth about what she would do if Mary didn't take the cure and lose her powers.
* RedemptionRejection: Mary refuses to be locked up, restrains Ryan with her vines and destroys the cure vial.

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* {{Pheromones}}: Mary's Poison Ivy mind control pheromones kick in along with her eyes turning green, which she first uses to manipulate the bartender for free drinks. Then she charms a series of guys into letting her cut them and check their blood type, looking for a compatible donor for Alice, and presumably keeps the one they find compliant while they perform the transfusion offscreen. Finally, she makes Ryan tell the truth about what she would do if Mary didn't take the cure and lose her powers.
* RedemptionRejection: Mary refuses to be locked up, restrains Ryan with her vines vines, and destroys the cure vial.



* VillainTeamUp: Mary and Alice plan on doing this with Marquis at the end of the episode.

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* VillainTeamUp: Mary and Alice plan on doing this with Marquis at as of the end of the episode.

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* HypnoticEyes: Whenever Mary takes control of someone, her eyes and theirs turn a bright green.

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* HypnoticEyes: Whenever Mary takes control of someone, her Mary's eyes and theirs turn a have permanently turned bright green. green now that her Poison Ivy pheromones have kicked in.


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* MindControlEyes: Whenever Mary takes control of someone, their eyes flash bright green.

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* HypnoticEyes: Whenever Mary takes control of someone, her eyes turn a bright green.

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* HypnoticEyes: Whenever Mary takes control of someone, her eyes and theirs turn a bright green.


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* {{Pheromones}}: Mary's Poison Ivy mind control pheromones kick in along with her eyes turning green, which she first uses to manipulate the bartender for free drinks. Then she charms a series of guys into letting her check their blood type, looking for a compatible donor for Alice, and presumably keeps the one they find compliant while they perform the transfusion offscreen. Finally, she makes Ryan tell the truth about what she would do if Mary didn't take the cure and lose her powers.
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* EvilFeelsGood: Mary steadily embraces her dark side, at first pointing out how she didn't even feel negative about stealing something.

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* EvilFeelsGood: Mary steadily embraces her dark side, at first pointing out how she didn't doesn't even feel negative bad about stealing something.from a small business by hypnotizing the bar owner into giving her and Alice free drinks.
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* VillainTeamUp: Mary and Alice plan on doing this with Marquis.

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* VillainTeamUp: Mary and Alice plan on doing this with Marquis.Marquis at the end of the episode.
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* EvilCostumeSwitch: After fully embracing her dark side, Mary switches into a traditional Poison Ivy outfit, complete with red hair.

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* EvilCostumeSwitch: After fully embracing her dark side, Mary switches into a traditional Poison Ivy outfit, complete with [[EvilRedhead red hair.hair]].



* HopeSpot: Despite everything that's happened, Ryan seems like she's about to convince Mary to take the cure, but then Mary hypnotizes her to reveal what she would do if Mary didn't take the cure, and calls up vines to trap Batwoman and destroy the cure.

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* HopeSpot: Despite everything that's happened, Ryan seems like she's about to convince Mary to take the cure, but then Mary hypnotizes her to reveal what she would do if Mary didn't take the cure, cure (keep her restrained until they figured something out), and calls up vines to trap Batwoman and destroy the cure.
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* EvilCostumeSwitch: After fully embracing her dark side, Mary switches into a traditional Poison Ivy outfit.

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* EvilCostumeSwitch: After fully embracing her dark side, Mary switches into a traditional Poison Ivy outfit.outfit, complete with red hair.
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* ArtisticLicenseEconomics: Let's just say that very little of Marquis' takeover of Wayne Enterprises is accurate to real life, ''especially'' the timeframe.

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* ArtisticLicenseEconomics: Let's just say that very little of Marquis' Marquis's takeover of Wayne Enterprises is accurate to real life, ''especially'' the timeframe.
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** Played with in regards to Alice and Mary. Because while Alice initially seems to just manipulaty Mary in order to get her to remove the Nanobots, she sincerely does seem to care about her as a sister, in her own, twisted way.

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** Played with in regards to Alice and Mary. Because while Alice initially seems to be just manipulaty manipulating Mary in order to get her to remove the Nanobots, she sincerely does seem to care about her as a sister, in her own, twisted way.
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* DownerEnding: Mary is completely taken over by the Poison Ivy identity, and Ryan is unable to save her and the cure is destroyed. Marquis executes a hostile takeover of Wayne Enterprises, which prevents the team from accessing the Batcave, leaving them with just the Batmobile and Batsuit to defend the city.

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* DownerEnding: Mary is completely taken over by the Poison Ivy identity, and Ryan is unable to save her and the cure is destroyed. Marquis executes a hostile takeover of Wayne Enterprises, Enterprises which prevents the team from accessing the Batcave, leaving them with just the Batmobile and Batsuit to defend the city.
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* DownerEnding: Mary is completely taken over by the Poison Ivy identity, and Ryan is unable to save her and the cure is destroyed. Marquis executes a hostile takeover of Wayne Enterprises, leaving the team with just the Batmobile and Batsuit to defend the city.

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* DownerEnding: Mary is completely taken over by the Poison Ivy identity, and Ryan is unable to save her and the cure is destroyed. Marquis executes a hostile takeover of Wayne Enterprises, leaving which prevents the team from accessing the Batcave, leaving them with just the Batmobile and Batsuit to defend the city.
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* ABNegative: Alice is O Negative. While that means that she is an universal donor, she herself can only receive O Neg.


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* BaitTheDog:
** Marquis goads his mother into comforting him, so he can overpower her.
** Played with in regards to Alice and Mary. Because while Alice initially seems to just manipulaty Mary in order to get her to remove the Nanobots, she sincerely does seem to care about her as a sister, in her own, twisted way.
* BigSisterInstinct: In her own twisted way, Alice actually starts caring for Mary.


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* CallingYourNausea: Mary, after waking up and learning what she did to her friends.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Mary asks Alice for her (blood) type, she responds "Tall, dark, and brooding."


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** The G.C. Jitters Alice and Mary stop by is just outside of Metropolis.
* TheCorrupter: Alice encourages Mary in embracing her new self throughout the episode. It works.
* DealWithTheDevil: Ryan gives Marquis control of Wayne Enterprises in exchange for the cure.


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* EurekaMoment: Luke realizes that Mary's coffee addiction is a good way to find her, tracking her coupon to a G.C. Jitters.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: After fully embracing her dark side, Mary switches into a traditional Poison Ivy outfit.
* EvilFeelsGood: Mary steadily embraces her dark side, at first pointing out how she didn't even feel negative about stealing something.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Marquis fully reveals his true personality here, still acting jovial, while relishing in his evil acts and mocking his sister for the fake affection he showed her.


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* HumanPincushion: Marquis has a thing for stabbing, it seems. Not only does he stab a Wayne Security Guard with a pen, he also leaves a doctor stabbed in a freezer.


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* InternalReveal:
** Sophie learns about Mary being infected and turning into Poison Ivy.
** Ryan learns about Sophie sleeping with Montoya.
** Mary learns about having attacked her friends.
* ItsAllMyFault: Luke blames himself for not understanding Mary well enough in the past and Sophie blames herself for taking her eyes off Alice.
* LuredIntoATrap: What Ryan does to Marquis in the opening scene, helping Jada abduct him to put him on ice.


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* ThePenIsMightier: Marquis uses the pen Luke received from his father as a weapon to kill a Wayne Security Guard.
* RedemptionRejection: Mary refuses to be locked up, restrains Ryan with her vines and destroys the cure vial.


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* ShoutOut: Mary's plant-based infection gets compared to ComicBook/SwampThing.


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* VillainTeamUp: Mary and Alice plan on doing this with Marquis.
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* HiddenDisdainReveal: Marquis takes great pleasure revealing he's been playing Ryan like a fiddle and never meant one word of the "sibling bond" they had.
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* DownerEnding: Mary is completely taken over by the Poison Ivy identity, and Ryan is unable to save her and the cure is destroyed. Marquis executes a hostile takeover of Wayne Enterprises, leaving the team with just the Batmobile and Batsuit to defend the city.
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* TitleDrop: By Alice.
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* BloodTransfusionPlot: Alice needs a transfusion to replenish her blood supply after using so much to get rid of the nanobots. After Mary swipes some equipment, the two hang out in a bar searching for someone who matches Alice's blood type.

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* BloodTransfusionPlot: Alice needs a full blood transfusion to replenish flush the nanobots out of her blood supply after using so much to get rid of the nanobots. system. After Mary swipes some equipment, the two hang out in a bar searching for someone people who matches match Alice's blood type.

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Ryan races to cure Mary before she becomes Poison Ivy permanently.

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Ryan races to cure Mary before she becomes Poison Ivy permanently. She teams up with Jada to do so, but Marquis has his own plans, while Mary & Alice bond, pushing the former closer to villainy.


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* AbsenteeActor: Once again, Montoya doesn't show up at all in the episode.


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* ArtisticLicenseEconomics: Let's just say that very little of Marquis' takeover of Wayne Enterprises is accurate to real life, ''especially'' the timeframe.


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* BloodTransfusionPlot: Alice needs a transfusion to replenish her blood supply after using so much to get rid of the nanobots. After Mary swipes some equipment, the two hang out in a bar searching for someone who matches Alice's blood type.
* ContinuityNod:
** Luke's arm is still in a sling after Mary crushed it last episode.
** When Mary wakes up as herself, she is still holding Luke's Batwing AI that she ripped off the previous episode.
** Luke brings up the nanobot trackers inside Alice's blood.
** Jada perfecting the Freeze serum to use on Marquis was revealed a few episodes ago.
* DecoyConvoy: Alice places her blood on a number of random cars driving along the road, creating dozens of decoys to keep the Bat-team busy while Alice continues her plan.
* HopeSpot: Despite everything that's happened, Ryan seems like she's about to convince Mary to take the cure, but then Mary hypnotizes her to reveal what she would do if Mary didn't take the cure, and calls up vines to trap Batwoman and destroy the cure.
* HypnoticEyes: Whenever Mary takes control of someone, her eyes turn a bright green.
* NotStayingForBreakfast: After Montoya and Sophie make love last episode, Renee leaves before Sophie wakes up, though leaving a letter behind.


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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Not quite a trailer, but Mary showing off her Poison Ivy outfit at the end of the episode loses some of its impact as DC and WB heavily promoted a poster showing off said costume the previous week.

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Ryan races to cure Mary before she becomes Poison Ivy permanently.
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* TheBadGuyWins: Marquis takes over Wayne Enterprises.

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* TheBadGuyWins: AllForNothing: Ryan has to trade Wayne Enterprises to Marquis so he won't smash the vial containing the Poison Ivy cure, only for Mary to reject and destroy it herself.
* TheBadGuysWin: Poison Ivy
takes over Mary completely, and Marquis gains control of Wayne Enterprises.Enterprises.
* SadisticChoice: Marquis threatens to destroy the Poison Ivy cure unless Ryan resigns as CEO of Wayne Enterprises. She reluctantly agrees.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Marquis plays up being scared in front of Jada as he's being frozen so she'll get close to comfort him, then breaks his cuffs (weakened by the cold) so he can grab her as a hostage.
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Ryan races to cure Mary before she becomes Poison Ivy personally.
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* AllForNothing: Ryan has to trade Wayne Enterprises to Marquis so he won't smash the vial containing the Poison Ivy cure, only for Mary to reject and destroy it herself.
* TheBadGuysWin: Poison Ivy takes over Mary completely, and Marquis gains control of Wayne Enterprises.
* SadisticChoice: Marquis threatens to destroy the Poison Ivy cure unless Ryan resigns as CEO of Wayne Enterprises. She reluctantly agrees.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Marquis plays up being scared in front of Jada as he's being frozen so she'll get close to comfort him, then breaks his cuffs (weakened by the cold) so he can grab her as a hostage.
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* AllForNothing: Ryan has to trade Wayne Enterprises to *TheBadGuyWins: Marquis so he won't smash the vial containing the Poison Ivy cure, only for Mary to reject and destroy it herself.
* TheBadGuysWin: Poison Ivy
takes over Mary completely, and Marquis gains control of Wayne Enterprises.
* SadisticChoice: Marquis threatens to destroy the Poison Ivy cure unless Ryan resigns as CEO of Wayne Enterprises. She reluctantly agrees.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Marquis plays up being scared in front of Jada as he's being frozen so she'll get close to comfort him, then breaks his cuffs (weakened by the cold) so he can grab her as a hostage.
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Ryan races to cure Mary before she becomes Poison Ivy personally.
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* AllForNothing: Ryan has to trade Wayne Enterprises to Marquis so he won't smash the vial containing the Poison Ivy cure, only for Mary to reject and destroy it herself.
* TheBadGuysWin: Poison Ivy takes over Mary completely, and Marquis gains control of Wayne Enterprises.
* SadisticChoice: Marquis threatens to destroy the Poison Ivy cure unless Ryan resigns as CEO of Wayne Enterprises. She reluctantly agrees.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Marquis plays up being scared in front of Jada as he's being frozen so she'll get close to comfort him, then breaks his cuffs (weakened by the cold) so he can grab her as a hostage.
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