Line #32 Recap/Batwoman2019S3E6HowDoesYourGardenGrow


1	A victim of Poison Ivy is found in the park, leading to the reveal of the new Poison Ivy.
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3	!!Tropes:
4	* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: While Poison Ivy's powers over plants have grown in the past few decades, Ivy herself has always been Pamela Isley. Even when multiple Ivys were running around, they were all grown from her blood and are essentially plant people. In this iteration, Ivy is able to take over people like a parasite.
5	* AlternateIdentityAmnesia: Mary has no memory of her time as Poison Ivy.
6	* BaitTheDog: Alice at first genuinely seems to be concerned with Mary's wellbeing and wants to protect her from Montoya... but then she reveals that she just wanted to bring out Poison Ivy so she can team up with her.
7	* BlandNameProduct: Mary met the first victim on Twinge, which seems to be a knockoff of Tinder.
8	* BodyHorror: While he luckily survives, the sight of Chris Hayner as a living beehive is still quite disturbing, to say the least.
9	* BrutalHonesty:
10	** Alice calls out the team's failures throughout the episode in a very blunt way, but she isn't exactly wrong.
11	** Similarly, Poison Ivy reveals all the hurt Mary felt towards Ryan and Luke, unfiltered.
12	* ChainedToARock: Not a rock, but Mary handcuffs herself to a guardrail in the Batcave so she won't harm anyone else.
13	* ConflictBall: Ryan is evasive about Jada's involvement with the Black Glove Society because she doesn't want to reveal Marquis's condition, driving a wedge between her and Sophie because Jada is indirectly responsible for nearly killing her sister and Ryan's sudden about-face on the matter makes no sense without context.
14	* ContinuityNod:
15	** The events of the last three episodes get brought up multiple times throughout the episode.
16	** While sniping at each other, Sophie and Montoya bring up the Crows uprising last season.
17	** Ryan brings up the new Mad Hatter from the season premiere when discussing the legacy rogues' MO.
18	** After the Black Glove henchman name drops Marla Elliot, Tommy's mother, Sophie references their encounter with Hush.
19	* CrucifiedHeroShot: Poison Mary initially ties up Luke this way.
20	* DisproportionateRetribution: Mary turned a man into a living beehive for being rejected with the word "sweet".
21	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Mary struggling to admit to Ryan and Luke that she's Poison Ivy is played as if she's coming out as a lesbian, which is referenced by Alice.
22	* DoubleStandard: Alice calls out Ryan for not reporting Mary to Montoya immediately, but being perfectly fine with throwing Alice in Arkham and throwing away the key. However, she's clearly ignoring their differing circumstances.
23	* DrivenToSuicide: The henchman, Virgil, strangles himself as soon as he is able rather than tell Batwoman or Sophie more about the Black Glove Society.
24	* EvilMeScaresMe: Every time Mary learns more and more about what she did as Poison Ivy, she becomes more and more horrified.
25	* EyeColorChange: Mary gains green eyes as Poison Ivy.
26	* HesBack: Luke puts on the Batwing suit again. Unfortunately, Poison Ivy took out his father's AI.
27	* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Montoya and Ryan each try this with Mary, but fail.
28	* InternalReveal: Alice reveals to the Bat-Team that Mary is becoming Poison Ivy, which includes Mary herself. She also tells Luke and Mary about the history between Isley and Montoya.
29	* ItsAllMyFault: Naturally, Ryan and Luke blame themselves for what Mary has become after the latter confronts them with how they treated her.
30	* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Sophie puts Virgil through this, outright burning one of his cheeks with a blowtorch.
31	* JekyllAndHyde: What the Poison Ivy infection is doing to Mary, only instead of eco-terrorism, it's getting back at anyone who even mildly hurts her.
32	* JoggersFindDeath: While the victim isn't dead, the cold open concerns a random girl playing basketball with her friends, when the ball gets away and rolls to a nearby tool shed. She opens it up after seeing strange liquid ooze out, only to find a guy apparently turned into a living beehive, complete with bees flying out of his mouth and nostrils. One almost expected [[Series/LawAndOrder Briscoe and Green]] to show up afterwards.
33	* KeepingSecretsSucks: Ryan refuses to tell Sophie the truth over why she defends her mother throughout the episode, leading to the latter eventually losing all trust in her.
34	* LiteralMetaphor: As Mary leaves, she says that Ryan will be wrapped up in her problems for once, before literally wrapping the hero in dozens of vines.
35	* LuredIntoATrap: Poison Mary uses her cell phone to lure Batwoman and Batwing into a trap. Before that, she also lures Montoya towards her.
36	* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Mary eventually gives in to her Poison Ivy self due to frustration over Ryan and Luke constantly ignoring her boiling over.
37	* MythologyGag:
38	** Mary's hair is done up like [[Film/BatmanAndRobin Uma Thurman's]].
39	** Alice compares Mary to Harley Quinn, as another medical professional who used her credentials to become a villain.
40	* NotGoodWithRejection: See DisproportionateRetribution above. Poison Ivy turns somebody into a living beehive simply for not being interested in her.
41	* OhCrap: Alice, when she hears Chris Hayner is being brought to Mary for treatment, as she knows that Mary is the one who did this to him.
42	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: When Ryan calls out Alice for hiding the truth from the team, Alice retorts that Mary is their friend and neither she, nor Luke were even able to tell that there was something wrong with her.
43	* TheReveal: The Black Glove Society is a group of multi-millionaires with ''very'' troubled kids, and their goal is, essentially, to fix them before the public finds out.
44	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: What Mary-as-Poison-Ivy's MO seems to be. Her first discovered victim rejected her on a dating app, while the second discovered was a Black Glove henchman that was partially responsible for almost killing Sophie's sister. Mary then attempts to kill Renee after she betrayed Pamela to Batman, culminating in lashing out at Ryan and Luke for ignoring her all the time.
45	* SandNecktie: How Alice and Ryan find Virgil, courtesy of Poison Ivy.
46	* SexForSolace: With both feeling betrayed by Ryan, Sophie and Montoya drown their sorrows at the bar together, leading to them going back and having sex with each other.
47	* ShoutOut: Alice name drops ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'' when presenting evidence that Mary is turning into Ivy. Later on, she also calls Mary [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Dr. Jeckyll and Ms. Hyde]]. When revealing what happened between Montoya and Isley, she also name drops ''Franchise/LittleShopOfHorrors''.
48	* SpannerInTheWorks: Alice interferes constantly in this episode to further her own agendas, most notably telling Sophie about the Black Glove henchman and pushing Mary into being Poison Ivy 24/7.
49	* SpottingTheThread: Montoya can easily tell when Ryan is lying to her about not knowing why Poison Ivy would target Black Glove.
50	* ThirdPersonFlashback: While we don't get an actual flashback, Alice mentions Kate coming out as if she was there, which means Kate came out as lesbian while she was a preteen.
51	* TheUnfettered: Mary's Poison Ivy half is her without any emotional restraints.
52	* TomatoInTheMirror: Mary is obviously very disturbed when Alice tells her that she is Poison Ivy.
53	* VillainTeamUp: Mary and Alice team up after the former fully becomes Poison Ivy.
54	* WhamLine: Both in and out of universe when Mary tries to tell Ivy's victim she's there to help and he blurts "Help me? You ''did'' this to me!"
55	* WhatTheHellHero:
56	** As Poison Ivy, Mary calls out Ryan for ignoring her in favor of others, being oblivious to her transformation until Alice forced the issue.
57	** Montoya also calls out Ryan for keeping secrets from her and indirectly unleashing Poison Ivy on the city.

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