History Headscratchers / Batwoman2019

** More generally, Kate, while not a wholly selfish person at first, came back to Gotham and put on the suit to protect her family; Alice being a family member who's apparent death traumatized Kate, meant that protecting her was of course going to take priority over the lives of strangers (or even Kate's other family, who she has a rocky relationship with). [[CharacterDevelopment It takes a few episodes for her to accept the responsibility of being the new Batman, which means taking down threats like Alice regardless of personal feelings.]]

** On a slightly more cynical note (in-universe and out), the director of the episode probably just didn't realize the [[FridgeLogic problem with having Parker claim she would have stopped a train that was mere feet from crashing,]] since Kate doesn't call her out on it. Plus, if how Kate treats Alice and Luke is anything to go by, she's definitely the kind of superhero who plays by her own rules, so it's not out of character for her to let will let a dangerous criminal go (and even stop others from capturing them) if she sympathizes with them.

* When Ryan goes to a hospital to get her Kryptonite infection checked, the doctor informs her and Angelique that Ryan's insurance doesn't cover blood work. I'm sorry... what? The dialog indicates that Ryan DOES have some kind of health insurance, but what insurance doesn't cover something as simple as blood work? I myself have Medicaid and that does, indeed, cover blood work, so if the cheap free option covers it, why wouldn't the higher end paid ones? Moreover, most hospitals have big giant signs in the emergency room that state, essentially, that hospitals have a duty to provide care, even if the person cannot pay or doesn't have insurance at all. I'm pretty sure it's even against the law in some states to refuse medical aid for monetary reasons. Is this supposed to be a commentary on how racists hospitals are, or is it simply a case where the writers have as much grasp on hospital rules as the ''Supergirl'' writers do with the American government?

** In other words, the writers think that everything is inherently racist and don't know much about the real world.

** In other words, the writers think that everything is inherently racist and don't know much about the real world. (Don't delete other's opinions Caivu.)

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* So let's say, for the sake of argument, [[TooDumbToLive Ryan's foster sister was dumb enough]] to think that a child's slingshot would be enough of a weapon to defeat a full-grown kidnapper (or for all she knew, serial killer who killed her victims as soon as she drove them away). But why didn't she and Ryan report their kidnapper, whose face, car and adress they knew, after they escaped? I know foster kids probably don't trust authorities much, but what other options, moral or pragmatic, did they have to stop the lady from continuing to kidnap kids, or even taking revenge on them? Why isn't Ryan guilty that every child she kidnapped in those interim twenty years is partially her fault?

* Let's assume that this version of Arkham is poorly run enough that Alice and Mouse can do all the stuff they do just by having Mouse imitate [[MadScientist Dr. Butler.]] [[FridgeLogic (Where does the other staff think Mouse is? Does Dr. Butler have an outside life and passwords on his computers?)]] [[FridgeHorror And that neither Kate nor the Crows have any interest in fixing this place that would be shut down in a heartbeat if anyone in authority new about its blatant human rights violations.]] I'm no morgue worker, but wouldn't the inevitable autopsy that will be performed on the poor soul Alice and Mouse gave Tommy Elliot's face, then hanged, reveal that he's not Tommy Elloit, and thereby the real Tommy Elliot is now at large and in league with both Alice and Mouse?

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** In other words, the writers think that everything is inherently racist and don't know much about the real world.

** It's possible the test wouldn't have been covered if it was elective. That would apparently be the case here since the doctor doesn't seem to think ordering them is necessary, an attitude that could be at least partially racist.

* When Ryan goes to a hospital to get her Kryptonite infection checked, the doctor informs her and Angelica that Ryan's insurance doesn't cover blood work. I'm sorry... what? The dialog indicates that Ryan DOES have some kind of health insurance, but what insurance doesn't cover something as simple as blood work? I myself have Medicaid and that does, indeed, cover blood work, so if the cheap free option covers it, why wouldn't the higher end paid ones? Moreover, most hospitals have big giant signs in the emergency room that state, essentially, that hospitals have a duty to provide care, even if the person cannot pay or doesn't have insurance at all. I'm pretty sure it's even against the law in some states to refuse medical aid for monetary reasons. Is this supposed to be a commentary on how racists hospitals are, or is it simply a case where the writers have as much grasp on hospital rules as the ''Supergirl'' writers do with the American government?

** More generally, Kate, while not a wholly selfish person at first, came back to Gotham and put on the suit to protect her family; Alice being a family member who's apparent death traumatized her, protecting her was of course going to take priority over the lives of strangers (or even her other family, who she has a rocky relationship with). [[CharacterDevelopment It takes a few episodes for her to accept the responsibility of being the new Batman, which means taking down threats like Alice regardless of personal feelings.]]

** More generally, Kate, while not a wholly selfish person at first, came back to Gotham and put on the suit to protect her family; Alice being a family member who's apparent death traumatized her, protecting her was of course going to take priority over the lives of strangers (or even her other family, who she has a rocky relationship with). [[CharacterDevelopment it takes a few episodes for her to accept the responsibility of being the new Batman, which means taking down threats like Alice regardless of personal feelings.]]