Line #4 Recap/Batwoman2019S2E9Rule1


1	Batwoman confronts Gotham's biggest foe, while new information forces those closest to Kate to make some difficult decisions. Ryan's feelings for Angelique puts her partnership with Luke Fox and Mary Hamilton at risk, while Alice goes on a warped walk down memory lane
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3	!!Tropes:
4	* BackForTheDead: Commissioner Forbes is gunned down shortly after his return in this episode, paving the way for someone else to take his place.
5	* BadassInDistress: Black Mask's men manage to get the drop on Ryan and if not for Sophie, she would've been sawed in half.
6	* BaitAndSwitch: Just when it seems like Ryan is about to confess to Angelique that she is Batwoman, she just tells her that she ''knows'' Batwoman.
7	* BigDamnHeroes: Sophie saves Ryan in the nick of time before being sawed in half.
8	* ButHeSoundsHandsome: Ryan's reaction when Jordan voices her discontent with Batwoman's approach to fighting crime.
9	* CallingCard: Jordan uses a distinctive graffiti tag that allows Mary to identify her almost instantly. Unfortunately, the False Face society has the same idea.
10	* CliffhangerCopout: Last episode ended with Ryan at death's door, with Sophie and Jacob still on the island and Luke urgently telling Sophie to get Batwoman back to Gotham, as they discovered Ryan's plant is actually a Desert Rose. This episode picks up some time later, with everyone back in Gotham and Ryan fully healed, as if there was an episode missing in between, but there apparently isn't.
11	* DueToTheDead: The episode starts with Kate's funeral. Notably, Jacob is seen wearing a Kippah.
12	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Black Mask's dead daughter.
13	* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Jordan is the foolish to Sophie's responsible one.
14	* GoryDiscretionShot: The camera thankfully doesn't fully capture Black Mask's goon being sawed in half.
15	* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Black Mask saws a mook in half for failing to capture Jordan, and nearly does the same to Batwoman.
16	* IRejectYourReality: Alice deduces that, in order to get over Kate's death, she has to ''forget her sister even existed''.
17	* LossOfIdentity: What Black Mask plans to inflict on Kate, with the help of the mysterious Enigma.
18	* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Julia is trying to convince Jacob that Kate's plane crash might've just been a tragic accident after all, but he isn't fully convinced. Given that Black Mask abducted her, he is correct.
19	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Black Mask implies that Kate was on the receiving end of one from his goons after she put up a fight when they tried to pull her from the plane wreckage, explaining her facial injuries.
20	* NotSoDifferentRemark: Mary tells Ryan that the latter's adamant defending of Angelique reminds her of Kate doing the same in regards to Alice.
21	* NotWhatISignedUpFor: What Angelique says about Commissioner Forbes's murder.
22	* PutOnAPrisonBus: Angelique takes the blame for Commissioner Forbes's murder and goes to jail, since Black Mask threatened to kill Ryan if the former exposed the False Face Society.
23	* ReleasedToElsewhere: Black Mask shows Angelique the corpse of a man who "left" the False Face Society, just as she is planning to do.
24	* RememberTheNewGuy: This episode introduces Jordan, the hitherto unmentioned younger sister of Sophie. Though it's downplayed because this ''only'' applies to Sophie, as not even Mary and Luke knew Jordan existed until the events of the episode made her relevant.
25	* ResignationsNotAccepted: Black Mask makes it very clear to Angelique that this is the case with False Face, showing her what's left of the ''last'' person who tried to leave. It's not pretty.
26	* TheReveal: Black Mask is responsible for destroying Kate's plane and kidnapping her.
27	* RippedFromTheHeadlines: In case you thought the previous examples too subtle, [=#DefundThePolice=] is being used by Jordan.
28	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Black Mask's reason for doing what he does is wanting revenge for the death of his daughter, both towards the Crows and Batwoman.
29	* ShipperOnDeck: Jordan tries to hook up her sister with Ryan.
30	* SwappedRoles: In this episode, Mary is the one who criticizes Ryan, while Luke takes her side in regards to Angelique.
31	* TimeSkip: A month passes between Kate's funeral and the main portion of the episode.
32	* TragicKeepsake: Angelique has Sophie pass on her key bracelet to Ryan before she's sent to prison.
33	* UnseenNoMore:
34	** Black Mask appears in the flesh for the first time.
35	** Enigma makes her first appearance after being mentioned a couple episodes ago.
36	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Roman Sionis has the reputation of a philanthropist who vows to help bring Forbes's murderer to justice.
37	* VisualTitleDrop: Ryan never says "Rule #1" but it's written on the marker board.
38	* WhamLine:
39	** Ryan is understandably shocked when she realizes, based upon the description of her jewelry, that Angelique was the getaway driver for Forbes's murder.
40	** Julia notices memory gaps in her investigation of the plane.
41	* WhatTheHellHero: Luke and Mary call Ryan out on her favouritism to Angelique, pointing out she's acting exactly like Kate was with regards to Alice by refusing to bring her to justice, and eventually threaten to do it themselves if she won't. [[StatusQuoIsGod They go back on it by the end of the episode.]]
42	* YouHaveFailedMe: [[BadBoss Black Mask]] has one of his people sawed in half for failing to capture Jordan.

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