Damn.
♪ Watch where you go, I'm an animal ♪
♪ You don't wanna dance, don't wanna dance ♪
Sure, babe. Whatever you say.
♪ Oh, oh, with the devil-oh ♪
♪ Watch where you go, I'm an animal ♪
♪ If you dance with the devil oh, oh I'm goin' for the jugular ♪
Ah! Wh... What the hell? Are you insane?
I can't feel anything.
I think you'll find that's to your great advantage...
babe.
♪ I'm an animal ♪
♪ An animal ♪
♪ Watch where you go, I'm an animal ♪
It wasn't supposed to be Beth.
We did everything right.
We found a loophole, we kept her alive, we got her through the checkpoints.
I thought we were in the clear and then, it just...
It just came out of nowhere.
It wasn't your fault, Luke.
- Look, we need to figure out who shot her. - I agree.
First we need to prepare ourselves for the real Alice.
The Crows think that she's dead and she's not, which means no one's out looking for her.
And if my twin picked my alien doppelganger's life over mine,
I'd be on the verge of going nuclear.
Uh... No offense.
You're right.
I looked her in the eye and told her I chose to save someone else.
Kate.
You did the right thing. You have to know that.
It doesn't matter because the wrong Beth lived.
Now Alice is back on the loose because of me.
We need to brace ourselves for the consequences.
Mr. Kane, Mr. Kane, how does it feel to be exonerated?
Any day that justice prevails is a good day in my book.
You've proven you were framed by Alice and her gang. What are your next steps?
Return to the Crows and restore peace to this city.
Look, Alice is dead. Gotham is safer because of it.
At the end of the day, it's all that really matters.
What do you plan on doing?
Gotham knows her as Alice.
But here at county morgue, she's simply Jane Doe 7-1-1-3.
No name, no medical history.
No next of kin.
Could we have a moment please?
My own daughter, one of Gotham's most diabolical killers, dead on a metal slab.
After everything, it seems there should be so many emotions...
but all I feel is hollow.
It was destined to end this way, sir.
The bullet wasn't one of ours.
You radioed in and said you had her in your sights. What... What happened?
- Call off the shoot-to-kill order on Alice. - You're kidding?
Let me find her.
Tell the Crows to stand down.
I didn't have a lock. The target kept moving.
Hm...
Well, someone got her anyway.
Side effect of making an entire city your enemy.
Tick tock.
Oh, silly Mouse.
What is the purpose of a rendezvous spot if only one party obliges?
Yes?
This is all that was left in his hospital room.
What do you mean "left"?
Where'd you get this?
I took it off Beth.
After...
Thank you.
So I ran the mystery shooter's partial plate.
And?
The three numbers I remembered don't match a single registered Sedan.
I think the plate was stolen.
Not only did we let an innocent girl die, but I can't even bring her killer to justice.
Mary's making reward flyers for any info on that vehicle. We'll find something.
In the meantime, we still live in Gotham, where there's plenty of justice to dole out.
Maybe this will take your mind off things.
- A vampire? - A wannabe vampire.
- You're not serious. - That's kind of my point.
Lately, things have been a little too serious.
- You could use a distraction. - Then bring me an old-fashioned bomber,
or an arsonist, or someone that exists in the real world.
- Apparently she does. Nocturna is... - "Nocturna"?
Is Night-Bite taken?
She seduces her victims, drains their blood and leaves them for dead.
It's all very early 2000s.
Both victims were lured out of clubs on the strip in Old Gotham.
Crows are replacing every doorman,
so I thought we should patrol the only other bar in the neighborhood on that street.
It's a place called The Catch.
That's a janky old fisherman's bar. It's not really her demo but what about Curse?
EDM. It's invite only.
Oh, oh, Curse.
The... Yeah, yeah, right. Okay, yeah, I thought...
I thought you said, "Purse." Which is why I was like, "A club called 'Purse'? That'd be weird."
- You have no idea what I'm talking... - Not a one, nope.
So does this mean you're suiting up?
I've always wanted to slay a vampire.
Got something.
One vic, female, bound, unconscious.
No sign of Nocturna.
Scratch that. Found her.
And I found you.
Vampire, bat.
It screams duo to me.
I work alone.
I heard that.
Flattered but you're not my type.
But you're mine. I'm a universal recipient.
Ah!
Seeing double? Losing sensation in your limbs? Don't fight it.
What did you do?
I've always wondered what bat blood tasted like.
Too bad, Batsy.
I do hope we get to do this another night.
Okay, I'm reading your stats. She injected you with a paralytic.
I got that.
And you have six Crows incoming.
I got that too.
I'm gonna hit you with an adrenaline shot. It takes about 30 seconds to kick in.
I don't got that.
Modulator, now.
Copy.
Oh, my God. Are you okay?
Save her. She's unconscious but she's still alive.
We've got medics coming. We need to hurry.
Thank you.
I thought you said we needed to hurry?
You're gonna get my ass fired, so...
So?
So next time, I'll have to bring you in.
Which means there can't be a next time.
Understood.
- Could've been anywhere. - Got it with you?
No, I don't.
It's clear. I've got the victim. Check the roof.
You heard her. Move out.
I'm more than happy to run your blood, but you don't seem like you have the flu.
I've been, uh, pulling all-nighters doing real estate courses.
And that's like germs galore.
You know you can tell me anything.
Right. Yeah.
So maybe these perceived flu-like symptoms are a manifestation of the guilt you feel?
For choosing Beth over Alice?
And even though Alice miraculously survived,
you drew a line in the sand you can't erase,
forever altering the dynamic between you and your twin.
You got all that from a blood draw?
Kate, I'm serious.
Look...
Beth deserved to live.
Do not think that there is not one single minute that goes by that I'm not remembering her.
Her warmth, her spirit.
Her laugh.
Okay, that's weird.
You have Special K in your blood.
Ketamine?
You want to tell me how that happened?
- I was partying pretty hard last night. - Partying?
Someone must have slipped me something.
I thought you said you were taking real estate classes?
I was. No one wants to learn about zoning laws sober.
Thank you.
Kate.
Temporary paralysis was a result of Nocturna injecting you with an animal tranquilizer.
That's gotta be her M.O.
It wasn't really an injection. It was more like a bite, nibble, lip thing.
- TMI. - I'm just saying she had actual fangs
that delivered the ketamine.
Like when she bit down on my lip.
Understood and moving on.
Since the encounter was so intimate,
we may be able to get something off the suit's UV detection system.
Behold, 600 watts of 95 percent UVA and 5 percent UVB.
It works great for fingerprints,
counterfeit money, checking out motel bed spreads.
Ew.
Yet somehow, Nocturna didn't leave a single trace.
Well, if we can't track her down, maybe we can draw her out.
Please don't say blood drive.
We know she's targeting club-goers.
Maybe your little black light will come in handy after all.
- We're having a party. - We're having a party.
Alice may be gone...
so is the city's trust.
We are hemorrhaging clients not because we're weak,
or ineffectual, or indecisive.
It's because for the first time in four years, we have competition.
The city likes Batwoman because she doesn't subscribe to the rules.
It makes her entertaining.
She gets to dress up, cause whatever mayhem she chooses,
and zip-line away to cheers and adoration.
That is not how protecting a city works.
Now there is a new predator on the streets.
Nocturna.
Let's find this blood guzzling serial killer before Batwoman does.
Let's remind everyone what real authority actually looks like.
Like you never left.
Know anything about this?
Mary's Instagram page? As little as necessary. Why?
She's posting about a grand opening tonight at Kate's bar.
I thought it was still several weeks off.
Probably not the best night for an opening, considering Nocturna's targeting club-goers.
You want me to go and keep an eye on things.
♪ You better get it ♪
♪ Better get it girl ♪
♪ You better get it girl ♪
♪ Better get it girl ♪
♪ You better get it ♪
Mary's here.
Did we just lure a vampire to us using a bar full of walking blood bags?
Theoretically, yes.
Technically, no.
Think of our high-res facial recognition cameras as a sort of digital garlic.
If Nocturna shows, we'll get her.
Though so far, the most suspicious woman here has three outstanding parking tickets.
Oh, uh... Wow!
What?
Is that Sophie?
♪ Better get it girl ♪
♪ You better get it girl ♪
Someone write my obituary because I am dead.
Thanks, but I'm just blending in. I'm here for work.
Well, you are definitely working something.
Come with me.
So that's the Sophie, huh?
Yep.
She broke up with you, right?
Because...
I'll be in the field.
Wow!
Sparkling water.
With a little vodka.
Mmm.
- Mary, I'm working. - Mm.
Oh, I know. So does everyone else in here. You need to chill.
I need to find Nocturna.
She drugged Batwoman last night, nearly killed her.
I didn't hear that.
- No one did. - Except you.
I'm getting a strong whiff of Earl Grey. Spill.
I may have freed her before my guys could bring her in.
Really?
Tell your dad and I'll kill you.
This is way too enjoyable for me to squander.
Tequila, please.
Sophie, come on.
What?
No.
Sorry, did I just totally cut in between you guys like the rudest person ever?
No, you're fine. We were just...
Hi, Elle.
Sophie.
Guess who almost wore that exact dress tonight?
I'm glad I didn't. I would've felt incredibly less than.
Oh, I'm sure you would've looked...
great.
Oh, my God. Fantasia, hi!
Mary.
BRB.
So, Sophie, what do you do?
Base to Kate, we've got a legit lead here.
Elle Scantlin, 28, dark hair, arrest record, and works in veterinary medicine.
Which means she has access to ketamine. Which one is she?
Well, she's... the one all over Sophie right now.
Sir. I was just coming to find you. We were able to grab
- the surveillance footage in the warehouse. - Do you know who Nocturna is?
Unfortunately, no.
I have a dozen other things I need to be dealing with.
I'm the only one who knows about what's on here.
If you choose to do nothing, it can completely vanish.
But I do think you need to see it.
♪ If you don't wanna see me ♪
♪ Did a full 180, crazy ♪
♪ Thinking 'bout the way I was ♪
Sophie's just working her, just trying to figure out if it's Nocturna.
Convincingly so.
No one is that funny.
She seems to be a little funny.
So we can either sit here and make a reaction video,
or you could go out and figure out who Elle Scantlin is yourself.
I'll look like a jealous ex.
Or a hero who catches a serial killer.
You go if you're so eager.
You're Batwoman. I'm wearing a glow-in-the-dark tie.
Uh-oh. Is Sophie doing the nervous napkin fold?
Oh, smiling, blushing, folding.
You are never leaving the Batcave again. Okay?
- Okay. - Mm-hm.
Crow Security. And here you seem so promising.
I take it you're not one of our clients.
My family used the Crows when I was a kid.
I used to love having Eddie walk me to school and having the guys protect the house.
So, what changed?
I grew up.
I realized they were more of a status symbol than actual protection.
If I'm going to root for someone who skirts the law and lacks accountability,
it's gonna be Batwoman.
And the head-to-toe black leather doesn't hurt.
It's not leather, actually.
It's bullet-proof nanotech, supposedly nothing like it on the planet.
Intimate details. You two ever thrown down?
On the house.
Kate, hey.
Thanks for the drink. I'm Elle.
Kate. Hi.
Oh, dear.
Mary Hamilton, right? Andi Ostergaard.
- I follow you online. - Oh, okay, right.
So how do you two know each other?
We don't. We just met.
And we're already having our first fight.
Batwoman. Pro or con?
Batwoman?
Ow!
Oh, that is definitely gonna leave a mark.
Oh, my God.
Sorry. Blood makes me, uh...
Can I get some water?
I'm sorry. I'm a light-headed blood wimp.
- Everything okay, Kate? - I think so.
Duty calls. Be careful with that knife.
I will.
- I drive an i8, the new one. - Oh...
Never saw myself as a Beemer chick, but it's pretty sweet.
So you here with anyone or...?
- What? - Mary.
Hey, I was waiting for you outside.
- My bad. I thought that you said by the bar. - Mm.
Sorry, are you guys...?
- Oh, my boyfriend's brother. - Together.
Okay.
I'll let you two sort that out.
See you on socials, Mary.
- Don't drink and drive. - Yeah. Okay.
Kind of went a long way to make clear I'm not your boyfriend.
- Does your tie glow in the dark? - Yes, it does.
I actually love that.
It's not her.
You positive or you just got uncomfortable?
- Who are you talking to? - Kate.
- What? - No, not you, Kate. I'm talking to Mary.
- Why are you talking to Kate? - Why are you talking to Mary?
I thought you were her real estate assistant.
Associate.
With a hidden ear piece to direct-line into his boss at a club on a Saturday night?
Kate's needy.
- I need you now. - Mm-hm.
I have to go.
He's so strange.
I'll call the GCPD.
- I got it. - Kate, we have a club full of innocent people.
I said I got it.
Where is he?
- Where is who? - Mouse. Where are you keeping him?
No idea.
Then this was a waste of my time.
We should talk about what happened.
Talk?
Why?
Do you think letting me die on a linoleum floor
got lost in subtext?
I get it, Kate.
I mean nothing to you.
The Crows think you're dead. You got a second chance, Alice.
You had a second chance to save me and you didn't take it.
Instead, you chose a complete stranger.
Beth wasn't a stranger. Don't you get it? She was you.
The kind, compassionate, good version of you.
The version of you I thought you could be.
The version who couldn't survive,
despite everything you did to keep her alive.
That's rich.
I guess this is the new normal now.
I hope she was worth it.
What did you tell me from the beginning?
"Don't let her in your head, Alice. She is changing you, Alice."
And what did I do?
Answer me, Mouse!
What did I do...
huh, exactly...
my sweet, innocent, Mouse?
I ignored you.
I said I was in control. I was stronger.
I would win her back.
But I was wrong.
And my sister let me die.
You're right.
I mustn't let her get in my head. I can't.
Why should I care what she thinks of me?
Why should I care if she doesn't love me?
Aah! Ah!
What about Willow Martin? She fits the physical description and she has a record.
Nope. She was livestreaming a concert last night.
Rhonda Schifino is a possibility. Goth, arrived solo.
Found her puking in the bathroom. She's going through a breakup.
I'll add her to the no pile.
We gonna talk about this?
I know you called the police.
That's what people tend to do when a serial murderer shows up.
We're in the process of inviting a serial murderer here.
Nocturna's different, okay? She...
What? You can say it.
She can't get to you the way Alice does.
Look, whatever hope I had for Alice is gone.
No guilt trip that she can put on me will change that.
Wait, who is that?
Natalia Knight, 27.
Adopted by a Charles Knight, who's a janitor at the Gotham Cathedral Church.
He died of a heart attack two weeks ago.
Right before the killing started.
Natalia was born with a unique type of porphyria.
Okay, she can't be exposed to sunlight
and her kidneys have trouble cleaning her blood.
That's why she needs fresh blood.
And if Dad was a caretaker and he died...
Then Natalia was left to her own devices.
Got an address?
Nope, but I have Wayne's cameras.
Try to find out where they're going.
Look, you wanna top yourself off, be my guest.
But pretty soon my...
"check engine" light's gonna go off.
That's how this works.
You've seen my face.
And you've seen mine.
I don't want anyone to know I'm alive.
And you don't want anyone to know what you look like.
So get your fill, let me go and uh... no one has to be the wiser.
My fill, Alice, is every last drop.
So try to relax.
Adrenaline adds a nasty aftertaste.
You're making a big mistake.
Heard all the lines, sweetie.
No. Seriously.
See, you are running around Gotham, drinking gas station whiskey,
when there is a beautiful...
$500 bottle
of Beaujolais...
just sitting on the shelf.
Okay, Alice.
You can color me intrigued.
We have Crows all over the Strip but no leads on Nocturna yet, sir.
I wonder if Batwoman has one.
You working with her?
With Batwoman? I've had a few run-ins with her...
Have you ever helped her and has she helped you?
Sir, I assure you, I'm a Crow through and through.
You are the last person I expected to see.
- Where's Nocturna? - Wish I knew.
Unfortunately, I've been a little tied up.
Have a good night.
- Aah! - Hello?
Ooh, girl, you are a little too drunk for those shoes. You all right?
- I'm fine. I just... I need... - Yeah.
Let me get your hair at least. Yeah.
Thank you. You're sweet.
What did she inject me with?
Ketamine. It'll wear off soon.
Hmm. Lovely.
Rope she used on me was red. I've seen colored ropes like this.
- They're bell ropes. - Bell ropes?
From a church. Every bell has a different color, like notes.
Luke, does Gotham Cathedral have bells?
Let me check.
Why did she start to fill these up and then stop?
I don't know.
She's fickle.
She's meticulous.
She doesn't leave a victim until they're bone dry.
I'm sorry that my being alive
continues to disappoint you.
You're hiding something.
Why didn't she kill you?
I told you.
I have no idea.
You should be dead.
I know, Kate.
You did everything in your power to make sure of that.
Gotham Cathedral does have bells.
However, it's abandoned. Hasn't held mass in over a year.
Headed there now.
Mary! Mary!
♪ Touch me rough and I'll make you mine ♪
♪ You won't break me ♪
♪ Oh, hit me with your thunder ♪
She's lost too much blood. What's her type?
Uh, uh... B negative.
Well, looks like I drew the short straw.
You're A Positive. I'm O Negative. Universal donor.
I don't have a lot left. It's been a bit of a day.
This should be enough to get her heart started.
♪ No, I won't seek cover ♪
You can pull up a chair and watch or go catch Nocturna.
If you so much as...
Kill her? Look at her. It's me or nothing.
Go.
♪ No, I won't seek cover ♪
♪ Come in with your best shot Oh, you know I won't stop ♪
♪ Till I'm six feet under ♪
Your little fantasy is over.
I think it's just starting.
For the record, killing people, not sexy.
You see victims. I see kids
with perfect skin, perfect kidneys, perfect lives,
who pollute their blood with every toxin they can get their hands on.
So they deserve to die?
And I do? I never even had a chance.
No!
Yes, I let her go.
Nocturna was on the premises and I thought Batwoman could help...
Help us?
Do you have any idea what kind of position you put me in here?
Answer it.
- Sir, it's not important... - I gave you an order.
Agent Moore.
Nocturna is on the roof of Gotham Cathedral.
- Cuffed. - I have to go.
Sir, we could use the help.
While you were in the jail, we practically turned Gotham into a police state
in order to find Alice.
We have no accountability.
- We're losing the public... - Enough!
I woke up today thinking my biggest problem
was the masked vigilante running around the city.
It turns out my biggest problem, Moore,
is that I no longer trust my second in command.
You need to decide who's team you're on.
Batwoman's or mine.
Now you take some time to think it over. You're suspended.
Get out.
Hey, how are you doing?
I think I'm on sugar high.
Do you remember anything about last night?
I remember Nocturna drugging me
and then performing some ritualistic blood sacrifice and then I passed out.
The next thing you know, Batwoman brought me here and gave me these.
I'm really sorry, Mary.
It's not your fault.
Not to mention, the idea of Batwoman
going into a c-store to buy me cookies is semi priceless.
Do you know why Nocturna targeted you?
She said the blood from the Desert Rose could cure her condition.
The Desert Rose?
Yeah, that super rare cure-all that's supposedly in my blood.
Though I ran several tests on my own sample last week
and it didn't yield anything extraordinary.
How'd she know about your blood?
Honestly, she can have it.
It's caused us all way too many problems.
Um, I will be back later. I have to go.
Wait, you just got here.
How did Nocturna know about the Desert Rose?
You mean, how did you know that Nocturna knew about the Desert Rose?
Yes, Mary is alive because I saved her.
You sent her after Mary.
Of course I did. It was Mary's life or mine. And someone had to choose me for once.
If you want me to feel guilty, I don't.
I never will, not after everything you've done.
Mm, see, I don't believe you.
I think somewhere deep down,
there's a teeny-tiny part of you that's relieved I lived.
That you hadn't quite failed at saving me.
And they call Nocturna a vampire...
when all you do is feed off my guilt like the parasite you are.
So you're saying that you feel guilty?
What's the endgame, Alice? Why'd you save Mary?
To prove to you how stupid you were for letting me die.
"Stupid"?
Stupid was thinking that my sister was redeemable.
Stupid was convincing the Crows not to kill you.
Stupid was rescuing you from the Gotham River.
Convincing Dad that I could get Beth back.
Stupid was thinking that you could ever, ever possibly be worth it.
But maybe I don't want you to give up on me.
Mouse only had two visitors, you and a Dr. Campbell.
What do we know about this Dr. Campbell?
Figured you'd ask.
Hm...
Gotham's most elite plastic surgeon, 20 years of lipo, rhino...
Hm.
Now this is interesting.
Six years ago, he took a sabbatical.
When he returned, divorced his wife.
Started specializing in facial reconstruction
of child burn victims.
Six years ago, hm?
What a long and sad tale you have, Dr. Campbell.
Or should I perhaps call you August Cartwright.
What do you think?
Is the caterpillar trying to convince the world that he's a butterfly?
If so, I will follow him to you...
my little Mouse.
And together, we will pull off his wings.
Put a stake in her, she is done, Gotham.
Our local two-fanged menace is en route to Arkham,
thanks to Crow Security.
Turns out they didn't need a special undead division for this bust.
Because Nocturna, aka Natalia Knight, is just your run-of-the-mill mortal
with a skin condition and dental implants that injected ketamine into her victims.
- That said, she did do her... - Ketamine.
- You have Special K in your blood. - Ketamine?
Wait.
I need to find Nocturna. She drugged Batwoman last night.
Nuh-uh.
With a hidden ear piece, to direct line into his boss?
I have to go.
Kate.
You are totally Batwoman.
♪ I hate when you go ♪
♪ But I hate when you're here ♪
♪ I was fine all alone ♪
I thought they banned this thing.
They did, but I couldn't exactly slide into your DMs.
So my boss found out we've been working together.
Damn.
Yeah.
Damn.
I have no idea who I am without my job.
I know the feeling.
I mean...
I'm not even 30
and I'm second in command of one of the biggest security firms in the country.
This is my dream job.
It's all I know. It's all I've trained for. I...
- It would be insane to throw everything away... - I get it.
I'll keep my distance.
Wait.
♪ Throwing everything off track All your trouble ♪
♪ I'm in too deep ♪
♪ Now I know what they mean When they say it's serious ♪
♪ How could this be? ♪
♪ When we touch, it's a dream Oh, you're making me delirious ♪
♪ This is love ♪