I Am the Night | Off Balance

I Am the Night | Off Balance

Author: The Pensky File October 2, 2019 Duration: 1:03:16





This week, Clay and Sean discuss the episodes “I Am the Night” and “Off Balance”!



In “I Am the Night“, on the anniversary of the death of Bruce’s parents, Batman accompanies Leslie Thompkins to Crime Alley to place roses on the spot where they were gunned down. Meanwhile, Commissioner Gordon is on stakeout to arrest Jimmy “The Jazzman” Peake during a drug-smuggling ring. Batman had promised to be there but arrives late to find a gun battle going on. He helps defeat the gangsters and arrest the Jazzman, but at a high cost—Gordon is severely wounded. The incident traumatizes Batman and he contemplates giving up his crime-fighting career, despite the Jazzman escaping prison to carry out his personal vendetta against Gordon (who had sent him to prison six years before).







In “Off Balance“, while following Count Vertigo’s trail, Batman encounters Talia, daughter of the head of the Society of Shadows, who was sent by her father to prevent the capture of a sonic drill that the Count stole. But after his identity is accidentally revealed to Talia, Batman remains off-balance as to where her true loyalties lie.







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