Out of the Past
Talia returns. She offers Bruce a chance at rejuvenating himself in the Lazarus Pit. He turns down the chance but later changes his mind and accepts her offer. Bruce and Terry travel to Talia's island base. Bruce gets dipped in the Lazarus Pit for the first time. It doesn't fully restore him to his peak but the changes are noticeable. It is about this time that it becomes clear that everything is not as it seems. There is something about Talia that isn't quite right.
Bruce and Terry try to leave the island but Talia insists that they stay. Terry almost gets thrown to the alligators and Bruce almost gets lobotomized. In the end they escape as Talia's island home goes up in flames.
There are numerous call backs in this episode to things from Batman: The Animated Series.
I remembered the twist in this tale but the reveal was still a little strange. The island setting made me think of an episode of Batman: The Animated series: Tyger, Tyger. I really like that episode. Neither that episode nor this one is perfect but I like them both for the freaky, science fiction angles that they introduce.
I like this episode very much. It isn't perfect but I think it would take a longer episode, a two-parter, or a movie to really do justice to this story.
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