Deep Cover
Batman takes on the identity of Matches Malone and gets himself committed to Blackgate prison. He wants to get close to Mark Desmond the only member of Thorne's gang to be taken alive. Edward Nygma, Thorne's lieutenant, who is running things while Thorne is on sabbatical tells his lieutenants that he wants Desmond killed before he can squeal.
Matches helps Desmond fight off several attempts on his life made by other inmates/ Desmond doesn't believe that anyone would go against Thorne and have him killed. Matches helps Desmond break out of Blackgate, after they get confined to solitary. They meet up with Nygma who kills, or thinks he kills Matches.
Nygma takes Desmond with him on a heist. Batman shows up, breaks up the heist. Nygma blames Desmond for the bad luck and kills him. Desmond realizes that Malone was Batman or vice versa just before dying. Meanwhile, someone, whose face is partially obscured, watches from across the street.
Thoughts
Commissioner Gordon, Barbara Gordon, Detective Montoya, Detective Flas, and Alfred Pennyworth were also in this episode.
Mark Desmond, in comic books, was the civilian name for the supervillain known as Blockbuster. He first appeared in Detective Comics 345 (Nov 1965). He showed up in issues of Batman, Detective Comics, Justice League of America, Wonder Woman, and Crisis on Infinite Earths before his death in Legends 3 (Jan 1987).
This was a good episode but it didn't excite me as much as the last two.
What next? Are they going to spend the whole season teasing the Joker? When will Harley Quinn return? I know that she's slated to. How long will the search for Nygma continue? He seems fairly reckless. I would think that his days must be numbered.
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