The previous episode pretty much revolved entirely around the series title character (Kaley Cuoco) and the fallout from the crew breaking up. It’s not exactly The Beatles, but you get the picture. This latest episode, Harley Quinn Highway, picks up the story with Dr Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow’s (Rahul Kohli) goons prepping Poison Ivy (Lake Bell) for extractive surgery.

An obviously misogynistic man, thinking Ivy is helpless without there being plants around, fails to recognise she’s capable of taking care of herself. Ivy “still has hands and the [expletive] Second Amendment.” Note, with Ivy supporting “background checks and common-sense gun laws,” she’s not a conservative a**hat.

Ivy, not completely herself, manages to take out several goons before making it to the exit elevator. Enter Scarecrow. The incorporation of a healthcare insurance joke shouldn’t go unnoticed. Healthcare insurance companies, even though Scarecrow has plans involving Ivy’s pheromones, are apparently the real villains. The modicum of social commentary we see in this episode, not that it isn’t appreciated, is fleeting.

There is no way Harley will get to Ivy without first having reassembled her former crew. Getting the band back together, even though it didn’t happen for The Beatles, might require a little grovelling.

The Wild N’ Wacky Wings scene featuring Edward Nygma / Riddler (Jim Rash) taking over the television station so that he could inform Gothamites of his latest plan is fun. Since we last saw Clayface (Alan Tudyk), not that it should surprise anyone, he found himself a spot on Riddler’s crew. Riddler isn’t the kind of person that likes playing second fiddle to anyone. Clayface gives Riddler unwanted acting tips.

Clayface’s constant interruptions, with him being a hammy method actor, gets a bit too much for Riddler. Consequently, when Harley asks Riddler if she can borrow Clayface, he tells her to take him. Riddler obviously wants Clayface out of his sight forever.

As Harley tries to express her apologies to Clayface, Dr Edgar Cizko / Doctor Psycho (Tony Hale), and king Shark (Ron Funches), the scene transitions from the television studio to the lair via a circus and an office environment. Frank the Plant (J.B. Smoove), noting Harley buries the headline, informs the crew Ivy has been kidnapped and they need help rescuing her.

Sy Borgman (Jason Alexander) shows up and wants in on the caper. Sy, not the most observant character in the animated series, hadn’t noticed Harley’s crew had broken up more than a week ago. He joins the crew as their driver.

Is Pretzel Wrapped Wieners a thing? If its Nathan’s hot dogs wrapped in pretzels, not that every wiener meets the same kosher standard, it sounds like a great yummy treat. It sounds like pigs in a blanket but better.

After taking out several goons, donning their clothes, the crew endeavours to make it into the facility unnoticed. I am reminded of a scene from the Philip Kaufman written/directed 1983 The Right Stuff. With Psycho being on the short side, compared to the clothing he stole, he causes the entire crew to fall like bowling pins.

Scarecrow uses Ivy’s DNA to engineer a special blend of his Fear Toxin because he knows she is immune to all known poisons. The new toxin works on Ivy. Crayface’s quip about the kidnappers having “poisoned Ivy” leaves the rest of the crew a little blank-faced. Harley knocks Ivy out, something that was possibly unnecessary, and gets Psycho work his magic on the crew.

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Leaving Sy to guard their bodies, Harley, Psycho, Clayface, and King Shark entire Ivy’s mind. The crew did the same thing with Harley in Being Harley Quinn. The Fear Toxin activated all of Ivy’s worst fears.

The presence of a woodchipper causes crew members to run for their lives. For a moment, it looked like Psycho was about to become mincemeat. He uses his powers to grab hold of Clayface and toss him into the machine’s gears. It’s obvious, how he responds to Clayface, Psycho had no idea Clayface would survive the machine. With Clayface literally being clay, not that we need to go into any great thought, tossing him into the gears merely clogged them.

Frank the Plant correctly observes saving Ivy will require them to destroy the thing she fears most. The creepy a** mansion leads the crew to find Ivy as a child. Her name back then, as indicated by her birthday cake, is Pamela. Whilst Ivy’s father was an a**, as Frank the Plant observes, he’s not their friend’s greatest fear. Kite-Man (Matt Oberg) shows up and is soon incinerated.

Shortly thereafter, with a nod from Psycho to Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, we see the Ghost of Christmas Future could be approaching the crew. The Dickensian character and scythe-wielding Spectre of Death both look the same to me. Meanwhile, in the real world, Sy accidentally alerts guards to the crew’s presence.

Disrespecting the television series Felicity, something I never actually watched, must be an American joke because I personally don’t get it. Was it cancelled after the first season? A lot of American shows don’t make it as far as a second season. What’s that all about? Could it be disinterest?

Their brief encounter with Death, after Harley uses a bat-shaped Clayface to bash the evil spectre, leads them to discover Ivy’s greatest fear could be Harley Quinn. Why does Ivy see Harley as the big bad? This discovery leads them to awaken in their own bodies.

Bloodbath is possibly an understatement. As I have stated in previous articles, Harley Quinn is anything but a child-friendly series. It’s animated, yes. Not all animations are child-friendly. Sy killed all the goons.

Scarecrow and his goons drive away when Harley and her newly assembled crew exit the building. The van is being towed away. Not great timing. There is always something that gets in the way. Sy transforms himself into a vehicle which makes me think of the Ghostbuster’s hearse. It’s not exactly a hearse, but it’s close.