Arguably one of the best episodes of the season, in addition to it seeing the grand opening of Kate Kane’s (Ruby Rose) LGBTQ bar, Drink Me has many surprises. With how showrunners decided to keep Alice (Rachel Skarsten) rather than Beth Kane (Rachel Skarsten), something I personally feel was a huge mistake, seeing Natalia Knight / Nocturna (Kayla Ewell) going after the Wonderland Gang leader was surprising.

Kate has finally accepted Alice is irredeemable. There is no bringing the Beth she once knew back. Her Beth is gone. There is a moment between Alice and Kate where we see the former try to convince her sister that she can be saved. Kate simply walks away.

With Mouse (Sam Littlefield) missing, Alice immediately concludes Kate has him locked away somewhere. That’s not the case. In the previous episode, Dr Ethan Campbell (Sebastian Roché) removes his skin-mask and reveals he’s really August Cartwright (John Emmet Tracy). After briefly reviewing a file one of her rabbits acquired, Alice notes Campbell’s recent history coincides with what she knows of Cartwright. She correctly deduces Cartwright has been masquerading as Campbell for the past six years.

Natalia Knight / Nocturna, originally seen in the Batwoman comic books, is not exactly like the character we were expecting. The DC Comics character, an inmate of Arkham Asylum, is a vampire. That’s right. Vampire. In addition to her being a bloodsucking creature of the night, she’s an accomplished thief and one of Batwoman’s many enemies.

Instead of bringing a comic book accurate character to the Arrowverse show, showrunners opted for an interpretation grounded in science rather than the supernatural. Consequently, because of this decision, the Nocturna we saw on our television screens and other viewing devices was far less terrifying than the character Doug Moench created.

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The episode opens with Kate, Luke Fox (Camrus Johnson), and Mary Hamilton (Nicole Kang) mourning Beth’s death. Mary, with hidden depths, is a character I would personally like to see more of in coming episodes. She isn’t utilised enough.

Late in this episode, after reviewing a lab report, she makes a connection between what Sophie Moore (Meagan Tandy) said about Batwoman, the way Nocturna tranquilises her victims, and Luke wearing an earpiece to speak with Kate. Mary correctly guesses Kate is Batwoman.

It’s important to note that having Mary figure out Kate is Batwoman herself than have her be told the secret is better in the long run. We really don’t need a repeat of what happened with Kara Danvers / Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) and Lena Luther (Katie McGrath).

Now that Mary knows Kate is Batwoman, whilst she hasn’t formally confirmed it, it will be interesting to see how she addresses the issue in coming episodes. Will Mary confront Kate directly or will she play cat and mouse?

Kate’s LGBTQ bar, The Hold Up, is now open. I can’t help wondering what the owner of the Italian restaurant is dong. If you recall, the restaurant across from where Kate now has her bar is the one where she was asked to leave. It was also the one that Batwoman was invited to a free meal whenever she wanted one. I’m guessing, since the exclusive interview Batwoman did with CatCo’s Kara Danvers, that invitation has been rescinded.

Speaking of the bar’s grand opening, considering how the bar’s patrons are attired, the Costume Department clearly went out of its way to make sure this event was the one every Gothamite should have attended. What was that Kate was wearing at her new bar? There is more than a hint of comic book accuracy in her clothing. Whilst it wasn’t exactly a tuxedo, there were hints of formalwear which perfectly lent itself to the occasion. Gotham’s LGBTQ community took this grand opening as a sign to party and ran with it.

The rooftop kiss scene with Sophie and Batwman was priceless.i can’t help wondering how Sophie, with her knowing what Kate’s lips feel like, didn’t know that the person she was kissing is Kate. Do you remember when Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) kissed Spiderman in the 2002 Spiderman film? It didn’t take her long to figure out it was Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire). Why didn’t Sophie immediately realise it was Kate under the mask?

In many ways, the rooftop scene between Sophie and Batwoman mirrors the flashback scenes we saw with her and Kate at the military academy. In both instances, Sophie opted for her career over her love interest. There is however one distinction between what we saw on the rooftop and what occurred in those flashback scenes. Whilst the rooftop scenes featured Sophie and Batwoman, the flashback scenes focused on Sophie and Kate.

There is a moment between Sophie and Colonel Jacob Kane () which should be addressed. It’s the scene where Sophie questions the Crows’ accountability. How exactly is Kane’s organisation held accountable? Thirteen episodes into the first season, the Crows do not appear accountable to anyone. When will this change?

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