How Queer Everything Is Today!

"Okay, people. Time to recalibrate our gaydar. Batwoman is a lesbian? Not that there's anything wrong with that, but talk to me Gotham. Whatever happened to politics staying out of our superheroes?"

—Vesper Fairchild

"How Queer Everything Is Today!"
Information
Season 1 » Episode 10
Episode number	10 of 51
Original airdate	January 19, 2020
Written by	Caroline Dries
Directed by	Jeff Hunt
Chronology
Preceded by	"Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two"
Followed by	"An Un-Birthday Present"

"How Queer Everything Is Today!" is the tenth and midseason premiere episode of the first season of Batwoman, and the tenth episode overall. It aired on January 19, 2020.

Synopsis

While Gotham busies itself reacting to Batwoman's awkward encounter, Alice celebrates her ultimate act of vengeance with Mouse. A devastated Mary focuses on Jacob Kane's trial, while Sophie seeks advice about her love life from someone unexpected. As they tackle the newest threat to Gotham, Luke prioritizes protecting Batwoman's secret, and Kate must decide what she is willing to do to honor Batwoman's identity...and her own.[src]

Cast

Starring

• Ruby Rose as Kate Kane/Batwoman
• Rachel Skarsten as Beth Kane/Alice and Beth Kane
• Meagan Tandy as Sophie Moore
• Nicole Kang as Mary Hamilton
• Camrus Johnson as Luke Fox
• Dougray Scott as Jacob Kane

Guest starring

• Sam Littlefield as Jonathan Cartwright/Mouse
• Malia Pyles as Parker Torres
• Sebastian Roché as Dr Ethan Campbell

Co-starring

• Rachel Maddow as Vesper Fairchild (voice)
• Chris Shields as Mayor Akins
• Kurt Szarka as Slam Bradley
• Ruairi MacDonald as Male Dorm Student
• Janelle Beadall as Female Student #1
• Neetu Garcha as Journalist #1
• Sherilyn Allen as Journalist #2
• Marlowe Percival as Male Student #1
• Shelby Armstrong as Female Student #2
• Simon C. Hussey as Passenger
• Alan O'Silva as Russian Hacker
• Seth Whittaker as Reggie Harris

Gallery

Videos

Batwoman 1x10 Promo "How Queer Everything is Today!"

Trivia

• The title of the episode is a reference to Alice's statement in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: "Dear, dear! How queer everything is to-day!"
  • In the novel's context, the word "queer" refers to strange or odd, while in the episode's context, "queer" refers to the fact that Batwoman came out as gay after being mistaken for being straight.
• Luke mentions a "Scarecrow incident", which is an allusion to Jonathan Crane, an enemy of Batman, who is also known as Scarecrow.
  • The "Scarecrow incident" in question is never elaborated on, but it seems pretty likely that it's a reference to the events of Batman Begins, which culminated in a massive gas attack on the city by the Scarecrow, who was working with Ra's al Ghul. Ra's was planning to use the city's monorail system to quickly and efficiently deliver the Scarecrow toxin to Gotham's water supply, and only failed because Batman and James Gordon managed to crash the almost-empty train, killing Ra's al Ghul.
• The episode reveals that Kara Danvers did an interview with Kate for CatCo Worldwide Media, where she outed her secret identity of Batwoman as gay, showing that their friendship continued on Earth-Prime.
• Slam Bradley is said to have "Chris Evans vibes" and is later nicknamed "Captain America" by Luke Fox and Kate Kane, implying that the cinematic version of the Marvel Comics character is known on Earth-Prime.

Goofs

• A train suddenly stopping would've caused at least some serious injuries among the passengers.
  • A single wooden plank would never be able to absorb even a tiny fraction of the kinetic energy of a train traveling at speed without shattering, and even if it could, all the people inside would still retain their inertia, and go hurtling forward into the front wall of a suddenly-not-moving train car.
  • Trains have a fail safe air braking system. If the brakes fail, the air comes out of the brake pipe, causing the brakes to apply and stop the train. It does not cause a runaway train.