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:''For other episodes of the same name, see [[Pilot]].''
 
:''For other episodes of the same name, see [[Pilot]].''
 
{{DISPLAYTITLE:Pilot (''Batwoman'')}}
 
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{{Quote|[[Jacob Kane|My dad]] was running from his pain, but I was running, too. Toward everything that didn't want me. A [[Point Rock Academy (Earth-1)|military academy]], a [[Crows Security|private army]], my own father. I spent 15 years searching for a place I fit, and I think I've finally found it. Some see fear, others hope. I see the freedom to be myself, to play by my own rules.|[[Kate Kane]]}}
 
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|writer= [[Caroline Dries]]
 
|writer= [[Caroline Dries]]
 
|director= [[Marcos Siega]]
 
|director= [[Marcos Siega]]
|guests= [[Greyston Holt]] as [[Tyler]]<br>[[Brendon Zub]] as [[Dodgson]]<br>[[Gray Horse Rider]] as [[Kate Kane]]'s trainer
 
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|after= {{Ep|The Rabbit Hole}}
 
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==Synopsis==
 
==Synopsis==
[[Kate Kane]] never planned to be Gotham’s new vigilante. Gotham is a city in despair, the [[Gotham City Police Department]] have been overrun and outgunned by criminal gangs. Enter [[Jacob Kane]] and his military-grade [[Crows Security|Crows Private Security]], which now protects the city with omnipresent firepower and militia. Years before, Jacob’s first wife and daughter were killed in the crossfire of Gotham crime. He sent his only surviving daughter, Kate Kane, away from Gotham for her safety. After a dishonorable discharge from military school and years of brutal survival training, Kate returns home when the [[Alice's gang|Alice in Wonderland gang]] targets her father and his security firm by kidnapping his best Crow officer – and Kate’s ex-girlfriend – [[Sophie Moore]]. Although remarried to wealthy socialite [[Catherine Hamilton-Kane]], who bankrolls the Crows, Jacob is still struggling with the family he lost, while keeping Kate –– the daughter he still has –– at a distance. But Kate is a woman who’s done asking for permission. In order to help her family and her city, she’ll have to become the one thing her father loathes –– a vigilante. With the help of her compassionate stepsister, Mary, and the crafty [[Luke Fox]], the son of Wayne Enterprises’ tech guru [[Lucius Fox]], Kate Kane continues the legacy of her missing cousin, [[Bruce Wayne]], as Batwoman. Still holding a flame for Sophie, Kate uses everything in her power to combat the dark machinations of the psychotic Alice, who’s always somewhere slipping between sane and insane. Armed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, Kate soars through the shadowed streets of Gotham as Batwoman.<ref>[https://www.spoilertv.com/2019/08/batwoman-episode-101-pilot-promotional.html "Batwoman - Episode 1.01 - Pilot - Promotional Photos + Press Release" - SpoilerTV]</ref>
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{{Synopsis|[[Kate Kane]] never planned to be [[Gotham City (Earth-1)|Gotham]]'s new vigilante. Gotham is a city in despair, the [[Gotham City Police Department]] have been overrun and outgunned by criminal gangs. Enter [[Jacob Kane]] and his military-grade [[Crows Security|Crows Private Security]], which now protects the city with omnipresent firepower and militia. Years before, Jacob's [[Gabi Kane|first wife]] and [[Beth Kane|daughter]] were killed in the crossfire of Gotham crime. He sent his only surviving daughter, Kate Kane, away from Gotham for her safety. After a dishonorable discharge from [[Point Rock Academy (Earth-1)|military school]] and years of brutal survival training, Kate returns home when the [[Wonderland gang|Alice in Wonderland gang]] targets her father and his security firm by kidnapping his best Crow officer – and Kate's ex-girlfriend – [[Sophie Moore]]. Although remarried to wealthy socialite [[Catherine Hamilton-Kane]], who bankrolls the Crows, Jacob is still struggling with the family he lost, while keeping Kate –– the daughter he still has –– at a distance. But Kate is a woman who's done asking for permission. In order to help her family and her city, she'll have to become the one thing her father loathes –– a vigilante. With the help of her compassionate stepsister, [[Mary Hamilton|Mary]], and the crafty [[Luke Fox]], the son of [[Wayne Enterprises]]’ tech guru [[Lucius Fox]], Kate Kane continues the legacy of her missing cousin, [[Bruce Wayne]], as Batwoman. Still holding a flame for Sophie, Kate uses everything in her power to combat the dark machinations of the psychotic Alice, who's always somewhere slipping between sane and insane. Armed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, Kate soars through the shadowed streets of Gotham as Batwoman.|https://www.spoilertv.com/2019/08/batwoman-episode-101-pilot-promotional.html}}
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==Cast==
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===Starring===
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*[[Ruby Rose]] as [[Kate Kane|Kate Kane/Batwoman]]
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*[[Rachel Skarsten]] as [[Beth Kane|Beth Kane/Alice]]
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*[[Meagan Tandy]] as [[Sophie Moore]]
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*[[Nicole Kang]] as [[Mary Hamilton]]
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*[[Camrus Johnson]] as [[Luke Fox]]
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*[[Elizabeth Anweis]] as [[Catherine Hamilton-Kane]]
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*[[Dougray Scott]] as [[Jacob Kane]]
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===Guest starring===
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*[[Greyston Holt]] as [[Tyler]]
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*[[Brendon Zub]] as [[Chuck Dodgson|Chuck Dodgson]]
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*[[Gray Horse Rider]] as Kate Kane's trainer
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===Co-starring===
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*[[Rachel Maddow]] as {{F|Vesper Fairchild|(voice)}}
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*[[Chris Shields]] as Mayor [[Michael Akins|Akins]]
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*[[Sandy Robson]] as Captain
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*[[Gracyn Shinyei]] as Young Kate
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*[[Ava Sleeth]] as Young Beth
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*[[Michelle Morgan]] as [[Gabi Kane|Gabi]]
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*[[Jihan Toth]] as Son
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*[[Takaya White]] as Girl
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*[[Shalyn Ferdinand]] as Crows Tech
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*[[Jase-Anthony Griffith]] as GCPD Officer #1
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*[[Julian Paul]] as GCPD Officer #2
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*[[Alex Kliner]] as Elderly Man
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*[[Ish Morris]] as Crows Agent [[Vasquez (Earth-1)|Vasquez]]
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*[[Ryan Hesp]] as Crows Agent #1
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*[[Austin Eckert]] as Crows Agent #2
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*[[Dakota Daulby]] as [[Cheshire Cat]]
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*[[Fritzy-Klevans Destine]] as Male Cadet
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===Uncredited===
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*Unknown as [[Bruce Wayne|Batman]]
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==Plot==
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[[File:Batman saving Kate.png|left|250px|thumb]]
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It's been 3 years since [[Bruce Wayne|Batman]] disappeared and left [[Gotham City (Earth-1)|Gotham City]], which is currently being protected by [[Crows Security]]. [[Kate Kane]] has spent years training with combat and survivalist specialists all over the world so that she can become a member of the Crows. As she trains, she reminisces the day her twin sister, [[Beth Kane|Beth]], and mother, [[Gabi Kane|Gabi]], died in a car crash after Batman failed to save them during a chase with the [[Jack Napier|Joker]].
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In Gotham, [[Catherine Hamilton-Kane]] leads an event to permanently turn off the [[Bat-Signal]]. However, the event is crashed by [[Alice]] and [[Wonderland gang|her gang]], and [[Sophie Moore]], a Crow agent, is kidnapped. Kate receives a phone call from her step-sister, [[Mary Hamilton]], who informs Kate of Sophie's disappearance.
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As the Crows search for Sophie, Kate returns to Gotham and reunites with her father and the head of the Crows, [[Jacob Kane]]. She recalls her time at [[Point Rock Academy (Earth-1)|Point Rock Academy]], where she was discharged dishonorably due to her relationship with Sophie.
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Kate breaks into [[Wayne Enterprises]] due to their considerable surveillance across Gotham, hoping to find a lead on where Sophie was taken. She is apprehended by [[Luke Fox]], the head of [[Wayne Security]], but incapacitates him and downloads a video file of Sophie being abducted.
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Kate returns home to find her father, where she is surprised by a welcome home party and reconnects with Mary and her step-mother, Catherine. Kate presents the video to her father, where she recognizes an item from [[Burnside Orphanage]], and deduces that's where Alice has Sophie captive.
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[[File:Kate and Luke in Batman's cave.png|250px|thumb]]
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Kate sneaks into Burnside, where she is knocked out by Alice's gang. Kate awakens to find herself tied up, with Alice suggesting that Sophie is the daughter Jacob always wanted, and telling Kate to send a message to her father: that she isn't afraid of him. Kate is dumped at an [[Mary Hamilton's secret clinic|illegal clinic]] run by Mary, who tends to Kate's wounds.
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Kate returns to Wayne Enterprises and discovers that her cousin, Bruce Wayne, is Batman. Luke reveals to Kate that Bruce was unsure what went wrong the day her sister and mother died after the [[Jack Napier|Joker]] hijacked a school bus. He reveals the Kane family's car broke off from Batman's grappling hooks due to an engineering mishap. Kate takes [[Batwoman suit|Bruce's suit]] and gadgets.
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[[File:Gotham City Gazette.png|left|250px|thumb]]
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At an event in the park, Alice threatens Jacob with a choice: saving Sophie or the people of Gotham from a bomb. She threatens to detonate the bomb if the Crows attempt anything, and it is revealed that [[Chuck Dodgson|Dodgson]], a Crows agent, is working with Alice. Kate arrives, dressed in Bruce's gear, and saves Sophie from Alice. Alice disappears and Kate retrieves her [[butterfly knife]].
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Kate's exploits are misinterpreted as Batman's return. She reconnects with Sophie, and discovers Sophie is now married to a [[Tyler|man]]. Jacob confesses he never wanted Kate to be a Crow, but offers her a position regardless, which Kate declines. Noticing that the gem on Alice's [[Beth Kane's butterfly knife|knife]] is similar to the one on Beth's necklace, Kate deduces Alice is in fact her long-lost twin sister.
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
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*This is the lowest rated episode of the series and the [[Arrowverse]], with a rating of 4.8 on IMDb.
*[[David Nutter]] was originally set to direct, but stepped down for personal reasons and was replaced by Marcos Siega. However, he still served as executive producer for this episode.<ref>[https://www.thewrap.com/batwoman-david-nutter-departs-pilot-as-director-dougray-scott-cast-as-kate-kanes-father/ "‘Batwoman': David Nutter Departs Pilot as Director, Dougray Scott Cast as Kate Kane’s Father" - The Wrap]</ref>
 
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**This also makes it the lowest rated pilot of a series.
*This episode served as a prequel to Kate Kane's appearance in the {{Cross|Elseworlds}} crossover.
 
 
*[[David Nutter]] was originally set to direct, but stepped down for personal reasons and was replaced by [[Marcos Siega]]. However, he still served as executive producer for this episode.<ref>[https://www.thewrap.com/batwoman-david-nutter-departs-pilot-as-director-dougray-scott-cast-as-kate-kanes-father/ "‘Batwoman': David Nutter Departs Pilot as Director, Dougray Scott Cast as Kate Kane’s Father" - The Wrap]</ref>
*[[Beth Kane|Alice]] makes various ''Alice in Wonderland'' references:
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*[[Beth Kane|Alice]] makes various ''[[wikipedia:Alice in Wonderland|Alice in Wonderland]]'' references:
 
**When asking if the people believe [[Crows Security]] to be capable of protecting them, she claims to believe "six impossible things before breakfast", a phrase used by the [[w:c:aliceinwonderland:The White Queen|White Queen]] in ''[[w:c:aliceinwonderland:Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There|Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There]]''.
 
**When asking if the people believe [[Crows Security]] to be capable of protecting them, she claims to believe "six impossible things before breakfast", a phrase used by the [[w:c:aliceinwonderland:The White Queen|White Queen]] in ''[[w:c:aliceinwonderland:Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There|Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There]]''.
**When she comes face to face with [[Kate Kane|Kate]], she quotes "Curiouser and curiouser", as spoken by the character [[w:c:aliceinwonderland:Alice|Alice]] in ''[[w:c:aliceinwonderland:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]''.
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**When she comes face-to-face with [[Kate Kane|Kate]], Alice quotes "Curiouser and curiouser", as spoken by the character [[w:c:aliceinwonderland:Alice|Alice]] in ''[[w:c:aliceinwonderland:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]''.
 
**When introducing herself, she asks "how do you do?", a reference to the song "[[w:c:disney:How Do You Do and Shake Hands|How D'Ye Do and Shake Hands]]" from the [[w:c:aliceinwonderland:Alice in Wonderland (1951)|1951 film]].
 
**When introducing herself, she asks "how do you do?", a reference to the song "[[w:c:disney:How Do You Do and Shake Hands|How D'Ye Do and Shake Hands]]" from the [[w:c:aliceinwonderland:Alice in Wonderland (1951)|1951 film]].
 
**While on the phone with Commander [[Jacob Kane|Kane]], Alice claims that "we're all mad here", following it up by saying "I'm mad, you're mad", as spoken by the [[w:c:aliceinwonderland:Cheshire Cat|Cheshire Cat]] in ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''.
 
**While on the phone with Commander [[Jacob Kane|Kane]], Alice claims that "we're all mad here", following it up by saying "I'm mad, you're mad", as spoken by the [[w:c:aliceinwonderland:Cheshire Cat|Cheshire Cat]] in ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''.
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**With the upper hand on the Crows, Alice directly asks ""How do you like the Queen?", said the Cat", quoting the Cheshire Cat regarding the [[w:c:aliceinwonderland:The Red Queen|Red Queen]] in ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''.
 
**With the upper hand on the Crows, Alice directly asks ""How do you like the Queen?", said the Cat", quoting the Cheshire Cat regarding the [[w:c:aliceinwonderland:The Red Queen|Red Queen]] in ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''.
 
**When Jacob asks why Alice is doing what she's doing, she replies with the infamously unanswered "Why is a raven like a writing desk?", asked by the [[w:c:aliceinwonderland:Mad Hatter|Hatter]] in ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''.
 
**When Jacob asks why Alice is doing what she's doing, she replies with the infamously unanswered "Why is a raven like a writing desk?", asked by the [[w:c:aliceinwonderland:Mad Hatter|Hatter]] in ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''.
*[[Mary Hamilton|Mary]] calls herself the "[[w:c:greysanatomy:Meredith Grey|Meredith Grey]] of [[wikipedia:Sherwood Forest|Sherwood Forest]]", referencing the titular character of ''[[w:c:greysanatomy:Grey's Anatomy|Grey's Anatomy]]'', and the tales of [[wikipedia:Robin Hood|Robin Hood]].
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*Regarding her illegal medicine practice, [[Mary Hamilton|Mary]] calls herself the "[[w:c:greysanatomy:Meredith Grey|Meredith Grey]] of [[wikipedia:Sherwood Forest|Sherwood Forest]]", referencing the titular character of ''[[w:c:greysanatomy:Grey's Anatomy|Grey's Anatomy]]'', and the tales of [[wikipedia:Robin Hood|Robin Hood]].
*The footage of ''[[wikipedia:The Mark of Zorro (1920 film)|The Mark of Zorro]]'' playing at the movie in the park pays homage to the comics; it was the film that the Wayne family watched the movie prior to Thomas and Martha's murder.
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*The footage of ''[[wikipedia:The Mark of Zorro (1920 film)|The Mark of Zorro]]'' playing at the [[Gotham City: Movie in the Park|movie in the park]] pays homage to the comics; it was the film that the Wayne family watched the movie prior to [[Thomas Wayne|Thomas]] and [[Martha Wayne|Martha]]'s murder.
*When Alice had Kate tied up in the [[Burnside Orphanage]], a play on the lullaby [[wikipedia:Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star|Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star]] was seen: "Twinkle twinkle little bat, how I wonder where your at", a reference to Batman's sudden disappearance almost three years prior.
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*When Alice has Kate tied up in [[Burnside Orphanage]], a play on the lullaby "[[wikipedia:Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star|Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star]]" can be seen etched into the wall: "Twinkle twinkle little bat, how I wonder where you're at", a reference to Batman's sudden disappearance almost three years prior.
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*Among the newspaper clippings in the [[Batcave]] reference minor villains of Batman's rogues gallery, such as [[Maxie Zeus]] and the [[Penny Plunderer]].
   
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==Videos==
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<gallery>
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Batwoman Official Teaser The CW
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Batwoman First Look Clip The CW
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Batwoman First Look Trailer The CW
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Batwoman Times Are Changing Teaser The CW
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Batwoman Night Ride Teaser The CW
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Batwoman Tattoo Trailer The CW
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Batwoman Late Trailer The CW
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Batwoman Shop Rules Trailer The CW
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Batwoman Premiere Teaser Combo The CW
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Batwoman Worth Saving Trailer The CW
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Batwoman Jampacked Trailer The CW
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Batwoman Season 1 Episode 1 Preview The Episode The CW
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</gallery>
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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Revision as of 21:11, 7 June 2020

For other episodes of the same name, see Pilot.
"My dad was running from his pain, but I was running, too. Toward everything that didn't want me. A military academy, a private army, my own father. I spent 15 years searching for a place I fit, and I think I've finally found it. Some see fear, others hope. I see the freedom to be myself, to play by my own rules."
Kate Kane

"Pilot" is the first episode of the first season of Batwoman, and the first episode overall. It aired on October 6, 2019.

Synopsis

Cast

Starring

Guest starring

Co-starring

Uncredited

Plot

Batman saving Kate

It's been 3 years since Batman disappeared and left Gotham City, which is currently being protected by Crows Security. Kate Kane has spent years training with combat and survivalist specialists all over the world so that she can become a member of the Crows. As she trains, she reminisces the day her twin sister, Beth, and mother, Gabi, died in a car crash after Batman failed to save them during a chase with the Joker.

In Gotham, Catherine Hamilton-Kane leads an event to permanently turn off the Bat-Signal. However, the event is crashed by Alice and her gang, and Sophie Moore, a Crow agent, is kidnapped. Kate receives a phone call from her step-sister, Mary Hamilton, who informs Kate of Sophie's disappearance.

As the Crows search for Sophie, Kate returns to Gotham and reunites with her father and the head of the Crows, Jacob Kane. She recalls her time at Point Rock Academy, where she was discharged dishonorably due to her relationship with Sophie.

Kate breaks into Wayne Enterprises due to their considerable surveillance across Gotham, hoping to find a lead on where Sophie was taken. She is apprehended by Luke Fox, the head of Wayne Security, but incapacitates him and downloads a video file of Sophie being abducted.

Kate returns home to find her father, where she is surprised by a welcome home party and reconnects with Mary and her step-mother, Catherine. Kate presents the video to her father, where she recognizes an item from Burnside Orphanage, and deduces that's where Alice has Sophie captive.

Kate and Luke in Batman's cave

Kate sneaks into Burnside, where she is knocked out by Alice's gang. Kate awakens to find herself tied up, with Alice suggesting that Sophie is the daughter Jacob always wanted, and telling Kate to send a message to her father: that she isn't afraid of him. Kate is dumped at an illegal clinic run by Mary, who tends to Kate's wounds.

Kate returns to Wayne Enterprises and discovers that her cousin, Bruce Wayne, is Batman. Luke reveals to Kate that Bruce was unsure what went wrong the day her sister and mother died after the Joker hijacked a school bus. He reveals the Kane family's car broke off from Batman's grappling hooks due to an engineering mishap. Kate takes Bruce's suit and gadgets.

File:Gotham City Gazette.png

At an event in the park, Alice threatens Jacob with a choice: saving Sophie or the people of Gotham from a bomb. She threatens to detonate the bomb if the Crows attempt anything, and it is revealed that Dodgson, a Crows agent, is working with Alice. Kate arrives, dressed in Bruce's gear, and saves Sophie from Alice. Alice disappears and Kate retrieves her butterfly knife.

Kate's exploits are misinterpreted as Batman's return. She reconnects with Sophie, and discovers Sophie is now married to a man. Jacob confesses he never wanted Kate to be a Crow, but offers her a position regardless, which Kate declines. Noticing that the gem on Alice's knife is similar to the one on Beth's necklace, Kate deduces Alice is in fact her long-lost twin sister.

Trivia

  • This is the lowest rated episode of the series and the Arrowverse, with a rating of 4.8 on IMDb.
    • This also makes it the lowest rated pilot of a series.
  • David Nutter was originally set to direct, but stepped down for personal reasons and was replaced by Marcos Siega. However, he still served as executive producer for this episode.[1]
  • Alice makes various Alice in Wonderland references:
    • When asking if the people believe Crows Security to be capable of protecting them, she claims to believe "six impossible things before breakfast", a phrase used by the White Queen in Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.
    • When she comes face-to-face with Kate, Alice quotes "Curiouser and curiouser", as spoken by the character Alice in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
    • When introducing herself, she asks "how do you do?", a reference to the song "How D'Ye Do and Shake Hands" from the 1951 film.
    • While on the phone with Commander Kane, Alice claims that "we're all mad here", following it up by saying "I'm mad, you're mad", as spoken by the Cheshire Cat in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
    • Alice fills the Crows Security truck with explosives, calling them "Forget-Me-Nots".
    • With the upper hand on the Crows, Alice directly asks ""How do you like the Queen?", said the Cat", quoting the Cheshire Cat regarding the Red Queen in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
    • When Jacob asks why Alice is doing what she's doing, she replies with the infamously unanswered "Why is a raven like a writing desk?", asked by the Hatter in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
  • Regarding her illegal medicine practice, Mary calls herself the "Meredith Grey of Sherwood Forest", referencing the titular character of Grey's Anatomy, and the tales of Robin Hood.
  • The footage of The Mark of Zorro playing at the movie in the park pays homage to the comics; it was the film that the Wayne family watched the movie prior to Thomas and Martha's murder.
  • When Alice has Kate tied up in Burnside Orphanage, a play on the lullaby "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" can be seen etched into the wall: "Twinkle twinkle little bat, how I wonder where you're at", a reference to Batman's sudden disappearance almost three years prior.
  • Among the newspaper clippings in the Batcave reference minor villains of Batman's rogues gallery, such as Maxie Zeus and the Penny Plunderer.

Videos

References