Progress Pigment wrote: ↑Fri Sep 16, 2016 1:41 am
By second season standards, it was a good episode! The last decent episode until 'The Sandman Cometh'. The writing staff had not fulfilled their goal of turning Batman into a complete idiot yet. But with nothing stopping them they would certainly get there in time.
I like this one too, though it does seem to drag a bit during the 2nd part. Alfred's rescue is inspired, the acting between Alan Napier and Adam West is fun to watch, excellent timing; the way Batman appears to be flummoxed over the bigamy. It's just such a fun scene, and a good one for Aunt Harriet too. It definitely gave a feeling of community to the show as well, something lacking in the 3rd season.
Robin in a birdcage is so obvious I'm surprised it wasn't done earlier or later in the series, not till Catwoman in the reunion cartoon will this be used again.
As for Batman becoming an idiot, yeah, it's a big problem with the show as it continued; here there's a good scene of Batman resisting the drug.
The toads are certainly strange, definitely hitting a new level of absurd with the little costumes, sometimes I'm all right with this and other times I think it was a bit too silly.
I wish Aunt Hildy hadn't returned later on, I like that she was rehabilitated and was using her abilities to teach a younger generation something worthwhile instead of the evil spells she presumably taught Marsah, a good effort at rehabilitation.
I suppose the worst thing was that long black gown Marsha was in, just made her look shapeless and older than she was.
cheers
