"You just toddle on back to your mundane, meaningless little life, and when I need you... I'll call..."
And there she is: Harley Quinn, for the very first time.
Not that she gets much depth here: she could easily have been a one-off character on the strength of this. But it'll be fascinating to see how she develops.
No: this is the tale of Charlie Collins, another one shot caharacter voiced by Ed Begley Jr, later to be known for Better Call Saul. Charlie at first seems like a bit of a Greek Chorus sort of character, commenting wryly on the action while having a bad day, but no; an impromptu act of road rage goes pear shaped as he realises the other driver is in fact the Joker, leading to a chase and the Charlie owing the Joker a favour... which will one day be called in... cut to two years later.
The whole sequence is very well done indeed, and the tale is highly satisfying overall. There's some nice stuff with Jim Gordon, and one of those moments where Batman comes out of the shadow, says something to the Commissioner, ad then vanishes.
Easily the best Joker episode thusfar. Mark Hamill is, by now, very good.
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