"I thought I told you to take the day off..."
This is one of the finest episodes yet- perhaps the best.
Yes, it's a little contrived that Rupert Thorne should have a brother, Matt, whose medical career he has ruined but was an old med school friend of Lesley Thompkins and Thomas Wayne. But this nice little tale of moral ambiguity and dilemmas, and ultimately of redemption, is rich and deeply fulfilling. Even better is the final scene, with Bruce wanting nothing from Matt Thorne in return for funding his defence other than to "Tell me about my father".
Oh, there are loads of good episodes with the traditional rogues' gallery, and so they should be. Our favourite baddies are important. But the animated series really does have an added level of depth with mob characters like Rupert Thorne, and the likes of Lesley Thompkins who humanise Bruce Wayne. The relationship between those two is rather lovely.
I'm amazed how I suddenly seem to be quite far in to The Animated Series, and how little there is left to watch. Yet it is, by this point, pretty much a fully matured and impressive take on the character and the world. And episodes like this really highlight just how good it can be.
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