‘Gotham Knights’ Recap: Season 1 Episode 11 — Harvey Is [Spoiler]’s Father

This Tuesday’s episode of The CW’s Gotham Knights was not joking round.

For starters — and as Harper can be the primary to let you know — it was a attractive little hour(*11*), beginning off with the reveal that Turner and Duela in reality did the deed — a lot — after their library liaison. (The method Duela described their hook-up will, in fact, land in our Quotes of the Week column.)

And because the episode neared its finish, a little bit of derring-do on Harper and Stephanie’s behalf — which alongside the best way required some gradual dancing — coupled with Stephanie being shook by a tough fact about her dad, set the stage for #Sharper to lastly share a primary kiss. And then one other….

But in between the above assignations, you had the introduction of Duela’s mom, Jane Doe (performed by The Librarians‘ Lindy Booth), who much to Turner’s shock reunited along with her child on the Ace of Clubs bar after being launched from Arkham. Being very a lot her daughter’s mom, Jane pulled some strings to lure Harvey Dent into her crosshairs there on the bar, at which level she drugged him.

When Harvey got here to, he discovered himself strapped right into a straight jacket and tied to a chair in a boiler room someplace, with Jane and Duela trying on. Jane proceeded to element for her daughter how Harvey was answerable for her getting locked away 18 years in the past. As Jane informed it, Harvey successfully gaslit her — by hooking up along with her time and again again within the day, after which enjoying dumb afterwards and even reporting her to the police as a crazed stalker.

But what was actually taking place, it turned clear to us, was Dark Harvey was fortunately bedding Jane, leaving Good Harvey none the wiser and actually believing he had a loon chasing him.

What’s extra, one results of that love affair between Dark Harvey and Jane… is Duela! Yes, Harvey is Duela’s father, although he by no means had any concept. And the Joker knew in regards to the ruse however was blissful to play alongside, no less than till Duela proved to have the ability to defend herself and never disguise behind his identify.

As Duela got here to just accept this enormous new fact, Jane yanked from her daughter’s neck the bullet she carries round (to someday put into the person answerable for her mom’s misfortune) and loaded it right into a gun. She then invited Due to shoot Harvey — and after some hesitation, however feeling every kind of resentment towards Harvey, Duela did pull the set off. After Harvey slumped over, shot, the women slipped away to cover out in a pal’s trailer house for a spell.