The Stress of Her Regard

Please watch this ep before forming your opinion instead of relying on some of the other commentary on here!!

I love what the show's done with Dr. Harleen/Harley, and anyone who's watched the 4 (FOUR) episodes that preceded this one shouldn't be surprised by race/gender/character appearance changes. If you want traditional/classic versions of these characters, there are decades of existing stories in multiple mediums to explore. This show is exploring something different, and, in my opinion, really exciting.

This episode, in particular, was disturbing in a really fun way and delves into themes of friendship/relationships/psychology/social, racial, and economic status. It's one of my favorites so far this season and def deserves a watch.

Last thing I'll say is that getting caught up in small details like costume changes and character quirks is, in my opinion, a bit of a waste of energy. As is the case with most TV shows, things change and develop over time as characters grow. Maybe when Harleen comes back she'll be a more developed version of Harley Quinn with a different outfit, or maybe not! That's the fun of a TV show-you get to watch and wait and see lol!

This series can be forgiven for many ridiculous things, because apparently it did not strive to take a rating higher than 7. The main subject of the dispute is Harley Quinn.

Harley is a very beloved person by various "authors", from whom you can squeeze a lot of agenda, and in this series you can collect "bingo".

And because of this, she is terrible in everything. They wanted to make Harley Quinn, but forgot about who Harley Quinn really is. Without the Joker, without madness, without a clear backstory that makes her who she is - the thrown image of a clown version of Batman (with his butler) would rather suit a third-rate comedy. And where is the drama? A psychologist who is unable to change the worldview of bad people begins to kidnap them. The very personification of complexes.

Okay, there's not much fun here, instead of creating their own successful fat, dark and unconventional characters, DC starts taking successful ones and replacing them with second-rate, undeveloped ones. This always leads to one thing - disappointment and low ratings, without exception. It's hard to judge more objectively when a series deliberately pushes inclusivity at the expense of quality.

Overall, this is a very good episode, constructed with great attention to detail and an engaging narrative.

The 'twist' is incredible, though perhaps predictable for some, considering the popularity of the character involved; however, it is handled with such skill that it is still surprising and satisfying. This result is due to the great work done in the previous episodes, which set the stage masterfully.

The conception of one of the historical villains of the Batman universe is here revisited with an original perspective, reversing his classic characterisation in a clever and interesting way.

A decidedly successful episode.

Everything about Harley is changed including her personality. Harley is now a low key, selfless, humanitarian with a reserved personality. Gone are the acrobatic, silly, wise cracking, love sick for her Puddin', with a brilliant but broken mind of Harley the new Harley is an interesting character and she deserves her own name since she is an entirely new character. Gay or posable bi , a different race, who cares? I don't. But at least leave the core of what makes the character alone. It is lazy writing to use a long established characters name but take away everything that makes that character what they are.

The writers did a wonderful job with the Penguin gender sawp. The Gordons are great with the race swap. But did they ever drop the ball on Harley.

This episode killed my interest in the show.

I cannot put it more plainly than that.

While gender-bending Penguin into Penguine, mother of two odious little boys was, well, different, what was done to two of the other characters was utterly unnecessary, and unforgivable.

Bear in mind, "The Batman" made a lot of changes to existing characters, and reinterpreted them, it did so in a respectful and interesting manner.

In this episode, we learn that the Asian Body Positive Harley Quinn is also a Lesbian, as in Officer Montoya.

This is just way too big a strain. Also, Harley's distinctive look is so warped that it is nearly unrecognizable.

As always, the writing and acting are flat. The background scenery is the only positive this show has to offer.

This show needs to die. Shame on whomever made these "creative" decisions.