Warning: This article contains spoilers from Sunday’sBatwoman, titled “Survived Much Worse.”
Batwomanis far from done with Kate Kane.
Unfortunately, everyone failed on both accounts.
‘Batwoman’ cast ‘Krypton’ vet Wallis Day (right) as an altered version of Kate Kane, previously played by Ruby Rose (left), in season 2.Bettina Strauss/The CW; David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images
While every character believes Kate is dead, that’s not actually the case.
(Note: Day herself didn’t appear in episode 8.)
Was it always the plan to reintroduce Kate with a new actress at some point this season?
Javicia Leslie on ‘Batwoman’.The CW
CAROLINE DRIES:Yes.
That’s not the way we want that character to go out."
Ultimately, we [thought], “What’s the midpoint of our season?
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It’s probably about episode 8 or 9.
Let’s make this reveal here.”
I don’t think of it as being quick at all.
Camrus Johnson as Luke Fox, and Nicole Kang as Mary Hamilton in ‘Batwoman’ season 2 episode 8 “Survived Much Worse.".The CW
Season 2 has largely been about establishing Ryan Wilder as the new Batwoman.
What does having Kate back in the mix mean for Ryan as Batwoman?
She belongs in the suit.
When it came to casting this new Kate, what made Wallis the right actor for the job?
I believe she auditioned for Ryan Wilder.
But it helped that I had known her previously just from those past auditions.
While the audience knows Kate is very much alive, everyone else believes she’s dead.
How does Kate’s “confirmed” death affect them moving forward?
Especially with the notion of Kate still being out there.
What does that mean?
Kate Kane gave so much back to the city just as Kate.
Bruce Wayne donated so much to the city as Bruce.
What is Ryan doing just as Ryan [going] to give back to the city?
She wasn’t looking for a fight with Alice.
Why would she throw these tantrums?
But who would do that?
We still want Safiyah to be bad, but we don’t want her to be recklessly bad.
And we find out Ocean is still alive in a veryVampire Diaries-esque way..
Oh, you noticed?
Are Safiayh and Ocean still major parts of the season moving forward?
As we saw in episode 8, many major things happened.
It was sort of meant to be our midseason finale.
The island is burned down.
All of Safiyah’s precious roses are up in flames, thanks to Alice.
So Safiyah’s not just going to sit there and be like, “Oh well.”
What is she going to do?
So we have that to look forward to.
Ocean, we saw, died and came back to life.
He’s got all of these unresolved feelings for Alice.
So he comes back.
He’ll ultimately return to Gotham with some questions about that, looking for answers.
How does Alice move forward from this point?
So, that’s something we explore on a very deep level with Alice.
She’s not mature enough to handle those feelings.
So we will watch as she does everything in her power to push those feelings away.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Batwomanairs Sundays at 8 p.m. on The CW.
