The Sophie Kate situation is rather reminiscent of the Iris Barry situation in Flash S1, I think. Sophie going to be angry when she finds-out.
Another little behind the scenes snippet:
How many people does she get to kill before you stop her, Kate?
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I'm a few eps behind so not going to watch that promo, but I think it goes back to the "don't call her a hero yet" deal, and the first season being about her figuring things out:
*Puts on the batsuit - to save her ex. At no point that I recall does the character mention anything about wanting to protect Gotham, at this stage.
*Puts it on in subsequent episodes - over guilt because the city thinks Batman is back. In the narration the character mentions fear of disappointing Bruce - again, this isn't about saving the city.
*Puts on the batsuit as a way to 'deal' with her sister, then when GCPD starts using the bat-signal, IMHO it's likely still a sense of guilt because the expectation is there now that she will help.
*IMO it's not until around ep 10 where the sense of duty not just guilt or fear of disappointing others is starting to really kick in, and she is realising that her alter ego has important meaning to others.
That's my take on things anyway, so not locking-up her sister is because Kate is still largely focused on what she wants over what benefits the community. Kate is still more self-focused, and in large part of lot of this situation with her sister is about letting go, and not always putting herself and her own wants first.
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I had thought that the whole, "Kate choosing Beth over Alice" thing would have stepped up the hate and resentment on Alice's part, taking things to a new level of destruction, but then to see them just "team up" right after kinda undermines how powerful that was. Alice mentions it, but their dynamic isn't really any different if they can just waltz up to each other and have conversations as though they're "frenemies." I would have thought Kate's immunity from Alice's wrath would have been revoked, but oh, well...
I get what you're both saying, but IMO she basically went along with what someone else had already started by that point.
And the media were watching her a lot at this point so she had her superhero reputation to worry about as well. The kids had already posted pics and comments about Batwoman being there, so it's not like she could sneak out and pretend she didn't know Alice was there as well.
We haven't seen her take the initiative and just up and toss Alice to the authorities yet. Where possible she takes the opportunity to let Alice walk because she still seems unable to accept how much harm Alice is causing. I'd guess it's also a guilt thing about abandoning her again or such. That and she doesn't want to be the one responsible for sister's incarceration, not truly responsible.
On that note, given the situation with the gun and that Alice's Wonderland Gang seem to be fairly high on the pecking order - when Alice is eventually locked away, I wonder how much more dangerous things might get for Batwoman without Alice protecting her. When the Wonderland Gang are no longer in charge.
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