Batman: The Dark Knight Season 1
Season No.
1
Premiere Air Date
Premiere Episode
Pilot
Finale Air Date
Finale Episode
No. Of Episodes
22
Viewers
DVD Release Date
Credited Cast
Summary[]
Plots[]
The season chronicles Bruce Wayne becoming Batman. Some of the key plot points are;
Cast[]
Principle Cast
- Ian Somerhalder as Bruce Wayne
- Pierce Brosnan as Alfred Pennyworth
- Gary Oldman as James Gordon
- Matt Davis as Harvey Dent
- Nina Dobrev as Selina Kyle
- Katie Holmes as Charlotte Rivers
Recurring Characters
- Jensen Ackles as Jason Todd
- Cillian Murphy as Jonathan Crane
- Ian McShane as Carmine Falcone
- Richard Burgi as Sal Maroni
- Xander Berkeley as Gillian B. Loeb
- Melinda McGraw as Barbara Eileen Gordon
- Emma Roberts as Barbara Gordon
- Nathan Gamble as James Gordon Jr
- Billy Dee Williams as Lucius Fox
- Candice Accola as Holly Robinson
- Sophia Bush as Victoria Vale
- Rutger Hauer as Morgan Edge
Guest Stars
- Liam Neeson as Henri Ducard/Ra's al Ghul
| # | Image | Title | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | File:2005 batman begins 047.jpg | Pilot | ||
| When Bruce Wayne was a young boy, his wealthy parents were shot and killed right in front of him. When Bruce was twenty-one years old, he changed his name and traveled the world in search of an assassin named Ducard for training. Eight years later, after being thrown in prison by police in China for theft, a man who identifies himself as Ducard invites Bruce to join an elite vigilante group, the League of Assassins. | ||||
| 02 |  |
Assasins | ||
| After being freed the next day, Bruce travels to the top of a mountain to begin his combat training with the League. In his training, Bruce overcomes his fear of bats, but when Ducard orders Bruce to execute a murderer as a final test, Bruce refuses to obey. training himself to intellectual and physical perfection. | ||||
| 03 |  |
Revenge | ||
| After destroying the League's headquarters, Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham City and begins plotting a one-man war against the corrupt system. Meanwhile, assistant district attorney Harvey Dent starts to become targeted by Carmine Falcone and his associates. | ||||
| 04 |  |
Suit Up | ||
| After reestablishing his connections to his father's company, Wayne Enterprises, Bruce seeks the help of police sergeant James Gordon and former board member Lucius Fox to make him body armor and a prototype armored car. Bruce and Alfred begin building the Bat-Cave, and Bruce determines what he shall be called, after a bat crashes through his window. | ||||
| 05 | File:Batman 1.jpg | Batman Begins | ||
| A few weeks later, Bruce is given the prototype armored car and experimental armored suit. After augmenting them further, Bruce decides to test out the suit, by disrupting a drug shipment of Falcone's. | ||||
| 06 |  |
Playboy | ||
| After Falcone's arrest, Gotham begins buzzing about the supposed "Batman" and to make sure no one suspects him, Bruce begins to act like a wealthy playboy. Meanwhile, Harvey looks to indict Falcone and is offered help from Gotham Gazette reporter Vicki Vale. | ||||
| 07 |  |
Delusions | ||
| After saving Harvey Dent's life from an assassin hired by Falcone, Batman provides Harvey with evidence capable of indicting Falcone. Meanwhile, while in jail, Dr. Jonathan Crane introduces Falcone with "fear gas" causing him to go insane. | ||||
| 08 |  |
Stunned | ||
| While investigating the "unusual" drugs in the shipment, Batman is sprayed by The Scarecrow with a highly potent dose of fear nerve gas. | ||||
| 09 |  |
Red | ||
| At a charity event, Bruce meets Gotham Gazette reporter Vicki Vale who is looking to uncover why Falcone has suddenly lost his sanity. | ||||
| 10 | File:Batman 6.jpg | Prodigal | ||
| After a hint from Batman, Vicki Vale and Harvey Dent do some digging and conclude that someone at Arkham Asylum is poisoning the prisoners including Falcone. | ||||
| 11 | File:Batman S1-10.jpg | Perry | ||
| Jonathan Crane summons Vicki to Arkham Asylum and shows her that the panic and fear inducing toxin has been introduced into Gotham's water supply for weeks, and Crane demands to know who else suspects him. Meanwhile, Fox works to make more of the antidote. | ||||
| 12 |  |
Tempest | ||
| Bruce gains control of his company and installs Fox as the CEO, firing Mr. Earle, the previous CEO. Meanwhile, Crane is put in Arkham and questioned by Gordon. | ||||
| 13 | File:Batman 7.jpg | Odd | ||
| With Falcone in jail, Sal "The Boss" Maroni, of the Maroni crime family, hires insane Doctor Hugo Strange to kill Batman. | ||||
| 14 | [[Image:|250px]] | Bat In The Cat | ||
| Batman encounters a new cat burglar Catwoman, and around the same time, meets a woman named Selina Kyle (as Bruce Wayne), to whom he is visibly attracted. When Selina runs into trouble with the terrorist cartel known as The League of Assassins, she decides to take matters into her own hands and investigate. | ||||
| 15 | [[Image:|250px]] | Cat Scratch Fever | ||
| The League of Assassins, attacks a military train and steal a viral plague, which they intend to plant on the resort, leading to their first encounter with Batman. Bruce discovers that Catwoman and Selina Kyle are the same and that she has been kidnapped by the League of Assassins. | ||||
| 16 |  |
Birthday | ||
| Bruce Wayne begrudgingly throws himself a birthday party, at the suggestion of Alfred. At the party, Bruce is confronted by the League of Assassins and Henri Ducard, who reveals himself to be the real Ra's al Ghul. | ||||
| 17 |  |
Velocity | ||
| Jason Dante threatens to kill Pete Ross. Clark has to lie, steal and cheat to save his friend. While Lana discovers that Adam Knight is Bruce Wayne, he himself witnesses Clark's powers. Meanwhile, after Helen discovers a locked room in the mansion she demands to know what is behind it, forcing Lex to come clean about his investigation of Clark. | ||||
| 18 |  |
Crisis | ||
| Lana tells Clark Adam Knight's secret and that he has been spying on him, and asks Lex to help her evict him. When Clark confronts Bruce about his secretivity, he reveals that he knows about Clark's abilities and he won't tell anyone as long as Clark doesn't tell anybody who he is. | ||||
| 19 | File:Lineage3.jpg | Lineage | ||
| A mysterious woman shows up claiming to be Clark's mother, prompting the Kents to tell Clark what happened after they discovered him in the cornfield that fateful day. Clark discovers why his father hates the Luthors, and how his adoption was fixed. | ||||
When Bruce Waynes wealthy parents are shot and killed as a young boy, he is then raised by The family's butler, Alfred Pennyworth. When Bruce was eighteen years old, he decided to fight crime to protect the innocent from what happened to him. But, soon realized that he cannot truly understand what he intends to fight as a wealthy playboy, he abandons his life at home, stowing away on a cargo ship and traveling the world for nearly four years. Years later, after being thrown in prison by police in China for theft, a man who identifies himself as Ducard invites Bruce to join an elite vigilante group, the League of Assasins, under the leadership of Ra's al Ghul.after which, he was raised by The family's butler, Alfred Pennyworth.
Seasons
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Notes[]
- Events take place between April 2008 and ?.