Fighting the system from inside the system doesn't always work--sometimes you have to go outside to get anything done. Harley and Ivy consider leaving their new positions behind to become the best versions of themselves. Spoilers follow for Harley Quinn Season 4, Episode 10, 'Killer's Block.' "Killer's Block" There are all kinds of plot threads…

It turns out there's a totally plausible explanation for why Harley's been seeing herself everywhere, but the truth just raises more questions. Spoilers follow for Harley Quinn Season 4, Episode 9, 'Potato-Based Cloning Incident.' "Potato-Based Cloning Incident" Aaaand they're apart again. This episode starts with Harley and Ivy together, but while they try to figure…

Harley and Ivy are back together, and that means it's the perfect time to take a detour to the Italian countryside. This Bane-centric episode is hilarious and weird. Spoilers follow for Harley Quinn Season 4, Episode 8, 'Il Buffone.' "Il Buffone" The title of this episode translates to 'The Buffoon,' just in case that isn't…

Is there such a thing as being reverse canceled? Where everyone thinks you're terrible, but it comes out that you're not actually all that bad, or that maybe you've gone soft? Anyway, Joker is having a rough time this week. Spoilers follow for Harley Quinn Season 4, Episode 7, 'The Most Culturally Impactful Film Franchise…

Harley Quinn just joined the Bat Family and things are falling apart. Batman is in jail, Talia al Ghul repossessed all of their high-tech weaponry, Batgirl went missing, and then Nightwing fell out of a tree, seemingly dead? It's almost like Harley Quinn was never meant to be a full-on superhero. Spoilers follow for Harley Quinn Season…

Without constant balancing influence from each other, it seems that Harley and Ivy are losing themselves. Harley is working overtime to impress the unimpressable Nightwing, and Ivy is trending on social media--and it's taking a toll on both of them. Spoilers follow for Harley Quinn Season 4, Episode 5, 'Don't Wait Up, Getting Ice Dick.'…

In comics, the villains are pretty obvious to us--even when the heroes can't see them. Joker, Reverse-Flash, Lex Luthor, and many other familiar names give us something easy to hate. In real life, though, the villains are more often than not corporations that exist only to make profit for shareholders without regard to the human…

Harley Quinn has thus far been great at changing the status quo of its version of Gotham each season and then digging into what that change means. Season 3 ended with Harley realizing something--for as much as she enjoys chaos, she'd rather help people than hurt them. Usually. Meanwhile, Poison Ivy became the CEO of…

Flipping the script on Batman can be tough--so much of his character and those of the people around him are so well established that evolving him can be difficult. But Harley's fluidity of character is affecting everyone around her this season, right up to the final moments of Season 3. Spoilers follow for Harley Quinn…

Harley Quinn herself is one of the best examples in modern comics of the anti-hero. In D&D terms, she's truly chaotic neutral. Harley Quinn has been a journey from Harley the villain's sidekick to Harley figuring out who she wants to be. This episode marks a big moment where she's making a choice that she feels…

Harley Quinn has been as much an exploration of DC lore as much as it has a close-up look at Harley herself. While Batman necessarily appears here and there throughout the series, as Gotham only exists as long as he is in it, but he's never much more than a guest star--until this week. In…

What's a clown to do when she makes friends with a nerdy do-gooder? For as silly as Harley Quinn is, it also is going out of its way to make its lead more three-dimensional than she's ever been. This week, she has to start contending with the fact that she might actually like working with--ugh--Batgirl. Spoilers follow…

How many themes can you pack into one episode? Harley Quinn is pushing the boundaries this week as it shifts its focus to the Clown Prince of Parenting, the Joker, giving us an episode of television that manages to comment on politics and parenting while sending up the 1989 Batman film, Alan Moore's The Killing Joke,…

What if, instead of using their superpowers to be a hero or villain, someone just... got a job? Okay, sure, it's not exactly the most compelling story, but it's fun to think about, and Harley Quinn has been good at peeking at the inner lives of DC's weirdest characters. A surprise therapy session forces Batman…