![]() ![]() Usually this ends with the blast of a grapple gun. As they run and dodge fire they first make a run for the Batmobile, but Gordon orders a cop with a rocket launcher to take it out. Before that can happen though, Batman and Robin need to make their escape from the Batcave. ![]() Almost immediately, Gordon shouts out to Batman and refers to him as Bruce Wayne, letting you know something really big has happened offscreen and we have some serious catching up to do. Commissioner Gordon (Bob Hastings) and the Gotham PD have stormed the Batcave in pursuit of Batman and Robin. “Over the Edge” lives up to its name right from the start as it begins in the midst of some uncomfortable action. ![]() These posts are one part synopsis and one part review, so spoilers ahead. The twist isn’t completely without surprise given the advances in the plot, but it’s still worth it to not spoil it. And because of that, I want to encourage anyone reading this right now who has not seen the episode to stop what you’re doing, bookmark the page, and come back to it after you’ve seen the episode. It was downright shocking the first time I saw it, and this is an episode with a twist ending. A character falls from the sky and comes crashing down on a car and dies and the camera is not particularly shy about showing any of it. ![]() Coincidentally airing just over a week before the WWF event of the same name, “Over the Edge” is one of the most infamous episodes in the show’s history because of its subject matter and the visceral scenes it presents. I have not encountered anyone who is willing argue that The New Batman Adventures is superior to the first two seasons of Batman: The Animated Series, but almost everyone agrees that “Over the Edge” is one of the best episodes of Batman ever produced. ![]()
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