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Cold Comfort

Episode Number: 3    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Sunday October 12, 1997    Prod Code: n/a
Mr. Freeze returns and is lashing out at Gotham City by destroying what people care about.

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Writer: Hilary J. Bader
Director: Dan Riba
Star: Bob Hastings (Commissioner Jim Gordon),  Tara Strong (Barbara Gordon / Batgirl),  Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (Alfred Pennyworth),  Kevin Conroy (Bruce Wayne / Batman),  Mathew Valencia (Tim Drake / Robin)
Recurring Role: Jeff Bennett (Jack Ryder)
Guest Star: Michael Ansara (Mr. Freeze),  Lloyd Bochner (Mayor Hamilton Hill),  Tress MacNeille (Dr. Margaret Madsen),  Ian Patrick Williams (Artist / Guiseppe Bianci),  Cree Summer (Ice Maiden #2),  Lauren Tom (Ice Maiden #3)

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At the end of this episode, Mr. Freeze is supposedly dead. However, he appears in the future in the Batman Beyond episode, "Meltdown." This episode sets up the storyline for it. (edit)
Michael Ansara (Mr. Freeze) and Lloyd Bochner (Mayor Hamilton Hill) reprise their roles from Batman: TAS. (edit)
Though this episode follows the events of Subzero, it wound up airing before the movie's release. (edit)
Bullock is absent in this episode. (edit)

Quotes

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(Tim failed a civics test at school)
Bruce: You don't know the first thing about the American justice system, do you?
Tim: I know it's bogus.
Bruce: And how did you come to that well, thought-out conclusion?
Tim: Watching you. You don't exactly follow the rules of due process.
Bruce: I...how did you do on your math test? (edit)
Mr. Freeze: I'm not here to steal bones. I'm here to steal hope. (edit)
Mr. Freeze: Search your hearts for the thing you value most, then despair, for I have come to take it from you. (edit)
Bruce: (on TV) As my father once told me, 'Those who have the most, must give the most.'
Mr. Freeze: Those who have the most also have the most to lose, Mr. Wayne. (edit)

Trivia

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When Mr. Freeze comes walking in as a head, Batgirl's neck is showing and part of her costume is suddenly missing. It's her bare neck out of her costume. (edit)

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10.0
Perfect
Cold Comfort
"Series classic"
if the source magazine has 5 mic, I give this ep. five bats!!!!!!!
Continue » Posted Dec 11, 2005 10:00 am PST
9.0
Superb
Cold Comfort
"Series classic"
Freeze returns to "steal hope"
Continue » Posted Aug 1, 2005 11:54 am PST
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Episode: Cold Comfort
Season Number: 1
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