Batman: The Animated Series

I would say this episode is slightly better than average. And that is only because I enjoy tales that reveal the story through alternate perspectives. With this episode, the point of view is shifted from Batman onto officers Bullock, Montoya and a rookie named Wilkes. Batman exists as mostly a periphery character here, and the varying accounts of his involvement at the failed sting operation help to lend credence to the “urban legend” mystique that follows him. My only real problem with this episode is that the villains are rather threadbare and no real identity is attributed to them. There appears to also be some kind of criminal mastermind behind this plot, but I’m really not sure who this is intended to be. Perhaps it is revealed in later episodes.

I admit it's an original plot to have a few people talk abou Batman without him acctualy being there, unfortunatley here , it was not that interesting. Not everyone is like me and as it turns out quite a lot of people like this episode. But for me this was just boring , maybe the stories the cops told just weren't interesting for me, but I just don't like the episode. On a good note it was interesting to see what the cops thought of Batman and it was the first and only time Montoya got to play a main role , so I guess it's not all bad.

'POV' is one of the few Batman episodes which does not feature a supervillain like the Joker, and yet remains an excellent episode in the series. However, it is not really a Batman episode. More like a Gotham's Finest episode(not that there is such a show)about Gotham's police force, since this episode mostly revolves around an ordinary criminal gang who can't be found anywhere.



Batman barely features in this, but the cops are interesting enough to make this episode truly worth watching. There is enough mystery to keep you compelled enough to keep viewing, and a considerable amount of violence. There are a lot of fights between Batman, the police and the criminals, and it is all very intense and fun to watch.



Harvey Bullock has always been one of my favourite characters on the programme, and I like the way that he gets his first major episode, shows that he is rough and selfish, and yet it is shown that he isn't so bad beneath the exterior.



This is the only episode which has Renee Montoya as a central character, and she is a good heroine. Makes me wish there had been more of her.



A good, violent, mysterious episode of intrigue that makes you want to keep watching, although not over and over again. 3/5.

Ever since the first time that I saw this episode, I thought it was one of the best B:TAS episodes that I had ever seen. First, the story was extremely well-written and kept you guessing as to what really happened in the warehouse at the Gotham Docks. The fact that Renee Montoya, Harvey Bullock, and a third rookie cop had different recollections of what happened reflects the comics exactly in the fact that Batman is so mysterious, know one can ever truly give a straight account of what he is like because he is considered nothing more than an urban legend. Also, I thoroughly enjoy both Bullock's and Montoya's characters in the series and this episode had a good balance of screen time with both of them giving their accounts of the bust. Overall, this was a great episode and one of the true high points of B:TAS.