Ian Abercrombie |
Alfred Pennyworth |
Dina Meyer |
Barbara Gordon/ Oracle |
Shemar Moore |
Jesse Reese |
Mia Sara |
Dr. Harleen Quinzel/Harley Quinn |
Rachel Skarsten |
Dinah Lance |
Ashley Scott |
Helena Kyle/ Huntress |
Aaron Paul |
Jerry |
Guest Star |
Chris Ellis |
Larry Ketterly |
Guest Star |
Mark Hamill |
Voice of the Joker |
Guest Star |
Shawn Christian |
Wade Brixton |
Recurring Role |
The newspaper article headline about the man who was killed while Dinah watched reads "Local Businessman Killed In Bus Accident." But when the man is run over, the vehicle is a black semi truck.
The WB thought Helena's costume was too revealing so after the pilot, you never see Helena wear that outfit again.
Brandy Ledford was considered for the role of Barbara Gordon.
If Helena has been going to therapy with Dr. Quinzel for three months, why are they just now discussing why Helena is there? The way it looks, this is the first time they really discussed the issue.
Maybe they'll answer this down the road but it would seem that Harleen had a public villainous persona as "Harlequin". So...neither Barbara or Helena are suspicious that there's a woman with the somewhat awkward name of "Harleen Quinzel"? Now, if Harleen was never an actual supervillain and public partner of the Joker this makes sense, and they haven't really clarified this yet. If we find out she was the Harlequin in "public" this makes the two women look really stupid.
Barbara maintains a public identity as a school teacher, as established here and in subsequent episodes. But "Mr. J" knows who she is - he went to his apartment and shot her. So...shouldn't Harleen know Barbara was Batgirl too? Couldn't he get the information to her (through a lawyer, doctor, something?) to have her finish his revenge?
Helena enters the grounds of Ketterly's manor, looks in one window, and announces that he's home alone. How does she know that? If it's heightened senses, they haven't been working well the rest of the episode: she all but lets a hanging suicide slap her in the face, lets Reese get the drop on her, and a minute or two later manages to lose Ketterly in the house.
In the mindscape, Helena is in her young uncostumed form. When Barbara confronts the yougner version and pulls out the knife, the blood oozes upward for whatever reason, but its a reverse of an earlier shot of older Helena in costume. In the next shot Helena is back to her young, uncostumed version again in the mindscape.
Between when Alfred wakes her up and she interrupts his conversation with Barbara, Dinah still showers incredibly fast (this problem was also in the unaired pilot).
Dr. Quinn says Bruce Wayne "is one" of the wealthiest men in the world - present tense. So he's still around? It's implied that Barbara Gordon has no way to find him since he disappeared/went into exile. Why not just call Bruce up?
When Helena first puts the knife to her chest, you can see the blood already dripping downwards. In the next scene, the blood is beginning to drip down, just like in the other scene. Shouldn't the blood be pretty much way down there?
Dinah: So, uh, why don't I get cool jewelry like Huntress?
Barbara: Because the cool jewelry costs more than a new car.
Dinah: Like Buick new or Mercedes?
Barbara: Ferrari.
Reese: McNally, you hear the same stories I do. You see the same things we can't even begin to explain.
McNally: Freaks. Weirdos. Urban myths.
Reese: Myths are just the truth a few generations later.
Reese: This is just your basic "normal guy freaks out, throws himself in front of a speeding vehicle for no reason" case. Oh it's totally routine.
McNally: Is that sarcasm? Cuz you know I'm a sensitive man.
Helena: I'm telling you, the word on the street are that these deaths are your garden variety "goodbye cruel world".
Harleen: Never send a businessman to do a psychopath's job.
Reese: So you save people?
Helena: On good days.
Reese: Why don't you carry any weapons?
Helena: I am the weapon.
Helena: (to Reese) You're a detective - detect.
Barbara: You're being superior again...
Alfred: Perish the thought!
Barbara: This place is supposed to be a secret. That's the whole point of a secret lair.
Barbara: What is this obsession with food?
Helena: You try fighting the forces of evil when your blood sugar's low.
Barbara: I resent that! I'm as broody and romantically self-destructive as the next girl!
Helena: Yeah, in a "Let's go get the bad guys, let nothing stand in the path of the mission" kind of way.
Barbara: That's the downside of having a secret identity - the secrecy.
Larry: We lost a great leader, but from the ashes where he fell, we're going to rise again and build an empire that will make the world tremble.
Helena: Sorry, we don't have an opening for junior super girl.
Dinah: Sometimes when I touch people, I see things, things that only they know and sometimes when I dream things, they come true.
Helena: I'm the Huntress, and you're the prey.
Helena: Gazillion dollars worth of computer equipment and not one jar of peanut butter.
Joker: Knock knock! Who's there? Batgirl... past tense.
This episode was nominated for a ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week/Mini-Series'/Pilot for Network or Basic Broadcast TV.
Music
Stop Crying Your Heart Out by Oasis
On a High by Duncan Sheik
The Wreckoning by Boomkat
Kiss My Lips by Bon Voyage
All You Wanted by Michelle Branch
When Helena's on the prowl, you hear a panther snarl off-screen. Apparently they decided it wasn't working because later in the series, you never hear it any more.
German title: "Batmans Erbe" (= "Batman's Heritage")
The scene of Huntress diving out the window, landing on an adjoining roof and running off while the detective watches from the window, is an almost shot-by-shot copy of the same move in the pilot of 'Dark Angel.' The amusing part - Ashley played a recurring character in the second season of the show.
The aired pilot features a few additions from the original, unaired pilot. These include Helena briefly explaining how she knew Larry Ketterly, Helena and Barbara arguing over the comm system, and a scene between Helena and Ketterly, before Helena falls to Ketterly's mental attacks.
One of the most noticeable cuts in the episode's re-airing were at the end where the final scene is deleted. They just end with the scene when they allow Dinah to stay.
In later showings of this episode, some scenes were cut out because of the extra footage shown during the premiere.
The premiere of the series on October 9th, 2002, ran ten minutes longer than the usual episode, which led the episode to having a 70 minute run.
Roger Stoneburner portrays the role of The Joker, but Mark Hamill provides the voice, who also did the voice of The Joker in Batman: The Animated Series. So, to cut it down, you are seeing Roger, but hearing Mark.
Helena: Once again, "Big Sister" is watching.
Barbara's use of computers to track people's actions has reminded Helena of the all-pervasive and sinister monitoring done by "Big Brother" in the George Orwell novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. In the novel, people are constantly being reminded, "Big Brother is watching you."
Helena: Wasn't exactly Father Knows Best.
According to Helena, her relationship with her father Bruce Wayne bore no resemblance to the classic 1950s sitcom Father Knows Best, which starred Robert Young as an ideal father who always had the right advice to help his children through their troubles.
Barbara's Shooting
The Joker's shooting of Barbara/Batgirl happened very similarly in the comics. The story was originally published in the Batman: The Killing Joke graphic novel, written by Alan Moore in 1988.
Helena: Is your spider sense tingling?
Obvious cross-company allusion to the big '02 superhero movie, long-time comic book, and DC Comics' competitor: Spider-Man.
Helena: There's been a lot of weird things in meteor showers.
When Barbara is explaining about powers/gifts to Dinah, Helena adds in that remark. The writers/producers for "Birds of Prey" also produces Smallville, so the line was pretty much added for a laugh for viewers of both shows.
McNally: You gotta lay off the twilight zone...
The Twilight Zone, which McNally used when telling Reese to back off, is a television series that ran in three different versions, in years 1959, 1985, and 2002. The series was a collection of various tales that range from the tragic to the comedic, but are usually laced with a wicked sense of humor and an unexpected ending. The 2002 version that airs on UPN is actually one of the competitors for Birds of Prey.
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