When one is pressed for time, one improvises.
In this case, let me look at an Episode of a TV Show when I have less time today.
Let's jump back to a 2002 Show which is the first (of two) Live Action appearances of Clayface.
When he touches the Guard, the man becomes a clay statue!
This leads back to Clayface, a Villain from Batman's past.
His Daughter- Helena/Huntress- tries to get information from the guy about the serum and who's doing this.
He, well, blatantly turns into Hannibal Lecter.
It's not even a little bit subtle!
The new guy turns out to be Clayface's Son.
It's not even a little bit subtle!
For Comic Fans, the old Clayface is Clayface II (who could shapeshift), while the Son is Clayface III (who could mutate people via touch, but not shapeshift).
If I go any further than that, everyone who's not a Comic Book Nerd will be very, very lost!
A B-Plot involves Alfred- Ian Abercrombie- interfering in Barbara's personal life.
She breaks off a vacation with her boyfriend to stop Clayface Jr here...so Alfred just reveals her secret.
Before they can find Clayface Jr, Helena learns a dark truth.
Clayface killed her Mother (aka Catwoman- who somehow returned after, well, Batman Returns in this continuity).
Dun dun dun!
Clayface Jr plans to attack a Fashion Show (as is tradition) and make the Models into his Clay Figures to 'outdo his Father.'
Well, Dad shows up...somehow and Helena now has to stop both of them.
She does and the day is saved...until the Show was cancelled after the next Episode and not mentioned again until 2018.
A good, if a bit busy, Episode.
This is the second-to-last Episode of the Show, as noted. As such, it needs to wrap up many loose ends for the Finale.
That is compounded with having TWO Clayfaces in this one, as well as Harley Quinn scheming for the last Episode.
As such, we don't get much to do with the new Clayface. He looks like the guy from Workaholics, is kind of evil and gets really passive around his Dad.
Maybe he would have returned in Season 2, if it happened.
That said, there's an earnestness to the Show that gets you past the cheesy aspects and the limitation of TV. This Episode also connects in a weird way to an EARLIER Superhero Show.
As such, I'll need to give that a closer look in the future.
A fun Episode with a good morphing effect to boot. It's just a bit busy for 45 minutes, that's all.
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