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"Initiate Self-Destruct"

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Season 2 » Episode 12

Episode number

32 of 51

Airdate

May 2, 2021

Network

The CW

Written by

Story by
Zack Siddiqui

Teleplay by
Jerry Shandy

Directed by

Glen Winter

Chronology

Preceded by	Followed by
Arrive Alive	I'll Give You a Clue

"Initiate Self-Destruct"^[1] is the twelfth episode of the second season of Batwoman, and the thirty-second episode overall. It aired on May 2, 2021.

“	Initiate self-destruct? Cool. Hey! This is a rescue mission, not a school field trip.	”
— Alice and Batwoman^[src]

Synopsis[edit | hide | hide all]

Ryan is faced with a difficult decision that could expose her as Batwoman, creating a rift in the Bat-Team. Meanwhile, Black Mask's plans for Kate Kane begin to unfold. Alice is reunited with someone from her past, and Sophie must decide where her loyalty lies.^[2]

Appearances[edit | hide]

Characters[edit | hide]

Protagonists[edit | hide]

Antagonists[edit | hide]

False Face Society

Other Characters[edit | hide]

Jung (mentioned)
Circe Sionis (mentioned)
Cora Lewis (mentioned)
Gabi Kane (mentioned)
Little Orphan Annie (mentioned)

Teams and Organizations[edit | hide]

Species[edit | hide]

Humans

Objects and Concepts[edit | hide]

Locations[edit | hide]

Earth-Prime
- Earth
  - North America
    - United States of America
      - Illinois
        Gotham City
        Sionis Residence
        
        Arkham Asylum (mentioned)
        
        Crows Headquarters
        
        Wayne Tower
        Batcave
        
        Snakebite Cookhouse (video footage)
        
        False Face Facility (mentioned)
        
        North Docks
        False Face Barge
        
        Wayside Heights (mentioned)
        
        Park Row
        Rucka Avenue / Bennett Avenue
        Gotham City People's Clinic
        
        The Hold Up
        Kate Kane's Penthouse
        
        GCPD Headquarters
      - Area 51 (mentioned)

Notes[edit | hide]

Starting from this episode, Batwoman was pushed back one hour due to the season 6 premiere of DC's Legends of Tomorrow.
The False Face Society facility by the waterfront is the abandoned McBarge. It also includes the coordinates 42°5'23"N, -75°6'13"E, which places it in New York.

Gallery[edit | hide]

Batwoman and Alice
"Initiate Self-Destruct"

Promotional Images[edit | hide]

References[edit | hide]

Batwoman
Season 1	Pilot (Batwoman) • The Rabbit Hole • Down, Down, Down • Who Are You? (Batwoman) • Mine Is a Long and a Sad Tale • I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury • Tell Me the Truth • A Mad Tea-Party • Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two • How Queer Everything Is Today! • An Un-Birthday Present • Take Your Choice • Drink Me • Grinning from Ear to Ear • Off with Her Head • Through the Looking-Glass • A Narrow Escape • If You Believe in Me, I'll Believe in You • A Secret Kept from All the Rest • O, Mouse!
Season 2	Whatever Happened to Kate Kane? • Prior Criminal History • Bat Girl Magic! • Fair Skin, Blue Eyes • Gore on Canvas • Do Not Resuscitate • It's Best You Stop Digging • Survived Much Worse • Rule 1 • Time Off for Good Behavior • Arrive Alive • Initiate Self-Destruct • I'll Give You a Clue • And Justice for All • Armed and Dangerous • Rebirth (Batwoman) • Kane, Kate • Power (Batwoman)
Season 3	Mad as a Hatter • Loose Tooth • Freeze • Antifreeze • A Lesson from Professor Pyg • How Does Your Garden Grow? • Pick Your Poison • Trust Destiny • Meet Your Maker • Toxic (Batwoman) • Broken Toys • We're All Mad Here • We Having Fun Yet?

[1] New Episode Titles for Various CW Shows inc Batwoman, Legacies, All American, Superman and Lois and more

[2] INITIATE SELF-DESTRUCT SYNOPSIS

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+{{Quote|Initiate self-destruct? Cool. Hey!<br>This is a rescue mission, not a school field trip.|[[Beth Kane (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Alice]] and [[Ryan Wilder (Earth-Prime)|Batwoman]]|Initiate Self-Destruct}}
 ==Synopsis==
-Ryan is faced with a difficult decision that could expose her as Batwoman, creating a rift in the Bat Team.  Meanwhile, Black Mask's plans for Kate Kane begin to unfold. Alice is reunited with someone from her past, and Sophie must decide where her loyalty lies.<ref>[https://batwoman.tv/initiate-self-distruct-synopsis INITIATE SELF-DISTRUCT SYNOPSIS]</ref>
+[[Ryan Wilder (Earth-Prime)|Ryan]] is faced with a difficult decision that could expose her as Batwoman, creating a rift in the [[Bat-Team (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Bat-Team]].  Meanwhile, [[Roman Sionis (Earth-Prime)|Black Mask's]] plans for [[Kate Kane (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Kate Kane]] begin to unfold. [[Beth Kane (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Alice]] is reunited with someone from her past, and [[Sophie Moore (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Sophie]] must decide where her loyalty lies.<ref>[https://batwoman.tv/initiate-self-distruct-synopsis INITIATE SELF-DESTRUCT SYNOPSIS]</ref>
 ==Appearances==
 ===Characters===
-====Main Characters====
+====Protagonists====
-*[[Bat Team (Earth-Prime)|Bat Team]]
+*[[Bat-Team (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Bat-Team]]
 **[[Ryan Wilder (Earth-Prime)|Batwoman (Ryan Wilder)]]
-**[[Lucas Fox (Earth-Prime)|Luke Fox]]
+**[[Luke Fox (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Luke Fox]]
-**[[Mary Hamilton (Earth-Prime)|Mary Hamilton]]
+**[[Mary Hamilton (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Mary Hamilton]]
-*[[Crows Security (Earth-Prime)|Crows Security]]
+*[[Crows Security (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Crows Security]]
-**[[Sophie Moore (Earth-Prime)|Sophie Moore]]
+**[[Sophie Moore (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Sophie Moore]]
 **[[Russell Tavaroff (Earth-Prime)|Russell Tavaroff]]
-**[[Jacob Kane (Earth-Prime)|Jacob Kane]]
+**[[Jacob Kane (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Jacob Kane]]
-*[[Elizabeth Kane (Earth-Prime)|Alice (Beth Kane)]]
+*[[Beth Kane (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Alice (Beth Kane)]]
 *[[Ocean (Earth-Prime)|Ocean]]
 *[[Angelique Martin (Earth-Prime)|Angelique Martin]]
-====Villains====
+====Antagonists====
 *[[False Face Society (Earth-Prime)|False Face Society]]
 **[[Roman Sionis (Earth-Prime)|Black Mask (Roman Sionis)]]
 **[[Evelyn Rhyme (Earth-Prime)|Enigma (Evelyn Rhyme)]]
-**[[Katherine Kane (Earth-Prime)|Circe Sionis (Kate Kane)]]
+**[[Kate Kane (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Circe Sionis (Kate Kane)]]
-**{{F|page=Mr. Extra Crispy (Earth-Prime)|Mr. Extra Crispy|(first appearance)}}
+**[[Mr. Extra Crispy (Earth-Prime)|Mr. Extra Crispy]]
 ====Other Characters====
-*{{F|page=Carl Jung (Earth-Prime)|Jung|(first appearance) (mentioned)}}
+*[[Carl Jung (Earth-Prime)|Jung]] {{c|mentioned}}
-*{{F|page=Circe Sionis (Earth-Prime)|Circe Sionis|(mentioned)}}
+*[[Circe Sionis (Earth-Prime)|Circe Sionis]] {{c|mentioned}}
-*{{F|page=Cora Lewis (Earth-Prime)|Cora Lewis|(mentioned)}}
+*[[Cora Lewis (Earth-Prime)|Cora Lewis]] {{c|mentioned}}
-*{{F|page=Gabrielle Kane (Earth-Prime)|Gabi Kane|(mentioned)}}
+*[[Gabi Kane (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Gabi Kane]] {{c|mentioned}}
-*{{F|page=Little Orphan Annie (Earth-Prime)|Little Orphan Annie|(first appearance) (mentioned)}}
+*[[Little Orphan Annie (Earth-Prime)|Little Orphan Annie]] {{c|mentioned}}
 ===Teams and Organizations===
 *[[False Face Society (Earth-Prime)|False Face Society]]
-*{{F|page=Arkham Asylum (Earth-Prime)|Arkham Asylum|(mentioned)}}
+*[[Arkham Asylum (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Arkham Asylum]] {{c|mentioned}}
-*[[Crows Security (Earth-Prime)|Crows Security]]
+*[[Crows Security (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Crows Security]]
-*{{F|page=Gotham City Gazette (Earth-Prime)|Gotham City Gazette|(archives)}}
+*[[Gotham City Gazette (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Gotham City Gazette]] {{c|archives}}
-*[[Wayne Enterprises (Earth-Prime)|Wayne Enterprises]]
+*[[Wayne Enterprises (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Wayne Enterprises]]
-*[[Bat Team (Earth-Prime)|Bat Team]]
+*[[Bat-Team (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Bat-Team]]
-*{{F|page=Wonderland Gang (Earth-Prime)|Wonderland Gang|(mentioned)}}
+*[[Wonderland Gang (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Wonderland Gang]] {{c|mentioned}}
-*{{F|page=Wayside Heights (Earth-Prime)|Wayside Heights|(mentioned)}}
+*[[Wayside Heights (Earth-Prime)|Wayside Heights]] {{c|mentioned}}
-*[[Gotham City People's Clinic (Earth-Prime)|Gotham City People's Clinic]]
+*[[Gotham City People's Clinic (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Gotham City People's Clinic]]
-*{{F|page=Gotham City Police Department (Earth-Prime)|GCPD|(mentioned)}}
+*[[Gotham City Police Department (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|GCPD]] {{c|mentioned}}
-*[[The Hold Up (Earth-Prime)|The Hold Up]]
+*[[The Hold Up (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|The Hold Up]]
-*{{F|page=Federal Bureau of Investigation (Earth-Prime)|FBI|(mentioned)}}
+*[[Federal Bureau of Investigation (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|FBI]] {{c|mentioned}}
 ===Species===
 *[[Humans (Earth-Prime)|Humans]]
-===Objects===
+===Objects and Concepts===
 *[[Black Skull Mask (Earth-Prime)|Black Skull Mask]]
 *[[Enigma's Cane (Earth-Prime)|Enigma's Cane]]
 **[[Enigma's Chemical (Earth-Prime)|Enigma's Chemical]]
-*{{F|page=Wooden Mask (Earth-Prime)|Wooden Mask|(first appearance)}}
+*[[Wooden Mask (Earth-Prime)|Wooden Mask]]
-*[[Bat-Gadgets (Earth-Prime)|Bat-Gadgets]]
+*[[Battech (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Battech]]
-**[[Batsuits (Earth-Prime)|Batsuit]]
+**[[Batsuits (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Batsuit]]
-***[[Bat-Belt (Earth-Prime)|Bat-Belt]]
+***[[Utility Belt (Earth-Prime)|Utility Belt]]
-**[[Bat-System (Earth-Prime)|Bat-System]]
+**[[Batcomputers (Earth-Prime)|Batcomputers]]
-**[[Batarangs (Earth-Prime)|Batarangs]]
+**[[Batarangs (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Batarangs]]
 **[[Lucius Fox's Gun (Earth-Prime)|Lucius Fox's Gun]]
 **[[Laser Saw (Earth-Prime)|Laser Saw]]
-**[[Grappling Gun (Earth-Prime)|Grappling Gun]]
+**[[Grappling Gun (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Grappling Gun]]
 **[[Rebreather (Earth-Prime)|Rebreather]]
-**[[Batwoman's Expandable Baton (Earth-Prime)|Bo-Staff]]
+**[[Batwoman's Bo-Staff (Earth-Prime)|Bo-Staff]]
-**[[Batmobile (Earth-Prime)|Batmobile]]
+**[[Batmobile (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Batmobile]]
-**[[Batsignal (Earth-Prime)|Bigsignal]]
+**[[Batsignal (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Batsignal]]
 *[[Snakebite (Earth-Prime)|Snakebite]]
-**[[Fear Toxin (Earth-Prime)|Fear Toxin]]
+**[[Fear Toxin (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Fear Toxin]]
 *[[Alice's Butterfly Knife (Earth-Prime)|Alice's Butterfly Knife]]
 *[[Dino (Earth-Prime)|Dino]]
@@ Line 93: / Line 89: @@
 *[[Earth-Prime]]
 **[[Earth (Earth-Prime)|Earth]]
-***[[United States of America (Earth-Prime)|United States of America]]
+***[[North America (Earth-Prime)|North America]]
-****[[Gotham City (Earth-Prime)|Gotham City]]
+****[[United States of America (Earth-Prime)|United States of America]]
+*****[[Illinois (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Illinois]]
-*****{{F|page=Sionis Residence (Earth-Prime)|Sionis Residence|(first appearance)}}
-*****{{F|page=Arkham Aslyum (Earth-Prime)|Arkham Asylum|(mentioned)}}
+******[[Gotham City (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Gotham City]]
-*****[[Crows Headquarters (Earth-Prime)|Crows Headquarters]]
+*******[[Sionis Residence (Earth-Prime)|Sionis Residence]]
-*****[[Wayne Tower (Earth-Prime)|Wayne Tower]]
+*******[[Arkham Asylum (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Arkham Asylum]] {{c|mentioned}}
-******[[Batcave (Earth-Prime)|Batcave]]
+*******[[Crows Headquarters (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Crows Headquarters]]
+*******[[Wayne Tower (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Wayne Tower]]
-*****{{F|page=Snakebite Cookhouse (Earth-Prime)|Snakebite Cookhouse|(video footage)}}
+********[[Batcave (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Batcave]]
-*****{{F|page=False Face Facility (Earth-Prime)|False Face Facility|(mentioned)}}
-*****{{F|page=North Docks (Earth-Prime)|North Docks|(first appearance)}}
+*******[[Snakebite Cookhouse (Earth-Prime)|Snakebite Cookhouse]] {{c|video footage}}
-******{{F|page=False Face Barge (Earth-Prime)|False Face Barge|(first appearance)}}
+*******[[False Face Facility (Earth-Prime)|False Face Facility]] {{c|mentioned}}
-*****{{F|page=Wayside Heights (Earth-Prime)|Wayside Heights|(mentioned)}}
+*******[[North Docks (Earth-Prime)|North Docks]]
-*****[[Park Row (Earth-Prime)|Park Row]]
+********[[False Face Barge (Earth-Prime)|False Face Barge]]
-******[[Rucka Avenue (Earth-Prime)|Rucka Avenue]]/[[Bennett Avenue (Earth-Prime)|Bennett Avenue]]
+*******[[Wayside Heights (Earth-Prime)|Wayside Heights]] {{c|mentioned}}
-*******[[Gotham City People's Clinic (Earth-Prime)|Gotham City People's Clinic]]
+*******[[Park Row (Earth-Prime)|Park Row]]
+********[[Rucka Avenue (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Rucka Avenue]] / [[Bennett Avenue (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Bennett Avenue]]
-*****[[Katherine Kane's Penthouse (Earth-Prime)|Kate Kane's Penthouse]]
-*****[[The Hold Up (Earth-Prime)|The Hold Up]]
+*********[[Gotham City People's Clinic (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Gotham City People's Clinic]]
-*****[[GCPD Headquarters (Earth-Prime)|GCPD Headquarters]]
+*******[[The Hold Up (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|The Hold Up]]
+********[[Kate Kane's Penthouse (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Kate Kane's Penthouse]]
-****{{F|page=Area 51 (Earth-Prime)|Area 51|(mentioned)}}
+*******[[GCPD Headquarters (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|GCPD Headquarters]]
+*****[[Area 51 (Earth-Prime)|Area 51]] {{c|mentioned}}
-==Trivia==
+==Notes==
 *Starting from this episode, {{S|B}} was pushed back one hour due to the season 6 premiere of {{S|LOT}}.
-*The False Face Society facility by the waterfront is the abandoned [[wikipedia:McBarge|McBarge]]. It also includes the coordinates 42°5'23"N, -75°6'13"E, which places it in New York.
+*The False Face Society facility by the waterfront is the abandoned [[Wikipedia:McBarge|McBarge]]. It also includes the coordinates 42°5'23"N, -75°6'13"E, which places it in New York.
-==[[:Category:Images from {{{images|Initiate Self-Destruct}}}{{!}}Gallery]]==
+==[[:Category:Images from {{{images|Initiate Self-Destruct}}}|Gallery]]==
 <gallery>
 Initiate Self-Destruct 001.png|Batwoman and Alice
-Initiate Self-Destruct 015.png|Initiate Self-Destruct
+Initiate Self-Destruct 015.png|"Initiate Self-Destruct"
 </gallery>
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 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
-{{Season 2 (Batwoman)}}
+{{Batwoman}}