History Series / Batwoman2019

On May 19, 2020, Ruby Rose announced her departure from the series after the first season, forcing a mid-series {{Retool}}. The second season introduces Ryan Wilder (Creator/JaviciaLeslie), a homeless ex-junkie who discovers Kate's Batwoman costume after she disappears in a plane crash. Ryan, who has a grudge against Alice for the death of her adoptive mother, temporarily dons the costume in her attempt to apprehend her, intending to return it to the Bat Team afterwards. However, as Kate remains missing in action, Ryan chooses to succeed her as Batwoman. To give her arc closure, Kate later returns for several episodes, with Creator/WallisDay replacing Rose in this capacity. The rest of the cast remain, though their dynamics are altered as they are no longer anchored by Kate's presence. In the third season, the Bat Team receive a new ally in Renee Montoya (Creator/VictoriaCartagena) [[note]]Fun fact: Cartagena also played Renee Montoya in ''Series/{{Gotham}}'', but the creators have denied that they are the same character.[[/note]], who answers to Gotham's mayor, while also delving into Ryan's past, as she learns that not only her biological mother, Jada Jet (Creator/RobinGivens), is still alive and heads a famous tech company, she also has a half-brother, Marquis (Creator/NickCreegan).

* CoolGuns: Crows agents use Walther P99s as sidearms, and have the option of [=MP5=] or UMP submachine guns.

The series initially focused on Kate Kane (Creator/RubyRose), who returns to her hometown of Gotham after several years living overseas, being welcomed by her father and head of the Crows Security firm, Jacob (Dougray Scott), stepmother, Catherine Hamilton (Elizabeth Anweis), and stepsister, Mary (Creator/NicoleKang). By that point, Franchise/{{Batman}} has disappeared from Gotham for three years, after an incident involving him having to break his strict moral code, and the city is being threatened by the anarchist Wonderland Gang, led by Alice (Creator/RachelSkarsten). Although Kate dislikes Batman for not being able to save her mother and sister years ago, her position softens once she finds out that Batman is actually her cousin, Bruce Wayne. Realizing that the city will forever be unsafe so long as it has no protector, Kate carries on Bruce's legacy by becoming Batwoman. She is assisted by Luke Fox (Creator/CamrusJohnson), son of Batman's late ally Lucius Fox, and Sophie Moore (Creator/MeaganTandy), her ex-girlfriend and member of the Crows Security, in her endeavor.

* BisexualLoveTriangle: The first season featured one of these between the main character, Kate Kane, her ex-girlfriend, Sophie Moore and Sophie's husband, Tyler, although unusually it wasn't Kate that had to choose between the two but Sophie. Tyler was a legitimate crime fighter, not to mention a more socially accepted love interest, whereas Kate was a HotBlooded vigilante and a woman.

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Every episode title of the first season, with the exception of the pilot and [[Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths crossover episode]] is taken from [[Literature/AliceInWonderland one of the two ''Alice'' books]].

** Julia Pennyworth, Alfred's daughter, is white on the show, while she's mixed race in the comics. Granted, the original Pre-Crisis version of Julia in the comics was white, but the show's interpretation draws more from the mixed race version from the [[ComicBook/New52 New 52 era]].

** When Batwoman balks at making a HALO jump onto the island of Coryana, Luke warns her that if she misses her jump window, she'll land in the ocean, and notes that "There's no [[Film/BatmanTheMovie shark repellent]] on the utility belt."

* ExperimentedInCollege: Averted; when Sophie reveals her three-year relationship with Kate to her husband, he points out that is longer than any relationship ''he'' had before they met, so it's not something she can dismiss as a drunken college hookup "unless you were drunk for three years."

* BulletproofVest: The Batsuit is this to an insane degree. Described by Luke as "military-grade kevlar woven with enriched carbon nanotubes of [his] dad's own design," it can stop a test-fired .50 caliber round from a Desert Eagle (which is basically a hand-held '''rifle''') without a scratch, making the wearer effectively immune to handguns. Kate does mention that getting shot still stings, though. Its toughness is such that Bruce designed a handheld [[MagneticWeapons railgun]] so he'd have a weapon capable of piercing the armor if it was stolen.

* AdaptationNameChange: [[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Jezebel_Jet_(New_Earth) Jezebel Jet]] becomes Jada Jet in this adaptation. Both are rich black women, and have associated with the Black Glove society. The name change was most likely done to avoid the unfortunate implications of the term [[BlackJezebelStereotype jezebel]] when applied to black women.

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Overlaps with AdaptationNameChange. In the comics, Bette Kane is a cousin of Kate's. On the show, however, Mary Hamilton, a character loosely based on Bette, is Kate's step-sister.

* RetCon: Kate Kane being the acting CEO of Wayne Enterprise, something that was never mentioned at all in two seasons. Then out of nowhere this is pointed out in Season 3 and the fact before she left she made Ryan the acting CEO. In real life the Board of Directors would be heavily against such an act, especially with Ryan's criminal past.
** Wayne Enterprisers being a functioning company is itself one. The ''Elseworlds'' crossover, and Season 1, established it as being a shell of its former self, with the Board of Directors having abandoned ship years ago after Bruce Wayne's disappearance. In Season 3, the Board of Directors is shown to be very much active, and the company functions well enough for [[spoiler: Jada and Maquis Jet to have an interest in acquiring it.]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Ryan is made acting CEO while Kate leaves the city. A former criminal who was just let out of prison for drug possession and only recent work experence is being a bartender. Sure enough, Wayne Enterprise's stock tanks and people quit in mass seeing it as a sinking ship.

* DelayedSeasons:
** Kate and Sophie's relationship is discovered a week before they were to graduate, which would realistically have been around May, but the scene looks like it's in autumn, complete with a carpet of fallen leaves.
** It's a similar case with the car crash flashbacks. They take place in early January, but look again like they're in fall or even late summer, certainly not a typically-snowy winter of the Great Lakes region.

* KnifeNut: Alice ''[[EvilIsHammy loves]]'' flicking her butterfly knife open and closed while she talks, as well as being quite accurate with throwing it and other knives.

On May 19, 2020, Ruby Rose announced her departure from the series after the first season, forcing a mid-series {{Retool}}. The second season introduces Ryan Wilder (Creator/JaviciaLeslie), a homeless ex-junkie who discovers Kate's Batwoman costume after she disappears in a plane crash. Ryan, who has a grudge against Alice for the death of her adoptive mother, temporarily dons the costume in her attempt to apprehend her, intending to return it to the Bat Team afterwards. However, as Kate remains missing in action, Ryan chooses to succeed her as Batwoman. To give her arc closure, Kate later returns for several episodes, with Creator/WallisDay replacing Rose in this capacity. The rest of the cast remain, though their dynamics are altered as they are no longer anchored by Kate's presence. In the third season, the Bat Team receive a new ally in Renee Montoya (Creator/VictoriaCartagena) [[note]]Fun fact: Cartagena also played Renee Montoya in ''Series/{{Gotham}}'', but the creators have denied that they are the same character.[[/note]], who answers to Gotham's mayor, while also delving into Ryan's past, as she learns that not only her biological mother, Jada Jet (Creator/RobinGivens), is still alive and heads a famous tech company, she also has a half-brother, Marquis (Nick Creegan).

* AffirmativeActionLegacy: In Season 2, the mantle of Batwoman is taken over by Ryan Wilder, a black woman from an underprivileged background.

** Season 3: Pamela Isley/Poison Ivy (the iconic Batman rogue) and [[spoiler: Maquis Jet (Ryan's deranged half-sibling who's becoming a new version of the Joker).]]

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''Batwoman'' is a 2019 {{superhero}} series on Creator/TheCW, based on the Creator/DCComics character [[ComicBook/{{Batwoman}} of the same name]], the fourth original live-action installment of the Series/{{Arrowverse}} and the seventh live-action installment overall.[[note]]''{{Series/Supergirl|2015}}'', ''Series/{{Constantine}}'', and the 1990 series of ''{{Series/The Flash|1990}}'' were all retroactively included into the shared universe, so ''Batwoman'' is the fourth to be created with the intent to make it an Arrowverse series.[[/note]] The series premiered on October 6, 2019.

The series initially focuses on Kate Kane (Creator/RubyRose), who returns to her hometown of Gotham after several years living overseas, being welcomed by her father and head of the Crows Security firm, Jacob (Dougray Scott), stepmother, Catherine Hamilton (Elizabeth Anweis), and stepsister, Mary (Creator/NicoleKang). By that point, Franchise/{{Batman}} has disappeared from Gotham for three years, after an incident involving him having to break his strict moral code, and the city is being threatened by the anarchist Wonderland Gang, led by Alice (Creator/RachelSkarsten). Although Kate dislikes Batman for not being able to save her mother and sister years ago, her position softens once she finds out that Batman is actually her cousin, Bruce Wayne. Realizing that the city will forever be unsafe so long as it has no protector, Kate carries on Bruce's legacy by becoming Batwoman. She is assisted by Luke Fox (Creator/CamrusJohnson), son of Batman's late ally Lucius Fox, and Sophie Moore (Creator/MeaganTandy), her ex-girlfriend and member of the Crows Security, in her endeavor.

* AdultFear: Jacob's treatment of Kate and refusal to believe that Alice is Beth boils down to this. He never had any intention of letting Kate be a Crow because he doesn't want her put in danger, and he can't accept the possibility of Beth being Alice because that would mean his other daughter has become an insane murderer.