Back at Wayne Manor, Bizarro-Bruce gets confronted by Selina who tries to take him down and manages to stab him. Alfred breaks up the fight as the clone knocks her out. Alfred notices the stab wound as he is fully aware that this isn’t the real Bruce and asks the clone where he is. The clone refuses to give up the information and tries to take Alfred down as the butler fights back before getting knocked to the ground. Later on, Alfred and Selina compare notes about the clone as she brings up what the clone told her. Alfred is convinced that their Bruce is still alive as he orders Selina to help him find her. Selina refuses as Alfred lectures her to get over what Bruce did to her regarding Selina’s mom before storming out.
Elsewhere, Bruce and the Shaman are back in Gotham City. The next morning, the Shaman goes over one final step that Bruce has to complete. The Shaman wants to take away Bruce’s pain from the night his parents died as he injects one of his magic needles into Bruce’s forehead. He explains to Bruce that in order to become Gotham City’s protector, he has to look away his pain as Bruce struggles with placing his mother’s pearls into the lock. As Bruce isn’t able to go through with it, the Shaman reveals that it is time for him to learn the truth. The Shaman injects Bruce with another needle as he wants to show Bruce his truth. Bruce is taken to one of the Shaman’s memories where he witnesses that the Shaman was aware of the Court being behind the murder of his parents. The Shaman explains to Bruce that the Court has to pay for all their crimes.
At GCPD, Bullock and Jim are trying to figure out how to stop the virus bomb that the Court is planning to unleash to the whole city. They head over to one of the locations and discover a secret door as they look for the bomb. When they discover a crystal owl, they also find a map over Gotham City that may contain the secret locations to where the bomb might be. Their investigation is cut short as someone tosses in a grenade at them and it’s none other than Nathaniel Barnes who is suited up as The Executioner. Bullock tries to fight back, but stands no chance against Barnes who proceeds to knock Jim out. Later on at the station, Bullock talks with a witness that claims to have seen Barnes escaping into a delivery truck with Jim.
Jim wakes up as he finds himself chained, with Kathryn and Barnes present. Kathryn reveals that she knew what Jim was up to as she expresses her disappointment in his actions. Jim refuses to answer any of her questions as he calls Kathryn out on the Court having his father killed and how she drove Frank to commit suicide. As Kathryn leaves Jim to Barnes, the former captain starts to hold a trial against Jim. As Barnes is getting ready to decapitate Jim, the detective tries to get through to his former boss, but he won’t hear it. Barnes mentions to Jim that Leslie came to see him when he was locked up at Arkham to ask about the virus. Jim asks for one final request to have his badge when he dies and Barnes agrees to it. As he puts the badge on Jim, the detective manages to set off one of Barnes’ grenades as Bullock and his men show up to save Jim. Barnes jumps out of a window and lands on a van before getting away. Back at the station, Bullock gets the call that Kathryn is being taken to the station. Alfred shows up and informs them that Bruce has been kidnapped before Jim realizes that the Court is behind it. They start comparing notes as Alfred reveals that the clone has replaced him. The three men start coming up with a plan on how to find Bruce and the virus bomb when they talk about the crystal owls.
Kathryn shows up at the station as Jim begins to interrogate her, but Kathryn isn’t being cooperative. She also finds it amusing that Jim thought this whole time that she is the leader of the Court of Owls. Alfred brings Bullock the smashed pieces of the crystal owl that he and Bruce found earlier in the season. Bullock accidentally blurs out that Jim is interrogating Kathryn before Alfred rushes into the room to find out where Bruce is. Kathryn still doesn’t take the situation seriously by the three men before Alfred stabs a knife into her hand. As this is going on, Barnes show up and drops a smoke grenade in the station. Alfred continues to torture Kathryn before they discover that something is going on in the station. Bullock goes out and finds Barnes before rushing back into the interrogation room to warn them that they have company. The three men try to take on Barnes before he gets orders from Kathryn to stop this and take her to safety. Barnes lashes out and decapitates Kathryn as he tries to execute Jim. Jim grabs a shotgun and blows of Barnes’ ax-hand before getting knocked out.
Back at the Court, Oswald and Nygma are tricking the security into opening up their cages as the two villains take the two guards out. They manage to get out of the building as Nygma and Oswald are reminded that their partnership is now over. However, Nygma mocks Oswald that he stands no chance against him before Oswald drops the news bomb on him that he has assembled some of Hugo Strange’s Indian Hill inmates. The two villains go their separate way.
Later at the station, Leslie shows up to get some of her things while arguing with Jim for a bit. While the crystal owl is being pieced together again, Bullock and Jim are still curious about who the real leader is behind the Court. Once the crystal owl is assembled, the three men discover the map and hopes this will lead them to both Bruce and the bomb. A GCPD colleague shows up to inform them that Barnes escaped his transfer to Arkham while also showing them that the virus that Strange gave them, is missing. Jim realizes that Leslie has taken it as we see her injecting it on herself.
Meanwhile, Bruce and the Shaman are back in the Wayne Manor through the magical needle as he tries to convince Bruce to lock away his pain once and for all. Bruce goes through with it and places his mother’s pearls in the vault before it’s closed. The Shaman thanks him and when they return to reality, he asks Bruce how he feels when thinking about the murder of Thomas and Martha. Bruce states that he doesn’t feel anything when thinking about their death. The Shaman starts telling Bruce about the purpose of the Talon that has served the Court for nearly 200 years as they have recruited orphans and trained them into Talons. He reveals to Bruce that he has gone through the same training as the training that the Court has put the Talons through. The Shaman orders the Talon to cut off the smallest finger on his left hand, demonstrating that the Talon doesn’t feel any pain. The Shaman gets Bruce to swear that he will follow any order that he is given, hinting that Bruce might be under some sort of control.
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