6.8/10272 votes#1 - Hunted
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/13/2013
Batman stops two vigilantes from taking their revenge over a shady land deal. An aging Alfred hires his replacement: a female bodyguard named Katana.
Director: Sam Liu
Writer: Mitch Watson
7.5/10231 votes#2 - Secrets
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/20/2013
A new female villain, Magpie, kidnaps Batman, who must decipher her multiple personality disorder in order to outsmart her.
Director: Rick Morales
Writer: Mitch Watson
7.2/10194 votes#3 - Tests
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/27/2013
Bruce puts Katana through a series of tests to prove her loyalty; meanwhile Batman battles Anarky.
Director: Curt Geda
Writer: James Krieg
7.6/10194 votes#4 - Safe
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/3/2013
Introducing the prototype of his newest product to the entire world – the Ion Cortex, a powerful device capable of solving the world’s energy crisis – Bruce Wayne hires brilliant scientist Dr. Jason Burr to work on the project. The announcement also draws the attention of one of the most dangerous groups in the world – the League of Assassins. When one of the League’s deadly assassins, Silver Monkey, attacks Wayne Manor to kidnap Dr. Burr while Batman’s in Gotham, it’s up to Alfred and Katana to keep the assassin at bay until Batman’s return.
Director: Sam Liu
Writer: Mark Banker
7.1/10184 votes#5 - Broken
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/10/2013
A collection of new statues pops up around the Streets of Gotham and Batman and Lt. Gordon must work together to save the people trapped inside before the Notrorious Humphrey Dumpler (AKA Humpty Dumpty) destroys them.
Director: Rick Morales
Writer: Michael Ryan
7.2/10183 votes#6 - Toxic
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/17/2013
Batman tries to save Rex Mason from transforming into the villain Metamorpho after he mistakenly ingests a highly dose of toxic chemicals.
Director: Curt Geda
Writer: Erin Maher, Kay Reindl
7.5/10169 votes#7 - Family
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/7/2013
Bethanie Ravencroft lures Bruce to the Argus Club in an attempt to steal the Soultaker Sword; Katana rescues him and Bruce reveals that he is Batman.
Director: Sam Liu
Writer: Mark Banker
7.4/10160 votes#8 - Allies
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/14/2013
Lt. Gordon asks for Batman’s help to recover his kidnapped daughter Barbara; Batman and Katana find a rhythm working together to save her.
Director: Rick Morales
Writer: Erin Maher, Kay Reindl
7.4/10157 votes#9 - Control
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/21/2013
Katana saves Batman from Cypher , a part robot villain with the powers of mind control who is seeking the Ion Cortex.
Director: Curt Geda
Writer: Michael G. Stern
7.5/10153 votes#10 - Sacrifice
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/28/2013
Batman and Katana are in a race against time to escape a chemical weapons facility before it’s destroyed.
Director: Sam Liu
Writer: Mark Banker
7.0/10148 votes#11 - Instinct
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/5/2013
Professor Pyg and Mr. Toad are back...and they've set their sights on Gotham's elite couture culture. Leaving clues that only Batman can decipher, they attack both a model and a clothing designer -- encasing them in deadly traps. Although Batman and Katana are able to save the day, they miss Pyg and Toad's master plan: to destroy the yacht where the after-party for Gotham's Fashion Week is being staged. Every fashion icon in the world will be there... as well as Bruce Wayne!
Director: Rick Morales
Writer: John Matta, Matt Weinhold
7.6/10150 votes#13 - Fall
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 8/3/2014
Jason Burr steals the Ion Cortex in order to make a deal with the League of Assassins. Note: Included on Season One, Part One: Shadows of Gotham DVD/Blu-ray.
Director: Sam Liu
Writer: Mark Banker
7.7/10135 votes#14 - Darkness
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 8/10/2014
Batman makes an unlikely alliance with Silver Monkey to escape from the League of Assassins.
Director: Rick Morales
Writer: Mitch Watson
7.8/10142 votes#15 - Reckoning
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 8/17/2014
Ra's al Ghul recruits an army of Batman's foes (Professor Pyg, Mr. Toad, Magpie, Tobias Whale, Phosphorus Rex, and Cypher) in order to eliminate him.
Director: Curt Geda
Writer: Mitch Watson
7.6/10132 votes#16 - Nexus
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 8/24/2014
Six months after the black out, new DA Harvey Dent is trying to put a stop to the mask and cape crisis.
Director: Sam Liu
Writer: Mark Banker
7.4/10127 votes#17 - Monsters
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 8/31/2014
Batman and Katana team up with Rex Mason, also known as the "Golem of Old Gotham", as they combat an increasing army of armored thugs that have been terrorizing several parts of Old Gotham. In addition, they also dodge Harvey Dent's newly-created Special Crimes Unit, which is ordered to take down both the armored criminals and the vigilantes fighting them.
Director: Rick Morales
Writer: Greg Weisman
7.7/10129 votes#18 - Games
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 9/7/2014
Humpty Dumpty captures Batman, Katana, Gordon, Mayor Grange and Tobias Whale and makes all of them play his Murder Mystery Game.
Director: Curt Geda
Writer: Adam Beechen
7.3/10120 votes#19 - Animal
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 9/14/2014
In order to track a thief who has stolen a dangerous piece of code-breaking software, Batman has himself arrested and thrown into Blackgate prison.
Director: Sam Liu
Writer: Mark Banker
7.1/10110 votes#20 - Doppelganger
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 9/21/2014
Batman and Katana encounter a strange Man-Bat creature, who is the experimental result of Pyg and Toad's animal army of mutant humans.
Director: Rick Morales
Writer: John Matta, Matt Weinhold
7.0/10115 votes#21 - Unique
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 9/28/2014
An old friend of Bruce Wayne's comes to him for help, when her father has been cloned by a mysterious organization to create an army of super soldier man hunters.
Director: Curt Geda
Writer: Ivan Cohen
7.6/10116 votes#22 - Hero
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 10/5/2014
Desperate to rid the city of Batman, Harvey Dent allies with Anarky, who recruits a new hero to take Batman's place... Deathstroke.
Director: Sam Liu
Writer: Mark Banker
7.5/10113 votes#23 - Choices
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 10/12/2014
When Batman and Katana are ambushed in the Gotham subway by Killer Croc, it's up to Barbara Gordon to save them. Only one problem: Barbara is on a date.
Director: Rick Morales
Writer: Mark Hoffmeier
7.7/10114 votes#24 - Epitaph
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 10/19/2014
When Bruce Wayne is "assassinated" by Batman, he lets the world think he's dead and goes in search of the imposter - "The Bad Batman".
Director: Curt Geda
Writer: Mitch Watson
7.8/10115 votes#25 - Twist
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 10/26/2014
Batman continues to work in secret so he can find answers, while Harvey Dent recovers in Gotham Hospital. Blaming Batman for everything, he enacts martial law in Gotham.
Director: Sam Liu
Writer: Mark Banker
The Best Episodes of Beware the Batman Season 1
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Hunted" is the best rated episode of "Beware the Batman" season 1. It scored 6.8/10 based on 272 votes. Directed by Sam Liu and written by Mitch Watson, it aired on 7/13/2013. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Secrets".
