8.4/10282 votes#1 - A Matter of Family
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/2006
After a young circus performer named Dick Grayson loses his parents to a criminal named Tony Zucco, Bruce Wayne adopts the young boy. Once Bruce's secret is revealed, Dick joins Batman as his new sidekick, Robin. Together, they set out to find Zucco and bring him to justice.
Director: Brandon Vietti
Writer: Michael Jelenic
7.7/10210 votes#2 - Team Penguin
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2006
After watching a movie about criminal masterminds, Penguin gets the idea to form a team of Gotham's greatest villains in order to finally take Batman down. Meanwhile, Batgirl and Robin must learn how to work together.
Director: Anthony Chun
Writer: Joseph Kuhr
7.5/10207 votes#3 - Clayfaces
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2006
After the Joker's plan to make all the dogs laugh like hyenas is thwarted by Clayface (Ethan Bennett), he plans to prove himself to Batman by turning a new leaf. Meanwhile, actor Basil Karlo steals the mutagen responsible for Ethan Bennett for becoming Clayface and he becomes the new Clayface. Can Batman trust Ethan enough to help him stop Karlo?
Director: Matt Youngberg
Writer: Steven Melching
7.7/10214 votes#4 - The Everywhere Man
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 11/4/2006
When evidence from a series of art thefts by the Everywhere Man, a new costumed villain with the power to replicate, implicates Bruce's close friend John Marlowe, Batman believes there must be another explanation. Now, Batman must unmask the identity of the "Everywhere Man" and prove his friend's innocence.
Director: Brandon Vietti
Writer: Greg Weisman
8.0/10223 votes#5 - The Breakout
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 11/11/2006
After Batman apprehends Black Mask, his henchmen plan to spring him from Gotham P.D. so that Black Mask can activate his doomsday device. When Batman is captured, Batgirl and Robin must stop the villain on their own.
Director: Matt Youngberg
Writer: Alexx Van Dyne
8.8/10328 votes#6 - Strange New World
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/18/2006
Hugo Strange infects the population of Gotham City with a virus that transforms them into zombies, and only Batman and Robin are left to find and distribute the antidote. But when Robin falls, only Batman can save the day. But not everything is at it seems ...
Director: Anthony Chun
Writer: Joseph Kuhr
8.5/10286 votes#7 - Artifacts
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 2/3/2007
A thousand years into the future, the citizens of new Gotham must uncover the history of the Batman in order to stop a new Mr. Freeze.
Director: Brandon Vietti
Writer: Greg Weisman
8.3/10245 votes#8 - Seconds
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 2/10/2007
The Bat Team goes up against an unstoppable thief who knows their every move.
Director: Matt Youngberg
Writer: Steven Melching
8.1/10248 votes#9 - Riddler's Revenge
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 2/17/2007
The Riddler and Batman are dropped at the bottom of Gotham Harbor ... and the Riddler reveals his origins.
Director: Brandon Vietti
Writer: Stan Berkowitz
7.9/10232 votes#10 - Two of a Kind
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 2/24/2007
When Harleen Quinzell is cancelled from her television program, Joker takes an interest and decides to groom her as his new partner in crime, Harley Quinn.
Director: Brandon Vietti, Anthony Chun
Writer: Stan Berkowitz, Paul Dini
7.9/10224 votes#11 - Rumors
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 3/3/2007
The villains of Gotham City are disappearing, each one defeated and captured by an invisible vigilante named Rumor. Batman and Robin must defeat Rumor before he has a chance to execute the villains.
Director: Matt Youngberg
Writer: Joseph Kuhr
8.2/10216 votes#12 - The Joining (1)
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 4/28/2007
Bruce discovers that Wayne Industries is distributing alien technology across the world, and gains the aid of a mysterious new ally.
Director: Anthony Chun
Writer: Jane Espenson, Douglas Petrie
8.4/10221 votes#13 - The Joining (2)
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 5/5/2007
Martian Manhunter's prediction of an alien invasion by The Joining has come true. As Batman tries to stop them on his own, he learns that even working with a team will stop The Joining.
Director: Brandon Vietti
Writer: Jane Espenson, Douglas Petrie
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Season 4 Ratings Summary
"A Matter of Family" is the best rated episode of "The Batman" season 4. It scored 8.4/10 based on 282 votes. Directed by Brandon Vietti and written by Michael Jelenic, it aired on 9/23/2006. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Team Penguin".