9.4/101,319 votesLoading...#1 - Mad Love
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/16/1999
Harley reflects on her first meeting with the Joker as she plots to eliminate her main competition in his attentions—Batman.
Director: Butch Lukic
Writer: Paul Dini
9.2/101,250 votesLoading...#2 - Over the Edge
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/23/1998
During a fight with the Scarecrow, Batgirl is ambushed on a rooftop and falls to her death. Having watched his daughter's demise, Jim Gordon blames Batman for her fate and vows revenge, even recruiting Bane in the process.
Director: Yuichiro Yano
Writer: Paul Dini, Bruce Timm
8.8/101,025 votesLoading...#3 - Old Wounds
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/3/1998
Nightwing tells Robin the story of how he and Batman grew apart. The story reveals how Batgirl discovered Batman and Robin's true identities, and also explains some of the romantic flare between Barbara and Dick.
Director: Curt Geda
Writer: Rich Fogel
8.6/101,095 votesLoading...#4 - Judgment Day
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 10/31/1998
A new, mysterious vigilante known as the Judge appears and targets Gotham's rogue's gallery with ruthless fury.
Director: Curt Geda
Writer: Alan Burnett, Rich Fogel
8.5/101,041 votesLoading...#5 - Legends of the Dark Knight
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/10/1998
A group of Gotham City youths tell their stories about what they believe the Dark Knight to really be like. One story is reminiscent of the Dick Sprang era comics from the 1950s and/or the 1960s live-action Batman television series. Another is reminiscent of Frank Miller's 1986 graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns.
Director: Dan Riba
Writer: Bob Goodman, Bruce Timm
8.4/10973 votesLoading...#6 - Growing Pains
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/28/1998
Robin fights to protect a young girl with amnesia who is being stalked by her "father", who turns out to be Clayface. Having created the girl from his own body to scout out the city, he now intends to reabsorb her.
Director: Atsuko Tanaka
Writer: Bob Goodman, Paul Dini
8.2/10974 votesLoading...#7 - Never Fear
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/1/1997
The Scarecrow develops a new toxin that, rather than inducing fear, eliminates it, making average people incredibly reckless and dangerous.
Director: Kenji Hachizaki
Writer: Stan Berkowitz
8.1/10898 votesLoading...#8 - Double Talk
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/22/1997
Arnold Wesker is released from Arkham, completely free of his Scarface persona. But Scarface's old gang, needing their old boss back, begin working to drive Wesker back to his old ways.
Director: Curt Geda
Writer: Bob Goodman
8.1/10969 votesLoading...#9 - Joker's Millions
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/21/1998
Crime boss Edward "The King" Barlow dies and in his will leaves his arch-rival, the Joker, a large fortune. Joker immediately goes on a shopping spree, even searching for a replacement for Harley Quinn, but realizes too late that all the money is fake.
Director: Dan Riba
Writer: Paul Dini
7.8/10949 votesLoading...#10 - Sins of the Father
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1997
The origins of Tim Drake are traced, from street-tough and member of Two-Face's gang to the new Robin.
Director: Curt Geda
Writer: Rich Fogel
7.8/10863 votesLoading...#11 - Beware the Creeper
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/7/1998
Exposure to a weird mixture of chemicals, including the Joker's laughing gas, changes straitlaced newsman Jack Ryder into the crazed Creeper. He looks to kill the Joker, and develops a much unwanted crush on Harley.
Director: Dan Riba
Writer: Steve Gerber
7.6/101,049 votesLoading...
7.6/10885 votesLoading...#13 - You Scratch My Back
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/15/1997
In an effort to further distance himself from Batman, Nightwing tries to go it alone to stop a smuggling ring and gets unexpected help from the seductive Catwoman.
Director: Dan Riba, Butch Lukic
Writer: Hilary Bader
7.6/10851 votesLoading...#14 - Girl's Night Out
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/17/1998
Livewire escapes during a prison transfer and runs amok in Gotham, joining forces with Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn. With the Dark Knight away, Batgirl teams up with Supergirl to face the deadly trio.
Director: Curt Geda
Writer: Hilary Bader
7.5/10777 votesLoading...#15 - Chemistry
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/24/1998
Bruce Wayne, along with other wealthy denizens of Gotham, fall in love with their ideal mate, who all happen to have green eyes. Wayne decides to marry, and gives up being Batman forever. However, an old enemy's latest plot is being set into motion...
Director: Butch Lukic
Writer: Stan Berkowitz
7.4/10903 votesLoading...#16 - Cold Comfort
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/1997
Mr. Freeze returns and seeks revenge on Gotham City, with a big surprise for Batman.
Director: Dan Riba
Writer: Hilary Bader
7.3/10815 votesLoading...#17 - Mean Seasons
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/25/1998
Batman pursues an ex-model, who is now looking for revenge and calling herself "Calendar Girl".
Director: Hiroyuki Aoyama
Writer: Hilary Bader
7.0/10781 votesLoading...#18 - Torch Song
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/13/1998
A lovelorn pyrotechnic engineer, Garfield Lynns, gets dumped by a big time singer named Cassidy. Lynns becomes the supervillain Firefly, bent on burning the woman who burned him.
Director: Curt Geda
Writer: Rich Fogel
6.9/10819 votesLoading...#19 - The Ultimate Thrill
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1998
Former stuntwoman and adrenaline junkie Roxanne Sutton becomes the rocket-riding thief Roxy Rocket, to chase danger and excitement.
Director: Dan Riba
Writer: Hilary Bader
6.9/10781 votesLoading...#20 - Cult of the Cat
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/1998
Batman tries to help Catwoman, who is being chased by a cat cult due to a statue she stole.
Director: Butch Lukic
Writer: Stan Berkowitz
6.8/10801 votesLoading...#21 - The Demon Within
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/9/1998
Batman and Robin assist occultist Jason Blood when Klarion the Witch-boy takes control of Blood's alter-ego, Etrigan the Demon.
Director: Atsuko Tanaka
Writer: Rusti Bjornhoel, Stan Berkowitz
6.8/10797 votesLoading...#22 - Love is a Croc
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 7/11/1998
Baby Doll becomes enamored of Killer Croc, and the pair forms a very unlikely yet very successful criminal duo. However, their partnership soon falls apart when Baby Doll learns that Croc is only using her to further his own criminal career.
Director: Butch Lukic
Writer: Steve Gerber
6.8/10750 votesLoading...#23 - Animal Act
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/26/1998
A series of thefts is being committed by circus animals in a town where Nightwing's old circus is performing. Is it an old friend that is training the animals to steal, or someone else?
Director: Curt Geda
Writer: Hilary Bader
5.7/10792 votesLoading...#24 - Critters
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/19/1998
A genetic engineer goes overboard in creating bigger livestock and loses all his money. A year later, an army of mutant farm animals terrorize Gotham City.
Director: Dan Riba
Writer: Joe R. Lansdale
The Best Episodes of The New Batman Adventures
Every episode of The New Batman Adventures ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The New Batman Adventures!
The New Batman Adventures is a continuation of the acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series. Stories in this series tend to give more focus to Batman's...
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Best Episodes Summary
"Mad Love" is the best rated episode of "The New Batman Adventures". It scored 9.4/10 based on 1319 votes. Directed by Butch Lukic and written by Paul Dini, it aired on 1/16/1999. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Over the Edge".