Its the reunion
for New Gotham High School and everyone is back in town for
the rare event, but Helena (Ashlea
Scott)
doesn't want to go. Why spend time with all the people you tried
to avoid in
school? Gibson (Robert
Patrick Benedict)
however is looking forward to it as he'll be the biggest success
- the owner of a rare collectables shop...and
he wants Helena to come along as his date for the night. As they
talk about the pros and cons of the reunion, some guy (Sean
McGowan)
strolls up the bar and asks for another pitcher, but Helena refuses
saying
he's had enough. Unfortunately however, her boss (Robert
Clendenin)
is behind her and tells her to fill the guys drink or she won't
be getting
paid...the guy pays the bar and the bar pays her. She reluctantly
gives him his drink, and he gives Helena some hassle. Thankfully,
a guy in town for the reunion, Jack Barrett (Christopher
Wiehl)
swoops in and saves the day by telling him to get lost. Back
in school,
she had a huge crush on him.
Later that night, the drunk crowd from the bar (including Joey
who hassled Helena) are out in a park drinking and staggering
about. As they enjoy themselves, an invisible force grabs him
form behind and snaps his neck. As his corpse falls to the ground,
the invisible assailant vanished into the night.
Elsewhere,
Barbara (Dina
Meyer)
once again has dinner with Wade's (Shawn
Christian) parents
(Jennifer
Darling and Noel
Conlon) and they talk about
teaching.
His mother is very excited to learn about Barbara's online baking
business. Little do they know that the business is only her cover
story for crime fighting. As they talk, Dinah (Rachel
Skarsten)
comms Barbara about a suspicious death that was flagged by Delphi...he
was
in town for the reunion. When she leaves, Wade's mother asks
Wade what kind of a life can he expect to have with "someone
like that"? They still aren't happy that their only son
is dating someone in a wheel chair. Barbara overhears and returns
to the Clock Tower.
The next morning, she gets out of talking about the date and
focuses on the murder. Helena still tries to avoid the subject
of the reunion, but Barbara tells Dinah that she loved high school
and was head of the pep-squad and was voted most likely to inspire
envy. When Dinah asks what happened, Helena gives her the straight
answer - her mother died, she found out her father was Batman
and that Gotham City was overrun with super villains. Alfred
(Ian
Abercrombie)
tries to convince her to go, but she says to the rest of the
world she is just a bar tender...her father issues prevent
her from dipping into the Wayne fortune. Delphi confirms the
dead guy was murdered, and thanks to the events the night before
in the bar, Jack is the only suspect.
That afternoon, Barbara is looking at flowers
when Wade arrives and gives her a bunch of roses. He asks her
out to dinner but
she makes excuses and gets out of it. He keeps asking why she
is pulling away from him, but she only answers "it's complicated".
On rooftops
of Gotham, Helena leaps down and meets with Detective Reese
(Shemar
Moore)
and they discuss the murder. The official cause of death is
listed as an accident. Reese goes on to say he's
knows what bar he was at before he died and he's planning on
swinging by to ask a few questions later that night. Afraid that
Reese will discover her identity, Helena goes to work early and
asks for the night off. Her pain-in-the-ass boss refuses, and
demands that she starts providing service with a smile. After
promising to be mega-friendly, her boss agrees to let her off.
She bumps into a high school geek who was also hassled in the
bar the night of Joey's death and he is really pleased that Helena
remembers him. He says he'll see her at the reunion, but one
of the bullies, Stuart (Alexander
Scarlis), shows up and knocks
a drink over him. He then starts hitting on Helena when Jack
shows
up, but
Helena
handles the situation herself - she says she'll do the same to
him as all the other girls did at school...ignore him! He shrugs
it off because tonight, he'll earn more money than they've ever
seen before. Helena says he should use it to buy himself a new
personality and he leaves. She talks a little with Jack, but
Reese shows up and she is forced to sneak off.
Huntress goes back to the Clock Tower where Oracle says that
the dead guy and his friends all had gambling debts in Central
City. Huntress says they now have some leads to follow, but worries
that Reese is getting to close to 'Helena Kyle'. Dinah offers
the idea that she shouldn't be worrying because she doesn't have
a secret identity (she doesn't wear a mask or a fancy costume).
Alfred backs her up saying it is a dangerous choice for a crime
fighter. He does however back her up saying she is capable enough
to keep her identity secret. He also explains that his knowledge
of Bruce Wayne's identity as Batman provided a psychological
release for the Dark Knight. Oracle says if she trusts Reese,
she should tell him who she is.
On the streets of Gotham, Stuart is killed. The assailant tells
Stuart he should be a little nicer to people and then takes his
bank account details from her belongings...then he heads to the
reunion. Eventually the police show up at the crime scene, and
Reese tells Huntress Stuart was a wall street tycoon working
in Metropolis. Helena realises that this is the second guy who
hassled her to die. She offers Reese the idea that Stuart might
have the same debts as Joey. He thinks it could be possible,
but he's already got a suspect he's trying to track down: Helena
Kyle.
Back in the Clock Tower, Oracle and Alfred suggest that Helena
is afraid of her relationship with Reese which is why she's running
scared. Oracle says she's looked into Jack's background and discovered
he was in the armed forces...if he's on the delta list, he's
their man.
At the reunion, Helena arrives with Gibson who
is really excited about meeting everyone from school. Helena
points out he is a
target for a vicious killer, but he says "its all worth
it". Dinah patrols the area while Barbara coordinates everything
from her classroom. As Huntress and Gibson scan the room for
Jack, an invisible hand slaps Helena on the ass. She thinks it
was Gibson, but he sees a "shimmer". Huntress thinks
he's nuts, and goes to talk to Jack. As she tries introduce Gibson,
Oracle comms her - Jack isn't on the delta list so he's not the
killer. Barbara compares the delta list to her classmates, but
no one matches.
Helena spots a shimmer like the one that Gibson saw, and they
realise they are dealing with a meta-human with the power to
camouflage. They theorise that the transformations would cause
a lack of motor controls and skills...he'd be a klutz. Helena
quickly realises who he is and who will die next.
Reese walks around the reunion asking questions when Cameron
jumps down and attacks Jack, Before he can kill him however,
Huntress arrives. He turns invisible and the two go head to head.
Apparently Cameron is in love with Helena and always has been.
He says he killed for Helena as a sign of his love. He runs off
saying next time they meet it will be on his terms. She checks
Jack is okay and he offers to buy her a drink but she has to
go and meet with Oracle. They flirt a little and she leaves.
Reese talks with someone who is grieving for both of the dead
guys - he says the last place he saw him was at the Dark Horse
bar...and it's hottest bar tender Helena Kyle is here at the
reunion.
Dinah watches Jack while Huntress reports with
Oracle. Jack goes into the mens room and Dinah has to follow
him inside. Meanwhile,
Reese finds a year book and looks up Helena to find that her
photo is not available. In her classroom, Barbara builds a device
to make Cameron visible. After sending the drunk Reese spoke
with back to the party, Cameron plays hide and seek, popping
out of invisibility and kissing Helena. He leads her to a bomb
that’s already ticking down. She fights with him again.
Its not going well, but Dinah shows up with the device Barbara
built and evens the odds. Now visible, Cameron gets his ass kicked
by Helena. The timer counts down and Helena seals of the room.
The bomb goes off and Cameron is hit by the gas which mixes with
his meta-human side turning him to dust.
Back at the party, Helena talks with Jack. But
when she sees Reese, she says she's kinda seeing someone and
apologises. He
wishes her luck and goes back to mingling. Huntress goes over
to Reese and says she tracked the killer down and stopped him.
Reese congratulates her, and asks what the killer was after.
When she says a girl, he guesses Helena Kyle. She says yes, and
tells him that she is Helena Kyle. She says that his opinion
of her matters more than anyone else’s. Reese pins her
name tag on and they enjoy the party.
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