Baby-Doll

Episode Summary & Review

Summary

An over the hill actress named Mary Dahl has become bitter and insane after falling into obscurity and suffering from a disorder that prevents her body from growing to adulthood, thus biologically cursed with literal eternal youth. She kidnaps her TV family, who all led much happier lives and more successful careers than her, and holds them prisoner on the abandoned soundstage of her old show While Robin works fast to free the actors from Baby-Doll’s explosive death trap, Batman pursues the tiny fiend through a deadly carnival funhouse.

Our Take

A genuinely weird one that leans into tragedy more than action, and it mostly lands. Mary Dahl is a sympathetic villain with a backstory that’s sadder than most, though the funhouse chase in the back half drags a bit. The final mirror scene is the episode’s best moment. Worth watching for something different, even if it’s not a top-tier outing.