If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich?

Episode Summary & Review

Summary

Edward Nygma creates the game The Riddle of the Minotaur and makes millions for the company Competitron. He is then fired by his superior, Daniel Mockridge, who wants the profits for himself. Nygma vows revenge, and two years later, he takes up the mantle of the Riddler and traps Mockridge inside a life sized version of the Minotaur maze. Batman’s sympathy is with Nygma, but he and Robin have to stop him before he kills Mockridge, despite the fact that Mockridge cannot legally be brought to justice. Regardless, Mockridge, despite the resulting rescue, is left in a permanent all consuming fear of Nygma’s return for revenge.

Our Take

A decent Riddler debut that leans on a maze concept clearly built around the show’s toy line ambitions. The corporate greed angle gives Batman something interesting to chew on, since the villain has a point and the victim doesn’t deserve saving. The puzzle set pieces are fun but the pacing sags in the middle. Worth a watch for the ending alone, which is genuinely unsettling.