Sideshow

Killer Croc escapes custody when he is being sent to prison. Batman goes in pursuit. Croc gets away for a time and is taken in by a group of circus freaks who live away from civilization because they want to lead their own lives. They treat Croc like one of them and let him stay, but his dark side is always out there. He poisons them against Batman and so when he shows up, they help Crock capture him. But things slowly fall apart and he becomes dangerous to these people. This is an interesting episode. Croc is obviously conflicted and has a chance to start a new life, but his nature won't let him. Pretty good episode.

A fine episode of Batman. In this episode Batman chases the Killer Croc. He escapes into the woods and finds shelter with a group of retired side show freaks. It's great to see Batman in the woods, you don't get much of that in this show. And I always liked Killer Croc. Unlike most Batman villains, he's not crazy and he has no grand scheme for world domination. He is just an evil ruthless criminal. In a way that makes him one of the Batman's most dangerous foes. This show also has my favorite line in the whole series. By the Croc himself after some one tells him to be humane, he snaps "Who you calling human!" Brilliant. The side show freaks were also a nice touch. This is definitely one of the strangest episodes, had kind of a Tod Browning "Freaks" quality to it. But I guess that was the point. The writers tried something different with this episode and it certainly paid off.