![]() We’re treated to a full-on flashback scene of Alfred and his friends in the war. ![]() Longbrass was afraid of what the Raven Society is capable of and what it can do to the country, so he told someone about their existence. The cape, the stick… no sane man would don this attire. Honestly, I didn’t need any more indication that this man is a devious son of a bitch. The Society’s kidnapping of Longbrass is problematic because the PM was willing to let the organisation operate as long as they didn’t make any noise, but they now are and the PM is clearly very stressed about it.Ī man with a cape (!) and a walking stick (!) enters a bunker and confronts a tied-up, half naked Longbrass. On the other hand, the No Name League are socialists who also want to overthrow the government. What we get here is pure exposition the PM explains to his lady companion that Longbrass is a banker who does some business with the Raven Society, a fascist organisation that wants to overthrow the government. The kidnapped man from the beginning of the episode is Rupert Longbrass, a friend of the Prime Minister who we meet in this scene. “Some hidden springs are winding… dark wheels are turning.” He’s physically capable of defending himself and is a smooth talker he manages to talk up a storm to this dancer, Esme, and she obviously is attracted to him on some level. This scene was a great introduction to this version of Alfred. They exchange contact information and Alfred heads inside, who flirts and apparently manages to procure a date with one of the dancers that he runs into. He deftly deals with the hooligans and Thomas offers to pay for any medical expenses on account of Patricia accidentally punching Alfred in the face. ![]() He is asked to come inside to deal with a kerfuffle between the just-introduced Thomas Wayne, his sister Patricia, and two men who wish to take advantage of the woman in her state of drunkenness. He’s reminded twice to open the door for guests as he seems to be thinking about something else entirely. “We open the door like so… with extreme panache.”Īlfred is acting as a bouncer for this posh dancing club, and doesn’t seem to be the right man for the job. He reveals to his friends his intentions of starting up a security company, and is laughed off as they say he doesn’t have the stomach for it. Alfred learns that this man, along with someone else who died earlier in the year, both committed suicide. Alfred and his war buddies are standing over their friend’s casket, looking solemn and sad. The reason as to why this is will be revealed later. We then see him at a military funeral procession, wearing a mask to assumedly hide his identity. He gets up, revealing some serious scarring on his back. Some war-time imagery wakes up our protagonist, Alfred Pennyworth. “When I go, save me a drop of the good stuff, eh? None of this cheap shite.” They take him away and we’re off to the opening credits. The rider asks the trespassers if they know who he is, to which the woman replies that they do. He demands they leave but the man, a burly one, yanks the rider off his horse. One of the riders leaves the group to confront a woman and a man about them trespassing on his land. The horse-riding scene is set to The Rolling Stones’ “Paint It Black,” which really helps sell the imagery on display, as well as the accompanying slow motion bits. Maybe they’re leading them to some food, as the dogs are later seen tearing apart a fox. ![]() The pilot episode opens with men on horses chasing some dogs, for a reason I’m not entirely sure about. He wants to start his own private security firm and in the meantime is working as a bouncer in a club, where he meets his future employer: Thomas Wayne. Instead of the posh servant we’re so used to seeing in most Batman adaptations, the Pennyworth version of the character is more working class, more of a man with military experience who desires to seek salvation.
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