HARLEY QUINN Season 2 Will Feature a Flashback Episode That Pays Homage to BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES
Some new details have come to light regarding one of the episodes we’ll see in the upcoming second season of DC Universe’s Harley Quinn animated series. The first season of the show focused on Harley Quinn (Kaley Cuoco) as she forged her own villainous identity in Gotham City after breaking up with The Joker.
A trailer for Harley Quinn Season 2 was shared recently, and in it, the anticipated romantic relationship between Harley and Poison Ivy was teased. While that is explored, producer Patrick Schumacker revealed that there will be a flashback episode that could change everything for Harley, Poison Ivy (Lake Bell), and the Joker (Alan Tudyk). He says this episode will also be a homage to Batman: The Animated Series.
"We also get to do a really cool flashback episode that's a bit of an homage to Batman: The Animated Series, while also retelling and reframing Harley's origin story with both the Joker and her original acquaintance with Ivy. And we turn that on its ear a little bit. There's a big revelation that a lot of the feelings that Harley had for the Joker maybe shouldn't have been. That maybe a lot of those were based on lies and I'll leave it at that.”
It’ll be interesting to see how that flashback story plays out. I’m curious to see how it’s handled and how it will change the backstory for these characters.
In another interview with Geeks WorldWide, producer Justin Halpern talked about the romance between Harley and Ivy and explained why they didn’t jump into the relationship right away:
"We have caught a lot of heat for not having them together right away, and I get it, but our thinking was we didn’t want Harley to jump right back into another relationship when she was on a journey for self-discovery. That felt like selling out her character. And for Ivy, we felt like it was important for our version of the character, who has a bit of social anxiety and neuroses and scars from her life (we get into that more in upcoming eps), to operate from that place at first. When you are emotionally hurt and haven’t dealt with your issues, you don’t always pick the best partner for you. In fact, most of the time you pick the wrong one. So we felt like both of these characters needed to go through some things emotionally, and grow as people before they would be in a place where they could really and truly experience a loving relationship and make it work."
He went on to say:
"Now, this is the idea that we deal with in the second batch of thirteen and that becomes about both of them seeking love. I don’t want to spoil it, so I’ll just say I think we get to the place where people want us to get to, but we do it carefully. We’re not trying to bait anyone or tease anyone. We pay off things off in a satisfying way but we want to make sure we earn it. I’m sure I was evasive enough here to where I’ve spoiled it and will also get yelled at. Fun!"
The voice cast also includes Alfred Molina, Ron Funches (Powerless), JB Smoove (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Jason Alexander (Seinfeld), Wanda Sykes (Black-ish), Giancarlo Esposito (Bob Roberts, Breaking Bad), Natalie Morales (Bojack Horseman), Jim Rash (Mike Tyson Mysteries), Diedrich Bader (Veep), Tony Hale (Arrested Development, Veep), Chris Meloni (Happy!, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), and The Penguin is voiced by Wayne Knight.
The second season of Harley Quinn returns to DC Universe on April 3rd, 2020.