Turner, one of the show’s truly original creations - a child of Bruce Wayne who is not any of the half-dozen or so other children of Bruce Wayne introduced in the comics over the years - seems to have inherited his father’s reserve but not the intensity or darkness that made him so intriguing, and Morgan proves able to do only so much with dialogue mostly devoid of humor or nuance. Meanwhile, their episodic missions start to attract the attention of the rest of the city, who crown their mysterious new heroes the “Gotham Knights.”īut it all feels weightless when the Knights themselves are so flimsily conceived. And each revelation seems to stretch further and further back into the annals of Wayne history, until at one point the teams deduce that the real key to solving Bruce’s murder lies in a separate case from a century ago. Each cryptic clue seems to bring the gang in contact with another well-known group of baddies, from the Mutants to the McKillens to the Court of Owls. (Duela even gets to stick her head out the window of a stolen cop car, just like her dad did in that one movie.) As law enforcement closes in, the quartet are forced to lay low while working in secret to crack the case and clear their names for themselves.Īs a murder mystery, Gotham Knights is crammed with twists steeped in a deep and mostly endearing affection for Bat-lore. Turner discovers that he’s being framed for the murder, along with three other, markedly less privileged teens: runaway siblings Harper (Fallon Smythe) and Cullen (Tyler DiChiara), plus Duela (Olivia Rose Keegan), the estranged daughter of the Joker. In fairness, the former is more obviously urgent. Once Bruce is found dead, however, Gotham Knights tilts heavily toward superhero business at the expense of its interpersonal drama. In concept, Gotham Knights, created by Natalie Abrams, Chad Fiveash and James Stoteraux, would seem to represent a marriage of two The CW staples, the superhero saga and the teen soap (Full disclosure: Abrams is married to a member of the THR staff.) You might even mistake Turner, upon first impression, for a supporting player on a series like Gossip Girl or All American - he’s popular, gifted, conventionally attractive and unfathomably wealthy, with just enough of a rebellious streak to invite his prep-school classmates for booze-fueled ragers at Wayne Manor when Dad’s away on work. Tuesday, March 14 (The CW)Ĭast: Oscar Morgan, Misha Collins, Navia Robinson, Olivia Rose Keegan, Anna Lore, Fallon Smythe, Tyler DiChiara, Rahart AdamsĬreators: Chad Fiveash, James Stoteraux, Natalie Abrams
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