![]() It's a Moment of Awesome and surprisingly moving. Bruce, as Batman, is exposed to the Scarecrow's fear toxin and, while hanging for his life from a blimp, sees a vision of his dead father which he rejects. The show's Signature Scene in " Nothing to Fear", which acts as a codifier for the entire series.That's not only really fucking painful, but it's also a very realistic depiction of grief. And just to hammer the point home scroll up and read the quote under the image one more time, and consider that Nora is dead, and Freeze is talking about the afterlife. He talks about the pain of loss, how it feels to lose something so dear to you. If you've never considered that before, re-watch the episode and listen to everything Freeze says. But in "Heart of Ice"? She's already dead. In later episodes, it was revealed that Nora survived, with adaptations like Batman & Robin and Batman: Arkham City taking the route that says Freeze is committing crimes to fund research to save Nora, which adds a light at the end of the tunnel of sorts for Freeze. He doesn't act like a man trying to save someone, rather trying to get vengeance for something he's lost. Due to censorship reasons, the producers weren't allowed to state this, but it's all implied anyway by how Freeze acts. What makes it even worse is that, in this episode specifically, Freeze's wife Nora was meant to be dead already. ![]() He doesn't say anything, simply because there's nothing that you can say about this situation. We zoom out of Freeze in his cell and see Batman standing on an adjacent building, watching him silently.
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