a5c7b9f00b King Boris, who hails from a European country, comes to Gotham City for a visit. Upon his arrival, there is a disturbance, which includes a clue from the Riddler. Batman and Robin investigate and get on the Riddler&#39;s trail. They are trapped by the criminal, who ties them to large wheels that will spin with ever-increasing speed until they are dead. When a visiting King is accosted by the Riddler, the Dynamic Duo pursues his subsequent complex trail of riddles to try to stop him. While the pilot two-parter are the best produced episodes, this is my favorite Riddler episode, and one of the peaks of the series. We get a great villain (Gorshin, still unsurpassedthe Riddler), a cool moll and henchmen (the Gidget-esquire Mousey and the absurd Sewer Rat gang), impressive guest stars (the regal Reginald DennyKing Boris, the breathtaking Joy Harmona beauty queen), and best of all, a top-notch story and script.<br/><br/>Most Batman episodes are just a series of skirmishes between the Dynamic Duo and the villain, but here the Riddler has a reason - no matter how demented - for every action he takes. There&#39;s a real mystery here, and Batman solves it.<br/><br/>Other highlights include (in part 2)an impostor masqueradingBatman, but surprise! He actually does a halfway decent job of it. Touches like this help put this one ahead of the bat-pack. My god they spent big on the sets in season one: this two-parter just jumps from one pleasing set to another! A great looking two-parter that resembles a motion picture.<br/><br/>But it takes more than sets to make a show. It is nice to see The Riddler again (last seen in the pilot) but this two-parter is damaged by too much talking from a boring King and too much of Batman jumping back to the batcave every few minutes. Adding to this, we have a couple of &quot;comedy&quot; moments that fail to hit the mark.<br/><br/>But I guess the whole thing is worthwhile just to see The Riddler kiss that girl in the early stages of part one? <br/><br/>Part two contains another memorable moment when a fake Batman climbs into Gordon&#39;s office and encounters Bruce Wayne. This moment was made fun of on YouTube when some net comics dubbed over the scene with crazy X-Rated gay dialogue.<br/><br/>Despite some bumpy elements, it is hard to dis-like this two-parter.
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