“Dreams in Darkness”
Written by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Directed by Dick Sebast
Episode #028
Supervising Composer Shirley Walker
Music Composed by Todd Hayen
Animation Services by Studio Junio Inc.
Original Airdate—November 3rd, 1992
Plot: Batman is an inmate of Arkham Asylum. Exposed to fear gas, he must escape his cell and his horrific hallucinations before the Scarecrow drives all of Gotham mad with fear.
“Dreams in Darkness” is a fascinating study of Batman’s greatest flaw: he fundamentally believes only he can save Gotham. Dr. Wu (Takayo Fischer) gives Batman a clear choice, rest and recover or go out and suffer, and rather than ask someone, anyone else to deal with the Scarecrow, Batman opts to trip balls for forty eight hours and drives to Arkham Asylum where he promptly crashes the Batmobile.
[Batman gets locked up and Alfred gets laid]