Partnerships

Partnerships is the second episode of the fifth season of NBC's The Batman. It first aired on December 3, 2012. It is the fifty-fifth episode overall.

Synopsis
With Bruce now taking care of Damien every day, he decides to train him. Damien starts to get jealous of Tim and decides to kill him and become the new Robin. Riddler takes advantage of the false sense of security in Gotham, but Superman tries to stop him. Harley and Two-Face take a hospital hostage, as Two-Face gets them to fix his face.

Starring

 * Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne/Batman
 * Tom Austen as Tim Drake/Robin
 * Zen Gesner as James Gordon
 * Nathan Gamble as James Gordon Jr.
 * Jared Leto as the Joker
 * Keri Lynn Pratt as Cat Grant
 * Tom Hardy as Victor Payne/Bane
 * Yvonne Strahovski as Kate Kane/Batwoman
 * Tyler Hoechlin as Clark Kent/Superman
 * Cory Michael Smith as Edward Nygma/Riddler
 * Floriana Lima as Maggie Sawyer
 * Nolan North as Thomas Elliot/Hush
 * Emma Stone as Stephanie Brown/Spoiler
 * Andrew Stewart-Jones as Chris Allen
 * Cillian Murphy as Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow
 * Jonathan Keltz as Andrew Ryder
 * Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Killer Croc
 * Jake T. Austin as Damien Wayne
 * Liam Neeson as Ra's al Ghul
 * Nicholas D'Agosto as Harvey Dent/Two-Face
 * David Zayas as Sal Maroni
 * Thomas Haden Church as Cameron van Cleer/Killer Moth
 * Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn
 * Gal Gadot as Diana/Diana Prince/Wonder Woman

Guest Starring

 * Marc Blucas as Arthur Brown/Cluemaster
 * Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth

Trivia

 * This episode achieved 16.15 million U.S. live viewers.
 * Zen Gesner, Floriana Lima, Andrew Stewart-Jones, Jonathan Keltz, Liam Neeson, and Gal Gadot do not appear in this episode as Jim Gordon, Maggie Sawyer, Chris Allen, Andrew Ryder, Ra's al Ghul, and Diana Prince.
 * This episode received generally favorable reviews. It scored a 79% on Rotten Tomatoes, a 68 out of 100 on Metacritic, and 7.6/10 on IGN.
 * Guest stars in this episode include Marc Blucas and Jeremy Irons as Arthur Brown and Alfred Pennyworth.
 * This episode is rated TV-14 for D-L-V