Written by Hilary J. Bader
Directed by Butch Lukic
Animation by Dong Yang and Koko
Original air date: February 6, 1999
My rating: 2,5/5

Description: I don't wanna spend much time on such a lame storyline. Say... it's about a poor little teen,Willie Watt- no friends, no girlfriend...anyway =)- and who's always ill-at-ease with people. And now he falls in love with a cute girl. But when he realizes this girl is just playing with him, he gets very mad and uses a robot (the Golem), built by his father, to take revenge on Nelson, the girl's boyfriend. But during his first fight against Batman, Nelson gets a shock while using the Golem and then gets the ability to control the robot with his mind (that's kind of a telepathic gift I guess). At the end, Willie loses his temper and forces the Golem to fight not only Nelson, but also Batman and his father, who always considered him as a failure.

Ok... if only the story was just weak, it could be still a good episode (see 'Splicers' or 'Joyride'). But here, the problem is that the story is incredibly stupid. And by "stupid", I do mean "stupid"! It's a mix of 'Dawson's Creek' ,'Beverly Hills,90210' and the 'Marvelous Loser Show' ( =) I think I made up this one). Willie Watt is a poor guy because nodody wants to like him and his daddy thinks is an idiot so he takes his revenge on everybody. Yes I could have summarized it like that... Come on!
Otherwise, the animation isn't that great either. Not that it's bad but it's definitely not impressive, and therefore the action seems rather boring.
There are still a few good things in the episode. Such as the first appearance of the well rendered invisible suit. I love the way Batman can melt into any landsape he wants. It's very faithful to the old Batman, who disappeared in the shadow and could reappear from nowhere.
Nelson Nash is also nicely portrayed as the basic big gambler, the big tough guy, smooth-talker... the complete jerk.

The ending is decent, and rather creepy:while watching TV with other lunatics in jail, one of the prisonners asks him to switch the channel. Willie destroys the TV screen with his mind,and then walks away with a spooky smile on his face.

But overall it's surely one of the worst BB episodes ever!

--Salv
salvor@ifrance.com