![]() ![]() The third season picks up with Harley and Ivy in the middle of what the former dubs their “Eat Bang Kill Tour”. ![]() Harley Quinn Finds Refreshing Queer Representation in the Mundane But Harley and Ivy do something groundbreaking: they ride off into the sunset, together. In the end, the Kite Man/Ivy wedding devolves into flamethrowers and cold feet. Without a doubt, it’s one of the most nuanced depictions of a queer romance out there, filled with all the messiness of friends-turned-coworkers-turned-lovers. Harley tries to put her feelings aside she even throws Ivy a bachelorette party on Themyscira, Wonder Woman’s home island.Īfter several drunken hookups, it becomes clear that Ivy and Harley have more than chemistry - they’ve both caught feelings. The problem? Ivy is engaged to Kite Man (voice of Matt Oberg), a kite- and chili-loving himbo and D-list villain. The two kiss, kind of unexpectedly, after a death-defying escape. But, somehow, the most explosive part was Harley and Poison Ivy’s evolving relationship. Freeze (voice of Alfred Molina) and, my personal favorite, Bane (voice of James Adomian). Sure, Season 2 involved an amnesiac Joker, Darkseid and the Mother Boxes, mind control, and New Gotham’s Injustice League - Penguin (voice of Wayne Knight), the Riddler (voice of Jim Rash), Two-Face (voice of Andy Daly), Mr. ![]() (Insert “eye-opening moment” musical cue here.) Photo Courtesy: HBO In Season 2 of Harley Quinn, Harls was at war with her ex, Joker Batman (voice of Diedrich Bader) a slew of other supervillains from the Bat-verse and, of course, a very pathetic version of Commissioner Gordon (voice of Christopher Meloni). And an appropriately bizarre found family/criminal gang in King Shark (voice of Ron Funches), an anthropomorphic tech-savvy shark, and Clayface (also the voice of Alan Tudyk), a shapeshifting mound of clay with a penchant for The Theater. She also found a ride-or-die in Poison Ivy. Even if she couldn’t impress the Legion of Doom, Harley found confidence in herself. The first season saw Harley struggling to leave Joker in the past - and reclaim her self-worth and independence. Here’s What You Missed On Season 2 of Harley Quinn (Mostly)… Of the 10 episodes, nine were made available for review. After that, we’ll get one new episode a week through the September 15 finale. Originally on the DC Universe streaming platform, Harley Quinn moved to HBO Max, which is where its third season will premiere on July 28 with three episodes. Alongside Poison Ivy (voice of Lake Bell), Harley hopes to leave her toxic ex, Joker (voice of Alan Tudyk), in the past - and make Gotham City her b-tch. ![]() Much like in Birds of Prey, Harley Quinn (voice of Kaley Cuoco) is newly single. The series leans into dark and irreverent humor, loads of over-the-top violence and, yes, its titular character’s bisexuality. If you’d rank Cathy Yan’s Birds of Prey (2020), starring Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, in the top tier of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) movies, you’ll easily fall in love with this adult animated comedy. Thankfully, shows like Harley Quinn (2019–) are here to say, “F-ck no!” to tired tropes, queerbaiting and burying gays. And if it’s going the classic route, one of the queer characters will die. If all goes according to plan, the show will end before that relationship really happens. Maybe there’s even a somewhat-relationship. It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a queer person in search of onscreen representation will sit through seasons and seasons of a show - no matter how terrible - with the payoff of seeing a queer couple kiss once. ![]()
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