Arkham HBO TV Series

Arkham is a DCTV Series on HBO, under the DC Black Label. It shows what life is like in the Infamous Arkham Asylum, told through the eyes of financial crook named Warren White(Jonathan Rhys Meyers) who pleaded Insanity and ended up in Arkham. Other Characters include Aaron Cash(Michael Jai White), Harleen Quinzel(Emma Roberts), Penelope Young(Gina Rodriguez), Jeremiah Arkham(Zachary Quinto), and Hugo Strange(Stanley Tucci). The series also focuses on some lesser known villains of Batman. The Showrunner is Neil Drunkman from The Last of Us and the writers from Daredevil.

Other Characters
 * Ratcatcher
 * Killer Moth -
 * Dr Kellerman - Stephen Moyer
 * Mr Freeze - Stephen Lang
 * Humpty Dumpty
 * Deacon Blackfire
 * Killer Croc
 * Scarecrow
 * Poison Ivy - Alexandra Breckenridge
 * Two-Face - Michael C Hall
 * Victor Zaszz
 * Sarah Cassidy - Deborah Ann Woll

Season 1

 * 1) Pilot - A crooked financier named Warren White is arrested, and pretends to be insane. He is sent to Arkham Asylum, where he runs afoul of several inmates. Meanwhile, several of Arkham's workers try to cure the patients of their illnesses, led by the naive but unstable Jeremiah Arkham. The staff of Arkham try to capture serial killer Victor Zsasz.
 * 2) Sacrificial Lamb - On his 2nd day in Arkham, Warren is kidnapped and tortured by his own Cellmate Death Rattle as he uses him as a Human Sacrifice. Cash gets word of this and rescues Warren from Rattle and kills him. Two-Face is then seen watching from above.
 * 3) Grudge Match - Warren joins the Arkham Fight Club. As he works his way up, he eventually faces Fight Club Champ, Brent "Blockbuster" Thomas, a member of Two-Face's gang. After he gets pummeled several times, Warren decides to play dirty by wrapping iron around his hands and knocks him out cold. He is then offered the chance to join Two-Face's gang, which he accepts.
 * 4) Live from the Hellhole - Two-Face's sends Warren and his associate Run-Flat on a secret mission to recover some stolen drugs, but then end getting captured by Killer Croc as he slices gills in his neck. Harleen tries to get Humpty to open up about his life.
 * 5) Rats - As Warren tries to navigate through the sewers, he then meets Ratcatcher who gives him a place to stay for a while. But then as Warren tries to leave, Ratcatcher takes him hostage as he controls the sewer rats to attack him. The Arkham team managed to find out that Warren is missing and they go down to the sewers to rescue him. Ratcatchser's Rats manages to hold off the security but Warren gets out of his handcuffs and kills Ratcatcher by slitting his throat. Warren is then given a new cell with a new cellmate: Humpty Dumpty.
 * 6) What Are You? - When a serial killer named Jane Doe arrives in Arkham, she starts causing trouble by taking identities of the Arkham workers. A Bounty is placed on Warren's head as it attracts mercenary Killer Moth. Warren and Killer Moth faceoff ending with Moth getting headshotted by Jane Doe, who also wounds Warren in the shoulder.
 * 7) All Chained Up - After Jane Doe is captured, Warren is in the infirmary after getting shot. He then decides he wants to leave and bribes Dr Young to sign release papers. Hours later, Jeremiah Arkham burns the papers, preventing him from leaving. Jeremiah reveals that he lost his pension because of Warren's financial schemes, and he vows he will make sure his life will be a living hell.
 * 8) Creep - News reporter Jack Ryder visits Arkham Asylum to surprise his girlfriend Harleen on her break. Meanwhile, a green skinned vigilante called the Creeper starts to terrorize Arkham. Cash deduces that Jack Ryder is the Creeper. Jack kidnaps Harleen and takes her to Ace Chemicals where he tells her that Arkham is corrupt and terrible place. Harleen finds her strength and beats up the Creep and sends him falling into Toxic Waste and becomes a disfigured being.
 * 9) Smells like Dark Spirits - Jeremiah starts having visions of his Uncle and Founder of Arkham Asylum: Amadeus Arkham(Ian McKellan). It then turns into full blown paranoia as he haunts him everywhere he goes, he is then put into a confined room where he sees he uncle telling him that he's a mistake. He is then approached by a doctor who gives him what it seems to be a setitive, but it is revealed to be Fear Toxin from Jonathan Crane aka The Scarecrow.
 * 10) Eyes of a Demon - Jeremiah Arkham has a nightmare that he is being hunted by The Spirit in a deformed and nightmarish version of Arkham. In real life, the Arkham doctors are desperately trying to heal Jeremiah as he is dying from the Fear Toxin. In the past, Amadeus Arkham forms Arkham, while by haunted by the memory of killing his mother. A serial killer called Martin "Mad Dog" Hawkins kills Amadeus' family, and Amadeus then electrocutes "Mad Dog" to death.
 * 11) Walking through the fire - With the Help of Hugo Strange, Jeremiah's life is saved. Two-Face forms an Alliance with the Warden while Warren thinks of a way to get rid of Jeremiah for good. Later, Jane Doe escapes her cell as she finds her way out.
 * 12) Lockdown - The Asylum is put on Lockdown after Jane Doe releases the fear gas all over Arkham, and its up to the Cash and the others to stop her. Meanwhile, Warren is captured by Jeremiah and is taken to an Operating room, where it is revealed that Warren was responsible for his mental breakdown and him being haunted by his uncle's spirit by use of the Fear Toxin.
 * 13) Bound 2 this Place - Chaos reigns over Arkham as Jane Doe lets all the prisoners out as it becomes Anarchy. Warren manages to break free and stabs Jeremiah multiple times in the stomach and face, letting him bleed out to death. Cash, Warren and the rest of the crew catch up to Jane Doe but then sends a mind controlled Killer Croc after Cash as Croc bites off Cash's hand. Two-Face then uses this as a diversion to escape the Island by rowboat, while Hugo Strange finds Jeremiah's dead body on the floor. Jane is then cornered by Warren as she puts her hands up in surrender, but she then leaps off the cliff into the water.

Season 2
Season 2 takes place 3 months after the season finale, where as Quincy Sharp becomes Mayor and Dr. Hugo Strange becomes the Warden. Killer Croc is then moved to a different prison as it leaves a power vacuum in Arkham. Neil Drunkmann confirms that Batman will make a cameo appearance.
 * 1) Ascension - After 3 Months pass after the Arkham Riots, Warren decides to start his own gang as he starts to recruit some of the dangerous individuals on the island. Hugo Strange revives Jeremiah Arkham by giving him new organs. A Fire at Blackgate Prison(Caused by Firefly) bring several new Inmates to Arkham: Mad Hatter, Riddler, Poison Ivy, and Scarecrow. Cash tries to get used to his new hand.
 * 2) The Undesirables - A stressed Warren meets up with Jervis Tetch aka The Mad Hatter as he is given some drugs he made himself. He ends up passing out and going through a Wonderland-esqce view of Arkham Asylum. Jeremiah struggles to recover as surgeon Thomas Elliot(Tom Pelphrey) tries to reconstruct his face. After the Acid trip, Warren realizes the opportunity to make money with the Drugs and he invites Hatter and his underlings The Tweedles, forming the Wonderland Gang.
 * 3) Salvation - When Warren tries to get his business going, he is confronted by Black Mask's goons but he is then saved by cop-killer Michael Lane. Jeremiah wakes up to find his face completely different as it all part of Strange's plan, and realizes he can't leave because the whole thinks he's dead. Warren later hires Mike to be the Muscle along with Humpty Dumpty. A new Inmate appears. (Batman Cameo)
 * 4) The Suiciders - Warren and his gang get into trouble when multiple inmates start killing themselves, fearing the drugs have something to do with it. He then accompanies Mad Hatter in finding his sister Alice. Insane Criminal The Joker catches the eye of Harleen and Dr Kellerman falls under Poison Ivy's spell.
 * 5) Hello, My Name is.... - Harleen Quinzel is interviewing the Joker. The Joker tells her three versions of his origin - One where he is a failing comedian, one where he is a mob boss, and one where he is the leader of the Red Hood Gang. As she delves into his psyche, she starts to have romantic feelings for him as he tells her about that special person in his life(referring to Batman instead of Harleen). Warren's sister, Reeva, visits Warren with news that his mother died by suicide, sending Warren into deep depression
 * 6) A Higher Power - Warren is captured a religious cult led by Deacon Blackfire and is being treated as a sacrifice. Blackfire and his cultists start to turn the inmates of Arkham to God as Michael and the rest of Warren's gang find a way to stop it. Hugo Strange meets with Quincy Sharp. Ivy meets Harleen for the first time.
 * 7) That Girl is Poison - Warren becomes infatuated with Poison Ivy as he becomes her slave to control. She then poisons Warren kissing him, leaving him in a critical state while she uses her pheromones on the Arkham guards. Quincy Sharpe is put in a trance by Hugo Strange in order to get him to approve his secret project.
 * 8) Jacob's Ladder - Warren goes to recruit Maxie Zeus(Neil Jackson) to gang to help him escape, thanks to his knowledge on Electricity. Jeremiah stumbles upon Bane, who is attached to a venom machine in a vegetative state. Zeus later betrays Warren and he ends up getting caught while Zeus is shot dead.
 * 9) Upon You - Warren manages to recruit Edward Nashton aka The Riddler as he figures out a way to escape this place, he then reveals secret tunnels within the catacombs of Arkham. Jeremiah confronts Strange about what Bane is doing here and why he's in the dark about it. Harleen makes a deal with the Joker by helping him escape Arkham but only if she comes with.
 * 10) Born on a Monday - Warren and Mike go into the Arkham tunnels and find a man who is revealed to be Solomon Grundy, the undead Zombie. Sarah Cassidy questions Harleen's whereabouts when the Joker escaped while Strange . Grundy busts into Arkham and starts to cause Chaos.
 * 11) Wasting Away - Warren decides to use Grundy's rampage as a cover and tries to escape but he is then caught by a Masked Individual and gets hit with knockout gas. The Arkham team try to stop Grundy as he kills Humpty Dumpty and Tweedledum in his wake. Warren wakes up on an examination table and the person standing over him is Jane Doe.
 * 12) The Great White Shark - Jane Doe starts to operate on Warren's face, cutting his ears and nose, She would later stash him in a cold cell. Outside, Grundy gets taken down by the Batwing as the ARGUS staff haul him off to a secured location . Hugo Strange is then taken prisoner by Jane as she tries to ransom him for her Freedom, she then goes towards the Arkham gate where she drags Hugo Strange with him. She gets shot in the head by an unknown sniper from far away. Warren ends up locked in a cold cell slowly going insane.

Season 3
Season 3 begins 5 months after the finale where Warren White who became known as the Great White Shark starts running his business from Arkham. Hugo Strange and Quincy Sharp starts making plans for an Arkham Expansion and The Joker returns with his new sidekick: Harley Quinn.
 * 1) Rebirth - After wasting away in the cold cell, Warren White(now known as the Great White Shark) is now running his own private business from Arkham, he then has flashbacks on how he was rescued and taken to the infirmary. Jeremiah Arkham visits Bane's cell and starts talking to him about Hugo's plans.
 * 2) TYGER - Hugo Strange attempts to revamp Arkham security by initiating TYGER Security, a group of highly trained Ex-Military, Ex-Spec ops Soldiers led by captain Lyle Bolton(Frank Grillo). Warren thinks that the inclusion of these guys would affect their business dealings, so he makes a questionable alliance with Poison Ivy. Cash and the Arkham team think they're getting replaced.
 * 3) Moving Parts - When Warren investigates the whereabouts of one of the inmates, he is then captured by Professor Pyg(Shaun Toub) and his dollatrons. Dr. Young makes a discovery on a formula for Hugo Strange and Jeremiah starts to hear his fathers voice. Ivy gets a visit from Harley as she helps her escape.
 * 4) World on Fire - Warren enlists the help of Anarchist Lonnie Machin and his gang for protection from TYGER. Cash gets a visit from an old friend named John Jones, a detective from the GCPD who offers him a job on the Force which makes Cash weigh his options. Dr Andrew Brand makes his appearance in Arkham on Hugo's orders. (Note: This isn't Martian Manhunter Jon Jonzz, this is a human John Jones without the Martian backstory)
 * 5) Contagion - A Virus breaks out in Arkham and it is killing the other inmates, Strange put the Asylum under Quarantine and its up to Cash and the team to find the culprit. Warren, Kurt and Lonnie go underground in the Arkham tunnels to find a way into Gotham. They would later get captured by the Penguin and taken to his nightclub.
 * 6) Iced Out - Warren makes an interesting proposition to Penguin that might get him out of the jam. Cash and the team make a discovery that scientist Dr. Brand is the one responsible of spreading the virus, Sarah Cassidy walks in on Brand(who then reveals himself as The Joker) and he then infects her with the virus. Cash rushes in and finds Dr. Cassidy on the floor and Joker standing over her, he then shoots him in the leg as he escapes and takes the antidote to Dr. Young.
 * 7) Broken Toys - The Penguin sends Warren, Lonnie and Kurt to retrieve some weapons from a Queen Industries depot in Gotham, only for them to run into trouble as the Electricutioner shows up with his gang of thugs. As the Quarantine ends, the Arkham workers go back to their normal shifts and Cash discovers that TYGER is currently torturing Calendar Man and realizes what he stumbled into. Warren and the gang manage to retrieve the crate of weapons but Lonnie gets shot and goes down, Mike tries to hold the Electricutioner off so they can escape with the goods. Mike manages to make it to the van in time while trapping the Electricutioner inside the depot as it sounds the alarm.
 * 8) Freaks - Jeremiah Arkham find out that Dr Kirk Langstrom aka Man-Bat along with Clayface have been trapped in the catacombs of Arkham, he then decides to use them in a plan to take over Arkham. After the successful mission, Penguin then puts Warren and Mike on a suicide mission to steal an ancient weapon that belongs to Ras al Ghul.
 * 9) The Demon's Head - After getting captured, Warren and Mike unwittenly get involved in a League of Assassins Civil War, he then makes a deal with Nyssa Raatko in order to get out alive. Hugo Strange reveals to Sharpe his allegiance to a Shadowy organization. Cash makes a difficult choice.
 * 10) The Darkness Inside - Warren wakes up in the back of a cop car and taken back to Arkham. Meanwhile, Sarah realizes that she is being followed by Victor Zsasz through the streets of Gotham and Jeremiah Arkham finds out the truth about Hugo's plans. Warren realizes Lonnie is missing
 * 11) Cold Hearted - Warren makes a deal with Mr Freeze as he helps him finds his frozen wife in exchange for a favor. After Cash's departure, Dr. Young goes through a realization about Arkham. Jeremiah releases Man-Bat, Clayface, and Bane unto Arkham.
 * 12) A Serious House on Serious Earth - An all-out war erupts in Arkham Asylum as Jeremiah takes the fight to Hugo Strange for control. Warren and Mr. Freeze get caught up by TYGER Soldiers as they're carrying the frozen Nora Fries. Bane manages to escape Arkham through all the commotion while Clayface escapes through the drain pipes. Jeremiah and Hugo fight to the death as Jeremiah manages to kill Hugo Strange but in his dying moments he activates his kill chip where Jeremiah dies on instant. Warren and Freeze find a boat and sail off in the distance, but only until Freeze turns his cold gun on Warren and freezes him and throws him overboard as he and his frozen wife leave Arkham Asylum burning in flames.

Season 4
Season 4 takes place a year after the season finale. Bryan Cranston is cast as James Gordon. Dave Bautista is cast as Bane
 * 1) Shade of Darkness - A thawed out Warren wakes up in a white cell under the influence of a lethal drug hallucinating his past. With Arkham rebuilt under the cold regime of Bane, TYGER's forces are now under his control. Lt. James Gordon and the GCPD arrive to help drive off the TYGER forces.
 * 2) House of Bane - Bane puts the inmates of Arkham through forced slavery as he forces the staff to conform to his regime. Warren tries to sneak out through the tunnels only find corpses all over. Bane later forms an uneasy alliance with The Children of Arkham.
 * 3) The Horde - Warren finds out from Dr. Young that Sharpe was kidnapped and put into Arkham by Bane as he fed him a variation of Bane's venom, turning him into a psychotic killer with multiple personalities called the Horde. Bane visits Hugo Strange's comatose body.
 * 4) The Ties that Bind - Warren makes a deal with Bane by helping his associate named Bird move product to avoid the slave work. In a Flashback, Bane and his men raid Gotham and take over Arkham, while taking down the GCPD and breaking the Batman.
 * 5) Haunted - A vengeful bat-like spirit terrorizes Arkham claiming to be the ghost of Jeremiah, and Warren decides to get to the bottom of it. Bane gets Dr. Young to help him with his venom addiction. Gordon stumbles on a cult called the Children of Arkham,
 * 6) Switch - Sharpe escapes from his cell and causes Trouble for Bane's right hand Bird, and Warren must stop him from destroying the product. Dr Young finds hidden info on the creation of Arkham, discovering a business man named Lincoln March was funding it until Amadeus went insane, as he later sell it to the Waynes.
 * 7) Brink of Loss - the Children of Arkham tries to rise up against Bane and his men, and Warren gets caught in the middle of it . Dr. Young gets help from Arnold Wesker in finding Sharpe.
 * 8) Caged Beasts - Sharpe awakens the comatose Strange realizing he's still under his control. Warren and Young try to de-power Bane by dumping his reserve Titan chambers, only to be found out by Bird. Strange then sends Sharpe to kill everyone in the Asylum.
 * 9) Vatican - Strange suffers from hallucinations as he reminisces his past, and it starts to get worse when Jeremiah appears in his mind. Warren tries to reason with Bird at gunpoint and decides to make a rash decision. Later, Bane confronts Warren on something.
 * 10) The Trial of Warren White - Warren wakes up in a makeshift Courthouse in the Asylum answering for his crimes against the family, as Bane tells him he knew that Warren killed Bird and dumped his Titan chambers. Bane then taunts him by having Dr. Young on the stand as he later shoots her in cold-blood, sending Warren over the hill. Warren then opts for trial by combat against Bane without his Titan, and Bane accepts.
 * 11) Down Bad - In the pit, Warren and Bane engage in a bloody match where Warren tries to hold his own but just gets overwhelmed by Bane and is taken down and beaten to a pulp. When Strange tries to take control of the prison, he discovers Dr. Young still breathing. Anarky and his gang comes in at the last second to save Warren.
 * 12) Exodus - The GCPD plans one final assault on Arkham which includes help from a fearless friend. Anarky takes the injured Warren to a safe place while Bane's forces chase after them. Strange and Sharpe go head to head with Bane for control only for Bane to kill Sharpe both in process. Anarky learns that the GCPD are planning to blow up the bridge to the Island to protect Gotham, taking away their escape route. Bane then realizes he's been poisoned with a virus in his lungs that Strange put in him when he was captured, as he slowly dies a terrible death. As the Bridge to Arkham is destroyed, Anarky, Warren and others head through a tunnel leading out of Arkham.

Season 5(Final Season)
Season 5 begins right after the finale.
 * 1) Fade - After escaping Arkham, Warren and Lonnie find themselves evading capture from the GCPD and almost get caught until Arnold Wesker rescues them in a boat. Lt. Gordon spearheads the manhunt for the Arkham escapees.
 * 2) Enemy of the State - Warren and the gang take refuge in an abandoned warehouse where they get the help of Two-Face and Black Mask and his gang to find a way outta Gotham. The Children of Arkham make their move on Gotham, but a vigilante in Templar armor throws a wrench in their plans.
 * 3) The Underground Men - Warren, Two-Face and the gang go through the Gotham sewers for a way out, only to get captured by a mutated Killer Croc. They later get trapped inside a dark cellar for several hours losing air, which forces them to go at each others necks. The Children of Arkham start bombing several buildings in Gotham, tasking Gordon and his team to track them down.
 * 4) War of Jokes and Riddles Part 1 - After narrowly escaping Crocs grasp, Warren makes a deal with the Joker in order to get help in escape. Joker then tells them to eliminate the Riddler and Poison Ivy so he can get his turf. Dr. Young wakes up from her coma realizing she can't walk.
 * 5) War of Jokes and Riddles Part 2 - Warren, Two-Face and Anarky get trapped inside Riddlers cage and must think of a way out. Meanwhile, The war between Joker and Riddler get out of control as the Children of Arkham enter the picture. Azrael comes to Warren's rescue as he is revealed to be Michael Lane.
 * 6) Harbinger - Warren, Lonnie and Mike take refuge in an abandoned church which houses a secret cult called the Order, as Mike has become their avatar of justice. James Gordon questions Strange on his connection to the Children of Arkham. Dr. Young tries to get a message to Warren.
 * 7) Breaking In - After getting a message from Young, Warren and the gang decide to break in to the GCPD to rescue her. James Gordon deals with a mutiny within his squad while Dr. Young tries to walk.
 * 8) Dead Men Walking - Strange unleashes a gas that turns all the officers into zombies as he uses this opportunity to escape. Warren and the gang try to find the source of the Gas, but comes face to face with one of the enforcers of the Children of Arkham. After the gas subsides, James Gordon puts Warren and the gang in jail.
 * 9) Dawn - The Children of Arkham begins an assault on GCPD in order to occupy Gotham. James Gordon decides to release Warren, Mike and Lonnie so they can help defend the GCPD. After the assault, Warren kills Hugo Strange.
 * 10) Midnight - Warren learns that an airstrip miles out has a plane on standby, he must evade every gang in Gotham(including the GCPD) to get there. James Gordon interrogates Lyle Bolton only til he gets an alert that Warren is still at large. He later says his goodbyes to Lonnie and Mike as they decide to stay in Gotham while Warren and Dr. Young leave the city.
 * 11) Wake Me Til Its Over - Warren reaches the airstrip by car and gets to the plane only to find Bruce Wayne inside, so he and Young take him hostage. The GCPD arrive at the airstrip surrounding the plane telling him to release Wayne. Warren decides to release all the hostages(including Dr Young as they share a kiss) and tells the pilot to fly him out of here. Warren is then seen leaving Gotham by plane and never seen again.
 * 12) Epilogue - 4 years later, Warren is later seen in Seattle running a crime syndicate as he made himself a kingpin of crime. In Gotham, Arkham is given a new redesign with state of the art tech thanks to contributions from Bruce Wayne. Lonnie is now doing community service cleaning the streets and Azrael and the Order lurk in the shadows. Gordon becomes commissioner and Dr Young has a new life with her husband and 3 kids. The episode ends with Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy escaping jail. (Series Finale)