So, with 8 episodes under its belt I can say that while not breathtaking, it is a damn fine show.

I quite liked how they showed Penguin's development from nobody to monster. And as a Batman fan I quite like all the little bits they pepper the show with. Even if they go against stablished comic canon (Venom was developed in Santa Prisca and Wayne entreprises had nothing to do with it). I consider the show to have its own continuity and praise the efforts to incorporate elements of the comic mythos into its own setting.

I'm also enjoying the whole "whodunnit and why" element of the series. Mainly the murder of the Waynes. It might tie in with the Nolan movies, attributing their murder to the league of shadows, but that'd be predicable and I'd like the producers to come up with an entirely different culprit.

Which doesn't mean I don't want Ra's and his league to go anywhere near this series. Maybe they can show us a young Talia attending the same school as Bruce?

So, who else is enjoying it?

eeeeh ill wait for the box set

is there a presence or a lack of the bat in this ?

I think the whole cast is great. The 'catwoman' side of things is really mind-boggling though, I think it's the part that feels the most artificial or pushed down.

Agreed, the whole thing with Selina seems stapled on and feels like a forced meme. With the producers just wanting to have a link between the characters no matter what.

But let's give it some time. They might actually develop her character into something interesting.