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T2 WHATS UP! October 6 - 12, 2019 BY BREANNA HENRY TV Media I may or may not own an overflowing stack of comic books that's get- ting dangerously close to weighing more than its cur- rent shelf can handle, so it's safe to trust me when I say that Batwoman, a.k.a. Kate Kane, is a fantastic character with a ton of incredible story potential. As someone who's already a fan, I'm very interested to see how CW's "Batwoman" recre- ates, reimagines or reinvents the title character, and luckily I won't have to wait long. With the beautifully androgynous Ruby Rose ("The Meg," 2018) at the helm (or cowl) and Ra- chel Skarsten ("Acquainted," 2018) playing the totally twist- ed Alice, CW's newest prime- time addition to its DC Com- ics-based Arrowverse — "Bat- woman" — premieres Sunday, Oct. 6. Not everyone seems to be as excited as I am about CW's "Batwoman." Many of the pre- emptively negative thoughts are likely the result of people being afraid. After all, Bat- woman has a lot of fans, and people may be worried the show will portray the iconic and beloved character poorly. Much of the online negative sentiment about the show re- volves around lead actress Rose, whose credits include a few less-than-stellar films. Rose's castmate Skarsten is no stranger to caped crusad- ers. The Toronto native played the super-screeching Black Canary in "Birds of Prey" on the WB at just 16 years old. Joining the two lead females are Dougray Scott ("Depar- ture") as Batwoman's father, Jacob, Elizabeth Anweis ("NCIS: Los Angeles") as her stepmother, Catherine, and Sam Littlefield ("The Messen- gers") as Mouse. The cast looks fantastic, the trailers seem cool, and it seems hard to go wrong when you have such great source material with which to work. The fact that Skarsten has been cast as the "Through the Looking Glass"-quoting psy- chopath Alice actually pro- Ruby Rose as Kate Kane in "Batwoman" Arrowverse expands continued on page T10 TV FEATURE