SPOILER WARNING: This article contains major stories for "Mine Is a Long And a Sad Tale," the latest episode of Batwoman.


Batwoman has unveiled Alice's origin story at last. In "Mine Is a Long And a Sad Tale," the latest episode, she had a heart-to-heart with her sister Kate Kane and revealed how she transformed into the leader of the Wonderland Gang.

Right after the crash that killed their mother, Beth was discovered by a man and his son Johnny when they were fishing. They took her home, where she awoke. Although the man insisted he had contacted the police, he had done no such thing; he had only told her that to placate her for a while.

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As she waited for her father and the authorities to arrive, Beth spent some time in Johnny's room. Johnny showed her his special talent: he can mimic almost any voice. Then, as she and Johnny watched TV together, a special news bulletin revealed a massive search for her was underway.

Immediately, Beth protested. "We don't want you to leave us," the man said. He picked her up and dumped her in a cell in the basement, while she begged him to let her go. She found herself locked in the room, which only had a bed and a sink with a skinned face floating in some bloody water.

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"Socialization is essential to one's development," the man explained. "It's as important as food, water and shelter. It allows one to develop a sense of self, a sense of purpose... My dear son didn't get the opportunity to develop a sense of purpose because the world made him an outcast. They called him a monster. He waited a very long time for someone like you... This is your home now. Don't cry. You'll get used to it here."

All this was due to a scar Johnny received from an accident. He was so ashamed of it that he covered it with his hair, hiding his face. As such, the man wanted Beth to live with them, so that Johnny might have a friend. So he planned to keep Beth a hostage there to force her to be his friend. All the while, the man conducted experiments with skinned faces -- like the one in his sink -- to "fix" his son.

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After weeks in captivity, Beth managed to pry a nail out of the wall and use it to jimmy her cell door open. She went straight for the phone and managed to get a phone call through to her father, though the man caught her before she could reveal where she was. "If anyone comes looking for you, I will kill them, and it will be all your fault," he threatened.

Soon enough, Jacob Kane traced the call back to the house where she was being kept. He scoured the house looking for Beth, only for the man to convince him that Johnny had placed a prank call using his unusual talent. Meanwhile, Kate found Beth's cell in the basement, but Beth was afraid the man would kill them both and refused to make a sound.

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"So I just waited. I waited for you to feel it, to know, to sense, but alas, nothing," Alice recalled, her voice cracking. "I guess what they say about twins being connected -- that profound, soulful, magical tie -- is just fantasy, the thing you dream about before your hunger wakes you up."

After Jacob and Kate left discouraged, Johnny went to Beth's cell. "I shouldn't have tricked your dad and sister," he said. "I'm sorry."

"I want to go home," she sobbed.

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"You know he won't let you," he replied.

"But you can," she insisted. "You can let me out."

"Maybe, but I also don't want you to go," he admitted. "I want to be your friend." With that, he slipped the Alice in Wonderland novel under her door, whispering, "To keep you company." It seems this is what inspired Beth to become Alice.

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As the episode drew to a close, present-day Alice met with Johnny, who she now calls Mouse. He handed her the copy of Alice in Wonderland he had given to her when they were children, and she began to read to him from it. "You saved me," she told him. "I love you too, dear brother, and now that we are together again, I can help you become anyone you want to be. Once we are done with Daddy, he'll never forget about me, ever, ever."

Helmed by Caroline Dries and developd by Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television, Batwoman stars Ruby Rose, Rachel Skarsten, Meagan Tandy, Camrus Johnson, Dougray Scott, Elizabeth Anweis and Nicole Kang. The series airs Sundays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on The CW.

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