Warning! This post contains SPOILERS for Harley Quinn Season 5, episode 2Harley QuinnSeason 5, episode 2 sees Harley and Ivy getting used to their new lives in Metropolis. However, a surprise from Ivy’s past will likely put a key strain on their relationship. Also, while Lena Luthor has been helping Harley and Ivy with their new status quo shift, her true reasons and motives remain a mystery (as she’s likely not just helping them out of the goodness of her heart).
As seenat the end ofHarley QuinnSeason 5’s premiere, Harley and Ivy decide to permanently move from Gotham to Metropolis. Wanting a fresh start for their lives, Ivy is now working with Lena Luthor to help run Metropolis' new green initiative. However, Ivy’s new job is already off to a rocky start thanks to the return of a major face from her origins as Pamela Isley. With that in mind,here’s our recap, ending explainer, and all the biggest Easter eggs/references we found inHarley QuinnSeason 5, episode 2.
Harley Season 5 Episode 2 Ending Explained: What Happened To Doctor Woodrue?
Becoming DC Comics' Floronic Man
Discovering that Doctor Jason Woodrue is leading the green initiative at Metropolis University, flashbacks reveal Ivy’s complex history with her old professor who was involved in her transformation from Pamela Isley to the plant/human hybrid and eco-terrorist Poison Ivy. Wanting revenge, Poison Ivy leaves Woodrue locked in a room filled with various toxins and chemicals, the same way he once left her. Leaving the university behind thinking she killed Woodrue, it will likely come as a big surprise when Ivy discovers that Woodrue survived.
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At the very end ofHarley QuinnSeason 5, episode 2, a clawed green hand is shown grabbing onto a nearby table.This teases that Jason Woodrue has indeed been transformed into the Floronic Man, a DC villain from the comics who is also a powerful plant/human hybrid,not unlike Poison Ivy herself. As such, it stands to reason that The Floronic Man will likely become a major problem, including the fact that Ivy chose not to tell Harley about Woodrue (likely because they were once romantically involved).
Poison Ivy’s New Origins Explained
A Smart Remix of Her Comics Origins
Poison Ivy being responsible for The Floronic Man’s creation is a pretty smart and creative twist on his origins, seeing as how Woodrue was directly the cause of Ivy’s in the comics. Just like inHarley QuinnSeason 5, episode 2’s flashback, Pamela Isley was Woodrue’s student. Not only did they have a sexual relationship, but Isley became one of Woodrue’s test subjects, subjecting her to brutal experiments that ultimately led to her transformation into Poison Ivy.
Naturally,Harley Quinnboth simplifies and makes fascinating tweaks to the comic origins with Woodrue attempting to steal Isley’s work (a baby Frank), and locking her in a room full of chemicals.This forces Pamela to use her new serum on herself, transforming her into Poison Ivy as a plant/human hybrid with the ability to control and connect with plant life. As such, it makes sense that Ivy would want revenge in the present, rather than agreeing to work with Woodrue like Lena Luthor was hoping for.
While Woodrue tries to take credit for all that Ivy was and how powerful she became, Poison Ivy chooses to let the past no longer define her. Before locking him in with all the toxins and chemicals, Ivy confirms that everything she’s become and achieved was done in spite of Woodrue and what he did.As such, it’s a pretty cool and empowering way to end such an Ivy-focused episode ofHarley Quinn.However, there will likely still beconsequences now that Woodrue is the Floronic Man.
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Harley Quinn is a 2019 animated series focusing on the titular character’s evolution after severing ties with the Joker. As she seeks to establish herself as an independent force in Gotham City’s criminal underworld, the film explores her journey toward becoming Gotham’s criminal Queenpin.
