Batman and Batgirl hunt Mr. Freeze who is on a destructively nihilistic campaign. Mr. Freeze really gets the short end of the stick in 'Cold Comfort'; what used to be the show's best villain is reduced to monster movie shtick. And this after we'd gotten a decent farewell in "SubZero". <br/><br/>But here he is fronted by two henchbabes, very nearly spouting one-liners. It's not a bad episode, per se, but it's as mediocre as they get.<br/><br/>What it really boils down to is that, with all of the new characters brought in for the overhauled fourth season, Freeze deserved to be left alone.<br/><br/>5/10 Yep, this is the episode that everyone loves to rip apart because Mr. Freeze is just a head. Is that a ridiculous concept, yes, I'll agree with that, but need I remind you that this is a series where a man got turned into a clay-like humanoid creature that can transform into other people and objects. Now sure, your suspension of disbelief has to be pretty high to not think that Freeze's whole body dissolved except for his head which is totally able to function despite missing 99% of his organs. But whatever, it's just one scene that only effects the episode's climax, it's not that bad. Also, I now know where "Batman: SubZero" plays into the DCAU, I always thought it was just a side story. It might be messed up that Nora didn't take him back after all he did for her, but I guess that was just an excuse to use Freeze as a villain again. This story might be pretty weak, and have some weird moments to it, but I wouldn't call it bad. I think the action makes up for it's other shortcomings. I can name 14 episodes of "Batman: The Animated Series" that are 10 times worse than this.
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