Batman: Caped Crusader Guide: Episodes, Cast and Where to Watch

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Series guide

Batman: Caped Crusader
  • TV Series
  • 2024-2026
  • TV-14
  • 24–26 minutes
  • Amazon Prime Video
Creators
Bruce Timm
Stars
Hamish Linklater · Christina Ricci · Jason Watkins · Eric Morgan Stuart · Krystal Joy Brown

Images: Prime Video

Where to watch Batman: Caped Crusader

Both seasons stream on Prime Video in the US with any Prime membership, checked October 20, 2026.

Streaming options in the United States, updated Oct 20, 2026. More from primevideo.com. Service logos are trademarks of their owners.

Episodes aired
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Seasons 2

Batman: Caped Crusader episodes 20

Season

Season 1 · 10 episodes · 10 aired · Aug 1, 2024 to Aug 1, 2024

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  1. S1.E1 ·

    In Treacherous Waters

    Gotham's newest crime boss, a masked operator calling herself 'Penguin,' turns a betrayal inside her own family into an all-out war with rival mobster Rupert Thorne — and draws the attention of a new vigilante calling himself Batman.

    Directed by Christina Sotta · Written by Jase Ricci & Bruce Timm (story); Jase Ricci (teleplay)

  2. S1.E2 ·

    …And Be a Villain

    A detective's search for a missing actress leads her into Gotham's film industry, where a disfigured bit player's grudge is about to turn deadly.

    Directed by Matt Peters · Written by Greg Rucka

  3. S1.E3 ·

    Kiss of the Catwoman

    A jewel-obsessed heiress turned cat-suited thief sets her sights on Bruce Wayne's late mother's pearls, putting her on a collision course with Batman — and giving him a few ideas of his own.

    Directed by Christopher Berkeley · Written by Ed Brubaker & Bruce Timm (story); Adamma Ebo & Adanne Ebo (teleplay)

  4. S1.E4 ·

    The Night of the Hunters

    Gotham's mayor orders a task force built to hunt Batman down, but two of its detectives have their own plan for using a masked arsonist as bait.

    Directed by Christina Sotta · Written by Ed Brubaker

  5. S1.E5 ·

    The Stress of Her Regard

    Barbara Gordon suspects a string of wealthy men suddenly giving away their fortunes and vanishing is connected to her physician friend — who's hiding a second identity of her own.

    Directed by Matt Peters · Written by Halley Gross

  6. S1.E6 ·

    Night Ride

    A phantom horseman starts robbing Gotham's working class in the middle of a mayoral race, and Batman needs an occultist's help to find out what — or who — he's really chasing.

    Directed by Christopher Berkeley · Written by Marc Bernardin

  7. S1.E7 ·

    Moving Target

    When a bounty on Commissioner Gordon's head brings professional killers to Gotham, Batman discovers the actual target of the hit is someone much closer to home.

    Directed by Christina Sotta

  8. S1.E8 ·

    Nocturne

    Children start vanishing from a campaign carnival, and Batman traces it to a woman whose rare condition forces her to drain other people's energy just to survive.

    Directed by Matt Peters · Written by Halley Gross

  9. S1.E9 ·

    The Killer Inside Me

    A disfigured and humiliated Harvey Dent turns his anger on the men who wronged him, and Batman has to stop him before his crusade costs him everything.

    Directed by Christopher Berkeley · Written by Jase Ricci

  10. S1.E10 ·

    Savage Night

    As Harvey Dent prepares to testify against Gotham's biggest crime boss, Batman, Gordon, Montoya and Barbara join forces to keep him alive — while a killer with a taste for toxins starts making headlines.

    Directed by Christina Sotta · Written by Ed Brubaker

Season 1 (2024) · a film-noir Gotham in its earliest years, all 10 episodes released together on August 1, 2024. Introduces Batman, Catwoman, Harvey Dent and Harley Quinn from scratch.

Season 2 · 10 episodes · 10 aired · Jul 31, 2026 to Jul 31, 2026

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  1. S2.E1 ·

    Brute Force

    With Rupert Thorne behind bars, his volatile lieutenant Eddie Nygma will do anything — including testing a dangerous new toxin — to keep a star witness from testifying.

    Directed by Christina Sotta · Written by Tyrone Finch & Bryce Abood

  2. S2.E2 ·

    Rocket's Red Glare

    Batman goes undercover at an energy company under attack from a saboteur who may not be as dead as everyone assumed.

    Directed by Matt Peters · Written by Geoffrey Thorne

  3. S2.E3 ·

    Deep Cover

    Bruce goes undercover inside Blackgate Penitentiary to protect a key witness from Nygma's reach, and forms a bond he can't walk away from even behind bars.

    Directed by Christopher Berkeley · Written by Tyrone Finch & Bryce Abood

  4. S2.E4 ·

    The Devil's Due

    A copycat 'Batman' commits murder in broad daylight, and the real one has to track down a cult that thinks he's the living avatar of a bat-god.

    Directed by Matt Peters · Written by Margaret Dunlap

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    The Spectral Hand

    An experimental procedure goes horribly wrong for a man who once tried to kill Barbara Gordon, and now Gotham has a far more dangerous version of him loose in the streets.

    Directed by Christina Sotta · Written by J. M. DeMatteis

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    Sudden Fear

    A string of unexplained deaths at Gotham University pulls in an unlikely pair of investigators — one of them a fugitive wanted by the GCPD.

    Directed by Christopher Berkeley · Written by Julie Benson & Shawna Benson

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    Her Dark Reflection

    After a florist is gunned down in front of his daughter, a dangerous new persona emerges and makes a play for the city's most dangerous criminal empire.

    Directed by Christina Sotta · Written by Margaret Dunlap

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    Zero Hour

    A homemade vigilante inspired by Batman stumbles into a warehouse full of frozen secrets tied to Rupert Thorne's disappearance.

    Directed by Matt Peters · Written by Julie Benson & Shawna Benson

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    Dead Before Dawn

    A mysterious new player announces that Gotham's mayor will be dead by midnight, and Batman has only hours to find a killer who's been hiding in plain sight for months.

    Directed by Christopher Berkeley · Written by Greg Rucka

  10. S2.E10 ·

    The Laughing Death

    A city-wide outbreak of uncontrollable laughter turns deadly, and Batman has to face down the man behind it before all of Gotham goes the same way.

    Directed by Matt Peters · Written by Geoffrey Thorne

Season 2 (2026) · all 10 episodes released together on July 31, 2026, picking up directly after season 1’s ending. The Riddler and the Joker both enter the story here.

Videos 2

  • Batman: Caped Crusader Season 2 – Official Trailer | Prime VideoPrime Video · YouTube
  • The Joker Confronts Batman | Batman: Caped Crusader Season 2 | Clip | Prime VideoPrime Video · YouTube

A Batman built for a reader of detective novels, not a kid with a utility belt

Caped Crusader’s whole pitch is tone, not continuity. J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves and Bruce Timm reset Gotham into a film-noir city with its own version of everyone — this Oswald Cobblepot is a woman running a jazz club, this Harvey Dent loses his mayoral campaign before he loses his face, and the show spends its first season building corrupt cops and a protection racket before Batman is anything more than a rumor people trade in whispers. There is no shared universe to track and nothing earlier required: both seasons were released complete rather than weekly, ten episodes each, so a binge is the intended way to watch it.

Batman: Caped Crusader season 2 trailer still
A still from the official Prime Video season 2 trailer. Image: Prime Video

Season 1 earns its reputation the slow way: Catwoman, Harley Quinn and Clayface all get the kind of origin episode built around a specific crime rather than a costume reveal, and Harvey Dent’s arc runs the entire season rather than ending it in one twist. Season 2 trusts that groundwork and moves faster, bringing in the Riddler as a genuine power player in Gotham’s underworld before the Joker arrives in the back half — and the season finale is built entirely around that arrival rather than teasing it for a season 3 that has not been ordered.

The Joker in Batman: Caped Crusader season 2
A still from the official Prime Video clip “The Joker Confronts Batman.” Image: Prime Video

One practical note: both seasons dropped in full on their premiere dates (August 1, 2024 and July 31, 2026), so there is no weekly schedule to track here the way there is for a simulcast anime — only a streaming home. The production record has the full voice cast and crew. For everything else we track by release date, see our watch guides.

Batman: Caped Crusader cast 7

  • Hamish Linklater
    Hamish LinklaterBruce Wayne / Batman
  • Jason WatkinsAlfred Pennyworth
  • Eric Morgan StuartJames "Jim" Gordon
  • Krystal Joy BrownBarbara Gordon
  • John DiMaggio
    John DiMaggioHarvey Bullock
  • Gary Anthony Williams
    Gary Anthony WilliamsArnold Flass
  • Michelle C. BonillaRenee Montoya
Developed by
Bruce Timm
Executive Producers
J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves, Bruce Timm
Network
Prime Video
Studios
Bad Robot Productions, 6th & Idaho, Warner Bros. Animation

Photos via Wikimedia Commons. Hamish Linklater: Marie-Lan Nguyen, CC BY 2.5; John DiMaggio: Super Festivals, CC BY 2.0; Gary Anthony Williams: Tim Blackmon for Galaxy Con, CC BY 2.0.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where can I watch Batman: Caped Crusader?

On Prime Video in the US with any Prime membership, checked October 20, 2026. Both seasons are there now, each released complete rather than weekly.

How many episodes of Batman: Caped Crusader are there?

20 across two 10-episode seasons. Season 1 released August 1, 2024; season 2 released July 31, 2026.

Is there a season 3 of Batman: Caped Crusader?

No release date or renewal has been announced as of October 20, 2026.

Do I need to know other Batman media first?

No. This is a self-contained reimagining with its own continuity, cast and 1940s-inflected setting — a new way into the character, not a sequel to anything.

Who plays Batman in Caped Crusader?

Hamish Linklater voices Bruce Wayne / Batman, with Christina Ricci as Catwoman and Jamie Chung as Harley Quinn.

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