regarding bruce's beginning of vigilantism, mckenzie explained that "we are definitely leaning into bruce, having learned some of the skills to be a vigilante, now actually attempting it. now, we have a long, long way to go before he can realistically be batman, so there will be many stumbles and falls – and regressions back to being a kid at times – but gordon will eventually become aware of what he's doing and that will bring them against each other." david mazouz also added, "bruce really is taking on this vigilante persona and all the things that go along with that. whether it be creating another persona, a public persona, that's also definitely going to be a major part of bruce's journey this year. his relationship as this other person. batman is coming. absolutely." mazouz also stated that he was worried the writers could pull back some aspects from batman, deeming it "too fast" but he was glad it didn't stop. he said that bruce would take the "batman persona" this season. cannon also explained that bruce will be seen "as the emerging threat he is." alexander siddig stated that his character will seek to make bruce his heir and will "do anything he can to get his hands on him, to manipulate him into what [ra's] wants him to be." he also claimed that the season is "a season so far of extremes."