Batman: Caped Crusader Season 2 ReviewAs Batman (Hamish Linklater) continues to fight crime in 1940s Gotham City while learning to trust his allies, the Joker (Matthew Needham) slowly emerges from the shadows. Streaming on: Prime VideoEpisodes viewed: 10 of 10There was a lot to like about the first season of Batman: Caped Crusader, from its moody, old-school vibes to its remixed updates of deep-cut villains. And while the second season of Caped Crusader is still a distance from that peak, it’s thankfully a step up from the first volume, with sharper, more mature storytelling that leans into the inherent darkness of 1940s Gotham. Not only does it give Hamish Linklater — who smoothly modulates his vocal performance as Bruce Wayne throughout — another mode to play, but it's Caped Crusader at its most satisfyingly noirish. Speaking of which, a sequence illuminated only by gunfire, while no longer novel, is an aesthetically pleasing highpoint.