The Prime Video animated series Batman: Caped Crusader has returned for a second season, with critic Liam Gaughan praising it as a more experimental and psychologically rich take on the Dark Knight. Produced by Bruce Timm, the series revisits the stylised, retro Gotham City of the classic Batman: The Animated Series while drawing on executive producer Matt Reeves's more morally ambiguous, detective-focused vision from The Batman. The review argues the show matters because it demonstrates that a "gritty" Batman need not rely on violence, instead offering a mature exploration of the character's fraught relationship with justice.

Season 2 picks up after Bruce Wayne (voiced by Hamish Linklater) nearly loses control while pursuing mob boss Rupert Thorne (Cedric Yarbrough), and finds Batman frustrated by his inability to reform Gotham's corrupt institutions despite an uneasy alliance with Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Eric Morgan Stuart) and a truce with his daughter, public defender Barbara Gordon (Krystal Joy Brown). The season favours standalone episodes over serialised storytelling, each tackling a different villain and, notably, experimenting with genres not typically associated with DC Comics. The review singles out the episode "Deep Cover" as a highlight, and notes the season also develops Bruce Wayne's public persona as a charismatic billionaire used to conceal his true identity, even though the show remains light on humour overall.