The Dark Knight Scene 4 Summary

Here Comes the Joker

  • The mob leaders decide to hire the Joker just as Gordon crashes the party and arrests everybody.
  • Mayor Garcia congratulates Harvey on getting hundreds of mobsters indicted at once, but makes it clear that Harvey's got to stay on the golden path. Otherwise, it all goes up in a puff of smoke.
  • A body hanged by a noose hits the window while they talk. It belongs to one of the copycat Batmen from the beginning of the film.
  • Bruce and Alfred watch in horror, along with the rest of Gotham, as a tape airs showing the Joker torturing and killing the copycat. He threatens to keep killing people until Batman reveals his identity.
  • Bruce arrives in his helicopter at the fundraising party he's throwing for Harvey, three gorgeous women in tow, and makes an elegant speech about why Harvey Dent is the future of Gotham City.
  • Rachel and Bruce have an intense discussion about their possible future if Harvey can clean up the city.
  • Gordon finds out that the Joker is targeting Judge Surillo, Commissioner Loeb and Harvey Dent, then he tries to secure their safety.
  • Harvey and Rachel talk about their own future. Rachel waffles, and then Bruce suddenly appears and puts Harvey in a sleeper hold to lock him in a closet.
  • Surillo's car blows up, Commissioner Loeb drinks from a poisoned glass, and the Joker crashes the fundraiser all at the same time. You guys ready to play a little defense?
  • The Joker torments Bruce's guests as Bruce slips off to grab his tights. Rachel stands up to the Joker who tells her a scary (and probably fake) story about his scars.
  • Batman shows up, and Joker monologues for a bit before throwing Rachel out a window.
  • Batman plunges after her, and manages to slow both of their falls and save them.
  • The Joker gets away… as that childhood Jingle-Bells riff once warned us.