The Dark Knight Scene 5 Summary

"We Gotta Nab This Guy!"

  • Gordon's sure that no one will stand up and do the right thing now. Then Harvey appears ready to fight, so that answers that question.
  • Alfred and Bruce discuss the Joker, with Alfred opining that the Joker couldn't care less about normal bad-guy things like money and power.
  • Gordon busts into a tenement where the bodies of two Joker victims lie decomposing.
  • Batman investigates the scene while Gordon discovers that the Joker's next target is Mayor Garcia.
  • Alfred and Bruce run forensic evidence in hopes of finding the Joker.
  • Lucius Fox meets with the accountant from Wayne Enterprises who threatens to reveal what he's discovered about applied sciences. He's convinced that Bruce Wayne is Batman, but Lucius shuts him down by suggesting that Batman may not be intimidated by blackmail.
  • Bruce travels to the address his forensic analysis points to, just as the parade for Commissioner Loeb's memorial commences.
  • Bruce discovers the honor guard bound and gagged in an abandoned building. Guess how the Joker's going to kill the Mayor?
  • Gordon leaps in front of the bullet intended for Mayor Garcia, apparently killing him.
  • In the confusion, Harvey manages to sequester one of the gunmen alone.
  • Gordon's dead, everyone's shocked, and Big B goes looking for some answers.
  • Batman crashes Maroni's club and pummels a large private security force before tossing Maroni himself off the roof.
  • Harvey does some questioning of his own, flipping a coin to intimidate his apprehended gunman and threatening to kill the man if tails comes up. Batman appears and is not happy with Harvey doing the sort of thing that he himself does all the time.
  • Batman informs Harvey that no one can ever see him pounding on bad guys like this. Otherwise, all those mobsters they landed in jail will get out.
  • Batman decides to turn himself in, then departs. Harvey yells after him that he can't give in, displaying a level of crankiness that some would find disturbing.
  • Harvey Dent holds a press conference concerning the Joker's demand. When the crowd cries for blood, Harvey claims that he is the Batman, and turns himself over to the police.
  • Rachel leaves a note for Bruce, explaining that she's going to be with Harvey. He's going to have to be happy with the cape and tights. Alfred promises to deliver the note.
  • Rachel meets with Harvey as he's being taken away.
  • Harvey gives his coin to Rachel, and she sees that it has two heads... allowing him to win any manner of bar bet on a whim.
  • The GPD transports Harvey Dent through the streets of Gotham before being diverted down a detour thanks to a fire truck engulfed in flames lying across their path.
  • The Joker attacks the caravan with a huge 18-wheeler, and quickly makes mincemeat out of the cops.
  • Batman rides to the rescue, and doesn't even let the disabling of the Batmobile dissuade him.
  • He flips that 18-wheeler over, but crashes his bike after the Joker dares him to kill him.
  • Gordon reveals himself by pointing a loaded gun at the Joker before the Joker can knife the Caped Crusader. Surprise! He was alive all along!
  • Harvey has a brief encounter with the press, and Ramirez puts him in a car home. She has a troubled look on her face that certainly doesn't foreshadow anything bad.
  • Mayor Garcia stops by MCU to congratulate Gordon, and makes him Commissioner.