Killing Kopski



Killing Kopski is the fourteenth episode of the first season of The Joker Blogs. It was first uploaded on Youtube on January 10, 2010.

Plot Summary
At the start of the video, the Joker is filming as he prints out a letter he typed up on a computer inside one of the building's apartments. A phone rings repeateldy as he puts a pencil into an electronic sharpener. The letter finishes printing and he takes it out before hiding out of sight as a blonde man enters the apartment carrying a bagged tuxedo. The camera captures the man set down the bag before going to stand before the bathroom mirror. The Joker silently creeps up until he is standing in the entryway of the bathroom. The blonde man is at first unaware of the intrusion but when he turns to look, the Joker shrieks, "SURPRISE!", before shoving him into the bathtub. The man falls backward with his temple hitting the tiled wall before he is knocked out unconscious. The Joker pauses for a moment and realizes he is in the wrong apartment. The camera goes off.

When the camera is turned on again, the Joker has just shut the bathroom door behind him as the bathtub is now filling with water. The blonde man, Guy Kopski's brother Garrett, is still passed out but his arms and wrists have since been duct taped together. The Joker muses that Garett is a popular guy and then pushes his head underwater in an attempt to rouse him. Garrett awakens and struggles against the water. The Joker criticizes him for acting like a child who doesn't want to take his bath. He once again shoves Garrett underwater as Garrett fights against the drowning. The Joker puts a hand on Garrett's mouth to muffle his shrieking, telling him he looks tired of it all and that he can sympathize. He muses that these days it's hard to keep one's head above life's proverbial waters. The Joker manages to push Garrett down a third time and holds him down for several seconds, but Garrett thrashes violently to get back up. The Joker says he completely understands why he wants to end his life. Garrett gasps out that he doesn't want to end his life. The Joker submerges him again and insists he is tired of being selfish and will help him do it as it's what he does best.

After letting Garrett up, the Joker questions how he will do it since he doesn't want him to suffer. He considers that the apartment isn't on a high enough floor for Garrett to jump out of a window. Instead, he takes a bottle of pills and chucks a few pills at him. The Joker then suggests using a razor, but seeing Garrett's terrified expression, he sneers that won't do since it's how girls do it and he is a guy who needs to die in a manly way. The Joker suggests he can set him on fire. The camera pans to a can of gasoline that the Joker is holding. He proceeds to dump the can's contents onto Garrett and then clicks on a lighter. Garrett blows out the light, which the Joker restarts, but again, Garrett blows it out. The Joker impatiently remarks he is trying to help him and Garrett should let him do so. Another option the Joker presents is if Garrett shoots himself with a gun, however, it won't work since Garrett would have to pull the trigger. He mockingly states a gun might be too quick and pats him on the head, cooing that he is a guy after his heart.

As Garrett whimpers that he doesn't want to do it, the Joker advises that the how isn't the problem but the why as hec can't believe Garrett would kill himself without telling anyone first. He then gives him the suicide letter. Garrett is stunned into silence as the Joker dictates the letter out loud to him. Garrett notices his tuxedo has been laid out, and the Joker casually tells him he intends to take his place at the wedding as he wasn't invited and doing so won't upset the person to cake ratio. After reading the last lines of the letter, the Joker requests he sign it. Garrett refuses three times to sign it, to which the Joker snarls menacingly at him to do it. Garrett finally does and as the Joker takes the letter away, the camera flashes a low battery signal. The Joker swerves the camera and catches a glimpse of the time on a digital clock, realizing he is going to be late to the wedding. He unplugs the clock and plugs in the cord for the camera. Turning back to his hostage, the Joker apologizes for cutting things short but that he can finish things without him and even film it if he wants. The Joker laughs gleefully before dropping the camera into the water, and the lenses capture glimpses of Garrett underwater as he is electrocuted to death. The camera goes to static after this.

Characters

 * Scott McClure as Joker
 * Timothy J. Meyer as Garrett Kopski

Production Notes
"I can't take it anymore. The world has gotten too complicated and difficult for me to bear it any longer. MY one regret as I leave this life is that I won't make it to the wedding. However, I will be sending someone to take my place, Goodbye cruel world. Hugs and Kisses...
 * The suicide letter that the Joker typed up on the computer is in Comic Sans font.
 * The letter reads as:

G. Kopski"

Event Chronology

 * The events of "Killing Kopski" occur after "Road Trip" and before "Get Me To The Church On Time".

Episode Connections

 * The Joker's line, "I'm in the wrong apartment", is a callback to a previous episode, "Meet Steve", where he said, "I'm in the wrong office".
 * Dr. Harleen Quinzel mentioned to the Joker in "Artistic Merit" that Guy's brother would be his best man at the wedding.
 * The Joker retrieved the can of gasoline from Dr. Jeremiah Arkham's car in "Road Trip".