Let Sleeping Dogs Lyle



Let Sleeping Dogs Lyle is the eleventh episode of the first season of The Joker Blogs. It was first uploaded on Youtube on October 31, 2009.

Plot Summary
With the camera set to night vision mode as it records, the episode opens with a shot of the Joker as he stands in Lyle Bolton's room. He comes closer to the camera, which is being held by Dr. Jeremiah Arkham, and jokingly tells him they have to be quiet because Lyle is sleeping. Lyle's snores are heard as the Joker walks closer to the bed, where Lyle is asleep on his back. Jeremiah begs in a whisper for him to not kill Lyle. The Joker picks up a baseball bat and holds it up high preparing to swing it as Jeremiah stutters and pleads for him to not do it. Seeming to have changed his mind, the Joker lowers the bat and instead pulls the covers up and climbs in to lie down next to Lyle. He then gently taps Lyle's shoulder and whispers in a soft voice, telling him to wake up. When Lyle does not, the Joker sits up and gets onto his knees to loom over the snoring man, loudly barking at him to wake up. Lyle awakens with a start, but he soon passes out as the Joker hits him with the bat and tells him to go to sleep.

The next camera shot is of an unconscious Lyle with blood on his temple as the Joker is dragging him along the carpet. Jeremiah asks if it was really necessary to knock him out. The Joker insists it was and he pulls Lyle's body to the top of the stairs before allowing Lyle to roll all the way down to the bottom. As he hurries down the steps and jumps over Lyle's body, the Joker adds that Lyle wouldn't have allowed himself to be undressed if he was still awake. Jeremiah again asks if that is necessary, but the Joker impatiently tells him to get Lyle in the car and undressed so they won't be late for dinner. Jeremiah, shocked at the current situation, struggles to form a coherent sentence as he contemplates out loud that Lyle is going to be naked at dinner. The video then cuts to static.

Characters

 * Scott McClure as Joker
 * Steven Molony as Dr. Jeremiah Arkham
 * Steve Gibbs as Lyle Bolton

Event Chronology

 * The events of "Let Sleeping Dogs Lyle" occur after "Car Trouble" and before "Trick or Treat".

Episode Connections

 * The Joker's first words in this episode, "We have to be quiet...", is the same phrase he said in "Meet Steve" when he broke into Jeremiah's office.