Therapy Begins



Therapy Begins is the first episode of the first season of The Joker Blogs and was created as a pilot for the series. It was first uploaded on Youtube on October 21, 2008.

Cast

 * Scott McClure as Joker
 * Kira Westberg as Dr. Harleen Quinzel

Production Notes

 * This episode introduces the characters Joker and Dr. Harleen Quinzel.
 * Scott McClure's basement was used as the setting for Joker and Dr. Quinzel's therapy sessions.
 * There are two versions of the "Therapy Begins" episode. The original video features Scott McClure with his real hair that he dyed green, while the reshot episode (which was uploaded on September 27, 2009) features Scott with a wig. Scott stated that long hair was too much maintenance and production-wise it was easier for him to just wear the wig and focus on getting into character.
 * Joker's patient number 4479 is a tribute to Heath Ledger, who portrayed the Joker in The Dark Knight, the second installment in Christopher Nolan's Batman movie trilogy series. 4479 is Heath Ledger's birthday (April 4, 1979).

Event Chronology

 * The events of "Therapy Begins" occurs before "Arkham Bound", which takes place a month later.

Episode Connections

 * Although not mentioned in the video itself, it is noticeable to viewers that the Joker is still wearing his facepaint while in the asylum. The reason for this leniency is explained by the Joker himself in the episode "An Apple A Day", where he describes finding means to obtain white and black facepaint after being hosed down following his arrest at the end of The Dark Knight and that after he bit off a guard's finger to get red paint, he was allowed access to all the facepaint he wanted.

Multimedia Connections

 * The start of this episode takes place after Joker's arrest at the end of The Dark Knight, as in "Therapy Begins" he already in Arkham Asylum as a patient.