Dinner With The Arkhams



Dinner With The Arkhams is the twelfth episode of the first season of The Joker Blogs. It was first uploaded on Youtube on November 21, 2009.

Plot Summary
At the start of the video, there is a body wrapped up in white sheet as the Joker warns Lyle to keep recording and to not try anything or he'll cut one of the Arkhams. The Joker then pushes the cloth-wrapped body to the ground to reveal Dr. Jeremiah Arkham and his wife Lisa are seated at a table bound to their chairs and gagged with duct tape. The Joker comes around to stand between the couple and pretends to be their server at "Cafe de Arkham" since their chef Larry (who was the dead body wrapped in the sheet) has the night off. He rips off the duct tape from Jeremiah's mouth and asks if he knows what he wants to order. Jeremiah is speechless, while the Joker leans over in a display of faux attention to Lisa, whose words are muffled by the duct tape covering her mouth. The Joker says they don't serve that and suggests he can just bring them the special instead. He brings over a covered dish and removes the lid to reveal a purple stuffed rabbit doll (which has blacked out raccoon eyes and a painted red smile).

As the Joker begins sharpening two knives in close proximity to Lisa, she whimpers and begins breathing heavily out of fear. The Joker notices and asks if she is being chicken. Lisa shakes her head with frantic vigor, but the Joker growls at her that chicken is not on the menu and coos that if she is going to act like a chicken, she gets to be a chicken. He plops a chicken mask over her head and pushes the rabbit over the table before removing another lidded dish that has easter eggs in a basket for Jeremiah. He then poses the question of what died first: the chicken or the egg. Jeremiah begs him to do whatever he wants with him but to leave his wife out of it. The Joker decides that, since he loves his wife so much, he'll have to put his devotion to the test.

After shoving a boiled egg into Jeremiah's mouth, the Joker seals his mouth with duct tape again, telling him to watch his manners as it's impolite to speak with his mouth full. He then puts a fork in his hand and tells him to decide what comes first; the chicken (Lisa) or his eggs (his eyes). The Joker specifies that he must put all the eggs in the basket, however, Jeremiah panics and resists, causing the Joker to give him a helping hand by pushing the fork toward his eyes. Jeremiah continues resisting, so the Joker gives up and resignedly states that the chicken will have to go. Jeremiah screams through the duct tape in protest and his cries intensify with fervor when the Joker holds a blade to Lisa's neck, to which the Joker releases her and pulls the chicken mask off, sighing that the Arkhams are impossible. The Joker chides them for ruining dinner, however, he agrees to be the nice guy if Jeremiah does everything he tells him to do and he can see his wife again. Once Jeremiah nods to confirm he will, the Joker cuts him loose from his binds. Jeremiah collapses over to Lisa and they desperately try to communicate, although they cannot due to the duct tape. The Joker promises to get Jeremiah back by midnight but then unveils the last lidded dish which contains a stack of dynamite with a clock on it, revealing it is set to explode if they are not back in time. Lisa shrieks in horror and realization of what will happen to her as a terrified Jeremiah, howling in desperation, is pulled away from her by the Joker. The Joker's hyena laugh is heard off-camera before the video cuts to static.

Characters

 * Scott McClure as Joker
 * Steven Molony as Dr. Jeremiah Arkham
 * Kendra Cashmore as Lisa Arkham

Event Chronology

 * The events of "Dinner With The Arkhams" occur after "Trick Or Treat" and before "Road Trip".

Episode Connections

 * Whether Dr. Jeremiah Arkham makes it home before midnight, and Lisa Arkham's eventual fate, are revealed in "Three Minutes to Midnight".