Batman: The Animated Series
It's Never Too Late
TV Flash files “It's Never Too Late” as hour 6 of 85 in the TV Flash guide — Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995) on Fox Kids, season 1, episode 6, aired 1992-09-10, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E06: listed hour 6 of 85 in the Batman: The Animated Series guide, hour 6 of 60 in season 1. It aired 1992-09-10 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Feat of Clay Part II” (S01E05). Next is “Joker's Favor” (S01E07).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A mob war between crime bosses Rupert Thorne and Arnold Stromwell is nearing its end, and comes to a climax when Stromwell is set up to be killed in an exploding restaurant by Thorne. Batman saves him at the last moment, and aided by Stromwell's brother (now a priest who lost his leg years before, an accident for which Stromwell carries a secret guilt), tries to persuade him to give up his life of crime and help the police bring Thorne down by testifying against him.
Viewer FAQ
Where does It's Never Too Late sit in the Batman: The Animated Series guide?
S01E06 is listed hour 6 of 85 — hour 6 of 60 in season 1, season 1 episode 6.
When did Batman: The Animated Series S01E06 air?
It's Never Too Late aired 1992-09-10 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Did this series create Harley Quinn?
Yes — Harley Quinn was created here (voiced by Arleen Sorkin) and later entered comics, films, and the wider DC brand.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Art-deco Gotham with Kevin Conroy's growl and Mark Hamill's Joker — kids' TV that adults claimed without irony. Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski built black-sky noir, jazz menace, and villains as tragic theater. Harley Quinn walks out of this show into the wider DC canon. Still the gold standard for Western superhero animation.
The first useful thing *Batman: The Animated Series* does is treat Saturday morning like prestige genre. A noir-styled Batman stalks an art-deco Gotham where villains are tragic theatrical forces. Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski built a timeless design language — black sky, sharp shadows, jazz menace — for a 1992 Fox Kids premiere. Kevin Conroy's Batman and Mark Hamill's Joker became definitive voice performances for a generation. Arleen Sorkin's Harley Quinn spun out of this series into comics and films. Kids' TV…
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- Mark Hamill as The Joker
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- Arleen Sorkin as Harley Quinn
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