“So, You Need A Crew?” is episode three of season one of Harley Quinn.
A door opens on a train and a man is thrown out of it by Harley. She then goes up against KGBeast and wins. She removes a key from him and tries opening a door. It needs two keys, turning at the same time, on both sides of the door. Finally, Harley manages to stretch out and turn both – only to discover there’s a third above the door. Then the Joker arrives with some goons and gets the door open. Harley claims it’s her score; it was, now it’s his. Harley thinks the only reason he can do this is because he has goons who do what he says. Joker disagrees; then tells his goons to throw Harley out. Harley arrives back at Ivy’s, rather the worse for wear. She says she needs a crew. Ivy says Harley nee3ds a shower.
After the shower, Harley complains that the Joker stole the warhead she was after, because he has a crew like all supervillains. Ivy states she is fine by herself. As her plants wait on her and Frank makes a sarcastic comment. Ivy thinks crews are overrated. She indicates Dr Psycho who is currently on the news going up against Wonder Woman, saying he’s doing fine with no crew. During the fight, Dr Psycho calls Wonder Woman a word that is bleeped out – the first in this show – and everything comes to a stop. Evidently the wrong word. Ivy wants to know why Harley wants a warhead anyway. To blackmail Gotham into naming a highway after her.
Harley’s next stop is UTI, who are currently telling Dr Psycho that they’ll get it fixed. They’re been expecting Harley and go through various potential members of her crew. Until they discover Harley hasn’t gone back to the Joker. At that point, everyone becomes unavailable. For ever.
Harley tries recruiting from a bar. No-one is interested. Then Kite Man comes in; he wants to recruit people. For something. He’s not sure what. Everyone signs up.
Harley tells Ivy. Ivy wants to know if Kite Man mentioned her. Evidently, when she met him in the previous episode, “A High Bar”, Kite Man made more of impression than it seemed. Or, frankly, is warranted. Harley wants to know how to get people working for her. Maybe someone will tell her. Ivy tells her no-one is going to give away their trade secrets. Harley has another idea.
That being them both going to see Maxie Zeus, who, it seems, does motivational meetings. For supervillains. Harley is impressed. Ivy is not and leaves. Harley goes to see Maxie in person. Now she’s less impressed.
No bad guy seems to want to work for a woman, so Harley considers getting women. Ivy isn’t interested. Eventually, she tells Harley there’s a glass ceiling for female supervillains. You’re fine until you try and breach that.