There has to be a production story behind this episode, since it is quite probably the dumbest, cheapest one they ever filmed. Under the influence of feminist Nora Clavicle (a very dull Barbara Rush, who does eyebrow calisthenics on every line), the women take over Gotham City. The Mayor's wife is made police chief, and all the men on the force are fired and replaced with bimbos who can't be bothered to stop a bank robber because they're putting on their lipstick. An army of deadly mechanical mice subsequently forces every woman in the city onto a chair or desk until they cry "eek!" and faint. Batman, Robin and Batgirl, of course, lead all the mice away by playing penny whistles, ala the Pied Piper. The viewer tries in vain to look for a level of satire in the presentation of all women (except Batgirl) as hopeless, vain idiots who belong in the laundry room and kitchen, but it just isn't there. Worse, the villainess's motive is moronic, there is no Batfight (the Dynamic Duo wouldn't be slugging out girls, after all), and the death trap is mind-bogglingly bizarre: Batman, Robin and Batgirl are literally tied into some kind of knot, with the results looking like a particularly kinky threesome. Then there's a stylized cardboard set at the end purporting to represent the Gotham City docks that has to be seen to be disbelieved. It looks like something out of a high school play. Clearly, the team had run out of time, money, and ingenuity on this one, not to mention a sense of taste.
