

Harleen Quinzel log Week 1
I am finally at Arkham! All my hard work and perseverance paid off and now I am assigned to a new patient that was put in here by the very Batman himself! Wow, if only I could meet such an interesting guy—I wonder what goes through his head while he fights crime on these troubled Gotham streets. My new patient is not anything of what I have imagined as a first case study. He is very menacing at first glance, but once he started talking and opening up to me, he seems like a very attractive, but troubled man. I’m not even talking about the scars that he possessed long ago—those seem to be the basis of his self image. He likes to wear clownish makeup to hide them, but it in fact it does the opposite—it highlights them. I was scared when I saw his image on the television while he was wrecking havoc throughout the city, but now as I see him close up, I am no longer afraid.
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HARLEEN: Mr. Joker, shall we proceed?
JOKER: You know what I like about you, doll? (pause) You are the closest thing to me. You understand these “people” because you listen. You have a purpose here, but you don’t want it. You are just as caged here as I am, but I can point you in the right direction.
HARLEEN: Mr. Joker, I really don’t know what you mean.
JOKER: If you must call me mister, at least call me “Mr. J”. It’s more catchy—a certain ring to it.
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Harleen Quinzel log
Week 2
This new patient is a strange one to say the least. I can see that he is one being that is all about himself—what’s best for him. He calls himself the “Joker”, aka Mr. J, and has a certain “clown menace” to his profile, consisting of handmade clothing, white and black paint on his face with red paint around his mouth and cheekbones to hide his scars. Do not let the clown makeup fool you—he is very crafty and intelligent and would not hesitant to kill. Even I have trouble disconcerting myself when I cam around him because he can be so charming.
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HARLEEN: …
JOKER: Hmm, interesting. Do I make you nervous? Am I clearing up the bat cloud around you and forming one of mine own?
HARLEEN: Please, Mr. J. Let us continue. Now, how has you week been? Have you had any more urges?
JOKER: Well, yes, actually. Now that I think about it. I’ve been a bad, bad boy.
HARLEEN: I’ll have you know that I can get you into a lot of trouble if you don’t cooperate with me.
JOKER: That’s why I like you, Harley. You got a little fight in you. Makes it all the more fun.
HARLEEN: I think I’m done with you today, Mr. Joker. (shuffles papers)
JOKER: (grabs the back of her neck and her pen, holding it inches from her eye) I’m not done with you though. Far from it. Aww, shall we put a smile on that lovely face of yours? (laughs maniacally)
HARLEEN: (kicks groin and pushes away) See you tomorrow, Joker. You might be in a straight jacket if I have anything to do with it.
JOKER: You won’t need it, doll. As long as you come alone.
HARLEEN: Goodbye, Mr. J.
JOKER: Good bye, indeed. Very good bye. Hello tomorrow.
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Harleen Quinzel log
Week 3
The Joker aka Mr. J is warming up to me, I think. He even made a funny little joke about my name and gave me a nickname. We had a little run in, but I am confident that won’t happen again. Scared me half to death he did, and all for a laugh. Always for a laugh. I think he was just testing the waters to see how I would react to his violence. I hope I did not disappoint. He enjoys flattering me for some odd reason, but it is easy to fall under his spell. He would probably be a hot catch if he wasn’t so crazy.
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JOKER: Now if I may, instead of trying to figure me out, why don’t we talk about you?
HARLEEN: Ok, what do you want to know?
JOKER: Well, I’m glad we are at such a comfortable level. You have beautiful legs, by the way. Your boyfriend/husband must be tickled.
HARLEEN: I have neither. I find that men can be in the way and challenging at times. Are you trying to flirt with me, Mr. J?
JOKER: In my own little sick way, yes. Now I know at least you have no significant other. That’s why you’re always here—with me!
HARLEEN: I’m interning so I need all the extra fieldwork I can get. Luckily, staff is short handed so they need me.
JOKER: Yes, they do. Listening to the crazies babble about their pink elephants and how Lucifer is coming to get them soon. You know, I bet I could do what you do any day. I could. Knowing crazies is kinda my specialty. But you know what they’d say--‘You’re a crazy yerself!’ You are thinking exactly like them right now, aren’t you?
HARLEEN: No, I’m not. I’m open-minded, but I have yet to get to know you. We haven’t had enough time to sort out what you are thinking, feeling, all that good stuff. Maybe you could be in this chair, but we won’t know until we get you thinking more clearly.
JOKER: I am thinking clearly. It’s you who’s fucked up in the brain—this entire facility loves to keep their crazies in line. They may be caged, but I’ll release them. All in good time though. I’m very patient. Gotham has yet to get rid of me. (lays hand on top of hers) I’ll get you out too. I hate to see a winged dove so caged.
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Harleen Quinzel log
Week 4
This week was a complete role reversal; I, the patient and he, the intern. What an interesting turn of events this has become. He found more intriguing ways to flirt, all the while getting information out of me that would probably not been said under normal interrogation. He is so smart—it almost makes me envious of him. What would it be like to be alongside him during all those heists and crime sprees he plans out? It is amazing to think about, which I must confess, I have been doing quite a bit during my time away from him. Should I be worried—is he affecting me more than I should be letting? He is such an interesting subject; I can’t help but to admire him in some ways. He is so endearing towards me; it’s like I am part of his life in his eyes. I am enamored by the way he thinks, the way he holds himself, his very presence. Why is he here when I think he could be doing so much better out there? I must adhere to the hospital’s rules, but is it so terrible for me to believe that he can be freed? Maybe not today, but in the near future?
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HARLEEN: They’ll put you in a straight jacket for sure! They’ll stop you!
JOKER: Will you? I will share intimate details with you, but you mustn’t tell. They are counting on you, but you won’t tell. I can see it in your eyes, Harley. You want to see me in action—you want to taste the freedom only I can give you. I know you can become like me, a freak, if you only let me help. Batman will not be able to stop us. He can barely stop me and with Gotham hunting him down, we will be invincible!
HARLEEN: You don’t know what you’re saying. You’ll get caught as soon as you try to escape.
JOKER: Not with you at my side, doll. Stick with me and we’ll go places, I promise you. I know you want to—your eyes give you away.
HARLEEN: I cannot let you do this. I won’t.
JOKER: Now, now. Be a good little psychiatrist. I need you. (grabs her wrist and squeezes tightly) Aren’t you enamored with my mystery? Why won’t you just give in?! Shh, shh, I’m not going to kill you, Harley. I like you. Don’t you see that? I’m going to take my hands away and you are going to calmly sit back down like nothing happened or I will slit your fucking throat right here. I am very creative. Will you behave?
HARLEEN: (nods nervously)
JOKER: You think you can just waltz in here with your new little degree and solve all of Arkham’s problems? I could have easily snapped your neck there, but would it solve anything? No. I told you that I liked you and meant it so why would I do a stupid thing like that? What a waste that would be, wouldn’t it? Wouldn’t it?! ANSWER ME!!!
HARLEEN: Yes…it would…
JOKER: Aww, did I scare you again? It was all a joke, Harley. I couldn’t hurt you.
HARLEEN: But you would pop my eye out with a pen?!
JOKER: You didn’t really think that I would gouge out those beautiful blues, did ya? No way. I install chaos upon this world in order to get what I want. Fear is one hell of a drug, baby. You can do nothing here, Harles, so why don’t you help me get out of this hell? You’d be my ultimate crime wench—my hench wench, if you will. Oh what fun we could have terrorizing Gothamites! Just you and me, and of course, my silly little group of henchmen, parading like we owned Gotham. And we will. Doesn’t that just sound so appealing?
HARLEEN:…
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