Jeremiah Arkham was the owner of Arkham Asylum. The loss of his asylum and including his wife Lisa being put into a coma due to the actions of the Joker led to Jeremiah becoming the main antagonist in Series 2 of The Joker Blogs.
Biography[]
Jeremiah Arkham became the new owner of Arkham Asylum having inherited it from his uncle Amadeus. After notorious inmate Joker was assaulted by Hugo Strange Jeremiah met with him in the cafeteria to make sure he wouldn't press charges on the asylum for the attack.
Night of Terror[]
One night Jeremiah enters his car at the end of a shift, only to notice a camera set up watching him. Joker turns out to be in the back seat and holds Jeremiah at gunpoint. Despite Jeremiah warning Joker that everyone is looking for him, Joker gets him to vacate the parking lot and takes him home where he ties up and gags both Jeremiah and his wife Lisa. After setting up a bomb, he takes Jeremiah away and leaves Lisa behind. After botching up the wedding of Arkham psychiatrist Harleen Quinzel, Joker takes Jeremiah and another nurse named Pearl to an abandoned parking lot. Joker gives one of his "you know how I got these scars" stories to Pearl intending to harm her, until a swat team arrived to take down Joker. At this point Jeremiah made a break for it, but unfortunately for him he tried to flag down a car only to find Joker as the passenger and was subsequently recaptured.
After the night of terror, Joker takes Jeremiah home and gets him to give away the asylum over the phone to a buyer. But Joker doesn't meet his end of the bargain, and forces Jeremiah to watch as his house is blown up. In rage Jeremiah attempts to attack Joker but is knocked out. Joker then phones the emergency services and waits for the police to arrive.
Taking back the Asylum[]
Lisa was put in a coma, with no hope of recovery however Jeremiah was determined to save her. When in her hospital room he has a nurse attacked by Jonathan Crane and ends his video warning Jim Gordon not to come after him. Jeremiah and Crane then retrieve his wife.
At some point after Jeremiah, along with Crane and Lock-up take over the asylum. Jeremiah then tasks a kidnapped Doctor Thomas Elliot to perform life saving surgery on Lisa and use a donor. He presents Elliot with Selina Kyle - the woman who Jeremiah hired to kidnap Tommy in the first place, in order to see if she is a match.
Jeremiah later goes to meet Lex Luthor who is the new owner of the asylum. He gets Luthor to sign over the asylum. Knowing Luthor will more than likely plan to have him killed once he leaves, Jeremiah spins a coin on the table. When it lands on scarred side up, the thought-to-be-deceased Harvey Dent appears behind Luthor and shoots him.
Tommy Elliot manages to successfully carry out the operation although he warns Jeremiah that she isn't out of the woods yet, although Jeremiah is pleased there is finally hope. But unfortunately Joker suddenly appears, smugly says "hi" before putting a gun to Lisa's heart and pulling the trigger.
Lisa's death sent Jeremiah off the deep end. Following Arkham being taken back he was arrested and kept there, where he slipped deeper into insanity and began scrawling images on the wall in his own blood vowing to kill Joker. As time went on Jeremiah attempted suicide by locking himself inside a fridge freezer, but was broken out by the guards. This had damaging effects on Jeremiah's body as he developed frost bite and he lost his hair.
Jeremiah managed to escape his cell when hearing Joker once again escaped the facility and was running amok on the streets of Gotham with his girlfriend Harley Quinn. Jeremia acquired a freeze gun previously owned by deceased patient Victor Fries, and went on a rampage looking for Joker. He tracked down Joker and got into a confrontation with him, which led to the intervention of Batman. Jeremiah and Joker fell from Gotham clock tower and into the sea, and were presumably killed.
Trivia[]
- In the comics Jeremiah took over the alias of Black Mask after the death of Roman Sionis.
- His quest to save his wife by doing villainous acts maybe a reference to the character of Victor Fries/Mr. Freeze, who turns to villainy in order to find a way to cure his dying wife Nora.
Episode Appearances[]
Series 1[]
- My Funny Valentine
- An Apple a Day
- Car Trouble
- Let Sleeping Dogs Lyle
- Dinner with the Arkhams
- Road Trip
- Get Me to the Church on Time
- Three Minutes to Midnight
- Staff Verification
Further Evidence[]
- Pull the Plug
Series 2[]
- Fall of the House of Arkham
- Board Games
- Near Death Experience
- Axes & Allies