Warning: The following contains SPOILERS for Gotham Knights season 1, episode 8, "Belly of the Beast."A major complaint regarding Bruce Wayne's money facilitated a shocking twist in DC's Gotham Knights show. Set in an alternate reality where Batman was killed by the Court of Owls, Gotham Knights centers around a team of teenage vigilantes, who are forced to become the heroes Gotham City needs after being framed for Bruce Wayne's murder. Despite some skepticism regarding its central idea, the show has won praise for its novel twists upon the classic Batman mythology and a thrilling mystery that has firmly established the Court of Owls as one of Batman's greatest enemies.
The action of Gotham Knights season 1, episode 8, "Belly of the Beast" shed light on the Court of Owls' plans and their motivations for arranging the murder of Bruce Wayne. It had been presumed that they had killed Wayne because he had been investigating the secret society as Batman and was getting too close to them. In truth, though, the Court of Owls assassinated the Dark Knight for fear of what he might do to improve Gotham City as Bruce Wayne – not Batman.
