Η σειρά βασίζεται στους ομώνυμους χαρακτήρες που γνωρίσαμε μέσα από τα comics της DC. Δημιουργία των Caroline Dries και Greg Berlanti.
Armed with a great passion for social justice and with a great facility to always say what she thinks, Kate Kane is known in the streets of Gotham as Batwoman, a lesbian highly trained to fight crime that resurfaces in the city. However, before becoming a savior, she must fight the demons that prevent her from being the symbol of the hope of a corrupt city.