Harley Quinn Showrunners Reveal How Raunchy Valentine's Day Special Was Conceived
The following contains spoilers for Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine's Day Special.
Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine's Day Special not only serves to slake the thirst of fans still waiting for Harley Quinn season 4 on HBO Max. It's also the final project of the series from now-former showrunners Patrick Schumacker and Justin Halpern. They'll hand off those duties for the next season, so they wanted to make a real bang of an exit. It's certainly easy to say they probably accomplished that.
The Harley Quinn Valentine's Day special certainly made an impact, which made many fans of the series feel satisfied. After a lot of uncertainty in the DC Universe, viewers needed something stable and comforting to cleanse their palates and what better subject than the grotesquely commercialized day of love? But it turns out this wasn't necessarily the holiday Schumacker and Halpern had initially wanted to focus on. They had a few ideas.
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«We've been wanting to do a Harley holiday special for a long time,» Schumacker explained in an interview with Variety. «We were like, 'What hasn't been done? Should we do a Hanukkah special?' And I'd still love to do that. But HBO Max's schedule and the desire to put something on in between seasons necessitated a Valentine's-centric episode.» Perhaps serendipity made things turn out this way, given the almost universally positive reaction to the special. A fitting sendoff before the duo hands off Harley Quinn season 4 to new showrunner Sarah Peters.
«We wanted to do something super gonzo, crazy — what would a rom-com be like with this crazy ensemble of characters?» Schumacker continued. «We batted around ideas like an
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