[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Spoiler!

The only really big plothole for me was the whole faked death. How did Bruce know he was going to get a chance to carry the bomb out of Gotham to make it look like he'd been blown up by it, if the whole plan was to re-attach the the core and disarm it?

He didn't know, and likely didn't plan to fake his death. It was a spur of the moment idea.

Bruce lost Rachel because he was Batman, he didn't want to lose another opportunity for having a normal life. When Selina wants him to come with her he wants to and the only way for that to be possible is for Batman to die, Bruce can never only be Bruce while Batman is still in the picture.