Gotham – Season 3 Episode 14

“Mad City: The Gentle Art of Making Enemies” Gotham’s second mid-season finale this winter presents a villain-off between Jerome and Nygma. In a competition of scheming, both have emotional issues to resolve, Adam-West-era kill devices and an image to sell. All in all I thought this delivered a very good episode but almost entirely through Jerome, who…

Gotham – Season 3 Episode 13

“Mad City: Smile Like You Mean It“ So Jerome Valeska officially returns in Gotham season 3’s January mini-arc. He’s not officially the Joker yet, so Jerome being an inspiration for a future Joker is still possible, technically, but is there enough evidence now to suggest that it’s just a matter of time before Jerome wants a proper…

Gotham – Season 3 Episode 12

“Mad City: Ghosts” Gotham season 3 returns for a 3-episode arc before another long break with ‘Ghosts’, digging up the past with Oswald’s father, Selina’s mother and for Gotham City itself with Jerome Valeska, who might end up being the Joker after all? When I heard that we were just getting a short plot arc…

Gotham – Season 2, Episode 3

“Rise of the Villains: The Last Laugh” The third and final part of Gotham season two’s opening arc – ‘Rise of the Villains: The Last Laugh’ – shows me that I’m wrong on many fronts: turns out I shouldn’t have gone any further than “hotly tipped to be Joker”, there weren’t that many people killed…

Gotham – Season 2 Episode 2

“Rise of the Villains – Knock, Knock” Season 2 of Gotham continues its ‘Rise of the Villains’ arc with “Knock, Knock”, here comes the Joker. In truth it continues with Maniax, a motley crew of psychopaths lead by Jerome Valeska, but ‘hotly tipped to be Joker’ just doesn’t really cut it anymore, we might as…

Gotham – Season 2 Episode 1

“Rise of the Villains: Damned if you Do…” Gotham season 2 opens with the beginning of an arc called “Rise of the Villains” -the opening entry being called “Damned if you Do…”- and such a lot of them we see. I was honestly on the lookout for Mr. Freeze, as he’s possibly the only one…

On the D/L – Gotham

Season 1 Episode 16 – “The Blind Fortune Teller” The flying Graysons and potentially The Joker turn up this week in Gotham and things are as overblown as they normally are. Kicking off the story this week is Gordon’s date with Leslie at the circus. They’re having a good time and acting all coupley when…