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EPISODE
SEASON
Gotham - Season 1 Episode 12: What the Little Bird Told Him
Gotham is the origin story of the great DC Comics Super-Villains and vigilantes, revealing an entirely new chapter that has never been told. James Gordon and Harvey Bullock are assigned to track down the killer of Thomas and Martha Wayne. The story behind Commissioner James Gordon';;;;;s rise to prominence in Gotham City in the years before Batman';;;;;s arrival. Along the way, Gordon becomes involved with Gotham';;;;;s Mafia families and associates including gangster Fish Mooney, Don Carmine Falcone, and Italian mob boss Salvatore Maroni. Eventually, Gordon is forced to form an unlikely friendship with Bruce, one that will help shape the boy';;;;;s future in becoming the Batman.
26 June 1953, Detroit, Michigan, USA
24 October 1971, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
January 20, 2015
There's still lots of room for improvement (see: Carmine Falcone's subplot), but this week seemed more even-tempered, more patient.
January 20, 2015
This is the kind of episode Gotham should hold up as the standard.
January 20, 2015
It's a solid foundation to build on, you just need to make sure the house doesn't fall apart in the end.
January 20, 2015
Never once did the show convince me that Falcone was so enraptured with Liza that he'd quit his life for her, nor did it ever show me Fish feeling anything but contempt for Falcone.
January 20, 2015
I wish I could say [the] flubs got in the way of appreciating smarter stuff elsewhere, but the pickings were slim indeed.
January 20, 2015
I had to enjoy a large part of it first. Which I did.
January 20, 2015
Perhaps a week off is what it takes for "Gotham" to right itself. After returning from winter break with a rather mediocre episode, the show then took another week off and came back in top form.
January 20, 2015
The interplay between Doman and Smith in particular is wonderful; it's weighty, hammy, and nuanced all at once, not only giving us an explosive confrontation, but also hinting at a the long history between the two.
January 20, 2015
The downfall... lies in the Fish Mooney-Falcone confrontation. The entire season has been building up to this moment, and it more or less flatlined.
January 20, 2015
It seems that Gotham wants to move quickly from its stories and bad guys, but I wish that we would get a little longer to go in depth with some of the characters. Give them time to grow, especially the enemies that Jim must face.
