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EPISODE
SEASON
Gotham - Season 1 Episode 21: The Anvil or the Hammer
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
April 28, 2015
Gotham does tend to get one really good episode in, after a handful of ones that don't portray the show at its best.
May 22, 2015
The episode ends on a high... with the shooting war boding well for an exciting end of season finale.
April 28, 2015
God help us, it's all enough to make you miss Fish Mooney.
April 28, 2015
Yes, familiar stories and arcs that we've already burned through are now being dragged back out for Season 1's endgame.
April 28, 2015
The show's male characters, both leading men and killer-of-the-week supporting characters, are typified by mommy issues, quaintly paternalistic attitudes, and/or outright misogynistic outbursts.
April 28, 2015
Today, this is not a Gotham reference guide. This is a "that doesn't make any sense" guide, in which I point out everything on this installment of Gotham that didn't make any sense. Which was everything! Has Gotham driven me insane? Maybe! Haha!
April 28, 2015
It turns out Barbara wasn't exactly the perfect match for the Ogre.
April 28, 2015
Gotham finally wraps up its ongoing focus on the serial killer known as the Ogre this week, leaving the show primed and ready to go out with a bang in next week's season finale.
April 28, 2015
Gotham's inability to gleam any sort of suspense or worthwhile conclusion in both single and multi-episode arcs in the majority of its 21 episodes to date might be its largest shortcoming.
April 28, 2015
Just when I think Gotham has reverted to its early-season train-wreck status, it goes and throws something like "The Anvil or the Hammer" into the maw that manages to make up for the sins of "Under the Knife" and the entire flimsy Ogre storyline.
