Gotham Recap Part II: "Harvey Dent"

Written by Shae

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Wow, guys, it’s been a crazy week! And last week’s episode of Gotham? Just as crazy. It’s all building up to tonight’s’ mid season finale, but before that, let’s take a quick minute to walk down memory lane and re-live last week! For starters, what I love best about this show is their ability to go down different avenues with various characters. Harvey Dent is introduced as the go-getting, very ‘trustworthy’ lawyer. Except, he might be showing signs of an explosive personality disorder already. Montoya and her partner escort Gordon to meet the district attorney to discuss possible leads in the Wayne case. With Selena as their only eyewitness, there isn’t much of a case to build just yet. Speaking of, Selena might be hanging out with the Wayne orphan and his trusty Butler.

The interactions are going questionable, at best, and Alfred is really not okay with watching the little street cat. But, Bruce has ordered she can stay with them as long as she needs. Plus, she does know what the killer of his parents looked like. And, if I’m not mistaken, the little heir might just have a massive crush on the precocious little scamp.  It’s all good and fun but her temperament isn’t up to Alfred’s rules and standards. Sadly, Gordon hasn’t been by to visit just yet. Between setting up a case with Dent and dealing with the fact that Barbara left him, he’s also busy with a case. A very mentally unstable young bomb maker was attacked and taken from police custody on his way to therapy. It seems some angry Russian’s need him for a job. Well, angry Russians that might be livid at Falcone over the death of their boss, and might be working for Fish.

The goal? Steal some highly explosive, more powerful than C4, stuff and blow a hole in Falcones’ personal vault. Then rob him blind. The bomb maker isn’t too thrilled with this plan. He never wanted to hurt people, and the only time he did was an accident. He turned himself over and pleaded guilty when he found out one of his bombs had killed two janitors. With some detective work and help from Nygma, Bullock and Gordon find out what the compound is and just what it does to certain metals. They arrive on scene as the Russian mobsters are stealing the cash out of the vault. A bomb in the car goes off before the deadly fire fight can begin, killing the four gangsters…

The Mayor decides to re-open Arkham after that…and ships all the mentally ill prisoners in Black Gate, to Arkham. Including our bomb maker…which is kind of sad. As far as baddies on this show, he wasn’t bad…I felt awful for him! Alas, things never go as I want them. It’s all right, we do get to see the Penguin being…well, insanely creepy. He’s found out Fish’s secret and gone so far as to confront the girl Falcone is seeing. He knows she’s a double agent for Fish and threatens her life if she doesn’t keep working for his old boss. Seems the Penguin is planning to overthrow them all?

Life in Gotham is so confusing. To top it all off, Barbara has run back to Montoya…and Gordon hasn’t a clue…Hopefully tonight’s episode gives us something to hold on to…with the imminent holiday break coming up, I’m not sure how to survive without my favorite shows.

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