Gotham - Penguin's Umbrella
Written by Bruno Heller
Directed by Rob Bailey
Best episode yet. The twist at the end with Penguin and Falcone was nicely played. The fact that Oswald is desperate for Gordon to see the light kind of speaks volumes too, doesn't it?
I don't want to hate Barbara but bloody hell, she's at seriously risk of becoming the Lana Lang/Laurel Lance of this show if she doesn't wise up.
Of course she had to get herself kidnapped by Falcone and Victor and be used in order to get Gordon to back down.
Falcone is interesting though, I'll give him that and I do like that he's fully aware of Fish's scheming and the meet up scene with him and Maroni was nicely played between the two as well.
Bullock had some interesting moments in this episode and even Essen showed a bit more character as well.
Having both Renee and Crispus as allies to Gordon is a lot better than what we had gotten in the previous episode. Good scenes with Bruce and Alfred as well.
Much as I love them, the episode worked by not having Edward and Selina in the mix, 9/10
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