Ten minutes watching this episode was more pleasant than the first episode pilot, however I am now just looking at the pilot as a good plot/character introduction. Opening into the dark and rainy streets of Gotham we see Selina Kyle who refers to herself as "Cat". With Cat and her street friends around a burning barrel of trash, a bus pulls up with our villains named Patti and Doug. They call themselves "Gotham Homeless Street Shelter." After feeding the kids with lies on what they can offer the children, Patti then starts stabbing the kids with a pen laced with a knock out drug called ATP. Selina making the escape, the rest of the kids get captured.
Cutting to Wayne manor, we see young Bruce Wayne sitting by a candle flame slowly putting his hand on top of the candle causing his hand to burn. Alfred then walks in and sees what Bruce is doing and gets highly frustrated. What I mean by that is he yelled at Bruce then brought it in for a hug, tough love from Alfred. Later in the episode we see Bruce drawing a dark picture, listening to heavy metal and finding out that he has been cutting himself. Later in the episode he explains to Gordon that he is training himself. Confused by this I just assumed he is already trying to find a way to seek justice and find revenge for his parents murder. Falcone and Mooney are still in the battle for Gotham, in this episode Falcone sends a face to face message to Mooney by having his men rough up one of Mooney's boy toys. This scene was excellent in the fact that Falcone is not messing around nor is he the type to be messed with.
Gordon and Harvey are still playing their good cop bad cop show, trying to crack the case of the street kid snatchers. With Doug and Patti hijacking a bus that was suppose to transport the street kids to juvenile hall, the two mention that their leader "Doll Maker" will be pleased with their accomplishment. This makes me wonder if we will see the villain Doll Maker in the TV show? This villain was a very dark and disturbed character that used the skin and limbs from his victims to make dolls. Speaking of dark and disturbed, Oswald (Penguin) has made a friend by capturing him, killing his friend with a beer bottle, taking him hostage and calling his mom for a bounty. Also, we do get to see Oswald's mother who is just as creepy as he is.
Gotham is still doing a great job in planting hidden facts about the character's back stories. For example Selina Kyle tells another foster kid the best way to take down a prey is to scratch out their eyes (seems like something a crazy cat would do). I am so relieved that the show is picking up in dialogue and cinematography, maybe someone over at DC or Fox read my post? Please let me know your thoughts on the show or your opinion on where the show might be going.
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