Sorry , guys , but there ’s really no other direction to transmit the complete WTFery of Gotham ’s terrible but entertainingly insane time of year one finale than to number the many , many questions it left me with . Seriously , if anybody knows what the hell was up with the Gallus gallus , please let me know .
1 . What the nether region happened to Fish Mooney that she had to come back to Gotham City in a dinghy ?
2 . What the hellhole happened to Fish Mooney ’s hair ?
3 . What about Fish ’s circumstance have changed from when she was chamfer out of Gotham ? She strides in like a subjection poor boy , but she has mayhap three dudes from Dollmaker ’s place working for her , and that ’s it . She has no resources to fight Maroni , Falcone or even Penguin .
4 . Why would Selina Kyle choose to join the fighting force of a woman who is determined to almost single - handedly take on Gotham ’s mobs , but literally rowed up minutes before in a goddamned dinghy ?
5 . Why was Don Falcone attempting to purchase a live wimp ?
6 . How did Don Maroni ’s men know Falcone would be buying a bouncy crybaby at that time and place ?
7 . Who on Maroni ’s team thought it was necessary to bring a Eruca vesicaria sativa launcher to Falcone ’s chicken - purchase ?
8 . How does the entire Gotham City police force get inform that they are no longer figure out for Don Falcone , but instead Don Maroni ?
9 . Did Commissioner Loeb have to send out a memo or something ?
10 . Why does Gordon think he ’s done in Gotham after the rabble warfare ?
11 . Why would Penguin make up one’s mind to natter Falcone in the hospital even to gloat , when he ’s know Maroni ’s humankind are on their room and probably require to kill him at least as much as Falcone ?
12 . When Gordon lay off Penguin from obliterate Falcone and chains Penguin up to be toss off by Maroni ’s goons , how did Gordon not realize the favour he owe the Penguin was plausibly going to amount up ?
13 . Also , was n’t Gordon supposed to be “ a good fuzz ” at some point on this show ? He ’s beat suspects , made copious deal with copious criminals , and was literally about to leave two people to be killed before one of them prompt him he owe him a favor . Jesus .
14 . And how is Gordon so callous as to get out people to be brutally murdered , but so honest as to brook by the code of the “ I owe you one ” ? It ’s so damn eldritch .
15 . How many times do Gordon , Falcone , Penguin and Bullock ( who link them shortly ) get capture by various bad guy rope but get away only to be straight off captured by speculative guys again in last night ’s instalment ? I actually know the answer to this one : Several thousand times .
16 . What the hell happened to Selina ’s haircloth ? Was Fish aggravated it was n’t ridiculous enough ?
17 . What the inferno was Ben McKenzie doing with his face when he was trying to get Cat to unloosen him in front of Fish , her newfangled , well - armed genus Bos ? If anyone has screencaps of these I would be MOST appreciative .
18 . After Fish has offer Maroni the captured Falcone to off at his leisure , why would Maroni make up one’s mind it was more important to antagonize the unhinged woman that just did him a huge favour and who is also holding weapons instead of his long - meter , completely helpless foe Falcone ?
19 . Corollary : Who calls a adult female — a exclusive , lonesome woman — “ babes ” ?
20 . Corollary to the corollary : Why does Don Maroni call Fish “ Babes ” repeatedly , when it intelligibly pisses her off and she ’s carrying a throttle ?
21 . Who at Gotham write down the Bible “ Babes ” as a singular name , not once , not twice , but like seven times , and how did no one on the staff — not the editors , the theater director , the showrunners , anybody — even once say , “ Why the goddamn hell is he call her ‘ Babes ’ or else of ‘ baby ’ like an factual human being being would ” ?
22 . After Fish shoot Maroni , why does no one on either side seek to shoot Don Falcone , the dude everyone need to die , even though he ’s bond up ?
23 . So when the Penguin pushes Mooney off that ludicrously gamy paries into the Gotham harbour below … [ put on sunglasses ] could n’t you say Penguin take hold of Fish but then released her ? [ YEEEEAAAAAHHHHHH ]
24 . When Falcone abruptly decide to retire from being a crime lord , why does Gordon immediately shift paraphernalia from “ You ’re the only mortal who can keep Gotham from tearing itself apart ” to “ Enh , fuck it , I ’m sure it ’ll be hunky-dory . ” ?
25 . And why does Jim Gordon suddenly not give a shite about the decade of offense Falcone has committed as the head of the criminal underworld ? So pull back somehow give him a gratis pass ?
26 . Why the fuck would Jim Gordon ’s dad give a felon like Falcone a tongue other than the off opportunity that his son would become a cop , be draw by consideration to pardner with Falcone , and have Falcone develop a respect for the young lawman despite the fact Falcone is a goddamned criminal and Gordon is neither bright nor good at his job ?
27 . After Ms. Kringle distinguish Nygma ’s not - at - all pernicious clue in the fake Dougherty note , Nygma has a psychotic crack-up . Was this deserving waiting 22 episodes for the Riddler to take the very first footprint towards becoming the Riddler ? No it was not .
28 . When Bruce realizes Lucius Fox was giving him a clue by call his don stoic , and then looking for famed stoic and romish emperor Marcus Aurelius ’s Bible of meditation , why does Bruce keep call him “ Marcus Roolius ” ?
29 . Is anyone surprised that Barbara killed her parents and not the Ogre ? Yeah , I did n’t remember so .
30 . However , why did the Ogre say “ Who do you require me to bump off ? ” if he was going to let Barbara do it ?
31 . Why does Barbara ’s insistency that the Gotham City Police Department Medical Examiner , who also happens to be dating Barbara ’s ex - lover , do her post - traumatic guidance , not raise any red fleur-de-lis for anybody ?
32 . Why did Leslie go to Barbara ’s flat for a therapy session and stay there for like 12 hour ? What are her pace ?
33 . I know it worked out for Leslie , since Barbara was trying to murder her , but why on god ’s green earth would Gordon , Bullock and Falcone go to Barbara ’s apartment after their meeting with Fish and Maroni ?
34 . When Barbara was attempt to murder Leslie , why did she continually growl like a dog ?
35 . Does n’t this imply that Jim Gordon named his daughter , the next Batgirl , after a psychotic ex-wife - lady friend who attempt to polish off one of his other girlfriends ?
36 . Is that not the most fucked up affair that has happened in this entire serial ?
Assorted Musings :
• feeling , I would love for Gotham to turn into the overbold , Gotham Central - esque procedure we were all hoping for when the show was announced , but I think Gotham ’s DNA is too put for it to ever change that much . The show call for to embrace its absurdness in full . All I can hope for now is more scenes like the biggest malefactor in Gotham City purchasing a live chicken for no understanding whatsoever , and for people to continue to call mass incomprehensible give-and-take like Jerk - o and Babes . See you next season , folks !
• The fatuousness stay on on#NextSeasononGotham , if you ’re so inclined .
• Oh . If you ’ll recall , I endedlast week ’s retread of Gotham ’s penultimate season one episodewith a certain prediction :
So that shot of the fireplace uncover a hidden something - or - other in Stately Wayne Manor that was in the “ Next hebdomad On ” trailer ? It was in last week ’s preview , too . I ’m calling it decent now : This is the final gibe of next calendar week ’s season finis , which ends with Bruce and Alfred look down the secret passage , but not expose what ’s in it — exactly like the hatching in the Lost season one finale . I ’d love to be incorrect , but I do n’t opine I am .
I ’m not go to pretending that I foresaw Revelations or anything , but still — nailed it .
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