Gotham Season One: Beasts Of Prey

"We are so screwed man"

Gordon and Bullock investigate a serial killer who calls himself the Ogre (Milo Ventimiglia) who targets young women meanwhile Fish plots her escape and Bruce and Selina confront Reginald.

Seems like Loeb isn't one to simply let Gordon have his way as he set up a really subtle and elaborate trap for Gordon, playing on his need to improve to GCPD and be an example of a good cop. I have to say that it was really well done; I liked the realization Gordon had that it was a trap and challenging Loeb anyway and taking on the case despite the big risks involved. I also found the Ogre very interesting because he is an original villain for the show but has been done right, far better than Fish! His past crimes and retaliation on the families of the GCPD was woven into the story nicely and it is good that this is another serial killer since the Goat Killer that scares them. As for the Ogre himself he was pretty damn creepy; the way he uses his good looks, money and apartment to capture that poor woman who must not have seen it coming and it was interesting that this was all done in flashbacks. I'm interested in seeing the showdown between Gordon and the Ogre because if he does come after a loved one will it be Leslie or maybe Barbara if his information is not up to date. All in all I am liking the start of this Ogre arc and it was a cool way of again showing the ruthlessness of Loeb towards anyone who messes with him.

"You take me to all the best places Bruce"

As for everything else I enjoyed watching Penguin continue to be really brutal with his methods, like cutting off a guy's fingers, and that it seems he wants to kill Maroni. Since Penguin can't kill Falcone right now maybe he thinks it will be easier to kill Maroni, take over his territory and then have the power and resources to take on Falcone. We also had another team up between Bruce and Selina and as I have said before I love it when these two are together because the chemistry between the two is just great. It was funny how Selina had to show Bruce that "Shooting Gallery" meant crack den not gun shop lol. We also got to see a more brutal side to Selina who decided to kill Reginald rather than let Bruce dirty his hands; it is a shame we won't see some showdown between Alfred and Reginald now but at least this was really unexpected. Finally there was Fish's escape from the island but I just don't freaking care anymore; even if I liked the character I would just be really let down with how pointless her arc is now. The only good things about her scenes is with The Dollmaker and with Fish gone maybe he will get his own story arc without her now.

At least this guy has a cool weapons collection

Overall a really great episode that was only let down by the Fish subplot and I want to see more of the Ogre.

SCORE: 8/10

Highlights: Loeb's revenge against Gordon/The Ogre debut
                   Penguin's plan
                   Bruce and Selina team up

Let - Downs: Anything that involves Fish



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