The episode actually starts off with a Flashback ten years ago and a younger Bullock and his partner Detective Dix (Dan Hedaya) have tracked down a man who calls himself "Spirit of the Goat" and has been abducting and killing the first born children of Gotham's wealthiest. Bullock refuses to wait for backup; he manages to kill Randall Milkie who was the Goat but Dix is seriously injured. In the present Bullock and Nygma, Gordon is busy patching things up with Barbara, are investigating a scene of a murdered girl killed in the exact same way as the Goat killings. Meanwhile Montoya and Crispus question a dock worker who says he saw Gordon shoot Cobblepot. Later Gordon and Bullock talk to the girl's parents and family doctor while Nygma tries to get the files on the old Goat killings and creeps out the file clerk Kristen "Kris" Kringle.
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| "Come on we've got lives to save!" |
Cobblepot decides to visit his mother for the first time since arriving back in Gotham and Alfred tries to warn Bruce to leave Gotham for a while since he could be a target. At the murdered girl's autopsy they find a penny stitched in the back of the victim's neck which Bullock can't believe it because that detail was never revealed to the public. Gordon and Bullock then visit a paraplegic Dix at a medical facility who tells them he always believed the Goat killings is a conspiracy, Bullock refuses to believe that and thinks they just have a copycat. The Goat then abducts another girl but Gordon and Bullock find him in time, after learning which maintenance company had access to both victim's houses, and they manage to subdue Raymond Earl the new Goat. However while Earl is locked in the interrogation room Bullock notices something strange about him.
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| Finally got a villain wearing a mask |
The next day Gordon is arrested by Montoya and Crispus for the murder of Cobblepot meanwhile Bullock talks to the family doctor of the murder girl. Turns out she is also a hypnotist and has been hypnotising people in to being the Goat and killing children, believing the wealthiest of Gotham needs to pay. A short fight breaks out between Bollock and her latest hypnotised victim but Bollock manages to knock him out and shoot the doctor and arrest her. At the GCPD, Montoya and Crispus prepare to arrest Bullock as well but Cobblepot then walks in which causes Bullock to lash out at Gordon.
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| "I sure know how to make an entrance" |
I got to tell you the Flashback at the beginning of this episode could have given this a perfect score alone because we finally got some back story on Bullock and what he was really like before. I was so surprised with how much he was like Gordon; rushing in to the crime to save someone and ignoring the rule about 'no heroes'. He was just as passionate about the job as Gordon is and I think because of that he must feel that Gordon is right now because of how many times he has backed him up and kept him around. I really think the Flashback was so well done and I am glad that this episode was mostly about Bullock as well because it showed another side of him with how much he cared about the case and how he pays for Dix's medical treatment.
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| Great shot Bullock! |
The Goat was also a great villain in this because we finally got a masked villain and the hypnotism was a good twist as well. They kind of make you think that there is some kind of supernatural element going on with the Goat, like the killers where actually possessed by a spirit that passed between them. The reasons behind the doctor wanting to kill children kind of reminds me of the recent Batman films because it addresses the issues of class structure in Gotham and how much the poor hate the wealthy.
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| "This rich kid should really lock his windows" |
Since this episode was mainly about the Goat killings we didn't get much else but I did like that Nygma got more of a spotlight as well and I found it funny how he kept creeping Kris out. I don't know if anything will happen between them but I hope something does because I liked the interaction between them. Montoya and Crispus where of course annoying as ever, I just hate their damn arrogance and the way they kept going after Gordon and Bullock. Again I especially hate that b***h Montoya because once again she talked with Barbara but I could care less about their past, it was a bad move for the writers to do that. Lucky Cobblepot showed up at the end so hopefully now the subplot of Montoya and Crispus going after Gordon and Bullock is over. Speaking of Cobblepot he got a pretty creepy bathtub scene with his mother and Selina actually snuck in to Wayne Manor and spied on a sleeping Bruce, to bad they didn't get any interaction.
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| Yeah now that's very subtle |
Overall this was a solid episode because it centred mainly around Bullock who got a great Flashback and more character development.
SCORE: 8/10
Highlights: Bullock centred episode (great flashback)
Great villain
More time with Nygma and funny scenes with Kris
Let - Downs: Crispus and Montoya are as annoying as ever
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