Gotham Mid Season Return - Alastair is in the house!

I mean come on, the dude is legendary! His voice is the best, second perhaps to Cumberbatch, I love him so much. In Gotham too, he had that scary calm whispering voice that I adore. But he's dead. So bye bye Alastair, it was nice to see you!

Apart from the Electrocutioner making a, I have to be honest, forgettable appearance, the Gotham mid season return didn't impress me a whole lot. I was expecting a bit more decisive plot turns and more Arkham intrigue but it was just not there. The first episode of this second half of the season was fairly enjoyable. Any fan of the video games or the comics will have enjoyed another tour inside the infamous asylum but it was brief to say the least. The first two episodes just very much served one purpose: Get Jim back to the precinct. That was all. The whole Electrocutioner story was very predictable and anybody who tells me that they thought Jim wouldn't find the guy in 24 hours is a bloody liar. Also, who cares about dopey eyed Barbara? The time we spent with her in these two episodes were a waste of time and I would much rather have spent it with the Penguin who is and remains the best thing about this show.

I have come to care less and less about what happens to Gordon and the police department and more and more about Maroni, Falcone and Fish. That's where the story is interesting, the characters complex and the twists surprising. Gotham obviously doesn't have the level of twists and shockers an Agents of SHIELD or a Breaking Bad has. But look at the end of Monday night's episode. Go Falcone! We all know that Jim Gordon is a straight up kind of guy and not complicated in the least. I guess he's just not my type of character then and that might be why I do not love cop shows. The leads always seem so dull to me. A superhero on the other side, or a villain, have much more to offer than a simple principled cop.

I was quite happy we didn't see Bruce this time around. Or Cat for that matter. I feel like these two characters were just shoved in there to appeal to the most ignorant TV viewers out there. They don't add much to the story and are very much just here as a reminder that this is the Batman world and you should be watching if you loved the Batman films. Obviously, I am looking forward to seeing what is going to happen to Fish and Butch. Even though they have been conspiring against my two favorite characters, they are great villains. Fish for her hair and her angry eyes and Butch for his positive attitude. That is a happy man right there.

I was happy to see the Penguin win this one but you know that he's going to go down before he rises to the highs we know he can get to. I am not looking forward to seeing that. The Penguin is genius. He's such an underdog you can't help but be on his side, whatever evil he does. He makes me think of Walter White somehow. They are both outsiders, stepped on at every turn and both are genius in their own way. They also have a super huge ego. I hope the Penguin doesn't get to the point where I want to see him thrown into a cave full of venomous snakes though. Well, that would be good writing but if I do not like the Penguin anymore, who will my interest shift to? It shifted to Hank and Jesse in Breaking Bad, I doubt it will shift to boring Gordon though. Who knows?