AND WE'RE BACK!!! Who's excited not only for the return of Gotham but also for the return of my tv show reviews?? Let's jump right into this amazing premiere episode!
So as you may or may not know, last season was very up and down for me cause there was stuff I enjoyed but all so much that I hated (ugh don't even get me started on how utterly terrible the Ra's Al Ghul stuff was) so despite an amazing Season 3 finale, Season 3 left a bit of a bitter taste in my mouth and I was relieved that it was over and that a new season was beginning and now that I've seen this episode, I can feel a little better how season 3 and how much of last season was setting up for this season!
Penguin is ruling the damn world right now and I'm loving it. Straight up one of my favorite things about Gotham is how we get to follow the rise of all of our favorite characters so not only do we get the rise of Batman but the rise of Penguin and Catwoman and Jim. It's amazing. I loved how Penguin was giving out these licenses and basically legalizing crime and how he could do it just because the entire city of Gotham is so corrupt. Honestly watching this episode and the show in general just makes me wonder why people still live here! Remember in season 4 (?) of Arrow when everyone was just up and leaving Star City cause it was dangerous? I kind of would love if Gotham touched on that a little. I mean that wedding scene was a bit brutal though I loved the running joke of the cheap groom.
I was a little disappointed by the Iceburg Lounge cause I was hoping that we'd get more of a redecoration for the club as we've seen it every season and it's never much changed. I was hoping for more of an ice theme! I still love that Ivy and Zazz are Penguin's backup but I was a little confused about Ivy turning the lights off. Was that because she was pissed that Oswald told her to get out earlier when he was opening up to frozen Nygma?
The gang were throwaways and I didn't much care for them. The most interesting part of their story was the rise of Scarecrow. The way the gang was treating poor Crane was so heartbreaking and honestly they should have seen him turning on them coming. You can't treat a mentally ill person like garbage and then be surprised when shit hits the fan especially in Gotham.
Jim really didn't do too much tonight either other than a bit of pouting because Gotham now looks to Penguin instead of the GCPD to keep them safe. I just can't get past how utterly lazy the entire police department is. Whenever they get a choice, they take the easy way out and it just confuses me cause like why bother becoming a cop in that case? For four seasons now Jim keeps mentioning how there's good cops out there and I'm still sitting here like where are they? It seems like Jim and Harvey are the only two! I really hope that this season we'll see Jim finding more good cops รก la season 2 and the Strike Force Barnes created. Can we take a moment to acknowledge Bruce being creepy with Jim before inviting him to dinner and then leaving abruptly Batman-style? I have to admit I snorted.
Bruce is out being Batman-lite and it does not cease to amuse me when he appears on screen with his best Green Arrow outfit. No seriously, the hood and mask, so Green Arrow-esque. He does need to try to do a Batman voice or change his voice or something when he talks cause it really pulls me out of the scene when all I can think about is that this masked vigilante clearly has Bruce Wayne's voice. I was not a fan of his stuff with Ra's last season and I'm not looking forward to seeing more of it. I'm really just not a fan of how they did it because Bruce is supposed to want to be mentored by Ra's but how can he now that Ra's tried to make him kill one of the only people Bruce loves? Ugh.
Selina and Tabitha are off being best friends and I kept waiting for Barbara or Butch to appear. I wonder if Barbara will go back to being good when she wakes up cause though I love evil Barbara, I am always waiting for her switch back or something cause I don't understand why Jim would name his only child after her in this world if she's evil or he hates her. Also I am and simultaneously am not looking forward to the return of Butch cause storylines where the dead love of someone returns different always breaks my heart (sue me I'm a romantic) yet they are always so fascinating to watch!
Selina and Bruce are still one of the best things ever. I'm so glad they forgave each other in this episode cause I didn't want the show to drag this out. Did you all see Bruce giving his best smoulder to Selina and Selina's surprise at Bruce being Batman-extra lite when he climbed up on the ledge with her? Ugh I love them. They play the perfect back-and-forth that you see between Batman and Catwoman with just the perfect amount of chemistry. Oh and in case you were curious, I also snorted when Alfred found them and was all why can't the two of you go to the movies or something instead of being this weird together?
Next week we'll be getting a better Batman-lite costume for Bruce and props to the show for Lucius Fox being the one to give it to Bruce though I am curious to see what leads to this. We also see more Scarecrow which should be fun. Does Jim even have any more fears after all that he's been through lol?
That's all for now!
xoxo Allie
PS. Though I love this show for how wacky it is, I do not believe I will do reviews every week especially when the Arrowverse shows return. I might just do like I do for Legends of Tomorrow in that I review the season premiere, midseason premiere and finale and season finale!!
