Throughout its first season, Gotham was plagued with an identity crisis. The show struggled with maintaining a consistent tone and a plethora of characters. Many episodes followed the “villain of the week” format of cop procedurals albeit in a pulpy…
TV Review: Fox’s Gotham 1×22, “All Happy Families Are Alike”
The nature of writing weekly reviews of a television series can be tricky. I don’t know where these shows are going ahead of time, which is why I can only write based on what I have seen. Obviously the content…
TV Review: Fox’s Gotham 1×21, “The Anvil Or The Hammer”
I don’t know about any of you, but I thought it was pretty clear at the end of last week’s Gotham that Barbara had wandered into the Ogre’s murder room. Apparently she just did not know what to take away from a…
TV Review: Fox’s Gotham 1×20, “Under The Knife”
The good news is we are away from Fish and the plotline that literally found her on an island, away from everyone else. The bad news is I did not have too much to really care about in an episode…
TV Review: Fox’s Gotham (1×19) “Beasts of Prey”
Watching this all-new episode of Gotham felt like walking backwards. I say that because the show now exists in a world where we not only have a show like The Flash, which is consistently superior as far as season-length comic…
TV Review: Fox’s Gotham 1×18, “Everyone Has A Cobblepot”
After reaching a near-breaking point with last week’s eye-popping episode, ”Everyone Has A Cobblepot”, is a nice return to some steadiness. The series places itself in a good position by the episodes end, leaving audiences on a good note, while…
TV Review: Fox’s Gotham 1×17, “Red Hood”
So this was an eye-opening episode of Gotham. Sorry, this was an eye-gouging episode of Gotham. Last week, I wrote about how ridiculous this whole prison setup is. I stand by that, but this week takes it to a whole…