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Gotham is the origin story of the great DC Comics Super-Villains and vigilantes, revealing an entirely new chapter that has never been told. James Gordon and Harvey Bullock are assigned to track down the killer of Thomas and Martha Wayne. The story behind Commissioner James Gordon';;;;;s rise to prominence in Gotham City in the years before Batman';;;;;s arrival. Along the way, Gordon becomes involved with Gotham';;;;;s Mafia families and associates including gangster Fish Mooney, Don Carmine Falcone, and Italian mob boss Salvatore Maroni. Eventually, Gordon is forced to form an unlikely friendship with Bruce, one that will help shape the boy';;;;;s future in becoming the Batman.
Ultimately, Gotham's return left me rather bored, and that's disappointing considering the show has such a solid cast (down even to its guest stars), rich source material and the feeling that it could be something great.
The problem with keeping things simple, though, is that if your main storyline is a dud, there's precious little else to keep things interesting, which was unfortunately the case with "Rogues' Gallery."
Episodes like tonight's return from winter break -- "Rogues' Gallery" -- recreate the experience of reading a mediocre Bat-book so perfectly that they all but feel plucked from a back-issue bin at a Comic-Con dealer's table.
The show continues to pile on characters and killer-of-the-week storylines with little regard for an overarching narrative, or even a sense of identity. There's a lot of pieces here, but few of them fit together.
It's about time. Changing the one-and-done villain storyline is what Gotham needs to jump-start its winter season. The previous routine was beginning to feel stale.
With circumstances changed, relationships altered, and new characters created, "Rogue's Gallery" feels like a definite second act for the often misguided Batman drama, and one that hopefully learns from the first act's many mistakes.
I was hoping that in the month-long gap between episode ten and 'Rogues' Gallery' that Gotham would tighten up a little bit. As it turns out, this show is racked with the same old cramps.