Gotham Episode 1.5 Recap: Viper
Does the show need fixing? Or is it good enough? Was Venom a step forward, a step back, or just another step in place?
Does the show need fixing? Or is it good enough? Was Venom a step forward, a step back, or just another step in place?
As much as Gotham City is changing and the power players are making their plays, a young boy is grieving the death of his parents and also changing into a person who hates what the city is, hates injustice and is trying to figure out what can be done about it all.
I get that in the first couple of episodes of a series a fair amount of repetition is necessary to accommodate the late arrivers, but Gotham seemed particularly static. I even commented to those watching with me that for the second week in a row Oswald Cobblepot killed somebody and then ate a sandwich.
Jim Gordon doesn't have to be a complete failure or success in the course of this show. Rather, he has to be both a success and a failure.
If the central task of a television series' pilot is to convince the viewer to come back for the second episode, the premiere episode of Gotham was a success.