‘Gotham’ 2.20 Recap: “The Bad Guys in This Town
This may just be me, but every time I hear James Frain screaming the name “Azrael!” on ‘Gotham’, I inevitably think he’s much more of a Gargamel. Groan if you must.
This may just be me, but every time I hear James Frain screaming the name “Azrael!” on ‘Gotham’, I inevitably think he’s much more of a Gargamel. Groan if you must.
With all the hoopla about a certain popular TV show bringing a major character back from the dead, I’d almost forgotten that ‘Gotham’ ended the same way last week. Of course, such a thing is hardly uncommon in co...
In the latest episode of ‘Gotham’, young Bruce Wayne seems to be very close to unraveling the mystery of who murdered his parents. If that happens, what will he have to brood about for the next decade or so before he b...
The writers of ‘Gotham’ are an impatient bunch and, I suspect, may have some attention deficit issues. Once again, the show speeds through storylines that would probably be better served playing out as longer arcs.
‘Gotham’ sure doesn’t like to let its story arcs to play out for very long. Jim Gordon’s 40-year prison sentence barely lasted as long as his stint working as a guard at Arkham Asylum last season. (Remember...
Holy worlds colliding, Batman! A cast member from the old Tim Burton movie franchise reprises his character in this week’s episode of ‘Gotham’. Does this mean that young David Mazouz will grow up to be the Michae...
This week’s ‘Gotham’ has the most wonderful episode title I’ve ever heard. Is ‘This Ball of Mud and Meanness’ a reference to something? I have no idea (my perfunctory Googling was inconclusive),...
When ‘Gotham’ introduced new villain Mr. Freeze last week, I assumed that he’d be the primary antagonist for the rest of the season. Now I’m not so sure. I realize that this season is subtitled ‘Rise ...
It’s been so long since the last episode of ‘Gotham’ (early December) that the new winter premiere feels like the start of a whole new season. Most of the big storylines from the first half of Season 2 have alrea...
I dreaded this. I knew going in that the finale of the ‘X Files’ revival would tie directly to the awful season premiere episode. Somehow, despite setting my expectations as low as possible (is there something lower th...
This new season of ‘The X Files’ is apparently determined to give us every type of episode from the old show, from some of the best to the worst. This week reminds us of how wildly the show could swing between those ex...
I have to admit to feeling some disappointment when it became clear that the new ‘X Files’ episode ‘Home Again’ would not be a revisit of the famous Season 4 classic ‘Home’ (the one with the inb...