Gotham returns in just one week! Get yourself ready and read our refresher course on everything that went down in Gotham season 1!
A promise is made
Gotham kicked off with the murder of Bruce Wayne’s parents. Gordon had just started his job as a detective for the GCPD with a seasoned detective Bullock as his partner. Bruce and Gordon quickly bonded, and Gordon promised Bruce that he would solve the case and find the killer.
By the end of the episode, Bullock thought they had found the killer (who happened to be Poison Ivy’s father). It wasn’t until after they tried to arrest him, and shot him, that they found out he was framed.
Gordon was also tested by the mob when they asked him to kill a snitch, Oswald Cobblepot. Gordon couldn’t bring himself to do it, and saved Cobblepot.
Selina becomes pivotal
In order to save herself form being sent into state custody, Selina revealed to Gordon that she witnessed the Wayne murder. To keep her safe, Gordon brought her to Wayne manor and asked them to keep an eye on her. Alfred worried about the influence that Selina would have over Bruce.
Gordon started working with Harvey Dent to find out who was behind the Wayne murder. Dent stupidly let Selina’s name slip and assassins were sent after her. After running from them in the city, Bruce and Selina were caught. Bruce was able to help Selina, once they realized that she was the target. After that, Selina went back to living on the streets.
Oswald infiltrates the mob
After Mooney tried to have Oswald killed, he left town for a little while. But the lure of Gotham was too great and he returned. Oswald managed to get a job working for Maroni and impressed him enough to become his second hand man.
When Maroni found out who Oswald really was, he decided to use him against Falcone. When Mooney discovered this, she demanded Oswald’s head. So Falcone arranged for a trade with Maroni, in order to keep Oswald he wanted something in return. It turned out that Falcone and Oswald were working together to try and bring Maroni down.
Maroni eventually figured out that Oswald was lying to him. But when Maroni tried to kill him, Oswald managed to save himself. Falcone then swayed Maroni away from going after Oswald, for a while at least.
Falcone turns on Mooney
With the help of Oswald, Falcone found out that Mooney planted a young woman for him to fall in love with and trap him. Falcone was not amused, especially since Mooney used information about his mother to make the girl more appealing.
So, of course, he killed the girl and had Mooney taken for torture. Butch was able to save Mooney, only for her to get captured by another group that brought her to a dungeon. Mooney eventually ended up escaping with the help of some other prisoners.
Gordon falls in love
After his fallout with Barbara, Gordon met Leslie Thompkins where she worked at Arkham. When Gordon was relieved of his duties at Arkham, she followed him to work at the GCPD. They actually ended up making a really good team at work as well as in their personal life.
There was little hitch in their romance when Barbara was abducted by a serial killer and he brain washed her. She ended up killing her parents and even tried to kill Leslie. Talk about relationship baggage.
Bruce starts his own investigation
After some concerning evidence, Bruce figured out that something was going on with his family’s company. Theres was a corruption and he wanted to figure out what it was. When Bruce had a meeting with the board they got worried he would find something on them. So they had an old friend of Alfred’s spy on Bruce, and he ended up stabbing Alfred. Selina pushed the guy out a window when he threatened them, which freaked out Bruce.
Although the board members tried to convince Bruce that his father knew everything about the dark side of the company, Lucius Fox told Bruce that his father was a good man.
The war is on
The season closed up with everyone trying to win power of Gotham. Penguin, Maroni, Mooney and Falcone all thought that they should be in charge.
Mooney and her misfit mob, that included Selina, trapped Falcone and killed Maroni. Penguin came in to attack Mooney, which allowed Gordon to save Falcone. Penguin pushed Mooney over a building into the water, and Falcone fled the city. That left Penguin in charge of the mobs.
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