Gabe was Oswald's very first henchman, and his confessing that they all only worked for Oswald out of fear doesn't make much sense. Unlike Frank, Gabe has become a minor fan favorite over the seasons, despite mostly functioning as a Butch clone when Butch couldn't be around. Old Ivy wanted to get in with the crooks, and now like Eddie last season, she finds herself a ticket to that world, so she's happy, though a bit annoyed with Oswald repeatedly insulting her.Ī pity it has to come at the expense of Gabe's life. Obviously Ivy has some sort of an agenda, but it all comes across as rather flimsy. Her quirky interactions with Ozzie are something both of them manage to sell with Gotham's signature humor. In fact, I'd say this is the first time the new Ivy has been put in a context where I find her enjoyable, and that's very welcome. Oswald's and Ivy's storyline is arguably the most fun of the evening's fare, despite a bit of recycling. This, and more specifically Jim sending Barbara to retrieve it, serves to alert her as well to the existence of a "higher power" as she and Tabitha has to flee for their lives from one of the Court's Talons. I have to agree with my fellow reviewers that this is a rather generic and lazy trope, even if it's eventually going to tie several minor plots together. The second part of the Court storyline is the "mysterious weapon". Parts of it reminds you of season one territory, and for Jim Gordon, that's not such a bad thing. However, there is a certain flow to the proceedings which has been missing in many recent Gordon scenes, and I suspect it's a result of Ben McKenzie directing it. The exact way it goes about this is both convoluted and vaguely unbelievable, as there is no obvious reason the Court would think Jim loyal after him finding out Frank killed his father. His explicit function was to fill Jim in on the existence of the Court and to involve him with them, and this episode simply declares mission accomplished and gets rid of the dead weight. When it comes to Uncle Frank killing himself, this isn't something that hits the audience very hard since he was hardly a character to begin with, only a plot device - not to say that the actor didn't do his best with the material. There are both positive and negative signs in this episode. Certainly, the show is turning some wheels in this installment but ultimately failing to woo me. It's decorated with a grisly murder, a suicide and an acrobatic ninja, but ultimately that's all there is to it - and that, in itself, is not a lot to talk about. With one small exception the plot is pretty much laid out in the very first sentence. This is a rather workmanlike episode so it'll get a rather workmanlike review. Ivy tells Oswald to build an army of freaks, Frank tells Jim to join the Court of Owls and the Shaman tells Bruce to become Batman.
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