Gotham 4.6 FAQ
What’s it called?
“Hog Day Afternoon.”
Who’s responsible?
Teleplay is credited to TV vet Kim Newton (“Chicago Hope,” “The X-Files,” “Pasadena,” “In Plain Sight,” “The Blacklist”), who makes her “Gotham” debut.
What says Fox?
“Gordon and Bullock are hot on a serial killer who has been assassinating cops and dressing his victims in the severed heads of pigs as his signature mark. Meanwhile, Sofia tries to win over Penguin, and Thompkins, Nygma and Grundy find themselves an unlikely home at Cherry's place.”
How does it start?
“Good as new,” says Lee Thompkins after snapping a losing combatant’s nose back into place.
Is Leslie Thompkins a supervillain now?
She looks like she’d like to kill Riddler for framing Jim Gordon for Kristin Kringle’s muder, but mostly she’s just cranky and willing to work for a venue that stages death matches.
Is Grundy evil?
He kills people he doesn’t have to kill, but it’s hard to hate Grundy. He’s got that “Mice and Men” Lenny thing going.
Is Grundy more Hulk or more Swamp Thing?
Swamp Thing. Hulk has blood and a heartbeat, and is capable of transforming back into Puny Banner.
Is Ra’s truly dead? Bruce will never meet him while wearing a cowl with ears on top?
Alexander Siddig’s name is still in the opening credits. (For the record, so is Erin Richards, though Barbara Kean isn’t around this week either.)
What’s doing with Bruce Wayne?
He and Alfred sit the week out.
What’s doing with Hot Ivy and Catgirl?
If they lurk, they lurk offscreen.
What’s doing with Freeze and Firefly?
No ice or fire.
What’s doing with Dr. Strange?
No new go for Hugo.
Is the tetched Nathanial Barnes back?
No, though the Tetch virus has a role in tonight’s plot.
The big news?
Penguin keeps insisting he and Sofia Falcone are not dating. Is the homosexual Oswald Kapelput developing a more than familial affection for the mob boss’s daughter?
What else is Fox not telling us?
We learn about Harvey this week.
What’s good?
“Grundy come from swamp.” “Oh my God, you really aren’t smart!” The grenade. All the creepy facelessness. Drew Powell as Grundy generally and his Tarzan-Tonto-Frankenstein demeanor specifically. Morena Baccarin as Dr. Thompkins, Donal Logue as Bullock, Robin Lord Taylor as Penguin, Corey Michael Smith as Nygma, Anthony Carrigan as Victor Zsasz and Ben McKenzie as Gordon.
What’s not so good?
No Maggie Geha as Hot Ivy, Jessica Lucas as Tabitha Galavan, Camren Bicondova as Catgirl, or Erin Richards as Barbara Kean.
How does it end, spoiler boy?
“Tomorrow, the bad shall fall.”
8 p.m. Thursday. Fox.
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