Gotham: Arkham (2014)
Season 1, Episode 4
7/10
The hit-man steals someone's identity, then tells clients what that identity is?
16 February 2015
Warning: Spoilers
My mouth actually dropped open when this moment of monumentally STUPID plotting occurred; our heroes(?) go to where the hit-man works, having tracked him through his stolen identity! So, having gone to the trouble of killing someone and assuming their life, he gives the game away by hiring himself out as a killer under his assumed name? The cops in this city aren't just corrupt, they're criminally stupid to boot. The hit-man having the initials of the three cops on security at the Mayor's house written down is one of the most ridiculously obvious plot devices ever. I still personally don't like the Waynes' killer being some kind of hit-man, but at least their deaths are being shown as part of a bigger scheme to allow organised crime to increase it's stranglehold on Gotham, something that would serve to motivate the young Bruce in his desire to wage war on Falcone, Moroni, et al. As for young Master Wayne, despite what some have said elsewhere, I find it very easy to see this traumatised boy becoming the Batman; his parents were no doubt already concerned at his brooding and intense behaviour before that fateful night! Much as I want to keep watching, and much as I hate to say this, the police work needs to actually become detection rather than exposition if the show is to hold my interest much longer!
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