- Gordon and Bullock search for the source of a new street drug that causes euphoria then death. Meanwhile, Oswald Cobblepot works his way deeper into Maroni's inner circle and Fish Mooney continues to plot against Falcone.
- Oswald risks his life by revealing his Fish past to gain Maroni's trust in the war against Falcone, which works after the don has Gordon abducted to check Oswald's story. A potent drug, which shortly renders incredibly strong and fearless, but fatally alters the calcium balance, is handed out blindly on Gotham's streets. Gordon works out is was developed by a Wayne subsidiary, which had the only sufficiently advanced lab, but also fired Stan Potolsky, the brilliant chemist in charge of a military order along those lines. The project was suspended by the Waynes until their murder. Bruce works out irregularities in the Wayne empire and attends a company event to question the board members, but instead has to witness the dramatic sequel of the fatal drug story, while Gordon worked his way there via Stan's mentor, a radically thinking philosophy professor. Meanwhile Falcone's lieutenant Nikolai plots with secret lover Fish.—KGF Vissers
- Bruce plans to find a way to speak to the board members of Wayne Enterprises to learn their connections to the Arkham District Project. A new drug called "Viper", a prototype of Venom, is hitting the street, endowing the user with super-strength, but eventually killing them. Maroni plans to rob a casino owned by Falcone, and Cobblepot offers a less-casualty plan, forcing him to reveal his past, which Maroni believes after Gordon confirms it. The latter learns that "Viper" is being distributed at a charity event held by WellZyn and Wayne Enterprises. Gordon shoots the canister on the roof and former WellZyn employee Stan Potolsky is exposed, committing suicide after he suggests they check out Warehouse 39, where Gordon and Bullock later find nothing, observed by Wayne Enterprises operative Mathis. Maroni successfully robs the casino, admiring Cobblepot. As Mooney makes plans to conspire against Falcone with her lover and Russian mob boss Nikolai, a disguised Liza visits Falcone and begins seducing him.
- "Gotham" - 'Viper" - Oct. 20, 2014
Bruce is constructing an evidence wall. Alfred offers a walk, but Bruce is intent on constructing his wall to help find his parents killers. Alfred wonders what will happen if he never gets revenge. Bruce says he doesn't want revenge, he wants to figure out how Gotham works and, in that regard, Wayne Enterprises. Alfred still worries it's an unhealthy habit. But Bruce isn't listening.
Maroni says he wanted a piece of Arkham, he strong-armed Falcone and got it so he wants to know why he can't have a piece of the casino. His adviser Frankie thinks it's a bad idea to anger Falcone more, but Maroni wants it done anyway. Frankie says he will make it happen.
A busker plays his guitar on the street. A man approaches him, all squirrelly-like and puts a vial of something in is guitar case, a green liquid. The busker picks it up, it says "breathe me" it, so he does. His immediate reaction is breathlessness and weird twitching. He walks into a bodega and begins drinking milk directly from the jug. The clerk yellls at him. The busker says "do not vex me your mortal" and keeps drinking. The clerk approaches with a bat and the busker breaks it in half.
Bullock and Gordon are eating burgers from a food truck. Selina Kyle is nearby and pickpockets a man. Jim spots her and gives chase but she's too fast. They're right by the bodega and walk in and see the aftermath of clerk's confrontation with the busker. The clerk explains the guy took his ATM machine and about the "don't vex me" line. He explains the guy stole the ATM with his bare hands with no vehicle.
Fish enjoys the singing of her new protege in the bar. She's bored of the bar. Fish smacks her face and asks why she's there with her. She says she's her secret weapon. She said learning this song was her job and to not cal her mama, she has to earn that. She turns the song again and has her practice.
Harvey and Jim go to the Captain who sees footage of the guy running away with the ATM. They show her the vile and say Nygma is working o ID-ing the drug.
Fish and other Falcone lieutenants meet with Falcone and says they shouldn't worry about Maroni and they should not push back on him and that Falcone can still control Maroni. One of the underlings, Niko, is not happy but Fish sides with Falcone and him playing Maroni on a "long line." Fish gets up in the chauvinist guy's face until Falcone shuts them down saying they need each other and are family.
Harvey and Jim hit the streets to run down the busker. They finaly find someone who knows him, a hooker. She gives them a locale to find him and it's littered with gallon milk containers. He asks for help and says he needs more of the drug and he doesn't feel good. He says a man with a mangled ear gave it to him. The guy is agitated and strong enough to throw them both off. He picks up the ATV but then loses his super strength and it falls on him, killing him. "God help us if that drug gets out," says Jim.
Cut to the man with the mangled ear handing out vials of the drug, freely on the street including to the hooker they just talked to.
Alfred finds a strung out Bruce asleep surrounded by the files. He threatens to throw them in the fire. Bruce protests. He then tells Bruce he's accepted an invitation to a charity event being thrown by Wayne Enterprises on his behalf. He's glad because he has questions about corruption in the city. He's done a lot of sleuthing about shell corporations and the like. Bruce asks if his parents were corrupt. Alfred says no.
Bruce turns on a news report about the rampant chaos being caused by "Viper" the new drug that causes euphoria, super strength, and then death.
We cut to the precinct, which is overrun by Viper victims tearing stuff up. Nygma explains to Harvey, Jim, and the Captain how Viper works: it unlocks unused DNA and burns calcium to create the effects so the victims try to eat milk and cheese to replace the calcium, eventually their bones crumble and they suffocate. Nygma is clearly excited by the new drug. The captain wonders who is putting it out there. Harvey likes the idea of just giving it to all the scumbags and keeping the good people inside.
They start the investigation at the city's most state-of-the-art laboratory, Wellzyne, a subsidiary of Wayne Enterprises.
Maroni continues to tell Frankie that he wants the casino "taken." Oswald interjects with his idea to help, he knows a janitor that works in the casino and that can give him access. Frankie is nervous that this is just a dishwasher in a suit. Maroni thinks he's a player acting humble, Penguin admits that this isn't his first rodeo. He tells his story about having previously worked for Fish and then almost getting killed which he thinks Maroni will find funny and helpful. Maroni bangs his head into the table and says it is a funny story.
The a female lawyer from Wellzyne come to the crazy precinct and says they have no connection to the drug. They mention the man with the mangled ear. He was a Wellzyne employee, a biochemist. She says he was disgruntled working on shampoo and toothpaste and he tried to cut off his own ear during a disagreement with his supervisor. She says he then disappeared. Jim thinks the woman knew and that's why she came to them before the cops could come to them. She says she didn't and they can go through all of their lab stuff Harvey puts out an APB on Stan, the biochemist.
Frankie comes to the precinct and tells Jim he has to come with him and explains that he has met Oswald and that if he doesn't come with them, Maroni is going to send Oswald's head in a bag to Falcone which could be embarrassing for Jim. Jim goes with him. They get in a car and another guy puts a bag over his head.
Jim meets over a meal with Maroni. Oswald is bloodied at his side. He tells Jim Oswald's story. He yells every time Oswald talks. He asks Jim to tell him the same exact story Penguin told him or else they will both die. Jim tells the story starting with the Wayne murder. He tells the truth. Maroni can't believe no one knows that Penguin is alive. Jim says if they did he would be dead. Maroni thanks him for telling the truth. He gives Penguin a smooch and says they have a brand new gift, a snitch from the Falcone camp, he says it's Christmas. Maroni thanks Jim and says he will call him if he needs him. Penguin mouths "thank you" to Jim. Jim leaves.
Fish is teaching her protegee to say "I love you, baby" without seeming sexy for some reason. And then "oh, honey" as if she's caught her in a lie. She's a good study.
Jim heads back to the precinct, Bullock shares Stan's files which aren't very good leads. Bullock asks where he was. Jim says personal stuff. Bullock figures Barbara and Jim agrees. Jim finds a photo of Stan with a professor at Gotham University and go to see him. Stan was a student of his. The prof says Stan didn't work on shampoo at Wellzyne, Stan designed pharmaceutical weapons for combat troops, like one that could help soldiers tear opponents with their bare hands. He says Viper was the first go around and it caused death. The second was called Venom and didn't have that unfortunate side effect. But he didn't want it to go forward and went to the Wayne's to intervene. They did. And then they were killed and Wellzyne revived the project which drove Stan to take his "radical" measures. The professor isn't outraged at what Stan did and it turns out that the professor was helping him. He says Stan will be making a statement. He then inhales some Venom and attacks Harvey. Jim shoots the old guy but he first tells them that Stan is going to attack Wellzyne and Wayne enterprises. Jim figures out that it's the charity event that Bruce is attending.
We cut to Bruce and Alfred arriving at the event and then Stan preparing his attack on the party as a cater waiter.
Alfred points out various people at the party as Stan plans to unleash Venom into the air ducts.
Bruce sits with a middle manager from Wayne Enterprises. He wonders where the board members are. She says they're too busy to attend events like this because they're helping to keep Wayne Enterprises in the black. He says he wanted to ask about irregularities in the Arkham project. She's confused. She says she can assure him that Wayne Enterprises wouldn't countenance working with criminals. He says he believes her but still wants to meet with the board. She says she can try and make that happen. They are interrupted by Stan on a video screen threatening them with imminent death. He explains how he made the drug for Wellzyne and WE. Bruce asks if this is true. The woman say it's not. The stuff comes through the vents and everyone runs when they see the green gas. Jim finds Stan and tells him to turn it off or he'll shoot. Stan say it's okay, his work is done. Jim shoots the container and Stan inhales a blast. Bullock shows up, Jim tells him not to shoot. Stan tells them he's leaving and to go look at warehouse 39. The drug takes hold and Stan jumps off he roof.
Jim goes to investigate Warehouse 39 which is owned by Wellzyne. It is an empty laboratory. Jim is disappointed. Harvey says, "What'd you expect? It's Gotham."
The WE exec that Bruce talked to is in a car watching them. She tells someone on the phone that they might as well leave the cops be because they didn't find anything. She says they'll review their methods if the cops get closer.
Back at Wayne Manor, Bruce is examining the woman's Wellzyne personnel records and taking notes. Alfred enters and sits and looks through files, clearly now on board with helping him. Bruce smiles.
Penguin, Maroni, and Frankie sit in a car outside the casino waiting for the heist to be pulled off. Maroni asks if Penguin is nervous. He says it's okay because if this doesn't work out he will be killing him. Penguin admits to a case of the jitters. The heist is complete. Maroni is thrilled. Penguin lives.
It looks like that fight between Fish and Niko was staged because we cut to them in bed, very cozy, her having tied him up. She bites him, he likes it. He wonders that sometimes she really doesn't like him. She says this is untrue and they need to keep up a front for Falcone because he can't find out that they are working together. Niko says the old man has to go soon. Fish agrees.
We cut to Falcone feeding the birds on some steps as Fish's proteges wanders by humming the song she taught her. Falcone hears her humming and says it's his favorite aria. She says it's hers too. He says his mother used to sing it to him and he hadn't heard it in a while. He is about to say she looks like her but stops. She offers him one of her earbuds and they listen to it together. Fish's secret weapon is now being deployed.
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