Gotham (TV Series)

Penguin's Umbrella (2014)

Ben McKenzie: James Gordon

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• Harvey Bullock : So I've been thinking. You're still a douche bag. But you have the moral high ground. So I'm gonna back your play, whatever it is. I figure I'm doomed anyhow. I might as well join the good guys.

  James Gordon : Thank you.

  Harvey Bullock : So what is your play? I mean, you got one, right? You said you had one.

  James Gordon : Tomorrow morning, I'm arresting Falcone and the mayor for the framing of Mario Pepper. Conspiracy, POJ, Rico, the works.

  Harvey Bullock : Well, that's a... that's a hell of a plan. You sit there with a panel of chimpanzees and a bucket of crack and come up with that one?

  James Gordon : I figure whatever else happens, we'll stir things up. We might even make the papers.

  Harvey Bullock : Oh, yeah, we're gonna make the papers, all right. We're gonna be dead in the streets in time for the evening edition.

  James Gordon : Well, at least the people will know the truth. And we'll go out doing our jobs, enforcing the law.

  Harvey Bullock : That's the best inspirational speech, you got? Doing our jobs?

  James Gordon : You don't have to join me.

  Harvey Bullock : No, I'm game. Like I said, I'm doomed anyhow.

• Carmine Falcone : I envy you boys. Having nothing to lose must be liberating. Must feel pretty good.

  James Gordon : Yes, it does.

  Carmine Falcone : Suppose you did have something to lose. What would you do then? Suppose, for instance, I had a knife to Barbara Kean's throat, right now? Would you still be so brave?

  James Gordon : You don't.

  Carmine Falcone : I'm telling you, I do.

  James Gordon : You're a liar.

  Carmine Falcone : I have many faults, but I'm not a liar. Victor Zsasz has Barbara. You know Victor.

  James Gordon : You're lying. She's far away.

  Carmine Falcone : She came back. Came right to me to plead for your life. You have a good woman there. She loves you very much. Too much.

  James Gordon : Prove it. Prove you have her.

  Carmine Falcone : I could. But I won't. I want you to believe me.

  Harvey Bullock : It's obvious, Jim. He's lying.

  Carmine Falcone : Am I? If you think, go ahead and try to bring me in. You'll be dead, so you won't know what happens to Barbara. But it won't be pretty.

  Harvey Bullock : Lying.

  Carmine Falcone : On my mother's grave. Drop your gun, and Barbara won't be harmed in any way.

• Mayor Aubrey James : Jumping catfish.

  James Gordon : Good morning, Mayor James.

  Mayor Aubrey James : Gordon, you scared... scared the bejebers out of me. I almost spilled my coffee.

  James Gordon : Sorry. Sir, you're under arrest.

  Mayor Aubrey James : That's not funny.

  Harvey Bullock : Depends where you're sitting.

  James Gordon : [slips him arrest warrant]  Might want to take a look at this.

• Carmine Falcone : What on earth are you thinking?

  James Gordon : We're thinking we're taking you both to jail and charge you with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

  Carmine Falcone : Try and take me in, you won't make it to the end of the street.

  Mayor Aubrey James : That's exactly what I said.

  James Gordon : This is a lawful arrest. If you resist, you will be shot.

  Carmine Falcone : I see. We all die together in a blaze of glory.

  James Gordon : If that's how it works out, it's fine with me. How about you, Harvey?

  Harvey Bullock : Fine by me.

  Mayor Aubrey James : Oh, God.

• Harvey Bullock : Game's over. I have to kill you, take your body to Falcone and beg for mercy.

  James Gordon : I know I screwed up. Don't kill me. I have a plan, help me.

• James Gordon : I promised I would find your parents' killer. I might not be able to do that. I'm in a tight spot, I've upset powerful people...

  Bruce Wayne : Stop treating me like a child! Explain.

  James Gordon : You are a child.

  Bruce Wayne : You expect to die! I should at least know why. Is it connected to my parents' murder?

  James Gordon : Yes, it's all connected somehow. Bruce, I will do my best to work this thing out, but if I don't, Montoya and Allen here will take over your parents' case. I've told them everything I know. You can trust them one hundred percent.

  Crispus Allen : One hundred percent.

  James Gordon : Bruce, these are good detectives. If anyone can find the truth, it's them.

  Bruce Wayne : [to Montoya and Allen]  Thank you.

  Alfred Pennyworth : Sir, what can we do to help you now?

  James Gordon : Nothing. From here on in, I have to go it alone.

• Sarah Essen : No cops or lawyers in this city will help you.

  James Gordon : I think plenty of people will help when they see it's possible to fight back.

• James Gordon : Tell Falcone we'll talk, just not today.

  Victor Zsasz : Why would you do that? Alive is a very broad term. Someone with no hands can be alive.

  James Gordon : There are fifty cops in this room, try something.

  Victor Zsasz : Everybody out.

  [the cops hesitate] 

  Victor Zsasz : *Please*?

  [the room clears, except for Gordon and Essen] 

• James Gordon : The situation is, you've been told to take me in alive, or I'd be dead already.

  Butch Gilzean : You know the rules, a few lumps, nobody gets hurt.

  James Gordon : Tell your partner to put down his gun or I'll blow his brains out.

  Butch Gilzean : Fine, we'll do it your way. After we kill you, we're gonna kill blondie.

• Sarah Essen : What the hell are you doing here?

  James Gordon : I work here. It's my shift. Where else should I be?

  Sarah Essen : How about Alaska? Arrest warrants? For who?

  James Gordon : Mayor Aubrey James, Carmine Falcone, and their close associates. On charges of conspiracy and perversion of justice in the Wayne case.

  Sarah Essen : Are you insane?

  James Gordon : No. Maybe a little. Feels good. They're gonna try and kill me anyway. Might as well make them pay for it.

• Carmine Falcone : Such a waste though. Gotham needs men like you. Both of you. Strong men with principles. I wish I could show you I'm not the enemy. The system is not the enemy. The enemy is anarchy. But I told you that before, didn't I, Jim?

  James Gordon : Yes, you did.

  Carmine Falcone : You didn't listen though.

  Harvey Bullock : Do we get a last meal or a smoke or anything? Or just talk?