- Gordon and Bullock continue to investigate the Ogre, who begins to make his move on someone close to Gordon. Meanwhile, Bruce and Selina team up to expose a corrupt Wayne Enterprises employee and Nygma comes to Kristen Kringle's defense.
- 'Gotham" - "Under the Knife" - April 20, 2015
The noose is tightening all over Gotham, both literally and figuratively.
Nygma
Good old Ed Nygma gets his own storyline tonight. He goes to profess his feelings for sweet Kris Kringle only to discover her making out with odious Officer Doherty. The cop is apologizing and she is forgiving him. He derisively greets Nygma as "Riddle Man" on his way out of the records room, where Nygma has come to get old murder files related to the Ogre. He sees bruises on Kristin's arm and realizes that Doherty is hurting her. She tells him it's none of his business.
Undeterred he goes to Doherty in the squad room and threatens him, saying he must not hurt Kristin. Doherty of course thinks this is an empty threat. (We also learn that poor Ed is a virgin.)
The threat was not empty, however. Nygma stakes out Kristin's house and when Doherty arrives he confronts him in the street. Doherty punches him in the gut bringing him to his knees, Nygma responds by stabbing him. A lot. Like, many, many times. He then looks at the knife and mutters "Oh dear! Oh dear!"
Cobblepot
Things aren't improving in terms of patronage at the nightclub but Gertrude Cobblepot is enjoying herself.
Penguin excuses himself from his mom to meet with a man about a thing. That thing is killing Maroni. The would be hitman balks that Falcone would never approve of this. Penguin says he thinks he can make him see the light and they set up the deal.
Unfortunately, Maroni himself shows up later and starts sweet-talking mom Gertrude. They sit and talk and drink much to Penguin's consternation. Until finally Maroni asks if this is all an act or if Gertrude is really this stupid. He says her son is not just a nightclub owner he's a cold-blooded psychopath who has killed people. She freaks. He grabs her head and asks when she realized she gave birth to a monster. Penguin is incensed and says Maroni will pay. Maroni, throwing a wad of cash on the table, says maybe he will or maybe Penguin will end up in the bottom of the river.
Later he tries to comfort his mom at home by saying Maroni has a strange sense of humor. She says she's no bumpkin and if he lies to her now he will break his heart. He lies and says he's a nightclub owner. She takes to her bed in tears.
A flower delivery guy shows up with roses for Gertrude from Sal. Penguin freaks and tells him to tell Maroni that this is over, the killing room is waiting and he is a dead man and smashes the flowers and vase to the floor. He then thinks better of this and tells the guy he'll tell him himself and then kills the delivery guy with a shard of glass from the vase. Gertrude calls out about the noise. Penguin says it's a neighbor who needs help taking out the trash and he drags the body away.
Bruce and Selina
The episode opens just after Reggie's murder by Selina and Bruce is freaking out asking why she did that after they got the information they needed. She said he was going to go to his boss and knew he wanted to do it but didn't have the guts. She tells him to man up, essentially and asks what's next. He says they need to get close to the Wayne Enterprises employee Reggie told them about Sid Bunderslaw. They agree to go to an upcoming Wayne charity ball where he will be and Selina will lift his keys so they can open his office safe and, hopefully, find incriminating evidence.
When Bruce tells Alfred he's going to the ball with Selina, Alfred assumes that puberty is finally kicking in. Bruce lets him think this since he can't tell the truth. But he does ask Alfred about how he had to kill people in the army. Alfred says he did and that it was necessary. He also cautions Bruce to careful at the ball. Bruce has Alfred have dress shops send over gowns and shoes to Barbara Kean's house for Selina to wear.
They arrive and Barbara is amazed, grabbing the bags saying they have a lot of work to do. It turns out quite nicely because when Bruce shows up in his tux, she looks beautiful.
They head to the ball and everyone is staring at him and Selina is confused."Well, I am Bruce Wayne," he says. They talk about Reggie's death more and says that there's a line, and he will never cross it. She says she would do it again and it wouldn't bother her.
They spy Bunderslaw and as Bruce distracts him. Selina pockets the key. Mission accomplished.
Gordon and Bullock
Gordon goes to Lee and explains the whole story about the Ogre and says he wants her to get out of Gotham because he's not giving up his investigation. Lee says she's not going anywhere and will help him fight. She also wryly notes it took a serial killer for him to say he loved her.
Jim and Harvey go to the first detective who investigated the Ogre-- his wife was killed and he worries for his daughter-- and they guilt him into giving up some of his original investigative info.
This takes them to a plastic surgery practice where the first woman was killed. They figure he must've been a patient and this was his first stab, so to speak. The doctor won't give up any info and so they head off to get a warrant. But as they leave they notice a car that was also outside the precinct, the Ogre has been tailing them. He nearly runs them down in an alley.
Later he calls Jim and tells him not to believe his own press about how he's a rising star in the GCPD and this is his only warning to call off his investigation.
Not only does he not do this, he calls a press conference-- kissing Lee out in public beforehand--and announces his investigation to the world. The Ogre doesn't like this.
They get the warrant and learn that the dead girl came to the clinic by way of an old, monied Gotham family.
They go to the woman's house but a man is there in the midst of hanging himself. (It's Niles from "The Nanny"). Harvey goes upstairs and finds the rich old woman very, very dead in her bed for quite some time.
The question the suicidal man and it turns out that he was the old woman's butler. He had a son who was severely disfigured -- such that his wife, the boy's mother left them when he was a baby. The boy grew up in this rich old lady's house and began thinking that he was her secret son. She indulged this fantasy until one day he went to her and demanded to be acknowledged and put in her will. She then revealed that she had just been playing along, that it was all a joke and certainly no one could love someone who looked like him. So...he killed her. His father, the butler, helped cover up the killing-- leaving the dead woman in her bed for over a decade-- and using her money to bankroll his son. He said his son made one mistake and cannot believe Gordon and Bullock's claim that he seduced and killed a dozen women and then shows them a picture: the plastic surgeon did a very good job because the Ogre was indeed very disfigured.
They take the pictures back to the plastic surgeon who admits he did the work and gives them a name but the Ogre is not using either one of his possible names. The surgeon did give them a sketch, however.
As Harvey, Jim, and the Captain brainstorm Jim has a realization. When the Ogre said the thing about him being a "rising star" he was quoting a newspaper article that had an accompanying picture of him and Barbara.
He rushes to her place but Selina says she is not there, she saw her leaving the ball with some guy. He shows her the sketch of the Ogre and she confirms it was him.
Barbara and the Ogre
Barbara is making all kinds of bad decisions. First she meets the Ogre at a bar and is sufficiently charmed enough to take him back to her place. He tells her that she isn't what he thought she would be. He don't know the half of it.
While her back is turned he unfurls his knife but when she tells him that she doesn't have a boyfriend he puts it away and leaves, rather abruptly. (He wants to hurt someone close to Jim and she no longer is.) Which is no shock to Barbara because she has literally just finished telling him that when most people get to know her they run screaming away.
He decides however, that he is intrigued by this duality in her and after Jim makes his big investigation announcement he seeks her out at the Wayne ball. As they dance he tells her that he, like her, is one person on the inside and another on the outside. He gets very intense and she tries to pull away but he won't let her. He tells her he has transformed himself and he wants to transform her and asks if she's tired of playing games and hiding. She says yes. He whispers in her ear.
He takes her back to his place and she asks about the closed door. He tells her to see for herself. She walks into his gleaming killing room. He walks up behind her and caresses her shoulder.
(Alas, no update on Fish.)
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