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Rise of the Villains: Damned If You Do...

  • Episode aired Sep 21, 2015
  • TV-14
  • 45m
IMDb RATING
8.3/10
4.1K
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Cameron Monaghan in Gotham (2014)
Season 2 trailer for Gotham from FOX.
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Penguin is King of Gotham and after a shakeup at the GCPD, Detective James Gordon's moral compass wavers, as he seeks help from Penguin.Penguin is King of Gotham and after a shakeup at the GCPD, Detective James Gordon's moral compass wavers, as he seeks help from Penguin.Penguin is King of Gotham and after a shakeup at the GCPD, Detective James Gordon's moral compass wavers, as he seeks help from Penguin.

  • Director
    • Danny Cannon
  • Writers
    • Bruno Heller
    • Megan Mostyn-Brown
  • Stars
    • Ben McKenzie
    • Donal Logue
    • David Mazouz
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.3/10
    4.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Danny Cannon
    • Writers
      • Bruno Heller
      • Megan Mostyn-Brown
    • Stars
      • Ben McKenzie
      • Donal Logue
      • David Mazouz
    • 8User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Videos6

    Gotham: I Did A Bad Thing
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    Gotham: I Did A Bad Thing
    Gotham: What The Hell Is This Place
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    Gotham: What The Hell Is This Place
    Gotham: What The Hell Is This Place
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    Gotham: What The Hell Is This Place
    Gotham: It's A Simple Question
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    Gotham: It's A Simple Question
    Gotham: Be Quiet
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    Gotham: Be Quiet
    Season 2 Trailer - Villains Rising
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    Season 2 Trailer - Villains Rising
    Gotham: Rise Of The Villiains: Damned If You Do
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    Gotham: Rise Of The Villiains: Damned If You Do

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    • James Gordon
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    • Harvey Bullock
    David Mazouz
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    • Bruce Wayne
    Morena Baccarin
    Morena Baccarin
    • Leslie Thompkins
    Zabryna Guevara
    Zabryna Guevara
    • Sarah Essen
    Sean Pertwee
    Sean Pertwee
    • Alfred Pennyworth
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    • Oswald Cobblepot…
    Erin Richards
    Erin Richards
    • Barbara Kean
    Camren Bicondova
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    • Selina Kyle
    Cory Michael Smith
    Cory Michael Smith
    • Edward Nygma
    James Frain
    James Frain
    • Theo Galavan
    Jessica Lucas
    Jessica Lucas
    • Tabitha Galavan
    Cameron Monaghan
    Cameron Monaghan
    • Jerome Valeska
    Peter Scolari
    Peter Scolari
    • Commissioner Loeb
    Anthony Carrigan
    Anthony Carrigan
    • Victor Zsasz
    Dustin Ybarra
    Dustin Ybarra
    • Robert Greenwood
    Todd Stashwick
    Todd Stashwick
    • Richard Sionis
    Will Brill
    Will Brill
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    • Director
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    8Aktham_Tashtush

    Completing the old plots with a New stories .. just smells like perfection.

    The show picked up right where they left us ... the amount of excitement and eagerness still tip-top. and the story is still tight and filled with mysteries leave you on each episode wondering what's gonna happen with each character.

    The story of Bruce Wayne is still focused on what his father has kept from him and he might discover more bit and pieces ,, but i am now more drawn to the plot of James Gordon and his "new" relation with Cobblepot the penguin :D .. gosh here Gordon would do some unexpected things to get what he really want and that definitely will tie him up tight to penguin.

    The other new story is the story of the crazy prisoners and who each one of those will have at least a couple of crazy episode trying to destroy Gotham ...

    and sure not forgetting Nygma is literally getting crazy missed up .. would he be in the good side or the bad one >>> Like we know which is which !! :D

    So overall .. i do have a great hopes for this season .. and i think the first episode is showing some promising upcoming ones ..
    7jseph1234-262-617488

    An OK episode for start

    The show had some interesting moral dilemmas and one thing that I have to keep in mind is that they can't pack the entire season into one episode. They can only introduce the beginnings of the threads and hope they are enough to keep the viewer's attention.

    Having said that, I think there were more of the Bruce Wayne superiority, "perfectness" which galls me and as you watch you will see what I mean. Also, campyness from the 1960's "Batman" which I loathe and feel is inappropriate for this. I just hate the idea of it descending into ridiculous laugh-fest therefore I gave it a 6.5 and rounded it up to 7

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    • Trivia
      The giant, violent and child like Aaron Helzinger has appeared in the comics several times under the name Amygdala. The amygdala is a section of the brain that controls emotional response and was removed from Helzinger, resulting in uncontrollable anger
    • Goofs
      When Penguin and Gordon are talking, the number of candles on the table changes from four to two, to four, and back to two.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Bruce Wayne: [Bruce Wayne finds a letter behind the locked door written by his father, reading] Dear Bruce, these last weeks I begin to feel very mortal, which prompts this note to you. Perhaps I'm being paranoid. I hope so. In any case, if you're reading this, then I'm dead, and you figured out that the entry code is... 'Bruce'. I'm sorry I had to hide this part of my life from you, because this place only exists because of you. Becoming a father made me want to be a better man, and I started asking hard questions about the family business. So here we are.

      Bruce Wayne: [Bruce's voice begins to crack with tears, reading] As I write this, you're 12 and a fine, good-hearted boy. So I'm sure you'll be a fine, good-hearted man. But that's all I know. I don't know what happened to me or your mother, or how life has turned out for you. I don't even know how old you are. So I'll resist giving you much fatherly advice. Only this: You can't have both happiness and the truth.

      Bruce Wayne: [the camera shows Officer Gordon loading his gun] You have to choose. I beg of you, my son, please choose happiness.

      Bruce Wayne: [the camera shows Bruce Wayne hold his head up to Alfred] Unless... unless you feel a calling. A true calling.

    • Soundtracks
      Gotham Opening Theme
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      Written by David E. Russo, Graeme Revell, and Danny Cannon

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    • Release date
      • September 21, 2015 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Primrose Hill Productions
      • DC Comics
      • Warner Bros. Television
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    • Runtime
      45 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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