Galavan sends Barbara after Jim Gordon, while he tries to make a business deal with Bruce Wayne. Barnes and Bullock are hot on Barbara’s trail, and Nygma has a run-in with a familiar face.

Gotham‘s eighth episode might have sunk to a new low with a spotlight on the Gotham Police force that’s so bad, I want the villains to win. Add in Nygma’s story and things for this hour were rather unbearable.

Last week’s episode was actually pretty decent, but here we just see mistake after mistake which had me screaming at the television screen to just pull the trigger. Letting the bad guy go over and over, it shows in incompetence and inability to do even basic things. Watching the episode I got to a point I wanted Gordon to actually die.

Then there’s Nygma, who’s spiraling down a whole with the body count increasing. That too is a bit silly and very out of character for him. It eventually leads to an interesting ending, but still, when you’re at this point anything, no matter how stupid, gets interesting.

Then there’s Bruce who’s being pressured to turn over his company. He at least gets to cry… the episode is just so bad, from plot to acting, everything. With heroes this bad, it’s not a shock the villains are on a rise.

I felt like I wasted an hour watching the show. Any more time writing this too feels like a waste.

Overall Rating: 5