Detective Jim Gordon turns to unlikely allies for help when Bruce Wayne goes missing.

Gotham‘s final episode before its fall break had me scratching my head for quite a while. I really felt like something was skipped as Bruce is captured, Alfred is beat up. I actually had to go back and see if I watched the previous episode (the answer is yes).

The episode really focuses on Galavan and his religious nuts doing their ceremony to restore the Dumas family back to their rightful place in Gotham. What that means? Yeah, you got me.

Jim and Pengiun plot to take on Galavan eventually leading to an assault on the tower where he’s held up about to do some crazy ceremony. The assault is a bit silly, the ceremony is silly, so much about the episode is silly. I actually wish Bruce was sacrificed and it turn out that we’ve been watching the wrong kid the whole time.

I will say, visually the episode is one of the most solid of the season with the use of shadows, colors, it’s top notch.

Robin Lord Taylor‘s Penguin is the highlight as usual. His slow transformation into the villain we know is slow and brilliant in so many ways. He’s completely embraced the character and the rage he exudes, you can feel it off of the screen.

The episode does conclude the first half of the season nicely, wrapping up a lot of plots and giving us a decent break until the series returns. The season has been called “Rise of the Villains,” and the episode ends with a new one to keep track of.

Overall Rating: 7.1