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Cersei Lannister in S4Ep5 Part 3

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Gotham s4ep5 “The Blade's Path” Personal Review 

“Don´t worry people will talk”

Warning spoilers below  

* The Episode in which no one can do their Job without bloody CRITICS. HARVEY BULLOCK thinks he is doing his job freeing the licensed criminals JIM GORDON brought in thinking he is doing his job. Both disagree with each other. “That's above my pay grade, pal. I just, uh, bust the bad guys.” Then there is also ALFRED PENNYWORTH and Jim who still want each other to do their jobs (well). They still are in nagging mode but team up to find Bruce.

 * There is a place people named “slaughter swamp”, people made a sign writing “slaughter swamp” on it?! Also those people kill a helpless patient that´s one thing but do they have to be joking jerks about it? Yeah I know some people make jerky jokes to cope ??!?! * SOLOMON GRUNDY approaching guys outside the swamp. What is this Frankenhulk?! The colours of the scene, the “don´t hurt the monster” rhetoric, the children´s (?) song, the fire that all reminds me of Frankenstein adaptions. Weird. * Why is the guy he hit asking “who are you” with his last breath? Is he expecting to report him to the police after he wakes up? That is a question that troubles Grundy, and yeah I get that it emphasizes this issue for the audience but what reason has this guy to ask this?

 * BRUCE WAYNE & ALFRED PENNYWORTH have a dispute about who understands what. “I see.” “No. You clearly don't.”  //  “Taking a life, never mind how justified, will lead you down a darker path than you could ever possibly imagine. I know. I've been down it. You understand me, Master Bruce?” “I understand.” * “It is my FAULT” Bruce is luckily still taking the blame for Alex death, he´s not overlooking his involvement in it. But yeah Alfred & Jim are right it´s still Ra´s who is the murderer.

 * ALFRED PENNYWORTH & JIM GORDON are a joy to watch.  “Look I am telling you this as a courtesy.” Pretty sure Jim can think of some better curtsies ..  someone write this please..... Anyway once Bruce run away to break into Blackgate they team up. Alfred can even make me like the overdone has 500 weapons in places you don´t wanna know about joke enjoy but dear .. that choice of words .. same Jim, same. Alfred keeps up Bruce´s Billionaire Brat Act up by suggesting he might have bribed his way into the prison, otherwise you know .. people might start to think he could have climbed over a wall.  The prison guards show them round but just the all the wrong ways.  * And you know I´d really like to have seen Jim´s time in Blackgate to have had more impact reflection and introspection wise but I take what I can get they at least reference back to that incident that week and quite well. Jim is like “Hello I´ve been here before” and none of you assholes punched me during that time something is wrong. 

* “My Name is Bruce Wayne” that might have gotten him out of breaking into a prison but unluckily the guards are on Ra´s team so that name verhallt wie Schall und Rauch. That attitude of “my name´s gonna buy me free” is insufferable but on the other hand if you have that card why not play it to save your ass.  * “You weak foolish boy”   You weird freakish mummy ..  RA´S AL GUHL gets stabbed by Bruce just like he wanted. The inscription, just as Bruce suspected does not mean the knife is to be used by but against him (“it is intended for the one who has bathed in the healing waters”) just that he is wrong about Ra´s wanting the knife to keep it from being used against him. Immortality is a curse. Ra´s want´s to be stabbed so badly he even threatens the not yet existent loved ones of Bruce. (And that´s Cersei levels cruel that actually gave me chills .. nice)  But if this was his plan along I´m pretty sure there would have been easier ways to accomplish that, and I would not have needed to sit through that plot. The talk about an heir falls flat. And his death was strangely anticlimactic. (Okay except that last bit where his lower jaw dropped a bit .. I giggled) I know that could have been to focus on Bruce and the effect this deed has on him. This was not a big boss battle to be the fulminant end of a long fight between two foes no spectacle on purpose because this should shed light on the characters .. but .. it´s Gotham ..  I suppose that´s not yet over ..

* BARBARA KEAN & Ra´s relationship should be over before we actually saw it!? Also she seemed to enjoy his company but also expected a reward, of course that´s not a contradiction per se but opens questions. Also just tell me what he gave Barbara! Please let it be something awesome and something she enjoys! Naive? Probably .. 

* “Just because you know you're capable of doing something doesn't mean it has to happen again.” Okay but is that JIM GORDON missing the point and projecting?! I still don´t believe that the Virus in Jim´s ear that told him he is a killer actually brought out the worst in him (Jim just isn´t, he´s stepping over bodies if he deems it necessary but he´s not a bloodthirsty killer who enjoys it) rather it voiced a fear he has (stored very very very deep down in him, that doubt he pushes away about his deeds). Which would absolutely explain that line because otherwise he´d just kind of miss the point. The upsetting thing is not Bruce suddenly turning murderous, the upsetting thing is having ended a life. But I see how Jim “criminal´s lives aren´t worth much especially not if weighed against non criminal lives” Gordon might have issues with that concept.  * “Now, you may not feel like you're that kid anymore, but I know that you are. One who believes in doing good. In fighting for what's right. Who will do anything to keep the people he loves safe. Nothing that happened today changes that.” And that is Jim Gordon after browsing tumblr and liking that “be the person that you would have needed” post (which is a wonderful one no shade on that).

 *“I´m not the hero Gotham needs”  BRUCE WAYNE feels guilty about being responsible for Alex´s death and taking a life. He wants to burn his suit.  That´s the Bruce Wayne I wanna see!  ALFRED (needs another slap with the newspaper) PENNYWORTH can´t let him do that. He claims he was wrong, Bruce can make a difference, the whole thing has become bigger than preparing for Ra´s return. As soon as Bruce feels ready.   Well at least he has the curtsy to wait that´s something I guess but that´s the point where Alfred´s guidance crosses the seriously shady line. If Bruce wants to step back you let him and you let him without interfering or paving the way back.  * “This will be waiting for you” Uhm yeah, if he still fits into it that is .. kid is growing fast.  But the added that Alfred will wait for him too was sweet.

 *  “Come on, you people have pills for everything!”   Yeah I wish. I so wish.  EDWARD NYGMA is way to adorable, and funny. Omg those scenes. He is too good. “Fogginess of the mind. Decreased capacity to think ten steps ahead. Inability to solve riddles” Why do I relate with those symptoms.  Oh and I really love that for once it is shown that getting stabbed through the hand or something like that hurts like a lot.  * Why has Edward´s suit Polka Dot lining ?! * “I´ll even consider a natural remedy”  Ed you had three bottles of that in your place! (St.Jonn’s Wort, Echinacea & Ginkgo leaf  from N a t u r e ’s Answer) 

* I´m not sure if I like that they brought Butch / SOLOMON GRUNDY back but at least the interaction with Ed was entertaining. “I can´t even help myself” * Ed doesn´t want to help him until he sees use for Grundy. I´d really like to see them bonding a bit over the “Who am I” issue but I doubt that will happen. * Grundy calling Ed “smart” was too precious! (And some niceness that´s not manipulative for once) * Ed´s plan:  muscle > money > smart  ( > memory )  I´m not sure if he intends to keep his promise but I´m quite sure that lying to Grundy about his and Butch´s friendship will come back to bite him in his green ass. * Is CHERRY a cousin or something  of JERI? * How, why, does Ed know Cherry´s place? Would he have found a probably underground fight club that fast in his state? I´m assuming no, he must have been there before. Watching ?  He looked delighted when entering ..  

* LESLIE THOMPKINS Leslie, honey what are you doing? I doubt she would not have gotten a fine nice job somewhere. Why is she in this place. She does not seem to be happy about it even the slightest bit. Nor does she seem to care about anyone´s well being. She´s still a doctor, at least let her keep that part of her identity? Okay I´m in rant mode not even knowing where they are going with her character, let´s postpone that a bit.

  * Does anyone know what song it is around 10:50  that can be heard playing in THE ICEBERG LOUNGE ?! It seriously gives me flashbacks to The Stranglers: No more Heroes in 1x15. (Didn’t I have a gifset for this? Have I posted that? Did I make it? Am I imagining things? No I think I totally did something with the no more heroes .. where is it)   I think I´d actually like visiting the Iceberg Lounge if that musical theme continues. 

*“Numbers Mr. Penn” Am I becoming a fan of Mr. PENN?! I think I am. I´d really like to steal the man´s job though. I know barely anything about statistics but I can learn and I´m good with lists. I can do this. Penguin must like/cherish Penn since he kept him around after losing the crime list to Bruce. Or is this already known?   Also did they really name that character Mr. Pen(n)?!

* OSWALD COBBLEPOT & SOFIA FALCONES interactions are a joy! They are even more joy if you just enjoy them for a moment and think they could actually be allies.   Their banter is wonderful “100%” “Now you´re just rubbing it in” And I love how Sofia is picking up the Penguin characteristics “send those outlying criminal elements scurrying back under your umbrella” It makes me really think her choice of words with Jim was very deliberate too! * Oswald letting Penn read the “kill Sofia” to do list point was wonderful .. “Add a question mark” * Sofia offers Penguin the support of her name, they shall eat in public. She even got Gertrud´d recipe. Where did she find the recipe ?! How, Where ?! How?! No srsly, I´m usually a fan of just let things like that slide for the sake of enjoyment but that bugs me.  * Someone tasting his food like that would only work if he has some magic ability to taste poison (was he someone from Indian Hill .. ) but his face looked too worried for that * Ghost Goulash. Ugh.  Oswald is done with the taste of it. Sofia not knowing if he liked it or not was sweet but I did not like his reaction. That´s just so over the top. What is this ratatouille?   Also you´ll never get a recipe on spot like that. They would have needed to know where she bought the ingredients and probably used the same pots with greasy patina and in general there´s just so much going on with cooking that can´t be in a recipe and stuff and things. Also there´s just so many ways Goulash can taste.  I don´t like it, the scene I mean.

* Sofia visits him at his club again.  I did not quite get why door guy let her in ?! “There was only one person in my whole life who ever did things for me without wanting something in return. And that was my mother.” “Then I envy you. My father never helped anyone unless it benefited him. And eventually it drove away everyone who loved him.”  This is not only putting her in a light she wants to be in it also doubles as warning that would support Oswald seeking a relationship with her. Actually it´s three things at once. Girl you are so good. And for some reason I like that not so sleek outfit so much better.

 * When Sofia first got in the Iceberg Lounge she saw Oswald putting away the Ice from his injury. When she is there the second time she sees him visibly struggling with pain. She offers a massage and advice about treatment laced with another emotional story about her childhood and her harsh father. Moreover she mirrors Gertrud´s singing with her humming.   * This is LIZA  2.0 and  50% of me want Oswald to see through this. I found it odd that he would let Sofia see him in pain like that, that he would let her touch and see his injury from which even he himself turns his face away. He has never let it get into his way in the slightest and suddenly he is dropping his guard like that??  So that half of me would be delighted to see that this is already Oswald manipulating Sofia right back! Three steps ahead Oswald from Season 1 ! Then there is 50% of me who would actually be delighted so see Oswald believing that someone can be kind to him. Oswald being able to be vulnerable and open like that. Oswald accepting comfort. Sofia and Oswald as a team would be sweet, I think they could really add to each other, in another time, in another life .. 

* Were there umbrellas on his socks ?!

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