List of Gotham episodes

Gotham is an American crime-drama television series developed by Bruno Heller, based on characters appearing in and published by DC Comics in their Batman franchise, primarily those of James Gordon and Bruce Wayne. The series stars Ben McKenzie as the young Gordon, while Heller executive produces along with Danny Cannon, who also directed the pilot. As originally conceived, the series would have served as a straightforward story of Gordon's early days on the Gotham City police force.

Gotham was renewed for a third season in March 2016, which premiered on September 19, 2016.

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally aired		Rank	Avg. viewers (in millions)
			First aired	Last aired
1	22		September 22, 2014 (2014-09-22)	May 4, 2015 (2015-05-04)	68	7.56
2	22		September 21, 2015 (2015-09-21)	May 23, 2016 (2016-05-23)	89	5.37
3	22		September 19, 2016 (2016-09-19)	TBA	TBA	TBA

Episodes

Season 1 (2014–15)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Pilot"	Danny Cannon	Bruno Heller	September 22, 2014 (2014-09-22)	276072	8.21
Rookie detective James Gordon and his partner Harvey Bullock are assigned to the case of the murder of Thomas (Grayson McCouch) and Martha Wayne (Brette Taylor), which was witnessed by street orphan Selina Kyle. Gordon meets the Waynes' son, Bruce, and promises the boy that he will find the killer. Their investigation leads them to a parolee named Mario Pepper, whom Bullock shoots when he flees and attacks Gordon. They discover that Pepper had been framed, leading them to mobster Fish Mooney, an associate of Don Carmine Falcone. Mooney has them captured, but Falcone spares them upon his arrival. In exchange, Falcone orders Gordon to kill Oswald Cobblepot, a low-level member of Mooney's gang and informant for Gotham MCU investigators Renee Montoya and Crispus Allen. Gordon fakes Cobblepot's death, and tells him never to return to Gotham. Gordon and Bullock are celebrated for solving the Wayne murders, but Gordon confesses the truth to Bruce and his butler, Alfred Pennyworth. As Gordon leaves, Selina is seen lingering around the borders of Wayne Manor.
2	2	"Selina Kyle"	Danny Cannon	Bruno Heller	September 29, 2014 (2014-09-29)	4X6652	7.45
The murder of a homeless man leads Gordon and Bullock to investigate the abductions of street kids by Patti (Lili Taylor) and Doug (Frank Whaley), who are underlings of Dr. Francis Dulmacher, A.K.A the Dollmaker, and have been posing as members of the Mayor's Homeless Outreach Program. Meanwhile, Oswald Cobblepot takes refuge in a rented trailer after his faked death, plotting his return to Gotham City. After Patti and Doug escape, with Quillinformer worker Morry Quillan (Wayne Duvall) captured, Mayor Aubrey James (Richard Kind) announces plans to help Gotham's homeless kids, which involves rounding them up and shipping them out of town. Patti and Doug return and hijack one of the buses of street kids, including Selina Kyle. After Bullock's interrogation of Quillan, Gordon obtains a clue that leads to Trident International Shipping. Gordon and Bullock arrive and catch Patti and Doug while encountering Kyle. While Bruce has plans to find a way to help the children, Gordon meets with Kyle who states that she has been watching him during his visits with Bruce and might have some information on the person who shot the Waynes.
3	3	"The Balloonman"	Dermott Downs	John Stephens	October 6, 2014 (2014-10-06)	4X6653	6.36
Gordon and Bullock track a vigilante who targets corrupt Gotham citizens and nicknamed "Balloonman" for strapping his victims to weather balloons. Montoya and Allen question Gordon about Cobblepot, who returns to Gotham to get revenge on Mooney. He gets a job at Don Sal Maroni's restaurant, and is befriended by Maroni (David Zayas) himself. Mooney arranges for Falcone's lover Natalia to be disfigured in a phony mugging after Falcone's men severely beat a waiter with whom Mooney had been sexually coupled. Gordon realizes that "Balloonman" is social worker Davis Lamond (Dan Bakkedahl), who was driven to become the Balloonman because of corrupt officials refusing to aid children on the streets. He warns Gordon that more vigilantes will follow in his path. At his apartment later, Gordon receives a surprise visit from Cobblepot.
4	4	"Arkham"	TJ Scott	Ken Woodruff	October 13, 2014 (2014-10-13)	4X6654	6.39
Gordon learns of the Arkham Plan when he visits Bruce Wayne, where Alfred mentions that Falcone and Mayor James are backing the project that will improve the Arkham District. An unnamed hitman (Hakeem Kae-Kazim) has been targeting the city council members involved in the Arkham Project. After an attack on Maroni's restaurant by three masked men, Cobblepot is promoted to restaurant manager by Maroni, following his action of saving a bag of money and the death of the previous manager. Mooney pits two female singers against each other for her nightclub job opening, with the winner being Liza. Mayor James holds a conference about the Arkham Plan, announcing that Falcone will handle small housing development projects and Maroni will be refurbishing the Asylum. Later, Cobblepot kills the three masked robbers who had attacked Maroni's restaurant, who it turns out had been hired for just that purpose by Cobblepot himself, by serving them poisoned cannoli.
5	5	"Viper"	Tim Hunter	Rebecca Perry Cutter	October 20, 2014 (2014-10-20)	4X6655	6.09
Bruce plans to find a way to speak to the board members of Wayne Enterprises to learn their connections to the Arkham District Project. A new drug called "Viper" (which is a prototype of Venom) is hitting the street, which endows the user with super-strength, but eventually kills them. Maroni plans to rob a casino owned by Falcone, and Cobblepot reveals his past. Gordon learns that "Viper" is being distributed at a charity event held by WellZyn and Wayne Enterprises. Gordon shoots the canister on the roof and former WellZyn employee Stan Potolsky (Daniel London) is exposed, jumping off as he suggests they check out Warehouse 39, where Gordon and Bullock later find nothing. As Mooney makes plans to conspire against Falcone with her lover and Russian mob boss Nikolai, a disguised Liza visits him in the park where she shares her opera music with him.
6	6	"Spirit of the Goat"	TJ Scott	Ben Edlund	October 27, 2014 (2014-10-27)	4X6656	5.89
Ten years ago, a masked killer calling himself the "Spirit of the Goat" targeted the first born of Gotham City's elite. The Goat targets a girl named Shelley Lawson, which leads a younger Bullock and his partner Detective Dix (Dan Hedaya) to try and rescue her. When Lawson is found dead, they find the killer, Randall Milkie, who claims that "Randall Milkie is dead" as he tries to attack them. Milkie is shot down by Bullock after Dix falls through a trap door and ends up badly injured. Ten years later, Bullock finds Robert Hastings' daughter, Amanda, murdered by someone with the same "Goat" motive. Upon surgery, Harvey sees a penny inside her neck, Milkie's trademark, which only he and Dix knew, which meant that he was not an imposter. They find out that Hastings' psychotherapist Dr. Marks (Susan Misner) hypnotized both Milkie and the new killer to become the Goat to scare Gotham City's rich and corrupt. The "murder" of Cobblepot is also investigated, with Gordon the prime suspect as Montoya and Allen finally find a witness near the river. When they attempt to arrest Gordon and Bullock, Cobblepot enters the police station, causing friction between Bullock and Gordon.
7	7	"Penguin's Umbrella"	Rob Bailey	Bruno Heller	November 3, 2014 (2014-11-03)	4X6657	6.63
Gordon takes Barbara to the bus station, telling her to leave Gotham. Cobblepot leads Maroni enforcer Frankie Carbone and two other henchmen to Nikolai's hideout, killing him and Carbone. The escalating mob war is put down with a land trade between the two mafia families. A drunken Bullock re-evaluates his choice for helping Gordon, and the two partners attempt to arrest the mayor and Falcone, but they give up when it is revealed that Falcone and hitman Victor Zsasz have Barbara, who had come back to try and negotiate with Falcone for Gordon. As Falcone later tends to his chickens, Cobblepot visits him, and Falcone tells him that everything is going as Cobblepot predicted. In a flashback to the night they had met Gordon, it is shown that Cobblepot and Falcone had formed a deal, in which Falcone would place Gordon in charge of killing Cobblepot, giving Cobblepot a chance at surviving, and in exchange, Cobblepot would forge an alliance with Maroni, snitching for Falcone. Cobblepot tells Falcone that Mooney and Nikolai are conspiring against him.
8	8	"The Mask"	Paul Edwards	John Stephens	November 10, 2014 (2014-11-10)	4X6658	6.35
Bruce returns to school, where he has some trouble with the students, including Tommy Elliot (Cole Vallis), who made fun of his parents' death and asks Alfred to teach him how to defend himself. Gordon and Bullock investigate Richard Sionis (Todd Stashwick) who is hosting an illegal and deadly fight club where the victims are those who applied for Sionis Investments. Meanwhile, Liza's loyalty to Fish Mooney begins to falter when she learns of Mooney's plan to eventually kill Don Falcone, but Mooney presses her to steal a ledger from the Falcone's office that may be used to incriminate him. When Gordon is caught at the site of the fight club, Bullock asks GCPD for help finding Gordon. After "The Mask" and those involved are arrested, Gordon is informed by Detective Alvarez that Selina was apprehended after robbing a dress store.
9	9	"Harvey Dent"	Karen Gaviola	Ken Woodruff	November 17, 2014 (2014-11-17)	4X6659	6.49
Gordon has Selina placed at Wayne Manor for her safety. During a prison transport from Blackgate Penitentiary to St. Mark Psychiatric Hospital, insane bomb maker Ian Hargrove (Leslie Odom Jr.) is taken by the Russian mob, who are working against Falcone following Nikolai's death. Gordon meets with Harvey Dent, who suspects tycoon Dick Lovecraft may be behind the Wayne murders. When Gordon and Bullock find Hargrove at an abandoned metal factory, they are ambushed by Russian mob thugs who make off with Hargrove. Manipulated by Fish Mooney, the new Russian boss Gregor Kasyanov (Steve Cirbus) and his crew targets Falcone's cache of money, but when a police standoff ensues, the Russians' armored truck explodes via remote control by Butch Gilzean. Oswald visits Liza at her apartment, telling her that he knows that she is a spy for Fish and that he won't tell Falcone. At a press conference, Mayor James states that Arkham Asylum will be reopened to house the criminally insane, including Ian Hargrove. Later that night, Gordon leaves a message on Barbara's phone, unaware that she has gone back to sleeping with Renee Montoya.
10	10	"Lovecraft"	Guy Ferland	Rebecca Dameron	November 24, 2014 (2014-11-24)	4X6660	6.05
Assassins led by Copperhead infiltrate Wayne Manor, but Alfred fends them off, allowing Bruce and Selina to escape. Alfred seeks Gordon and Bullock help to find the pair. Cobblepot tells Falcone that there is a mole working for him within Mooney's ranks. Dent suspects Dick Lovecraft hired the assassins. Meanwhile, Falcone kills Irish gangster Bannion for failing to guard the armory, and increases the tribute to be paid to him by all of his gang leaders and mafiosi. Selina tells Bruce that the assassins were after her, not him, and leads him to an underground area used as a mall for street kids. They see Ivy Pepper, the daughter of Mario Pepper, who tells Selina that her fence Clyde is operating in the Narrows. Gordon finds Lovecraft, who claims those after Selina are also after him and gives Gordon some files about the Wayne Enterprise stocks. The two are attacked by the same assassins who kill Lovecraft and knock Gordon unconscious. Bruce and Selina visit Clyde, only to be grabbed by his associates. The assassins arrive to claim Selina, but she knocks one out, just as Bullock and Alfred arrive. Copperhead stalks Bruce, demanding to know where Selina is. Clyde and those involved are arrested. Following Lovecraft's "suicide", Mayor James reassigns Gordon to Arkham Asylum. Selina kisses Bruce.
11	11	"Rogues' Gallery"	Oz Scott	Sue Chung	January 5, 2015 (2015-01-05)	4X6661	7.06
After the death of Dick Lovecraft, James Gordon was reassigned to guard duty at Arkham Asylum where he works under the asylum's director Dr. Gerry Lang (Isiah Whitlock, Jr.). During his first week, he investigates a series of attacks on prisoners with the help of Dr. Leslie Thompkins (Morena Baccarin). Meanwhile, Mooney discusses her plan to overthrow Don Falcone with underboss Jimmy Saviano. Saviano thinks he should be the new boss, but Mooney is sure she is the best candidate. Oswald Cobblepot is arrested by the police for trying to further extort some fishermen already paying protection money to Sal Maroni. Gordon, Bullock, and Essen discover that the person attacking prisoners was Jack Gruber (Christopher Heyerdahl), who then escapes from Arkham with his associate Aaron Danzing (Kevin McCormick), after killing several guards and Dr. Lang. Cobblepot is eventually bailed out by Maroni who initiated the arrest to teach Cobblepot a lesson about hubris. Saviano tries to get Butch Gilzean to join his crew and renounce Mooney, but Gilzean kills Saviano instead.
12	12	"What the Little Bird Told Him"	Eagle Egilsson	Ben Edlund	January 19, 2015 (2015-01-19)	4X6662	6.50
Jack Gruber and Aaron Danzing escape from Arkham Asylum and are on a rampage through Gotham. James Gordon promises the Commissioner he will arrest Gruber within 24 hours and he is reinstated as a detective for that time. Edward Nygma tells Gordon and Bullock that Jack Gruber is an alias of Jack Buchinsky, a former bank robber for the mafia who was betrayed by Salvatore Maroni. Fish Mooney makes her move against Falcone and "abducts" Liza. Gordon and Bullock put Maroni under protective custody to use as bait to attract Buchinsky to the police station. Falcone discovers that Mooney is behind Liza's abduction, and is offered a deal. Falcone is to sign his crime family over to Mooney's gang in exchange for the opportunity for him and Liza to leave for Italy. Buchinsky attacks the police station in search of Maroni. Gordon, protected by rubber boots provided by Nygma, is immune to the initial attack and thwarts Buchinsky's bomb. Before Falcone goes through with the deal, Cobblepot informs him that Liza was always working for Mooney. Falcone confronts Mooney and Liza at the former's club, and strangles Liza to death. Victor Zsasz and several mercenaries working for Falcone then take both Mooney and Butch Gilzean prisoner, while the Don gives Cobblepot a chance to mock his former boss, as he has inherited her nightclub as well as what is left of her gang. For living up to his end of the deal, Gordon is reinstated as a detective.
13	13	"Welcome Back, Jim Gordon"	Wendey Stanzler	Megan Mostyn-Brown	January 26, 2015 (2015-01-26)	4X6663	6.04
In an unknown location, Fish Mooney is strapped to a stretcher where Falcone's top servant Bob will be in charge of torturing her. Bullock introduces Gordon to Arnold Flass. The three meet with a night janitor named Leon Winkler who was a witness in a public homicide. When at the police station, Winkler is visited by a mysterious person who kills him. Edward Nygma states that the weapon used on Winkler was an ice pick. Gordon suspects that a cop is behind this as Sarah Essen tells him not to take action without her say-so. Upon returning from Switzerland, Bruce Wayne and Alfred Pennyworth encounter Ivy Pepper who has been sent to carry a message to Selina Kyle. Gilzean manages to free himself and severely beats Bob, then frees Fish Mooney. In the archives, Flass mocks Nygma's crush on Kristen Kringle. Gordon visits Cobblepot at the nightclub, where he meets Cobblepot's mother, Gertrud. Gordon asks Cobblepot if he has any information about Flass. Victor Zsasz finds Bob and kills him before informing Falcone. Bruce is visited by Selina and gives her a snow globe. Selina wants Bruce to distance himself from her, and now claims she did not see the face of the man who killed his parents. Gordon eventually finds evidence that exposes Flass' involvement in Winkler's death as Flass is arrested. Mooney leaves town to lay low but vows to take revenge against Cobblepot.
14	14	"The Fearsome Dr. Crane"	John Behring	John Stephens	February 2, 2015 (2015-02-02)	4X6664	5.79
James Gordon and Harvey Bullock investigate a serial killer who is targeting members of a fear support group and extracting their adrenal glands as he uses their greatest fear against them. After a brief encounter with Selina Kyle, Gordon visits Bruce who, in light of Selena's recent claim of false witness towards his parents' killer's identity, absolves Gordon of his promise to find him. Gordon and Bullock discover that the serial killer is Gerald Crane (Julian Sands), the father of Jonathan Crane (Charlie Tahan), who had been posing as "Todd", a member of the same support group as his victims. They are able to save one of his victims but Crane evades capture. Meanwhile, Maroni discovers from Fish Mooney that Cobblepot has been working against him and tries to kill him at his cabin upstate, but Cobblepot escapes Maroni's wrath and returns to Gotham in a church bus. At the GCPD, Edward Nygma frames the medical examiner Dr. Guerra for hoarding body parts after Guerra has him suspended by Essen for his repeated corpse probing. After Dr. Guerra is suspended, Gordon informs Leslie Tompkins (who he is now dating) that a job as the GCPD medical examiner has opened up. Mooney tries to leave Gotham City by boat, but the boat is attacked by mercenaries where one of them engages Mooney in a climactic charge.
15	15	"The Scarecrow"	Nick Copus	Ken Woodruff	February 9, 2015 (2015-02-09)	4X6665	5.63
When Gerald Crane targets another victim, James Gordon and Harvey Bullock investigate his background and discover that he was a biology teacher whose wife died in a fire accident that he was too scared to rescue her from. Believing that fear is a human flaw, he harvested adrenal glands in order to use them to create a fear serum that makes people see their greatest fears, hoping that it will help them face and overcome them. Meanwhile, Fish Mooney is abducted by the mercenaries and taken to a rowdy prison-like area. Bruce Wayne goes on a treacherous hike by himself. Falcone tells Cobblepot to renovate Fish's nightclub as his own before speaking to Maroni about him – Maroni agrees to let Cobblepot live in exchange for having a judge placed in his pocket. James and Harvey track Crane down to his home, where after injecting his son Jonathan with the fear serum, he is killed in a gunfight. Jonathan is rushed to the hospital afterwards. Mooney kills the leader of the prisoners named Mace and then takes his place upon finding out the prisoners are being harvested for organs. At the opening of Oswald's (the newly-renovated Fish Mooney's), Don Maroni arrives with his entourage and promises Cobblepot that once Falcone dies, he will kill him. At the hospital, the doctor says to Gordon that due to the amount of serum injected into him, Jonathan may never stop seeing his greatest fear, which in his case are animated scarecrows.
16	16	"The Blind Fortune Teller"	Jeffrey Hunt	Bruno Heller	February 16, 2015 (2015-02-16)	4X6666	6.19
Barbara returns to Gotham to discover Ivy and Selina in her apartment. Elsewhere, Mooney plans to save herself and the other prisoners when they discover that they were kidnapped so that their organs can be harvested. When a snake dancer at Haly's Circus named Lila Valeska is murdered, Gordon and Leslie investigate, as the Flying Graysons and the Lloyds are suspects. A psychic named Paul Cicero (Mark Margolis) approaches Gordon, claiming to have received a message from the dead dancer. James is skeptical and thinks the psychic is covering up for the killer. Gordon accuses the dancer's son Jerome (Cameron Monaghan) of committing the murder, and tells him that Cicero is his biological father. Jerome begins laughing and admits that he killed his mother for being a "nagging, drunken whore". When customers begin to steadily decrease at Oswald Cobblepot's newly obtained club, Zsasz gives Cobblepot a tortured and completely reformed Butch Gilzean, who he says is knowledgeable when it comes to maintaining clubs and has been "working on him" for days. Taking advice from Selina and Ivy, Barbara attempts to re-unite with James, but changes her mind after she sees him kissing Leslie. Bruce holds a board meeting at Wayne Enterprises and voices concern to the executives that the company is involved with the mob. John Grayson and Mary Lloyd get engaged after the dispute between the two families are resolved. Mooney tells the lead captor at the prison named Thomas Schmidt (Elliot Villar) that she would like to meet with his boss.
17	17	"Red Hood"	Nathan Hope	Danny Cannon	February 23, 2015 (2015-02-23)	4X6667	6.53
A crew of bank robbers heists a bank, they throw some of stolen money into to crowd to ensure their escape. Gordon and Bullock track down a member named Gus Floyd (Michael Goldsmith) who called himself the Red Hood, but find him dead in the hideout. After another robbery led by Carl Destro (Jonny Coyne), who took the position of the Red Hood's trademark mask, Gordon and Bullock track him to his house where they find him wounded. With information given by Destro, the police find and gun down the remainder of the gang (Peter Brensinger, Peter Albrink & Kevin T. Collins) in a shootout. Meanwhile, Oswald Cobblepot struggles from Maroni's actions against the restaurant, but Butch uses some cops on his payroll to seize Maroni's supplies. Fish Mooney discovers that the facility she is kept in is run by the Dollmaker. When his manager (Jeffrey Combs) tries to take her eye for organ trade purposes, she removes it herself and destroys it before passing out. An old comrade of Alfred, Reginald Payne (David O'Hara), visits him in Wayne Manor and stays over night. On the next day, however, he steals some of Bruce Wayne's files, stabs Alfred to evade capture and reports to Wayne Enterprises Board of Directors.
18	18	"Everyone Has a Cobblepot"	Bill Eagles	Megan Mostyn-Brown	March 2, 2015 (2015-03-02)	4X6668	6.10
At the hospital, Alfred struggles from his wounds but refuses to implicate Payne. Gordon and Harvey Dent investigate the sudden release and reinstatement of Arnold Flass by Commissioner Loeb. Bullock reveals that Loeb has been collecting information on police officers who have committed mob murders, which Loeb uses to control and blackmail them; in Bullock's case, Loeb forced him to falsely confess to providing illegitimate evidence against Flass. Investigating a triad bookmaking office and interrogating Loeb's former partner, Gordon learns that Loeb has ties with Falcone, being in his pocket. With the help of Oswald Cobblepot, Gordon and Bullock investigate Loeb's uptown farm, where they find Loeb's psychotic daughter Miriam (Nicholle Tom) being kept in the attic. After Miriam confesses to the murder of her mother, Gordon uses that information to terminate Bullock's case by blackmailing Loeb. Meanwhile, Fish Mooney finally meets the Dollmaker (Colm Feore), who provides her with a new sky-blue irised eye and allows her to prove herself in order to become his right hand woman. Later, Fish discovers much to her dismay that the prison facility is situated on an isolated island.
19	19	"Beasts of Prey"	Eagle Egilsson	Ken Woodruff	April 13, 2015 (2015-04-13)	4X6669	4.50
Despite Gordon's warning, Bruce still goes after Reginald Payne with Selina's help. Payne confesses that he was hired by Wayne Enterprises' Board of Directors. When Payne threatens to tell the Board that Bruce is coming after them, Selina pushes Payne out a window after Bruce initially moves to but hesitates, presumably killing him. Gordon and Bullock investigate a cold case murder. Upon Nygma discovering a painting of a broken heart as the key evidence, Bullock realizes that the serial killer called "the Ogre" (Milo Ventimiglia) is behind the murder. Harvey then states that everyone who tried to investigate Ogre lost their loved ones. A flashback of a victimized girl reveals the killer's motives and him keeping her prisoner for some time, until he realizes she isn't a fit for his desire, so he kills her. Meanwhile, Oswald negotiates with a bar's owner (Alaska McFadden) to do business, but his real intention is to kill Maroni in this bar. Mooney succeeds in escaping with the rest of the crew from Dollmaker's island, but is shot during the takeoff by the Catcher. It is revealed that Gordon was set up by Commissioner Loeb, but Gordon still goes after the killer and threatens Loeb that he will be next.
20	20	"Under the Knife"	TJ Scott	John Stephens	April 20, 2015 (2015-04-20)	4X6670	4.44
The "Ogre" calls Gordon and threatens to kill someone he loves if Gordon does not stop the investigation. Gordon and Bullock investigate the first victim of the killer. Following the incident with Reggie, Bruce and Selina attend Wayne Enterprises' Charity Ball with Barbara Kean, where Selina steals keys from Sid Banderslaw (Michael Potts), one of the Directors who sent Reginald Payne to Wayne Manor. Cobblepot allies himself with Irish hitman O'Connor with hopes of killing Maroni, but Sal pays a visit to the club where he reveals to Oswald's mother that her son is a killer. Oswald swears to Maroni that he will pay. Nygma tries to protect Kristin Kryngle from her boyfriend Tom Dougherty, but goes too far when he stabs him a dozen times and has a psychotic breakdown. Gordon, Bullock, and Essen identifiy the killer as Jason Skolimsky, the son of Constance van Groot's butler Jakob Skolimsky (Daniel Davis), who went under the van Groot last name only to be rejected by his adoptive mother Constance. Because of this, he changed his face and identity in a local hospital where he found his first victim. To his horror, Gordon realizes that the "Ogre" knew about him from the Charity Gallery which Gordon visited a long time ago with Barbara, meaning that she is the target. Upon learning from Selina that Barbara is not there, Gordon works to find her. At his apartment, the "Ogre" shows Barbara his BDSM lair.
21	21	"The Anvil or the Hammer"	Paul Edwards	Jordan Harper	April 27, 2015 (2015-04-27)	4X6671	4.58
Shortly after Jason "The Ogre" Lennon reveals his true intentions to Barbara and holds her captive, he tells her, at knifepoint, to choose his next victim. During the investigation at the Foxglove Club, Gordon and Bullock locate the "Ogre's" apartment at Gotham Royal Hotel, but he and Barbara had already left for her parents' mansion, and both are killed. Nygma disposes of officer Dougherty's body in the forensic lab and pens a letter, posing as Dougherty, explaining that he left town. Bruce sneaks into Bunderslaw's office at Wayne Enterprises and opens his safe, which is empty. Bunderslaw himself arrives and reveals that he was expecting Bruce, and has consequently removed the incriminating documents. He confesses to Bruce that his father and grandfather knew about illegal activities in the company, but decided to keep quiet. Afterwards, Bunderslaw orders Lucius Fox (Chris Chalk) to lead Bruce away. Lucius subtly tells Bruce that while Bruce's father knew of the illegal activities, he did not approve of them. The O'Connor assassination attempt is revealed to be a set-up designed by Cobblepot to start a war between Falcone and Maroni. Gordon and Bullock arrive at the house of Barbara's parents to find them dead. After a brutal fight with Jim, the "Ogre" holds Barbara at knifepoint until Bullock distracts him for Jim to shoot him. Later, Jim confesses to Leslie that he no longer loves Barbara. Consumed with guilt, Bruce confesses his and Selina's murder of Reggie to Alfred, eventually also admitting to his visit to Bunderslaw. After Alfred tells Bruce that his father was a good man, Bruce states that even good men can have dark secrets. Several crimes and killings committed by Maroni and his crew alert Captain Essen, who calls all officers of the GCPD to remain on duty during the upcoming gang war.
22	22	"All Happy Families Are Alike"	Danny Cannon	Bruno Heller	May 4, 2015 (2015-05-04)	4X6672	4.93
The mob war between Falcone and Maroni escalates. Barbara, following Ogre's death, undergoes trauma counseling with Leslie. When Falcone is hospitalized during an ambush, Oswald Cobblepot and Butch arrive to kill him with a plan to take his place only to be stopped by James. With Bullock's help, Gordon gets Falcone, Cobblepot, and Butch away from Maroni's men and to a safe house where Fish Mooney's new gang (with Selina Kyle amongst its recruits) abduct them. Mooney makes a deal with Maroni for Falcone's head, but Maroni acts disrespectfully towards her leading her to shoot him in the head. Maroni's men and Mooney's gang start fighting while Gordon, Bullock, Falcone, and Cobblepot break free, but Selina and some of Mooney's gang recapture them. Cobblepot arrives with a machine gun and chases Mooney while Gordon and Bullock escape with Falcone. Cobblepot, Mooney and Butch run to the roof where a fight ensues that results in Mooney falling off the roof into the water below. During this time, Barbara tries to kill Leslie, forcing her to neutralize her in self defense just as Gordon, Bullock, and Falcone arrive. Kristen Kringle confronts Edward Nygma about Tom's disappearance which Nygma claims to have no knowledge of leading to what seems to be a psychotic breakdown. Thinking that his father has led a secret life and searching for a clue to this in the study, Bruce Wayne finds a device in one of the books that reveals secret stairs behind the fireplace.

Season 2 (2015–16)

The first half of the second season is subtitled Rise of the Villains, while the second half is subtitled Wrath of the Villains.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
23	1	"Damned If You Do..."	Danny Cannon	Bruno Heller	September 21, 2015 (2015-09-21)	4X6201	4.57
Gordon is fired and Bullock resigns from the police. Gordon works with Cobblepot, now a crime boss, to force Commissioner Loeb to reinstate Gordon as a detective and resign as police commissioner in exchange for Gordon collecting a debt from someone and regretfully killing them to protect himself. Meanwhile, several inmates of Arkham Asylum including Barbara Kean, Aaron Helzinger, Jerome Valeska, Arnold Dobkins, Richard Sionis and Robert Greenwood are broken out of the asylum by Theo Galavan (James Frain) and his sister/enforcer, Tabitha Galavan (Jessica Lucas). All but Sionis agree to join forces with Galavan; Sionis is strangled to death for his refusal. Bruce and Alfred discover a secret room at the end of the staircase.
24	2	"Knock, Knock"	Rob Bailey	Ken Woodruff	September 28, 2015 (2015-09-28)	4X6202	4.65
Bruce fires Alfred when the latter interferes with his exploring his father's computer, but changes his mind when Alfred agrees to physically train him so he can confront his parents' killer. Galavan kidnaps the mayor and his group of "Maniax" begin a public murder spree for the sake of publicity. The Maniax attack GCPD and kill several police officers, including Essen; Nygma is wounded saving Miss Kringle during the massacre. Following this, Bullock rejoins the force to stop the Maniax.
25	3	"The Last Laugh"	Eagle Egilsson	John Stephens	October 5, 2015 (2015-10-05)	4X6203	4.33
Gordon and Bullock search for Jerome, but discover Paul Cicero (Jerome's father) already murdered, Galavan reveals that his family built Gotham and he is seeking revenge on those who tarnished his family name. Galavan attends a charity event that Alfred, Bruce and Leslie Tompkins also attend, which turns out to be an elaborate ruse wherein Galavan kills Jerome and is perceived to be a hero; he announces his candidacy for mayor. Several Gotham citizens see Jerome's actions on television and begin having mental breakdowns.
26	4	"Strike Force"	TJ Scott	Danny Cannon	October 12, 2015 (2015-10-12)	4X6204	4.17
Nathaniel Barnes (Michael Chiklis), a new captain of the GCPD, arrives to clean up department and end corruption. With Gordon's assistance, they recruit several aspiring police trainees from the Police Academy in order to form an elite team to accomplish that goal. Galavan kidnaps Cobblepot's mother and blackmails Cobblepot into murdering all of the other candidates so that Galavan can run for mayor unopposed. When Selina begins looking for Bruce at his prep school, she is ordered off by Alfred because of her killing of Reggie. Shortly afterwards, Bruce meets with Galavan to thank him for saving his life during the charity event and meets Galavan's niece, Silver St. Cloud (Natalie Alyn Lind). Nygma and Miss Kringle have a romantic evening together. As Cobblepot begins to have Butch quietly search for his mother, Captain Barnes directs the strike force to target Cobblepot.
27	5	"Scarification"	Bill Eagles	Jordan Harper	October 19, 2015 (2015-10-19)	4X6205	4.19
The Galavans kidnap Sid Bunderslaw and remove one of his eyes to gain access to a safe in a building owned by Wayne Enterprises. Through Selina, Cobblepot and Butch enlist the help of an infamous family of arsonists called the Pike family. After another hit on Cobblepot's illegal business by the GCPD strike force, Gordon kills one of the Pikes, forcing the rest to use their stepsister Bridgit (Michelle Veintimilla), to sneak inside a Wayne Enterprises building and steal an old knife that belonged to the Wayne family. Theo asks Gordon to support his candidacy for mayor, but Gordon declines. Cobblepot discovers the history behind the knife: it was used by Jonathan Wayne, Bruce's ancestor, to punish Caleb Dumas for his alleged sexual abuse towards Celestine Wayne, Jonathan's sister. After the Waynes erased the Dumas name from history, the surviving members were exiled as punishment. They changed their names to Galavan, leading their descendants, Theo and Tabitha, to seek revenge on the Waynes by killing their last descendant, Bruce. Cobblepot plans to use this information to blackmail Theo and free his mother. During another heist, the Pike Brothers abandon Bridgit as Gordon and Bullock attempt to stop the Pikes and she is forced to flee with Selina's help, accidentally killing a member of the strike force. Desperate, Gordon agrees to support Theo if he can help GCPD to clean up Gotham. Theo is visited by Father Creel (Ron Rifkin), who states that their revenge on the Waynes is soon at hand and that Bruce will be dead.
28	6	"By Fire"	TJ Scott	Rebecca Perry Cutter	October 26, 2015 (2015-10-26)	4X6206	4.32
After moving away from the Pike brothers and in with Selina, Bridgit Pike is abducted and further abused by the Pike Brothers after attempting to leave Gotham City. Bridgit snaps and murders the other Pike Brothers, beginning a crime spree. After a visit to Selina's hideout, Gordon and Bullock arrive at the Pike Brothers apartment where they find them dead. Theo Galavan continues to lure Bruce Wayne, this time offering to help clean up the corruption at Wayne Enterprises. Butch discovers the location of Cobblepot's mother and Cobblepot begins to rally a rescue party. Bridgit Pike is incapacitated in a struggle with the GCPD strike force, publicly announced to be dead much to the dismay of Selina. Kristen Kringle learns that Nygma murdered Officer Dougherty. In an attempt to keep Kringle from telling anyone, Nygma accidentally strangles her, killing her. Meanwhile Pike is alive but her entire body is burned. She is taken to Indian Hill, an underground division of Wayne Enterprises where inhumane experiments are secretly performed. It is stated that her suit had melted onto her, rendering her fireproof.
29	7	"Mommy's Little Monster"	Kenneth Fink	Robert Hull	November 2, 2015 (2015-11-02)	4X6207	4.27
Butch leads Cobblepot to the location of his mother, where Theo Galavan and Tabitha Galavan are waiting. Now cured of his programming, Butch betrays Cobblepot and Tabitha Galavan murders his mother (who though aware of her son's activities still claims him to be a good boy), though Cobblepot manages to escape, vowing to kill Theo in revenge. Galavan, now elected mayor, convinces the GCPD and the public that Cobblepot assaulted him and Galavan has Harvey Dent obtain a warrant for Cobblepot's arrest. Gordon begins to suspect that Galavan is framing Cobblepot and tracks down Butch. In an interrogation, Butch reveals that Theo has been blackmailing Cobblepot and that he murdered Cobblepot's mother. Later that night, Theo attends his victory celebration at which the GCPD are secretly stationed, ready to capture Cobblepot if he arrives. Cobblepot and his henchmen show up, but Cobblepot is quickly ambushed by Gordon. Theo attempts to convince Gordon to shoot Cobblepot, but Cobblepot narrowly escapes. Gordon informs Theo that he is determined to expose his corruption. Elsewhere, Tabitha murders a member of the GCPD strike force. Following the death of Kristen Kringle, Nygma's mental state worsens as his split personality attempts to convince him that he enjoys getting away with murder. Both of Nygma's personalities then merge.
30	8	"Tonight's the Night"	Jeffrey Hunt	Jim Barnes	November 9, 2015 (2015-11-09)	4X6208	4.11
Theo Galavan gives Barbara permission to kill Gordon and also offers Bruce a proposition: Bruce sells his controlling position in Wayne Enterprises to Theo and, in return, Theo gives Bruce the information about his parents' killer and the culprits responsible. Barbara walks inside the GCPD and Gordon suggests he risk himself to find more information about Galavan. While en route to an unknown location on Barbara's instructions, the squad car is assaulted by Tabitha and her crew. Gordon wakes up in Gotham Cathedral, where he and Barbara were going to have their wedding before their break-up. The Strike Force discovers Gordon's location, thanks to the help of Bullock. While the Strike Force engages Tabitha's crew and rescues Leslie (who was somehow kidnapped by Tabitha), Gordon briefly fights Barbara, leading to Barbara hanging outside the church and falling, resulting in severe injuries. Following information obtained by Barbara, GCPD rescue Aubrey James from his abduction. Bruce declines Theo's proposition just as Gordon arrives and arrests Theo, who destroys the evidence on the Waynes' killer. Meanwhile, while trying to bury Kristen Kringle, Nygma discovers an injured and exhausted Penguin, who asks Nygma for help.
31	9	"A Bitter Pill to Swallow"	Louis Shaw Milito	Megan Mostyn-Brown	November 16, 2015 (2015-11-16)	4X6209	4.35
Tabitha goes to an underground killer agency and pays to have James Gordon assassinated. Bruce tries to get information about his parents' killer from Silver, but is stopped by Alfred, who orders Silver to stay away from Bruce. When Bruce tries to sneak out, he is stopped by Selina, who claims she has evidence that Silver is not who she claims to be. Gordon and Barnes investigate Theo's condo for evidence. The killers arrive; Gordon and Barnes manage to fend them off, but Barnes is severely injured. Police reinforcements arrive, but are eliminated by another hired killer named Eduardo Flamingo (Raúl Castillo). After coming close to killing him, Gordon arrests Flamingo, but, before being placed in his cell, Flamingo kills another officer. Meanwhile, Nygma persuades Cobblepot to move on from the death of his mother and the both of them kill one of Theo's kidnapped henchmen in celebration. The Order of Saint Dumas arrives in Gotham City.
32	10	"The Son of Gotham"	Rob Bailey	John Stephens	November 23, 2015 (2015-11-23)	4X6210	4.00
Bruce and Silver are kidnapped by Tom "The Knife" (Tommy Flanagan). He manipulates Silver into seemingly revealing the name of Bruce's parents' killer after being paid by Bruce and Selina. She says that the killer's name is "M. Malone" but later claims that she lied. Galavan is released after Mayor James lies, stating that Galavan did not kidnap him, framing Penguin instead. Gordon is captured by Theo, who reveals the history of his family to Gordon, but Gordon is rescued by Cobblepot and Gabe. Alfred grows suspicious of Bruce's whereabouts and searches Theo's residence, where he is wounded in a fight with Tabitha, which he narrowly escapes. When Leslie notices Kristen Kringle's absence, Nygma is forced to lie to her, claiming that Kringle left town with Officer Dougherty. Theo breaks into Wayne Manor and kidnaps Bruce, as part of the Order of St. Dumas' plan to "cleanse" Gotham.
33	11	"Worse Than a Crime"	Jeffrey Hunt	Bruno Heller	November 30, 2015 (2015-11-30)	4X6211	4.51
Gordon wakes up in Nygma's house only to learn from Cobblepot that he is now a fugitive from the law for assaulting Theo Galavan. Gordon and Cobblepot begin making plans to break into Theo's residence and save Bruce. After finding Gordon, Leslie attempts to persuade him to turn himself to the GCPD by informing him that she is pregnant. Gordon, Bullock, Alfred, Selina, Cobblepot and his gang all arrive at Galavan's residence just as the Order of Saint Dumas is about to kill Bruce. During a clash between the Order and Cobblepot's gang in which the Order is defeated, Theo, Tabitha, and Silver St. Cloud begin to make their escape. Tabitha and Silver escape but leave Theo behind. Cobblepot convinces Gordon that Theo might never be convicted and the two take Theo to the docks and murder him. Later, Gordon finds Leslie and proposes to her. Theo's body is discovered by Wayne Enterprises, who take the corpse to Indian Hill where Fish Mooney's body also is being kept. The scientists state that Theo's body is to be experimented on by Professor Hugo Strange.
34	12	"Mr. Freeze"	Nick Copus	Ken Woodruff	February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29)	4X6212	4.12
Several weeks following the death of Theo Galavan, Gordon is called in for questioning and Cobblepot is arrested. Gordon and Cobblepot lie to the police, stating that Cobblepot murdered Galavan and Gordon was not involved. Gordon is reinstated into the GCPD, while Cobblepot falsely justifies his actions as the result of mental illness. Cobblepot is sent to Arkham Asylum, where he becomes a patient of Hugo Strange (B. D. Wong), the Chief of Psychiatry. Butch takes over Cobblepot's criminal empire. Gordon and Bullock begin investigating a kidnapping and murder spree, unaware that a scientist named Victor Fries (Nathan Darrow) is the culprit. Fries has been experimenting on freezing and re-animating humans so that he can freeze his terminally ill wife Nora (Kristen Hager) until he can find a cure for her disease. When the police target Fries as a suspect, they discover his laboratory while he's away and arrest his wife. After learning of the arrest, Victor Fries attempts to turn himself in before finally discovering which of his serums can successfully reanimate a human being. Professor Strange learns of the experiments and begins making plans to recruit Fries for Indian Hill.
35	13	"A Dead Man Feels No Cold"	Eagle Egilsson	Seth Boston	March 7, 2016 (2016-03-07)	4X6213	4.54
At Arkham Asylum, Professor Strange begins overseeing intensive treatments meant to reduce Oswald Cobblepot's aggressive tendencies. Upon learning that Nora is being sent to the medical wing at Arkham Asylum, Victor Fries builds an armoured suit. Fries arrives at the asylum and, after fighting through security and the police, manages to escape with Nora. Elsewhere, Bruce researches a lead, believing he has discovered that the man who killed his parents is Patrick "Matches" Malone. James Gordon deduces that Victor Fries will return to his home laboratory in order to freeze Nora and the police surround Fries' home to find that Gordon is correct. In the laboratory, Nora blames herself for the deaths that Fries has caused. Fries attempts to cryogenically freeze her, only to learn that Nora switched the formulas when he wasn't looking. Nora dies as a result. Distraught by Nora's death, Fries attempts to commit suicide by freezing himself. Fries is publicly pronounced dead, despite having survived the process. Fries wakes up in Indian Hill to discover that he can no longer survive outside of subzero temperatures. Fries meets Professor Strange, who offers him an alliance as a fellow scientist.
36	14	"This Ball of Mud and Meanness"	John Behring	Jordan Harper	March 14, 2016 (2016-03-14)	4X6214	4.01
Bruce receives a gun from Selina and goes on the hunt for Patrick Malone with Alfred. To get the information, Alfred is forced to fight in an underground fight club, landing Alfred in the hospital. After Bruce goes on the hunt himself, Alfred contacts Gordon and Bullock so that they can save Bruce from potentially being killed. Bruce locates Malone, who later seemingly confirms he is responsible for the murder of Bruce's parents. He asks Bruce to kill him, but Bruce holds back at the last moment and leaves the gun behind, leading to Malone committing suicide. Later, in the cave, Alfred reads Bruce's letter about him moving to the streets with Selina to learn how to fight crime. Meanwhile, Leslie asks Gordon to investigate Kristen Kringle's sudden disappearance. When Nygma is informed, he swears under his breath that he will outsmart Gordon. After running a few more tests on Cobblepot, Hugo Strange declares him sane and releases him from Arkham, all the while stating that he still has plans for him.
37	15	"Mad Grey Dawn"	Nick Copus	Robert Hull	March 21, 2016 (2016-03-21)	4X6215	3.89
Upon being released from Arkham Asylum when his violent nature is cured, Cobblepot visits the grave of his deceased mother. There, he crosses paths with Elijah Van Dahl (Paul Reubens). After informing Dahl that he is the son of Gertrude Kapelput, Dahl reveals that he is Cobblepot's father. Dahl had an affair with Gertrude decades in the past, but the two were separated by Dahl's disapproving family. Dahl welcomes Cobblepot into his family. Paranoid that Gordon suspects him of killing Kristen Kringle, Nygma disguises himself and begins a series of crimes that involve brain teasers. As Gordon begins solving these crimes, Nygma kills a member of the GCPD strike force, informs the GCPD that Gordon killed Galavan while pretending to be said officer, and frames Gordon for the murder. Believing Gordon murdered the officer to keep him from testifying, the GCPD arrests Gordon. After a trial, Gordon is found guilty and sentenced to Blackgate Penitentiary. Selina teaches Bruce how to survive on the streets as they steal money from Butch's nephew, with Bruce taking a massive beating from the nephew in the process. Barbara wakes from her catatonic state in Arkham Asylum.
38	16	"Prisoners"	Scott White	Danny Cannon	March 28, 2016 (2016-03-28)	4X6216	3.82
Gordon is adjusting to life in Blackgate Penitentiary. Warden Carlson Grey (Ned Bellamy) announces to Gordon that he will be transferred to the gen-pop quarter dubbed "the World's End," part of Grey's plan to kill Gordon. He's constantly aided by guard Wilson Bishop (Marc Damon Johnson). Gordon is told by Bullock that Lee has lost their baby and left town. Later, he is defended from attackers by convict Peter "Puck" Davies (Peter Mark Kendall), who is beaten and sent to the infirmary. In an attempt to save Gordon, Bullock meets with Falcone. Gordon's death is successfully staged and he and Puck escape. Puck dies from his injuries, while Gordon is given a safe house so he can clear his name and find Lee. Meanwhile, Cobblepot reveals his criminal past to Dahl, for which Dahl forgives him. Dahl is told by the doctor that his heart defect is infected and he has little time to live. Upset that Cobblepot may receive what they perceive to be "their" inheritance, Dahl's wife Grace and her children Sasha and Charles poison a drink for Cobblepot to ingest. However, Dahl drinks from the bottle and dies, after stating to Cobblepot his intentions of changing his will in favor of him.
39	17	"Into the Woods"	Oz Scott	Rebecca Perry Cutter	April 11, 2016 (2016-04-11)	4X6217	3.71
James Gordon continues to flee the law as he tries to clear his name. When Gordon secretly approaches Nygma for help, he deduces that Nygma framed him. Nygma electrocutes Gordon into unconsciousness, but Gordon awakes just as Nygma is preparing to stuff him in a car trunk. Gordon asks Selina to report to the GCPD. Gordon follows Nygma into the woods, from where he intends to relocate Kristen Kringle's body. Nygma admits that he framed Gordon as the GCPD eavesdrops on the conversation. They arrest Nygma before he can kill Gordon. Nygma is placed in Arkham Asylum. Nathaniel Barnes offers Gordon his job back, but Gordon declines as he has other matters with which to deal. Barbara is released from Arkham Asylum after she stops showing any signs of mental illness. Following the death of his father, Cobblepot is bullied by his step-family. However, when he discovers evidence that they killed his father, his former self returns and he murders his step-family.
40	18	"Pinewood"	John Stephens	Robert Hull & Megan Mostyn-Brown	April 18, 2016 (2016-04-18)	4X6218	3.72
Bruce, Lucius, and Alfred search through the secret files on Thomas Wayne's newly fixed computer with the goal of finding a clue as to who killed him and Martha and why. Barbara tracks down Gordon. Claiming to be cured of her insanity, she tries to reconcile with Gordon, but to no avail. With Barbara's unorthodox assistance, Gordon discovers that the person who contracted Patrick Malone to kill Thomas and Martha Wayne is known as "the Philosopher." Bruce and Alfred track a lead from Thomas Wayne's computer and find Karen Jennings, a former Blackgate inmate on whom experiments were performed at Pinewood Farms, a Wayne Enterprises facility, by the Philosopher. She offers to identify the Philosopher, but Victor Fries is sent to kill her. Following Jennings' death, Lucius does further research and discovers that Hugo Strange is the Philosopher. After many failed attempts, Strange finally succeeds in resurrecting someone from the dead: Theo Galavan.
41	19	"Azrael"	Larysa Kondracki	Jim Barnes & Ken Woodruff	May 2, 2016 (2016-05-02)	4X6219	3.59
Gordon questions Professor Strange about Project Chimera, which later makes Strange send Theo Galavan, now under the name Azrael, to take out Gordon. While at Arkham Asylum, Gordon bumps into Nygma in the playroom. Nygma later overhears Strange and Peabody complaining about Gordon's interference. Nygma suggests that he can help them take out Gordon, but Strange refuses his help. Bruce is told by Bullock and Gordon that there isn't enough evidence to imprison Strange. Azrael gets some memories back after looking at posters from Galavan's election. After, Gordon is in holding when the lights flicker and Azrael shows up, killing a few officers and making an unsuccessful attempt on Gordon's life. Barnes and Gordon flee to the roof, where Barnes fights Azrael with a pipe, breaks his sword, and rips off his mask, revealing Azrael's identity. In the end, Barnes is sent to the hospital and Gordon heads home, watched by Azrael from a distance.
42	20	"Unleashed"	Paul Edwards	Danny Cannon	May 9, 2016 (2016-05-09)	4X6220	3.67
Together with Bullock and a crew of police officers, Gordon arrives at Arkham Asylum with a warrant to inspect Professor Strange's office. Strange is unfortunately one step in front of them, having shredded all of his documents. Nygma, in the meantime, is disturbed by what he saw at Indian Hill and realizes he needs to escape. As Captain Barnes is still in the hospital, Harvey Bullock becomes de facto captain. Bruce decides to go off with Selina to find a way into Arkham. Selina accepts because she wants to rescue Bridgit from Arkham, but insists she go in on her own. Gordon and Bullock arrive at Butch's mansion to talk with Tabitha, who states the sword Azrael used was fake and that the real one is located in her grandfather's tomb. They later arrive at Gotham cemetery, where they steal the sword. Azrael arrives, injuring Tabitha and escaping with the real sword. Gordon warns Alfred about Galavan just as Bruce returns to Wayne Manor. Gordon arrives and shoots Azrael multiple times, but he remains undefeated until Cobblepot and Butch arrive. Butch fires an RPG, killing Azrael.
43	21	"A Legion of Horribles"	Rob Bailey	Jordan Harper	May 16, 2016 (2016-05-16)	4X6221	3.84
Selina begs to be Bridgit's servant, making use of Bridgit's alter-ego. Bruce is troubled after Selina fails to meet with him and learns of her capture. Meanwhile, Strange's project continues and he successfully resurrects Fish Mooney - the first subject to retain full memory. Bruce believes that there is a secret room in Arkham where Strange is experimenting on the dead and that the only way to be certain is if they head in themselves. Bruce, Gordon, and Fox visit Arkham to execute their plan, but their motives are revealed and all three are captured. Bruce and Fox are put in a chamber and interrogated by Nygma on Strange's behalf. Meanwhile, Gordon is brought into another room with Strange and introduced to Basil, a patient whose skin stretches more than humanly possible. Strange places him in a machine and replicates Gordon's visage onto Basil's face.
44	22	"Transference"	Eagle Egilsson	Bruno Heller	May 23, 2016 (2016-05-23)	4X6222	3.62
Basil, disguised as Gordon, pulls the GCPD off of Arkham. In the basement, Strange prepares to detonate a bomb and tells Ms. Peabody to transfer the patients to the other facility. Barbara reveals that Basil is a fake and Bruce and Lucius find themselves in the same room as Gordon. Mooney gains control of Peabody, but Strange sets the countdown for the bomb under the White-Haired Lady's orders. With Nygma's help, Gordon and Lucius stop the bomb, and Mooney escapes in a bus. She encounters a shocked Penguin on the street and knocks him out, prompting Butch and his gang to flee. In the aftermath, Strange is arrested, Gordon leaves to find Lee, Bruce tells Alfred of his plans to find the secret council that wants him dead, and Bullock is trusted to protect Gotham. In the end, an old woman opens the rear door of the abandoned bus and Strange's monsters begin walking through Gotham. One of them, a boy that has an identical facial appearance to Bruce, thanks the woman for freeing them before walking away.

Season 3 (2016)

The third season is subtitled Mad City.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
45	1	"Better to Reign in Hell..."	Danny Cannon	John Stephens	September 19, 2016 (2016-09-19)	T13.19901	3.90
Six months after the last sighting of Fish Mooney, Lee has moved on with a new man in her life and Gordon has become a bounty hunter tracking down the Arkham Asylum escapees. Penguin puts a $1,000,000 bounty on Fish, dead or alive. He visits Nygma and feels that Fish has an ulterior motive. Meanwhile, Bruce's mysterious doppelgänger is lurking around Gotham City and learns of Bruce's identity from Ivy, who mistakes him for Bruce. Gordon, with the help of enthusiastic reporter Valerie Vale (Jamie Chung), tracks down Strange's assistant Ethel Peabody, but she is captured and killed by Fish. A suspicious Ivy spies on them and is caught. Fish orders her killed, ignoring Selina's protests, but she runs and falls down a sewage pipe after being touched by one of Fish's associates, one who can accelerate a person's aging process. Bruce and Alfred return to Gotham and call a meeting with the Wayne Enterprises Board of Directors, where Bruce threatens to disseminate his evidence pertaining to the cabal in charge behind the scenes unless he is contacted by them within 24 hours. The Court sends Talon to Wayne Manor to kidnap Bruce.
46	2	"Burn the Witch"	Danny Cannon	Ken Woodruff	September 26, 2016 (2016-09-26)	T13.19902	3.54
Bruce is brought before the leader of the Court, whom he recognizes as an attendee of the Board. He is ordered to cease his investigation of them, Wayne Enterprises, Indian Hill, and the death of his parents which he obliges. Ivy washes ashore as a grown woman. Fish captures Bullock and uses her powers to make him lead them to the secret facility holding Strange. Gordon makes a deal with Fish to help her escape with Strange if she hands over Harvey. Gordon informs Penguin of her escape route. Penguin prepares to kill her but when she reveals that she let him live because he was her greatest creation, he lets her go. The mob breaks into the facility and kills some of Fish's monsters. Valerie visits Gordon about his deal with Fish and they share a kiss. Bruce's doppelgänger breaks into Wayne Manor. Meanwhile, Lee returns to Gotham.
47	3	"Look Into My Eyes"	Rob Bailey	Danny Cannon	October 3, 2016 (2016-10-03)	T13.19903	3.19
Jervis Tetch (Benedict Samuel) demonstrates his powerful skills of hypnosis in a performance at Barbara and Tabitha's nightclub. He visits Gordon and offers him a big reward if he finds his sister Alice (Naian Gonzalez Norvind). Meanwhile, Penguin decides to run for mayor to clean up the corrupt system led by Mayor James. To aid with his campaign, he has Edward Nygma declared legally sane and released from Arkham. Selina asks Bruce for help locating Ivy but it leads to an argument. While following a lead for Alice, Gordon is confronted by men and hit on the head, causing him to need stitches. At the hospital he is stitched up by Lee's new fiancé Mario (James Carpinello). Barnes attempts to convince Lee to return to the GCPD but she requests time to think about it. When Gordon encounters Alice she tells him that she wants nothing to do with her brother and then runs off. When questioning Tetch, Gordon is hypnotized and nearly forced to commit suicide but is saved by Alice, whom he then arrests while a wounded Tetch escapes. Bruce's doppelgänger tells Bruce and Alfred that his subject name was 514A but is referred to as Five. They notice scars on his body and are confused when he bests Alfred in boxing and takes a punch without feeling pain. Five then begins impersonating Bruce. He cuts his hair to match Bruce's and steals Alfred's car to "reunite" with Selina, whom he apologizes to and offers to take out for food. Despite finding his behaviour odd she accepts. While on a date with Mario, Lee meets his father, the ex-Don Carmine Falcone.
48	4	"New Day Rising"	Eagle Egilsson	Robert Hull	October 10, 2016 (2016-10-10)	T13.19904	N/A
After their encounter with one another, Five assists Selina in robbing a bar but she is captured and then rescued by Five, who demonstrates extraordinary fighting abilities. However he is stabbed and Selina notices the scars on his body, immediately identifying him as an imposter. When speaking with each other, Selina tells Five that he is more normal than he thinks and they kiss. Meanwhile, Jervis takes over a makeshift amusement park and hypnotizes a group of boxers known as the Tweedle Brothers to work for him. Gordon still find himself under Jervis' influence when he nearly kills himself upon hearing a clock-like sound effect. Jervis and the Tweedle Brothers break into the GCPD and kidnap Alice. Two are killed and one is captured and Gordon is nearly forced to kill himself. Barnes has him put under suicide watch but Bullock frees Gordon and they track down Tetch. Gordon breaks out of his spell but Alice attempts to escape and is impaled by a pipe. A grief-stricken Jervis escapes and while investigating the crime scene, Barnes becomes infected by Alice's dripping blood. Nygma learns that Butch is paying campaign officials to buy the election and buys the money back from every district official, which nearly costs him his life until Cobblepot learns that he would have won anyway as he is announced as the new Mayor of Gotham. Realizing that they actually want him as Mayor, Cobblepot forgives Nygma. Five escapes Bruce and Alfred after they track him down but he is then kidnapped by the Court.
49	5	"Anything for You"	Unknown	Unknown	October 17, 2016 (2016-10-17)	TBA	N/A
50	6	"Follow the White Rabbit"	Nathan Hope	Steven Lilien & Bryan Wynbrandt	October 24, 2016 (2016-10-24)	TBA	N/A
51	7	"Red Queen"	Unknown	Unknown	October 31, 2016 (2016-10-31)	TBA	N/A
52	8	"Blood Rush"	Rob Bailey	Unknown	November 7, 2016	TBA	N/A

Ratings

Season 1 (2014–15)

Viewership and ratings per episode of List of Gotham episodes

No.	Title	Air date	Rating/share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	DVR (18–49)	DVR viewers (millions)	Total (18–49)	Total viewers (millions)
1	"Pilot"	September 22, 2014	3.2/10	8.21	2.7	5.84	6.0	14.15
2	"Selina Kyle"	September 29, 2014	2.8/8	7.45	1.9	4.33	4.7	11.81
3	"The Balloonman"	October 6, 2014	2.5/8	6.36	2.0	4.52	4.5	10.88
4	"Arkham"	October 13, 2014	2.4/7	6.39	1.7	3.95	4.1	10.34
5	"Viper"	October 20, 2014	2.3/7	6.09	1.7	4.33	4.0	10.12
6	"Spirit of the Goat"	October 27, 2014	2.2/7	5.89	1.5	3.78	3.7	9.66
7	"Penguin's Umbrella"	November 3, 2014	2.4/7	6.63	1.7	3.83	4.1	10.47
8	"The Mask"	November 10, 2014	2.2/7	6.35	1.6	3.68	3.8	10.03
9	"Harvey Dent"	November 17, 2014	2.3/6	6.49	1.7	3.77	4.0	10.26
10	"Lovecraft"	November 24, 2014	2.3/7	6.05	1.5	3.56	3.8	9.61
11	"Rogues' Gallery"	January 5, 2015	2.5/8	7.06	1.3	3.04	3.8	10.10
12	"What the Little Bird Told Him"	January 19, 2015	2.2/7	6.50	1.6	3.49	3.8	9.99
13	"Welcome Back, Jim Gordon"	January 26, 2015	2.1/6	6.04	1.3	3.03	3.4	9.07
14	"The Fearsome Dr. Crane"	February 2, 2015	1.9/6	5.79	1.3	2.80	3.2	8.59
15	"The Scarecrow"	February 9, 2015	1.8/6	5.63	1.2	2.76	3.0	8.39
16	"The Blind Fortune Teller"	February 16, 2015	2.1/6	6.19	1.3	3.06	3.4	9.25
17	"Red Hood"	February 23, 2015	2.3/7	6.53	1.3	3.20	3.6	9.73
18	"Everyone Has a Cobblepot"	March 2, 2015	2.0/6	6.10	1.4	3.11	3.4	9.21
19	"Beasts of Prey"	April 13, 2015	1.5/5	4.50	1.1	2.63	2.6	7.13
20	"Under the Knife"	April 20, 2015	1.6/5	4.44	1.1	2.85	2.7	7.28
21	"The Anvil or the Hammer"	April 27, 2015	1.5/5	4.58	1.1	2.65	2.6	7.23
22	"All Happy Families Are Alike"	May 4, 2015	1.7/6	4.93	1.1	2.64	2.8	7.57

Season 2 (2015–16)

Viewership and ratings per episode of List of Gotham episodes

No.	Title	Air date	Rating/share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	DVR (18–49)	DVR viewers (millions)	Total (18–49)	Total viewers (millions)
1	"Damned If You Do..."	September 21, 2015	1.6/5	4.57	1.2	2.92	2.8	7.49
2	"Knock, Knock"	September 28, 2015	1.6/5	4.65	1.3	2.90	2.9	7.54
3	"The Last Laugh"	October 5, 2015	1.5/5	4.33	1.2	2.78	2.7	7.11
4	"Strike Force"	October 12, 2015	1.5/5	4.17	1.3	2.64	2.8	6.81
5	"Scarification"	October 19, 2015	1.3/4	4.19	1.1	2.43	2.4	6.62
6	"By Fire"	October 26, 2015	1.5/5	4.32	1.1	2.43	2.6	6.76
7	"Mommy's Little Monster"	November 2, 2015	1.6/5	4.27	1.1	2.77	2.7	7.04
8	"Tonight's the Night"	November 9, 2015	1.5/4	4.11	1.2	2.70	2.7	6.81
9	"A Bitter Pill to Swallow"	November 16, 2015	1.5/5	4.35	1.1	2.46	2.6	6.79
10	"The Son of Gotham"	November 23, 2015	1.4/4	4.00	1.0	2.49	2.4	6.49
11	"Worse Than a Crime"	November 30, 2015	1.6/5	4.51	1.0	2.42	2.6	6.93
12	"Mr. Freeze"	February 29, 2016	1.5/5	4.12	1.0	2.44	2.5	6.57
13	"A Dead Man Feels No Cold"	March 7, 2016	1.5/5	4.54	1.0	2.23	2.5	6.77
14	"This Ball of Mud and Meanness"	March 14, 2016	1.3/4	4.01	1.0	2.31	2.3	6.32
15	"Mad Grey Dawn"	March 21, 2016	1.3/4	3.89	0.8	2.09	2.1	5.98
16	"Prisoners"	March 28, 2016	1.3/5	3.82	0.8	1.92	2.1	5.72
17	"Into the Woods"	April 11, 2016	1.2/4	3.71	0.9	2.07	2.1	5.78
18	"Pinewood"	April 18, 2016	1.2/4	3.72	0.9	2.16	2.1	5.88
19	"Azrael"	May 2, 2016	1.2/4	3.59	0.9	2.18	2.1	5.77
20	"Unleashed"	May 9, 2016	1.2/4	3.67	0.9	1.93	2.1	5.61
21	"A Legion of Horribles"	May 16, 2016	1.3/4	3.84	0.8	1.88	2.1	5.72
22	"Transference"	May 23, 2016	1.2/4	3.62	0.8	1.94	2.0	5.55

Season 3 (2016)

Viewership and ratings per episode of List of Gotham episodes

No.	Title	Air date	Rating/share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	DVR (18–49)	DVR viewers (millions)	Total (18–49)	Total viewers (millions)
1	"Better to Reign in Hell..."	September 19, 2016	1.3/4	3.90	0.9	2.24	2.2	6.14
2	"Burn the Witch"	September 26, 2016	1.2/4	3.54	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
3	"Look Into My Eyes"	October 3, 2016	1.0/3	3.19	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
4	"New Day Rising"	October 10, 2016	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
5	"Anything for You"	October 17, 2016	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
6	"Follow the White Rabbit"	October 24, 2016	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
7	"Red Queen"	October 31, 2016	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
8	"Blood Rush"	November 7, 2016	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

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