All of Gotham City is looking for love
Everyone just wants to be wanted.
Love is in the air onGotham, in its best and worst forms.
Jim and Lee are struggling to find what comes after it.
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Penguin seeks out the adoration of the masses.
And if Jervis Tetchs love wont be returned willingly, hell have to force it.
Alice isnt placated by the bars of her cell or the dozens of cops milling around her.
Jervis is coming, and none of those barriers will stop him.
ButGothamdid us one worse: AliceisJervis sister.
She lived with her abuser so long that Hugo Stranges lab looked like a significant improvement.
Alice doesnt know much about the blood disease she was born with, but Jervis explanation seems sound.
And indeed, Jervis is gathering the muscle he requires to overtake the GCPD and break his sister out.
He propositions and then hypnotizes five barrel-chested wrestlers in luchador masks.
These are the Terrible Tweed brothers, and theyll cause the necessary havoc.
Still desperate, Gordon opens up to Barnes about his suicidal thoughts.
As it turns out, the chief is sympathetic to this perpetual thorn in his side.
He even imparts a little advice.
Barnes has noticed how buried Gordon seems by regrets (i.e.
one of the Mad Hatters favorite access points) and can see how thats ruining the ex-cops life.
Hes made you a prisoner in your own skin, she says ruefully.
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Jervis and his Terrible Tweeds choose that moment to crash the GCPD.
The wrestlers body slam officers while the Mad Hatter makes his way to his prize.
The Mad Hatter pulls out his watch.
Gordon tells Alice to run and turns his gun on himself with a shaky hand.
Barnes knocks him unconscious.
When Gordon wakes, hes restrained and looking at Dr. Lee Thompkins, officially back in her old job.
And shes not going to waste this opportunity to have her ex as a very captive audience.
She dismantles the victim narrative hes made up for himself.
Lee was the one who lost a child developing inside her.
By the way, hes on a 48-hour suicide hold.
He and his sister are opposites in more ways than one.
Jervis has no regard for human life, but he uses Alices compassion to keep her tied to him.
Barnes calls Bullock out on being the Thelma to Gordons Louise.
James Gordon is gonna get you killed some day, you get that?
he asks, totally done cleaning up their messes.
Maybe, Bullock replies.
But I will never turn my back on him.
The chief has a point.
The men failed to save Alice, and Jervis got away.
The mayoral race is nearly over, and Penguins message is an irresistible one.
But Oswald isnt confident in his ability to manipulate panic alone.
Nygma believes that Oswald has the peoples trust and can win fair and square.
The dynamic between the three of them is as much about pride and jealousy as it is about power.
The Edward/Oswald alliance is so interesting because their motivations are very human, whether their methods are or not.
Nygma betrays his friend so you can prove something to him.
He handily outsmarts Butch to take the bribes back from the elections board.
Furious and hurt, Oswald turns on him.
While hes weighing Butchs offer to kill Nygma for him, the election results come in.
Penguin won by a landslide.
And Nygma was right: It feels better to win an election than it does to steal it.
Oswald feeds off of affection.
We saw how desperate he was for it when he found his father.
He let his vendetta against Fish Mooney go when she insinuated that she loves him.
I cant be bought, but I can be stolen with one glance, Nygmas riddle says.
Im worthless to one but priceless to two.
Oswalds eyes light up when he comes to the simple answer: Love.
And Bruces doppelganger is chasing something similar.
It doesnt take long for Bruces best friend to realize that shes in the presence of someone else.
Clone Bruce rescues Selina from some gangsters who catch her stealing.
No only does he fight them; he fights dirty.
This isnt the painfully polite boy she knows.
While she stitches up a nasty-looking knife wound, Selina asks the clone why he was created.
But knowing Bruce also stoked some envy.
He has a big house and nice clothes, but he also has companionship and love.
The clone has never known that.
He didnt want to run away with Selina or hurt her in any way.
He wanted to be Bruce for a little bit and bask in her obvious fondness for him.
Bruce and Alfred find the clone waiting for them on Selinas roof.
He bids them goodbye.
He hasnt solved his impenetrable existential crisis, but hes done here.
At the risk of making a bad pun, Bruces clone held a mirror up to his life.
He also drops a little challenge in Bruces lap.
He asks Bruce to tell Selina goodbye and thank her for the kiss.
Is this the kick in the ass Bruce needs to finally act on his feelings?
The clone already took half of the risk for him.
(I bet she thought it was me.)
Before he can leave the city for good, the clone is intercepted by his parents.
The snag of his escape hasnt spoiled their plans completely.
And with their absolute power in jeopardy, a Bruce Wayne doppelganger is a very handy tool.
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