The small, unidentified boy in the passenger seat has nothing to add.
The operative part of it being that people will die if Gordon doesnt follow him.
People will also die if he does, but that bit of information didnt fit into the rhyme scheme.
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Gordon jumps down the figurative rabbit hole because he doesnt have a choice.
Outside, he picks up the receiver of a ringing pay phone.
Its Jervis, explaining the rules of his game.
The hypnotized newlywed couple stand on the edge of the overpass, ready to step off.
The Mad Hatter wants Gordon to confront something essential and dark about himself.
He forces it by setting a 30-second timer.
Gordon will only have time to save the boy or the couple.
He races across the street to push the boy into safety.
The newlyweds crunch onto the pavement below.
Happy with his work, Jervis gives his playmate an address and another time limit.
When the GCPD arrive at the crime scene, Gordon is long gone.
But the child credits the bounty hunter for saving his life.
Barnes gets the feeling theyd better find him, and fast.
The only clue left is the White Rabbit, muttering the dispatch that the Hatter placed in his brain.
Hes not in possession of himself, so an interrogation is useless.
In his frustration, Barnes puts two hand-prints into a steel chair frame.
Hilariously, Gordon tires of the games and hangs up on Jervis.
If you want revenge, Gordon sneers, kill yourself.
Poor girl, he sing-songs.
She had no idea who she was getting into bed with.
NEXT: Ladies in waiting
Perpetuating a pattern, Gordon heads to Sirens to solicit some help.
Tabitha and Barbaras roles started out so promisingly this season.
At least Barbara still has it out for Lee.
She tells Gordon that she may have spilled the details of their love affair to Jervis.
Gordons instincts are right.
When he calls Lee, Jervis answers.
But that stage isnt set yet.
First, Jervis sends Gordon to Gotham Water and Power.
One more choice remains before the big one.
This time, he refuses to make the call.
The solution to saving both Lee and Valerie may lie in getting ahead of Jervis.
But everything is still on track for the Mad Hatter.
Gordon keeps that tip to himself, but runs into Mario on his way out of the precinct.
In this situation, lock-picking is as futile as defining yourself by your relationship to the main dude character.
The Mad Hatter comes to collect his guests before they can get very far.
Theyre seated at the dining room table when the guest of honor arrives.
Jervis takes great delight in welcoming Gordon and pouring everyone a cup of tea.
I just have to figure out which one it is.
He would have been the hero, too, if Jervis hadnt already emptied the thing of bullets.
The sudden death round is still on.
It doesnt work, because what Gordon describesislove to the Mad Hatter.
If everyone (i.e.
Jim) had left them alone, they would have been fine.
They would have lived happily ever after.
But that didnt happen and the moment of truth is here.
Three… Gordon looks at both women.
Two… the women brace themselves.
Kill Lee, Gordon grates out.
Finally, Jervis says, the truth is revealed.
He turns the gun to Valerie and shoots her in the torso.
Jervis and the Tweeds flee.
Its a smart move, on Gordons part.
He couldnt know whether Jervis would execute Valerie or not.
But he had to go with the chance that she wouldnt be immediately killed.
And in that scenario, its helpful to have a doctor on hand.
Lee springs into action immediately, calling an ambulance and trying to minimize the blood loss.
Valerie is eventually wheeled into surgery performed by Dr. Falcone Im sorry, Dr.Calvi.
Lee assures Gordon that she couldnt be in better hands.
Lee, he starts.
About what I said… She stops him.
Jervis lesson plan was flawed from the get-go.
If he loved Lee in the past, hell always have love for her.
If he hasnt opened up completely to Valerie yet, that doesnt mean that he wont.
There was no truth in that decision, only strategy.
The only truth is that love is a mess.
The Penguin is in love, and its really very sweet.
The B-story plays out like a rom-com: the hope, the bashfulness, the cold feet.
This is what crushing looks like.
Unable to hold it in anymore, Oswald arranges for a romantic dinner for two at his fathers mansion.
Does Edward know whats up?
His choosiness about the wine hes offered to bring indicates that he has an idea.
She introduces herself as Isabella and tells Edward a riddle about time.
Oswald waits, the table bowing under the weight of all the food Olga has probably prepared.
Its all a bit heartbreaking this lovesick, needy weirdo and his aspiration to something intimate and human.
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