The dead are walking and Jerome may soon be one of them.
Whether Lee took Marios name or not, shes still a Falcone.
And being a Falcone means revenge is immediately available to her.
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Jim cant help but spy on the ceremony, though hes risking his life to do it.
It was a legit kill Mario had tested positively for the Tetch virus.
But Mario wasnt a Tetch or a nameless Gotham thug.
Fortunately, Carmines best assassin is also his most good-natured.
Jim finds Victor Zsasz helping himself to some milk in Jims apartment.
He came to warn Jim that he expects to get the kill order from Carmine soon.
Jim wants an audience with Marios father, but its too late for apologies.
Theres nothing to be done but wait for the sweet embrace of death.
And his executioner promises him it will be sweet.
Hes nothing if not professional.
How interesting that Jims kill was anything but.
Jim has no choice but to soldier on, especially since the dead seem to be perishing twice.
Lucius calls in the detectives to check out a body that had lately been a resident of the morgue.
Somewhere in the middle of all that, she was hooked up to a serious electrical current.
Someone is playing Frankenstein and succeeding, and Harvey is running out of patience for weird.
(Doesnt anyone die in Gotham anymore?)
They tail him to an abandoned theater where a revival of sorts is taking place.
The man Dwight Pollard takes the stage and riles up the assembled oddballs with talk of revolution.
Gotham is asleep; its citizens mentally shackled.
Their savior is the only man who can bring about a cleansing chaos.
This is a flock of believers waiting for the second coming of Jerome Valeska.
Melanie Blake was just a case of trial and error.
Gothams probably-Joker lies in stasis, asleep with a smile on his face.
Jim and Harvey break up the meeting and end up in a firefight with two of Jeromes aspiring Maniax.
Jim peels off when he realizes Zsasz is also behind them, shooting to kill.
Jim escapes with his life, but its just a temporary reprieve.
Carmine has lifted the truce on Lees orders.
But that hypothetical pain cant compete with the rage shes currently feeling towards Jim.
God I hate him, she seethes.
Everything bad thats happened in my life is because of him.
She reasons that because former Captain Barnes is still living with the virus, Marios death was unnecessary.
Lee visits Barnes to confirm her hypothesis and finds a man who barely resembles her gruff but fair boss.
(This virus isnt a disease, its an antidote.)
Lee wouldnt have wanted to see Mario like this, even if she cant admit as much out loud.
She calls off the hit, and Carmine tells her why she does it.
Shes never hated Jim Gordon.
Even now she doesnt, and shes questioning everything because of it.
But revenge is usually much messier.
Edward Nygma is following through on his vow to destroy Oswald Cobblepot from the inside out.
(I want this to be a slow painful death, one of a thousand deep cuts.)
With the help of Tabitha and Barbara, hes orchestrated a convincing bit of theater.
His stats are superb, the people adore him, and even the press is on his side.
She doesnt need to ask many; Oswald crashes and burns in the interview, thanks to Eds interference.
Meanwhile, the secret weapon necessary to take them down sits on a table at Wayne Manor.
Meet the source of Selinas trust issues.
Maria Kyle left her daughter and went on the run when Selina was only 5 years old.
She claims to have had her reasons, but Selina doesnt want to hear them.
Rejected, Maria wants to run.
But Bruce urges his friend and her mother not to give up on each other so easily.
(Take it from someone who misses his family very much.)
They take it slow.
Maria comes to Wayne Manor for a family dinner and flirts with Alfred by picking his pocket.
Selina allows herself to enjoy a moment of stability instead of questioning it.
Maria characterizes Cole as a man from her past, but this all feels very present.
He leaves satisfied, but promises first to pay Bruce a visit and reveal all of Marias secrets.
We should warn your friends, Maria says.
But its Selina wholl take it the hardest if Maria isnt the woman she wants her to be.
