I honestly died laughing at the balloon part at the beginning. The Penguin kinda aggravates me in general. This isn't anything against the show really; I just don't like the Penguin character. I didn't like him in Batman Returns (I think that's it? with Michelle Pfeifer as Catwoman?) either.

I surprisingly did like the first two episodes - especially having stellar actors like Donal Logue, Richard Kind, and Jada Pinkett in the cast. I liked all the sub plots so far, and am curious about the development of the Selina Kyle (Cat) character.

Haven't seen Balloonman yet ...

I thought the acting was pretty bad. Everyone overacted a bunch.

Interesting thoughts on the show. I am still debating on whether or not I want to watch it. It looks intriguing but it also looks mediocre.......::confused::

Really - you thought the acting was bad? I like the show so far, and am curious how it will develop including the sub plots.

I think it's one of the better new shows on TV for the 2014-2015 season.


Off Topic - I'm also having a great time watching the old Batman reruns on the IFC ... I grew up with shows from that time era. Julie Newmar ... mmmmm!

"Arkham" The scene showing the Arkham Asylum gate looked great. The villain of the week had an interesting weapon. Jada Pinkett Smith making out with that girl was pretty cool as was the cat fight. Other than that I didn't think this episode was particularly interesting.

"Viper" I thought this was better than last week. Gotham has definitely become the Penguin show and that's not a bad thing by any means. I'm really enjoying David Zayas as Salvatore Maroni. Nice to see Venom mentioned.

Episode 6 "Spirit of the Goat" was decent. Nice to see Dan Hedaya show up as Detective Dix. I find this version of Edward Nigma to be slightly annoying. The Penguin scenes were pretty weak and uneventful. The ending was great though.

Episode 7 "Penguin's Umbrella" Starting to like Drew Powell as Butch Gilzean. Whoa Mr. Zsasz! Nice save by Montoya and Allen. The Penguins scenes continue to entertain me and I wasn't expecting the reveal at the end.

Episode 8 "The Mask"

SPOILERS

While I didn't really care for the Penguin or the Fish Mooney scenes I thought the case Gordon was investigating was interesting. Nice to see Todd Stashwick show up as Black Mask. The kid who plays Tommy Elliot is pretty creepy and seeing Bruce punch him in the face was kind of satisfying.

Well shit I knew the kid Bruce punched was going to be a familiar face. Don't know why that didn't register.

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I was throwing fits over seeing Jonathan Crane come in. Adorable little wallflower. I'll have to put the fan art I did of him in my gallery.