Welcome to Gotham Central! This is your one stop location for every Batman and DC Comics reference in Gotham season 2.
Gotham season 2 is here and it's off to a strong start, and it's not being remotely shy about its DC Comics history this time around.
So here's what we'll do for you this year. After every episode, we'll update this post with all of the DC Comics references and easter eggs contained in the episode. If we missed anything, you just have to let us know in the comments or on Twitter. If it checks out, we'll update this again!
One thing to note: Any characters who were introduced in season one probably had their DC roots handled in the "Gotham Central" portions of our season one reviews, so I'm not going to repeat them here. One day I'll get around to aggregating all of that into one mega guide. But today is not that day. Tomorrow probably isn't that day, either.
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Oh, one last thing! Click the episode titles if you want to read full reviews! We'll put the most recent episode up top each week, and then things get chronological after that.
Anyway, here goes...and I suppose it goes without saying that major spoilers will follow.
Gotham Season 2 Episode 11: Worse Than a Crime
- Well, the Order of Saint Dumas kind of went out like a bunch of punks, huh? A few cops, a few gangsters and the ancient order of templar folded like a bunch of origami swans. I guess the Order upped their training methods by the time they trained Azrael.
- With all this tomfoolery between Bruce and Silver St. Cloud, I guess those classic '70s Steve Englehart and Marshall Rogers comics that introduced Silver can't take place in the Gothamcontinuity. I don’t think there's any way Bruce and Silver could get engaged now.
- So, Bruce's favorite animal is an owl, huh? That makes the Court of the Owls that much more ironic. And seriously, I would have bet my Batman Mego doll that Galavan and company were going to be the Court of the Owls and not the Order of St.Dumas.
- Nygma's little Riddle to Lee sure had the name Grundy in it, huh? Solomon Grundy is a classic creature feature I wouldn't mind seeing pop up in Gotham.
- We had our first mention of Dr. Hugo Strange at the end of this episode. Strange is one of the first recurring villains Batman ever faced, predating both the Joker and Catwoman. We will get into the history of this early Batman rogue when he fully appears but for now, let's just say, Strange is a classic mad scientist type, a master of terror and psychology who has a penchant for very disturbing medical experiments. Picture Freud meets Mengele and you have an idea what to expect from Hugo Strange.
The lab that Theo Galavan was brought to gives new fans an idea of the medical horrors that Strange is capable of. Hmm, come to think of it, Galavan being genetically enhanced? Perhaps the first Azrael?
- The episode's sweeper introduced the world to a very Mr. Freeze like foe. Interesting that whomever that figure might have been, he was not in a containment suit. In Gotham's continuity, did Victor Freeze (or Fries) invent the cold gun before he was imprisoned in his temperature controlling cryosuit?
Again, we will get into the history of Mister Freeze when the classic villain fully appears, but as for right now, between Freeze on Gotham and Captain Cold on The Flash, it really is the golden age of DC cold themed villains. Now, the Icicle has to appear on Arrowor Supergirland we will have DC"s frozen triumvirate. Maybe they can all sing "Let It Go" together.
And now for the previous episodes...