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Woods are a place of mystery, wonder, animals, hunters and prey. This week we head Into The Woods of Gotham. There are forests of riddles and clues. There are forests of family drama. There are forests to train in and forests to get lost in. Come on this journey with us!
Into The Woods Of Clues:
Jim is back in Gotham and he has journeyed into the woods of clues left by the Riddler. Bullock has been working on finding info on who set Jim up. Captain Barnes is suspicious and thinks, and rightly so, that Bullock knows where Jim is. Bullock and Jim hash out who could have done it and Jim is betting on ex-commissioner Loeb and his crew. Bullock calls in a big favor with his girl in I.A. and when she is distracted Jim gets the tape of the tip phone call. The voice is discussed, Ed is smart, but the sound of a bird is on the tape. Jim may be running from the Law but he cannot stand by let other suffer. He stops a mugging but has to hit a cop to escape. He spends a rough night on the streets. He may be wandering in the woods of clues but he still has friends there to help him. He pushes Bullock away for his safety and then runs to Ed.
He catches Ed by surprise but not unprepared. Ed tries to lead him deeper into the woods to throw him off the sent, but id does not work. Jim recognizes Ed’s cuckoo clock and it crows for Judas Ed. But Ed has his own electric chair and Jim is down for the count. The Riddler is about to add another body to his stash in the woods, but Jim escapes to the lair of Jim and Selina.
A patched up Jim wakes up at Wayne Manor B&B. Where over breakfast he lays out his plan. He will have to use Selina to provide the info bait to trap Ed. Selina does her job and Ed heads into the woods to move his bodies before Jim gets there. But the woods hold nothing but a trap for Ed. Jim confronts Ed with the monster he has become. But Ed says the woods are full of monsters and Jim is one and monologues about how he framed Jim. The trap springs and the GCPD pounces. Ed is bound for Arkham!
Barnes forgives Jim and says he is out of the woods for now. He even gives Jim Lee’s number. But Jim’s sense of honor will not let him leave Gotham before he keeps his promise to Bruce. He tries to call Lee but hangs up before he speaks. A knock on the door reveals another monster escaped from the woods!
Into The Woods Of Family:
Oswald is grieving over the loss of his father, but thankful they found each other. But Grace and the kids are kicking him out of the mansion before Elijah’s body is even in the ground. Oswald is trying to navigate through the woods of this new family dynamic. He says he will do anything to stay. Grace keeps him on as their personal and unpaid servant. She knows the rule of the woods to keep your enemies closer, until you can kill them off and make it look like suicide that is. Grace, Charles and Sasha treat him like an animal. They insult him, his cooking and his mother. Yet Oswald cowers and does not fight back
Then while fixing cocktails, he discovers the decanter and tests the contents on the dog. Realizing that the family poisoned his father, Hugo’s programing snaps and the prey becomes the predator. He gives Grace not one but two roasts. She finds both burnt and tough. Then the Penguin shows his face in the woods and reveals she has just eaten bits of her son and daughter. Before she can escape the danger of the woods she is killed. The Penguin is back and I would say more dark thank before!
Into Woods of Gotham:
Bruce learning the ways of the woods on the streets of Gotham. He and Selina have ripped off some crime boss and are jumping from roof top to roof top to escape. While they are not in Catwoman and Batman form yet they are honing their skills. Bruce taunts them boss and then tosses the money to the streets. Selina stops him before her half is lost. He has his moral compass and will not compromise it even if he living on the streets.
Later we see a reverse domestic bliss scene where Bruce is cooking for them and has used his sewing skills to repair Selina’s jacket. Just as they are about to enjoy the bliss Jim comes stumbling in to their place. Bruce realizes that Jim cannot be helped there and calls Alfred. Bruce argues that he is eating and learning and will not be staying at the manor. Alfred takes it all in. He still does not completely like Selina. But Selina has helped Bruce and is trust worthy. He tells Bruce as much and that Fox has repaired the Bat Office computer. Alfred leverages the danger and death that Thomas’ work cost him and Martha into keeping Selina out. After her shower, Bruce tells her he is not going with her and allows her own interpretation of the facts push her away. Selina things it is still about them being from different worlds, when really Bruce just wants to protect her. He has learned many lessons so far but he has a long journey through the woods of life before he becomes Batman!
Sleeping beauty has awakened and Hugo has thrown her into group sessions. She shares all of her crimes. She is used to group sessions, from drug/alcohol rehabs? She knows how to work the system. She says she is not crazy, but she listened to the demons and probably just needed to sleep it all off. Ms. Peabody is not convinced she is ready to head out into the woods of Gotham. She wants to give Barbara the new treatment. Hugo says that hammer is not for Barbara. He does not know what will happen once Barbara makes it into Gotham, but is ready to observe her behavior in the wild of the woods. Where does she head first? Stabby Babbs heads to to Jim’s apartment!
Final Thoughts:
All this season, Karen and I have talked about how Gotham is making and forming the people. The metaphor of the woods is apt. Someone who journeys through woods as deep, dark and fraught with peril as Gotham is will not come out the same. The twists and turns on the paths through the woods have taken Ed past his breaking point and are leading him along the Riddler route. Oswald almost got out of the woods but the path brought him back have forced him back down the Penguin path. Jim has taken the long way around but chosen the right way at Justice junction. Bruce has just journeyed in to the woods but is well on the way on the path of the Bat. The road is long and the path is narrow Karen and I need the help of you our Undercover Agents on this journey!
News:
The next episode is “Pinewood”: After leaving Arkham Asylum, Barbara attempts to make amends with Gordon. Then, Bruce and Alfred track down one of Thomas Wayne’s former friends from Project Chimera, but Hugo Strange disrupts their plans in the all-new “Wrath of the Villains: Pinewood” episode of GOTHAM airing Monday, April 18 (8:00-9:01 PM ET/PT) on FOX.
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