Selina Kyle

The second episode of Gotham was not nearly as good as the first, but it also didn't hinder my excitement for where this show can go. We got a much better look at Selina Kyle (hence the title) and many great moments with Gordon and Bruce Wayne. But the episode as a whole was a bit underwhelming.

TV series tend to struggle with bringing consistently great villains to the screen week in week out. Arrow had many filler episodes that didn't do much to further the story, rather just to fill the 23 episode arc that the network had wanted. This episode gave us 'the snatchers', which was basically a way to introduce us to Camren Bicondova as Selina Kyle. Gordon and Bullock track down kidnappers after a series of child trafficking incidents occur, Kyle being one of them. I really like Bicondova's portrayal so far. In fact, one can make the argument she has stole the show so far. Much due to the once again over-the-top Fish Mooney portrayal again this week. Her character seems too one note for my liking.

This episode also gave us another look into Cobblepot's transformation into The Penguin. Robin Lord-Taylor has also been a bright spot in the first few episodes. He is literally perfect for the soon to be crippled crime lord of Gotham City. But even he couldn't save us from an overall dull second episode. It's very predictable and the kidnappers were not terrifying at all. The 'Dollmaker' in Arrow was a much better character when it came to kidnapping people. It's one of the things that Gotham may struggle with in its run. The viewers will have to buy into the fact that almost all of these characters will live through each season. After all, Batman is a good 9-10 years away and all these classic characters haven't met him yet. There were also times where I found myself actually ticked off that they cut to commercial. And it's not because of a cliffhanger, but because of poor directing.

Overall it was a decent follow up to a very solid premiere. Not many stories progressed but we did get an introduction to the fan favorite Selina Kyle, or 'Cat' as she likes to be called.

+Bicondova's portrayal of Selina Kyle

+Gordon & Bruce scenes

+Penguin is becoming Penguin

-Weak villains

-Frustrating cuts

7.4/10

I wish I could rate this episode more. I thought it was better than the pilot. It had a great continuation of the first episode. There was more of Catwoman and Penguin which was great. I love how the way Gotham looks. As far as I know, Gotham has probably been the most coolest, realistic view of Gotham hence the name of the show.

James Gordon is at it again with trying to find out who has been kidnapping homeless kids one of which is Selina Kyle aka Catwoman. I'm starting to like her more as a character. She is brilliant. I like the Fish and Carmine scenes as well. I bet they'll be a huge war between them soon. Robin Lord Taylor. What more can I say. He is Penguin. I saw that a lot of people were complaining that he is too skinny. Remember guys, this is an origin story. He'll get there.

The ending is so good. It is a great cliffhanger episode. This changes the whole mythology of Bruce's parents deaths because Catwoman doesn't witness it happening. It'll be interesting to see where it goes.

I also want to mention the acting between Sean Pertwee and David Mazouz. Both are perfection. I've never seen either of them before, but I love them. This will definitely be the next Smallville. I know it.

P.S. Perfect amount of scenes with Bruce. I know it is mostly about the villains and James, but Bruce is a big part as well. So excited for next week's episode. We will probably see Salvatore Maroni who was referenced by Fish and Carmine in their scenes. So much is in store for Gotham.

Tune in next week.

This episode did a good job of following up the pilot by choosing to focus on less, rather than more. It looks good and Ben McKenzie was really good.

After an intriguing and reasonably strong pilot, "Selena Kyle"--the 2nd episode of Fox's 'Gotham'--shows signs of what I feared the most when the series was first announced; too many pieces in play and treading narrative water.

The basic plot of the episode has potential, but it never goes anywhere and much of it feels like setup. The latter is fine, as they're still world building here, but there's never any payoff. Even in a serialized show every episode needs its own arc. And for something titled "Selena Kyle", we get precious little of the character, and what we do get hardly serves as character building.

Perhaps most disappointing of all is the handling of Bruce Wayne. I really hope they find something more interesting to do with Bruce's story than have Gordon show up for tea and crumpets once a week and furrow his brow at the kid's odd behavior.

There's still enough potential here to string me along to episode #3, but only just.

Gotham episode 2 was much better than the pilot. Not many people had high hopes for this series calling it the weakest of the new DC shows coming up but this episode is proved otherwise. I love Robin Taylor as Oswald Cobblepot he's creepy as hell and he fits the part perfectly, he looks really weird too. I also love Donal Logue as as Harvey Bullock he's shown the best performance of the cast so far. Ben McKenzie as James Gordon is looking promising too. If there was one performance I would say I'm not really intrigued by yet is would be Sean Pertwee as Alfred. I'm not really feeling him. Think that's more to do with the writing than the acting itself. I'm definitely excited for future episodes and it's made my Monday nights exciting. I hope they keep it up and manage to keep watching. 9.1 out of 10