Ben McKenzie: James Gordon

Penguin's Umbrella

James Gordon

Harvey Bullock: So I've been thinking. You're still a douche bag. But you have the moral high ground. So I'm gonna back your play, whatever it is. I figure I'm doomed anyhow. I might as well join the good guys.
James Gordon: Thank you.
Harvey Bullock: So what is your play? I mean, you got one, right? You said you had one.
James Gordon: Tomorrow morning, I'm arresting Falcone and the mayor for the framing of Mario Pepper. Conspiracy, POJ, Rico, the works.
Harvey Bullock: Well, that's a... that's a hell of a plan. You sit there with a panel of chimpanzees and a bucket of crack and come up with that one?
James Gordon: I figure whatever else happens, we'll stir things up. We might even make the papers.
Harvey Bullock: Oh, yeah, we're gonna make the papers, all right. We're gonna be dead in the streets in time for the evening edition.
James Gordon: Well, at least the people will know the truth. And we'll go out doing our jobs, enforcing the law.
Harvey Bullock: That's the best inspirational speech, you got? Doing our jobs?
James Gordon: You don't have to join me.
Harvey Bullock: No, I'm game. Like I said, I'm doomed anyhow.

Carmine Falcone: I envy you boys. Having nothing to lose must be liberating. Must feel pretty good.
James Gordon: Yes, it does.
Carmine Falcone: Suppose you did have something to lose. What would you do then? Suppose, for instance, I had a knife to Barbara Kean's throat, right now? Would you still be so brave?
James Gordon: You don't.
Carmine Falcone: I'm telling you, I do.
James Gordon: You're a liar.
Carmine Falcone: I have many faults, but I'm not a liar. Victor Zsasz has Barbara. You know Victor.
James Gordon: You're lying. She's far away.
Carmine Falcone: She came back. Came right to me to plead for your life. You have a good woman there. She loves you very much. Too much.
James Gordon: Prove it. Prove you have her.
Carmine Falcone: I could. But I won't. I want you to believe me.
Harvey Bullock: It's obvious, Jim. He's lying.
Carmine Falcone: Am I? If you think, go ahead and try to bring me in. You'll be dead, so you won't know what happens to Barbara. But it won't be pretty.
Harvey Bullock: Lying.
Carmine Falcone: On my mother's grave. Drop your gun, and Barbara won't be harmed in any way.

Mayor Aubrey James: Jumping catfish.
James Gordon: Good morning, Mayor James.
Mayor Aubrey James: Gordon, you scared... scared the bejebers out of me. I almost spilled my coffee.
James Gordon: Sorry. Sir, you're under arrest.
Mayor Aubrey James: That's not funny.
Harvey Bullock: Depends where you're sitting.
James Gordon: [slips him arrest warrant] Might want to take a look at this.

Carmine Falcone: What on earth are you thinking?
James Gordon: We're thinking we're taking you both to jail and charge you with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
Carmine Falcone: Try and take me in, you won't make it to the end of the street.
Mayor Aubrey James: That's exactly what I said.
James Gordon: This is a lawful arrest. If you resist, you will be shot.
Carmine Falcone: I see. We all die together in a blaze of glory.
James Gordon: If that's how it works out, it's fine with me. How about you, Harvey?
Harvey Bullock: Fine by me.
Mayor Aubrey James: Oh, God.

Harvey Bullock: Game's over. I have to kill you, take your body to Falcone and beg for mercy.
James Gordon: I know I screwed up. Don't kill me. I have a plan, help me.

James Gordon: I promised I would find your parents' killer. I might not be able to do that. I'm in a tight spot, I've upset powerful people...
Bruce Wayne: Stop treating me like a child! Explain.
James Gordon: You are a child.
Bruce Wayne: You expect to die! I should at least know why. Is it connected to my parents' murder?
James Gordon: Yes, it's all connected somehow. Bruce, I will do my best to work this thing out, but if I don't, Montoya and Allen here will take over your parents' case. I've told them everything I know. You can trust them one hundred percent.
Crispus Allen: One hundred percent.
James Gordon: Bruce, these are good detectives. If anyone can find the truth, it's them.
Bruce Wayne: [to Montoya and Allen] Thank you.
Alfred Pennyworth: Sir, what can we do to help you now?
James Gordon: Nothing. From here on in, I have to go it alone.

Sarah Essen: No cops or lawyers in this city will help you.
James Gordon: I think plenty of people will help when they see it's possible to fight back.

James Gordon: Tell Falcone we'll talk, just not today.
Victor Zsasz: Why would you do that? Alive is a very broad term. Someone with no hands can be alive.
James Gordon: There are fifty cops in this room, try something.
Victor Zsasz: Everybody out.
[the cops hesitate]
Victor Zsasz: *Please*?
[the room clears, except for Gordon and Essen]

James Gordon: The situation is, you've been told to take me in alive, or I'd be dead already.
Butch Gilzean: You know the rules, a few lumps, nobody gets hurt.
James Gordon: Tell your partner to put down his gun or I'll blow his brains out.
Butch Gilzean: Fine, we'll do it your way. After we kill you, we're gonna kill blondie.

Sarah Essen: What the hell are you doing here?
James Gordon: I work here. It's my shift. Where else should I be?
Sarah Essen: How about Alaska? Arrest warrants? For who?
James Gordon: Mayor Aubrey James, Carmine Falcone, and their close associates. On charges of conspiracy and perversion of justice in the Wayne case.
Sarah Essen: Are you insane?
James Gordon: No. Maybe a little. Feels good. They're gonna try and kill me anyway. Might as well make them pay for it.

Carmine Falcone: Such a waste though. Gotham needs men like you. Both of you. Strong men with principles. I wish I could show you I'm not the enemy. The system is not the enemy. The enemy is anarchy. But I told you that before, didn't I, Jim?
James Gordon: Yes, you did.
Carmine Falcone: You didn't listen though.
Harvey Bullock: Do we get a last meal or a smoke or anything? Or just talk?