Ben McKenzie credited as playing...
James Gordon
- [Captain Barnes talks to Jim Gordon at the police academy]
- Captain Nathaniel Barnes: Oldest in your class. Not the strongest or the fastest or even the most academically gifted either, and yet... you finished at the top of your class. Now how did you do that? I'll tell you how. You were a soldier. You saw combat while your classmates were still playing with themselves in their parents' basement. You got blood in your face.
- James Gordon: You could say that.
- Captain Nathaniel Barnes: You're a warrior, Jim. So am I. But you can't carry on the way you've been, going after everyone on your own. You need help that you can rely on.
- James Gordon: With all due respect, sir...
- Captain Nathaniel Barnes: What if their were a team of young cops who haven't been bought yet? Not jaded, not corrupted. Still filled with hope and faith in the system.
- James Gordon: Cadets?
- Captain Nathaniel Barnes: This is the greatest academy in the country. Graduation is next week. We could grab a group of their finest before some precinct kills their spirit. Wouldn't hurt to look into it, right?
- Captain Nathaniel Barnes: Gus...
- Gus Freeman: Captain Barnes...
- Captain Nathaniel Barnes: This is Gordon.
- Gus Freeman: Sure, I remember this guy. He argued a lot.
- James Gordon: I'd like to think I was raising questions.
- [Captain Barnes meets Jim Gordon]
- Captain Nathaniel Barnes: I've read all your files. Army, Academy, GCPD. You're a troublemaker. A fighter. Is that an accurate assessment.
- James Gordon: Yes, sir.
- Captain Nathaniel Barnes: Good. You're my second in command. Starting now, Jim, we're gonna fix this department and bring respect for law and order back to this city.
- James Gordon: Yes, sir. We're, uh... kind of shorthanded.
- Captain Nathaniel Barnes: What, you think I cut too deep?
- James Gordon: You could have thrown out 20 more guys and not hit bottom. Fixing this department's gonna be tough. Maybe tougher than you think, sir.
- Captain Nathaniel Barnes: Welcome to my unit, you sad-ass Army hump. Tough is what we eat for breakfast.
- James Gordon: [Gordon laughs quietly] A jarhead, huh? Who would've guessed.
- James Gordon: [Barnes salutes Gordon] Sir.