The overnights aren't an accurate reflection of the ratings. Anyonefortennis mentioned the ratings not being great, citing below 1M figures, and that's when I looked up the Barb numbers. It'll be a few weeks before this episode can be looked up; they also have catch up(?) figures too now.
FYI the final 2 episodes before the break:
Harvey Dent #1 2.04M w/e 14 Dec 2014
Lovecraft #1 2.18M (7 days) 2.48M (28 days) w/e 21 Dec 2014
Morena Baccarat must be the most glamorous doctor to ever work in a mental institution.
Always the same in US TV. Doctors, lawyers, judges, librarians.... could all be models.
If they want them to look frumpy they give them a brown jumper and big glasses - still a model underneath though.
The overnights aren't an accurate reflection of the ratings. Anyonefortennis mentioned the ratings not being great, citing below 1M figures, and that's when I looked up the Barb numbers. It'll be a few weeks before this episode can be looked up; they also have catch up(?) figures too now.
FYI the final 2 episodes before the break:
Harvey Dent #1 2.04M w/e 14 Dec 2014
Lovecraft #1 2.18M (7 days) 2.48M (28 days) w/e 21 Dec 2014
Do they take into account On Demand viewings?
I've never watched this show 'live'.
Shame that 5 have added adverts to the Sky On Demand offering. The same ads every bloody break as well.
Really good to have Gotham back. Clever of Ch5 to make it a double bill since the 2 episodes were very much linked. Quite liked the villian and the scene when Gordon poured water over his suit! Good one!
Loved the whole Falcone/Fish battle. I thought Fish was gonna be a goner but it was Liza sadly who met that fate. Sad to see her go but it was inevitable. Glad Falcone got his mojo back, that was a great scene. I look forward to seeing more battles between him and Fish/Maroni.
Penguin getting smacked in the face - oh yes he deserved it! I LOVE his portryal of Penguin, it really is genius.
No Bruce/Alfred - thank you.
Selina/Ivy - why? They were shoehorned in for no reason whatsoever!
Lastly and certainly not least thank god for casting Morena Baccarin in the show. One of the sexiest women on the planet. There was more chemistry between Gordon and Dr Thompkins in one episode than Gordon had with Barbara throughout the whole season so far! Absolutely adore this woman and although she's not a regular i'm glad she's in the show and a worthy addition to the cast. Sidenote she's also been cast as the female lead in the new Deadpool film.
Really hope the viewing figures go back to 2m like it used to be.
Really good to have Gotham back. Clever of Ch5 to make it a double bill since the 2 episodes were very much linked. Quite liked the villian and the scene when Gordon poured water over his suit! Good one!
I thought the writers must have been channelling Hopkins' Lecter with the way he was performed.
I don't know if it's been mentioned before but Anthony Corrigan aka Victor Zsasz also appears as The Mist on The Flash
Oh yes, i forgot about him. He wasn't in it much but Victor Zsasz is absolutely terrifying. The actor's portrayal of him is brilliant. He shined in that one episode that was centred around him. I wish he was in it more. He's a great villain. I wouldn't want to meet him on a dark street at night!
The actor playing Zsasz is so convincing in his protrayal.
I like the Penguin getting drunk and showing his mental side after his mother had left the club.
Enjoyed the last episode. Like Zsasz as many others have brought up. Fish has grown on me as has Bullock (he still gets the most cringeworthy lines though) and glad there was no Barbara! YAY! Also surprisingly liked The Riddler, find him really annoying when they use him as comic relief, but this season he's had a little more to do and I can feel a darker undercurrent to him, which I like. The whole suicide by icepick in the back was maybe the stupidest thing I've ever heard, even for fantasy television, I don't care how well connected the bloke was. Thought the episode ended really well also.
I like Ben McKenzie as well but he seems to have about one and a half facial expressions: the "gritted teeth angry face" or the "partly constipated" look.
The whole suicide by icepick in the back was maybe the stupidest thing I've ever heard, even for fantasy television, I don't care how well connected the bloke was. Thought the episode ended really well also.
Even out and out corruption would come up with a better explanation
I felt it was still an enjoyable episode but the story line involving the support group killing was a bit weak. Some parts of it made me think 'really?', I felt somewhat like that at how Penguin got out of being crushed like that - right in front of Maroni.
Glad to see Gordon shove Barbara to the back of his mind though, and Bullock getting some attention of it own too! ;-)
Strange episode for me. First the positives; the first murder was quite creepy, Maroni is always decent, but my favourite scene was Bruce and Alfred pretty much telling Gordan to "f*ck off", thought that was ace. Negative: what the hell was that ending about!? Fish and some bloke (was I supposed to know him?) charging at each other. Looked ridiculous. I know everyone gushes over The Penguin, but he's starting to grate me now. I'm still not sure whether we're supposed to like him or not. I had hopes for Nygma when they suspended him, but they bottled that as well, they keep teasing in pushing him over the edge and then don't. I want supervillains now, mob guys have had enough time, now it's boring imo, are we going to have a big bad in this season?
Fish and some bloke (was I supposed to know him?) charging at each other
Made to look like they were both in attack mode but my call is that they are going for a great big friendly hug and turn out to be old baddies in arms.
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FYI the final 2 episodes before the break:
Harvey Dent #1 2.04M w/e 14 Dec 2014
Lovecraft #1 2.18M (7 days) 2.48M (28 days) w/e 21 Dec 2014
If they want them to look frumpy they give them a brown jumper and big glasses - still a model underneath though.
I've never watched this show 'live'.
Shame that 5 have added adverts to the Sky On Demand offering. The same ads every bloody break as well.
Loved the whole Falcone/Fish battle. I thought Fish was gonna be a goner but it was Liza sadly who met that fate. Sad to see her go but it was inevitable. Glad Falcone got his mojo back, that was a great scene. I look forward to seeing more battles between him and Fish/Maroni.
Penguin getting smacked in the face - oh yes he deserved it! I LOVE his portryal of Penguin, it really is genius.
No Bruce/Alfred - thank you.
Selina/Ivy - why? They were shoehorned in for no reason whatsoever!
Lastly and certainly not least thank god for casting Morena Baccarin in the show. One of the sexiest women on the planet. There was more chemistry between Gordon and Dr Thompkins in one episode than Gordon had with Barbara throughout the whole season so far! Absolutely adore this woman and although she's not a regular i'm glad she's in the show and a worthy addition to the cast. Sidenote she's also been cast as the female lead in the new Deadpool film.
Really hope the viewing figures go back to 2m like it used to be.
I think it also helps that Morena is half Brazilian and half Italian, that's some good genes right there! ;-)
I was trying to work out who she was as well
The villain was played by Christopher Heyerdahl who has appeared on such shows as Stargate: Atlantis, Sanctuary and Supernatural
I don't know if it's been mentioned before but Anthony Corrigan aka Victor Zsasz also appears as The Mist on The Flash
Oh yes, i forgot about him. He wasn't in it much but Victor Zsasz is absolutely terrifying. The actor's portrayal of him is brilliant. He shined in that one episode that was centred around him. I wish he was in it more. He's a great villain. I wouldn't want to meet him on a dark street at night!
Also no real need to shoehorn in Bruce and Cat in this episode.
When you are that hot you don't need to act.
I like the Penguin getting drunk and showing his mental side after his mother had left the club.
Enjoyed the last episode. Like Zsasz as many others have brought up. Fish has grown on me as has Bullock (he still gets the most cringeworthy lines though) and glad there was no Barbara! YAY! Also surprisingly liked The Riddler, find him really annoying when they use him as comic relief, but this season he's had a little more to do and I can feel a darker undercurrent to him, which I like. The whole suicide by icepick in the back was maybe the stupidest thing I've ever heard, even for fantasy television, I don't care how well connected the bloke was. Thought the episode ended really well also.
I like Ben McKenzie as well but he seems to have about one and a half facial expressions: the "gritted teeth angry face" or the "partly constipated" look.
No, she was created for the television series.
I guess that's the argument for UK channels delaying the start of a series or waiting till US series finishes broadcast before starting.
He gets suspended and rightly so.
He plants body parts. No investigation it seems but the MA is sacked.
Nygma gets his job back?
Glad to see Gordon shove Barbara to the back of his mind though, and Bullock getting some attention of it own too! ;-)
I think we've all been doing that ever since the show started.