Gotham was turned upside down at the
start of the season, and Jim was forced to take up a post in Arkham
asylum after trying to take down the corrupt mayor. Harvey is sitting
in his desk alone. Barbara is still with Montoya, strung out on
pills.
During a stage production at Arkham, an
inmate attacks another. It's the fourth attack since Gordon's taken
up residency. Gordon is being blamed, and he points out that the man
needs help, not medication. The nurse doesn't have any training to
treat, only to provide drugs to the inmates. The Director warns
Gordon should there be another incident then he'll be placed on the
remedial roster.
He takes the patient to see a doctor to
check out his injuries. Dr. Leslie Tompkins finds that the patient is
fine. She normally works in the women's ward, and tells him that the
ladies are quite taken with the handsome Gordon. He's the talk of the
place, the prestigious cop brought down by the corrupt system.
Cat finds a sick Ivy sleeping in a cold
wet box, but she doesn't want to see a doctor. Cat takes Ivy with her
to get help. Cat sneaks into Gordon and Barbara's home. They haven't
been there for some time, Cat smell dust and rotten food, but its
warm and dry.
The Penguin heads over to the
waterfront. He's looking to get a pay off, claiming to collect it on
the behalf of his boss and throwing out the “don't you know who I
am?” but the man isn't willing to pay the higher rates. Penguin
thinks that he owns the cops, but a blow to the jaw may say
otherwise.
Gordon goes to check on the aggressor
in the fight incident, and finds the man staring off without
blinking. He gives him a small hit to the shoulder to get his
attention, and Jones just falls over. Thompson finds that Jones has
been given some intense electoshock therapy. His brain is mush. The
Director blames Gordon, but again Gordon points out the logic of the
situation. They're in a place with no surveillance, and they're
understaffed. Gordon thinks that they should call in the GCPD, but
the Director refuses. Jones is still alive, and so they can still
count him among their inmates. The Director gives him until the end
of the week to find out which inmate did it. Thompson tells him what
it would take to do the sort of damage done. The big missing piece is
keys to the cell.
Gordon goes and confronts the most
likely suspect with access, another guard. The man squirms a bit, but
finally admits that he lost his keys, and had to find another set,
but he doesn't know where the keys went or who had them.
Fish and Butch sit down with some other
men, who are less than pleased with Falcone. They're not happy that
Falcone is raising prices since his own money blew up. Fish asks who
they think should take over should Falcone meet his maker. They're
going for seniority, but Fish thinks that they need some fresh ideas,
ideas that she has, and that she'd be perfect to run the family.
Gordon interviews some of the inmates
to see who killed the frog man, Jones and took the keys. He gets many
different reactions from the inmates, and none of them helpful.
Cat looks out over the rooftop, down at
the city.
Fish sizes up the others. Saviano is
the problem Fish knows, but Butch tells her to let him talk to him
first. He knows he can get him to change his mind. Fish questions
Butch's loyalty, but he remains adamant that he's on her side.
The electricity surges again, and
another inmate is shocked. Gordon hears him rattling a fence, and
sees the tell tale marks of a shock delivered, mushing the brain.
Gordon takes Royston to see Thompson. Royston can only remember the
lines to his play, and nothing more. Thompson finds that the shock
wasn't so drastic, either the technique is improving or they can't
control the device. Gordon thinks she should stay away for awhile,
that things are about to get hairy. The missing keys made him think
that the inmates were to blame, but he's having a change of heart and
thinks it may be a staff member. Thompson asks what makes him think
it isn't her, he doesn't think she's the type to do it. There's
something odd about her groupie adoration of Gordon, she's certainly
got plenty of kooky to have done it.
Gordon takes his theory to the
Director, but he doens't think its a theory that should be
investigated. What's with this guy? Is he the most incompetent
Director ever, or Sparky himself? Why is he so scared of the police.
The Director tells him that he's not authorized to investigate the
staff only the inmate, and accuses Gordon of trying to force his hand
and call the police, but Gordon has already called them.
Montoya rouses the sleeping Barbara.
She wakes up all smiles. Montoya asks if she's spoken to Gordon
lately, and Barbara claims that she has nothing to worry about, that
she's over Gordon. Montoya realizes her mistake as Barbara kisses
her. She realizes that them being back together was a mistake, she
should have never let it go on too long. Montoya sees that they're
toxic together, the drinking and the drugs, everything. She can't
help her, and she can't let Barbara derail her own recovery. Barbara
tries to gather her things, but Montoya offers to leave instead. She
sees that Gordon was good for Barbara, that he helped her in ways
that she never could.
Harvey gets a good look at Jones and
Royston. Jones is staring off into the distance, and Royston is
spouting Shakespeare. Harvey is overjoyed to see Gordon, and Arkham
lived up to the freaky hype he tells him. Director Lang tries to side
step, telling Harvey that no one of authority called him and he
shouldn't be there. Harvey tells him that its third degree assault at
the least. Director Lang warns Gordon that its the end of his career,
but Harvey questions if Lang was involved. He should desire to keep
it quiet, especially if he were the one who did the crime, since he
had the skill. Harvey takes him down to the precinct, while he tells
Gordon to search the staff records.
Butch meets up with Saviano. They go
way back. It seems that Saviano wanted the meeting as much as Butch
did. Butch tells him that what Fish said was true. Gotham is
changing. Saviano tells him that Fish is a sinking ship, and without
him and his men, she would be nothing. Saviano offers Butch a pretty
nice welcome package to ditch Fish and come over to his team. Butch
doesn't accept or turn it down, but asks to think about it.
Penguin sits in his cell as Harvey
arrives with Lang. Penguin is glad to see him. He tells Harvey that
there has been some silly mistake, and begs him to let him call
Maroni. Harvey likes having Penguin in the cell, that its soothing
like a bonzai tree.
Fish's club is hopping. She asks Butch
for an update. He tells her that he did see Saviano, and that he's
working it. He asks for more time to get Saviano to their way of
thinking, and Fish is willing to give him that time.
Harvey asks Director Lang what
Electroshock therapy is suppose to actually do when its applied
correctly. When delivered by the proper people it can alter
personalities for the better, but it wasn't delivered by a skilled
surgeon, there isn't one on staff besides Lang. Harvey tries to probe
into Lang's concern over police involvement. He's got plenty of
skeletons, but insists that they have nothing to do with the case.
Gordon is having no luck with the
files. He's sure that there are files elsewhere, in the basement, but
the nurse insists that no one has been down there in years due to
toxic chemicals. Gordon asks her to take him down there.
Harvey continues to question the
Director, but he insists that everyone there are good people that
have been there for years, but one female does pop to his mind.
Gordon and the slightly off nurse head
down to the basement, when they hear a noise. Its Dr. Thompson. She's
surprised to see Dorothy, who tells her that they're going on an
adventure to the basement. Thompson asks if she can come with them,
but Gordon tells her no, that she should leave. Dorothy grabs
Thompson, and shoves her towards Gordon and the stairs as she makes a
run for it. Gordon tells Thompson to have the facility locked down.
Harvey calls Gordon to warn him about Dorothy, but he already knows
that she's not really a nurse, but an inmate. Dorothy opens up all
the doors, and lets the inmates go. Thompson finds herself of the run
as the inmates come charging after her. Dorothy calls in the rush and
is crushed to death. Thompson finds herself at a dead end, but
luckily runs into Gordon. She struggles with a fence, while he throws
a few punches. He orders the inmates back to their cells, and for a
minute they look like they're considering listening. Thompson gets
the gate open, and slips through, which riles them back up. Gordon
slips through as well, and together they lock the gate.
Ivy reminds Cat that she's a vegan as
she sits in front of the fire. Barbara calls home and Ivy answers.
She asks if Gordon is home, and Ivy tells her that he's busy at the
moment. Barbara asks who she is and Ivy tells her that she's a friend
of Jim's, implying more. Barbara throws her phone in a fit.
Harvey and Gordon deliver their
findings to the Captain. Dorothy was an inmate, who killed kids with
poisonous candy as a nursing student. She spent half of her life at
Arkham. When it was closed down it looked like she hunkered down in
the basement, and it seemed that she was trying to find a cure for
her own madness. The Captain sees the closed case as a win. Everyone
wants Gordon back, but the Captain can't bring him back yet. She
offers him a drink for old time sake, and she's digging his new
uniform. He does look pretty great in it.
Maroni pays Penguin a visit. Penguin's
ecstatic to see him, but Maroni isn't so pleased. Penguin is looking
pretty retched. Maroni points out that he's in the pen because he put
him in there. He asks if he knows what hubris is, Penguin has
overstepped more than a little in Maroni's eyes. He's no longer the
favored pet. Penguin apologizes, vowing to never overstep again, and
Maroni accepts. He tells the detective to let his friends out, and
detective complies. Penguin stinks, and Maroni wants the lesson to
stand as a reminder.
A ME comes in with photos of Dorothy
Duncan's body, and has some bad news for the trio celebrating.
Dorothy had the same electroshock marks as the others. Hers were old
and hid by her hair. She has a victim herself. Harvey tosses back his
drink as Gordon puts it together that Dorothy couldn't have did it to
herself. They rush back to Arkham.
An inmate unlocks the gate. Sweet
Aaron, isn't so sweet as he grabs the guard and snaps his neck.
Gordon had seen the psychotic nature of Jack Gruber, writer of the
play that went array, and he was right. Gruber was behind the whole
thing, and Aaron was another of his victims, one that worked out much
better than the others. Director Lang sees the pair and realizes that
he just stepped into the frying pan.
Gordon and Harvey arrive too late. Lang
is down. He sputters a few words, but dies all the same. Gordon finds
a note in Lang's hand from Gruber. It gives him all the details that
he needed. Gruber admits that he was working to perfect his
technique, that Dorothy worked well, but Aaron better. Gruber drives
out of Gotham.
Gordon returns home. He can tell
someone has been there, the girls haven't exactly picked up after
themselves. He calls out to Barbara, hoping that it was her, but gets
no answer.
Butch sits by the Waterfront. Saviano
pulls up next to him, and Butch gets into his car. Saviano tells him
that he's good, and Butch tells him that he's in. Butch asks if he
remembers when they were 14. He admits that when they were kids he
cheated him out of the good cuts. Saviano tells him to forget about
it, but Butch insists that brothers don't do that to each other.
Saviano thanks him, and Butch thanks him for his forgiveness and
shoots him in the head. Butch drives away as if nothing happened.
Fish should really reward his loyalty, he's proven himself above and
beyond.
