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- Thanks to a little clarification from executive producer John Stephens, though, it's not quite that simple. "We have a time jump of 391 days at the top of the premiere opener, but then we settle in back at 87 days," he said.
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The season features ellipsis and analepsis, and therefore three time periods: the season premiere opens 391 days after the events of the season four finale "No Man's Land", before settling back at 87 days. The final episode jumps 10 years into the future, where Bruce is established as a vigilante.
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- Verdict
By Matt Fowler
Updated: May 27, 2019 8:42 pm
Posted: Apr 26, 2019 1:00 am
Warning: Full spoilers for the Gotham series finale follow...
While Gotham's endgame might not have been everything we hoped for, it's still light years beyond what many thought we'd get as a wrap up back when the series first started. With both Batman and the Joker tied up as off-limit properties, fans wondered if it would all end with Bruce simply heading off to foreign lands to train, or if we'd get the Smallville treatment and only see the cape and cowl in the final frames, with only a basic hint of Batman lingering in the musty air.
All in all, we still only got a "hint" of the Caped Crusader. So some fans wound up being half-right, overall. But "The Beginning..." ultimately worked because of the 10-year time jump and the show's willingness to ditch actors David Mazouz and Camren Bicondova - the former appearing at the top of the episode as Bruce (then relegated to providing the altered voice for Batman) and the latter being recast completely. Which is a swap-out that lands well because of the striking resemblance between Bicondova and replacement Lili Simmons (Banshee, The Purge TV series).
With the youngest members of its cast serving honorably and then stepping aside for the final act, Gotham was able to pull off a graceful leap into the future, giving us a Batman that truly lurks in the shadows. Like, really - he's so good he barely touches down long enough to brawl. Even his confrontation with Cameron Monaghan's "Joker" is a two-batarang battle that knocks his foe out cold in seconds. "The Beginning..." is a mixed bag that gives us more than we once thought possible while also not giving us quite enough.
It's also a lot to cram into 40 minutes. Everyone still remaining needed a post-time jump check-in, from Jim Gordon's mustache mistake to straight-and-narrow Barbara to Penguin and Riddler escaping incarceration to Selina's morose misgivings about Bruce reportedly returning to the city after a decade away. Throw in Jeremiah's plot to blow up Wayne Tower and it's a pretty stuffed saga. But because we never get to see Batman as fully as we'd like to (not until the very end), the episode is a bit cleaner than it has any right to be. It just comes at the cost of Batman.
The show's still not able to use the names "Batman" and "Joker," and it might have been a mistake to openly call that out during specific beats (Jim asks Jeremiah what his new name is and we got an Easter egg-y non-answer, Jim calls Batman "a friend"), but after five seasons we're still at a place where these characters, named or not, are fully realized. And yes, Cameron Monaghan appearing as Jerome all those years ago was, in fact, a "long game" toward Joker - like creator Bruno Heller initially stated.
Nygma and Cobblepot were made to look and feel a touch buffoonish here, with Ed being an unwitting pawn of Jeremiah's scheme and Oswald's only plan being to shoot Jim as soon as he got out of Blackgate. Their bumbling nature worked at the end when they immediately had second thoughts about going after the new vigilante in town, but they took up so much middle-section that Jeremiah felt like an afterthought. Sure, he was meant to be a third-act twist, but, since we weren't getting a ton of Batman, I would have preferred to spend more time with Joker.
And yes, Ecco was Joker's first Harley, in a way, but she was killed off here (with a bloody smile) under the crazy cloud of "Oh well, Jeremiah will get put back in Arkham and meet Dr. Quinzel somewhere down the line." Even after the 10-year leap, the show's still playing the set-up game when, I suppose, it's not really necessary. For the most part though, everything was nicely established: Jim's sticking around as commissioner (knowing, but also not knowing, that Bruce is Batman), Alfred and Lucius are Bruce's support, Selina's a tricky tweener, and Penguin and Riddler are "at large" as villains desperate to find their old footing. Oh, and young Barbara is appropriately scarred for life now thanks to being dangled over a vat of toxic waste.
If one thing felt a bit off, it was an element that we didn't really see on screen. No, not the lack of Batman, but the idea that six months after the penultimate episode, Jim locked up Penguin and Riddler. And that they'd been removed from society this entire time. I naturally assume they did something to deserve getting arrested but it still feels like a weird choice given that they'd openly risked their lives to save the city from Bane and Nyssa. Granted, both Oswald and Ed hate Jim for being - well - so Jim about things, but it still didn't settle evenly.
With a 10-year jump into the future, Gotham was able to give us a distance from the chaos of old and bring forth Joker from the ashes of the Valeska twins. Batman himself proved to be so capable that he barely needed to leave the shadows, and that proved a touch frustrating. At the same time, it was nice to know that Bruce's time away allowed him t...
Apr 19, 2019 · Gotham Season 5 Episode 11. As we begin the penultimate episode of Gotham, let us take a moment to appreciate the surprising changes the final story has sprung on us. When we first saw Bane,...
May 15, 2018 · However, Gotham's Season 5 renewal came with a caveat: It will be the series' final season. An official number of episodes has not yet been confirmed, though rumors are floating around that fans should prepare for a truncated order of 13 episodes.
May 22, 2018 · Gotham is coming back for a fifth and final season this fall, and there have been a lot of fan theories as to what...
