4×01 “Pax Penguina”
General: I finally got to sit down and watch the season opener! I’ve missed talked about this show with you guys. Overall I really liked the premiere and their focus on the city itself and how it has changed because of all the madness that happened last year.
LIKED
–Licenses to commit crime is a really interesting narrative set up. There’s a lot the show could do with that this year. And of course Penguin is the one who thought it up.
–I believe there is a mandate in place that Penguin must have a new hair style every year. I like this more spiky version. RLT pulls it off well.
–“He’s dead, remember. No that that matters in this city anymore.” Bless you Harvey.
–“Does this mean we can get pizza?” I’ve never been enamored of Tabby but her teacher/student relationship with Baby!Catwoman was enjoyable.
–Penguin is still one of the best things about this show and I love (of course I do) that he’s keeping Ed around as more or less a sounding board for his emotional outbursts. Os might believe he has “frozen” his emotions but clearly not.
–Selena’s blue dress is gorgeous. Also, “why can’t you two just go to the cinema like normal teenagers?!” LOL
MIXED
–I’m not sure how I feel about Scarecrow Jr being back. His first go around in S1 was really underwhelming and suffered from a lot of writing issues that plagued most of S1. They’ve done better since–like with Penguin and Riddler and Tetch–but I hesitate to warm up to Scarecrow Jr.
–The show is really embracing Baby!Batman. This has always been an issue for me because Gotham is better as a villain origin story and Batman should only be on the outskirts of the sotry but David does a nice job playing this new Dark Knight.
DISLIKED
–Gotham…when it comes to Ivy could you just…not?