Penguin makes appearances all over town, cutting
ribbons, serving in the homeless shelter, etc… He talks to a statue of his
mother, asking if she is proud of him; Nigma tells him she would be proud -
people love him, gangs fear him, and tomorrow night the crème of Gotham will be
celebrating him. He asks, “what more do
you want.” Oswald answers, “someone to
share it with.” In the middle of a
public speech, with his mother-statue standing by his side, a gang of men
(wearing red hoods) pulls up in a van and shoots the head off of the
statue. As the commissioner and Harvey
set out to investigate this latest crime, Nigma walks in and announces himself,
saying Mayor Cobblepot has sent him to be liaison in this investigation. The Captain is not happy about this. With the severed statue-head laying on a
table, Penguin holds a conference with his people. He orders that these people be found and their leader’s head
brought to him on a spike by tonight.
Butch walks into a warehouse where the group of men is playing cards; he
tells them there is a problem.
Apparently he has been giving all the orders for the crimes against
Penguin. As he gets ready to give another
order, Barbara walks in with her playmate (who grabs him with her whip). He begs them to help him get his place
beside Penguin back. Lee talks to James
about her upcoming marriage; she is surprised to know that James knows her
fiance’s family name is Falcone and that he isn’t a little more upset about
it. When he goes to enter her office,
Nigma is standing there; she punches him (for Kristin) and leaves. Bruce comes to see James; he wants to hire
him to investigate Ivy’s disappearance… he says it’s a favor for Salina. James asks how long they have been a thing
and Bruce insists that they are just friends (James doesn’t buy it). Harvey gets a lead; a man gave him a dress that
looks like Ivy’s. He said the girl that
knocked him over the head and left it, though, was in her twenties. They decide to go have a cup of coffee
together; and have a lighthearted discussion about Bruce’s feelings for Salina
and his pending appearance at the new Mayor’s party. James tells Bruce to give the Mayor his best. Penguin gets a lead on the whereabouts of
the ‘red hood gang’ and sets out to confront them; Butch sees him coming and
tries to get the men to disburse… but they tell him they aren’t going anywhere
without payment. So he grabs an
automatic rifle and shoots them all.
When Penguin comes in, he tells him he did it for him; he is back in
Penguin’s good graces. Nigma is not
impressed. While investigating the
warehouse, Nigma notices the way the bodies all fell, as if they were just
lined up to be shot – he asks Harvey why the men wouldn’t have been alarmed by
Butch’s entry into the room; only one man pulled a gun and he questions
this. Harvey blows it off, saying they
should be happy the gang is gone; Nigma finds a possible clue. The Captain comes in to ask about Alice
Tetch’s blood; Dr. Thompson said she just got the results – in a test on lab
rats with this same disease, they showed increased strength and stamina – until
one of the rats ate all the others, chewing through the wire cages to get to
them. She asks him if he is going to
the Mayor’s part tonight; he says he lost his invitation. Penguin greets Bruce and Alfred, at the
party; they congratulate him. Penguin
says sometimes life just works out.
Bruce thinks he sees a ‘sign’ and excuses himself. Salina sees Ivy, but does not recognize her;
Ivy laughs and says she never noticed she was so short – Salina doesn’t catch
on. She says she is having fun and
tells her to run along. Nigma figures
out that Butch orchestrated the entire ‘red hood’ fiasco; Butch tries to deny
it. Nigma makes him an offer; he asks
him if he wants to rule Gotham together with him (telling him he needs to kill
Penguin) – Butch says no. Nigma takes him
into the kitchen where some men are holding Tabitha at gun point; Nigma asks if
he’s up for it now. When Penguin steps
out on stage to speak, Butch steps out with a red hood on and shoots; the gun
has blanks (Nigma runs out to see if Oswald is okay). One of Nigma’s men then shoots Butch from behind (at least it
looks like it); Butch falls to his knees.
Nigma pulls his hood off; Penguin says he will kill him for this. Tabitha grabs a knife from the kitchen and
escapes her captors; Oswald says he will prosecute anyone who threatens
Gotham. The man who shot Butch is
dragged up to the stage; Tabitha puts a knife in his back (literally). Butch grabs Nigma by the neck and begins
choking him; Oswald grabs a vase and smashes it over Butch’s head. He grabs Edward, crying out; Nigma breathes…
Oswald is relieved. Bruce takes Salina
up to the roof to tell her that his investigator found a red-head girl with
Ivy’s sweater, but it wasn’t Ivy.
Salina can’t believe that is all he brought her up there for… she starts
to walk off. He tells her that’s not
all. He tells her his being dedicated
to one thing is done; she tells him to just say whatever it is he wants to say,
and he says, “I like you, as more than a friend.” She stares at him; he says it would be nice if she would say
something back. She asks how many girls
he has dated; he says none. She asks if
he only likes her because she’s the only girl he’s ever known; he says there is
something between them, he knows it… he says she has to see that. She says rule 1 is not to ever tell her what
she has to do; she kisses him, leaving him confused. Penguin takes Edward home to care for him; Nigma has a huge
bruise on his neck. Penguin asks why he
would take such a change; he was almost killed. Nigma thanks Penguin for saving him; he says he would do anything
for Penguin, adding, “you can always count on me.” They hug; Penguin is very touched (and almost too happy). The journalist James is seeing is having
dinner with her ‘source’ when James comes and sits down; he tells the guy to
leave. She tells him she could have
gotten what she wanted without compromising her pride; he says he will tell her
what she needs to know. The Captain
looks at pictures of the Mad Hatter, gets news that an ambulance was just
hijacked, and stands up without his cane.
When he realizes it, his veins become full again, enlarged and pulsing;
he roars. The Hatter has some girl tied
to a chair, dressed up like his sister; she has no idea what is going on. He stabs her in the throat and she falls to
the table in front of her. He writes a
note and leaves it next to her. It
says, “James Gordon.”
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