"Previously on "Gotham"..." "THOMPKINS:" "Mario could've lived a normal life." "Jim didn't have to kill him." "James Gordon is one of them." "When I get out of here, he'll be the first that I judge." "BULLOCK:" "Now the Court's readying a weapon" " that could destroy the city." " GORDON:" "It's the virus, I'm sure of it." "KATHRYN:" "I have just discovered someone has been deceiving me." "I need you to kill him." "TEMPLE SHAMAN:" "You've never left that alley, Bruce." "And for you to accept what I have to teach, you need to." "Selina, wait, this city has been judged." " You need to leave Gotham today." " And why are you telling me?" " Because I care about you." " You're not even a real person." "(Selina screams)" "IVY:" "You're awake!" "Selina, where are you going?" "To kill someone." "What is this mysterious Court?" "OSWALD:" "Ed went on television, and voilà, he disappears." " Oswald, drop it." " No can do." " (gate slams shut)" " You cannot do this to me." "I demand to speak to the person in charge!" "Oswald." "You're alive?" "How did you survive?" "In shooting me, Ed, you gave me something to live for:" "revenge." "Yes..." "Unless..." "What?" "!" "Just making sure you're real." "(groans)" "Wow, you are difficult to kill." "More cockroach than penguin." "But don't... you... dare call me "Ed."" "I'm... the Riddler." "And I became him when I killed you." "News flash, Ed!" "I'm not dead!" "(chuckles) That's true." "For now." "I came back from the dead to kill you, Ed." "And ended up a prisoner yourself." "OSWALD:" "You really think a little steel and concrete is gonna stop me?" "The way I see it," "I have you just where I want you." "Perhaps." "But not for long." "(alarm beeping)" "(alarm shuts off)" "(Selina grunting)" "Selina." "How?" "I came here to do one thing." "And it ain't answering questions." "Strange as it sounds, I'm glad you're alive." "That is strange." "'Cause you pushed me out a four-story window!" "(clattering, Bruce 2 grunts)" "What choice did I have?" "You were gonna tell Alfred about me." "You mean how you're a freak?" "How you're just the cheap knock-off who kidnapped the real Bruce Wayne?" "(both yell)" "(both grunt)" " (Selina grunts)" " ALFRED:" "Selina!" "Selina, stop!" " Stop!" " He's not Bruce!" " Stop!" " He's not Bruce!" "Oh, dear God." "Selina!" "Selina." "She-She attacked me, Alfred." " She's out of her mind." " She needs a doctor." "You saw her, she... she was crazy." "Put the iron down, Bruce." "I said put the iron down!" "Alfred..." "You're cut." "You don't feel a thing, do you?" "Do you?" "Now, I'm gonna ask you nicely, or I swear to God, you're gonna feel a whole lot of pain." "Where is Bruce?" "Bruce is serving a greater purpose than himself." "As am I. (grunts)" "(shouts)" "(grunting)" "Last time!" "Where is Bruce?" "You were always kind to me, Alfred." "Even when you thought I wasn't Bruce." "Please." "Please." "Just tell me where Bruce is." "(grunts)" "Welcome home, Bruce." "MARIO:" "Lee." "Lee." "Wake up." "Mario." "Are you okay?" "I was having the worst dream." "Really?" "Tell me about it." "God, there was this virus that was loose in the city." "It brought out a person's darkness, whatever they had buried inside and you had it." "Really?" "And what dark part of me did it bring to light?" "You were jealous of Jim." "(laughing):" "Come on." "Me, jealous of Jim Gordon?" " I'm sorry." "You were." " But I'm taller than he is." "Hey." "What is it?" "On our wedding night... he shot you." "God, it was so real." "I lost you." "You didn't lose me." "I'm right here." "Now take your medicine and then off to bed." " I'm so sorry." " I know." "(distorted voice):" "Now drink." "(gasps)" "Think about it, Harvey." "The Court's been around since the last century." "It makes sense they have secure locations, safe houses all across the city." "And that's where they're hiding the virus bomb?" " Makes sense." " Yeah." "So I dug deeper into Kathryn's holdings." "She owns a tenement building near Miller Harbor." "But there's a discrepancy between the square footage listed in the city records and the blueprints..." "over 2,000 square feet." "You're saying they got a secret room there." "Okay, but by your logic, there could be dozens of secret rooms throughout the city and the virus bomb could be in any one of them." "You're in the club now." "This Kathryn broad trusts you." "Why not just wait for her to call?" "Because if I can do it quietly, she'll never know." "And if the bomb is there, I can end this." "Okay, where in this building is the secret room?" " Lucius says the basement." " Oh, Lucius says the basement." "Then I guess we should check out the basement." " What is your issue with him?" " He's smarter than me." " Yeah." " Let's go." "HARVEY:" "How come no one ever hides something in a place I actually would like to search?" "You know, like a brewery or a strip joint." " Or a casino." " Exactly." "All I'm asking for is a little, uh... consideration." "This is more like it." "What's this?" "There's a crease in the wall." "Think it's a door." "Let me hit the lights." "Just need to find a way in." "(chuckles)" "I meant to do that." "Jeez." "I don't see a bomb anywhere." "Yeah." "Why would it ever be easy?" "What's that?" "GORDON:" "Looks like an owl." "Made out of..." " ...crystal." " Whoa." "Whoa." "It's Gotham." "That must be us." "That lower corner right there." "Yeah." "What do you think the white markers are?" " Secret locations of the Court?" " Makes sense." "If so, that could be where the bomb is." "(glass shatters)" "(metal clinking, beeping)" " Holy mother of saints!" " Down!" "I see you haven't lost a step, Jim." "Can't say the same for Bullock." "Remember I promised you'd be punished for your crimes?" "Well, I've come here to keep that promise." "No, I said Gordon." "Detective Jim Gordon." "Well, have him call me the minute he gets this message, all right, you nancy?" "You should see a doctor." "Mm-mm." "Fine, whatever." "Listen." "Think." "Can you remember anything else?" "Only what I already told you, Alfred." "The clone came to me." "Talking about how Gotham's gonna be judged and a lot of people are gonna die." "It's the bloody Court of Owls, isn't it?" "Mm-hmm." "I warned you." "Warned you what would happen if you poked the tiger." "What, do you want a medal, dear?" "All that matters is they've got Bruce." " Wait, you think he's still alive?" " My boy is still alive!" "And you... you are gonna help me find him." " No, I'm not." " Oh, don't-don't do that." "Then what?" "You're still angry with Bruce 'cause he never told you your mom was a wonky con artist?" "That boy has been loyal to you;" "he's been good; he's been a friend, and now he's in trouble you're not gonna lift a finger?" "!" "I don't know what good it'll do me." "You're a disgrace." "(scoffs)" "You're like your mum." "Go on then." "Run away." "And don't you ever come back here." "I-I'm good, thanks." "I'm good." "Bullock, got a kid who saw Barnes flee the scene." "All right, kid, talk." "I saw some guy in leather, had an axe attached to his arm, drove off in some delivery truck." " What kind?" " For chopping stuff." " What kind of truck?" " BOY:" "Oh, right." "Genovese Meats." "Put a BOLO out on that truck." "Barnes has Jim." "He's taken him somewhere." "(laughs)" "You're making your blade too thin." "It's gonna snap off when you try to stab me." "Well, we'll soon find out, won't we, Edward?" "I told you not to call me that." "What?" "Edward?" "But that's your name, Edward." "Edward." "Edward, Edward, Edward, Edward, Edward, Edward, Edward..." "Enough!" "You're pathetic, you know that?" "At least I'm in here because I was trying to figure out who runs Gotham." "You're here because what?" "I didn't love you back?" "Get over it." "No." "You did not love me back, but that's not why I'm here." "I'm here because you destroyed the empire I built." " I'm here because you shot me." " (chuckles)" "And no one does what you did and lives." "Well, good luck exacting revenge when I'm gone." "Oh, please." "Make one move to escape and I call the guards." "Ah, I assumed as much, which is why I bribed the guards to poison your coffee." "(gags)" "(laughs)" " You're lying!" " Yes, I am, but I did steal a dart from the guards a couple days ago." "Was planning on using it on them, but..." "Ow!" "(laughing)" "You're gonna have to do a lot better than that..." "Ooh." "Help." "(Oswald chokes)" "(choking):" "Help." "Help." "Hey!" "What are you doing?" "Stop that!" "Stop!" "Okay." "Come on, come on." "Stop that." " Stop it!" " What are you doing?" "No, no, no, no, no." "You don't understand." "(Nygma shouting and grunting)" "I shall set you free, Bruce, free from the blinding rage of your darkest memory." "There is one final step to take." "My parents' murder." "You want to take away the pain of that night." "Yes." "But you must be willing." "I cannot take what you will not give." "My mother's pearls." "Lock them away and be free of the pain." "Become strong." "Become the protector Gotham needs." "♪ ♪" "I'm sorry." "I want to." "I..." "I just can't." "I-I can't." "Then I think it's time..." "I told you the truth." "You made a fool of me, Jim." "It's a shame." "I had such high hopes." "You could've played a pivotal role in Gotham's future." "Listen to me..." "Don't insult me further by lying." "I know you took my key card to Professor Strange's lab." "Odd that Strange said nothing." "He and I will be having words." "Who else have you brought into your confidence?" " Harvey Bullock, obviously." " What is this, an exit interview?" "If you like." "Who else have you spoken to?" "Who else have you spoken to?" "GORDON:" "The Court ordered my father murdered." "You drove my uncle to suicide." "You can go to hell." "And what are you now, their lapdog?" "I know you're a lunatic." "At least you used to stand for something." "KATHRYN:" "Your attempts to turn Captain Barnes against me are tiresome." "He was following you not because" "I asked him to, but because he knows, as I do... that you are an enemy of Gotham." "You Gordons always were stubborn." "But I am sad you won't see the end of our little story, when the clock stops... and Gotham falls." "Captain." "He's all yours." "BARNES:" "Let the record show that the trial of James Gordon has begun." "Nathaniel Barnes presiding as judge, jury and executioner." "Twinkle, twinkle, pretty doctor, how I wish I could unlock her." "Here in Arkham, what a wonder." "Too bad her husband's six feet under." "Clever." " How is life in the nuthouse?" " Oh, you know, it has its ups and downs." "Forgive me for saying this, Leslie, dear, but, uh, you don't look yourself." "Have you been sleeping?" "Or are you plagued by nightmares?" "You want to hear the funny thing, Jervis?" "Oh, do tell." "I do so love funny things." "I never really blamed you for infecting Mario." "I just thought, "Why blame the lunatic?"" "So I blamed Jim." "Wise... though hardly sidesplittingly funny." "Why did you infect him?" "Oh, Doctor, is that the question that's been ruining your sleep?" "You wanted to hurt Jim." "Why not infect me?" "Why make Mario suffer?" "Do you remember our tea party at your lovely home?" "When you shot Valerie Vale." "Yes!" "Good memory." "Well, I saw the way that you looked at James Gordon." "You loved him." "And that love doomed Mario." "That doesn't make sense." "It makes perfect sense!" "Jim Gordon does not deserve love!" "Jim Gordon does not get love!" "I infect your husband." "You blame Jim." "Your love for him becomes hate." "It makes perfect sense." "And it worked." "But you know the funny thing?" "There's poor Mario, cold in the ground... and here you are, blaming Jim, even blaming me, but guess who's really to blame?" "I am." "Now, see, that's funny." "(groans)" "My lockpick was confiscated!" "(groans)" "Now we're both stuck in this unnaturally damp hellhole." "I hope you're happy." "Did the guards club you?" "You know they did." "Then I'm happy." "Why are our captors keeping us here, anyway?" " Why not simply kill us?" " I don't know." "Since my first meeting..." "with some woman named Kathryn," "I've had no contact with upper management." "But... according to the guards' gossip," "Court's planning some attack on the city." "Fine." "(grunts)" "You want to kill me, I want to kill you." "But being locked in these cages does neither of us any good." "We have to escape." "There's only one way that's gonna happen." "We work together." "There have to be rules." " No sabotage." " Of course." "And no murder on the premises." "Agreed." "Also, there needs to be a six-hour window, post-escape." "If I get outside and I'm worrying about you stabbing my neck, I won't be able to concentrate, and that's not good." "Agreed, reluctantly." "Then we help each other escape, together, so that we may be free to murder each other outside." "Deal." "What are you going to show me?" "The truth, Bruce." "My truth." "This isn't one of my memories." "It's one of yours." "MAN:" "We had no choice." "The laws are clear." "And you were gone." "Thomas and Martha Wayne were leaders of Gotham." "The city honored them." "I honored them." "He threatened exposure." "What of their boy, Bruce?" "Their son." " He was not harmed." " That, at least, is something." "(choking, gargling)" "All this time, Bruce, the Court was never more than a means to an end, allowing us to maintain order in Gotham." "Us?" "Who are you?" "Mm." "One thing at a time, Bruce." "The point is, the Court's day is over." "And they must finally pay for their crimes." "My parents' murder." "Exactly." "This is your chance, Bruce." "Will you help me?" "Things could've gone so differently, James." "We could've cleaned this town up together." "But when the moment came, you stood against me." "You stood against Gotham." "Against justice." " How do you plead?" " If you're asking did I shoot your crazy ass and send you to Arkham, then, yeah." "I'm guilty." "The sentence is death by beheading." "To be carried out immediately." "You do know your new masters are nothing but a pack of murderers, don't you?" "They're gonna unleash the virus in a mass attack." "Infecting both the innocent and the guilty." "You still think this virus is a curse?" "Tell me." "What about strength is a curse?" "What about clarity is a curse?" "You're just like Lee Thompkins." "What are you talking about?" "She came to me, just after you blew her husband away." "She wanted to know if he would've killed her." "I told her that the virus is a gift." "Just like you, she didn't understand." "If she did come to you, the only thing she took away is that Mario was totally and completely insane." "Any last requests?" "Yes!" "My badge." "If I'm gonna die," "I want to die wearing it." "I deserve that." "One soldier to another." "(blade whirs)" "One soldier to another." "(beeping)" "Fire in the hole, Captain." "(rapid beeping)" "You fool!" "James Gordon." " I hereby..." " (door opens)" " Don't move!" " Stop right there!" "(gunshots)" " I got you, buddy." " OFFICER:" "He's running!" "Alvarez." "Any word on Barnes?" " Nothing yet." " (groans)" "There's a nutjob running around in a leather jumpsuit with an axe for an arm!" "Now I know this is Gotham, but come on, people, do something!" "Jim." "I'm heading over to Kathryn's townhouse." "Maybe I can get there before she realizes I escaped." "In case I run into Barnes." "(phone vibrating)" "This is Bullock." "What?" "Yes." "Yes." "Thank you." "That was O'Toole." "Strike Force beat you to it." "They're bringing Kathryn in now." "Finally some freaking good news, right?" "ALFRED:" "Gordon!" "Where the bloody hell have you been?" "I've been trying to call you all day." "Alfred." "What's happened?" "It's Bruce." "He's been abducted." "Oh, why?" "Why can't anything be easy?" "Don't know how, but he's definitely gone." "And you're not gonna believe this, but the people responsible are this shadowy organization that run the whole of Gotham," " they're, they're called..." " The Court of Owls." "GORDON:" "We've been investigating the Court and a woman named Kathryn Monroe for months now." "Until this morning, I was working undercover inside the organization." "Did they ever mention Bruce?" "Never." "Why would they want to kidnap him?" "Well, we might've had a, a bit of a, a run-in early on in the year." " How long has he been gone?" " I don't know." "Could be several days, several weeks." "Weeks?" "How can the kid be missing for weeks?" " That's your one freaking job." " Don't you think I know that?" "They replaced him, all right?" "With a... with an exact clone, created in Indian Hill." "H-Hold on a second." "Wait, back up, I-I thought I heard you say "clone."" "That's 'cause I did." "I got to sit down." "GORDON:" "All right." "Let's think this through." "Alfred." "Is there anything you and Bruce could've done that would've drawn attention from the Court?" "Well, we did break in to one of their houses to try and find something to give us leverage against the Court, and all we found was this ridiculous..." "crystal owl thingamajig" " which I managed to break." " Crystal owl?" "Is there any way it could be reassembled?" " Why?" " We found another owl this morning." "When you shine a light through it, a map of Gotham appears." "We think this map indicates the secret hideouts of the Court." "So Bruce could be in one of those hideouts, right?" "So where's your bloody owl?" "Uh, well, due to circumstances totally beyond our control, the owl went kaboom." "But if we could reassemble the owl that you stole, maybe we could find Bruce and the bomb." "Do you still have the pieces?" "You're having a laugh, ain't you?" "After all the bloody trouble" "I went through to get it, of course I do." "Right." "I'll be back in a minute." "(door opens)" "Help!" "Help!" "NYGMA:" "Let me out of here," " or I kill him!" "Now!" " GUARD:" "Easy." "What are you doing?" "Open my cell!" "Shoot him!" "What are you waiting for?" "Never mind." "(choking)" "Back." "Get back." "(exhales)" "Wait." "Is that Jell-O?" " Surprise." " (grunts)" "(laughs)" "Your death scene was quite convincing." "Well." "I've had some practice, haven't I?" "All right, if you see anything, let me know, okay?" "Yeah." "You got it." "Detective Gordon." "I suppose I really shouldn't be surprised." "No, you shouldn't." "Put her in the box." "GORDON:" "I've seen the map." "I know the Court has secret locations across the city." "Where are you hiding the bomb?" "What bomb?" "What does Bruce Wayne have to do with all of this?" "Why did you kidnap him?" "I have no idea what you're talking about." "They're not all powerful, you know." "The Court, they can't keep you safe." "Besides, what are the members gonna think when they see their leader behind bars?" "You think I'm the leader?" "All this time, and you really don't know anything, do you?" "ALFRED:" "Right." "Here we go." "Wait, this is the owl?" "What the hell happened to it?" "Jerome Valeska smashed it to bits when he broke into the Manor, didn't he?" "Can you put it back together again?" "I can't even do a jigsaw puzzle." "I just smash the pieces in with my fists till they fit." "But wait a second, we have, we have a guy here who makes molds of murder victims' faces out of clay." " I'll give him a call." " All right." "Where's Gordon?" "He's interrogating Kathryn Monroe." "The woman from the Court of Owls?" "Yeah." " Right..." " I mean, no!" "No." "Not the woman from the Court of Owls!" "Oh, God, no." "Not her." "Right." "Tell me where Bruce Wayne is, or I guarantee you'll regret it." "Alfred, I've got this." "Good cop, bad cop." "That routine's a bit tired, isn't it, gentlemen?" "Yeah, but I'm not a cop." "Am I?" "(screams)" "I'm a butler." "(crashing, banging noises approach)" "(screams)" "Ladies and gentlemen..." " Who is this guy?" " (all murmuring nervously)" " (gas hissing)" " Court is now in session." "(scattered screaming)" "GORDON:" "Alfred?" "Alfred!" " Alfred, that's enough." " Is he out of his freaking mind?" " It's his play." " Now, you tell me where Bruce Wayne is, you evil old trout, or I will gut you!" "Or maybe I should try the other hand." " Alfred..." " (distant explosion)" " (screaming upstairs)" " What the hell's going on?" "(distant explosion)" "(man grunts)" "(Barnes yells)" "(yells)" "Damn." " GORDON:" "Easy, easy!" " All right, I'm all right." "Hey, hey, you two, stop it right now." " (door closes)" " We got a bigger problem." "Barnes is out there." "He tore up the precinct, used some kind of knockout gas." "I got to get you and her out of here right now." "Let's go!" " Take her." " Get up." "Up!" "(gas hissing)" "Where is he?" "I don't know." "BARNES (echoing):" "You." "You corrupted this house." "All of you, with your weakness, your compromise." "This place was a church to me." "All right, that's enough of this." "Bullock, you and Alfred take Kathryn out through the garage." "I'm not leaving you alone with him." "All right, Alfred, you do it." "She's the key to finding Bruce." "Captain!" "Captain!" " Help me!" " ALFRED:" "Shut up!" "GORDON:" "Barnes, this is your last chance!" "Give yourself up." "BARNES (echoing):" "You dare threaten me?" "You destroyed the thing I care most about." "And for that, the sentence is death." " I don't think he's giving up." " Yeah." "BULLOCK:" "Hey Cap... (chuckles nervously)" "(bullets ricocheting)" "(Barnes groans)" "KATHRYN:" "Captain!" "Captain, stop this nonsense and take me out of here now!" "BARNES:" "Nonsense?" "Nonsense?" "This is justice." "No!" " (Barnes yells)" " GORDON:" "Barnes!" "It's fitting, Jim." "That you should meet your end here." "The word will go out." "No one will escape from the executioner's blade." "(shotgun fires)" "(groans)" "No." "No!" "You will face judgment." "You will be judged!" "You know what, Captain?" "This place is a church." "Mine." "(gasps)" "(panting)" "(shouts)" "(shouts)" "(grunts)" "Our agreement still holds for five hours." "I am aware." "How do you expect to win, Oswald?" "Barbara Kean runs the underworld." "We have the gangs." "You have... yourself. (laughs)" "Actually, I have an army of Hugo Strange's monsters at my command." "But even if I were alone, you wouldn't stand a chance." "I suppose we'll see." "I suppose so." " Let me know if you need anything." " Yeah, okay." "Lee?" "What are you doing here?" "I just came to get some things." "You saw me, you thought I'd heard about Barnes and I came to help?" "Is that such a crazy idea?" "It's just bad timing." "And if I had heard I wouldn't have come." " I'm done with this place." " So you keep saying." "You know, Barnes loved the GCPD." "But today he tried to destroy it." "It was the virus." "Or maybe he finally discovered the truth:" "there is no justice here." "Look at you... you still haven't paid for the pain that you've caused." "But I guess that's the difference between the two of us." "I'm willing to pay for what I've done." "What are you talking about, what've you done?" "Nothing." "Doesn't matter." "Hey, Jim, my guy worked on the owl, says he's gonna need another hour." " What did Lee want?" " I have no idea." "But, Harvey, if we do find the location of the sites, we've got to be ready to move." "Kathryn's killing is only gonna energize the Court," " force their leader to act." " Whoa, whoa, whoa, wai-wait, there's someone above her?" "Who?" "I don't know." "Go on, Bruce." "The Court of Owls must pay for what they did." "It's the only way." "Thank you." "Tell me, how do you feel now when you think of your parents' murder?" "I feel nothing." "Hmm." "(sighs)" "Talons have served the Court since its inception." "The Court culls them from orphanages." "Trains them." "What I did to you, the Court has done with them for 200 years." "But the process does more than remove all feeling." "Cut off the smallest finger of your left hand." "Shall I tell him to eat it?" "He will, if I say so." "Bandage that." "You see, Bruce, the pain of our memories can scar us, but it also defines us." "Take away that pain and your mind becomes clay for me to mold." "I told you the truth." "We will destroy the Court of Owls." "And in so doing, you will become the perfect weapon." "For you will do whatever I say." "Won't you?" "Yes." "See?" "I told you it would work." "This is it, Alfred..." "we can find Bruce and end this." "Alvarez, call Strike Force." "I want every cop on the roster in uniform and ready to roll in half an hour." "What are you waiting for?" "I was coming to tell you." "I just got word from Arkham." "Barnes escaped his transport." "Took out three guards." "He's in the wind." "We just busted that dude five minutes ago." "There's more." "What is this doing in here?" "It's supposed to be in Lucius' office." "He must have moved it." "He said he needed to run some tests." "The virus sample we got from Hugo Strange..." " it's gone." " Maybe Lucius took it." "You're the only two with the combination, right?" "Yeah." "No." "Lee has it, too." "♪" "(sighs)" "(exhales)"