Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Ben McKenzie | ... | James Gordon | |
Donal Logue | ... | Harvey Bullock | |
David Mazouz | ... | Bruce Wayne | |
Zabryna Guevara | ... | Sarah Essen | |
Sean Pertwee | ... | Alfred Pennyworth | |
Robin Lord Taylor | ... | Oswald Cobblepot / Penguin | |
Erin Richards | ... | Barbara Kean (credit only) | |
Camren Bicondova | ... | Selina Kyle | |
Cory Michael Smith | ... | Edward Nygma | |
Victoria Cartagena | ... | Renee Montoya (credit only) | |
Andrew Stewart-Jones | ... | Crispus Allen (credit only) | |
John Doman | ... | Carmine Falcone | |
Jada Pinkett Smith | ... | Fish Mooney | |
David Zayas | ... | Sal Maroni | |
Makenzie Leigh | ... | Liza |
Oswald risks his life by revealing his Fish past to gain Maroni's trust in the war against Falcone, which works after the don has Gordon abducted to check Oswald's story. A potent drug, which shortly renders incredibly strong and fearless, but fatally alters the calcium balance, is handed out blindly on Gotham's streets. Gordon works out is was developed by a Wayne subsidiary, which had the only sufficiently advanced lab, but also fired Stan Potolsky, the brilliant chemist in charge of a military order along those lines. The project was suspended by the Waynes until their murder. Bruce works out irregularities in the Wayne empire and attends a company event to question the board members, but instead has to witness the dramatic sequel of the fatal drug story, while Gordon worked his way there via Stan's mentor, a radically thinking philosophy professor. Meanwhile Falcone's lieutenant Nikolai plots with secret lover Fish. Written by KGF Vissers
Just finished watching the "Viper" episode and have to admit this was BY FAR the most intelligently written of the episodes I have seen. The plot was intriguing with an interesting "other worldly" edge that help start it off.
Afterwards it became more grounded in the reality of Gotham and the past events. By extending those events in a logical fashion it help develop depth of character for the Evil and Good characters.
I also liked how it brought the element of Wayne Enterprises onto the stage with a promise of more involvement in the development of the plot.
Well done and enjoyable (My FIRST positive rating of any of the Gotham episodes)