The last time we were in Gotham City the group was all trapped inside Indian Hill. Dr. Strange found a way to clone Jim. Bruce and Lucius were trapped in a room with Edward tormenting them. Selina is pretending to be Firefly’s sidekick. Bullock is getting ready to raid Arkham Asylum.

Bullock is instructing the GCPD to prepare to raid Arkham Asylum. The raid is suddenly stopped when “Jim” comes out and tells them to stand down. The real Jim Gordon is trapped in the basement of Indian Hill. Strange is preparing a device to self-destruct Indian Hill at the order of The Masked Lady.

Strange injects honesty serum into Jim. Jim is groggy and is slowly giving Strange details about the plan and telling him the truth. Strange hits Jim with the bad news that “Jim” has checked in and stopped GCPD’s plan. That’s not good Jim. Jim feels guilty and he is trapped. Strange tells Jim that Gotham is run behind the scenes by a secret council. I'm curious to find out who these people are.

Life or Death

Bruce and Lucius are trapped and their host Edward introduces them to his game of life and death. The outcome is pretty obvious. He asks them who runs Indian Hill. They decide on Wayne Enterprises. Correct. Edward asks them who runs Wayne Enterprises. They don’t have the right answer for that so Edward releases poison gas that knocks our boys out. Edward then offers to work with Strange, but Strange refuses and throws Edward back in his cell. Strange then meets with The Masked Lady who tells him to destroy Indian Hill and kill them all.

Penguin is hanging out inside his mansion with Butch and Barbara. He is doing his version of interior decorating. He then hears on the news about Hugo Strange and the activity going on at Arkham Asylum. I bet Penguin becomes involved with this very soon.

Peabody is overseeing the patients being moved when my least favorite character Fish Mooney is still learning her new powers and trying to manipulate Peabody to releasing her. I’m going to play a drinking game where I take a shot anytime Fish says her own name.

Bruce and Lucius wake up next to Jim in the basement. Selina comes in and tells Bruce that Indian Hill is going to be destroyed. She is pretending to be Firefly’s sidekick. The tension and flirting between Bruce and Selina is at an all-time high.

Strange’s prisoners/creations are being moved when Fish uses her powers to manipulate Peabody and is able to free herself. Strange is trying to leave when he runs into new buddies Fish and Peabody. Strange then quickly activates the nuclear bomb and sets it to detonate in 30 minutes.

30 Minutes To Go

Inside GCPD, “Jim” is still acting very weird and Bullock is suspicious I think. Alfred shows up and demands to know where Bruce and Lucius are. Fake Jim is super creepy. Barbara arrives and wants to chat with Jim to find out some info for Penguin. Barbara is super creeped out and punches him and this allows everyone to find out this isn’t really Jim.

Dr. Strange continues to try and get everything cleared out when notices Mr. Freeze and Firefly in a standoff about Selina’s fate. Strange gets caught in the middle of their fight and is apparently knocked out. Selina wants to help them escape with 13 minutes until the bomb detonates.  

GCPD is preparing to invade Arkham Asylum. Barbara tips off Penguin about what is going down. Strange survived the attack. He tells Jim and the gang that the nuclear bomb is going off and Jim is determined to stop it. Jim grabs Edward and needs his help getting into the lab. Fish is trying to escape. Jim and Lucius find the bomb with just over a minute left. Peabody tells them to use water. Peabody coming in the clutch. They pour water inside and the bomb defuses with 0:01 left. A bit anticlimactic but the bomb doesn’t go off.

“Nothing Is Impossible”

Fish is on a mission to get as far away from Indian Hill as she can. Edward is still trapped inside. Strange is being arrested. Bullock is happy to be back with the real Jim while GCPD is pursuing Fish inside the bus. The dangerous part is she has all of Strange’s monsters in the back. Butch then comes out of nowhere Rambo style with a machine gun that stops Fish.

Penguin expects to find Dr. Strange in the bus but is STUNNED to see that Fish is alive. Penguin faints and Butch quickly gets out of there. Fish wanders off … damn I didn’t think she was gonna make it.

Jim tells Bruce that he has to leave to find Leslie. Alfred tells Bruce that he hopes he will take some time away from the vigilante lifestyle. Bruce obviously denies this, considering he wants to find out about the secret council that secretly runs Gotham.

Home Stretch of Season 2

Bullock catches Jim before he leaves and Jim tells Bullock he has more important things to do but Gotham is in good hands.

A homeless lady walks by the Indian Hill bus and is horrified to see all of the monsters that come out of the back of the bus. Dr. Strange’s monsters are now on the loose in Gotham and a clone of Bruce Wayne walks by the woman and thanks her.

It looks like the troubling times in Gotham are only beginning …