Well fellow Gothamites, it’s all over now, and I wish it weren’t so! Yesterday marked the 100th and final episode of Gotham, and although I don’t like this phrase, it gave me all the feels!
This finale saw our favorite characters 10 years in the future, so that means Bruce is finally coming back after his training hiatus to celebrate at the opening gala for the new Wayne Tower (boy was Alfred busy!). Although there was a lot of hype prior to the finale airing, we actually didn’t see the caped crusader until the final minute of the episode, but I think that was a terrific end to a show that was focused on how the city and it’s people influenced Bruce to become Batman.
It seems like a crime that this episode wasn’t longer because it had movie magic qualities and was just so darn good! You saw Jim Gordon with his signature mustache (short-live, thank God), little Barbara Lee, and Babs herself as a newly minted business woman. Alfred and Lucius are in the know on Bruce’s new crime-fighting alter ego, but Jim was never made privy to it, only knowing it was “a friend” to help him in his fight for good.
Since the penultimate episode where we saw everyone good and evil joined forces, Penguin and the Riddler have been in Blackgate, and are finally getting out! They’ve got new outfits, a few pounds, and loads to be mad about. But this new shadowy savior freaks even them out from causing too much of a ruckus. The biggest surprise of the night was learning that Jeremiah, aka the Joker (still never said outright, but still so obvious) has not been brain-dead for a decade, he was just merely waiting for the return of his best friend, Bruce! Incapacitated for now, we all know where this “friendship” leads.
We end with a much needed Selina and Bruce reconciliation before heading up to the rooftop to watch Jim, Alfred, and Harvey cue up the spotlight for the infamous future Bat signal. And with all that, I was pretty close to tears, but also just filled with pure joy. THAT is how you end a series. Farewell, Gotham.