MisterGlass

That's a great description of his reaction! Yeah, but that was just business. :-) Getting rid of Jim would have been business, but I think getting rid of Harvey veers a little closer to personal. Harvey showed up to save Jim, and gave Fish a tentative ultimatum. It could be that she considered him a risk for making the threat, and felt it was safer to get rid of him. An alternate reading would be that Harvey sided against Fish to help Jim, and she resented it. She was furious when she told Butch to hang up Harvey too. Neither of them held a grudge, though as I recall Harvey asked permission the next time that they went into Fish's territory. Edited for clarity.

I have to say it again, Zsasz's lack of eyebrows is unnerving. I find myself speculating on the backstory between Harvey and Fish. I feel like their relationship has seesawed between personal and professional, and with that in mind, they may have known each other for quite a while. Perhaps they met when Fish was still an up and coming crime figure. Their closeness means more heartbreak for Harvey if things go south in the future. This Alfred has been very frank in his opinions to everyone. He has held back now and then with Bruce, but even then, he's not what you'd call tender. I think he doesn't like Bruce's association with the street kids, and I don't think he likes the reminder that Bruce was out of his custody and in real danger at one point. This Alfred is a good guardian and an interested teacher, but he isn't nice. I hope it is. I pictured her going back there with the roller bag after seeing Bruce and Alfred. It's a better use of it than having Barbara there. Add me to the list of people who think she'll meet a dramatic ending. I can't decide if she'll be killed by Fish or Penguin himself. His backstory is already angst-full, and they don't have what I would call a healthy relationship. I notice that in their celebration at the club they had a black layer cake. Also, seeing her onstage reminded me of when Fish's mother performed. I hope she isn't part of the Fish vs Falcone retaliations.

It really is brilliant. I just rewatched and they are so much fun! I started watching this because I saw Timothy Omundson was in it, and he was a highlight of the show. Even if there isn't a second season, I want another show where he, Vinnie Jones, and the actor who plays Chef get to hang out. Retconning away, I think that Gareth broke them all out of prison and they all ran away together to the pirate ship, boarded it, and sailed merrily back to Richard's kingdom, leaving Madalena to rule the eighteen remaining native Valencians, until they revolt and throw her in the dungeon. Meanwhile, the pirate ship wends its way across the bay in a happy cloud of song. Zoom out, triumphant musical flourish, the end.

Definitely treading back into dark and conflicted territory, and just about everyone made a questionable decision. Much as Gordon wants to clean things up, Essen and Bullock are right to tell him that he needs to pick his battles. If he has to ask Penguin's help, and he ought to know by now what that entails, then it isn't the time. It was nice see that more of the officers were with Jim this time. I can understand Harvey wanting to help Fish. I'm sure they had a longstanding arrangement, and Harvey is loyal, to Jim, and to others. I believe he'll try to help Butch too. Harvey looked so sad for most of this episode. He's right, he deals with the crisis of the moment, but there have been a lot of crises now. Penguin's mother picking up Liza's scarf was creepy, kind of like Mrs. Cobblepot herself. Ozzy, Ozzy - this is why you don't celebrate until it's really over. Also, kind of creepy. I don't envy Butch. I liked seeing the return of Bruce and Alfred, though the break-up was sad. Bruce is definitely better at gift giving than Ed, though Ed didn't do as badly this time. Poor Kris, though. She was trying to set the record straight and he'll take it as encouragement. Edited for grammar.

Huh, I really expected this to be a self-contained season. The endings were on the bizzare side, though I buy that Madalena would pick Gareth for king over Richard or Kingsley. I suppose Richard and Galavant with the pirates could be fun. All of these knights and kings are miserable failures at planning, escaping, duels, and secret missions. But they succeeded at comic relief for the most part. I gawped and giggled through Chef and Gwen's gleeful little song about poisoning everyone. And then Chef couldn't follow through, and gave everyone allergic reactions, and Gwen was charmed anyway. They are just such a cute couple with incredibly low expectations.

Just had a chance to see this. It had some good moments, though it was choppy for me taste. The flashback placement felt random and forced. The dialogue also felt like dialogue in several places. Sometimes it doesn't sound like conversation, but like a series of short monologues. The part that I liked best is that Chaz had an effective plan that used his own set of skills and didn't require anything from Constantine except that he stay back. It makes Chaz more of an independent contributor to this partnership. Between that and Checkov's cattle prod, practical solutions were in the lead. I also like the idea that Chaz has a counter, and it seems fitting that this is a result of something John did at random while drunk. I agree, the wife was written stereotypically. I feel like they tried to cram too much of the dissolution of their marriage into one episode. It would have been a good idea to get glimpses of her before diving straight into this. It's a small thing but I'd like to see them start a case on location and skip the five minutes of preamble at the mill. Does anyone remember the single season "The Dresden Files" ? Canceled, of course, but the use of magic felt more organic and natural in that than it does here. "Constantine" seems to bounce from trick to trick without much actual searching. Heh heh.

^This. Nygma has no boundaries, and he is fixated on Kris, who has made it abundantly clear that his advances are not welcome. That they are co-workers compounds the problem, because Kris cannot avoid him. I like Cirien's interpretation of her smiling - just trying to get through the moment and not make waves. In a proper system he should have been reported, then received a reprimand and counseling in order to retain his job. I can believe that Kris's failure to respond to him would be a contributing factor in Nygma's tranformation, but I would strongly object if anyone on the show, including Kris herself, blames her for what he becomes. Nygma is responsible for himself and his own actions. He's not a heart-broken teenager with no previous experience with rejection. How many other women has he intimidated and unnerved?

I think creepy is a hardwired setting for Eddie. I wonder if Ms. Kringle will take his place as the exposition fairy when his sudden but inevitable betrayal occurs. She's a likable character and I would rather that she survive him than be his victim. Bullock deliberately plays into the bad cop/dumb guy stereotype, using it to his advantage. I think Gordon is taking the opportunity to play into the tough cop scenario. It comes off as faked, but I thought that was intentional, because it is an act, and he hasn't got it down yet. Regarding Barbara's apartment, I think she thinks that Jim is there with someone else because of the phone call. I think Jim thinks that it's her place and that she was waiting for him to leave. Barbara seems like a nicer person when compared to her parents, but I would still like her to come to the realization that she's not cut out for a full time life with Jim and go back to her gallery. She doesn't have to die, I'm just hoping there isn't some kind of romantic reconciliation in their future. I am okay with the idea that Dr. Tompkins and Jim are openly interested in a relationship at this stage, but I was bothered by the idea that she stopped by the station on impulse. The show doesn't need another impulsive - or temperamental - female character. I would like her to be nice and level headed. Hopefully she will be. I liked that the dialed down the number of characters a bit in the past two episodes. I think they can restrict themselves to a different mix of characters per episode, with Jim at the center. They can leave out Barbara and and Penguin for an episode, and check back in with Bruce and Alfred, and then go back to the mob in the episode after that. It's a good mix of characters, as long as they are not all in the same episode. While Liza was able to take another young woman her size, she was caught unawares by someone she cares for, a man who outweighs her by a hundred pounds, and who has considerably more experience strangling people that she has in escaping. She didn't have a chance.

I'm not sure who originally suggested the Blackadder concept, but good one!

The bullet in the cupcake was more like weird performance art than a riddle. A bad idea either way. You can tell he's getting frustrated by the responses he's getting from everyone, though I'm sure he'll be gloating that he recommended that Gordon wear rubber soles.

I think it was a stretch to juggle the Electrocutioner (whose powers are also a stretch), Fish's move, and three other subplots in the same episode. That said, whoa. I knew Don Falcone would be angry, but I didn't expect him to lay his hands on Liza to re-assert his authority. Penguin's misstep with Don Maroni after his almost electrocution felt laughable, but the gloating over Fish I do buy. The Electrocutioner was resolved more quickly than I expected. I assumer he'll reappear, as he is too good of a character to be lost in the ether, but it would have been nice for him to have more of a moment. As soon as the lightning started arcing in the station, my inner voice yelled 'galoshes'! Victory through a glass of water was amusing. I feel like Jim's show of bravado is modeled a bit on Harvey, but while Harvey mouths off at people beneath him or his own rank, Jim does it to superiors. "You think you've been careful so far??" Commissioner Loeb was very much in the mold of the mayor. Ed, I know you mean well in your own demented way, but you are terribly creepy. Barbara's parents are creepy too. No wonder she's imbalanced. Anyone else laugh when they put a piece of paper on the transparency projector?

The exorcism was appropriately creepy, but there was a little moment at the end that I valued. After Chas takes the keys and heads upstairs to drive Anne a way, and Zed left, there was a moment where Constantine just dropped the attempt to play through what happened to him, and he looked utterly broken.

I think it's because Richard seems accidentally evil. He doesn't really connect what he's doing to the consequences, like at the hanging when he was absently toying with the gallows levers, and the poor chef had to distract him from them before he dropped. Richard didn't even hold a grudge against the jester. He's like the Queen of Hearts in the book version of Alice and Wonderland, sentencing people to death for random things. However, in the book, the King of Hearts pardons every one after the Queen leaves the room, and no one is actually executed. Richard needs someone to pardon people, and then he won't be such a disaster. Madelena on the other hand is 112% committed to ruling by whatever means necessary.

I'm bothered by this for several reasons. Letting more than a year lapse between airings of a show is a good way to lose an audience. Hannibal is more suited to winter than summer, and winter is when the show tends to take place. And of course they waited so close to the anticipated start time (based on previous seasons) to say something that it feels like a snub against the fans that they have. I hope the move will earn new fans, but if NBC is looking for 'Nielsen' households to tune in, they are going to continue to be disappointed. There are few shows that I follow live (or live +3), and it irritates me that one of those few is getting pushed around. I know, I'm grateful it was renewed at all. But a petty part of me wants to know what am I going to watch in March. I don't suppose NBC will pull a Netflix and release all the Season 3 episodes online at once.

Rutger Hauer has been in a lot of things, notably 'Blade Runner' in 1982. IMDB lists 153 (!) screen and TV credits for him. He's 25 years older than Timothy Omundson. I suspect Kingsley didn't want to deal with the 'ruling' part of being king when he left Richard to take over. Not that Richard does much ruling, by the looks of things.

Madalena is just a horrible, horrible person. She stole the meal he worked so hard to make for Gwen and then sent him to hang! I still love the chef. His little love song with Gwen was both sweet and terribly depressing. (Another face from Downton Abbey!) Gareth's grudging devotion to the king was kind of sweet. He liked his decoupaged stool. Fun seeing all the gang together in the dungeon, even the jester. I was not expecting Rutger Hauer.

This show is by far the best thing NBC has debuted on a Friday night since Hannibal started, and the most deserving of survival. Forget that horrible version of Dracula. This was a tense, frightening episode that made good on the promise of the show. The Zed stuff was a bit rushed, but the step up in terror and quality was notable. There were some moments of darkly comic relief - like Chas complaining about how hot body bags are - but they were on the clever side, and fit the scenes. ETA: I did like that Anne and Zed had a few moments together that were honest and not stereotypically combative, even when they disagreed. I like the idea of Anne out there as an extended member of the clan, but I do not want to see her paired off with Constantine since she has managed to recreate her life in a way that does not require him. I'm not anxious to see a romantic relationship spring up suddenly between any characters. Theirs are not lives conducive to picnics and small talk.

I second that, there were several jokes that got a wince instead of a laugh. However, the executioner band was fun. Sidneyland was a good bit, and I laughed at them trying to do rock paper scissors to decide who would turn the poor bunny into dinner while it escaped. Hugh Bonneville should play more pirates. I hope the Pirate King and King Richard get to compare notes!

That may be what happens. The Gordons hit some rough patches in the comics, to be sure. Or, maybe Leslie has a daughter or niece or foster child coincidentally named Barbara.

Harvey's glee at seeing Jim again was the highlight of the episode.

Well, Selina is only a couple weeks removed from an attempt on her life by professional assassin, so she may be making an effort to lay low. She knows she can trust Bruce and Gordon, and Gordon's(Barbara's) place is in town, where Selina has the advantage in geography. It is a sad depiction. The re-opening of Arkham is entirely political, and the inmates are victims of it. The mayor essentially shipped the inmates from prison to the facility, which as Gordon pointed out is horribly understaffed, underfunded, and unsuitable. It is exactly the situtation the Waynes wanted to avoid, and whcih the corrupt city officials find acceptable and expedient, and therefore symbolizes more of what is wrong in Gotham. The director may have come from the prison, since he said he and his staff came as a group. He said that even he was unwilling to go against the behind-the-scenes machinations, and warned Bullock against asking too many questions. Arkham and its poor inmates are pawns to someone.

Actually, that's from a later episode, "Qpid", which was Robin Hood themed. "Deja Q" is set on the Enterprise. Personally I liked both episodes :-)

That was good. Penguin did need a lesson, but I'm not sure he learned the one Maroni intended. Maroni's smart to recognize Penguin's self importance and try to curb his ambition, but Ozzy is a resentful character with a long memory. I was having trouble hearing the lines, but I thought it might be the Tempest based on what the victim was reciting, if he was Ariel.

No kidding, Bullock's excitement at seeing Jim was so great to see. And the two of them playing off the director, with Jim trying to be serious, was such fun. I think Harvey has been growing in his respect for Jim slowly, and in the last few episodes before the break I think they solidified their partnership. Interesting to see Alastair, er, Christopher Heyerdahl is a recurring character. He's a good creepy addition. Barbara in Arkham? That would be interesting, but I'm still willing for her to fall by the wayside.

It was a bit gross and utterly ridiculous but had more clever bits than I expected. I gave it fifteen minutes and decided to stay for the rest because I felt like a bit of silliness. Timothy Omundson, Vinnie Jones, the squire, and the cook have me tuning in for next week. I agree with the others who said the short run makes it more appealing. ETA: The joust was great!