Given that Viper was a green gas, it's a safe bet that Venom might also be a gaseous substance, which could explain why Dorrance is equipped with the breathing mask. It's revealed that Potolsky developed the drug for WellZyn (a division of Wayne Enterprises), which produced pharmaceutical enhancements for combat troops.īecause of Viper's unfortunate side effects, a second, stable version of the drug was created: Venom. The drug granted those who breathed it super-strength, that is until the died a horrible death. Gotham first referenced Venom in the fifth episode of its debut season, "Viper," in which a scientist named Stan Potolsky unleashed a chemical substance called Viper. RELATED: Gotham's Bane Actor Nearly Played Another Iconic Batman Villain In the comic books, it's known as Venom, which is administered to Bane through tubes that pump the substance into his body. In the aftermath, Jim commends Bruce on his bravery, Alfred’s crush is snuffed (“Ah, bugger!”), Theo fields many thank yous, Tabitha takes notice of the “closeness” between her bro and her lover, and Harvey warns Penguin about collecting any favors from his partner (“I still owe you for Fish,” he reminds).It's difficult to say what will happen to Dorrance, but what we've seen of his transformation involves a mask that allows him to inhale a chemical. Enter the hero.” Barbara meanwhile eludes Jim via a trap door. When Jerome holds Bruce at gunpoint, Theo emerges from the background and declares, “Enough!” - and then drives a blade into Jerome’s neck.Īs Jerome bleeds out on stage, Theo quietly apologizes for deviating from what they rehearsed, explaining, “The plot thickens. With Selena’s help, Jim sneaks onto the premises and opens a gunfight, with Alfred chipping in. His bravado is cut short by a bop to the head, as Jerome and Barbara move on to the main attraction - Lee strapped to a knife-thrower’s wheel. Here is where Theo puts on his show, “bravely” standing up to the maniacal magician as news cameras catch every moment.
As gunmen swarm in to control the room, Alfred does his best to whale on some but ultimately is subdued, while Bruce chases after Selena. Deputy Mayor Kane is then summoned, and just as Lee realizes and notifies Jim that Barbara is the masked assistant, the politician takes a dagger to the chest. Bruce is first to be called on stage, to be “sawed in half” by Rodolfo. Alfred however is enjoying Lee’s event/company far too much, so he urges his ward to stay. The entertainment for the evening is a magician - “Rodolfo” aka a disguised Jerome, assisted by a masked Barbara.Īlready a reluctant attendee, Bruce is even more anxious to leave after a sad run-in with Selena. The action then turns to the episode’s grand set piece, a charity gala hosted by Lee and attended by (among others) Bruce, Alfred (who is quite taken with Dr. Even a whiff makes Jim woozy as well, unable to successfully apprehend a gloating Jerome. When Jim and Harvey come up the super-fresh murder scene, the latter gets KO’d by a canister of the blue gas that was used during the breakout. Now, Jerome aims to have the last laugh, by framing Cicero for breaking out the Maniax - and then killing him, with a knife through his skull. Jerome relates tales of how his father would look the other way when his mom and her latest boy toy would abuse him as a lad. They eventually learn that Jerome’s father, the blind fortune-teller Cicero, has bailed on the circus and is holed up somewhere in Gotham.Īlas, Jerome and an apparently hungry Tabitha get to the old man first. In the wake of newly christened Commissioner Essen’s brutal murder at the hands of Jerome Valeska, Jim and Harvey start banging down doors and thumping on thugs, hot to find a lead on the red-haired menace. But by the time the curtain closed, who had had the last laugh? This week on Fox’s Gotham, Theo Galavan, Barbara and that joker Jerome put on quite a show.
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