Gotham Season Two kicked off with new villains, an Arkham Asylum breakout and a new King of the Underworld.
Rise of The Villains saw the introduction of James Frain and Jessica Lucas joined the series as siblings Theo & Tabitha Galavan, the return of Cameron Monaghan as Jerome Valeska (the future Joker?) while Penguin ruled the roost and Edward Nygma slipped further into insanity.
Showrunner Bruno Heller confirmed The Court of Owls will be coming but have no exact time frame.
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Here are our updated Gotham‘s Most Wanted:
David Cain is one of the world’s premier assassins who trained a young Bruce Wayne. A skilled martial arts master, weapons use and explosives is a member of the League of Assassins. After attempting to train children as partners in this assassination plots, he finally decided to have his own child with the master assassin who become known as Lady Shiva. David’s daughter Cassandra was Batgirl briefly. Cass will return to comics in the Batman and Robin Eternal series this December.
As the series continues and Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz) gets older, he could leave Alfred and find a new mentor and future enemy in Cain.
Lonnie Machin The child prodigy with a knack for invention, infamous for his radical philosophy and rage against authority. The young man would become known as the terrorist known as Anarky.
Tommy Elliot is a childhood friend of Bruce Wayne. Tommy is the son a rich abusive father and frail mother but longs for his own independence and wealth. Tommy and Bruce play games of strategy and Tommy teaches Bruce to think like his opponents. Tommy orchestrated the accident that killed his father and resents Bruce for inheriting the Wayne fortune after his parents death. Tommy’s instability would continue and he would encounter a medical intern named Jonathan Crane (the future Scarecrow) while in a mental institution. Elliot would grow up to become a renowned surgeon and the masked mastermind known as Hush, who just made his New 52 debut in Batman Eternal.
The Lion. Before the Penguin and The Roman (Carmine Falcone) there was Rex Calabrese aka “The Lion.” In the comics the former mob boss now plots from behind bars in Blackgate Prison. A connection between Calabrese and Selina has just been revealed in Batman Eternal. The origin of that story arc could be explored here.
Those are our most wanted (for now) for Gotham. Which ally or villain do you want to see the back story of on the new show? Tell us in a comment below.
Gotham airs Mondays at 8pm on Fox.
By Editor