The episode of Gotham before The Fall Finale was packed with blood, sweat and fears as mad monks began to “cleanse” Gotham City.
The Rise of the Villains reached a brutal peak and sets the stage for a thrilling showdown.
The big mystery of Gotham Season Two is the endgame of Theo Galavan. Early clues made fans suspect the Galavans were from the Court of Owls but as the series continued we saw the arrival of mad monks, a bloody crusade and revenge decades in the scheming.
Plus, producers have thrilling fun with name dropping a little known Batman character that builds to a payoff for Bruce…but it doesn’t last as the big bad corners him.
Before we continue here’s a….
SPOILER ALERT!
If you have not watched this week’s episode stop reading now.
Seriously
OK
Here it comes:
The hooded mystery men who arrived in the last week’s final moments are the Order of St. Dumas. The monks believe in “purification through pain” and are choosing nine victims including one in a massage parlor that was once the home of the Order in Gotham City.
It wasn’t all blood and ritual…Young Bruce showed why he will one day become a master detective by playing a clever con that name dropped this character (below) from the Batman mythos.
Bruce and Selina Kyle conned Silver St. Cloud into giving up the name of Thomas and Martha Wayne’s murderer. Silver named “M. Malone” as the killer. In the comics Matches Malone is a thug and underworld alias Batman uses. The writers and actors had me – I really thought Bruce was about to be gutted by “The Knife” but it only showed the true evil nature of Galavan’s niece. Evil definitely runs in the entire family.
The buildup (unleashing the Maniax, Barbara kidnapping Jim) all comes down to the “Day of Reckoning” and the Order’s final victim, the Son of Gotham aka Bruce Wayne.
Galavan reveals he is the descendant of the exiled Dumas family who founded the Order and his plan to kill Bruce. Galavan beats down Jim, leaves him to die but Penguin saves Gordon so he can exact his personal revenge on Galavan.
Three big questions:
Does Galavan have some supernatural power or is he really that a skilled a fighter after his brutal beatdown of Jim?
What is the connection between the Dumas family and the Order? What would make these monks give their lives (literally) to Theo?
Is this Order the same one that will one day produce Jean Paul Valley aka Azrael aka the once and future Batman replacement? Will a young Bruce and Jean Paul encounter happen this season?
Scenes of next week show Bruce in a sinister sacrificial ceremony with Galavan and the monks. We know Bruce and Gordon will survive but at what cost and will any of their loved ones be a victim of the Dumas wrath of vengeance?
By Editor