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Critic Consensus: While still tonally uneven in season two, Gotham is back with a renewed focus, moving away from disjointed case-of-the-week plots into a darker, more stable serialized story.
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Cast
as James Gordon
as Harvey Bullock
as Dr. Leslie Thompkins
as Det. Nathaniel Barnes
as Alfred Pennyworth
as Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin
as Bruce Wayne
as Barbara Kean
as Selina Kyle
as Theo Galavan
as Edward Nigma
as Tabitha Galavan
as Lucius Fox
as Butch Gilzean
as Harvey Dent
as Hugo Strange
as Ms. Ethel Peabody
as Carl Pinkney
as Silver St. Cloud
as Capt. Sarah Essen
as Victor Fries/Mr. Freeze
as Kristin Kringle
as Gertrud Kapelput
as Bridgit
as Ivy Pepper
as Aaron Helzinger
as Jerome Valeska
as Fr. Creel
as Mayor James
as Victor Zsasz
as Sal Martinez
as Renee Montoya
as Grace Van Dahl
as Josie Mac
as Charles Van Dahl
as Odgen Barker
as Crispus Allen
as Sasha Van Dahl
as Carmine Falcone
as Elijah Van Dahl
as The White Haired Woman
as Nora Fries
as Commissioner Loeb
as The Lady
as Fish Mooney
as Curator (Mr. Thatch)
as Luke Garrett
as Sonny Gilzean
as Robert Greenwood
as Dobkin
as Joe Pike
as Richard Sionis
as Judge
as Compere
as Paul Cicero
as Deputy Mayor Harrison Kane
as Billy Boy
as Eduardo Flamingo
as Nigel
as Janice Caulfield
as Eduardo Flamingo
as Karen Jennings
as The Knife
as Nigel
as Sid Bunderslaw
as Pharmacist
as Cupcake
as Randall Hobbs
as Basil
as Barthel
as Jeri
as Tommy Bones
as Gus Freeman
as Scottie
as Matches Malone
as Evan Pike
as Edwige
as Zaardon
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Critic Reviews for Gotham: Season 2
All Critics (14) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (3)
For a piece of art that strives to be "fresh", it all feels worn, played out.
This is the most visually impressive superhero show on TV with its film noir-inspired style and lighting, out-of-time setting, and big action scenes on impressive city sets.
Gotham comes back for its second season even better than before. Featuring an ever-expanding cast of fascinating characters, the story arcs contained in this latest season are even more compelling than what we got from the show's onset.
The viewers who can't get over the changes are missing out on a treat. Gotham might change the Batman mythos, but few shows have captured the comic book aesthetic as well as the pulpy, cartoonishly violent Gotham.
The show's second-season subtitle, Rise of the Villains, is great news for the bad guys-who, as always, are the best reason to watch.
Gotham's willingness to shift focus, tell a larger story, and most importantly, get unabashedly silly, makes a solid case for tuning back in.
Audience Reviews for Gotham: Season 2
Super Reviewer
I was one of the few people who really enjoyed the first season. I thought it used everything that it possibly could to secure a memorable spot on the list of great TV shows. Unfortunately, the second season is not as good. The first half of the second season was a blast and I really enjoyed it. Theo Galavan was a very intriguing villain and the entire subplot about the Order of St. Dumas really was a great story line. The second half of the season, however, was very weak to me. I didn't like the entire Indian Hill premise and, even though I enjoyed B.D. Wong's portrayal of Hugo Strange, I didn't think the character was necessary as a part of the show. Some of the episodes of the second half that went back to some of the things we saw in the first half, however, were without a doubt the best. We got to see a very cool and dangerous version of Azrael and we got to see some more of my favorite character from the first season: Fish Mooney. Once again, I continue to be a fan of the show and I can't wait for season 3.
Super Reviewer
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