Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of Gotham season 4… Sacrificial knife inscriptions, steamy liaisons with criminal femme fatales and an immortal foe with a man dog from the afterlife are just a few things which feature in ‘The Demon’s Head’. Couple that with an absent minded Riddler, overly paranoid kingpin Penguin and an irate […]

Martin Carr reviews the third episode of Gotham season 4… According to those in the know Gotham hit bottom last week with an abysmal showing. Audience numbers are apparently down, interest is waning and those in network television land are ready to hammer that final nail home. Although there would be those inclined to agree […]

Martin Carr reviews the second episode of Gotham season 4… R-rated post watershed territory is still in full effect this week following up that meaty season four opener. Nightmare visions, asylum inmates running wild and one pissed off kingpin Penguin out for retribution are all on the agenda. Consider also that half the GCPD would […]

Martin Carr reviews the first episode of Gotham season 4… Unionisation is on the cards in episode one of this new season where they cranked up their scare factor, branched out into Roman allegory and teased an intriguing villain. There is a sass and sultry vibe to Gotham with its focus on hand to hand […]

Martin Carr reviews Gotham’s season 3 finale… An hour and a half of back to back episodes combine with viral mayhem as villains running amok, people get shot or stabbed and Gotham goes to the dogs. Between Fish Mooney, Penguin and Nygma vying for supremacy, while Hugo Strange is arrested, kidnapped or bounced from pillar […]

Martin Carr reviews the twentieth episode of Gotham season 3… Swing a cat and hit a villain, such is the influx of threat currently flooding Gotham in the penultimate episode before its two hour finale next week. With bomb threats, viral injections and Pennyworth GCPD team ups happening left right and centre, we find everything […]

Martin Carr reviews the nineteenth episode of Gotham season 3… Pigeons are coming home to roost, schemes are being uncovered and two villains form a truce for the purposes of escape and murder at a later date. There is indeed a dark vein of humour running through Gotham as we approach the final few episodes. […]

Martin Carr reviews the eighteenth episode of Gotham season 3… A cavalcade of familiar faces continues to emerge this week as Gotham gains momentum. There is crazy arse ex-Captain Barnes released into the fray as infected loony tune The Executioner, revelations of the medical variety as well as pot plants, coma cases and lots of […]

Martin Carr reviews the seventeenth episode of Gotham season 3… Where last week lacked brio, vim and vigour Gotham episode seventeen kicks in with some high calibre villainy at work. Whether we are talking about the increasingly shady Jim Gordon, an army freaks Penguin is bringing together or the illustrious Court of Owls. Each one […]

Martin Carr reviews the sixteenth episode of Gotham season 3… There is a reason why Gotham and Supergirl dropped to their lowest ratings last week. Shortcomings in the latter are hopefully obvious from my review for episode nineteen entitled ‘Alex’, while a ratings dip for Gotham remains puzzling even upon closer examination. Now there are those […]