I'm not a huge fan of Barbara played by Erin Richards but she plays her part here in another thrilling episode which though silly and daft in places is corking towards the finale.
After falling for a trap by Barbara Jim Gordon fins himself and Leslie held at gunpoint by a deranged Barbara in the church he and Barbara were going to marry in before he met Leslie.
Whilst this goes on Galavan tries to persuade Bruce Wayne to hand over his company Wayne Enterprises to him in exchange for details on the person who killed Bruce's parents.We also see Ed Nygma try and bury Miss Kringle's body in the woods but he is interrupted by a hunter so kills him too,just after he finds a very injured Cobblepot in a cabin.
After a heated exchange Gordon gets the gun off Barbara but she manages to escape upstairs after Galavan's sister Tabitha turns up with others and tries to kill Jim but he shoots them and injures Tabitha before a confrontation in the church's upper floor with Barbara that ends with Barbara falling out the window and is badly hurt.
We see afterwards Jim arrest Galavan for his part in the abduction of the Mayor,this is just after Bruce declines Galavan's offer for his company but he still doesn't know who killed his parents.
As I said before I have never been much of a Barbara fan but I must admit she was on true psycho mode in this episode but as it went on you started to feel slightly sympathetic towards her especially in the final moments(a lot more than before)and Richards plays her beautifully and it won't be the last we see of her.
Other great performers were Ben McKenzie as Gordon(torn between two beautiful ladies),Donal Logue as his loyal partner Bullock,Morena Baccarin as Leslie,Cory Michael Smith as Nygma becoming The Riddler and as always Sean Pertwee as Gotham's funniest butler Alfred.
As an episode it was thrilling and often gripping even if you look past the stupid mistake the police make in falling for Barbara's obvious trap but the afterwards showdown in the church is one of the shows best sequences yet to me that is both exciting and quite funny in places before a corking shootout leads to a final confrontation between Gordon and his jealous psycho ex.Other good moments include Ed trying to bury his dead girlfriend and then the hunter he has to kill('what do I do with you' is something I think he said)and the meetings between Bruce and Galavan which show the true manipulative ways of the bad guy trying to take Bruce's life away from him bit by bit.
Look past the daft trick the cops fell for and you have a gripping and thoroughly enjoyable episode with Barbara on psycho form,Ed truly becoming his alter ego,action packed finale and the slimy Galavan brought down at last(for now at least).
After falling for a trap by Barbara Jim Gordon fins himself and Leslie held at gunpoint by a deranged Barbara in the church he and Barbara were going to marry in before he met Leslie.
Whilst this goes on Galavan tries to persuade Bruce Wayne to hand over his company Wayne Enterprises to him in exchange for details on the person who killed Bruce's parents.We also see Ed Nygma try and bury Miss Kringle's body in the woods but he is interrupted by a hunter so kills him too,just after he finds a very injured Cobblepot in a cabin.
After a heated exchange Gordon gets the gun off Barbara but she manages to escape upstairs after Galavan's sister Tabitha turns up with others and tries to kill Jim but he shoots them and injures Tabitha before a confrontation in the church's upper floor with Barbara that ends with Barbara falling out the window and is badly hurt.
We see afterwards Jim arrest Galavan for his part in the abduction of the Mayor,this is just after Bruce declines Galavan's offer for his company but he still doesn't know who killed his parents.
As I said before I have never been much of a Barbara fan but I must admit she was on true psycho mode in this episode but as it went on you started to feel slightly sympathetic towards her especially in the final moments(a lot more than before)and Richards plays her beautifully and it won't be the last we see of her.
Other great performers were Ben McKenzie as Gordon(torn between two beautiful ladies),Donal Logue as his loyal partner Bullock,Morena Baccarin as Leslie,Cory Michael Smith as Nygma becoming The Riddler and as always Sean Pertwee as Gotham's funniest butler Alfred.
As an episode it was thrilling and often gripping even if you look past the stupid mistake the police make in falling for Barbara's obvious trap but the afterwards showdown in the church is one of the shows best sequences yet to me that is both exciting and quite funny in places before a corking shootout leads to a final confrontation between Gordon and his jealous psycho ex.Other good moments include Ed trying to bury his dead girlfriend and then the hunter he has to kill('what do I do with you' is something I think he said)and the meetings between Bruce and Galavan which show the true manipulative ways of the bad guy trying to take Bruce's life away from him bit by bit.
Look past the daft trick the cops fell for and you have a gripping and thoroughly enjoyable episode with Barbara on psycho form,Ed truly becoming his alter ego,action packed finale and the slimy Galavan brought down at last(for now at least).
