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EPISODE
SEASON
Gotham - Season 1 Episode 15: The Scarecrow
Gotham is the origin story of the great DC Comics Super-Villains and vigilantes, revealing an entirely new chapter that has never been told. James Gordon and Harvey Bullock are assigned to track down the killer of Thomas and Martha Wayne. The story behind Commissioner James Gordon';;;;;s rise to prominence in Gotham City in the years before Batman';;;;;s arrival. Along the way, Gordon becomes involved with Gotham';;;;;s Mafia families and associates including gangster Fish Mooney, Don Carmine Falcone, and Italian mob boss Salvatore Maroni. Eventually, Gordon is forced to form an unlikely friendship with Bruce, one that will help shape the boy';;;;;s future in becoming the Batman.
22 August 1958, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
24 April 1969, Dana Point, California, USA
26 July 1969, Anaheim, California, USA
22 May 1999, San Diego, California, USA
26 September 1988, Montclair, New Jersey, USA
2 February 1973, Flushing, New York, USA
February 10, 2015
Hit the Bat-signal and spread the word: Gotham is crawling out its slump.
February 09, 2015
Gotham takes a huge step back as Jonathan Crane gets a muddied origin story and Bruce goes on a hike.
February 10, 2015
I love the Scarecrow storyline, and was really looking forward to it... Somehow, though, it sort of fell flat for me, and I think maybe it was because the other stuff going on was so dubious and unlikely.
February 10, 2015
The show manages to stretch its most tedious and frustrating elements across two episodes, and the resulting conclusion to Gotham's hyped Scarecrow story ends up being just another meaningless and dull riff on the Batman canon.
February 10, 2015
The hour was a mixed bag, but the focus of the main villain of the episode kept me interested. But with every name drop or introduction of a future Batman villain, it makes me wonder how much of Batman's world will be introduced before Batman.
February 10, 2015
There is no hard-and-fast Scarecrow origin story, which gave Gotham lots of room to play and, in this instance, to craft a surprisingly sympathetic character... even with us knowing what the future holds for him.
February 10, 2015
"The Scarecrow" is the beginning of one of Gotham's greatest madmen, Jonathan Crane, and within the episode's 45 minutes, Gotham finally does an origin story right.
February 10, 2015
After a string of halfway decent episodes that made Gotham's second half mostly palatable, "The Scarecrow" marked a low point for the series since its January return to air.
February 10, 2015
Therein lies the biggest problem with Gotham, a problem so paradoxical it almost seems impossible. The more Gotham delves into a character's back-story, the more it takes away from the depth of that character.
February 10, 2015
This is another episode that I would say I enjoyed overall, but it is based more on it being better than other episodes, continuing to have fun stuff involving Penguin, and for featuring some cool visuals that put it over the top.