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EPISODE
SEASON
Gotham - Season 1 Episode 14: The Fearsome Dr. Crane
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 03, 2015
Gotham's status quo may be actively changing, but for now, "The Fearsome Dr. Crane" just feels like a skittish step back.
February 02, 2015
"The Fearsome Dr. Crane" was clever, creepy, funny on purpose, deliberately disturbing (instead of thoughtlessly so), and graced with an excellent villain-of-the-week.
February 03, 2015
This was a good episode, but nothing spectacular, with some decided holes in the plot this time around that was pretty noticeable.
February 03, 2015
Here, Gotham demonstrates a level of self-awareness I never realized the show was capable of.
March 30, 2015
The main plot, then, was a deftly crafted Gotham procedural with a memorable baddie and a sense of macabre fun... but there was so much more to savour as well.
February 02, 2015
"The Fearsome Dr. Crane" is an example of Gotham I'd like to see more of.
February 03, 2015
The bottom-line result is that Gotham has evolved into a more consistently engaging show, even if some of its conventions might eventually get a bit repetitive
February 03, 2015
This week was about coming back to earth, and coming to terms with the show's strengths and weaknesses. Gotham is a far cry from a great drama, but it has decent building blocks that could one day get it to that echelon.
February 02, 2015
You can not keep doing this, Gotham! You can not keep taking all the names of super villains we know, swapping out the first name and saying it's their cousin!
February 03, 2015
There's not much in the way of his family history or how Dr. Jonathan Crane came to take on the terrifying [Scarecrow] mantle. With the character's introduction on Gotham, that will finally be made clear.