MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD ‘Penguin’s Umbrella’ is a near perfect episode that achieves the potential of that the series began with. More crime drama than Batman prequel, gone are the flaws that brought down the previous episodes quality and are replaced with high stakes and a sustained air of tension throughout. The promises made by the Pilot are fully realized and it is the best episode of the series by far. The story centers on the fallout from Cobblepot’s revelation that he is…

                                                                                                             MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD The second episode of Constantine keeps the series going at an enjoyably fun and entertaining pace after last weeks Pilot. Now that the world of John Constantine has been more or less established we can now get into the series proper. There is a monster of the week vibe to ‘The Darkness Beneath’…

                                                         MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD Again Gotham reaches for greatness and yet again it’s seemingly perpetual flaws keep dragging it back down to the depths of good but flawed. ‘Goat’ delves into the past of one of the series outstanding characters Harvey Bullock played by Donal Logue. Told in flashback, a younger, idealistic Bullock and his older partner are staking out a house where the dreaded ‘Spirit of the Goat’ serial killer has claimed his latest victim. During Bullock’s heroic attempt to save the…

                                                                                                                     MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD John Constantine is one of comics most memorable and popular characters, for 30 years he has consistently entertained and enthralled readers since his first appearance in the pages of Swamp Thing in the early 80’s. A complex individual, Constantine has walked a fine line between heroic magician and self…

                                                                                                                  MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD It’s taken 5 episodes of Gotham, but finally one of my main grips with the series has, for the moment anyway, be rectified. I have always been critical of the series need to shoehorn Bruce Wayne into every episode regardless of the story. It always felt forced . The very…

                                                       MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD. While the 4th episode retains the quality of the previous episodes but unfortunately it also retains the series prior failures which consistently scupper the series potential. While the political machinations and Cobblepot’s ambitious subterfuge kept me entertained I couldn’t help but notice the glaring flaws that need to be addressed, but more on that later. The episode deals with a major part of Batman lore, Arkham. Long has the Asylum been tied to The Dark Knight and the his myriad…

                                                        MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD. For the record I enjoyed last night’s episode of Gotham. I found it entertaining and for the most part the performances were up to par and the quality didn’t drop too much from last weeks episode. The story was entertaining and I found the dark humor peppered throughout very well executed, but regardless I do feel that ‘Balloonman’ did highlight a few of the flaws that unfortunately prevent the series from reaching it’s full potential. I’ll start with the…