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(L-R) Robin Lord Taylor, Jada Pinkett Smith, Erin Richards, Zabryna Guevara, Donal Logue, Ben McKenzie, Cory Michael Smith, Camren Bicondova, David Mazouz and Sean Pertwee. (FOX)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Will viewers tune in for a TV show that focuses on everything that is Batman, except the caped crusader himself? Apparently yes. FOX\u2019s new DC Comics TV show, Gotham<\/em> premiered last night, September 22, with eight million viewers and a 3.2 rating among adults 18-49 according to Entertainment Weekly<\/em><\/a>. Will they keep coming back? That remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

Gotham<\/em> isn\u2019t for the casual Joe; it is created with the comic book fan in mind. It continues the dark tone that is so prevalent with the more recent DC Comics movies and is a sharp contrast to the less serious, Agents of SHIELD<\/em> TV show on ABC. It doesn\u2019t have an origin story \u2013 the show is the origin story. If that isn\u2019t your thing, you might want to skip it. However, the pilot gave a very intriguing performance that will probably hook those who saw it.<\/p>\n

The pilot episode of Gotham<\/em> is cram-packed with disturbed individuals who will become super-villains in the future and other characters. You might need a journal to take notes. Right out the gate, we see the Wayne family leaving a movie theater and get robbed in the middle of an alley. As is the traditional, both parents are shot, but young Bruce (David Mazouz) is sparred. This is when he meets Detective Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie) who vows to find the one who killed Bruce\u2019s parents.<\/p>\n

Gordon is one of the few good guys in Gotham. The city\u2019s police department merely tolerates the crime in the city and for the most part is in cahoots with mob kingpin Carmine Falcone (John Doman). Gordon\u2019s own mentor, Harvey Bullock (Donal Logue) is less than honest in his approach to keeping peace within the city, and Gordon struggles to walk the straight and narrow road of police work. At one point, he gives off the allusion of compromise in order to \u201cfit in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gotham is a dark place and somehow, you just know that it is going to get worse. Hoping to eventually take the place of Falcone is Fish Mooney (Jada Pinkett Smith) who isn\u2019t just a beauty who lets here men do her evil work for her. She literally fights her own battles.<\/p>\n

In the first episode we are introduced to Barbara Kean (Erin Richards), Gordon\u2019s finance, Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne\u2019s butler (Sean Pertwee), Selina Kyle, the future Catwoman (Camren Bicondova), Oswald Cobblepot, the future Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor), and Edward Nygma, the future Riddler (Cory Michael Smith) and others who may or may not turn out to become someone else!<\/p>\n

If you are Bat-fan, you should definitely check it out. If you missed the first episode, you can see it for an \u201cencore\u201d showing this Friday, September 26 at 9:00 p.m. on Fox or view it now here<\/a>. Regular episodes resume on Mondays at 8:00 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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