Jim takes Selina to Barbara's apartment and discovers that his
fiancée is gone and has left him a note. Barbara has written that she
can't handle the pressure of Jim's job and is leaving for a while. Jim
tells Selina that he'll find her somewhere to stay just as a sketch
artist arrives, and Jim tells Selina that she's staying at Wayne Manor.
At Blackgate Penitentiary, three guards escort prisoner Ian Hargrove to
a transfer van. Ian is an explosives expert, and is being taken for a
psychiatric evaluation. Before they can put the confinement sleeves on
Ian, he secretly slips a piece of paper out of his mouth and up his
overall sleeve.
Jim takes Selina to the manor and shows Bruce
the sketch of the killer she described. Bruce doesn't recognize the man
and wonders if Selina is telling the truth. Jim is confident that she
is, and needs her to stay at the manor for her own safety. Alfred
refuses, noting that her presence will put Bruce in danger. However,
Bruce overrides Alfred since Selina is their best chance of finding the
Waynes' killers. The boy leaves and Jim tells Alfred that he along with
Renee and Crispus are meeting with an ADA who they trust isn't corrupt.
Bruce finds Selina in the hallway checking a vase. He introduces himself and they shake hands.
As the transfer van heads across the city, the guard notices Ian doing
something with his hands. He removes the confinement sleeve and
discovers that Ian is merely making an origami sculpture. Three Russian
men ambush the van and kill the guards, and their leader tells Ian that
it's time to go.
ADA Harvey Dent is meeting with a teenager
outside the courthouse and tells him that he screwed up. He offers him
the chance to go free on a coin flip, but makes him promise that if the
boy wins then he'll go back to school. The boy calls heads and the coin
comes up the same way, and Dent sends the boy on his way. Jim and the
MCU officers witness the whole thing, and Jim introduces himself. He
wonders what would have happened if the coin toss came up tails, and
Dent shows him that it's a two-headed coin.
The group goes
inside and Jim admits that they don't have an ID on the killer. Dent
doesn't care and figures that he can use the threat of a witness to get
to his prime suspect, billionaire Dick Lovecraft. Lovecraft is corrupt
and has ties to every criminal organization in Gotham, and was feuding
with Thomas Wayne. The ADA plans to show Lovecraft the sketch to prove
that they have an eyewitness who can then tie Lovecraft to the Wayne
murders. Jim is reluctant to endanger Selina, but Dent assures him that
she'll never be identified or have to testify. Renee and Crispus agree
with the plan and Jim finally gives in.
Later at the station,
Harvey tells Jim about Ian's escape. Ian blew up old buildings but the
last one had two janitors in it and they died. A compulsive, Ian never
worked with anyone so the detectives wonder who rescued him. The only
visitor Ian had was his brother John and they have him brought in for
questioning. As they wait, Harvey points out that Jim was out of touch
and figures that he was with Barbara.
At the manor, Selina
watches as Alfred shows Bruce how to box. He explains that he wants to
be prepared for something bad happening, and Selina warns him that
people in Gotham don't fight with gloves on. She complains that she's
hungry and Bruce eagerly agrees to have Alfred make her breakfast.
Selina goes to make her own breakfast and Alfred teases Bruce, saying
that the boy fancies their new guest, and warns that she's trouble.
Oswald breaks into Liza's apartment and searches the place. He finally
locates a scarf that smells of lilac perfume, and takes it with him.
Oswald slips out just before Liza comes in. By the time she realizes
that her scarf is gone and goes outside to look, Oswald has made his
escape.
At the station, John tells the partners that Ian was
close to him but he didn't know who rescued him. He insists that Ian
didn't intend to kill the two janitors, and was just trying to send a
message by targeting munitions factories. When he learned that he had
killed someone, Ian turned himself in and plead guilty.
At an abandoned metal factory, Ian makes a shrapnel bomb inside of a picnic basket.
John says that Ian had mental problems and wasn't getting help at Blackgate, and begs Jim and Harvey to find his brother.
Ian removes a nameplate from the table and puts in the basket. The
leader of the Russians, Gregory Kasyanov, comes in and loads the basket
up with gift food. He then delivers it to the guards at a munition
factory. Once Kasyanov leaves, the bomb goes off.
The next
morning, Selina finds Bruce in the study reading a paper about the bomb
explosion. He tries to question her about life on the streets, but she
asks Bruce why he isn't going to school. When the boy says that he's
preparing his own curriculum, Selina wonders why he needs education when
he's a billionaire. Bruce thinks that it's a strange question and asks
about her parents, and Selina angrily insists that she's not an orphan
like Bruce and storms out.
At the station, Jim and Harvey tell
Essen that Ian and his rescuers stole military-grade HMX explosives from
the factory. They figure that Ian needs explosives for an even tougher
vault, and Essen tells them to bring Ian in. Alfred calls to tell Jim
that Selina isn't working out, but Jim convinces the butler to let her
stay a little longer.
Butch goes to the club and shows Fish two
cell phones. She wonders if he's getting cold feet and Butch assures
her that he's in. Oswald come in and tells Fish that he's just being
friendly, and then sniffs at her. He declares that he can smell lilacs
and then limps out. Puzzled, Fish dismisses Oswald as nothing and tells
Butch to forget him.
At the station, Jim finally tells Harvey
that Barbara left him. Nygma comes in and says that he found the
nameplate among the bomb debris, and it came from an abandoned metal
factory. Harvey congratulates Nygma on his work and the detectives leave
to check the factory out. They find Ian working on another bomb, and he
immediately asks them to rescue him. He explains that his rescuers are
planning something against Falcone and want Ian to make a bomb. The
Russians arrive and open fire, and the detectives are forced to take
cover as the mobsters grab Ian and drive away before they can stop them.
Selina goes to the study window to sneak out, but Bruce interrupts her
to offer to call a taxi. He apologizes for upsetting her earlier by
asking about her parents, and Selina insists that she wasn't upset. She
examines a photo of Bruce's mother and says that the woman looks nice,
and tells the boy that she was there the night that his parents were
killed. Bruce blames himself for not doing anything to stop the killer,
and a surprised Selina says that there was nothing he could have done.
She claims that her mother is in show business and making millions, but
that she actually works as a spy. When she's done, she's going to come
back for Selina. A skeptical Bruce agrees and Selina asks if he wants to
kiss a girl. Before Bruce can do more than stutter in response, Alfred
interrupts them to tell Bruce that it's time for his studies.
Mayor James comes to see Essen and complain about how people are up in
arms about his letting a terrorist escape. He notices Jim scowling and
asks what he thinks, and Jim says that Blackgate has no facilities for
mentally ill prisoners, leaving a vulnerability for when they're sent
out as Ian was. Mayor James glares at him and then tells Essen to find
Ian and leaves. Essen tells Jim and Harvey that she's had Ian's family
put in protective custody so the Russians can't use them as leverage,
but Jim points out that Ian won't know that.
Dent calls
Lovecraft in and says that he's bringing charges against him, insisting
that he has an eyewitness that can tie the billionaire to the Waynes'
murders. Lovecraft doesn't believe him and threatens to end his career.
Dent shows him Selina's sketch, and then grabs Lovecraft and tells him
never to threaten him again. Surprised at his own display of temper,
Dent calms down and steps back.
Harvey confirms that Kasyanov
is one of Nikolai's lieutenants. They figure that he's working for
someone with a lot of money who is out to get Falcone.
That
night, Fish and Butch secretly meet with Kasyanov and Fish assures him
that the money is where she said it was. She then gives Kasyanov the
keys to the truck he asked for and wishes him luck.
The next
day, Selina watches as Bruce tests himself in the pool to see how long
he can stay underwater. When he gets out, Bruce explains that he's
developing self-discipline. Selina warns him that in Gotham someone
needs to be ruthless, not strong or self-disciplined, and walks away.
After testing the explosive that Ian used, Nygma informs Jim and Harvey
that it's difficult to manufacture and can only penetrate iron.
However, no one has used iron for secure construction in over a hundred
years. The detectives realize that the old Gotham Armory has an iron
vault... and that Falcone owns it through a shell company.
At
the armory, Kasyanov and his men take out Falcone's guards and Ian
blasts the vault door open. Once they take out Falcone's money, they go
to the waiting truck only to find Jim and Harvey there, guns drawn. More
police pull up and surround the Russians while Jim tells Ian that his
family is safe. Ian starts to step forward, just as Butch's cell phone
rings beneath the truck. Realizing that it's an explosive, Jim grabs Ian
and drags him forward, just as the truck blows up, killing the Russians
and throwing money everywhere. On a hill overlooking the armory, Butch
hangs up the cell phone and leaves.
Later, Bruce and Selina are
having breakfast in the study and she throws a bagel at him. She dares
him to hit her back, saying that if she does then she'll let him kiss
her. Bruce stares at her, confused, and Selina throws another bagel at
his head. They get into a fight, throwing bagels back and forth. Alfred
quietly watches from the door, and then steps away. Jim calls and asks
if he should pick up Selina. Much to his surprise, Alfred tells him that
Selina is a breath of fresh air at the manor and will be staying for
the time being.
Liza returns home and finds Oswald waiting for
her. He makes it clear that knows she's working for Fish and threatens
to tell Falcone. When she says that he doesn't have any proof, Oswald
starts to call Falcone and Liza hastily stops him. Smiling, Oswald tells
her that her secret is safe with him.
Dent and Jim meet and
the ADA tells Jim that Lovecraft is scared. Jim insists that they have
to work together going forward and Dent agrees, and then congratulates
him on saving Ian. Harvey returns from arraigning Ian and Jim tells his
partner that Mayor James has given a new directive that mentally ill
patients will now be kept at Arkham rather than Blackgate. He complains
that Arkham is two hundred years out of date and isn't set up to treat
the mentally ill. Harvey doesn't care, and tells Jim that Ian said that
the bomb on the truck wasn't his.
At the club, Butch tells Fish
that he had to make the call to keep the Russians from testifying to
the police about her involvement in the robbery. Fish assures her
henchman that they succeeded because her goal was to hurt Falcone, not
take his money.
Mayor James holds a press conference announcing
his new policy to deal with the criminally insane. He promises that
they will get the help that they need.
Ian and the other prisoners arrive at Arkham.
That night, Jim calls Barbara and gets her voice mail. He asks for her to come back... unaware that she's in bed with Renee.
Written by Gadfly on Jun 26, 2019