Ten years ago, Randall Milkie stares at himself in his bathroom
mirror and insists that he is the Spirit of the Goat. He dons a leather
mask with horns and smashes the mirror, then goes out and abducts a
young girl, Shelly Lawson, from her apartment.
Later, Harvey
and his partner, Detective Dix, get a lead on Milkie's van and trace it
to an abandoned opera house on Cannery Street. Harvey insists on going
in immediately despite Dix's advice not to play hero. Inside, they find
Shelly's corpse suspended from a scaffold in the center of the stage.
The candles are just lit and they figure that Milkie is still there. The
two detectives split up, yelling for Milkie to surrender. Milkie yells
back that "Milkie" is gone and that now the Spirit of the Goat occupies
his body.
Milkie pulls a lever, dropping Dix through a trapdoor
on the scaffold, and then attacks Harvey. Harvey manages to grab his
gun and kill him, and pulls off the mask to confirm that he's the man
they're looking for. He then goes to Dix, lying broken on the floor
beneath the scaffolding.
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Harvey is called to the
docks where a girl, 21-year-old Amanda Hastings has been killed and
strung up, just like Shelly was. While Nygma works out another Riddle,
Harvey is surprised to discover that Jim isn't there. He points out to
Nygma that Amanda was a first-born child, and that the Goat always
killed the first-born of the rich and powerful. The detective figures
that they're dealing with a copycat and tries to call Jim again.
Jim and Barbara are arguing at her apartment in the clocktower, and
Barbara insists that she just wants to help share some of his burden,
just as he helped her with his burden. Jim admits that the crime in
Gotham is too much for any cop, and Barbara asks him to let her in. He
agrees to tell her everything and make it right, just as the phone
rings. Jim figures that it's a case, kisses Barbara, and leaves.
Renee and Crispus canvass the docks trying to find a witness that can
place Jim at the scene. They talk to a sailor, Olaf Nilsson, who points
out Jim in a photo and says that he was the killer.
At the
crime scene, Harvey asks Jim why he was later, but Jim avoids the
question and figures that they should catch the copycat Goat killer
before the heat comes down on the GCPD. Harvey suggests that they talk
to Amanda's parents, figuring that she knew her killer, and tells Nygma
to call him when they're ready to perform the autopsy.
The
detectives meet with Robert Hastings and his wife, and Robert sits
clenching his fist and talking about his nightmare of a dark presence.
However, he assures the detectives that Amanda had no enemies, and the
family therapist, Dr. Marks, says that the couple isn't ready to deal
with the stress right now.
Nygma goes to the record annex and
chats with the clerk, Kristin Kringle. She's talked with Nygma before
and is less than thrilled to see him. Nygma tries to make small talk
about Kristin's name, figuring that her parents had a sense of humor,
and Kristin quickly tries to get rid of him. He offers to help her
reorganize her files but Kristin hastily says that they're fine the way
they are and leaves.
As they leave the Hastings home, Harvey
tells Jim that Milkie was able to abduct his victims from their homes
because he was a maintenance worker and had the keys. Jim calls to get
the names of the companies that had access to the Hastings home, and is
notified that they're beginning the autopsy.
Oswald goes to his
apartment to see his mother, Gertrud, who figures that he's been with a
woman. He assures her that he's just been taking care of business and
that they hurt him when all he wanted was a little respect. Gertrud
assures him that the bullies are jealous and Oswald promises her that
he'll be someone in Gotham.
At the morgue, the medical examiner
informs Jim and Harvey that someone knocked out Amanda with chloroform
before killing her. Harvey tells him to look for a sewn-up incision at
the base of Amanda's scar. The examiner, surprised, finds one there and
admits that they overlooked it. Harvey tells him to open it up, clearly
expecting the penny that is inside the incision. He tells Jim that the
penny was Milkie's MO but they never released the information to the
press. They meet with Essen to brief her on the case, and Harvey insists
that they left the information about the penny out of the file. The
medical examiner at the time, Ed Hayes, knew about the penny but he died
of cirrhosis. Essen suggests that Harvey should talk to his old
partner, Dix, and Harvey reluctantly agrees.
At the manor,
Bruce and Alfred are watching a newscast about the copycat killer.
Alfred suggests that they should leave Gotham for a vacation since Bruce
might be a target. Bruce says that he has work to do and that the Goat
killer wouldn't take him because there's no one to take him away from.
Kristin returns to the record annex and discovers that Nygma has
created a whole new filing system for her. Furious, she orders him out
and wonders if he's trying to cost her her job. Nygma vaguely
understands that he's done something inappropriate and leaves.
Harvey and Jim go to the hospital where Dix is staying, and Jim insists
on going in with his partner. Dix is in a wheelchair, his legs shattered
from the fall ten years ago, and complains that Harvey has come to see
him after causing his injuries. Harvey introduces Jim and confirms that
Dix never told anyone about the penny. Dix figures that Milkie wasn't
working alone and Harvey walks out. Dix warns a surprised Jim that
Harvey is a hero who is likely to go off in any direction. Jim goes out
and discovers that his partner is paying Dix's medical bills and making
sure that he has porn magazines.
At the Copley home, the
daughter Emma is packing for a trip on her parent's yacht. When she goes
upstairs to get the rest of her things, the Goat killer breaks in and
chloroforms the maid unconscious, then abducts Ember when she comes back
downstairs. When Ember doesn't meet her parents, they come home and
find the unconscious maid, and call the police. Harvey goes to the crime
scene and confirms that there were no signs of a break-in, and calls to
tell Jim that his theory was correct. As Jim checks the maintenance
companies, Harvey says that the first Goat killer took eight hours to
kill his victims from the moment of abduction, and figures that they're
wasting time. Jim says that he's checking to see which maintenance
workers have called in sick over the last two days so that their killer
would have time to deal with his victims, and Harvey tells Jim to get
Nygma to help.
As Renee leaves the MCU station, Barbara
approaches her and says that she'll tell her whatever she can find out.
She asks Renee to keep an open mind about Jim, but Renee warns that Jim
will get Barbara killed. Renee warns her former lover that they are
getting a warrant for Jim's arrest, and advises Barbara to get out of
Gotham. She tells Barbara never to come to her again and walks away.
Jim and Nygma tell Harvey that they've eliminated three of the suspects
on sick leave from consideration, leaving one man, Raymond Earl. Earl's
boss told Jim that Earl has been squatting at an address on Cannery
Park, and Harvey realizes that it's the opera house where he killed the
Goat ten years ago. He and Jim go there and find Ember on the same
scaffold that the Goat used ten years ago. The killer runs up to the
balcony and Harvey gives chase while Jim frees Ember. The Goat attacks
Harvey and the two men struggle. The killer prepares to beat Harvey's
skull in with a hammer, but Jim arrives in time to knock him
unconscious.
Selina breaks into Bruce's study and finds him
sleeping on the couch. She looks through the room and glances briefly at
his investigation board, and then takes a jeweled box from the desk.
When she hears Alfred approaching, Selina ducks out the window before
the butler can see her.
Oswald takes a bath and Gertrud comes
in with his clean suit. She worries that he's doing something illegal
and Oswald assures her that it's just business. Gertrud tells her son
that she's the only one he can trust, but is suspicious when Oswald says
that he has found a policeman that he can trust.
Jim and
Harvey put Earl in an interrogation room and lay out their case for
Essen. She's satisfied that they have the killer and leaves, but Harvey
still thinks that something is wrong. Milkie and Earl never met, so
there's no way that Earl could know about the penny. He figures that
they're missing something, but tells Jim to go home and get some rest so
they can start fresh in the morning. Once Jim leaves, Earl starts
clenching his fist and muttering "no," and Harvey realizes what he's
missing.
When Jim comes home, Barbara him that Renee has found a
witness and is coming to arrest him. She wants him to leave the city
with him before it's too late. Jim assures his fiancée that he didn't
kill Barbara, and she wonders what he's hiding from her. Before he can
answer, Crispus and Renee arrive and put Jim under arrest.
Harvey goes back to the Hastings house and discovers that Marks is
conducting hypnotherapy with Robert. The detective calls her out into
the hallway and says that he's done some checking. He knows that she's
been doing pro bono work as a hypnotherapist at outpatient clinics, and
treated Earl several times. Harvey points out that both Robert and Earl
were clenching their fists, and knows that hypnotherapists give their
patients a clenching gesture to use when they're trying to resist an
impulse. Marks congratulates Harvey on working out the connection and
admits that he's right and she hypnotized both men into becoming the
Goat. Harvey wonders why she did it, and Marks explains that she struck
back at a corrupt Gotham by sending her kills to target the first-born
of the rich and the corrupt. A man can't be hypnotized into doing
something against his will, but Marks assures Harvey that Milkie and
Earl wanted to kill the rich.
Robert comes out to see what's
going on, as Harvey arrests Marks. She gives Roberts a trigger phase and
he attacks Harvey. However, he manages to fight the older man off and
shoots Marks in the leg when she tries to escape.
Later at the
station, Harvey is briefing Essen when Renee and Crispus bring Jim in.
They tell Essen that they're arresting him and when Harvey objects, try
to arrest him as well. Jim tells Harvey that he didn't kill Oswald, and
Harvey assumes that he's lying to cover himself. As Essen gets into an
argument with the MCU officers over custody, Oswald comes in and
introduces himself. Furious, Harvey realizes that Jim lied to him.
Written by Gadfly on Jun 26, 2019