At Wayne Manor, the gardener finds a woman on the property and asks
if she's lost. The woman, Larissa Diaz, confirms where she is and then
leaps on the gardener and crushes him to death with her arms and legs.
Her two men come over and cut the gardener's body, and Larissa dabs the
blood on her forehead.
Bruce is balancing on a railing in the
manor and following Selina's instructions to keep his balance. He
finally steadies himself and they jump down, and Selina wonders why he's
researching his parents' death. Bruce says that he's trying to learn
what happened to them, and Selina off-handedly says that bad things
happen all the time and Bruce has to learn to get over it. She then asks
if he wants to kiss her, catching him off-guard. Bruce figures that she
has an ulterior motive for doing it. When Selina insists that she's
just trying to be nice, Bruce points out that she isn't a nice person
and Selina, taking offense, walks away.
When the doorbell
rings, Alfred answers it and Larissa claims that she was in a car
accident. He ushers her in but when she sees Selina, Larissa reacts and
Alfred realizes that it's a trick. He punches Larissa and tells the
teenagers to run. They run upstairs and duck through the servant's
hallway, while Larissa's two men come in. One of them fights Alfred
while the other one accompanies Larissa upstairs to find their target.
Meanwhile, Bruce wants to go back for Alfred but Selina tells him that
there's no time and gets him outside. They go over the wall just as
Larissa and her men run out. One of them turns and shoots Alfred,
hitting him in the shoulder. The butler returns fire, killing the man,
but Larissa and the other assassin go after Bruce and Selina.
When Jim arrives at Wayne Manor with the EMTs, Alfred describes Larissa
and prepares to go out to find Bruce. Jim holds him back, saying that
they need to get a full description of the killer. Harvey arrives and
figures that something is up since Jim helped Selina before when she was
abducted with the other children. Jim reluctantly explains about ADA
Dent's plan to force Lovecraft into doing something rash, and Harvey is
furious that Jim kept him in the dark. Alfred finally tells them to
focus on finding Bruce, and Jim figures that Selina went to ground in
Gotham. Harvey agrees to head out with Alfred and check his street
contacts, while Jim finds Lovecraft and convinces him to lift the
contract on Selina.
As Selina leads Bruce to Gotham, she warns
him that they can't trust anyone, including the police. She claims that
Larissa was there to kill Bruce even though she knows better. As they
get to the Midtown Bridge, Selina tells Bruce that she'll find him a
phone so that he can call Alfred, once they're safe. Bruce thanks her
and the girl sarcastically says that she's just being nice.
Falcone has his men bring Oswald to his manor and demands to know how
Maroni found out about his money at the armory. He suspects that Oswald
has turned double-agent, just as Liza comes in. She looks at Oswald and
Falcone dismisses her. Once Liza is gone, Oswald says that there's a
mole in Falcone's organization and implies that they work for Fish.
Falcone figures that Oswald is nursing his grudge against his former
employer, and insists that he can handle Fish. Oswald says that he'll
find the mole and prove they work for Fish, and Falcone lets him go...
for the moment. As Oswald's chauffeur Gabe drives his boss away, he
wonders why Oswald didn't reveal that Liza is the mole. Oswald says
he'll reveal her when the time is right, but for now he needs her close
to Fish to provide him with information.
Jim goes to Dent's
office after learning that Lovecraft disappeared 24 hours ago. Dent
figures that they panicked Lovecraft just like he wanted, but admits
that he may have given Jim's name to a couple of select sources for deep
background. Realizing that the Waynes' murderer learned of Selina from
that, Jim snaps at Dent for putting the girl in danger. Dent insists
that they need to focus on finding Lovecraft, and gives Jim the address
of one of the billionaire's condos.
At the station, Harvey
questions Macky but the street kid refuses to say anything. Alfred pays
him until Macky says that Selina has a new fence, Clyde. He doesn't know
where they can find Clyde, but says that Fish can.
Falcone has
Fish and his other lieutenants for dinner and then kills his head of
security Bannion. He explains that Bannion was in charge of the armory
and may have taken a bribe to let the Russians through. Falcone assures
his people that if there is a traitor then they'll wish that they died
as quickly as Bannion did, and then informs them that they'll be paying
an extra 25% "tax" to make up for the money that was blown up during the
robbery. Two of the gangsters, Saviano and Turski, object. Falcone asks
Fish if she sides with them, and Fish assures her superior that she
trusts him. The crime lord says that he'll trust them if they trust him
and tells everyone to eat.
On the streets of Gotham, Bruce
finds a payphone but doesn't have any money to make a call. Selina
claims that she doesn't and wonders why Bruce wants to call Alfred.
Bruce says that Alfred is his family and Selina reluctantly gives him a
coin to make a call, and then admits that the killers came for her. She
only claimed they were after Bruce so that he'd stay with her. Selina
starts to leave and Bruce insists that she come back to testify against
the killer. She tells him that was never going to happen and climbs a
fire escape to the rooftop.
Bruce goes after her and is forced
to leap over an alleyway to keep up with her. Selina tells him that he
can't make it, but Bruce makes it--barely--and Selina pulls him to
safety. Impressed, she says that he earned the chance to come with her
but tells Bruce that she has to do whatever she says. Selina takes Bruce
to The Flea, an underground market, to get him some clothes. One
red-headed girl, Ivy Pepper, recognizes Selina.
At the club,
Fish assures Butch that Falcone isn't onto them, and tells him to stick
to the plan and reach out to Turski and Saviano. She figures that
they'll soon be willing to go up against Falcone when their pockets are
empty, and then she'll make her move. As Butch agrees, Harvey and Alfred
come in and Harvey asks Butch if he's seen Selina. Butch isn't
interested in talking and refuses to let them speak with Fish. Alfred
insults Butch and then knocks him to the floor, holding a knife to his
throat, and demands to see Fish. Fish comes down and figures that Selina
is the mysterious witness against the Waynes' killer because of the
word on the street. She wonders why she should help them and Alfred,
switching gears, asks her to assist as an honorable woman. Touched, Fish
says that she'll make some calls but warns them that they'll owe her a
favor.
At the Flea, Selina gets Bruce some street clothes as
Ivy comes over. She tells Selina, her friend, that she was adopted
upstate but it didn't take. Bruce realizes that she's Mario's daughter
and introduces himself, and Ivy snaps at him, asking if he killed her
father. Bruce says that he didn't and Ivy insists that somebody set
Mario up. Selina asks Ivy for directions to Clyde and the young redhead
directs her to a factory in the Narrows. As Ivy stares at Bruce, Selina
quickly leads him away and warns that Ivy is a scary girl.
Jim
breaks into Lovecraft's condo, gun drawn, and Lovecraft draws a gun on
him. However, he quickly surrenders and tells Jim that the people who
had the Waynes killed are after him as well as Selina because he knows
too much. Jim demands answers and Lovecraft explains that right before
the Waynes died, there was a run on Wayne Enterprise stock. He figured
that he could take a cut and started digging into who was responsible.
Larissa and her remaining assassin break in and the woman tells Jim
that he doesn't have to get hurt if he stays out of her way. Jim puts up
his hands but then attacks the man as he goes for Lovecraft. Lovecraft
runs into the bathroom and the man chases him, while Larissa attacks
Jim. After a brief struggle, she chokes him unconscious and then goes
after her target. A few minutes later, Jim's phone rings, waking him up.
It's Harvey, who tells him that Fish has given them Clyde's location in
the Narrows. Once he hangs up, Jim looks for Lovecraft and finds him
dead in the bathroom… shot in the head with Jim's gun. Realizing that
Larissa has set him up, Jim has no choice but to call it in.
Selina and Bruce meet Clyde in an abandoned factory in the Narrows and
Selina sells all of Bruce's things that she's been taking from the
manor. When Bruce tries to interrupt their haggling, Selina tells Clyde
to ignore him. Clyde refuses to pay what the items are worth and Selina
threatens to leave. Clyde has his men hold them and says that he has
some friends coming to meet Selina. As Clyde's men take them to an
upstairs office, Larissa and her killer show up outside. Once they're
locked up, Bruce and Selina drag over a rack of shelves and Selina
climbs up to the skylight winch.
Larissa pays Clyde off and she
sends her man up to collect the teenagers. Meanwhile, Selina gets the
skylight open just as the assassin kills in. He sees the open skylight
but Bruce and Selina hit him from behind and hide in the factory.
Larissa hears the noise and her and her assassin starts searching for
them.
Harvey and Alfred pull up outside the factory and Clyde's
thugs open fire on them. While Harvey provides cover fire, Alfred
enters the factory looking for Bruce.
Bruce finds an open window and gestures to Selina, and then draws Larissa away.
Jim arrives and joins Harvey, and the two detectives move in.
Bruce goes up the stairs leading back to the office, then turns and throws some pipes at Larissa when she tries to follow him.
Jim and Harvey split up to look for the teenagers. One thug gets the drop on Harvey from behind but Jim shoos him.
Larissa quickly climbs up a chain and grabs Bruce as he runs away. She
prepares to shoot him unless he tells her where Selina is. Selina is
climbing out the window below, and Bruce tells Larissa that her target
is gone. The assassin considers killing him, but then tells him to never
confuse bravery for good sense. She slips away as Alfred arrives, and
Bruce calmly thanks Alfred for coming but that he's okay. The butler
admits that Bruce scared him, and Bruce breaks down and hugs him,
crying. They then go to where Jim and Harvey are cleaning things up.
The next day, Mayor James speaks with Dent and Jim in Essen's office.
He wonders what he should tell the press about Lovecraft's murder. Jim
wants to go public with the whole thing, but the mayor says that he
knows Jim didn't kill Lovecraft. However, he's going to declare
Lovecraft's death a suicide. Dent agrees and James warns them that
they're threatening to take down Gotham's foundations, including
himself. He can't afford to look weak so he's going to take Jim down
instead. Dent starts to protest but James tells the ADA that he knows
how the game is played but Jim didn't, so Jim will suffer for what
happened. Jim tells Mayor James to kiss his ass and walks out.
Later, James and Dent hold a press conference and announce that
Lovecraft killed himself after Jim unjustly pressured him. James plans
to discipline Jim for is actions.
At his desk, Jim is packing
and tells Harvey that James is transferring him to Arkham Asylum to work
as a security guard. As Nygma comes over, Jim wishes Harvey better luck
with his next partner. The CSI tech says that he's going to write a
letter of protest and then gives Jim an awkward hug. Once he leaves,
Harvey shakes his ex-partner's hand and offers him to buy Jim a drink
sometime soon.
At the manor, Bruce is going over his data on
his parents' murder when Selina slips into the study. She says that she
came because she didn't want to be rude, and returns everything she
stole except for one silver cigarette case. Bruce gratefully lets her
keep it and she says that she wanted to keep things honest between them.
Selina then startles Bruce by kissing him and, hearing Alfred coming,
slips out. Alfred, well aware of who was there, asks Bruce who he was
talking to, and the boy says that he was talking to himself. The butler
closes the window and says that things will be quiet around the manor
now and Bruce agrees.
Jim walks up to the gates of Arkham, hesitates, and then goes in.
Written by Gadfly on Jun 26, 2019