A mugger approaches Bruce underneath the bridge, but Selina appears
and warns him off. She then tells Bruce that she confirmed that the
police found Reggie's body and he's actually dead. Bruce demands to know
why Selina killed him, and she reminds him that Reggie was going to
tell Bunderslaw that they were onto him. She points out that she saved
Bruce's life, and that he wanted to kill Reggie but didn't have the guts
to do it. Bruce points out that Bunderslaw will come after them anyway
and suggests that they break into Bunderslaw's safe to find out what
he's been hiding. He knows that all of the safes at Wayne enterprises
require a key, and Selina figures that she can get it from him if she
can get close to him. As she goes, Selina warns Bruce not to tell anyone
what she did.
Edward is in Leslie's lab stabbing watermelons
to determine stab patterns when Jim storms in and asks where Leslie is.
Edward says that she went home and Jim takes off.
At her
apartment, Leslie is taking a bath when she hears someone moving in the
apartment. She sees that Jim has called but grabs a kitchen knife and
checks the apartment. Leslie finds a stray cat under the bed and turns
it out past the open window it came in through, and then grabs her phone
and hits the man coming up behind her. It's Jim, and Leslie apologies
as she tends to his cut. He tells her about how the Ogre is going after
the loved ones of the police detectives who try to investigate his
murders, and asks Leslie to leave Gotham. She refuses and when she says
that she likes the fact that she's her loved one, Jim says that he loves
her.
Jason goes to a bar and meets Barbara. She takes him to
her apartment and confirms that Selina isn't there. Jason notices an
invitation to the Wayne Enterprises charity ball and Barbara casually
says that she goes there every year. When Jason asks if she has a
boyfriend, Barbara angrily denies it and says that if she died then
nobody would notice. Behind her, Jason pulls a knife and moves toward
her, but then hides it as Barbara turns around. She says that he would
run screaming if he saw who she really was. Surprised, Jason says that
Barbara isn't what he expected, and she tells him to close the door on
his way out.
At Oswald's nightclub, Oswald puts off Gertrud and
says that he has to meet with a man. He then goes up to the balcony and
talks to a hitman, Connor. Oswald wants him to kill Maroni and his men,
but Connor isn't interested when he confirms that Falcone isn't
involved. As he starts to leave, Oswald says that if Connor successfully
kills Maroni then Falcone will use him instead of Zsasz for his wet
work. Connor agrees to hear Oswald out and arranges a meeting for later.
The next day, Jim and Harvey call in Detective Ben Mueller, the officer
who investigated the Ogre's first murder eight years ago. Jim points
out that thanks to Mueller, eleven more women were murdered, and asks
what Mueller found eight years ago that set the Ogre off. Mueller's
notebook has the last page scratched out, and Mueller admits that the
Ogre killed his wife and he dropped the case rather than put his
daughter at risk. Jim shows Mueller photos of the other eleven dead
women, and Mueller says that he discovered that the first victim, Julie
Kimble, worked at a plastic surgery clinic. As Jim and Harvey go to the
clinic, Harvey tells Mueller that they'll put cops on Mueller's daughter
until they capture the Ogre. As Jim and Harvey leave the station ,
they're unaware that Jason is watching them.
Edward visits
Kristin at the lab, bringing her a watermelon salad. She and Tom are
kissing, and Edward stares in shock. Tom strolls out and Edward says
that Jim wanted him to review the forensic evidence from the Ogre case.
He notices bruises on Kristin's arm and asks what happened, and Kristin
admits that Tom got rough with her. However, she tells Edward that it's
none of his concern.
At the manor, Bruce is reviewing his files
on Bunderslaw when Alfred comes in and says that he feels much better.
Bruce tells him that he's going to the ball and then asks Alfred if when
he killed people, he thought it was necessary. Alfred says that it was
and insists on going with Bruce, and Bruce admits that he's taking
Selina. The butler insists that he's going but will wait outside, and
Bruce tells him to have a dress delivered to Selina at her current
address.
At the clinic, Jim and Harvey meet with Dr. Darren
Cushman. He says that Julie started at the clinic just a few days before
she was murdered. A patient referred her but Cushman refuses to divulge
is name. Harvey promises to get a warrant and they leave. Jim spots a
car in the alleyway across the street and recognizes it from the station
house. The two men approach it but Jason hits the accelerator and
drives past them, and the two detectives dive aside just in time.
When they get back to the station, the partners tell Essen what happen,
and admits that they don't have any leads. Jason calls Jim and says
that he isn't impressed by his threats, and quotes newspapers talking
about Jim's sterling reputation. He promises that he will kill one of
Jim's loved ones unless he drops the investigation, and then hangs up.
Essen and Harvey come over and Jim says that they have to show the Ogre
that they're not afraid of him.
Later, Jim calls a press
conference. Once he confirms that Leslie is okay with him taking the
case public, Jim tells the reporters that he's going after the ogre and
he won't stop until he has him in custody.
Barbara is choosing
dresses for the ball when Selina comes in and casually says that she's
going to the ball as well. The deliverymen arrive with boxes of
everything that Selina needs, and Barbara says that they have a lot of
work to do.
At the station, Harvey receives word that the
warrant came through and a Constance Van Groot referred Julie to the
clinic. Jim remembers that the Van Groots made their money in shipping,
and he figures that Constance had a son.
At the nightclub,
Oswald tells Butch that Connor and his men will dispose of Maroni. Butch
hastily tells him that Maroni is already there, and points to where the
mobster is sitting with Gertrud, drinking. Maroni notices them looking
and tells Oswald to join them.
Bruce arrives at the apartment
and introduces himself to Barbara. Selina comes in, wearing her new
dress, and complains that her feet hurt.
Jim and Harvey go to
the Van Groot manor and break in when no one answers the door. They hear
someone gasping and find the butler, Jacob Skolimski, hanging himself.
They cut him down and Harvey checks the upstairs while Jim looks around.
Jim finds photos of a boy but in each of them, the face has been ripped
off. Meanwhile, Harvey calls Jim upstairs and shows him the long-dead
corpse of Constance Van Groot.
At the ball, Bruce and Selina
dance. When she complains that people are staring at them, Bruce figures
that they're just staring at him and looks for Bunderslaw.
After the CSU team arrives, Harvey tells Essen what they've found out.
They figure that the Ogre is Jacob's son, and Jason killed Constance.
Jacob then pretended that Constance was alive so that they could live
on her money. Jim confirms that there's no record of Jason and they
question Jacob. When they tell the man that his son has killed a dozen
women, Jacob doesn't believe it and tells them that his son only made
one mistake.
After they dance, Bruce tells Selina that she
can't kill again. He says that there's a line and he won't cross it, but
Selina insists that she'd do it again if she had to and it wouldn't
bother her. Before Bruce can pursue the matter, Bruce sees Bunderslaw
and he and Selina go over to the man.
At the station, Edward
talks to Tom and says that he knows he hurt Kirstin. Tom says that it's
clear Edward has never been with a woman because he'd know that they
need a strong hand. Edward promises that he won't let Tom hurt Kirstin,
but the detective says that there's nothing Edward can do and walks off.
When Barbara arrives at the ball, Jason comes up to her and invites her to dance.
Jacob tells the detectives that that Constance treated Jason as her own
son, but it was all a game to her. When Jason finally demanded that
Constance legally recognize him as her own ten years ago, she refused.
Jason killed her and Jacob helped his son cover it up. Since Jason
left, Jacob hasn't seen him since but Jason called him that day to warn
him that the police were on their way. When Jim says that Jason seduced
twelve women and killed them, Jacob laughs and shows his only two
remaining photos of his son. As the detectives stare at them, Jacob says
that Jason could never seduce anyone.
Later, Jim goes back to
the clinic and shows Cushman Jacob's photo of Jason. He demands to know
if Cushman operated on the man in the photo, whose face is horribly
disfigured, and the doctor finally says that he did.
At the ball, Jason and Barbara dance.
At the nightclub, Maroni flirts with Gertrud over Oswald's objections.
When Oswald sys that they have to be going home, Maroni asks Gertrud if
she knows her son is a psychopath who has killed a dozen men, including
his best friend. As Gertrud recoils in horror, Oswald hugs her and vows
to kill Maroni. Maroni, unimpressed says that either one of them may end
up dead but at least Gertrud knows the truth.
Jason tells Barbara that he donated $10,000 to the charity once he saw Barbara's invitation,
Edward follow Kristin home to her apartment and watches her go inside.
Jason tells Barbara that he felt something between them, and that a
woman once told him the same thing that Barbara said people told her. It
almost destroyed him, but then he overcame it. Barbara tries to leave,
but Jason pulls her back and says that he recreated himself... and
offers to do the same for her. Barbara admits that she's tired of
hearing, and Jason whispers in her ear.
As Bruce distracts
Bunderslaw, Selina steals the safe key from his pocket and then
duplicates it. She tries to put it back just as Bunderslaw starts to go.
Bruce keeps Bunderslaw there long enough for Selina to return the key.
Once the man is gone, Selina sees Barbara leave with Jason. Bruce
notices that his friend is distracted and Selina says that it's nothing.
Tom walks up to Kristin's apartment and Edward confronts him. He tells
the officer to leave Gotha, but Tom refuses, figuring that Edward has a
thing for Kristin. Tom punches Edward in the gut and Edward draws a
pocketknife and stabs Tom in the chest. They struggle and Edward stabs
Tom repeatedly. Shocked, he stares at his bloody hands and staggers way.
Oswald takes his mother home and apologizes, claiming that Maroni was
joking. Gertrud doesn't believe it and tells her son that she'll love
him no matter what. However, if he lies to her now it will break her
heart. Gertrud asks for the truth and Oswald insists that he's nothing
but a nightclub owner. His mother stares at him for a moment and then
says that she's going to bed because she's tired. A deliveryman arrives
at the door and says that he has flowers from Maroni to Gertrud.
Furious, Oswald tells him to tell Maroni that he's a dead man. As the
deliveryman starts to go, Oswald breaks the vase, says that he'll tell
Maroni himself, and stabs the deliveryman to death. Gertrud asks who it
is, and Oswald says that the next-door neighbor needs help and then
drags the corpse away.
Jim and Harvey tell Essen that Jason
checked into the clinic using Constance's last name and her money.
However, there's no Jason listed und either name. They figure that Jason
met the nurse at the clinic and made Julie his first victim. Cushman
has made a sketch of Jason from what he remembers from ten years ago. As
they try to come up with any other leads, Jim remembers Jason quoting
from the newspaper and that it had a photo of him at a charity ball...
with Barbara. He goes to Barbara's apartment and finds Selina there. She
says that Barbara left the ball with a guy, and identifies him as the
man in the sketch.
Jason takes Barbara to his apartment and she
notices a door off to the side. When she asks what's behind it, Jason
invites her to go in and see. Inside is his abattoir, and Jason comes up
to Barbara as she stares at the cutting tools.
Written by Gadfly on Jun 26, 2019