- Bruce and Selina go on the run after a group of assassins attack Wayne Manor. While Alfred and Bullock try to find them, Gordon tracks down the man he believes was behind the attack: Dick Lovecraft.
- "Gotham" - "Lovecraft"- Nov. 24, 2014
We open outside Wayne Manor and a garderner is telling a woman dressed all in black that she must be lost. She says she's right where she needs to be, then jumps and chokes him. Two men dressed similarly arrive and she instructs one to "open him." He slices him and she smears the gardener's blood on her head.
Meanwhile Selina and Bruce are practicing their balancing skills on a bannister. She offers to take him to a bridge in the city and try it there. She also tells him he needs to get over the murder of his parents. She offers to kiss him, but he declines, reasoning that he is not a suitable romantic partner, thus she must have an ulterior motive. She tells him, correctly, that he thinks too much and that she's trying to be nice. Bruce says he doesn't mean to offend but she doesn't strike him as nice. "Screw you orphan," she says, telling him to climb the bridge on his own.
The bloody woman arrives pretending she was in a car accident. Bruce and Selina come down, see her true intent and Alfred tells them to run while he fends off all three attackers. The kids run into a closet. The woman opens it and they are not there, it led to a secret passage. Alfred continues to fight off the men as Bruce and Selina run. He wants to help Alfred but Selina urges him on. The assailants give chase, Alfred shoots ones and also takes a hit himself in the arm. He yells "Bruce!!!"
Gordon and the cops show up and Alfred explains. Bullock shows up and finds Selina's mug shot in one of the potential abductor's pockets. Alfred realizes Gordon didn't tell his partner. Gordon fills him on Selina being a witness and Dent trying to draw out Lovecraft. Bullock calls this plan foolishness and points out that it did not work. He and Alfred, still bleeding, are livid with Jim. Bullock reminds him that the Wayne case is closed. They bicker. Alfred tells them to shut up and go find Bruce. Jim says they probably went back to Gotham where Selina feels safe. Jim is going to find Dent and talk Lovecraft. Bullock is going to look for the kids and Alfred says he's coming. Bullock says Alfred is pretty handy for a valet. Alfred notes he's a butler.
Bruce is nervous as they approach the city, he's worried about Alfred. He says she should be worried since people were trying to kill her. She notes it was his house so they were more likely trying to kill him. She says when they're safe in the city she'll find him a phone. He thanks her. She snarks she's just trying to be nice.
At the Falcone mansion Cobblepot has been brought to see the boss. Falcone wants to know how Maroni knew where his money was. Cobblepot says the robbery at the armory wasn't Maroni. Falcone wants to know when Cobblepot turned on him. Cobblepot says he is a mole. Liza enters and is startled to see Cobblepot. He says it's Fish. Falcone knows Cobblepot hates her though. He says Fish makes a lot of money for him and asks him how to find the mole. Cobblepot says the mole will be found and will belong to Fish.
One of Falcone's other thugs, Gabriel, asks Cobblepot why he didn't rat out Liza since they know she's the mole. Cobblepot says timing is everything and to watch and learn.
Jim confronts Dent who tries to claim this as a win since Lovecraft is panicking. Jim hardly sees a win in two kids being pursued by contract killers. Dent says they can get Lovecraft to call them off. Jim is trying to figure out how anyone found out. Dent says for deep background he leaked Jim's name to a couple of sources. That's how someone found out. Dent gives Jim some addresses to look for the kids. Jim says if they're hurt it's on Dent.
Bullock and Alfred interrogate a friend of Selina's to find where she hangs. In Alfred's case, this means bribery. The friend says to ask Fish Mooney since she knows all the people Selina might've fenced her stolen goods to.
Falcone has a meeting with his lieutenants and ruthlessly shoots one during dinner saying he was the one who was supposed to guard the armory and possibly betrayed him. The others now look very nervous, not wanting to end up face down in their pasta. He says whoever else was involved will hope they die fast like that guy just did. Falcone tells them that they're tariffs will now all go up 25% until they can build up the reserves. While some balk he asks Fish her opinion and she says the family sinks or swims together.
Bruce and Selina find a phone and she wonders why he cares so much about a butler. Bruce says Alfred is his family. Selina tries to ditch Bruce and says those killers were after her and he should go home and she only told him they were after him so he would hang out with her longer. He finds her reasoning convoluted. She shrugs this office and shimmies up the fire escape. Bruce gives chase across a rooftop until she jumps to the other side. Stubbornly he decides to follow. She tries to tell him to stop but he jumps and makes it barely to the other side and she hauls him over. He asks her not run off again. She assents but says now that they're in her domain they play by her rules. He agrees.
They head into a big old squat house, she calls it like a mall for street kids. They are surrounded by all kinds of homeless kids.
Fish and Butch talk about Falcone's suspicions. She tells him to stick to the plan and to go get the captains angry about their tariff being raised to come over to her side to want to overthrow Falcone. Bullock arrives with Selina's mugshot. Butch doesn't recognize her so Bullock presses for Fish. Butch says she's busy. Alfred takes him to the floor. Fish materializes. Bullock shows Fish Cat's picture. Fish asks if she's the Lovecraft witness. Fish knows the story of her witnessing the Wayne murder. Fish laughs in his face at the idea of helping find Cat. Alfred points out that Bruce is with him and beseeches her for her help. She says helping them would work against her own interests. He appeals to her sense of honor and compassion. She says she'll make somecalls but he needs to remember this kindess.
Cat gets Bruce some grungy street clothes and she says he looks badass. She runs into Mario Pepper's daughter and Bruce introduces himself. She gets agitated and angry. Cat tells her to stay cool. She tries to. Cat asks if she's seen her fence Clyde. She has and Cat hustles Bruce away from the creepy, justifiably angry, little gir.
Jim busts into one of Lovecraft's safe house and he's there. They draw down on each other and he arrests him with conspiracy to commit the murder of Selina Kyle. Lovecraft claims he didn't do it, the people after Selina came and attacked him first. Lovecraft thinks it's ridiculous that Jim thinks he is "somebody" because the people that really run the city know he's small time, like Jim and they are laughing at him running around the city on his crusade to clean it up. Lovecraft offers to give him files in his briefcase, something to do with a run on Wayne stock right before their murders as if people knew something bad would happen to them.He's about to show Jim some incriminating files when the two remaining assassins show up.Jim takes care of the guy but the woman chokes him out while Lovecraft takes off running.
Jim wakes up to an empty apartment when his phone rings. Bullock has a lead on Clyde the fence Cat uses, he and Alfred head out.
Jim searches the apartment and finds Lovecraft dead in a tub, shot in the head, his service revolver on the ground. The assassins framed him.
Cat goes to see Clyde and offers him some trinkets, mostly stolen from Wayne Manor. She asks for $1,000. The guy offers $50. Bruce is offended knowing how much the stuff is worth. Clyde says they can make a deal and Cat changes her mind and she grabs the stuff but Clyde's henchmen grab them both. He sold them out to he assassins.
The henchmen throw Bruce and Cat in a locked room in a warehouse. She eyes the skylight. They build a makeshift ladder from some shelving and file cabinets.
The assassins pay Clyde. Cat makes it to the skylight as they approach the room. She gets it to open and she and Bruce hide. The asassin sees he open window, they smack him and run out another way. Alfred and Bullock arrive and the firefight begins. The female assassin spots Bruce and he runs while Cat stays put. There is shooting, running, crouching, and hiding. Jim arrives and joins in on all of his. Bruce confronts the female assassins by throwing pipes at her from above. Jim shoots the male assassin. The female holds a gun on Bruce and asks where his girlfriend is. He says he doesn't know. She asks him again saying she doesn't want to hurt him since he's not on the contract. Cat slips away. Bruce says she's gone. The woman stands down and tells Bruce to not mistake bravery for good sense. Alfred gets the drop on her but lets her go when he sees Bruce. They reunite. They both try to put on a brave face. Alfred notes that no one employs butlers anymore and so he can't die. They hug.
Alfred brings Bruce out to Jim who thanks god when he sees him.
Dent and Jim are dragged before the mayor who is mad about their secret plan and he's angry that Lovecraft is dead. The mayor wants to call it suicide, period and since it was Jim's gun he should shut up about it. Jim is lippy but Dent caves like a kiss ass. The mayor says he needs a scapegoat and it will be Jim since Dent is a kiss ass. Jim tells the mayor to kiss his ass. This gets him reassigned to duty at Arkham Asylum. Bullock wonders if he'll take it. Jim says it's that or quit. Bullock tells him to quit. Jim says he can't. Ed Nygma is upset Jim is disgraced and offers to write a complaint to the boss and gives him a big awkward hug. Jim assures Harvey that whoever his next partner is will be less of a pain in the ass. Harvey offers to buy him a drink. Jim says sometime and throws his belongings in a box and leaves.
Cat returns to Wayne Manor and brings the stuff she nicked. He offers to let her keep it since she needs it more than he does. She says she wants to keep things honest. She says she will keep one little special box. Then she gives him a big kiss and when they hear Alfred approach she slips away. He takes the bag of stuff from Bruce and notes the house seems quiet without her. Bruce agrees.
Jim enters the gates at Arkham.
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