Gotham S04E09 Review: Bacon

Gotham, Season 4, Episode 9: Let Them Eat Pie

A bit of a weaker episode of Gotham, really. Professor Pyg's third (?) outing involves him killing a bunch of homeless people, baking them into pies, and then putting the rich people of Gotham City (including Penguin and Sofia) into hostage -- eat the people pies, or Pyg's going to kill Martin the mute boy. I completely forgot to talk about Martin in my previous episode's review, but he's been befriended by Penguin and kind of works as his agent to spy on Sofia, while Penguin himself is very much aware that Martin may or may not be a little fake-friend placed by Sofia. 

So in other words, it's a huge, huge coincidence that Pyg threatens the only kid that Penguin cares about, and without Penguin's insane "EAT THE PIES, EVERYBODY!" scream, the rest of the jackass Gothamite rich folk doesn't honestly seem to care. I'm not sure how this ends up working for Pyg's huge goal of ridding Gotham City of its corrupt policemen either, which makes the whole Pyg plotline feel absoltuely underwhelming. 

Gordon and Bullock's split, while well done last episode, didn't really feel that well-executed this time around. Bullock feels betrayed, while Gordon does generic action hero things while being confused about how he feels about Sofia (who's clearly worming her way into the higher-ups of Gotham City's criminal world). It's not particularly engaging. 

Oh, meanwhile, Penguin and Sofia have a bigger rift than before. I think the Penguin/Sofia stuff is the best part of the episode, especially with Sofia's motivations being a huge mystery to both Penguin and us, the viewers. It's definitely entertaining, although I'm not quite sure if it really saves the episode from being decidedly sub-par. 

Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne continues his trek to moral decay as he's absolutely disillusioned about the lack of resolution after avenging his parents' death and leaves Alfred in the middle of the Wayne grounds while he buggers off to party with his friends. It's okay, but I find that I don't particularly care that much about this section of the show. That whole 'you're my butler, not my father' scene is hella effective, though. 

Overall, though, it ends up really feeling more like a filler episode and a quick way to put Professor Pyg aside for the moment. And I find myself not impressed by it. Not a bad episode, but definitely sub-par.