Adam Lenhardt
Senior HTF Member
I was pleasantly surprised by the season premiere. The show still isn't great television, but after a season of groping around trying to figure out what it was, this premiere had a much stronger sense of itself.
The gorgeous, heightened look of urban decay remains as captivating as ever.
Barbara was my least favorite character in the first season, as the show flailed about trying to figure out what to do with her, but she was my favorite character in the season premiere. Barbara the self-aware psychotic is entertaining every moment she's on screen. Erin Richards has locked onto the character in a way she never did before she murdered her parents. Her voicemail to Lee Thompkins was priceless.
With Gordon we simultaneously see the first major step on the path that will make him commissioner someday. But it's also the first serious corruption of his soul. He didn't violate his profession, since his profession had been robbed of him at the time. But he killed a man that he wouldn't have been in a position to kill if he'd stayed on the straight and narrow.
They're lucking out with David Mazouz as Bruce. At barely fourteen, he's already nearly as tall as Gordon. Bruce did a pretty good job talking Gordon into doing what he wanted him to. And the letter from Thomas Wayne was one of the better pieces of writing from this show so far.
They're getting better at writing to Camren Bicondova's strengths and limitations. She's a terrific physical performer, who conveys so much through the way Selina moves and the way Selina carries herself. On the other hand, she's extremely limited at selling dialogue. So they're returning the character to her more taciturn roots, and it worked well for this episode.
I'm so used to James Frain's British accent that it was jarring to to hear him speak with a fairly flawless American one. Given his character's machinatons so far, I wouldn't be surprised if "Theo Galavan" is an alias. His sister is very obviously Tigress.
As great as his sinister laugh is, I really hope Jerome doesn't turn out to be the Joker.
The gorgeous, heightened look of urban decay remains as captivating as ever.
Barbara was my least favorite character in the first season, as the show flailed about trying to figure out what to do with her, but she was my favorite character in the season premiere. Barbara the self-aware psychotic is entertaining every moment she's on screen. Erin Richards has locked onto the character in a way she never did before she murdered her parents. Her voicemail to Lee Thompkins was priceless.
With Gordon we simultaneously see the first major step on the path that will make him commissioner someday. But it's also the first serious corruption of his soul. He didn't violate his profession, since his profession had been robbed of him at the time. But he killed a man that he wouldn't have been in a position to kill if he'd stayed on the straight and narrow.
They're lucking out with David Mazouz as Bruce. At barely fourteen, he's already nearly as tall as Gordon. Bruce did a pretty good job talking Gordon into doing what he wanted him to. And the letter from Thomas Wayne was one of the better pieces of writing from this show so far.
They're getting better at writing to Camren Bicondova's strengths and limitations. She's a terrific physical performer, who conveys so much through the way Selina moves and the way Selina carries herself. On the other hand, she's extremely limited at selling dialogue. So they're returning the character to her more taciturn roots, and it worked well for this episode.
I'm so used to James Frain's British accent that it was jarring to to hear him speak with a fairly flawless American one. Given his character's machinatons so far, I wouldn't be surprised if "Theo Galavan" is an alias. His sister is very obviously Tigress.
As great as his sinister laugh is, I really hope Jerome doesn't turn out to be the Joker.
