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A Scene From Gotham Season 3 Episode 15 “How the Riddler Got His Name” With:  

David Mazouz as Bruce Wayne 

Bruce was kidnapped by the Court of Owls and taken to someplace in the Arctic. Or somewhere with mountains and snow.  It was clever how the Court of Owls came up with the plan to get rid of Bruce and replace him with Doppelganger Bruce aka. Bruce D.  He's exactly like the real Bruce, but there are nuances that people like Alfred should be able to pick up.  It seemed like Alfred thought Bruce D wasn't Bruce at all when he left the kitchen, but we'll have to wait and see.  It's clear what the Court of Owls plans to do with Bruce based on the previews Gotham has released. They are going to train him to become Gotham's savior.  So does that mean all the monsters they created were to help with Bruce's training when he finally gets back to Gotham? It makes no sense otherwise.  I'm excited about seeing Bruce finally take a larger step toward his destiny. We already know Ra's al Ghul is coming, and I can't wait to see how Gotham handles that story.

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Gotham Season 3 Episode 15

“How the Riddler Got His Name” (SPOILER ALERT)  Gotham returned, after its second long break this season, with a fun episode that delivered big on Edward Nygma's long-game transformation into The Riddler. Here, in "How the Riddler Got His Name," Edward went on a rampage, ferociously looking for an intelligent adversary, haunted by the taunting and singing image of Oswald.

The best part of this one  aside from the story using Oswald's murder (or near-fatal shooting) to fuel the birth of Riddler as an arch-villain -- was the way it brought Lucius into the story as the only guy at the GCPD capable of possibly matching wits with Riddler. Lucius has been a flat character thus far, and one who's been utilized in questionable ways, so it was enjoyable to see him rise up here and put his mind to good use.

To date, Lucius has basically just been a plot facilitator, positioned wherever the story needs him to be - be it Wayne Enterprises or the GCPD. He's only ever been an extra set of hands or the outsider ready to give voice to an idea that the show just needed someone else to voice. So having him be the guy to, basically, thwart Edward at the end was a nice move. As was taking Jim out of the equation entirely.

Oh, naturally, Edward wanted to run Jim through his gauntlet of clues and riddles. Jim was the target. But Jim's done this type of thing so many times that it's become old hat - like people breaking into Wayne Manor or violent criminals killing cops inside the precinct. Not only has Jim already run through an early version of Edward's games (landing in prison for his troubles) but he just went through a huge Mad Hatter puzzle last fall.

Thankfully, Jim was on leave this week, which meant that Harvey and Lucius got to deal with Edward's madness their own. Jim's story dealt with his Uncle Frank and the Court of Owls (Frank's either lying to Jim or lying to Kathryn) while the Court did the old switcheroo, kidnapping Bruce and replacing him with Deuce. How they ever expect Deuce to successfully pass himself off as Bruce to the likes of Alfred and Selina, I'm not sure. He's fine for a few lines of dialogue and then maybe an "I'm tired, I think I'll turn in early," but anything beyond that will send up a ton of warning signals. Especially since both the people who are close to Bruce know he has a clone. It's not the best plan

Again though, Edward's story, which nicely combined all the elements of Edward that the show's established over the years (riddles, murder, talking to people who aren't there, etc), was the star of the show this week. Sure, it was strange for Oswald to have so much screen time as Edward's nagging subconscious when not only did we all assume he was still alive, but the episode revealed him to be alive right at the end, but overall it still worked because of the nature of Edward's mania. Also, because Edward's entire spree stemmed from Oswald's final words to him, about not knowing who he was without Oswald, it felt okay for him to appear so much in an imagined form even though he wasn't dead. 

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Hate that I can't group message both of you on tumblr but I /have/ to know which movie you haven't seen on Elyse's list and vice versa

HAHA ok on elyse's list I have not seen Talk to Me which is insane because I know I'd love it.

On my list, Elyse @emmaswanned has not seen Spirited Away (i first watched it with my fiance when he was appalled i hadn't seen any Ghibli films) or Lady Bird (which I watched on my own after i saw little women)

[mcnieves]

Can You Answer This Riddle?  A Scene From Gotham Season 3 Episode 15 “How the Riddler Got His Name” With:  

Donal Logue as Harvey Bullock 

Chris Chalk as Lucius Fox 

Cory Michael Smith as Edward Nygma / Riddler 

Nygma was searching for a qualified adversary and finally found one in Lucius Fox. It was crazy how frustrated Nygma got when people couldn't answer his riddles, and he was even more so when Foxy couldn't answer the first two of his riddles.  It was amazing how Lucius was able to save Bullock from falling to his death. Not only is the man a brainiac, he must be Superman with all that strength.Fox figured out Nygma killed Penguin, and it was Fox who helped Nygma find his new persona! It was a thrilling moment.But the thrill of The Riddler may be cut short because guess who is alive and well? That's right. Penguin lives and it's all thanks to Poison Ivy.

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Gotham Season 3 Episode 15 Review & After Show | AfterBuzz TV  

Hosts Lacretia, Lyon, Joelle Monique, and Steve Kaufmann discuss Gotham for the episode "How the Riddler Got His Name."