This past Monday on Gotham, more overall story advancement is in continued flux. Among the highlights was Fish Mooney (portrayed by Jada Pinkett-Smith) ordering young ladies to seduce her before having them fight each other for the right to be her understudy in the Gotham Underworld.
The main issue here at LesFan of course is the ongoing saga of Jim/Barbara/Renee. While Renee Montoya did not make an appearance this week, she was mentioned by both Barbara and Jim as this tangled little romance angle marches on.
There is now a rift between Jim and his (probably) future wife, Barbara due in part to the revelation to Jim about Barbara and Renee’s past relationship. According to Barbara, that relationship lasted approximately one year before Barbara broke it off and wound up with Jim. Upon finding out, Jim is seemingly unfazed by Barbara’s bisexual coming out to him with Barbara even bringing up, “because she’s a girl?” and Jim’s reaction further showing as much. Instead, Jim became upset over being lied to, as he did not know there was a past relationship between Barbara and one of Jim’s co-workers, a co-worker that suspects him of murder.
This has made for a very uncomfortable situation and refreshingly it has nothing to do with sexuality and everything to do with the overall plotline. Ultimately, Barbara wanted there to be no secrets between she and Jim, with Renee having already mentioned Oswald Cobblepot (the Penguin) and Jim’s apparent murder of him to her. In case you are wondering, Oswald is still alive with Jim having only attempted to scare him off, which by the way did not work.
Jim chose to stay silent on the issue with so much at stake and for the moment it appears this has cost him his relationship with Barbara. With Renee appearing to still have feelings for Barbara, does this spell doom for Gordon engagement? Does this open the door for Detective Montoya and Miss Kean to re-connect, setting up a tug-of-war between Jim and Renee for Barbara’s affections?
What’s up with Fish Mooney anyway?
We hope to have more answers next week here at LesFan as we anticipate the next episode of Gotham. Same LesFan time! Same LesFan channel!
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