Gotham Season 4 Episode 2 "The Fear Reaper" Review

Gordon is forced to face his inner demons when he tries to bring in Jonathan Crane to prove that the GCPD is still powerful.

This was a really great and entertaining episode that did do a good job at furthering the Scarecrow story that they are telling and adding a whole bunch of new stuff. And I was a little disappointed that they didn't clear up the one part I had questions on earlier which did the fear gas wear off or is there some kind of cure because right away in this episode they showed Penguin and he seemed fine like it wore off. But then later when Gordon gets hit by the gas they make it seem like the only way for him to get over his fear is is to conquer it, and when that happens Crane seemed really surprised like he didn't know there was a cure in general. And then Gordon discovered that just getting the gas off of the peoples faces cured them, and Gordon was surprised by that so that must have not been known. So just all the parts surrounding how to get over the fear gas were really confusing and hard to follow. I loved the scene where Gordon was going into the asylum alone and the way all the shots were constructed made it look like a haunted house kind of thing where you didn't know when someone might pop out. Then the relationship between Gordon and the GCPD was really interesting because most of the department isn't on Gordon's side and he is struggling to keep them believing in themselves and Gordon can't seem to find the right words to give them hope. Then the side stories with Silena, Tabatha, and Barbra where really kind of interesting with them teaming up to create a business that would kind of undermine Penguin, and I really loved it because it had an almost Sirens like feel to it. Then the parts with Ivy were amazing with them furthering her Poison Ivy story farther where she is sick of being the background character so she found a bunch of stuff to make her stronger. And I think it would be really cool if they do have this stuff become the serium that make it so no one can touch her. Then the parts with Bruce were alright because it did further his story more down the road towards becoming the dark knight, but I didn't care for it as much because he is so arrogent. The way he is acting and talking it is like he thinks nothing and hurt him and that is a hero that I have a hard time getting behind. But still I have to say this was a really entertaining and interesting episode and I can't wait to see what they will do with Scarecrow next.