'Gotham' Episode 3: 'Balloonman' Is the Vigilante Gotham Needs Right Now

Even just a few episodes in, it’s getting harder to believe that Gotham will keep its word and not ever be about Batman.

“Balloonman,” the third installment of the Fox prequel series that aired Monday night, was all about foreshadowing the rise of the Dark Knight — or at least the reason for him to exist.

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“Everybody has to matter or nobody matters,” says detective James Gordon, rationalizing why he and his partner should go after the killer of a widely loathed Bernie Madoff-type ponzi schemer. “Otherwise people lose faith. And that’s when we get vigilantes.” Read more...

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