Gotham Season 5: 4 Ups & 1 Down From 'Pena Dura'

2. Nygma and Penguin's Relationship

With Gotham's ending in sight, it's nice to reminisce about all the things that made the show so great in the first place. One of these things, which we saw shades of again in Pena Dura, was Oswald's odd relationship with Nygma.

The characters shared a wonderful companionship during the third season, with Penguin even admitting that his feelings for Ed were a little more than platonic. The two characters lit up the screen together on numerous occasions, and actors Cory Michael Smith and Robin Lord Taylor's chemistry made the friendship all the more believable.

Having the two characters reunite at this late stage in the game is another stroke of genius on the writers' part, and it was no doubt very hard for viewers not to well up as the two foes came together one last time. The dialogue is tremedous here - as is the subtext.