8 Small Details You Only Notice Rewatching Gotham
Because the devil is so often in the detail.
It's a little crazy to think that it's been barely eighteen months since FOX's Gotham concluded. But like so many things, 2020 has kind of distorted all sense of time and reality right now.
There may have been a somewhat premature end for the series in April 2019, yet the truth is that Gotham was lucky to have had the chance to do one final season to bring the series to a close - that being that the decision for a shorter, ten-episode fifth and final season of Gotham came at a time when FOX opted to simply swing the axe on so many other shows of the time.
Across its five years, Gotham managed to serve up the nicely rounded figure of a grand total of a hundred episodes, with the show bringing to life a who's who of comic book character associated with Batman and his world. And in those five seasons, like many a TV series, there were a whole host of ups and downs.
Upon a rewatch of Gotham, though, what jumps are out a number of relatively small pieces of detail and information that were likely missed the first time out - and here are eight such things you only pick up on when revisiting this modern-day genre favourite.
8. The Time And Setting Doesn't Matter
When Gotham first began to air back in 2014, it took a little while to get used to the unique feel and setting of the show.
Gotham was a strange show in that regard, where it had an old, almost noir feel to it, yet the series had a whole slew of advanced technology laced throughout it. In that way, Gotham was a little like the classic Batman: The Animated Series - where it was hard to pinpoint just when the series was set.
That felt like a major issue during Gotham's infancy, with it adding a sense of confusion to proceedings. But now, in hindsight, that initial issue feels like a big ol' bunch of people making something out nothing. Gotham was always set out to be a completely fresh beast of its own, and one way in which it did that was in its mixture of classic 1920s era architecture and style combined with plentiful more modern-day elements.
At least in regards to live-action Gotham City-based projects, all of this came together to make Gotham very much stand out from the pack as something entirely different. And likewise, it was all about crafting its own canon rather than religiously sticking to what had been seen in comics.