8 Reasons Gotham's Second Season Could Fail Miserably
4. Villains Could Run Out Of Steam!
Though variations on a theme by now, this obstacle is one of the more obvious. Gotham's Bruce is to future Batman what Smallville's Clark was to future Superman, yet at least Clark was close enough in age to the time he put on the cape and tights that early encounters with Metallo, for example, never ruled out future meetings. With Gotham, we have familiar villains like Penguin and the Riddler in their late twenties or early thirties while Bruce Wayne is still a decade or more from becoming Batman.
There is no denying the necessity for Gotham to include at least some familiar faces from Batman's rogues gallery, but they should have been sparsely used and depicted as a little younger. Given a tantalizing taste with the scenes featuring Bruce and Selina together, it would have been interesting to see young Bruce Wayne meeting and even socializing with more kids his age, particularly those we know he will one day have to hunt down - making that inevitability all-the-more poignant.
A great would-be example is the future Riddler. Harking back to his late-1940's origin, Bruce could have met and befriended with the bright, yet tormented young Eddie Nygma. Their friendship (ala Clark and Lex) could have foreshadowed Batman's unique empathy and understanding stemming from his own psychological and behavioral connections to the villains he fights.