Gotham: 10 BEST Changes To The Comics

Gotham has just finished airing its fifth and final season this year, and while it was never perfect, there's no denying that the show was always full of surprises.

The series faced strong backlash from fans from the get-go for its fast and loose approach to the source material, particularly for adding character dynamics and personality traits that strayed to the point of being almost unrecognisable (looking at you Lee Thompkins), as well as age differences that didn't quite add up. After an extremely bumpy first season where the show couldn't decide if it wanted to be a police procedural in Gotham, or a Batman origin story, it made the bold choice of being both (or neither, depending on who you ask).

The second season saw a complete overhaul of its dynamic, introducing classic Batman villains like Mr Freeze into a Batman-less Gotham for the Gotham City Police Department to deal with, and James Gordon in particular.

While this new status quo elicited ire from many fans, there were many who wholeheartedly embraced the wonderful madness and violence that the show wielded. Now that the show has reached its thrilling climax, it's time to celebrate the ten best changes made to the comics.

Both Riddler and Penguin have incredible story arcs throughout the series, highlighting their highs and lows on their way to the top of the Batman villains food chain. The two characters had little interaction with each other in Gotham's sophomore season, but their meeting and subsequent prison break from Arkham in season two saw a match made in heaven.

The two adversaries were re-designed as having an on-again-off-again friendship (although it is implied that Penguin wanted more).

The relationship is a strong departure from the comics, in which the two characters have had little interaction with each other, let alone a long-standing partnership. The change brings about some of the most interesting story telling that Gotham has to offer, particularly in its more heated moments of betrayal and their sentimental exchanges with one another.

Although much of the season finale - set ten years in the future - resets and realigns the series' continuity for the arrival of Batman, the respective releases of Penguin and Riddler from Blackgate Prison and Arkham Asylum reunited this deviation in their pact to take down the new vigilante of Gotham. The pact is a great service for fans of the series, letting them know that love is not lost in Gotham - even for the morally delinquent.