Gotham Season 2: 10 Awesome Moments (And 4 That Sucked)
7. Jerome Betrayed
I mentioned in this article that the show-runner of Gotham, Bruno Heller, loves himself a red herring so much that he refuses to eat anything but. Incidentally, he should see a doctor because he may or may not have mercury poisoning. Jerome was a red herring in the truest sense of the world and heres why; the guy was the Joker. He was the 80s glam rock Joker, but with that laugh and the way he carried himself about? Come on. The entire audience got Rick Rolld by the Rick Astley of Jokers. Seeing Jerome cast as the unstable stepping stone in Theos grasp for public affection was a definite swerve. When a heart punches a knife really hard, generally the knife wins every time so Jerome is gone (unless a certain Scott Snyder plot point from the comics comes to fruition the possibility of the Joker being immortal). It was a brilliant ploy by Glavan and completely sinister. All in all, Jerome was something to keep the lingering viewer in tune because the Joker and his allure is money. It's a little bittersweet, as Cameron Monoghan gave an entertaining performance. One that was unsettling yet gave you a little kick as if you were his accomplice Jerome was electric in a host of fun scenes, from the school bus barbecue to the GCPD massacre. In particular, the scene in which he pulls the trigger three times in a row in Russian roulette was a standout. Monoghan's convincing acting helped prove that Jerome was the real deal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLJz288AY0M
