Holy Writer's Guild, Batman! Gotham's producers may have honest-to God figured out how to tell a story. A violent, depressing story, to be sure, but still one with some style, verve and actual élan. I'm not sure they can keep it up, but this wasn't bad for television.

I guess it's official now that this show is just marking time in a six-episode season until the finale. But did it have to be such a structural mess?