Toen Gotham begon was ik er helemaal weg van, de verwijzingen naar de karakters uit het DC universum was heel subliem en cool gedaan. Ondertussen zit de show met 11 afleveringen op de helft van het eerste seizoen en is het steeds saaier en slechter aan het worden. Daarom heeft de website Dailydot.com nu deze lijst gemaakt met zeven problemen die de serie heeft. Waar ik het overigens helemaal eens mee ben.

6) The "villain of the week" shtick is getting old and cheesy.

Who could forget the episode "Viper," which had street thugs breathing in a hallucinogenic pathogen that temporarily gave them superhuman strength-resulting in some atrocious CGI created buffoonery. Gotham could be NYPD Blue but with a harder, more comic-book oriented edge, exploring the criminal element as a serious threat. However, even as Gotham tries to borrow from that show loosely, it's hard to take the show seriously when the villains are laughably over-the-top.

Instead of Gordon and Bullock investigating Gotham's seedy underbelly, we have episodes like "The Balloonman," where Gordon and Bullock must take down a vigilante that kills people with... balloons. (Unfortunately, The Cheesecakeman was unavailable because Gordon is lactose intolerant.) We're all familiar with the "villain of the week" story gimmick, which Smallville utilized all too well in its early seasons before switching to more serialized storytelling. It's actually something that many procedural shows do, especially the cop procedurals Gotham is trying to emulate.

If Gotham wants to emulate cop procedurals, it needs to stop giving us needlessly cheesy villains and start giving us actual pulpy storylines. One of the strongest episodes of the season was "Spirit of the Goat," despite the corny title. It featured an actual murder investigation and showed Bullock-normally shown as inept-as a genuine detective. If Gotham wants to improve, showing us more of that nitty-gritty would go a long way.