Now that there’s been a full week to digest the fact that Jerome is not the Joker and come to a good realization that the writers for Gotham are cleverer than most thought, this week the show got back to being a good old cop show.
Season two, episode four is titled “Strike Force” and with good reason. No, it’s not 2069 and aliens haven’t invaded Earth, that’s the Marvel universe, we’re still in DC here. Strike force is the name given to the newest recruits to the Gotham GCPD. Michael Chiklis made his debut as Captain Nathanial Barnes and his first mission as captain was to get rid of the crooked cops. He fired every cop who had a criminal record and made threats to get rid of any other cops that do funny business. That should make Jim Gordon sweat a little bit but for now Barnes makes Gordon his second in command. Together they go to the academy and handpick new recruits.
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