Line #14 Recap/GothamS3E1BetterToReignInHell


1	Directed by Creator/DannyCannon
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3	Written by Creator/JohnStephens
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5	Six months after the mass breakout from Indian Hill, the monsters are running rampant on Gotham's streets. Gordon, now a bounty hunter, chases them down for reward. Meanwhile, Bruce seeks out the conspiracy behind his company.
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8	!!Tropes:
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10	* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: Lee has moved on from Gordon. Gordon, while heartbroken, knows better than to try to damper her new-found happiness.
11	* AesopAmnesia: Selina forgets that working with Fish is something she always regrets, since she's always out of her depth.
12	* BadGuyBar: Barbara and Tabitha have opened one.
13	* BatmanGambit: Gordon figures out Fish's attempt to bait him into leading her to Peabody, and goes along with it. It backfires.
14	* BoomHeadshot: Penguin executes the gang leader who tried to hustle Barbara this way.
15	* BountyHunter: Gordon has taken up this line of work after leaving the GCPD, specializing in capturing Indian Hill escapees.
16	* CallForward:
17	** Gordon remarking to Bullock that "Gotham will never run out of monsters to hunt."
18	** Valerie Vale is either an {{Expy}} or an older relative of [[Characters/BatmanSupportingCast Vicki Vale]].
19	** At Peabody's safe house, Gordon captures one of Hugo Strange's mutants, who appears to be a version of the [[Characters/BatmanSupportingCast Man-Bat]].
20	* CarFu: The mutant Gordon is fighting in the beginning of the episode gets run over and killed by a truck.
21	* CompleteTheQuoteTitle: The title is the first part of "Better to reign in hell than serve in Heaven" from ''Literature/ParadiseLost''.
22	* CurseCutShort: When Oswald is negotiating with Barbara and Tabitha.
23	-->'''Tabitha:''' You can take your offer and [[AssShove stick it up]]--\
24	'''Barbara:''' We'll think about it, Ozzie.
25	* CuttingTheKnot: The TropeNamer is referenced by Nygma, when advising Penguin on simply taking the direct route when dealing with Fish.
26	* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: Barbara mocks the mobster's attempt to say "club" with an injured face impeding his speech.
27	-->'''Barbara:''' What's a cwub?
28	* ExactEavesdropping: Gordon arrives at Leslie's home at the precise right moment to hear someone inside, look through the window, see her kissing another man and realize she's moved on with her life without him, and quietly leave without creating a really awkward situation.
29	* ForcedToWatch: Selina can't stop Ivy from being [[PlotRelevantAgeUp (seemingly)]] killed by Fish's goons.
30	* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse: When Fish asks this of Ivy regarding the fugitives' hideout, Ivy foolishly confirms she hasn't...yet.
31	* HeKnowsTooMuch:
32	** The Court of Owls sends a Talon to abduct Bruce in order to stop him investigating their control of Wayne Enterprises.
33	** Fish's gang tries to kill Ivy for stumbling onto their hideout.
34	* KarmicDeath: Peabody is killed by one of the people she experimented on in Indian Hill.
35	* InsultBackfire: When Butch is trying to defend himself from Barbara's accusations:
36	-->'''Butch''': Hello, she's crazy. She was in Arkham!
37	-->'''Penguin''': Hello, so was I!
38	* MistakenIdentity: In what will probably be a running theme, Ivy mistakes Bruce's copy for him.
39	* MuggingTheMonster: A gang tries to shake down Barbara, thinking she's just someone stupid enough to build in their territory without anything to back it up with. She and Tabitha kill two of them and beat the crap out of their leader.
40	* MysteriousWatcher: Bruce's doppleganger is observing him from a distance.
41	* PetTheDog: The only reason Penguin hasn't killed Tabitha for killing his mother is out of courtesy to Butch.
42	* PowerAtAPrice: The more Fish uses her powers, the more her body rejects the foreign DNA and breaks down.
43	* RapidAging: Marv, one of the Indian Hill escapees, has the power to make a person age decades in a matter of seconds just by touching them with his bare hands. He uses this power to kill people.
44	* ShoutOut: The episode's title is a reference to ''Literature/ParadiseLost'', where Satan proclaims, after finding himself and Beelzebub in Hell, "better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven."
45	* TimeSkip: The episode opens shortly after the last season finale, and then jumps ahead six months.
46	* TooDumbToLive: Ivy petulantly telling the Indian Hill escapees to leave her alone or she'll tell everyone about them. [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Selina can only groan]].
47	* VillainousFriendship: Penguin has been visiting Nygma in Arkham and bringing him gifts.

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