The episode ends with Gordon on the roof of the GCPD, seeing the explosion and then watching all the lights in Gotham go out. He then broadcasts his own message, inviting citizens to take part in a “The Purge”-esque night of mayhem and murder, before blowing up the city’s power plant with Dwight (who he doesn’t forgive for cutting off his face) inside. Anyway, by this point, Dwight has been foiled by Gordon and Bullock, but Jerome manages to sneak him out of their custody. My favorite moment was when Jerome demanded to know who beat him to the punch killing Galavan (who, we’re reminded, betrayed and murdered Jerome) and Leslie casually asked which time, heh. What follows is a fun scene where Jerome – his bloody visage wrapped in bandages – has a nonplussed Leslie catch him up on what he missed being dead. Unbeknownst to Dwight, he was actually successful in bringing Jerome back to life as our favorite (if faceless) ginger Maniax comes to in Leslie’s lab at the GCPD. I really liked the small touches in the show’s portrayal of the cult – a gang member fanboying out when he meets Gordon, the mole sermonizing about how Jerome changed his life, Gordon realizing that Dwight is just parroting back things Jerome said to him last year, etc. Presenting himself to the at-first skeptical followers, he sells them on the idea that “We are Jerome!” and they set out to rally the city to their crazy cause by taking a local newscast hostage. So, with the cops bearing down on him and having had some hiccups resurrecting Jerome, Dwight goes with Plan B – cutting off Jerome’s face (a shout-out to a Joker storyline in the comics a few years ago) and wearing it as his own. Lucius is able to figure out where Dwight’s Indian Hill annex is by tracking power surges, though a mole at the precinct tips Dwight off. Turns out Dwight didn’t already have custody of Jerome’s body so, as “Smile Like You Mean It” begins, he sets out with a band of followers (who, I didn’t mention last week, kinda remind me of the Jokerz gang from the “Batman Beyond” animated series) to retrieve it from the Wayne Enterprises facility where it’s been inexplicably parked. “Gotham” continues its midseason Jerome arc with “Smile Like You Mean It.” While the main plot had me grinning, the side stories were more of a frown.
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