Close Menu
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
    Get Your Comic On
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram YouTube
    • Hot Topics
      • BOOM! Studios
      • Dark Horse
      • DC Comics
      • Fantastic Four (2025)
      • IDW Publishing
      • Image Comics
      • Marvel
      • Power Rangers
      • Star Trek Universe
      • Superman (2025)
      • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
      • Titan Comics
      • Transformers
      • Universal Pictures
    • Features

      Are the FINAL DESTINATION Films All Linked to the Events of 1968?

      May 17, 2025

      The 10 Most Memorable Deaths In The FINAL DESTINATION Series, Ranked

      May 7, 2025

      Spotting the ALIEN Franchise References in the PREDATOR: BADLANDS Trailer

      April 24, 2025

      ANDOR Season One Recap: All the Details You Need Ahead of Season Two

      April 16, 2025

      You Don’t Need to Know My Hero Academia to Enjoy Vigilantes, But It Helps!

      April 10, 2025
    • Comics

      The Younglings Are Back in Action in STAR WARS: YOUNG JEDI ADVENTURES – THE TRAINING SESSIONS

      July 17, 2025

      DC Announces New Event Storyline DC K.O From Joshua Williamson and Scott Snyder

      July 17, 2025

      THE TIN CAN SOCIETY (2024-) #7 Review

      July 16, 2025

      STAR TREK: RED SHIRTS (2025) #1 Review

      July 16, 2025

      WONDER WOMAN (2023-) #23 Review

      July 16, 2025
    • Film

      New SUPERMAN Cinematography Featurette Brings Fans Closer to the Comic Book Action

      July 15, 2025

      VUE Announces Industry-Leading Premium Large Format Experience ‘EPIC’

      July 15, 2025

      Austin Butler and Zoë Kravitz Have One Big Problem in Trailer for Darren Aronofsky’s CAUGHT STEALING

      July 15, 2025

      Universal Home Entertainment Announces UK Release for Blumhouse Horror DROP

      July 15, 2025

      Sony’s KARATE KID: LEGENDS Sets UK Digital Release Date for July 15

      July 14, 2025
    • TV

      Celia Rose Gooding on Uhura’s Journey From Cadet to Legend in STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS Season 3 (EXCLUSIVE)

      July 17, 2025

      Melissa Navia on Ortegas’ Journey in STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS Season 3 (EXCLUSIVE)

      July 17, 2025

      Netflix Unveils Blockbuster Teaser for Final Season of STRANGER THINGS

      July 16, 2025

      PARAMOUNT+ Brings The Lodge Back to San Diego Comic-Con for 2025

      July 15, 2025

      Netflix’s UNTAMED Debuts Official Trailer Ahead of July 17 Release

      July 14, 2025
    • Gaming

      Marvel’s FANTASTIC FOUR Comes to Monopoly GO! Ahead of First Steps Cinema Release

      July 14, 2025

      Bella Ramsey Returns as Molly in First Look at New Aardman Heist Game CHICKEN RUN: EGGSTRACTION

      June 24, 2025

      Koei Tecmo Introduces the New and Familiar Characters of ATELIER RESLERIANA: THE RED ALCHEMIST & THE WHITE GUARDIAN

      June 13, 2025

      Squanch Games Shares First Look at HIGH ON LIFE 2 With Official Trailer

      June 13, 2025

      Crunchyroll Game Vault Adds Survival Horror WHITE DAY

      June 12, 2025
    • Anime

      Crunchyroll Debuts JUJUSTSU KAISEN: HIDDEN INVENTORY/PREMATURE DEATH – THE MOVIE! Trailer

      July 15, 2025

      Crunchyroll Confirms ONE-PUNCH MAN Season 3 Will Debut in Autumn 2025

      July 2, 2025

      JUJUTSU KAISEN: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death – The Movie Sets UK Release Date for July 2025

      July 1, 2025

      Brand New Trailer For DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA INFINITY CASTLE

      June 28, 2025

      CRUNCHYROLL Launches Summer 2025 Anime Season

      June 24, 2025
    • Podcast
    • Interviews

      Celia Rose Gooding on Uhura’s Journey From Cadet to Legend in STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS Season 3 (EXCLUSIVE)

      July 17, 2025

      Melissa Navia on Ortegas’ Journey in STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS Season 3 (EXCLUSIVE)

      July 17, 2025

      Director Dean DeBlois Talks Bringing the Isle of Berk in to Live-Action With HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

      June 10, 2025

      Exploring DOWNLANDS With Writer and Artist Norm Konyu (Exclusive)

      May 13, 2025

      DC’s SUMMER OF SUPERMAN SPECIAL Writers Talk Caretaking the Man of Steel’s Story (Exclusive)

      April 15, 2025
    • Directory
    Get Your Comic On
    Home»Review»Gotham S01E10 ‘Lovecraft’
    Review

    Gotham S01E10 ‘Lovecraft’

    Neil VaggBy Neil VaggNovember 25, 2014Updated:September 1, 2021No Comments4 Mins Read
    Camren Bicondova as Selina Kyle in 'Gotham'
    Camren Bicondova as Selina Kyle in 'Gotham'
    Share
    Facebook Twitter Pinterest Reddit WhatsApp Email
    Camren Bicondova as Selina Kyle in 'Gotham'
    Camren Bicondova as Selina Kyle in ‘Gotham’

    This week ‘Gotham’ bows out with its mid-season finale ‘Lovecraft’ a direct follow-on from last weeks ‘Harvey Dent’ (reviewed here).

    Where ‘Harvey Dent’ focussed on a little less of the action and more of the characters by manipulating them to where they need to be for this episode, ‘Lovecraft’ by comparison ramps up the action. Sadly it fails to leave us with an edge-of-your-seat cliffhanger but it does make some changes which will provide an interesting backdrop for the second half of the season.

    The episode opens with an assault on Wayne manor lead by familiar character Copperhead – you may know her best from the game ‘Batman: Arkham Origins’ – and two other assassins. Their attempt to take the manor is thwarted by Alfred, allowing Bruce and Selina to escape.

    Gordon’s time in this episode is split between the hunt for Dick Lovecraft, believed by Harvey Dent to have hired the assassins, and also the search for Bruce and Selina.

    Penguin makes his next move by confessing to Falcone that there is a mole in his midst and that they’re working for Fish.

    Bruce and Selina share their first kiss and she also introduces him to more of the darker side of the city via an underground mall where all of Gotham’s street kids – including the returning Ivy Pepper – hang out.

    This is another richly layered episode of ‘Gotham’ which perfectly intermingles all of the different story elements. The assault of Wayne manor ties in to the investigation of Dick Lovecraft; the missing teens end up running in to Clyde (as associate of Ivy Pepper) is wants to hand them over to the assassins. The assassins are also the ones to murder Lovecraft and that murder is what brings about Gordon’s dismissal from the GCPD and his post-finale move to guard duty at Arkham Asylum.

    I said in my review of ‘Harvey Dent’ that the show was succeeding at mixing its storylines together to create a really rich tapestry and this episode is another great example of that. All the characters have their own individual motivations and missions yet somehow they’re intrinsically tied together and all roads go back to Falcone, Maroni and the mob.

    ‘Lovecraft’ has a few good twists and turns, when the unconscious Gordon wakes to find Dick Lovecraft murdered by his own gun I feared we would be ending on a cliffhanger of his arrest for murder but thankfully ‘Gotham’ didn’t go down the predictable route and instead covered up the murder as a suicide and the twisted mayor used that to push Gordon away from the action and sideline him to a dead end job at Arkham.

    Dependant on how long his tenure at Arkham lasts the shift in focus from the GCPD to Arkham could bring in more of a focus on the crazy criminal element in ‘Gotham’. We haven’t seen much of it in this first part of the season but at some point the violence in the city needs to escalate towards the point that causes Batman to emerge. Now Bruce is far too young to don the cowl at this stage and the escalation can’t happen overnight but ‘Gotham’ does need to begin bringing in glimpses of the level of chaos it will be drowning in several years from now.

    ‘Lovecraft’ is satisfying in that it ties up the storyline which begun in ‘Harvey Dent’ well and it spins the story in a new direction but it feels more like a slow season finale than a mid-season break.

    3 stars

     

     

    3 stars

     

    Alfred Pennyworth Andrew Stewart Jones Barbara Kean Batman Ben McKenzie bruce wayne Camren Bicondova Clare Foley Cory Michael Smith Crispin Allen David Mazouz David Zayas Donal Logue Erin Richards Fish Mooney fox Gotham (tv series) gotham city gotham fox Harvey Bullock Ivy Pepper Jada Pinkett Smith James Gordon Oswald Cobblepot Renee Montoya Robin Lord Taylor Sal Maroni Sarah Essen Sean Pertwee selina kyle tv pilot Victoria Cartagena Zabryna Guevara
    Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Email
    Neil Vagg
    • Website
    • X (Twitter)

    Neil is the Editor-in-Chief at GYCO. He has a BA in Film & TV and an MA in Scriptwriting; he currently works 9-5 in an office and 5-9 as a reviewer. He has been reading comics for as long as he can remember and is never far away from any book which has the word Bat in the title.

    Related Posts

    ABSOLUTE BATMAN (2024-) #10 Review

    July 16, 2025

    A Bold New Era Begins in First Look at New BATMAN #1 Cover Art

    June 19, 2025

    James Gunn Talks Challenges of Adding BATMAN and WONDER WOMAN to DCU

    June 17, 2025

    ABSOLUTE BATMAN (2024-) #9 Review

    June 11, 2025

    BATMAN (2016-) #160 Review

    May 28, 2025

    DC and Marvel Announces First Crossover in Over Two-Decades, BATMAN/DEADPOOL Coming November 2025

    May 27, 2025
    Add A Comment
    Leave A Reply Cancel Reply

    You must be logged in to post a comment.

    Latest

    Celia Rose Gooding on Uhura’s Journey From Cadet to Legend in STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS Season 3 (EXCLUSIVE)

    July 17, 2025

    The Younglings Are Back in Action in STAR WARS: YOUNG JEDI ADVENTURES – THE TRAINING SESSIONS

    July 17, 2025

    DC Announces New Event Storyline DC K.O From Joshua Williamson and Scott Snyder

    July 17, 2025

    Melissa Navia on Ortegas’ Journey in STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS Season 3 (EXCLUSIVE)

    July 17, 2025

    Netflix Unveils Blockbuster Teaser for Final Season of STRANGER THINGS

    July 16, 2025
    Latest Podcasts
    News

    Reviewing FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES and Apple TV+ Series MURDERBOT

    By Neil VaggMay 21, 2025
    News

    Captain America: Brave New World and News Roundup

    By Neil VaggFebruary 21, 2025
    News

    Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Plus Fantastic Four & Jurassic World

    By Neil VaggFebruary 6, 2025
    News

    Harley Quinn, Star Trek: Section 31 and Prime Target

    By Neil VaggJanuary 23, 2025
    News

    What We’re Looking Forward to in 2025

    By Neil VaggJanuary 8, 2025
    X (Twitter) Instagram YouTube TikTok Facebook LinkedIn
    • About
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Use
    • Community Guidelines
    • Directory
    • Pitch to Us
    GetYourComicOn.co.uk is a property of Get Your Comic On Ltd. © 2024 All Rights Reserved. Images used on this website are registered trademarks of their respective companies/owners.

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.