Gotham (2014)
Gotham is a 2014 drama series created by Bruno Heller. It stars Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue and David Mazouz.
Before the cape and the cowl, Gotham City belonged to the crooked cops and rising crime lords who ran it. Detective Jim Gordon arrives idealistic and quickly learns how deep the rot goes, catching the case of the Wayne murders and taking young Bruce under his watch. Around them, the future rogues' gallery is only beginning to form, as small-time crooks and damaged outsiders inch toward the personas of the Penguin, the Riddler, Catwoman, and worse. Developed by Bruno Heller from DC's Batman lore, the series plays as a lurid crime saga about a city rotting into legend.
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What is Gotham about?
Before the cape and the cowl, Gotham City belonged to the crooked cops and rising crime lords who ran it. Detective Jim Gordon arrives idealistic and quickly learns how deep the rot goes, catching the case of the Wayne murders and taking young Bruce under his watch. Around them, the future rogues' gallery is only beginning to form, as small-time crooks and damaged outsiders inch toward the personas of the Penguin, the Riddler, Catwoman, and worse. Developed by Bruno Heller from DC's Batman lore, the series plays as a lurid crime saga about a city rotting into legend.
When was Gotham released?
Gotham was released on 22 September 2014.
How many episodes does Gotham have?
Gotham has 100 episodes across 5 seasons.
Who made Gotham?
Gotham was created by Bruno Heller.
Where can I watch Gotham?
Gotham is available on Google Play, Amazon, AppleTV and Fandango at Home.
Where to watch Gotham
Rent: Google Play
Buy: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home, Google Play
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Cast
- Ben McKenzie as James 'Jim' Gordon
- Donal Logue as Harvey Bullock
- David Mazouz as Bruce Wayne
- Sean Pertwee as Alfred Pennyworth
- Robin Lord Taylor as Oswald Cobblepot
- Erin Richards as Barbara Kean
- Camren Bicondova as Selina Kyle
- Cory Michael Smith as Edward Nygma
- Morena Baccarin as Leslie Thompkins
- Drew Powell as Butch Gilzean
- Jessica Lucas as Tabitha Galavan
- Chris Chalk as Lucius Fox
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A few thoughts on Gotham
For more crime built on corruption and the making of monsters, Mario Puzo's The Godfather traces a family's slow pull into power, while Red Dead Redemption 2 lives inside an outlaw gang as its world closes in. BioShock Infinite wanders another beautiful, rotten city ruled by a zealot.
DC heroes and villains brought to television
Gotham grows the Batman mythos on the small screen, watching Jim Gordon, young Bruce, and a whole rogues' gallery take shape. These series share that DC pedigree, comic-book heroes and villains reworked as ongoing television with their own cities, feuds, and lore. If the appeal is living week to week inside a superhero universe, these keep the pages turning.
Superhero stories that live in the shadows
Gotham plays the cape mythology as a lurid crime saga, all corruption and damaged outsiders rather than clean heroics. These shows share that darker streak, superhero stories that drag their powers through moral rot, violence, and compromise. The costumes matter less than the ugliness underneath, the same grim register Gotham uses to watch a city rot into legend.
The making of a criminal underworld
Before the cape, Gotham City belongs to crooked cops and rising crime lords, and the show tracks how that underworld takes hold. These stories share that origin energy, sagas about power carved out through violence, loyalty, and betrayal. Watching small-time crooks climb toward legend is the pull, the slow birth of an empire built on fear.
Everyday people stumbling into extraordinary power
Gotham catches its icons before they are icons, ordinary people inching toward the personas that will define them. These series share that becoming, following regular figures as they discover powers or destinies and grow into something larger. The fun is the origin itself, the moment before the legend when everyone is still just a person figuring out what they are.