Do you know where Jerome is? Where is he?!
MManiac
Where is he? Look around! He's everywhere!
“Unfinished Business” · Season 1, Episode 15
In this episode: Dean Winchester (940), Damon Salvatore (715), Sam Winchester (665), Olivia Benson (637), Stephen Fry (608), Narrator (554), Clark Kent (523), Nate (486)
I know it was you, Oswald! Isabella was my everything and you took her from me! And now I've taken everything from you. Well, almost everything. You still have your life. But that ends tonight.
You killed Alfred.
Is that what this is about? Yeesh. Are all rich kids this close with their butlers?
Is there a plan for all this madness?
These people don't want a plan. They want an excuse. A mother who dreams of strangling her child. A husband who wants to stab his wife. All they want is someone to tell them, "Do it. Kill them. It doesn't matter." It doesn't. [turns to dunk tank game, where a hostage is suspended over a tank of piranhas] Ooh, I love this game!
You won't get away with this.
Already did. Now shush. Need to concentrate.
A few dozen brainwashed maniacs can't take the city hostage forever.
Well, duh!
So what's the point?
The point is that all these people out here looting, robbing, killing, they're the people who wash your car, who pour your coffee, who take out your trash. And what happened the minute the lights went out? They showed their true faces. They showed how quickly they wanna open up your rich boy veins and bathe in your blue blood. That is the point.
That's not true. There are good people in Gotham.
[laughs] Like who? The sheep who lock their doors and crawl under their beds? Face it, kid: Gotham has no heroes.
Alright folks, this is very important: whatever you do, please, definitely try this at home. Preferably on a family member.
You're the only person I know who frets about their drug-induced hallucination making a mess.
[Edward is having a conversation with an Oswald hallucination]
[reading the front paper newspaper] "Chess Killer." How terrifying! How will anyone sleep knowing that the "Chess Killer's" on the loose?
It's just a name dreamed up by some hack. Today will change everything.
This is a mistake what you're doing.
I don't recall asking you.
I showed you how to be Ed Nygma, and then who can run the underworld and operate in plain sight, but what you are planning is madness!
No, it's a way forward. And the fact that it scares you gives me all the confirmation I need!
Ed, you're not sleeping. You're taking drugs, you're having a conversation with your dead friend! JUST ADMIT you are lost without me or you will destroy everything!
I have to go.
[music starts playing; a stage appears; Oswald hallucination begins music number]
[confused and disoriented] What are you doing?
[singing seductively] He’s fierce in my dreams seizing my guts / He floats me with dread / Soaked in soul he swims in my eyes by the bed / Pour myself over him / Moon slipping in, and I wake up..alone...
ENOUGH! I admit killing you killed a part of me! But I will find a way forward no matter the cost! I will be born anew. And I will leave you behind!
Penguin saw you, Ed. He was the only one, he made you! [Edward leaves; shouts] There is no Edward Nygma without the Penguin!
I do not have the resources to allocate to your hunch. Did you hear how I used that word "allocate," huh?
Hey, we can do this the hard way or the easy way, and I'm wearing my nicest suit, so I prefer the easy way.
Ed, you killed six people, seven including Penguin. You just announced to the entire city that you are a villain and a murderer. Ed, if there is any part of your mind that is not insane, listen to me: You need help. Turn yourself in.
My actions seem mad to you.
To anyone.
I... I just killed the best friend that I ever had. My search for a teacher or an enemy, that was just me trying to hold on to him for a little bit longer. But now, I know who I am without him.
So who are you now?
Oh, c'mon, Foxy. I'm the Riddler!
I want you to know that our friendship meant something to me. I cared about you, and I miss you.
Gee. Almost makes up for being dead. I hate to burst your bubble, but no one is going to afraid of "The Riddler".
Maybe not yet. But they will be.
Judgment has been passed. Gotham must fall.
A secret organization that controls all of Gotham? If that's true, someone should tell them they're doing a pretty terrible job.
Raise your right hand. Do you swear to be loyal and true to Penguin?
No.
Ouch.
I don't understand. Why can't he be loyal?
Go ahead, answer.
I never was. I only followed you out of fear. We all did.
Actually, I can live with that. Fear and respect - Management 101.
No one ever respected you. We always saw you for what you are: a tiny freak who used to hold an umbrella. Nothing more.
A freak? A freak? [grabs a trowel and stabs Gabe repeatedly] Yes, a freak! A FREAK, A FREAK, A FREAK!
Over the centuries we tried to break the cycle of crime and violence that plagues Gotham, only for it to start up again. And do you know why it does? People are afraid, and fear breeds hopelessness.
I'm supposed to believe you care about the people of Gotham?
I do. Very much. Which is where you come in. Gotham needs something I believe only you can provide.
What?
A protector, Bruce.
I can't protect Gotham, not all by myself. No one can.
Perhaps. But if you were to become a symbol, a symbol against fear, then Gotham can be reborn.
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