Jim Gordon quotes from Gotham

Harvey Bullock

Sorry I doubted you.

Jim Gordon

You didn't. Not when it mattered.

Jim Gordon

I love you. I love you. I never stopped. I should have come to see you as soon as I got out of prison, but I couldn't. I was ashamed. I felt I had to set things right. But I did finally come, Lee. I saw you in the window with him. You were smiling. You looked happy. I couldn't bring myself to come in. I've regretted it every day since. Please, don't marry him.

Dr. Leslie Thompkins

After the wedding, Mario and I are leaving Gotham. I'll never see you again.

Jim Gordon

Lee...

Dr. Leslie Thompkins

[crying] Damn you for telling me this now! You come in here with these crazy accusations, and when I don't believe you, you pull this? How dare you! [she slaps him]

Jim Gordon

Don't you see? He wants you to hate me.

Dr. Leslie Thompkins

Well, he succeeded.

Victor Zsasz

You messed up, Jim. Killed the Don's son. He's beside himself. I've never seen him like this before.

Jim Gordon

I wanna speak to him.

Victor Zsasz

Oh no, we're way past that. It's only a matter of time before he gives the nod to put a bullet in your head.

Jim Gordon

You could try.

Victor Zsasz

I don't... try. And I never stop. You won't see me coming, and you won't feel a thing. If we don't get a chance to talk before then, it's been really nice knowing you. You're a good egg. Also, nice shot on Mario. Never liked him.

Jim Gordon

If you wanna blame me for Mario's death, that's fine. I can live with that knowing you're okay. But don't let your hatred of me turn you into something you're not.

Dr. Leslie Thompkins

Or what, Jim? If I change too much, you're gonna put two in my heart just like you did to Mario?

Jim Gordon

I'll talk to Harvey. You came back to the job too soon. You need some time off.

Dr. Leslie Thompkins

Yeah, you do that. And I'll tell the Commissioner that I saw the acting captain punch a suspect in the face. [pause] Don't ever touch me again or tell me what to do.

Breathe, James. I haven't touched a hair on your pretty girlfriend's head.

Jim Gordon

You're just repeating what Jerome said to me last year.

I am Jerome.

Jim Gordon

No, no, you're just the understudy pretending to be the star. You're a fraud.

No! I AM JEROME! I am Jerome, and soon Gotham will know it!

Jim Gordon

Well, for the record, you're doing one thing Jerome never did: boring me.

Jim Gordon

Do you know where Jerome is? Where is he?!

Where is he? Look around! He's everywhere!

Jim Gordon

Listen to me - you need to drop this. You're going to get yourself hurt.

Dr. Leslie Thompkins

You think I care what happens to me? I am sick of watching you destroy people's lives and getting away with it. When I find out what you did, I am gonna make sure you pay for it, and I am gonna enjoy it.

Jim Gordon

Harvey, you're a genius.

Harvey Bullock

Yeah, tell me something I don't know.

Jim Gordon

I considered you a friend.

Edward Nygma

I can sneak up on you, or be right in front of you without you even knowing. But when I reveal myself, you will never be the same. What am I?

Jim Gordon

I don't care, Ed...

Edward Nygma

Betrayal. It's how every friendship ends. So what good are friends, anyway?

Kathryn Monroe

Gotham is sick. Crime and violence are so common that people have become numb to it. To heal the city, we have force them to take notice.

Jim Gordon

Force them how?

Kathryn Monroe

By showing the people of Gotham their darkest selves.

Harvey Bullock

How come no one ever hides something in a place I'd actually like to search, y'know? Like a brewery or a strip club?

Jim Gordon

Or a casino.

Harvey Bullock

Exactly. All I'm asking for is a little consideration.

Alfred Pennyworth

Right. Tell me where Bruce Wayne is, or I guarantee you'll regret it.

Jim Gordon

Alfred, I've got this.

Kathryn Monroe

Good cop, bad cop? That routine's a bit tired, isn't it, gentlemen?

Alfred Pennyworth

Yeah. But I'm not a cop, am I? [he jams a knife through her hand] I'm a butler!

Dr. Leslie Thompkins

Don't you want to see what the virus brought out in me, Jim? What it's shown me?

Jim Gordon

No.

Dr. Leslie Thompkins

My love for you. Pretty obvious when you think about. Perfect Dr. Lee Thompkins. Why would she be drawn to a man with so much darkness, so an appetite for violence? Unless something inside her liked it? Craved it? Needed it?

Jim Gordon

It's not true.

Dr. Leslie Thompkins

The virus has shown me how to give in to my deepest desires, and I will no longer deny myself what I really want.

Hugo Strange

He has it. It's in his eyes. [laughing] He has the virus!

Fish Mooney

Really. So tell me, James, what's it feel like?

Jim Gordon

Like it's taking all my willpower not to kill you.

Fish Mooney

Oh, my!

Harvey Bullock

[sees Gordon's bloody nose] Ooh, ouch.

Jim Gordon

I think we can forget about backup.

Harvey Bullock

I see you talked to some of your fellow officers. Probably not a bad thing.

Jim Gordon

How's that?

Harvey Bullock

Guys need to let off steam, resentments don't fester.

Jim Gordon

Next time, you can get punched in the face.

Harvey Bullock

This beautiful mug? No one would dare.