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S1 E15Unfinished Business

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?

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.

Wow, that is quite a story. Now, I know I've been dead, but doesn't that sound a little crazy to you?

Dr. Leslie Thompkins

Hey, maybe you're dreaming. Try shooting yourself.

DPDwight Pollard

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

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

DPDwight Pollard

I am Jerome.

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

DPDwight Pollard

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

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

Some of you may know, I died. Uh-oh. Take it from me, death is... dull. But coming back, that is something! Leave it to death to give you a whole new perspective on life. And I would like to share that with you. Tonight, Gotham, in the darkness, there are no rules. So Gotham, tonight, do what you want. Kill who you want. And when morning comes, you too shall be reborn. Oh, and eh... (Snaps his fingers, trying to remember his name)

DPDwight Pollard

Dwight.

(Annoyed) I don't forgive you for my face. (Laughs insanely as he leaves)

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

MManiac

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

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.

Oswald Cobblepot

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]

Oswald Cobblepot

[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.

Oswald Cobblepot

This is a mistake what you're doing.

I don't recall asking you.

Oswald Cobblepot

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!

Oswald Cobblepot

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?

Oswald Cobblepot

[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!

Oswald Cobblepot

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.

Oswald Cobblepot

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.

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