I am thoroughly SICK of Jada Pinkett Smith's 'acting' in this show. Having been told by Falcone last week that she will suffer for trying to use his mother's memory as a weapon against him, we see her cuffed and strapped down as one of Falcone's pet psychos decides what to do with her. Does she act scared? No. Does she act defiant? Yes, in a ridiculously over the top way. But for the most part, her line readings and expressions give us every reason to believe that she's actually going to ENJOY what's coming, at least until it looks like she's about to lose a kneecap. Then enter Butch, having performed an escape act worthy of the Batman himself, to the rescue! I felt like throwing something at the screen! I've never wanted to see a TV character suffer so much, and all due to the terrible performance of the actor playing her. Master Wayne didn't cover himself in glory this week, either; his pathetic overtures to Cat were truly cringeworthy. I'm going to take it he was crying due to her finally letting out on herself that she didn't see the Waynes's killer, I just can't accept that the future Batman had his heart stomped on by Catwoman when he was a ten-year old. Only Gordon and Bullock gave value for money this week, Jim's relentless pursuit of the corrupt, murdering Flass seems to be finally getting at least some of the honest cops behind him. Although I'm a little disappointed that Flass seems to have been taken out of play so soon, but the ending might indicate that he's already working on a scheme to get out of the mess he's in. I was also disappointed that Fish seems to have lived to fight another day, Miss Pinkett Smith can't leave the show soon enough as far as I'm concerned. Finally, the less said about Nygma, the better!
Review of Welcome Back, Jim Gordon
