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Russo</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cinematography by</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">David Stockton</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Editing by</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">Sarah C. Reeves</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production code</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">T40.10015</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original air date</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">March 22, 2018<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2018-03-22</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data">43 minutes</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary"><span class="nowrap">Guest appearances</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data ib-tv-episode-guests"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Darrow" title="Nathan Darrow">Nathan Darrow</a> as <a href="/wiki/Mr._Freeze" title="Mr. Freeze">Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze</a></li> <li>Christopher Convery as Martin</li> <li>Stu "Large" Riley as Sampson</li> <li>Kyle Vincent Terry as Headhunter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Carrigan_(actor)" title="Anthony Carrigan (actor)">Anthony Carrigan</a> as <a href="/wiki/Victor_Zsasz" title="Victor Zsasz">Victor Zsasz</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header noprint summary">Episode chronology</th></tr><tr class="noprint"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width: 100%; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 50%; padding: 0.2em 0.1em 0.2em 0; text-align: center;">← <b>Previous</b><br />"<a href="/wiki/Reunion_(Gotham)" title="Reunion (Gotham)">Reunion</a>" </td> <td style="width: 50%; padding: 0.2em 0 0.2em 0.1em; text-align: center;"><b>Next</b> →<br />"<a href="/wiki/One_of_My_Three_Soups" title="One of My Three Soups">One of My Three Soups</a>" </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class="noprint"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Gotham_season_4" title="Gotham season 4"><i>Gotham </i>season 4</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Gotham_episodes" title="List of Gotham episodes">List of episodes</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>The Sinking Ship The Grand Applause</b>" is the fifteenth episode of the <a href="/wiki/Gotham_season_4" title="Gotham season 4">fourth season</a> and 81st episode overall from the <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/Gotham_(TV_series)" title="Gotham (TV series)">Gotham</a></i>. The show is itself based on the characters created by <a href="/wiki/DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a> set in the <a href="/wiki/Batman" title="Batman">Batman</a> mythology. The episode was written by Seth Boston and directed by <a href="/wiki/Nick_Copus" title="Nick Copus">Nick Copus</a>. It was first broadcast on March 22, 2018. </p><p>In the episode, Gordon and Bullock are intent on finding Cobblepot's accountant, who may have information regarding Sofia. With the conflict between Cobblepot and Sofia arising, Cobblepot is trying to form alliances to win the war but Nygma gets stuck in the conflict. Meanwhile, Bruce helps Selina with a debt of her while Barbara begins suffering the effect of the Lazarus Pit. </p><p>The episode shares a title with a song by the band The Paper Chase from Dallas, Texas. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Sinking_Ship_The_Grand_Applause&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nygma (<a href="/wiki/Cory_Michael_Smith" title="Cory Michael Smith">Cory Michael Smith</a>) guides Martin (Christopher Convery) to follow his instructions and kills the people sheltering him before taking him. Bruce (<a href="/wiki/David_Mazouz" title="David Mazouz">David Mazouz</a>) and Selina (<a href="/wiki/Camren_Bicondova" title="Camren Bicondova">Camren Bicondova</a>) reconcile with one another after fixing a problem she had with a debt. </p><p>Bullock (<a href="/wiki/Donal_Logue" title="Donal Logue">Donal Logue</a>) meets with a former assassin that worked with Falcone to get info from a person Falcone trusted, discovering it is <a href="/wiki/Ventriloquist_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ventriloquist (comics)">Arthur Penn</a> (Andrew Sellon), who is also Cobblepot's accountant. After realizing Martin has been taken, Sofia (<a href="/wiki/Crystal_Reed" title="Crystal Reed">Crystal Reed</a>) orders Zsasz (<a href="/wiki/Anthony_Carrigan_(actor)" title="Anthony Carrigan (actor)">Anthony Carrigan</a>) to kill Cobblepot (<a href="/wiki/Robin_Lord_Taylor" title="Robin Lord Taylor">Robin Lord Taylor</a>), accompanied by Headhunter (Kyle Vincent Terry), who managed to survive <a href="/wiki/A_Day_in_the_Narrows" title="A Day in the Narrows">his stabbing</a>. Bullock intercepts them in <a href="/wiki/Arkham_Asylum" title="Arkham Asylum">Arkham Asylum</a> and police officers force them to leave but he discovers that Cobblepot escaped with the help of Nygma. </p><p>Cobblepot and Nygma arrive with Lee (<a href="/wiki/Morena_Baccarin" title="Morena Baccarin">Morena Baccarin</a>) to form an alliance and kill Sofia. Nygma also goes to recruit Grundy (<a href="/wiki/Drew_Powell_(actor)" title="Drew Powell (actor)">Drew Powell</a>) but discovers he got back his memories and is knocked out. He's then brought to Barbara (<a href="/wiki/Erin_Richards" title="Erin Richards">Erin Richards</a>) and Tabitha (<a href="/wiki/Jessica_Lucas" title="Jessica Lucas">Jessica Lucas</a>), who plan to send him to Sofia. Gordon (<a href="/wiki/Ben_McKenzie" title="Ben McKenzie">Ben McKenzie</a>) and Bullock intercept Cobblepot in the street and after getting a possible lead on Penn, they arrest him. However, they engage in a gunfight with Zsasz and Headhunter, giving Lee a chance to escape with Cobblepot. Lee and Cobblepot go with Victor Fries (<a href="/wiki/Nathan_Darrow" title="Nathan Darrow">Nathan Darrow</a>) to get him to Sofia, so he freezes Cobblepot. </p><p>Sofia has Nygma tortured but he refuses to talk. Fries arrives with Cobblepot frozen in a block of ice and gives it to Sofia, who orders Nygma to be killed in the docks. But after she leaves, a timer in the ice melts it and Cobblepot escapes. Gordon and Bullock arrive at a resort spa where they take Penn (Andrew Sellon). Penn admits that he works for Sofia and informed her of everything Cobblepot did. Sofia and her assailants arrive and start a shooting. Bullock manages to escape with Penn but Gordon is shot multiple times by Sofia, who chastises him for his attempts to stop her. Before she can kill him, she is shot in the head by Lee. </p><p>Cobblepot kills Nygma's assailants and saves him. Gordon wakes up from his injuries, being informed by Bullock that somehow Sofia ended up in a coma. Gordon tells him his intentions to confess but Bullock tells him that the city needs him and he will need to live with it as punishment. Lee reclaims the Narrows and smashes Sampson's (Stu "Large" Riley) hand with a hammer. Barbara suffers severe headaches, sees her hand shining and finds Ra's al Ghul (<a href="/wiki/Alexander_Siddig" title="Alexander Siddig">Alexander Siddig</a>) walking towards her. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Sinking_Ship_The_Grand_Applause&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Development">Development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Sinking_Ship_The_Grand_Applause&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2018, it was announced that the fifteenth episode of the season would be titled "The Sinking Ship The Grand Applause" and was to be written by Seth Boston and directed by <a href="/wiki/Nick_Copus" title="Nick Copus">Nick Copus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Synopsis_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Synopsis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Casting">Casting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Sinking_Ship_The_Grand_Applause&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Casting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Sean_Pertwee" title="Sean Pertwee">Sean Pertwee</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chris_Chalk" title="Chris Chalk">Chris Chalk</a> don't appear in the episode as their respective characters. In March 2018, it was announced that the guest cast for the episode would include <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Carrigan_(actor)" title="Anthony Carrigan (actor)">Anthony Carrigan</a> as Victor Zsasz, Kyle Vincent Terry as Headhunter, Stu "Large" Riley as Sampson, Christopher Convery as Martin, and <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Darrow" title="Nathan Darrow">Nathan Darrow</a> as Mr. Freeze.<sup id="cite_ref-Synopsis_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Synopsis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Sinking_Ship_The_Grand_Applause&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Viewers">Viewers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Sinking_Ship_The_Grand_Applause&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Viewers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The episode was watched by 2.47 million viewers with a 0.7/3 share among adults aged 18 to 49.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was a slight decrease in viewership from the previous episode, which was watched by 2.55 million viewers with a 0.6/2 in the 18-49 demographics.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With these ratings, <i>Gotham</i> ranked first for Fox, beating <i><a href="/wiki/Showtime_at_the_Apollo" title="Showtime at the Apollo">Showtime at the Apollo</a></i>, fourth on its timeslot, and seventh for the night, behind <i><a href="/wiki/A.P._Bio" title="A.P. 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Jeremiah Valeska</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Gotham_episodes" title="List of Gotham episodes">Episodes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gotham_season_1" title="Gotham season 1">Season 1</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Pilot_(Gotham)" title="Pilot (Gotham)">Pilot</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Selina_Kyle_(Gotham_episode)" title="Selina Kyle (Gotham episode)">Selina Kyle</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Balloonman" title="The Balloonman">The Balloonman</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Arkham_(Gotham)" title="Arkham (Gotham)">Arkham</a>"</li> <li>"<a 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<li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Scarecrow_(Gotham_episode)" title="The Scarecrow (Gotham episode)">The Scarecrow</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Blind_Fortune_Teller" title="The Blind Fortune Teller">The Blind Fortune Teller</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Red_Hood_(Gotham)" title="Red Hood (Gotham)">Red Hood</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Everyone_Has_a_Cobblepot" title="Everyone Has a Cobblepot">Everyone Has a Cobblepot</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Beasts_of_Prey_(Gotham)" title="Beasts of Prey (Gotham)">Beasts of Prey</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Under_the_Knife_(Gotham)" title="Under the Knife (Gotham)">Under the Knife</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Anvil_or_the_Hammer" title="The Anvil or the Hammer">The Anvil or the Hammer</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_Happy_Families_Are_Alike" title="All Happy Families Are Alike">All Happy Families Are Alike</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gotham_season_2" title="Gotham season 2">Season 2</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:18%;text-align: center;"><span class="nobold"><i>Rise of the Villains</i></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Damned_If_You_Do..." title="Damned If You Do...">Damned If You Do...</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Knock,_Knock_(Gotham)" title="Knock, Knock (Gotham)">Knock, Knock</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Last_Laugh_(Gotham)" title="The Last Laugh (Gotham)">The Last Laugh</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Strike_Force_(Gotham)" title="Strike Force (Gotham)">Strike Force</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Scarification_(Gotham)" title="Scarification (Gotham)">Scarification</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/By_Fire" title="By Fire">By Fire</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mommy%27s_Little_Monster_(Gotham)" title="Mommy's Little Monster (Gotham)">Mommy's Little Monster</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tonight%27s_the_Night_(Gotham)" title="Tonight's the Night (Gotham)">Tonight's the Night</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Bitter_Pill_to_Swallow" title="A Bitter Pill to Swallow">A Bitter Pill to Swallow</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Son_of_Gotham" title="The Son of Gotham">The Son of Gotham</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Worse_Than_a_Crime" title="Worse Than a Crime">Worse Than a Crime</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:18%;text-align: center;"><span class="nobold"><i>Wrath of the Villains</i></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Mr._Freeze_(Gotham_episode)" title="Mr. Freeze (Gotham episode)">Mr. Freeze</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Dead_Man_Feels_No_Cold" title="A Dead Man Feels No Cold">A Dead Man Feels No Cold</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/This_Ball_of_Mud_and_Meanness" title="This Ball of Mud and Meanness">This Ball of Mud and Meanness</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mad_Grey_Dawn" title="Mad Grey Dawn">Mad Grey Dawn</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Prisoners_(Gotham)" title="Prisoners (Gotham)">Prisoners</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Into_the_Woods_(Gotham)" title="Into the Woods (Gotham)">Into the Woods</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pinewood_(Gotham)" title="Pinewood (Gotham)">Pinewood</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Azrael_(Gotham_episode)" title="Azrael (Gotham episode)">Azrael</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Unleashed_(Gotham)" title="Unleashed (Gotham)">Unleashed</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Legion_of_Horribles" title="A Legion of Horribles">A Legion of Horribles</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Transference_(Gotham)" title="Transference (Gotham)">Transference</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gotham_season_3" title="Gotham season 3">Season 3</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:18%;text-align: center;"><span class="nobold"><i>Mad City</i></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Better_to_Reign_in_Hell..." title="Better to Reign in Hell...">Better to Reign in Hell...</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Burn_the_Witch_(Gotham)" title="Burn the Witch (Gotham)">Burn the Witch</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Look_into_My_Eyes_(Gotham)" title="Look into My Eyes (Gotham)">Look into My Eyes</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/New_Day_Rising_(Gotham)" title="New Day Rising (Gotham)">New Day Rising</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Anything_for_You_(Gotham)" title="Anything for You (Gotham)">Anything for You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Follow_the_White_Rabbit" title="Follow the White Rabbit">Follow the White Rabbit</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Red_Queen_(Gotham)" title="Red Queen (Gotham)">Red Queen</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Blood_Rush" title="Blood Rush">Blood Rush</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Executioner_(Gotham)" title="The Executioner (Gotham)">The Executioner</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Time_Bomb_(Gotham)" title="Time Bomb (Gotham)">Time Bomb</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Beware_the_Green-Eyed_Monster" title="Beware the Green-Eyed Monster">Beware the Green-Eyed Monster</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ghosts_(Gotham)" title="Ghosts (Gotham)">Ghosts</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Smile_Like_You_Mean_It_(Gotham)" title="Smile Like You Mean It (Gotham)">Smile Like You Mean It</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Gentle_Art_of_Making_Enemies_(Gotham)" title="The Gentle Art of Making Enemies (Gotham)">The Gentle Art of Making Enemies</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:18%;text-align: center;"><span class="nobold"><i>Heroes Rise</i></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/How_the_Riddler_Got_His_Name" title="How the Riddler Got His Name">How the Riddler Got His Name</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/These_Delicate_and_Dark_Obsessions" title="These Delicate and Dark Obsessions">These Delicate and Dark Obsessions</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Primal_Riddle" title="The Primal Riddle">The Primal Riddle</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Light_the_Wick" title="Light the Wick">Light the Wick</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_Will_Be_Judged" title="All Will Be Judged">All Will Be Judged</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pretty_Hate_Machine_(Gotham)" title="Pretty Hate Machine (Gotham)">Pretty Hate Machine</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Destiny_Calling_(Gotham)" title="Destiny Calling (Gotham)">Destiny Calling</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Heavydirtysoul_(Gotham)" title="Heavydirtysoul (Gotham)">Heavydirtysoul</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gotham_season_4" title="Gotham season 4">Season 4</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="A_Dark_Knight" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:18%;text-align: center;"><span class="nobold"><i>A Dark Knight</i></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Pax_Penguina" title="Pax Penguina">Pax Penguina</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Fear_Reaper" title="The Fear Reaper">The Fear Reaper</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/They_Who_Hide_Behind_Masks" title="They Who Hide Behind Masks">They Who Hide Behind Masks</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Demon%27s_Head" title="The Demon's Head">The Demon's Head</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Blade%27s_Path" title="The Blade's Path">The Blade's Path</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hog_Day_Afternoon_(Gotham)" title="Hog Day Afternoon (Gotham)">Hog Day Afternoon</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Day_in_the_Narrows" title="A Day in the Narrows">A Day in the Narrows</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Stop_Hitting_Yourself" title="Stop Hitting Yourself">Stop Hitting Yourself</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let_Them_Eat_Pie" title="Let Them Eat Pie">Let Them Eat Pie</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Things_That_Go_Boom" title="Things That Go Boom">Things That Go Boom</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Queen_Takes_Knight" title="Queen Takes Knight">Queen Takes Knight</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pieces_of_a_Broken_Mirror" title="Pieces of a Broken Mirror">Pieces of a Broken Mirror</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Beautiful_Darkness" title="A Beautiful Darkness">A Beautiful Darkness</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Reunion_(Gotham)" title="Reunion (Gotham)">Reunion</a>"</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Sinking Ship The Grand Applause</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/One_of_My_Three_Soups" title="One of My Three Soups">One of My Three Soups</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Brunch_Meeting" class="mw-redirect" title="Mandatory Brunch Meeting">Mandatory Brunch Meeting</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gotham_season_5" title="Gotham season 5">Season 5</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks 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