Here's what I think, and granted this is just my opinion, but I've been watching 'Gotham' since it started and it seems to me that the writers have sort of lost or forgotten what their original goal was.
They've fallen into the trap that I was afraid of happening when I first heard about this show, and that is Batman's world is so huge, and so colorful, that as a writer if you don't have a set goal in mind, and a carefully laid path mapped out of how to get there...it is too easy to get sidetracked and lose your way.
And that's what I fear has happened with this show, it's becoming less and less about Gordon and more and more about 'who are we going to meet next week?!'. It's becoming all about who the next villain appearance will be, and less about any sort of character journey.
I fear the writers had an idea of what they wanted to achieve in the beginning but they didn't map it out good enough so they've lost their way. Hopefully when Season 2 rolls around they'll take a moment to step back and say "Ok what STORY to do we want to tell here?" "If it's Gordon's journey then what is he going to be learning?" etc. And if that means dialing back on the villains other then the main ones (Penguin, etc) then so be it.
They can still turn this around if they refocus on what story they want to tell and stop acting like kids who've just gotten the keys to the toy store. Nonetheless I'll keep watching every week because I love Batman and I DO find the show entertaining and fun, but it bothers me because I know this show could be much better if the writers quit throwing in characters just because they can and put their efforts more into telling a story.
Just my opinion, so go easy on me I'm a newbie on this site.
