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‘Gotham’ Season 1, Episode 21: ‘The Anvil or the Hammer’

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Gotham season 1, episode 21 airs tonight on Fox.

Gordon and Bullock track the Ogre, who manages to break down Barbara’s emotions; Penguin leads a massacre that kick-starts an epic war; Bruce learns the truth about Wayne Enterprises; and Nygma deals with his recent actions.

The good. The evil. The beginning. Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world’s greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon’s story and his rise from rookie detective to police commissioner? What did it take to navigate the multiple layers of corruption that secretly ruled Gotham City, the spawning ground of the world’s most iconic villains? And what circumstances created them – the larger-than-life personas who would become Catwoman, The Penguin, The Riddler, Two-Face and The Joker? Gotham is an origin story of the great DC Comics super-villains and vigilantes, revealing an entirely new chapter that has never been told.

Gotham season 1, episode 21 airs April 27 at 8 p.m. EST on Fox.

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