Gotham season 5

{{short description|Fifth season of the TV series Gotham}} {{Use American English|date=April 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2019}} {{Redirect|Legend of the Dark Knight|the Batman comic book runs|Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight|the animated Batman episode|Legends of the Dark Knight (The New Batman Adventures)}} {{Infobox television season | season_number = 5 | bgcolour = #443832 | image = Gotham (season 5).jpg | caption = Home media cover art | starring = {{Plainlist| * [[Ben McKenzie]] * [[Donal Logue]] * [[David Mazouz]] * [[Morena Baccarin]] * [[Sean Pertwee]] * [[Robin Lord Taylor]] * [[Erin Richards]] * [[Camren Bicondova]] * [[Cory Michael Smith]] * [[Jessica Lucas]] * [[Chris Chalk]] }} | num_episodes = 12 | network = [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] | first_aired = {{Start date|2019|1|3}} | last_aired = {{End date|2019|4|25}} | episode_list = List of Gotham episodes | prev_season = [[Gotham season 4|''Gotham'' season 4]] | next_series = [[Pennyworth (TV series)#Season 1 (2019)|''Pennyworth'' season 1]] }} The fifth and final season of the American television series ''[[Gotham (TV series)|Gotham]]'', based on characters from [[DC Comics]] related to the [[Batman franchise media|Batman franchise]], revolves around the characters of [[Jim Gordon (Gotham)|James "Jim" Gordon]] and [[Bruce Wayne (Gotham)|Bruce Wayne]]. The season is produced by [[Primrose Hill Productions]], [[DC Entertainment]], and [[Warner Bros. Television]], with [[John Stephens (TV producer)|John Stephens]] serving as the [[showrunner]]. The season was inspired and adapted elements from the comic book storylines of ''[[Batman: No Man's Land]]'' and ''[[Batman: Zero Year]]''. The subtitle for the season is '''''Legend of the Dark Knight'''''.

The season was ordered in May 2018. Production began that July and ended that December. [[Ben McKenzie]] stars as Gordon, alongside returning principal cast members [[Donal Logue]], [[David Mazouz]], [[Morena Baccarin]], [[Sean Pertwee]], [[Robin Lord Taylor]], [[Erin Richards]], [[Camren Bicondova]], [[Cory Michael Smith]], [[Jessica Lucas]] and [[Chris Chalk]]. The fifth season premiered on January 3, 2019, on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] and concluded on April 25, 2019, consisting of 12 episodes. A [[prequel]] series, ''[[Pennyworth (TV series)|Pennyworth]]'', developed by a returning [[Bruno Heller]] and [[Danny Cannon]], and starring [[Jack Bannon (English actor)|Jack Bannon]] as a younger version of the iteration of [[Alfred Pennyworth (Gotham)|Alfred Pennyworth]] portrayed by Pertwee in ''Gotham'', began airing its 10-episode [[Pennyworth season 1|first season]] on [[Epix]] in July 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=New "''Pennyworth''" Series Confirmed Same Universe as "''Gotham''"|url=https://bleedingcool.com/tv/new-pennyworth-series-confirmed-same-universe-as-gotham|work=[[Bleeding Cool]]|last=Kade|first=Leigh|date=July 19, 2019|access-date=July 19, 2019|url-status=live|archive-date=November 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101075525/https://bleedingcool.com/tv/new-pennyworth-series-confirmed-same-universe-as-gotham/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzkjsG0UYSg|title=Pennyworth ''Season Two Cast & Producer Interview – EPIX''|date=October 12, 2020|last=Heller|first=Bruno|author-link=Bruno Heller|access-date=October 12, 2020|via=[[YouTube]]|work=Popverse}}</ref>

== Cast and characters == {{See also|List of Gotham and Pennyworth characters}} {{Columns-start|num=3}}

=== Main === * [[Ben McKenzie]] as [[Jim Gordon (Gotham)|James "Jim" Gordon]] * [[Donal Logue]] as [[Harvey Bullock (Gotham)|Harvey Bullock]] * [[David Mazouz]] as [[Bruce Wayne (Gotham)|Bruce Wayne]] * [[Morena Baccarin]] as [[Leslie Thompkins (Gotham)|Leslie "Lee" Thompkins]]{{efn|Only credited for the episodes she appears in.|name=|group=}} * [[Sean Pertwee]] as [[Alfred Pennyworth (Gotham)|Alfred Pennyworth]] * [[Robin Lord Taylor]] as [[Oswald Cobblepot (Gotham)|Oswald Cobblepot / Penguin]] * [[Erin Richards]] as [[Barbara Kean (Gotham)|Barbara Kean]] * [[Camren Bicondova]] as [[Selina Kyle (Gotham character)|Selina Kyle]] * [[Cory Michael Smith]] as [[Edward Nygma (Gotham)|Edward Nygma / Riddler]] * [[Jessica Lucas]] as [[Tabitha Galavan]]{{efn|Only credited in "Year Zero".|name=|group=}} * [[Chris Chalk]] as [[Lucius Fox (Gotham)|Lucius Fox]]

=== Recurring === *Kelcy Griffin as [[Vanessa Harper]]<ref name="Year Zero" /> *Hunter Jones as Will Thomas<ref name="Year Zero" /> *[[Jaime Murray]] as [[Nyssa al Ghul (Gotham)|Nyssa al Ghul]]<ref name="MurrayWalker">{{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=October 30, 2018 |title='Gotham': Jaime Murray Set For Key Role on Fox's Batman Prequel |url=https://deadline.com/2018/10/gotham-jaime-murray-recurring-role-fox-batman-prequel-1202492082/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130074323/https://deadline.com/2018/10/gotham-jaime-murray-recurring-role-fox-batman-prequel-1202492082/ |archive-date=January 30, 2019 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> *[[Francesca Root-Dodson]] as [[Ecco (Gotham)|Ecco]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ridgely |first=Charlie |date=December 6, 2018 |title='Gotham' Star Reveals New Ecco Photo Looking a Lot Like Harley Quinn |url=https://comicbook.com/dc/2018/12/06/gotham-season-5-harley-quinn-ecco-photo/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207144141/https://comicbook.com/dc/2018/12/06/gotham-season-5-harley-quinn-ecco-photo/ |archive-date=December 7, 2018 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=Comicbook.com}}</ref> *J. W. Cortes as [[Alvarez (Gotham)|Alvarez]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=DeJesus |first=Jaime |date=January 23, 2019 |title=Sunset Park "Gotham" actor says goodbye to show after five seasons |url=https://brooklynreporter.com/2019/01/sunset-park-gotham-actor-says-goodbye-to-show-after-five-seasons/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216113025/https://brooklynreporter.com/2019/01/sunset-park-gotham-actor-says-goodbye-to-show-after-five-seasons/ |archive-date=February 16, 2019 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=The Brooklyn Home Reporter}}</ref> *[[Cameron Monaghan]] as [[Jerome and Jeremiah Valeska|Jeremiah Valeska]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Damore |first=Meagan |date=December 27, 2018 |title=EXCLUSIVE: Gotham's Monaghan Teases Jeremiah's Girlfriend & 'Weird Complexes' |url=https://www.cbr.com/gotham-season-5-cameron-monaghan-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228122155/https://www.cbr.com/gotham-season-5-cameron-monaghan-interview/ |archive-date=December 28, 2018 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]]}}</ref> *[[Shane West]] as [[Eduardo Dorrance|Eduardo Dorrance / Bane]]<ref name="WestDorrance">{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=September 11, 2018 |title='Gotham': Shane West Set For Key Role on Final Season of Fox's Batman Prequel |url=https://deadline.com/2018/09/shane-west-cast-gotham-season-5-final-season-eduardo-dorrance-bane-edmund-batman-prequel-fox-1202462923/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223160343/https://deadline.com/2018/09/shane-west-cast-gotham-season-5-final-season-eduardo-dorrance-bane-edmund-batman-prequel-fox-1202462923/ |archive-date=December 23, 2018 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> {{column}}

=== Guest === *[[David W. Thompson]] as [[Jonathan Crane (Gotham)|Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow]]<ref name="Year Zero">{{Cite web |title=(GTH-501) "Year Zero" |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20181212fox07/ |access-date=February 17, 2019 |website=[[The Futon Critic]]}}</ref> *Andrew Sellon as [[Arthur Penn (Gotham)|Arthur Penn / Ventriloquist]]<ref name="Sellon Ventriloquist">{{Cite web |last=Venable |first=Nick |date=February 20, 2019 |title=Gotham Is Bringing A Dead Character Back As A Surprising Batman Villain |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2467175/gotham-is-bringing-a-dead-character-back-as-a-surprising-batman-villain |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224154322/https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2467175/gotham-is-bringing-a-dead-character-back-as-a-surprising-batman-villain |archive-date=February 24, 2019 |access-date=February 24, 2019 |website=Cinema Blend}}</ref> *[[Peyton List (actress, born 1986)|Peyton List]] as [[Ivy Pepper|Ivy "Pamela" Pepper / Poison Ivy]]<ref name="Trespassers">{{Cite web |title=(GTH-502) "Trespassers" |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20181220fox07/ |access-date=February 17, 2019 |website=[[The Futon Critic]]}}</ref> *Alex Morf as Sykes<ref name="Trespassers" /> *David Kallaway as Tank<ref name="Trespassers" /> *Will Meyers as Gabriel<ref name="Trespassers" /> *[[Anthony Carrigan (actor)|Anthony Carrigan]] as [[Victor Zsasz (Gotham)|Victor Zsasz]]<ref name="Ruin">{{Cite web |title=(GTH-504) "Ruin" |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20190102fox11/ |access-date=February 17, 2019 |website=[[The Futon Critic]]}}</ref> *[[BD Wong]] as [[Hugo Strange (Gotham)|Hugo Strange]]<ref name="Pena Dura">{{Cite web |title=(GTH-505) "Pena Dura" |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20190110fox07/ |access-date=February 17, 2019 |website=[[The Futon Critic]]}}</ref> *Shiva Kalaiselvan as [[Lelia (Gotham)|Lelia]]<ref name="Pena Dura" /> *Marceline Hugot as Gretel<ref name="Pena Dura" /> *David Carranza as Angel Vallelunga<ref name="13 Stitches">{{Cite web |title=(GTH-506) "13 Stitches" |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20190123fox07/ |access-date=February 17, 2019 |website=[[The Futon Critic]]}}</ref> *Sarah Schenkkan as [[Magpie (Gotham)|Magpie]]<ref name="13 Stitches" /> *[[Benedict Samuel]] as [[Jervis Tetch (Gotham)|Jervis Tetch / Mad Hatter]]<ref name="Samuel Hatter">{{Cite web |last=Ridgeley |first=Charlie |date=February 12, 2019 |title='Gotham': Mad Hatter Returns in New "Ace Chemicals" Photos |url=https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/02/12/gotham-ace-chemicals-photos-mad-hatter-return/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220093716/https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/02/12/gotham-ace-chemicals-photos-mad-hatter-return |archive-date=February 20, 2019 |access-date=February 20, 2019 |website=Comicbook.com}}</ref> *[[Sarah Pidgeon]] as [[Jane Doe (Gotham)|Jane Cartwright / Jane Doe]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bucksbaum |first=Sydney |date=March 2, 2019 |title=DC TV Watch: 'Gotham' Unites Iconic Villains, Kills Two Others |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/dc-tv-watch-riddler-penguin-team-up-ventriloquist-jane-doe-killed-1191596 |access-date=November 21, 2019 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |archive-date=March 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302220521/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/dc-tv-watch-riddler-penguin-team-up-ventriloquist-jane-doe-killed-1191596 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Dan Hedaya]] as Dix<ref name="Nothing">{{Cite web |title=(GTH-511) "Nothing's Shocking" |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20190215fox06/ |access-date=February 18, 2019 |website=[[The Futon Critic]]}}</ref> *Julian Gamble as Judge<ref name="The Trial of Jim Gordon">{{Cite web |title=(GTH-512) "The Trial of Jim Gordon" |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20190215fox24/ |access-date=February 18, 2019 |website=[[The Futon Critic]]}}</ref> *[[John Bedford Lloyd]] as General Wade<ref name="I Am Bane">{{Cite web |title=(GTH-508) "I Am Bane" |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20190228fox07/ |access-date=March 1, 2019 |website=[[The Futon Critic]]}}</ref> *[[Ann Harada]] as Mayor<ref name="They Did What?">{{Cite web |title=(GTH-509) "They Did What?" |url=http://thefutoncritic.com/listings/20190328fox07/ |access-date=March 28, 2019 |website=The Futon Critic |archive-date=July 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727112039/http://thefutoncritic.com/listings/20190328fox07/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Richard Kind]] as [[Aubrey James (Gotham)|Aubrey James]]<ref name="The Beginning...">{{Cite web |title=(GTH-510) "The Beginning..." |url=http://thefutoncritic.com/listings/20190403fox07/ |access-date=April 4, 2019 |website=The Futon Critic |archive-date=May 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190511042112/http://thefutoncritic.com/listings/20190403fox07/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *Jeté Laurence as [[Barbara Lee Gordon]]<ref name="The Beginning..." /> *[[Lili Simmons]] as adult Selina Kyle<ref name="Simmons" /> {{Columns-end}}

== Episodes == {{See also|List of Gotham episodes}} <onlyinclude>{{Episode table |background=#443832 |overall=5 |season=5 |title=20 |director=15 |writer=24 |airdate=14 |airdateR=<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shows A-Z – gotham on fox |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/gotham/listings/ |access-date=August 6, 2019 |website=[[The Futon Critic]] |archive-date=July 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727112044/http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/gotham/listings/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |prodcode=7 |viewers=10 |country=US |episodes= {{Episode table/part|c=#443832|subtitle=''Legend of the Dark Knight''|r=<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 29, 2018 |title=FOX Announces Midseason Premiere Dates |url=http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2018/10/29/fox-announces-midseason-premiere-dates-146310/20181029fox02/ |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=[[The Futon Critic]]}}</ref>}} {{Episode list/sublist|Gotham season 5 | EpisodeNumber = 89 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Year Zero | DirectedBy = [[Danny Cannon]] | WrittenBy = [[John Stephens (TV producer)|John Stephens]] | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|1|3}} | ProdCode = T40.10051 | Viewers = 2.54<ref name="5.01">{{Cite web |last=Welch |first=Alex |date=January 7, 2019 |title='The Blacklist,' 'The Orville,' 'Gotham,' everything else unchanged: Thursday final ratings |url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/thursday-final-ratings-jan-3-2019/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107233239/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/thursday-final-ratings-jan-3-2019/ |archive-date=January 7, 2019 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=[[TV by the Numbers]]}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Due to the bridges being bombed, the government has declared Gotham off-limits from the mainland, allowing criminals to control entire boroughs and neighborhoods. Gordon and the remaining GCPD officers gather refugees into the precinct for safety, while Bruce and Gordon work together to rid the city of crime. Scarecrow and his followers steal most of the GCPD's food and medicine, forcing Bruce to have Wayne Enterprises illegally fly supplies into the city. Cobblepot unsuccessfully tries to steal the supplies, and the resulting gunfight leads to Tabitha's death. Meanwhile, Nygma suffers memory blackouts and wakes up in different locations. Selina undergoes surgery to prevent her spine from collapsing, but remains paralyzed. When Selina unsuccessfully attempts suicide, one of the hospital's nurses advises Bruce to seek out "The Witch" to save her life. | LineColor = 443832 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Gotham season 5 | EpisodeNumber = 90 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Trespassers | DirectedBy = Louis Shaw Milito | WrittenBy = Danny Cannon | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|1|10}} | ProdCode = T40.10052 | Viewers = 2.38<ref name="5.02">{{Cite web |last=Welch |first=Alex |date=January 11, 2019 |title='Mom' adjusts down: Thursday final ratings |url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/thursday-final-ratings-jan-10-2019/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112150111/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/thursday-final-ratings-jan-10-2019/ |archive-date=January 12, 2019 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=[[TV by the Numbers]]}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Bruce hunts down the Witch and discovers her to be Ivy, who has been captured by locals after killing instead of helping them. Ivy's powers have grown and allowed her to control plant life, which she feeds the corpses of anyone who enters her territory – the park. Despite this, Bruce convinces her to save Selina and reluctantly frees her in the process; she gives Bruce a seed that will repair Selina's spine but will also "change" her forever. Selina ingests the seed and regains the ability to walk, but also gains cat-like qualities. Gordon and Bullock discover a runaway child who claims to have been a slave for an outlaw gang. Gordon and Bullock rescue the children and bring them to the "Haven" safe zone, with Barbara saving Gordon in the process after Cobblepot places a bounty on him. Meanwhile, Nygma awakens and realizes he has kidnapped a gangster working for the Street Demons, though they have seemingly been killed by Cobblepot. | LineColor = 443832 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Gotham season 5 | EpisodeNumber = 91 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Penguin, Our Hero | DirectedBy = [[Rob Bailey (director)|Rob Bailey]] | WrittenBy = [[Tze Chun]] | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|1|17}} | ProdCode = T40.10053 | Viewers = 2.36<ref name="5.03">{{Cite web |last=Rejent |first=Joseph |date=January 18, 2019 |title='Mom' and 'Fam' adjust down: Thursday final ratings |url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/thursday-final-ratings-january-17-2019/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119121301/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/thursday-final-ratings-january-17-2019/ |archive-date=January 19, 2019 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=[[TV by the Numbers]]}}</ref> | ShortSummary = After her recovery, Selina escapes from the hospital and she and Bruce work together to track Jeremiah Valeska down to the dark zone of the city, where they discover that Ecco is recruiting people to work for him. Selina fakes wanting to work for Jeremiah to break into their headquarters, but after a showdown, Ecco escapes and Selina betrays Bruce to go after Jeremiah. Meanwhile, Cobblepot's men defect to Haven and he leads a small army to the area, where he captures Gordon and the refugees. However, the Street Demons, believing Cobblepot killed their men, take him prisoner and kill the defected thugs, forcing him and Gordon to work together and free themselves before killing the Street Demons. However, as Gordon allows Cobblepot to go free, Haven is blown up by an unknown perpetrator, killing the refugees. | LineColor = 443832 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Gotham season 5 | EpisodeNumber = 92 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Ruin | DirectedBy = [[Nathan Hope]] | WrittenBy = James Stoteraux & Chad Fiveash | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|1|24}} | ProdCode = T40.10054 | Viewers = 2.35<ref name="5.04">{{Cite web |last=Welch |first=Alex |date=January 28, 2019 |title='Brooklyn Nine-Nine' and 'The Good Place' adjust down: Thursday final ratings |url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/thursday-final-ratings-jan-24-2019/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129014523/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/thursday-final-ratings-jan-24-2019/ |archive-date=January 29, 2019 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=[[TV by the Numbers]]}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Following the destruction of Haven, Gordon and Cobblepot reluctantly work together to track down Victor Zsasz, who is suspected of being the perpetrator, though he protests his innocence. After capturing him, Gordon asks Lucius to find evidence of Zsasz's guilt, and the latter encounters the disillusioned Nygma, who has discovered numbers written on his hand from the previous night. Nygma helps Lucius find the evidence, which proves Zsasz's innocence. Afterward, Nygma learns the numbers are for the apartment of a witness who saw him blow up Haven; regaining his memory of the event, Nygma kills the witness. Cobblepot captures Zsasz and organizes a kangaroo court where the Haven survivors ignore the evidence and order Zsasz's death, though Gordon and Bullock rescue him and let him go free, inadvertently turning the remaining refugees against them. After drowning his sorrows, a drunken Gordon reunites with Barbara and they kiss. Meanwhile, Selina follows Ecco to Jeremiah and manages to stab him multiple times, before being rescued by Bruce and Alfred. | LineColor = 443832 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Gotham season 5 | EpisodeNumber = 93 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Pena Dura | DirectedBy = [[Mark Tonderai]] | WrittenBy = Iturri Sosa | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|1|31}} | ProdCode = T40.10055 | Viewers = 2.34<ref name="5.05">{{Cite web |last=Rejent |first=Joseph |date=February 1, 2019 |title='Young Sheldon' adjusts down: Thursday final ratings |url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/thursday-final-ratings-january-31-2019/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202042518/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/thursday-final-ratings-january-31-2019/ |archive-date=February 2, 2019 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=[[TV by the Numbers]]}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Eduardo Dorrance, a soldier who once worked with Gordon, arrives in Gotham with the military. Nygma goes on the run after Gordon discovers that he blew up Haven, leading to a citywide manhunt. After regaining his memory of the same night the bridges blew, Nygma confronts Cobblepot and learns that Hugo Strange revived him. Strange reveals he implanted a chip in Nygma's brain to mind-control him; Gordon arrives and discovers Nygma's innocence. However, Dorrance reveals that he is the one controlling Nygma and activates the chip, forcing the latter to pursue Gordon. Simultaneously, Selina is declared a hero by the underworld for killing Jeremiah and turns away from Bruce, but Jeremiah awakens elsewhere, having fully recovered from his injuries. | LineColor = 443832 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Gotham season 5 | EpisodeNumber = 94 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = 13 Stitches | DirectedBy = [[Ben McKenzie]] | WrittenBy = Seth Boston | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|2|14}} | ProdCode = T40.10056 | Viewers = 2.28<ref name="5.06">{{Cite web |last=Rejent |first=Joseph |date=February 15, 2019 |title='Grey's Anatomy,' 'Mom,' 'S.W.A.T.,' all others unchanged: Thursday final ratings |url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/thursday-final-ratings-february-14-2019/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216020332/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/thursday-final-ratings-february-14-2019/ |archive-date=February 16, 2019 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=[[TV by the Numbers]]}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Gordon destroys the chip in Nygma's brain, and Lucius surgically removes it. Dorrance and his men take control of the GCPD; Gordon, Bruce, Alfred, Lucius, Nygma, and Barbara work together to broadcast evidence of Dorrance's criminal activities to the press and retake control of the GCPD. Simultaneously, Gordon and Dorrance face off after the latter reveals he has Lee in his custody and that Haven was destroyed to ensure that the military would maintain that the city was beyond saving. Gordon impales Dorrance with a pipe and takes Lee to the GCPD, but Dorrance's superior, Theresa Walker, takes him to Hugo Strange and activates the second chip in Lee's brain, which Gordon manages to destroy as well. Meanwhile, Cobblepot and Selina make a deal to escape from Gotham by working together to track down and kill a thief named [[Magpie (character)|Magpie]] after she steals from the former. Soon after, Alfred is kidnapped by Jeremiah, and Barbara reveals she is pregnant with Gordon's child. | LineColor = 443832 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Gotham season 5 | EpisodeNumber = 95 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Ace Chemicals | DirectedBy = John Stephens | WrittenBy = Tze Chun | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|2|21}} | ProdCode = T40.10057 | Viewers = 2.13<ref name="5.07">{{Cite web |last=Welch |first=Alex |date=February 25, 2019 |title='S.W.A.T.' and 'The Orville' adjust up, 'Young Sheldon' adjusts down: Thursday final ratings |url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/thursday-final-ratings-feb-21-2019/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225204620/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/thursday-final-ratings-feb-21-2019/ |archive-date=February 25, 2019 |access-date=February 25, 2019 |website=TV by the Numbers}}</ref> | ShortSummary = On the anniversary of the Wayne murders, Jeremiah uses two surgical doppelgangers of Thomas and Martha Wayne to force Bruce to relive his parents' deaths, hoping to become "connected" to him. Bruce and Alfred escape as Jeremiah blows up Wayne Manor, and Selina abandons Cobblepot to assist Bruce. Gordon and Lee discover Jeremiah is developing a toxin at Ace Chemicals, and are hypnotized by the Mad Hatter. Jeremiah kills the doppelganger couple and attempts to execute Gordon and Lee at Crime Alley, but Bruce and Selina rescue them. Jeremiah activates the toxin, forcing Gordon to drive it into the Gotham River; due to the water pollution, the government decides against mainland reunification. After a showdown with Bruce at Ace Chemicals, Jeremiah falls into a chemical vat and is left disfigured and brain-dead. Barbara, for the sake of her unborn child, forms a truce with Cobblepot and Nygma, who plan to escape Gotham on a self-built submarine. | LineColor = 443832 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Gotham season 5 | EpisodeNumber = 96 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Nothing's Shocking | DirectedBy = [[Kenneth Fink]] | WrittenBy = Seth Boston | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|2|28}} | ProdCode = T40.10061 | Viewers = 2.22<ref name="5.08">{{Cite web |last=Rejent |first=Joseph |date=March 1, 2019 |title='Grey's Anatomy,' 'Mom,' 'A Million Little Things,' all others hold: Thursday final ratings |url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/greys-anatomy-mom-a-million-little-things-all-others-hold-thursday-final-ratings/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302090718/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/greys-anatomy-mom-a-million-little-things-all-others-hold-thursday-final-ratings/ |archive-date=March 2, 2019 |access-date=March 1, 2019 |website=TV by the Numbers}}</ref> | ShortSummary = As Cobblepot and Nygma work on building the submarine, they are approached by Cobblepot's accountant Arthur Penn, who survived his near-death experience at Haven. However, Penn suffers from a split personality, embodied by the ventriloquist dummy [[Ventriloquist (character)|Scarface]], leading to a confrontation that results in Penn's death. Bruce and Alfred track down a missing man in the sewers and rescue him from a hybrid-human who was mutated by Jeremiah's chemicals. When two former GCPD officers are murdered by shapeshifting Indian Hill escapee Jane Cartwright, a.k.a. "[[Jane Doe (character)|Jane Doe]]", Gordon discovers she is linked to Bullock's early years at the GCPD with Dix, his old partner. After Jane kills Dix, Bullock tracks her down and is forced to kill her. A guilt-ridden Bullock then confesses that he and the victims unethically forced Jane to incriminate her mother for killing her abusive father, and Gordon tells him he cannot offer forgiveness. | LineColor = 443832 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Gotham season 5 | EpisodeNumber = 97 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = The Trial of Jim Gordon | DirectedBy = [[Erin Richards]] | WrittenBy = Ben McKenzie | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|3|7}} | ProdCode = T40.10062 | Viewers = 2.04<ref name="5.09">{{Cite web |last=Rejent |first=Joseph |date=March 8, 2019 |title='Station 19,' 'For the People' adjust down: Thursday final ratings |url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/thursday-final-ratings-march-7-2019/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318101654/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/thursday-final-ratings-march-7-2019/ |archive-date=March 18, 2019 |access-date=March 8, 2019 |website=TV by the Numbers}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Gordon tries to negotiate a ceasefire between Gotham's gangs but is shot by Zsasz and left comatose. As Lee operates on him, Gordon dreams of himself being on trial for his failures in his life and decisions. Bullock discovers Zsasz was acting under Ivy's influence, as she intends to prevent reunification and rebuild Gotham with her plants. Ivy also hypnotizes Bruce and Lucius into shutting down the river's treatment facility and keeping the water polluted, but Selina frees them and helps stop the shutdown. To get in Gordon's good graces, Barbara blackmails the gang leaders into a ceasefire. Ivy infiltrates the GCPD to kill Gordon but flees after Lee shoots her. In his final hallucination, Gordon decides to live for Lee and his unborn child. A month later, Gordon and Lee are wed by Bullock in the precinct, while Bruce shares a passionate kiss with Selina; disappointed, Barbara hopes to escape Gotham soon alongside Cobblepot and Nygma and keep the baby for herself. | LineColor = 443832 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Gotham season 5 | EpisodeNumber = 98 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = I Am Bane | DirectedBy = Kenneth Fink | WrittenBy = James Stoteraux & Chad Fiveash | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|3|21}} | ProdCode = T40.10058 | Viewers = 2.17<ref name="5.10">{{Cite web |last=Rejent |first=Joseph |date=March 22, 2019 |title='Brooklyn Nine Nine' and NCAA adjust down: Thursday final ratings |url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/thursday-final-ratings-march-21-2019/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322215800/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/thursday-final-ratings-march-21-2019/ |archive-date=March 22, 2019 |access-date=March 22, 2019 |website=TV by the Numbers}}</ref> | ShortSummary = The government approves mainland reunification and sends the military to commence the procedure. However, Dorrance—transformed by the strength-enhancing drug "Venom" and now calling himself [[Bane (DC Comics)|Bane]]—captures Gordon, Bruce, and General Wade. Walker reveals herself as [[Nyssa Raatko|Nyssa al Ghul]], the daughter of Ra's al Ghul, and tortures Gordon in front of Bruce as punishment for killing her father. Bane is sent to kill Barbara, who undergoes labor at Lee's clinic. Cobblepot and Nygma are prevented from escaping after Barbara steals the submarine's pressure gauge, forcing them to protect her from Bane before stealing back the gauge. Alfred and Selina fight Bane, who defeats them and badly injures Alfred. As Barbara gives birth to her daughter, Lee convinces her that she does not have to leave Gotham and they can work out raising the baby. However, they are captured by Nyssa. Bruce frees himself and rescues Gordon and Wade, but the latter, now controlled by Strange, orders the military to bomb Gotham. | LineColor = 443832 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Gotham season 5 | EpisodeNumber = 99 | EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | Title = They Did What? | DirectedBy = Carol Banker | WrittenBy = Tze Chun | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|4|18}} | ProdCode = T40.10059 | Viewers = 2.02<ref name="5.11">{{Cite web |last=Rejent |first=Joseph |date=April 19, 2019 |title='Grey's Anatomy,' 'The Big Bang Theory' adjust up, 'Supernatural' adjusts down: Thursday final ratings |url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/thursday-final-ratings-april-18-2019/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419230545/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/thursday-final-ratings-april-18-2019/ |archive-date=April 19, 2019 |access-date=April 19, 2019 |website=TV by the Numbers}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Following the city's bombing, refugees retreat to the GCPD while Bane takes command of the military. Cobblepot and Nygma decide to remain in Gotham and stand with the GCPD against Bane's forces. Selina retrieves Lee, and she and Bruce use one of Jeremiah's recommissioned bombs to destroy Wayne Enterprises' headquarters, slowing the military's advance. Gordon rescues Barbara and the baby from Nyssa, who kills General Wade and escapes Gotham by stealing the submarine. In a final standoff with the GCPD and the refugees, the military turns on Bane, who surrenders. Gotham's reconstruction begins, and Gordon is appointed Commissioner of the GCPD. Realizing she did not give her baby a name throughout the chaos, Barbara decides to name her daughter Barbara Lee Gordon, after the three people she trusts. Elsewhere, Cobblepot and Nygma plan to eventually take over Gotham, and Bruce departs from the city, promising to return. | LineColor = 443832 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Gotham season 5 | EpisodeNumber = 100 | EpisodeNumber2 = 12 | Title = [[The Beginning...]] | DirectedBy = Rob Bailey | WrittenBy = John Stephens | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|4|25}} | ProdCode = T40.10060 | Viewers = 2.19<ref name="5.12">{{Cite web |last=Rejent |first=Joseph |date=April 26, 2019 |title='The Big Bang Theory' adjusts up, NFL Draft adjusts down: Thursday final ratings |url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/thursday-final-ratings-april-25-2019/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426215120/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/thursday-final-ratings-april-25-2019/ |archive-date=April 26, 2019 |access-date=April 26, 2019 |website=TV by the Numbers}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Ten years later, Bruce returns to Gotham following his extensive travels across the world and his reappearance is publicly announced. Cobblepot is released from Blackgate after a decade in custody, and Gordon wants to retire from the GCPD, though he relents when Nygma, who has been incarcerated at [[Arkham Asylum]] for a decade, escapes and kidnaps Mayor James to destroy Wayne Tower at its reopening. However, Nygma is a patsy as they successfully defuse the real bomb. Simultaneously, Cobblepot frees Nygma once again while Bullock frames himself for the murder of the guard who broke Nygma out from prison, though Gordon frees him after learning that Jeremiah Valeska, who has faked brain death, is the true culprit. Bruce, now secretly working as a vigilante in a bat-themed costume, captures Cobblepot and Nygma; after they break out of a prison van, they decide to seek revenge on the vigilante but remain afraid of him. Jeremiah kidnaps Barbara Lee in a showdown with Gordon, though she is rescued by Bruce. Finally, Bruce reconciles with Selina, who has become a cat-themed burglar, and is summoned by Gordon using a police searchlight bearing a bat emblem. | LineColor = 443832 }} }}</onlyinclude>

== Production == === Development === On May 13, 2018, [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] renewed ''Gotham'' for a fifth and final season.<ref name="Season5renew">{{Cite news |last=Turchiano |first=Danielle |date=May 13, 2018 |title='Gotham' Renewed for Fifth and Final Season at Fox |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/gotham-renewed-fox-last-season-1202800288/ |url-status=live |access-date=February 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815160127/https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/gotham-renewed-fox-last-season-1202800288/ |archive-date=August 15, 2018}}</ref> While the season was initially given a 10-episode order,<ref name="June 4, 2018">{{Cite web |last=Ridgely |first=Charlie |date=June 4, 2018 |title='Gotham' Star Confirms Season 5 Will Only Be 10 Episodes |url=https://comicbook.com/dc/2018/06/04/gotham-season-5-10-episodes-fox/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720050243/http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/06/04/gotham-season-5-10-episodes-fox/ |archive-date=July 20, 2018 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=Comicbook.com}}</ref> this was later increased to 12,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hood |first=Cooper |date=October 29, 2018 |title=Gotham Season 5 Gets January 2019 Premiere Date & Expanded Episode Count |url=https://screenrant.com/gotham-season-5-premiere-date-episode-count/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107100418/https://screenrant.com/gotham-season-5-premiere-date-episode-count/ |archive-date=November 7, 2018 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref> thereby making the season finale the series' [[100 episodes|100th episode]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mitovich |first=Matt Webb |date=October 29, 2018 |title=Gotham's Bigger Final Season, Cosmos Among Fox's Midseason Dates |url=https://tvline.com/2018/10/29/gotham-final-season-5-premiere-date-orville-season-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116121913/https://tvline.com/2018/10/29/gotham-final-season-5-premiere-date-orville-season-2/ |archive-date=November 16, 2018 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=[[TVLine]]}}</ref> [[John Stephens (TV producer)|John Stephens]] serves as the season's [[showrunner]].<ref name="THR season 5">{{Cite web |last=Bucksbaum |first=Sydney |date=December 29, 2018 |title=DC TV Watch: How 'Gotham's' Final Season Sets Up Batman's Beginning |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/gotham-final-season-spoilers-ben-mckenzie-dc-tv-watch-1171668 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229192338/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/gotham-final-season-spoilers-ben-mckenzie-dc-tv-watch-1171668 |archive-date=December 29, 2018 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>

=== Writing === The fifth season is shorter than the previous seasons, all of which had 22 episodes each. As a result of this, Stephens said, "We move really quickly [...] We tried to build out the character moments as well. Sometimes we've had so much plot that we had to squeeze out some of the character stuff and now that it's the last chance we have to be with these characters, we're letting them live in these moments."<ref name="THR season 5" /> The season is inspired by, and adapts elements from two comic book storylines: ''[[Batman: No Man's Land]]'', in which the beleaguered [[Gotham City]] is cut off from the rest of the world;<ref name="NoMan">{{Cite web |last=Damore |first=Meagan |date=January 3, 2019 |title=Gotham: How 'No Man's Land' Draws from the Iconic Comic Story |url=https://www.cbr.com/gotham-no-mans-land-comics/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203021435/https://www.cbr.com/gotham-no-mans-land-comics/ |archive-date=February 3, 2019 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]]}}</ref> and ''[[Batman: Zero Year]]'', which focuses on [[Batman|Bruce Wayne / Batman]]'s initial period as a costumed vigilante, and his efforts to stop [[Riddler|Edward Nygma / Riddler]] from taking over Gotham.<ref name="Zero Year">{{Cite web |last=Ridgely |first=Charlie |date=May 21, 2018 |title=Exclusive: 'Gotham' Season 5 to Adapt 'Batman: Zero Year' |url=https://comicbook.com/dc/2018/05/21/gotham-season-5-batman-zero-year-dc-comic/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713172800/http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/05/21/gotham-season-5-batman-zero-year-dc-comic/ |archive-date=July 13, 2018 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=Comicbook.com}}</ref> The ''No Man's Land'' arc was planned three years in advance, and the producers intended for it to be an "inspiration", rather than a "religious" adaptation of the comic book storyline.<ref name="NoMan" /> The season features [[ellipsis (narrative device)|ellipsis]] and [[analepsis]]; the season premiere opens 391 days after the events of the season four finale "[[No Man's Land (Gotham)|No Man's Land]]", before settling back at 87 days. The final episode jumps 10 years into the future, where Bruce is established as a vigilante.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayner |first=Chris E. |date=October 15, 2018 |title=Gotham Season 5 Has Three Time Jumps And That Is Very Important |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gotham-season-5-has-three-time-jumps-and-that-is-v/1100-6462384/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102163103/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gotham-season-5-has-three-time-jumps-and-that-is-v/1100-6462384/ |archive-date=January 2, 2019 |access-date=February 26, 2019 |website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref>

=== Casting === Main cast members [[Ben McKenzie]], [[Donal Logue]], [[David Mazouz]], [[Morena Baccarin]], [[Sean Pertwee]], [[Robin Lord Taylor]], [[Erin Richards]], [[Camren Bicondova]], [[Cory Michael Smith]], [[Jessica Lucas]] and [[Chris Chalk]] return from previous seasons as [[James Gordon (Gotham)|James Gordon]], [[Harvey Bullock (character)|Harvey Bullock]], [[Bruce Wayne (Gotham)|Bruce Wayne]], [[Leslie Thompkins]],<ref name="THR season 5" /> [[Alfred Pennyworth]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ridgely |first=Charlie |date=October 29, 2018 |title='Gotham's Sean Pertwee on How Bruce and Alfred Will Grow in Season 5 |url=https://comicbook.com/dc/2018/10/29/gotham-traditional-alfred-bruce-relationship-sean-pertwee/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116021101/https://comicbook.com/dc/2018/10/29/gotham-traditional-alfred-bruce-relationship-sean-pertwee/ |archive-date=November 16, 2018 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=Comicbook.com}}</ref> [[Oswald Cobblepot (Gotham)|Oswald Cobblepot / Penguin]],<ref name="THR season 5" /> [[Barbara Kean]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Houghton |first=Rianne |date=August 8, 2018 |title=Gotham season 5 reveals new look for Barbara Kean |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a863450/gotham-season-5-barbara-kean-new-look-pictures/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220094312/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a863450/gotham-season-5-barbara-kean-new-look-pictures/ |archive-date=February 20, 2019 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=[[Digital Spy]]}}</ref> [[Catwoman|Selina Kyle]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Rebecca |date=December 17, 2018 |title=Gotham – Camren Bicondova Season 5 Interview on Selina's State of Mind |url=https://www.showbizjunkies.com/tv/gotham-camren-bicondova-interview-season-5/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220094312/https://www.showbizjunkies.com/tv/gotham-camren-bicondova-interview-season-5/ |archive-date=February 20, 2019 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=ShowbizJunkies}}</ref> Edward Nygma / Riddler,<ref name="THR season 5" /> [[Tabitha Galavan]],<ref name="Tabitha">{{Cite web |last=Cardona |first=Ian |date=January 3, 2019 |title=Gotham's Final Season Delivers Its First Major Casualty |url=https://www.cbr.com/gotham-season-5-premiere-tabitha-galavan-death/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203032627/https://www.cbr.com/gotham-season-5-premiere-tabitha-galavan-death/ |archive-date=February 3, 2019 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]]}}</ref> and [[Lucius Fox]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morales |first=Wilson |date=January 17, 2019 |title=Exclusive: Chris Chalk On Playing Lucius Fox In Final Season Of Gotham |url=https://www.blackfilm.com/read/2019/01/exclusive-chris-chalk-on-playing-lucius-fox-in-final-season-of-gotham/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216104602/https://www.blackfilm.com/read/2019/01/exclusive-chris-chalk-on-playing-lucius-fox-in-final-season-of-gotham/ |archive-date=February 16, 2019 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=Blackfilm}}</ref> Despite Lucas initially being advertised as a regular for the season, her character was killed off in the season premiere.<ref name="Tabitha" /> For the final episode, [[Lili Simmons]] replaced Bicondova to portray Selina as an adult.<ref name="Simmons">{{Cite web |last=Stone |first=Sam |date=April 19, 2019 |title=Gotham: Why Camren Bicondova Won't Appear in the Series Finale |url=https://www.cbr.com/gotham-camren-bicondova-series-finale/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420043550/https://www.cbr.com/gotham-camren-bicondova-series-finale/ |archive-date=April 20, 2019 |access-date=April 20, 2019 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]]}}</ref>

[[Benedict Samuel]], who played [[Mad Hatter (DC Comics)|Jervis Tetch / Mad Hatter]] as a regular in the third season and a guest in the fourth season, returned as a guest in the fifth season.<ref name="Samuel Hatter" /> Andrew Sellon, who recurred as [[Arthur Penn (Gotham)|Arthur Penn]] in the fourth season, returned for the fifth season in a guest capacity. He said his character would have become the series' version of the [[Ventriloquist (character)|Ventriloquist]], but due to the shortened season and pacing reasons, the idea was initially scrapped.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 17, 2019 |title=EXCLUSIVE Gotham Interview Andrew Sellon Mr. Penn from Gotham – Gotham TV Podcast Episode 132 |url=https://gothamtvpodcast.com/exclusive-gotham-interview-andrew-sellon-mr-penn-from-gotham-gotham-tv-podcast-episode-132/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220090010/https://gothamtvpodcast.com/exclusive-gotham-interview-andrew-sellon-mr-penn-from-gotham-gotham-tv-podcast-episode-132/ |archive-date=February 20, 2019 |access-date=February 20, 2019 |website=Gotham TV Podcast}}</ref> After Fox extended the season's episode count from 10 to 12, the creative team were able to continue with their original plan of making Penn the Ventriloquist.<ref name="Sellon Ventriloquist" /> [[Shane West]] played the recurring role of Gordon's military ally [[Eduardo Dorrance]], written as the series' version of [[Bane (DC Comics)|Bane]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vick |first=Megan |date=October 7, 2018 |title=Shane West's Character Is Finally Confirmed in Gotham Final Season |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/gotham-shane-west-bane-first-look-trailer/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121094307/https://www.tvguide.com/news/gotham-shane-west-bane-first-look-trailer/ |archive-date=January 21, 2019 |access-date=March 5, 2019 |website=[[TV Guide]]}}</ref> In October 2018, [[Jaime Murray]] was cast in a recurring role as Theresa Walker;<ref name="MurrayWalker" /> it was eventually revealed that her character was actually [[Nyssa al Ghul (Gotham)|Nyssa al Ghul]].<ref name="MurrayNyssa">{{Cite web |last=Mitovich |first=Matt Webb |date=March 22, 2019 |title=Gotham and Arrowverse Share Yet Another Character, With Walker Reveal — Plus, Whose Back Did Bane Break? |url=https://tvline.com/2019/03/21/gotham-recap-season-5-episode-10-walker-is-nyssa-al-ghul/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322032810/https://tvline.com/2019/03/21/gotham-recap-season-5-episode-10-walker-is-nyssa-al-ghul/ |archive-date=March 22, 2019 |access-date=March 23, 2019 |website=[[TVLine]]}}</ref>

=== Design === John Glaser designed the season's costumes.<ref name="Catwoman costume" /> Stephens compared the [[Batsuit]] worn by Bruce Wayne in the season finale to the one seen in the film ''[[The Dark Knight Rises]]'' (2012) due to being a matte, metallic short-eared battlesuit.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lapin-Bertone |first=Joshua |date=October 10, 2018 |title=Gotham season 5: Details on Bruce Wayne's Batsuit |url=https://bamsmackpow.com/2018/10/10/gotham-season-5-details-bruce-waynes-batsuit/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104003046/https://bamsmackpow.com/2018/10/10/gotham-season-5-details-bruce-waynes-batsuit/ |archive-date=January 4, 2019 |access-date=February 25, 2019 |website=Bam Smack Pow}}</ref> Mazouz provided the close up shots and voice for the character,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whitbrook |first=James |date=February 6, 2019 |title=David Mazouz Will Become Batman Before Gotham Ends, But He Won't be the One in the Batsuit |url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/david-mazouz-will-become-batman-before-gotham-ends-but-1832408570 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207115912/https://io9.gizmodo.com/david-mazouz-will-become-batman-before-gotham-ends-but-1832408570 |archive-date=February 7, 2019 |access-date=February 26, 2019 |website=[[io9]]}}</ref> while stunt double Mikhail Mudrik filled in for distant shots to fit with the character's grown-up appearance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nolan |first=L.D. |date=April 27, 2019 |title=Gotham Set Video Reveals Best Look Yet at Batman Costume |url=https://www.cbr.com/gotham-set-video-batman-costume/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427223822/https://www.cbr.com/gotham-set-video-batman-costume/ |archive-date=April 27, 2019 |access-date=April 28, 2019 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]]}}</ref> Lord Taylor said the season finale would feature Oswald Cobblepot resembling the character as he in the comics. To achieve Cobblepot's fat look, he wore a [[fatsuit]]. At Lord Taylor's request, the costume designer consciously avoided making Cobblepot resemble [[Violet Beauregarde]]'s "blueberry girl" look from ''[[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory]]'' (1971) and instead went for a "little more monstrous" look, which included depicting the character with a hunch.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pearce |first=Tilly |date=January 19, 2019 |title=Gotham's Robin Lord-Taylor confirms fat suit will complete Penguin transformation in season 5 time jump |work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/01/19/gothams-robin-lord-taylor-confirms-fat-suit-will-complete-penguin-transformation-season-5-time-jump-8362486/ |url-status=live |access-date=February 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204060914/https://metro.co.uk/2019/01/19/gothams-robin-lord-taylor-confirms-fat-suit-will-complete-penguin-transformation-season-5-time-jump-8362486/ |archive-date=February 4, 2019}}</ref> Additionally, Edward Nygma's season finale Riddler costume was designed to look exactly as in the comics, by having a green color scheme and being filled with [[question mark]]s throughout.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ridgeley |first=Charlie |date=November 19, 2018 |title='Gotham' Final Season Set Photos Reveal Penguin & Riddler in Classic Comic Costumes |url=https://comicbook.com/dc/2018/11/19/gotham-riddler-penguin-classic-comic-costumes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207183415/https://comicbook.com/dc/2018/11/19/gotham-riddler-penguin-classic-comic-costumes/ |archive-date=February 7, 2019 |access-date=February 26, 2019 |website=Comicbook.com}}</ref> The final episode sees Selina established as a cat burglar; Bicondova said the costume for this episode eschewed the ears seen in most Catwoman costumes in order to look more grounded.<ref name="Catwoman costume">{{Cite web |last=Ridgely |first=Charlie |date=January 18, 2019 |title='Gotham' Star Camren Bicondova Says Selina's Catwoman Costume Won't Have Ears |url=https://comicbook.com/dc/amp/2019/01/18/gotham-catwoman-suit-no-ears/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190206062504/https://comicbook.com/dc/amp/2019/01/18/gotham-catwoman-suit-no-ears/ |archive-date=February 6, 2019 |access-date=February 26, 2019 |website=Comicbook.com}}</ref>

=== Filming === The season began production in July 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ridgely |first=Charlie |date=June 18, 2018 |title='Gotham' Final Season to Begin Shooting Next Month |url=http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/06/18/gotham-final-season-shooting-july-fox/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623091146/http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/06/18/gotham-final-season-shooting-july-fox |archive-date=June 23, 2018 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=Comicbook.com}}</ref> Before the season began filming, Ben McKenzie began growing a moustache to accurately resemble Gordon as seen in the comics.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arvedon |first=Jon |date=May 24, 2018 |title=Gotham: Jim Gordon's Mustache to Debut in Season 5 |url=https://www.cbr.com/gotham-season-five-jim-gordon-mustache/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227032954/https://www.cbr.com/gotham-season-five-jim-gordon-mustache/ |archive-date=February 27, 2019 |access-date=February 26, 2019 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]]}}</ref> However, since he had only two days to grow the moustache, it was ultimately decided that he sport a fake one.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Elvy |first=Craig |date=March 26, 2019 |title=Gotham: Jim Gordon's Iconic Mustache Won't Be Entirely Real |url=https://screenrant.com/gotham-gordon-mustache-real-fake/ |access-date=April 29, 2019 |website=[[Screen Rant]] |archive-date=May 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513045439/https://screenrant.com/gotham-gordon-mustache-real-fake/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Erin Richards directed "The Trial of Jim Gordon", which was the season's twelfth and final episode to be produced but ninth to air,<ref name="The Trial of Jim Gordon" /> making her directorial debut on television.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gotham |url=http://events.foxflash.com/files/7bdf131b60/GOTHAMWinter2019.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225134132/http://events.foxflash.com/files/7bdf131b60/GOTHAMWinter2019.pdf |archive-date=February 25, 2019 |access-date=February 25, 2019 |publisher=[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] |page=1}}</ref> Filming for the season ended in December.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Darwish |first=Meaghan |date=December 12, 2018 |title='Gotham' Wraps Filming on the Final Season – See How the Cast Said Goodbye (PHOTOS) |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/737635/gotham-final-season-5-wraps-filming-cast-photos/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213135148/https://www.tvinsider.com/737635/gotham-final-season-5-wraps-filming-cast-photos/ |archive-date=December 13, 2018 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=[[TV Insider]]}}</ref>

== Release == The season premiered on January 3, 2019, on Fox in the United States,<ref name="5.01" /> and ended on April 25, 2019.<ref name="5.12" /> The season was released on DVD and [[Blu-ray]] on June 11, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 20, 2019 |title=Gotham Season 5, Complete Series Blu-ray Releasing in June |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/1041723-gotham-season-5-complete-series-blu-ray-box-set-releasing-in-june |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190222040718/https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/1041723-gotham-season-5-complete-series-blu-ray-box-set-releasing-in-june |archive-date=February 22, 2019 |access-date=February 22, 2019 |website=[[ComingSoon.net]]}}</ref>

== Reception == === Ratings === {{Television episode ratings | title1 = [[#ep89|Year Zero]] | date1 = January 3, 2019 | rs1 = 0.7/3 | viewers1 = 2.54<ref name="5.01" /> | dvr1 = 0.5 | dvrv1 = 1.67 | total1 = 1.2 | totalv1 = 4.21<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pucci |first=Douglas |date=January 15, 2019 |title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: Winter Premiere of ''The Big Bang Theory'' Leads All Telecasts in Overall Gains |url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-winter-premiere-of-the-big-bang-theory-leads-all-telecasts-in-overall-gains/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116110425/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-winter-premiere-of-the-big-bang-theory-leads-all-telecasts-in-overall-gains/ |archive-date=January 16, 2019 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=Programming Insider}}</ref>

| title2 = [[#ep90|Trespassers]] | date2 = January 10, 2019 | rs2 = 0.7/3 | viewers2 = 2.38<ref name="5.02" /> | dvr2 = 0.5 | dvrv2 = 1.55 | total2 = 1.2 | totalv2 = 3.94<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pucci |first=Douglas |date=January 22, 2019 |title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: 'Schooled' Series Premiere Edges Past 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' NBC Debut in Raw Adults 18-49 Gains |url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-schooled-series-premiere-edges-past-brooklyn-nine-nine-nbc-debut-in-raw-adults-18-49-gains/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204030545/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-schooled-series-premiere-edges-past-brooklyn-nine-nine-nbc-debut-in-raw-adults-18-49-gains/ |archive-date=February 4, 2019 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=Programming Insider}}</ref>

| title3 = [[#ep91|Penguin, Our Hero]] | date3 = January 17, 2019 | rs3 = 0.7/3 | viewers3 = 2.36<ref name="5.03" /> | dvr3 = 0.5 | dvrv3 = 1.53 | total3 = 1.2 | totalv3 = 3.89<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pucci |first=Douglas |date=February 1, 2019 |title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: 'A Million Little Things' Just One Percent Shy of Season-High Among Adults 18-49 in its Thursday Debut |url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-a-million-little-things-just-one-percent-shy-of-season-high-among-adults-18-49-in-its-thursday-debut/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190206030715/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-a-million-little-things-just-one-percent-shy-of-season-high-among-adults-18-49-in-its-thursday-debut/ |archive-date=February 6, 2019 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=Programming Insider}}</ref>

| title4 = [[#ep92|Ruin]] | date4 = January 24, 2019 | rs4 = 0.6/3 | viewers4 = 2.35<ref name="5.04" /> | dvr4 = 0.6 | dvrv4 = 1.62 | total4 = 1.2 | totalv4 = 3.97<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pucci |first=Douglas |date=February 7, 2019 |title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: All Five 'Big Brother: Celebrity Edition' Episodes Rank in Top 30 of Adults 18-49 Raw Gains |url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-all-five-big-brother-celebrity-edition-episodes-rank-in-top-30-of-adults-18-49-raw-gains/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227032954/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-all-five-big-brother-celebrity-edition-episodes-rank-in-top-30-of-adults-18-49-raw-gains/ |archive-date=February 27, 2019 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=Programming Insider}}</ref>

| title5 = [[#ep93|Pena Dura]] | date5 = January 31, 2019 | rs5 = 0.7/3 | viewers5 = 2.34<ref name="5.05" /> | dvr5 = 0.5 | dvrv5 = 1.44 | total5 = 1.2 | totalv5 = 3.78<ref>{{Cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=February 19, 2019 |title=Live+7 Ratings for Week of Jan. 28: Super Bowl LIII Clobbers Competition |url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/live-plus-7-ratings-week-of-jan-28-super-bowl-liii-1203143311/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220022231/https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/live-plus-7-ratings-week-of-jan-28-super-bowl-liii-1203143311/ |archive-date=February 20, 2019 |access-date=February 19, 2019 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

| title6 = [[#ep94|13 Stitches]] | date6 = February 14, 2019 | rs6 = 0.6/3 | viewers6 = 2.28<ref name="5.06" /> | dvr6 = 0.5 | dvrv6 = 1.47 | total6 = 1.1 | totalv6 = 3.75<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pucci |first=Douglas |date=February 26, 2019 |title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: 'The Rookie' Leads in Overall Percentage Gains |url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-the-rookie-leads-in-overall-percentage-gains/ |access-date=February 26, 2019 |website=Programming Insider |archive-date=March 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318101655/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-the-rookie-leads-in-overall-percentage-gains/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

| title7 = [[#ep95|Ace Chemicals]] | date7 = February 21, 2019 | rs7 = 0.6/3 | viewers7 = 2.13<ref name="5.07" /> | dvr7 = 0.4 | dvrv7 = 1.33 | total7 = 1.0 | totalv7 = 3.46<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pucci |first=Douglas |date=March 6, 2019 |title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: 'Survivor' Spring Premiere of 'Edge of Extinction' Makes Slightly Larger Time-Shifted Jump Than its Fall 'David vs. Goliath' Premiere |url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-survivor-spring-premiere-of-edge-of-extinction-makes-slightly-larger-time-shifted-jump-than-its-fall-david-vs-goliath-premiere/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306123220/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-survivor-spring-premiere-of-edge-of-extinction-makes-slightly-larger-time-shifted-jump-than-its-fall-david-vs-goliath-premiere/ |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |access-date=March 6, 2019 |website=Programming Insider}}</ref>

| title8 = [[#ep96|Nothing's Shocking]] | date8 = February 28, 2019 | rs8 = 0.6/3 | viewers8 = 2.22<ref name="5.08" /> | dvr8 = 0.5 | dvrv8 = 1.42 | total8 = 1.1 | totalv8 = 3.64<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pucci |first=Douglas |date=March 13, 2019 |title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: 'Whiskey Cavalier' Series Debut Thrives in Delayed Viewing Despite Rerun Telecast |url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-whiskey-cavalier-series-debut-thrives-in-delayed-viewing-despite-rerun-telecast/ |access-date=March 13, 2019 |website=Programming Insider |archive-date=March 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318101654/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-whiskey-cavalier-series-debut-thrives-in-delayed-viewing-despite-rerun-telecast/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

| title9 = [[#ep97|The Trial of Jim Gordon]] | date9 = March 7, 2019 | rs9 = 0.6/3 | viewers9 = 2.04<ref name="5.09" /> | dvr9 = 0.4 | dvrv9 = 1.30 | total9 = 1.0 | totalv9 = 3.34<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pucci |first=Douglas |date=March 21, 2019 |title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: 'The Blacklist' Tops Broadcast Telecasts in Adults 18-49 Percentage Gains |url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-the-blacklist-tops-broadcast-telecasts-in-adults-18-49-percentage-gains/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320200952/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-the-blacklist-tops-broadcast-telecasts-in-adults-18-49-percentage-gains/ |archive-date=March 20, 2019 |access-date=March 21, 2019 |website=Programming Insider}}</ref>

| title10 = [[#ep98|I Am Bane]] | date10 = March 21, 2019 | rs10 = 0.6/3 | viewers10 = 2.17<ref name="5.10" /> | dvr10 = 0.4 | dvrv10 = 1.32 | total10 = 1.0 | totalv10 = 3.49<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pucci |first=Douglas |date=April 3, 2019 |title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: 'The Orville' on Fox Leads Broadcast Network Telecasts in Percentage Gains Among Adults 18-49 |url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-the-orville-on-fox-leads-broadcast-network-telecasts-in-percentage-gains-among-adults-18-49/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403065441/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-the-orville-on-fox-leads-broadcast-network-telecasts-in-percentage-gains-among-adults-18-49/ |archive-date=April 3, 2019 |access-date=April 3, 2019 |website=Programming Insider}}</ref>

| title11 = [[#ep99|They Did What?]] | date11 = April 18, 2019 | rs11 = 0.6/3 | viewers11 = 2.02<ref name="5.11" /> | dvr11 = 0.4 | dvrv11 = 1.21 | total11 = 1.0 | totalv11 = 3.23<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pucci |first=Douglas |date=April 30, 2019 |title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: 'The Rookie' Season Finale Ranks Fifth in Adults 18-49 Gains, Runner-Up in Viewer Lifts |url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-the-rookie-season-finale-ranks-fifth-in-adults-18-49-gains-runner-up-in-viewer-lifts/ |access-date=April 30, 2019 |website=Programming Insider |archive-date=May 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501034834/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-the-rookie-season-finale-ranks-fifth-in-adults-18-49-gains-runner-up-in-viewer-lifts/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

| title12 = [[#ep100|The Beginning...]] | date12 = April 25, 2019 | rs12 = 0.5/2 | viewers12 = 2.19<ref name="5.12" /> | dvr12 = 0.4 | dvrv12 = 1.28 | total12 = 0.9 | totalv12 = 3.46<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pucci |first=Douglas |date=May 7, 2019 |title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: 'Jane the Virgin' and 'Whiskey Cavalier' Each More Than Double Their Respective Same-Day Demos and Viewers |url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-jane-the-virgin-and-whiskey-cavalier-each-more-than-double-their-respective-same-day-demos-and-viewers/ |access-date=May 7, 2019 |website=Programming Insider |archive-date=May 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508181427/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-jane-the-virgin-and-whiskey-cavalier-each-more-than-double-their-respective-same-day-demos-and-viewers/ |url-status=live }}</ref> }}

=== Critical response === The review aggregator website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported an 85% approval rating with an average rating of 7.17/10 based on 20 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "''Gotham'' concludes in a glorious free-for-all that takes full advantage of the series' dense roster of colorful villains, making for an extended climax that is equal parts daffy and thrilling."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gotham: Season 5 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/gotham/s05 |access-date=June 18, 2019 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]] |archive-date=February 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216121455/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/gotham/s05/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Gotham (TV series) seasons]] [[Category:2019 American television seasons]]