Having killed Galavan (James Frain), Gordon (Ben McKenzie) attends a hearing presided over by Harvey Dent (Nicholas D'Agosto) and Captain Barnes (Michael Chiklis).
Gordon denies involvement in Galavan's murder, claiming Cobblepot (Robin Lord Taylor) was the one who did it.
Butch (Drew Powell) has now become the boss of organized crime in Gotham and receives a visit from Tabitha (Jessica Lucas), who suggests they work together, which culminates in a kiss, watched by Selina (Camren Bicondova).
Gordon returns to the GCPD where he and Bullock (Donal Logue) investigate the killing spree of Fries.
While Nygma (Cory Michael Smith) performs a test on the cryogenics, he deduces the killer uses supercooled liquid helium.
By that time, Victor has escaped and Nora had found his basement laboratory, shocked by the experiments her husband had been performing.
He's then sent to therapy with head psychiatrist Dr. Hugo Strange (B. D. Wong), who details his plans to send Cobblepot through many "treatment" programs in Arkham.
Victor is surprised to see his latest experiment has worked and escapes, planning to continue helping Nora with a cure.
An employee, Ethel Peabody (Tonya Pinkins), adds that Bridgit Pike is still alive and refusing to cooperate with them.
[2] With this ratings, Gotham was the most-watched program of the day in FOX, beating out Lucifer, and also the 24th most watched of the week in the 18-49 demographics.
The episode received a rating of 100% with an average score of 7.5 out of 10 on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with the site's consensus stating: "The debut of Mr.
More interesting here was the first live-action appearance of Hugo Strange and his role as – possibly – the architect behind most everything sinister in Gotham dating back to the series premiere.
Club's Kyle Fowle gave the episode a "B" grade and wrote, "Gotham sticks with the fairly typical Mr.
Freeze backstory, painting Victor Fries as a somewhat sympathetic villain, a man who goes too far while trying to save his terminally ill wife.