Sofia encounters her father Carmine Falcone in his manor along with Barbara Kean, Tabitha Galavan and Selina Kyle.
The discussion soon escalates to a physical fight which ends when Alfred loses control and punches Bruce, who leaves in an angry fit.
Sofia reveals that she had Lazlo sent to the city to act as the serial killer, orchestrated Falcone's death and got herself wounded in order to avoid suspicion.
He decides to choose the second option and tells the GCPD he killed Lazlo, which afterwards pleases Sofia but she warns him that she'll always be keeping an eye on him at all times.
Bruce tells Alfred that he has signed papers removing him as his legal guardian, and threatens to go to the police and report the punches he inflicted on him as a way to get him arrested.
While Edward Nygma is being haunted by his alternate Riddler persona, Solomon Grundy is kidnapped by Tabitha and repeatedly hit over the head in an attempt to have him remember her.
Gordon returns to the GCPD and realizes that Bullock has quit his job permanently, leaving his badge and gun in the Captain's office, advising him to take control of the situation within the unit.
In November 2017, it was announced that the eleventh episode of the season would be titled "Queen Takes Knight" and was to be written by executive producer John Stephens and directed by Danny Cannon.
In November 2017, it was announced that the guest cast for the episode would include Michael Cerveris as Professor Pyg, Cameron Monaghan as Jerome Valeska, John Doman as Carmine Falcone, and Anthony Carrigan as Victor Zsasz.
[3] With these ratings, Gotham ranked second for Fox, behind The Orville, fourth on its timeslot, and eleventh for the night, behind The Great American Baking Show, The Orville, Toy Story That Time Forgot, S.W.A.T., Shrek the Halls, Life in Pieces, Mom, Young Sheldon, The Big Bang Theory, and Thursday Night Football.
Matt Fowler of IGN gave the episode a "good" 7.5 out of 10 and wrote in his verdict, "'Queen Takes Knight' didn't always make sense, and the Pyg reveal wasn't the greatest (though it did explain why Pyg felt so different, and underdeveloped), but the rise of Sofia Falcone and the way her storyline managed to put a twisted cap on Jim's original desire to thwart Pax Penguina gave everything a bit of warped closure.
I think Bruce’s descent into truly dickish, isolating behavior is severely underexplored, but the moments with Alfred in this episode certainly land.
"[5] Marc Buxton of Den of Geek gave wrote, "But with an important role for the always awesome Zsasz, the return of Jerome, and the death of Carmine Falcone, let’s call this winter finale a win.