Gus Floyd (Michael Goldsmith) wants the public crowd to swarm as a distraction for the arriving police so he tosses part of the loot.
Police investigators Gordon (Ben McKenzie) and Bullock (Donal Logue) review bank surveillance footage.
They speculate that there was a test staged of police response time with a smoke bomb and where they could be found since one of the gang wore a Kleg's Auto shop uniform.
Gang member Clyde Destro (Jonny Coyne) kills Floyd and takes the mask as a prize.
In Wayne Manor, Alfred (Sean Pertwee) receives the visit from an old SAS friend Reggie Payne (David O'Hara), who had been arrested for sleeping in the streets.
The episode received a rating of 77% with an average score of 7.4 out of 10 on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with the site's consensus stating: "With 'Red Hood,' Gotham finds its footing as a breeding ground for supervillainy, crusaders, and risk, unafraid to throw in a walloping surprise of grotesque proportions that couldn't be seen coming.
"[3] Matt Fowler of IGN gave the episode a "good" 7.4 out of 10 and wrote in his verdict, "Even though the Red Hood gang story will only pay dividends in our minds, it felt more like a fun, harmless one-off rather than a big, heavy 'this is where it all begins' ground zero moment.
Fish and Penguin however continued to flounder in stories that, respectively, don't tonally line up and seek to undo established character traits from earlier in the season.
In one storyline, Bullock and Gordon investigate a series of bank robberies executed by the newly-named Red Hood Gang.