Gordon (Ben McKenzie), who is looking for Barnes (Michael Chiklis), prefers not to tell any details to anyone in the force about him, just getting helped by Bullock (Donal Logue), who wants to prove his innocence.
Despite Sugar claiming that he did not commit the crime, Barnes kills him with his gun and then proposes to Gordon that they work together to clean Gotham from the criminals.
They return to Wayne Manor while the assassins continue raiding Selina's squat, finding evidence of Bruce's involvement.
In October 2016, it was announced that the ninth episode of the season will be titled "The Executioner" and was to be written by Ken Woodruff and directed by John Behring.
[1] Sean Pertwee, Erin Richards, Jessica Lucas, Chris Chalk, Drew Powell and Benedict Samuel don't appear in the episode as their respective characters.
In October 2016, it was announced that the guest cast for the episode would include James Carpinello as Mario Calvi, Chelsea Spack as Isabella, Jeremy Crutchley as Anton, and Costa Ronin as Luka Volk.
[6] Matt Fowler of IGN gave the episode a "good" 7.3 out of 10 and wrote in his verdict, "Gordon having to face off against psycho vigilante Barnes was a fun, satisfying way to invoking Jim's own past as a someone who's murdered in the name of 'justice.'
"[7] Nick Hogan of TV Overmind gave the series a star rating of 3.5 out of 5, writing "Overall, I found this episode enjoyable, but it emphasized a few of the plots that don't quite make sense to me.
Alice Tetch's blood virus has turned Chief Barnes into a soul that can't stomach the shades of gray that color the city and so refuses to acknowledge that they exist.
"[11] MaryAnn Sleasman of TV.com wrote, "'Mad City: The Executioner' felt like the sort of episode a series like Gotham in the place where it is right now, needs in order to reroute and regroup.
Jervis Tetch (Benedict Samuel) is off the board (for now) and with the exception of murdering his bestie/crush's ladyfriend, Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor) has been a good boy.
"[12] Robert Yanis, Jr. of Screenrant wrote, "While there's no telling where Barnes will go from here, the show has certainly transformed him into a far more interesting character with its most recent string of episodes.
"[13] Kayti Burt of Den of Geek gave a 3 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "That being said, it is still infinitely enjoyable to watch Robin Lord Taylor and Cory Michael Smith play these beats.
Oswald is trying so hard to be a good friend to Ed, despite having murdered his girlfriend and there's something tragic about that character tension — at least when the ever-watchable Taylor takes it on.