Q: You’ve been a director as well as a star of “Gotham,” and now, you’ve written your soon-to-end series’ 98th episode (airing March 7) of the total 100. How was that experience for you?

A: It doesn’t air as the final episode, but it was the last one we shot. We’d already shot the (series) finale, then they ordered two more episodes – and what it allowed us to do was to put in some of the more emotional story lines we hadn’t been able to put in because of the plot.

I think that provided a really wonderful, cathartic way of ending the show. The last scene we shot was a massive moment for two of our characters, one of them being me (as Jim Gordon). And (co-star) Erin Richards got to direct the episode, and that was great, to have another actor go through and understand that process.