The first season of the Fox drama Gotham is available to stream today on Netflix, and here’s why you should watch the Batman prequel drama from Gotham City.

You’ve seen the various Batman movies with Michael Keaton starring as the original Batman on the big screen before Val Kilmer and George Clooney followed with some horrible sequels. Christopher Nolan thankfully breathed new life into the franchise with his Dark Knight trilogy with Christian Bale as the caped crusader as a new generation of fans were introduced to the Gotham City universe created in the DC Comics.

And now another new set of fans will be introduced to the franchise with the origin story from the first season of the Fox drama Gotham, starring Ben McKenzie as Detective James Gordon whose first case is solving the murder of the Thomas and Martha Wayne.

Gordon is one of the good guys in a city controlled by two rival mob families but before he can clean up Gotham City, he needs to help Bruce and promises to catch the killers of his parents. Helping Gordon is the only witness to the murders, Selina Kyle, who is also the object of the affection of the precocious young man who would grow up to be Batman.

Plenty of familiar characters and villains from the comics, original TV show and movies are in the first season, including Penguin, Catwoman, Poison Ivy, Scarecrow, the Riddler and more. The second promises to have more villains, including the continued development of the Joker.

The second season also premieres tonight on Fox at 8:00 pm EST but before you watch the second season, make sure you catch up on all the action from the promising first season.