Dwight’s first attempts to bring Jerome back don’t go so well and, with the GCPD ready to storm his compound, he goes to Plan B: cut the face off of Jerome’s corpse, wear it over his own, and win the Cult of the Joker over that way. Seeing Dwight take the stage wearing someone else’s face while he tries to convince the biggest Joker afficianados on the planet that he is an acceptable substitute for their lord and savior is disturbing stuff.

Meanwhile, back at the GCPD, Jerome is starting to come to. From death. The person he goes to for answers (with the help of a gun, of course) is poor, long-suffering Lee Thompkins who is so hilariously over a) being held at gunpoint and b) explaining things to the men of Gotham City. This is one of the instances in which the GCPD/Joker storyline shone with its humorous tone that was especially fitting in an episode that saw the Joker back on center stage.

Across town, Dwight has taken over the local news studio and is broadcasting a message to Gotham City. Basically, he is trying to be Jerome. But no one but Jerome can be Jerome and he wants his face and platform back. After the GCPD successfully take down Dwight, Jerome kidnaps him, steals his face back, staples it back on, and broadcasts his own message.

The gist of Jerome’s message? It’s time for the people of Gotham to take their city back, to do whatever they want. Basically, it is Gotham: The Purge. Jim makes it to the rooftop of the GCPD just in time to see Jerome’s massive explosion of the power plant (that kills Dwight — yep, Jerome was mad that he stole his face) that plunges the entire city into darkness. Oh, geez. Gothamis bad enough in light.

Best Gothamcliffhanger ever?

Selina is sick of being lied to…