Recaps

Gordon and Harvey found Barbara at her parents’ home after Li Wei diverted them from the Riddler’s address, then took her to the police station before heading to confront the Riddler. At the warehouse, they discovered that the Riddler was their former colleague Edward Nygma, who was surprised to see them.

• Gordon chose to check on Barbara’s parents before arresting the Riddler, and Li Wei watched from Arkham Asylum as his plan unfolded.
• Gordon and Harvey found Barbara holding a gun beside her dead parents while a serial killer held her at knifepoint, and they shot and killed the man.
• Barbara was left in a vacant, distraught state, so Gordon took her to the police station and left her with Leslie before returning to the Riddler’s address.
• Gordon and Harvey found the kidnapped city councilman in a warehouse with Edward Nygma, who had become the Riddler.
• Edward was startled to see Gordon and Harvey, knowing how capable the two officers were.

Gordon and Harvey arrested Edward Nygma, the Riddler, and learned that he needed psychiatric treatment alongside Barbara, while Jerome’s bomb remained undiscovered. Li Wei prepared Hero Templates for Edward and Barbara as they were set to be transferred to Arkham Asylum.

• Edward tried to flee, but Gordon caught and arrested him for kidnapping the City Councilor.
• Gordon and Harvey rescued the City Councilor and took Edward to the Gotham Police Department, where Barnes questioned him without learning Jerome’s location or the bomb’s whereabouts.
• Leslie assessed Barbara and Edward, concluding that both needed inpatient psychiatric treatment at Arkham Asylum.
• Barnes arranged to transfer Barbara and Edward to Arkham Asylum, where he planned to meet Li Wei.
• Gordon and Harvey went back out to search for Jerome’s bomb, while Li Wei knew it was hidden in a Wayne Enterprises chemical plant and chose not to intervene.
• Li Wei opened the Hero Mall System and selected one male and one female Hero Template for Edward and Barbara.

Li Wei bought Twisted Fate’s Hero Template and discovered that Destiny let him see across Gotham and teleport between nearby cities, then prepared Akali’s template for Barbara. As Gotham searched in vain for Jerome’s bomb, an explosion finally struck the industrial district, drawing reporters and police to the scene.

• Li Wei purchased Twisted Fate’s Hero Template and found that Destiny granted him vast-range true sight and near-instant travel between cities.
• Li Wei purchased Akali’s Hero Template for Barbara, whose assassination and ninjutsu skills could make her a formidable killer.
• Li Wei waited for the Gotham Police Department to bring Edward and Barbara while Director Barnes’s citywide search for Jerome’s bomb made no progress.
• Gotham remained tense as residents feared an explosion and reporters prepared to race toward any blast for a story.
• An explosion struck the industrial district, and media reporters and Gotham Police Department officers headed to the scene.

A chemical plant owned by Wayne Enterprises exploded after its management ignored warnings and continued production, killing 748 people and injuring 1,379. As Gotham blamed Jerome and praised Wayne Enterprises’ compensation, Theodore Galavan gained public support by condemning Jerome and announcing a charity gala, then appeared to receive a death threat from him.

• Director Barnes arrived at the chemical plant, organized rescue efforts, and worried that leaked chemicals could spread through Gotham’s water system.
• Li Wei realized Wayne Enterprises had continued full production after a cursory inspection because its executives judged the potential losses from an explosion smaller than the cost of shutting down.
• Wayne Enterprises sent a public relations executive to promise compensation, while rescue workers reported 1,379 injured and 748 dead.
• The victims’ families praised Wayne Enterprises’ $200,000 death compensation, while some relatives of injured workers resented receiving less.
• Li Wei gained more than 700 Soul Essence from the deaths, and Gotham’s media and citizens condemned Jerome while overlooking Wayne Enterprises’ role.
• Theodore Galavan condemned Jerome and announced a charity gala, then news reports revealed an anonymous threat from Jerome, bolstering Galavan’s public image.

After the Gotham bombing, public attention shifted to Galvin’s charity gala while Li Wei welcomed Commissioner Barnes as the police transferred Edward and Barbara to Arkham Asylum. Li Wei planned to turn Barnes into a vessel for Sion and prepare Hero Templates for the new patients, while Galvin’s plan to kill Jerome remained doomed.

• Galvin’s charity gala gained public attention as Wayne Enterprises helped redirect the narrative after the explosion.
• Barnes arrived at Arkham Asylum with Gordon and Harvey to transfer Edward and Barbara into Li Wei’s care.
• Li Wei deflected Barnes’s suspicions about how he had found Edward, and the transfer proceeded without incident.
• Li Wei revealed that Barnes was his chosen vessel for the Undead Warrior Sion Hero Template and planned to prepare Edward and Barbara for Hero Templates.

Li Wei began advanced training for Edward and Barbara at Arkham Asylum, then prepared to load their Hero Templates beneath Indian Hill Hospital. He sent Ezri to oversee Barbara’s ritual and began Edward’s transformation, promising that Edward would soon learn how Li Wei had found his hiding place.

• Director Barnes told Gordon that he had no evidence linking Li Wei to the terrorists and would sign an arrest warrant if Gordon found valid proof.
• Li Wei started Edward and Barbara on Arkham Asylum’s advanced courses, including crime studies and lessons in creating dark jokes.
• Edward and Barbara completed their courses, with Barbara learning to create a qualified dark joke in two days while Edward remained puzzled about how Li Wei had found him.
• Li Wei asked Ezri to oversee the Hero Template ritual for female hosts, then had her take Barbara into an adjoining room at Indian Hill Hospital.
• Li Wei addressed the restrained Edward and promised he would soon learn how Li Wei had discovered his warehouse hideout.

Li Wei gave Edward Twisted Fate’s Hero Template, merging his two personalities and granting him the ability to survey all of Gotham City. He then gave Barbara Akali’s Hero Template and appointed her to lead his plan to rebuild the Kinkou Order in Gotham, leaving her to begin gathering and training followers.

• Li Wei gave Edward Twisted Fate’s Hero Template, and Edward endured the painful loading process before gaining the Card Master’s abilities.
• Edward said he preferred to be called the Riddler, and Li Wei concluded that his two personalities had fused, with the second personality dominant.
• Li Wei gave Barbara Akali’s Hero Template, which changed her and instilled the Kinkou Order’s Way of Balance.
• Li Wei told Barbara he planned to reestablish the Kinkou Order in Gotham City and asked her to take charge; Barbara accepted without objection.
• Li Wei planned for Barbara to select and train followers from among Gotham City’s street vagrants, orphans, and other people whose lives had gone badly.

Li Wei approved Edward’s plan to compete with Jerome at Galvin’s charity gala while enforcing rules to protect Gotham and the Arkham vessels. After harvesting souls and checking Barbara’s progress rebuilding the Kinkou Order, Li Wei tested Twisted Fate’s card skills at an underground casino and won ten rounds in a row.

• Edward told Li Wei he planned to compete with Jerome at Galvin’s charity gala, and Li Wei allowed it under rules against devastating Gotham or killing another Arkham vessel.
• Li Wei harvested more than seven hundred souls from the chemical plant explosion, strengthening the Relic Cannon.
• Barbara bought an abandoned factory in Gotham’s suburbs to serve as the Kinkou Order’s headquarters.
• Li Wei dressed in an expensive suit and went to an underground casino to test Twisted Fate’s card skills.
• Li Wei used his extraordinary luck and card skills to win ten consecutive Texas Hold’em rounds, multiplying his fifty dollars in chips ten thousand times.

Li Wei’s unexplained winning streak at Cobblepot’s underground casino prompted Cobblepot to let him play and then offer him a new Rolls-Royce as a donation to Arkham Asylum. Li Wei hesitated over accepting the gift after learning who owned the casino.

• Li Wei won repeatedly at the casino, and the dealer alerted the control room after suspecting him of cheating.
• The casino manager proposed confronting Li Wei, but Cobblepot arrived, recognized him, and ordered the staff to let him win and delete the surveillance recordings.
• Li Wei spotted Cobblepot in the control room, lost interest in gambling, and went upstairs to speak with him.
• Cobblepot personally escorted Li Wei to the control room and nervously asked why he had come to the casino.
• After Li Wei said he had not bought a car yet, Cobblepot offered him a new Rolls-Royce as a donation to Arkham Asylum, and Li Wei wavered over accepting it.

Li Wei accepted a Rolls-Royce from Cobblepot in exchange for his casino winnings and advised him to avoid Galvin’s charity gala. As the gala began without Cobblepot, Galvin welcomed Gotham’s elite while dangerous plans and threats converged on the event.

• Li Wei paid Cobblepot two million dollars in chips for a Rolls-Royce and advised him not to attend Galvin’s charity gala, and Cobblepot accepted the advice.
• Li Wei returned to Arkham Asylum and gave the car keys to Ezri, while Gotham gradually recovered from Jerome’s bombing and Edward continued teleporting around the city.
• Bruce Wayne prepared to give Gordon evidence about the Court of Owls, while ARGUS agents traced Edward’s dangerous props to Galvin’s gala and planned to capture Jerome there.
• Galvin held his charity gala, welcomed Gotham’s elite, and learned that Cobblepot had declined his invitation.
• Galvin considered whether Cobblepot’s death would free him from repaying the favors Cobblepot had done for him.

Galvin’s charity gala turned into a hostage crisis when Jerome revealed himself and threatened to detonate a bomb, then demanded that Bruce Wayne come onstage. The chapter left Bruce refusing to appear as Jerome began killing hostages and the guests searched the crowd for him.

• Galvin delivered a speech criticizing Wayne Enterprises while Jerome and his accomplices waited backstage, and Edward, Scarecrow, and ARGUS agents watched from elsewhere at the venue.
• Jerome’s circus performers took the stage, and Jerome removed his mask to reveal his identity.
• Jerome showed the crowd his bomb vest and ordered the guests, police, ARGUS agents, and reporters to raise their hands.
• Jerome demanded that Bruce Wayne come onstage, but Alfred advised Bruce not to go.
• Jerome shot an ARGUS agent when Bruce failed to appear, and the guests began searching for Bruce amid the renewed panic.

Jerome forced Bruce Wayne to come forward at the charity gala, killed Galvin when he disrupted the spectacle, and prepared to use Bruce in a dangerous game. The Riddler interrupted, challenging Jerome to a more interesting contest.

• Jerome continued threatening the gala guests and counting down until Galvin emerged, pretending to rescue them.
• Jerome shot Galvin dead, revealing he knew about Galvin's plan to kill him and silence him.
• Jerome resumed the countdown, and Bruce stepped out from behind Alfred and walked onto the stage.
• Jerome brought out a human target wheel and told Bruce to let himself be tied to it.
• Edward the Riddler appeared from the crowd and proposed a more interesting game, bringing himself face-to-face with Jerome.

Edward Nygma confronted Jerome at a live-broadcast charity gala and proposed a deadly throwing-knife game using Bruce Wayne and audience members. The first chosen guest refused to throw, and Jerome’s gunmen killed her onstage as Edward’s game began.

• Jerome met Edward, who introduced himself as the Riddler and complained that Gotham ranked him behind Jerome.
• Edward proposed that selected guests throw knives at Bruce, with missed throws stabbing the thrower, and Jerome approved the game.
• Edward chose a wealthy woman from the crowd and forced her onto the stage at gunpoint.
• The woman refused to throw the knife and collapsed sobbing, while Alfred prepared to protect Bruce.
• Edward signaled Jerome’s gunmen, who riddled the woman with bullets as Jerome watched and sighed.

Gordon and a heavily armed police squad stormed the charity gala and opened fire on Jerome, Edward, Ian, and their followers. As panicked guests rushed for the exits, the officers prepared to shoot anyone who charged their formation, while Jerome watched the chaos from cover.

• Edward chose a middle-aged man to attack Bruce, but Gordon arrived with an armed police squad before the man could act.
• Gordon and the squad opened fire on the stage, killing or wounding many of Jerome’s followers as Jerome, Edward, and Ian took cover.
• Jerome had expected Gordon to arrive and had deliberately allowed the gala’s violence to be broadcast live, though the squad’s forceful attack caught him off guard.
• Guests panicked and surged toward the exits, making it difficult for the police to target the criminals without hitting civilians.
• The police squad decided to fire on anyone who charged its formation, despite Gordon and Harvey objecting.

A charity gala became a bloody battle between the Gotham Police Department and Jerome’s criminal forces, while Alfred rescued Bruce and led him out. Jerome then confronted Gordon in a bomb vest, leaving the police unable to shoot as he threatened to walk away.

• The wealthy guests rushed toward the police squad for safety, but officers shot anyone who charged their formation as the criminals fired into the crowd.
• Alfred rescued Bruce from the knife wheel, took him backstage, and persuaded him to leave the gala rather than return to the fighting.
• Jerome, Ian, Edward the Riddler, and Jonathan the Scarecrow saw Bruce escape but let him go, while the battle killed most of the wealthy guests and criminal forces.
• After the fighting decimated both groups, Jerome emerged wearing a bomb vest and confronted Gordon as Ian, Edward, and Scarecrow prepared to fight.
• Jerome warned the police not to follow him and threatened to detonate the bomb if he became frightened, leaving Gordon and the officers unable to shoot.

Amanda Waller forced Director Barnes to order the police to shoot Jerome, who escaped backstage and fled with Galvin’s corpse. As ARGUS and the police pursued him, Gordon recognized the purple light as one of Khada Jhin’s abilities and warned them too late.

• Amanda Waller used her authority to make Director Barnes order the police to open fire on Jerome.
• The officers shot at Jerome, who used Galvin’s corpse as a shield and escaped backstage without being hit.
• Jerome left the real bomb vest backstage, then fled with Galvin’s corpse while the police and ARGUS pursued him.
• Gordon and Harvey followed behind the two groups as Gordon sensed that something was wrong.
• When the ARGUS members stepped backstage, purple light appeared, and Gordon recognized Khada Jhin’s ability and shouted for everyone to retreat.

Jerome escaped the charity gala after his invisible explosives wiped out the ARGUS team, then detonated another bomb beneath the departing police vehicle. Gordon survived the blast, while Jerome gathered his allies to discuss their next move against ARGUS.

• Gordon explained Khada Jhin's invisible explosives, and the police cleared the remaining traps by firing at the ground.
• Amanda Waller ordered Director Barnes to send the officers after Jerome, but Barnes refused and ordered the police to withdraw.
• The retreating officers triggered Edward the Riddler's nonlethal traps, then boarded an armored vehicle and left the scene.
• Jerome had Bomb Man Ethan detonate a bomb after the armored vehicle left the street, flipping it while leaving Gordon alive.
• Jerome laughed with Riddler Jonathan, Bomb Man Ian, and Scarecrow Jonathan, then proposed discussing their next move against ARGUS.
• Gordon crawled out of the overturned vehicle, stunned.

After Jerome’s bomb destroyed the charity gala, Gordon became convinced that Li Wei had helped Edward escape and rushed to Arkham Asylum to confront him. Li Wei calmly allowed Gordon to inspect the asylum, leaving Gordon uncertain whether Edward was really there.

• Gordon and Harvey rescued the officers from their overturned armored vehicle and recognized Jerome as the likely culprit behind the explosion.
• Gordon left Harvey to manage the aftermath and returned to the Gotham City Police Department to persuade Director Barnes to confront Li Wei.
• Barnes refused to go with Gordon, worrying that Amanda Waller would retaliate for his refusal to follow her order.
• Gordon drove to Arkham Asylum, believing Edward’s absence would prove Li Wei had helped him escape.
• Li Wei appeared in pajamas, welcomed Gordon inside, and agreed to let him check on Edward.

Gordon investigated whether Edward had appeared as the Riddler at the charity gala, but Li Wei denied any connection and left him without evidence. After Gordon departed, Li Wei realized ARGUS had intervened in Gotham, raising concerns about the consequences for Director Barnes's position.

• Gordon found Edward asleep in Arkham Asylum and questioned Li Wei about the Riddler at the charity gala.
• Li Wei argued that Gordon could not prove the gala's Riddler was Edward, and Gordon left without evidence.
• Edward confirmed that Gordon had left, while Li Wei remained troubled by Gordon's parting warning to watch the news.
• Li Wei realized ARGUS had intervened in the gala and considered how its presence could affect Gotham and Director Barnes's position.

Li Wei worked to keep Director Barnes in power and learned that the Court of Owls possessed the Lazarus Pit, a substance that could revive the dead. He arranged to preserve Galvin’s body and left Dr. Hugo eager to investigate the Pit, which was held by Ra's al Ghul.

• Li Wei called Cobblepot and asked him to use his councilor connections to protect Barnes from pressure by Gotham’s powerful families, and Cobblepot agreed.
• Li Wei went to Indian Hill Hospital, where Jerome had brought Galvin’s corpse, and told Jerome he could leave Arkham Asylum.
• Dr. Hugo said he could not revive Galvin, so Li Wei ordered the corpse preserved for later.
• Li Wei told Dr. Hugo and Warwick that the Court of Owls had access to the Lazarus Pit, which he identified as a liquid metal held by Ra's al Ghul.
• Dr. Hugo became eager to obtain the Lazarus Pit for research, while Li Wei warned him not to rush and explained that the Court of Owls would have to be approached carefully.

Li Wei and Dr. Hugo planned to lure Ra's al Ghul out at a Court of Owls gathering and seize the Lazarus Pit, with Warwick serving as bait. Meanwhile, Barnes dealt with the bombing’s aftermath and ARGUS’s continued operations in Gotham as a new, combat-ready group of agents arrived.

• Li Wei arranged for Dr. Hugo and Warwick to attend the Court of Owls gathering in three days and draw Ra's al Ghul out to obtain the Lazarus Pit.
• Dr. Hugo and Warwick prepared to preserve Galavan's corpse for a later revival, while Li Wei returned to his office.
• Gordon failed to find evidence against Li Wei and Arkham Asylum, and Barnes sent him to help at the bombing site.
• Gotham's city council rejected the wealthy victims' families' challenge, while Amanda Waller gave Barnes further orders to help ARGUS investigate supernatural people and place agents in the police department.
• Barnes focused on rescue efforts and restoring order, then learned that a new, more combat-oriented batch of ARGUS members had arrived in Gotham.

ARGUS agents infiltrated the Gotham City Police Department and prepared to attack Arkham Asylum, but Jerome’s Criminal Alliance intercepted them on the way. The alliance overwhelmed the squad with their supernatural abilities, leaving the surviving agents trapped between the assault and Jonathan’s Fear Gas.

• Director Barnes gave the ARGUS agents files on Jerome and Scarecrow and warned them not to break the law, but they ignored him and planned to target Arkham Asylum.
• Jerome used his Invisible Flowers to monitor ARGUS, and he, Jonathan, Edward, and Ian decided to ambush the agents without warning Li Wei.
• The ARGUS squad traveled toward Arkham Asylum in a police bus, but the driver skidded to a stop when a fallen tree blocked the road.
• Jerome killed an agent with a long-range shot as Ian attacked from the left and Edward hurled deadly playing cards from the right.
• Jonathan blocked the agents’ retreat with Fear Gas, while Jerome’s exploding Invisible Flowers and Ian’s bombs left the squad unable to mount an effective counterattack.

Jerome and the Criminal Alliance killed an ARGUS squad, prompting Amanda Waller to study their abilities and plan new ways to defeat them. Gordon learned that Jerome, Scarecrow Jonathan, Ian, and Edward had joined forces, and decided to pursue them himself.

• Jerome and the other three Criminal Alliance members overwhelmed the ARGUS squad, while Amanda Waller watched the footage and ordered staff to record their abilities.
• Jerome used a camera from the scene to taunt Amanda, who ordered a psychological profile of him before he crushed the device.
• Jerome confirmed there were no survivors and led the alliance away to prepare for ARGUS's next move.
• Gordon and Gotham officers arrived at the scene, and Director Barnes told him that Jerome, Scarecrow Jonathan, Ian, and Edward had carried out the attack together.
• Director Barnes shifted the responsibility for confronting the four criminals to ARGUS, while Gordon decided to pursue them on his own.

Dr. Hugo brought Warwick to a Court of Owls gathering and offered the Gotham Beast as a successful experiment, hoping to draw out Ra's al Ghul and gain access to the Lazarus Pit. The Court demanded his research records before sharing its revival method, and Dr. Hugo handed over genuine notes that concealed Li Wei’s supernatural role.

• Jerome and the other Criminal Alliance members expanded their surveillance of Gotham to intercept incoming ARGUS agents while Gordon and Harvey pursued them.
• Li Wei focused on the Court of Owls gathering, where Dr. Hugo and Warwick arrived after Li Wei warned Warwick to remain restrained.
• Warwick sensed the gathering members’ sins and bloodlust but followed Dr. Hugo’s instructions and stayed calm.
• Dr. Hugo presented Warwick as the Gotham Beast and claimed the creature’s rapidly depleted vitality was its fatal weakness.
• The masked leader offered to solve the problem but demanded Dr. Hugo’s experimental data and procedures first.
• Dr. Hugo gave her authentic research records with Li Wei’s role in granting Warwick supernatural abilities omitted.

Dr. Hugo delivered experimental records to the Court of Owls and received a fragment of Amber Gold, while Li Wei secretly tracked the Court’s supply. When Li Wei touched the fragment, the Hero Mall System revealed a new option to build the Fountain of Resurrection, though the materials were insufficient.

• Dr. Hugo handed the Court of Owls his experimental records and pretended to be astonished when the masked woman revealed Amber Gold’s power to resurrect the dead.
• The masked woman promised Dr. Hugo a chance at resurrection or immortality and gave him a small Amber Gold fragment hidden inside an owl statue.
• Li Wei secretly followed the guard who retrieved the owl statue and learned that the Court of Owls carefully concealed its Amber Gold supply.
• Dr. Hugo returned to Arkham Asylum and gave the fragment to Li Wei, reporting that the Court of Owls had not mentioned Ra's al Ghul.
• Li Wei touched the Amber Gold, causing the Hero Mall System to shake and display an option to build the Fountain of Resurrection, with insufficient materials.