Recaps

Li Jie used his police work and growing influence to help Waylon, survive a gang ambush, and negotiate resources while navigating Falcone’s attention. The arc ended with Li Jie clashing with Gordon over how to protect Harper and Karen, who found emergency shelter at Leslie Thompkins’s clinic.

• Li Jie met Edward Nygma while investigating a dead homeless man, then tore Nygma’s signature from the logbook to protect him from trouble.
• Li Jie intervened in Waylon Jones’s abuse case, offered him money and a chance to join a football program, and helped him earn a tryout with the Metropolis Suns.
• Li Jie and Wilson fought off a prison-transport ambush, but a later attack on Falcone’s convoy left both injured and several officers dead.
• Li Jie secured compensation, a Detective title, and support for a rapid-response unit, then refused Falcone’s cash gift at his estate.
• Li Jie visited Otis Flanagan in Blackgate and persuaded Bob to consider using him as an undercover informant while building support for the officers’ benefits fund.
• Li Jie took rookies Alan Wiggins and Anna Ramirez to investigate an abuse case, then removed Harper and Karen from their home after learning they were in danger.
• Li Jie brought Harper and Karen to Leslie Thompkins’s clinic, fought Gordon when he insisted on CPS custody, and left after Thompkins arranged emergency shelter for the children.

Li Jie built up the East End precinct, helped expose CPS corruption, and pursued the Mad Hatter while navigating Gotham’s gang politics. After Black Mask threatened Cobblepot and hinted at a wider assault, Li Jie and Gordon rallied officers to defend the city.

• Li Jie recruited Otis Flanagan to help investigate CPS, gathered financial records, and persuaded auditor Erika Hale to examine them.
• Li Jie brought Victor Fries and Bruce Wayne together to keep Nora’s cryochamber powered, while Bruce offered support for the precinct.
• Li Jie and Nygma tracked the Mad Hatter to the Grimm Toy Factory, where Li Jie and Batman fought controlled victims before the Hatter escaped.
• Bob promoted Li Jie to sergeant, and Otis’s murder conviction was vacated after Li Jie and his allies assembled evidence against Fleck.
• After masked gunmen robbed Falcone’s vault, Li Jie and Gordon learned they planned to replace The Roman and warned Cobblepot that they might target him.
• Hale uncovered suspicious CPS payments, then killed a Talon sent by the Court of Owls to intimidate her.
• Black Mask threatened Cobblepot’s mother with a severed hand, and Gordon warned that the gang might use its weapons to free inmates from Arkham.
• Loeb ordered Gordon to focus on Arkham and Blackgate, while Li Jie and Gordon rallied officers to prepare for the dangerous operation.

Li Jie pursued Black Mask’s expanding campaign while investigating the stolen evidence, the dismemberment murders, and Gotham’s shifting criminal alliances. The arc ended as Black Mask’s forces prepared to attack Wayne Tower, with Li Jie, Gordon, Falcone, Bruce Wayne, and the city’s prominent guests converging at the gala.

• Li Jie helped Gordon respond to the attacks on Arkham and police headquarters, then joined the investigation into the stolen evidence and suspected mole.
• Li Jie and Nygma pursued leads on the evidence theft and dismemberment murders while Li Jie secretly kept two bags of recovered police cash.
• Black Mask attacked Blackgate and Gotham’s officials, while Li Jie helped Batman stop mercenaries at Civic Plaza and escaped the prison assault with Wilson.
• Li Jie and Wilson killed Lazlo Valentin in the processing plant, ending the dismemberment case as Otis’s rats helped trace the killer’s remains.
• Cobblepot proposed an alliance against Black Mask, while Falcone failed to unite with Maroni and Thorne and Maroni turned to Hugo Strange for a superhuman weapon.
• Black Mask announced plans to attack Wayne Tower with hundreds of gang members, and Li Jie agreed to join Gordon’s response despite warning of likely casualties.
• Li Jie supplied Gordon with weapons and armor at Diamond Plaza as Falcone, Bruce Wayne, Mayor O'Brien, and other guests arrived for the Wayne Enterprises gala.

Li Jie helped bring down Falcone’s power while navigating Chief Barnes’s crackdown, the fallout from Barnes’s attack, and the rise of Cobblepot. After returning to patrol, he and Wilson encountered Raven and learned she was being pursued, then Li Jie visited Clark in Metropolis and realized he was Superman.

• Li Jie and the GCPD fought Black Mask’s forces at Wayne Tower, where Li Jie helped defeat two giants and later honored Bastian, who had died in the battle.
• Chief Barnes targeted Falcone after the Wayne Tower battle, and Li Jie persuaded Cobblepot to feed Barnes information that led to a major drug seizure.
• As Falcone’s influence faltered, Victor Zsasz attacked Barnes, and Li Jie hesitated and failed to stop Zsasz from leaving Barnes with irreversible brain damage.
• Li Jie joined Gordon in hunting Zsasz and killed him during an arrest attempt, while Falcone’s daughter Sofia rescued her father from Cobblepot’s ambush.
• Li Jie took a month of administrative leave as Cobblepot inherited Falcone’s power, then returned to the Eastern District Precinct and resumed patrol with Wilson.
• Li Jie and Wilson stopped an attack by monsters emerging from a portal at St. Anthony’s Church, then protected the unconscious girl Raven from disguised medics.
• Raven told Li Jie and Wilson that she had fled her father and that more pursuers would come, and they promised to try to protect her.
• Li Jie visited Clark in Metropolis, guessed that Clark was Superman, and promised to keep his secret.