Recaps

Ririko discovered that Oswald was infatuated with Edward Nygma, then overheard Oswald arrange a meeting with an important guest. Butch interpreted Oswald’s instructions as a sign that Ririko should receive the guest tomorrow night.

• Ririko learned from Butch that Jerome had caused trouble in several jobs and concluded he really was an idiot.
• Ririko searched the lounge for Edward Nygma and found him leaving Oswald’s private room after discussing tax problems.
• Ririko saw Oswald’s affection for Edward and received an infatuation value of 2/100 from Edward.
• Oswald ordered Ririko back to work, while Edward advised him to follow proper hiring procedures and pay the required contributions.
• Oswald called Butch to arrange for an unnamed guest’s visit the next day and told him to make sure nothing went wrong.
• Butch decided Oswald wanted Ririko assigned to receive the guest and went to tell the duty manager.

Ririko earned tips at the Iceberg Lounge and decided to reward Oswald for treating her well by making an effort for his important guest. Oswald tried to keep her away from Raymond Carlisle, but she appeared in the private room and immediately captivated him.

• Ririko counted her tips, hid the money, and decided to stop antagonizing Oswald as much.
• The manager assigned Ririko to serve an important guest, and she prepared by wearing new Chanel perfume.
• Oswald met Raymond Carlisle, who revealed that Wayne Pharmaceuticals was developing a drug that could enhance physical abilities.
• Oswald tried to steer Raymond toward dinner and arranged for an obedient server, believing Ririko would stay away.
• Ririko entered the private room with the meal, and Raymond became captivated by her face and fragrance.

Ririko provoked Raymond during a business meeting, while Oswald defended her and refused to let Raymond buy her company. Raymond stormed out, and Oswald ordered Ririko to stay behind.

• Ririko served champagne and snails to Oswald and Raymond, drawing Raymond's attention and raising his infatuation value from 6 to 8.
• Raymond asked Oswald to let Ririko stay with him, but Oswald refused and pulled her behind him.
• Raymond insulted Oswald, and Oswald threatened him as Butch and the club guards arrived.
• Ririko wrapped her arms around Oswald, asked if she was his, and insulted Raymond until he left with his case of money.
• Oswald told Butch to wait before acting, then ordered Ririko to stay as she headed for the door.

Oswald brooded over Ririko’s hurt feelings while Jerome killed Raymond and stole the cash, and Oswald learned Ririko had taken the day off. Oswald went to visit her, unaware that she was happily counting money in her room and listening for him outside her door.

• Ririko left after Oswald scolded her for eating his caviar, and her wounded expression reminded him of his own impoverished childhood.
• Jerome ambushed Raymond, forced him to reveal that Mr. E was working with Arkham, then killed him and took the case of money.
• Oswald asked Butch about Raymond’s death and learned that Ririko had taken the day off and wanted a phone.
• Oswald imagined Ririko crying in her room and went to find her.
• Ririko hid a pile of banknotes under her pillow and waited at the door, wondering why Oswald had come.

Oswald visited Ririko in her dorm room, where she confronted him about controlling her and pushed him to admit what he wanted. She asked to buy a phone for online shopping, but Oswald refused, leaving their power struggle unresolved.

• Oswald hesitated outside Ririko's room before entering and confronting her about leaving her post without permission.
• Ririko challenged Oswald's claims to be her boss, accusing him of treating her like property and wanting to be her master.
• Ririko used his denial to ask permission to buy a Banana phone, but Oswald realized she had maneuvered him and refused.
• Ririko teased Oswald by asking whether he wanted her to punish or reward him, and he pushed her away, saying he would not agree.
• Ririko considered that other men at the lounge would gladly buy her a phone, while Oswald still refused her request.

Ririko avoided further dealings with Oswald and went to the Iceberg Lounge dressed as a wealthy guest, where she struck up a conversation with Jason Cobblepot. She learned Jason did not know his estranged half brother had become a wealthy crime boss, and left him dismissing that possibility as impossible.

• Ririko teased Oswald by touching his lame leg, prompting him to flee and tell her he would not return.
• Ririko dressed in a champagne-colored dance dress and entered the Iceberg Lounge, where her appearance drew the attention of the patrons.
• Ririko beckoned Jason Cobblepot over and learned he had come with his younger brother and sister.
• Jason told Ririko that his older half brother, a withdrawn man who liked talking to birds, had left the family and was probably a thug.
• Ririko asked Jason what if his brother had made a lot of money, but Jason laughed and said it was impossible, unaware Oswald was counting the club's takings upstairs.

Ririko provoked Jason Cobblepot into recounting how he and his family had abused Oswald as a child, then used their encounter at the club to reveal Oswald’s identity to Jason and his siblings. Oswald asked if he could join their celebration, leaving the Cobblepots stunned.

• Ririko coaxed Jason into describing how he and the other children had bullied Oswald and how their father had thrown Oswald and his mother out of the house.
• Jason invited Ririko to visit his home, but she pointed out that her boss was standing behind him.
• Ririko called Oswald her benefactor and leaned against him, while Jason mistakenly suspected their relationship was romantic.
• Oswald greeted Jason, who recognized him as his long-estranged brother, and William and Ellie stared in disbelief.
• Oswald asked the three Cobblepots whether they were celebrating something and whether he could join them, making them all go rigid.

Oswald confronted Jason, William, and Ellie over their late father’s estate and agreed to meet with them about family matters. Ririko drew Oswald into a dance, helped him see how much his siblings envied him, and left him flustered when their faces nearly touched.

• Jason told Oswald that their father had died and claimed their father had wanted him to return to the Cobblepot family.
• Oswald questioned why he had received no letter from the lawyer about his share of the estate, and Jason proposed discussing the matter at home.
• Oswald agreed to arrange a meeting with Jason, William, and Ellie, while Ririko linked arms with him and led him toward the dance floor.
• Ririko guided Oswald through a dance that concealed his limp and told him that killing his siblings would not satisfy his desire for revenge.
• Oswald saw Jason’s anger and William and Ellie’s envy, then hurried off the dance floor with Ririko after realizing how close their faces were.

Ririko learned that Bruce Wayne would attend Sofia Falcone’s birthday party at the Iceberg Lounge and planned to pursue him, while Oswald summoned her to the Cobblepot mansion. She arrived there on his arm, facing his family and his mother, Miranda.

• Butch gave Ririko a custom phone linked to Bird Man’s credit card, and she saw that Bruce Wayne would attend Sofia Falcone’s birthday party at the Iceberg Lounge.
• Ririko deleted His Excellency Cobblepot from her WeChat contacts, renamed him Bird Man, and agreed to return with him to the Cobblepot family home.
• Ririko dressed for the evening and rode with Oswald, teasing him and demanding an extra travel allowance as she leaned against his shoulder.
• The Lincoln arrived at the Cobblepot mansion, where Jason, William, Ellie, and Miranda waited on the steps.
• Ririko took Oswald’s hand and linked her arm through his as they approached his family.

Oswald and Ririko visited Cobblepot Manor, where Miranda and Jason tried to provoke him and learn about his wealth. Ririko defended Oswald at dinner, raising his infatuation value to 28, then suggested they go back to their room early.

• Miranda welcomed Oswald home while reminding him of his place in the Cobblepot family, and Ririko mocked her cruelty and jewelry.
• Jason offered Oswald a guest room and claimed the estate lawyer would not arrive until the next evening; Oswald questioned the delay and recalled how his family had treated him.
• Miranda brought up the attack that broke Oswald's leg, while Jason asked how he had made his money and eyed Ririko.
• Ririko said Oswald's ability satisfied her, then defended his use of his own money against Miranda's grip on the estate, prompting Miranda to leave dinner.
• Oswald smiled at Ririko's defense, and his infatuation value reached 28; Ririko suggested they return to their room, making his smile disappear.

Ririko teased Oswald in the Cobblepot mansion while Ellie and her brothers plotted against her. The next morning, Ellie approached Ririko alone, and Ririko’s hair curled around Ellie’s fingers.

• Ririko pretended to demand a kiss from Oswald while Ellie watched, then teased him about being afraid to share her bed.
• Ellie interrupted as Oswald fell against Ririko and kissed her neck; he then left, promising she would be safe.
• Ellie told Jason and William that Oswald had let his guard down, and they confirmed their plan to take everything he owned, including Ririko.
• The next morning, Ellie found Ririko alone and praised her beautiful hair, intending to lure her away while Oswald was gone.
• As Ellie touched Ririko’s hair, a small lock curled around her fingertips as though it were alive.

Oswald confronted Jason and William at the Cobblepot mansion, revealed that he had killed their mother, and forced them to sign over the family assets. He sent Butch to find Ririko, who had been locked in her room.

• Ellie locked Ririko in her room, and Ririko messaged Oswald for help.
• Oswald arrived at the mansion and found Jason and a lawyer waiting with an agreement demanding that he surrender his assets.
• Jason tried to use Ririko as leverage, but Oswald revealed that Miranda was dead and that dinner had been made from her remains.
• Butch and Oswald's men overpowered Jason and William, and Oswald presented a contract transferring the Cobblepot family's assets to himself.
• Oswald shot Jason and William in the legs and forced them to eat the dinner before telling Butch to find Ririko.

Ellie tried to kill Ririko and take her hair, but Ririko killed her with her hair manipulation ability. After leaving the Cobblepot mansion with Oswald, Ririko negotiated over her payment and kissed him, then teased that the kiss came at a price.

• Ellie heard the gunshots and rushed upstairs, intending to kill Ririko and steal her black hair.
• Ririko trapped Ellie with her hair and suffocated her, then returned to the dressing table to fix her hair.
• Butch found Ellie’s body, and Ririko left the mansion with him after Oswald declared the Cobblepot family matter settled.
• Oswald told Ririko he had forced Jason and William to eat the meat at dinner and sent them to the Lower East Side, where they were unlikely to survive.
• Oswald gave Ririko Miranda’s diamond ring as a travel allowance, and she complained that it was not enough.
• Ririko kissed Oswald on the cheek and told him that the kiss came at a price.

Ririko planned to use Sofia Falcone’s birthday party to win over Bruce Wayne and escape Gotham, while Oswald secretly tracked her through the phone he had given her. At the party, Ririko became Bruce’s dance partner, leaving Sofia intrigued by her.

• Ririko persuaded Oswald to remove her Tracker Bracelet, unaware that he had hidden another tracker in her phone.
• Ririko prepared for Sofia’s birthday party, determined to pursue Bruce Wayne and leave Gotham.
• Sofia arrived at the club, and Ririko discovered that Sofia could also be targeted through the system.
• Bruce greeted Sofia and gave her a diamond necklace, then tried to avoid dancing with her.
• Ririko joined Bruce and warned him that dancing with Sofia would make Gotham call them a couple, so Bruce led Ririko onto the dance floor.
• Sofia watched Ririko closely, intrigued by the unfamiliar girl and the excitement she stirred in her.

Ririko’s attempt to get close to Bruce at his birthday party was interrupted when Jerome and the Clown Army attacked and kidnapped her. As Jerome’s car fled from Butch, Ririko fought back, but the pursuers surrounded Butch’s car and someone blindfolded her.

• Ririko danced with Bruce and encouraged his growing interest in her, but Jerome’s announcement of a bomb threat cut the party short.
• Jerome’s Clown Army sealed the banquet hall, and Jerome disguised as a waiter knocked Bruce unconscious and captured Ririko.
• Ririko woke bound and gagged in an SUV as Butch pursued them in a damaged Mercedes.
• Jerome tried to shoot Butch with a machine gun, but Ririko kicked him and made him hit the tires instead, sending the Mercedes crashing into a railing.
• Jerome turned on Ririko, but she stomped on his foot, and then several colorful cars surrounded Butch’s car as someone covered her eyes with a black cloth.

Ririko woke in Jerome's custody at the abandoned HappyLand amusement park and learned he had used stink bombs to shut down the Iceberg Lounge while rescuing her from waitress work. Jerome insisted she play his games, and the chapter ended with Ririko defying him in front of his clown gang.

• Ririko woke handcuffed in a shabby princess bedroom and cursed Jerome while his guards took notes.
• Jerome revealed that he had unlocked her handcuff and taken her phone and ring because they contained trackers.
• Jerome explained that he had brought Ririko from the Iceberg Lounge because being a waitress was bad for her, and admitted he had planted stink bombs rather than explosives.
• Jerome refused to let Ririko leave and led her barefoot to the castle's main hall to play his games.
• Ririko refused Jerome's order to sit on a tiny stool as the clown gang watched for his reaction.

Ririko stopped Jerome from shooting Butch, Bruce, and Sofia by asking for a burger, hoping the Clown Army’s search for food would alert their families. Jerome ordered his men to get her the best burgers, then asked whether she had really liked the one he brought her before.

• Jerome prepared to shoot Butch with a dart gun, but Ririko called the game unfun and persuaded him to find a smaller target.
• The Clown Army brought Bruce and Sofia into the hall, and Bruce suspected Ririko had been working with Jerome.
• Ririko realized the Wayne and Falcone families would search for the missing captives and decided to buy time by asking Jerome for food.
• Jerome lowered his gun and ordered his men to bring Ririko the best burgers within fifteen minutes.
• Ririko taunted the Clown Army into leaving to find burgers, hoping their trip would draw attention and bring help.
• Jerome approached Ririko and asked whether she had really liked the burger he had brought her before.

Ririko kept Jerome appeased as Oswald and Hugo reacted to her disappearance and Jerome’s kidnappings. After Jerome had a cook abducted to prepare her favorite burgers, Ririko proposed a game, leaving its rules—and what she intended to do next—unrevealed.

• Ririko confronted Jerome about doubting her, and he promised her all the burgers, fried chicken, and fries she could eat while warning that his captives would play the next round if she was lying.
• Oswald confronted Hugo at Arkham over Jerome’s crimes, but a standoff between their armed men ended when Harley urged them to focus on finding out what Jerome wanted.
• Harley told Hugo that she had contacted covert sources to locate Ririko, while Hugo remained consumed by her disappearance and the Tomie Organization’s drugs had already reached Mr. E.
• Jerome had the Clown Army kidnap a fast-food cook to prepare a feast for Ririko, who recognized that the burger tasted like the one she had eaten at Arkham.
• Jerome asked Ririko to play a game after she finished eating, and she introduced the “Servant Game.”

Ririko persuaded Jerome to make Bruce Wayne, Sofia Falcone, and Butch serve as maids and clean the castle before becoming targets. Alone with Sofia in her bathroom, Ririko offered to help her escape in exchange for a million.

• Ririko suggested making the captives clean the castle in maid outfits before Jerome used them as targets, and Jerome ordered the Clown Army to dress them and put them to work.
• The Clown Army brought Bruce Wayne, Sofia Falcone, and Butch to Jerome and Ririko in mismatched maid outfits and clown makeup.
• Ririko convinced Jerome to assign Sofia to clean her room, then followed her there while two clowns guarded the doorway.
• Ririko scolded Sofia loudly over the supposedly inadequate cleaning and dragged her into the bathroom.
• Ririko turned on the faucet to mask her words and offered to get Sofia out for a million.

Ririko bargained with Sofia for a million dollars and help getting into Gotham University in exchange for arranging her escape. At the Castle, Bruce continued enduring Jerome’s taunts as the news reported his disappearance and William Earle’s push to become Wayne Enterprises’ successor.

• Ririko offered to free Sofia in exchange for a million dollars and admission to Gotham University, and Sofia accepted.
• Ririko ordered Sofia to clean and warned the Clown Army members not to wear muddy boots in her room.
• Ririko made Jerome watch television with her while Bruce swept the Recreation Room, and Bruce hit a peanut shell back at Jerome with his broom.
• The news reported that Bruce had been missing for more than seventy-two hours and that Wayne Enterprises was discussing succession.
• William Earle said Wayne Enterprises had begun selecting a successor, while Thomas Wayne vowed to keep searching for Bruce.
• Jerome turned off the television and mocked Bruce about being trapped in a maid dress and cleaning.

Bruce and Jerome fought in the Recreation Room, and Jerome later sneaked away from the Old Amusement Park. Selina found Ririko in her room, and Ririko tried to persuade her to help everyone escape through a secret passage.

• Bruce lunged at Jerome with a broom, and they wrestled until the Clown Army pulled Bruce away.
• Jerome asked Ririko to stay because his pinky hurt, but she blew on it and left without looking back.
• Ririko saw Jerome's car drive away from the Old Amusement Park and suspected he was working with William Earn.
• Selina entered Ririko's room through the window and said she had come to find her for Strange and Cobblepot.
• Ririko offered Selina the possibility of rewards from the Wayne and Falcone families if she found a secret passage and helped everyone escape.

Selina agreed to search for a way to earn money from the wealthy households before revealing Ririko's location. On the castle roof, Ririko interrupted Jerome's deadly rope game by kissing him, and he fell backward over the edge.

• Selina told Ririko she would look for a way to make money within three days, or sell the news that Ririko was there.
• Jerome led Ririko to the castle roof, where Bruce, Sofia, and Butch stood blindfolded and bound beside ropes, one of which was loosely tied.
• Ririko told Jerome he did not understand what made a game thrilling and asked whether he had fallen for her.
• Ririko kissed Jerome, leaving him frozen and unsure how to react.
• Jerome stumbled backward toward the roof's edge and fell over it.

Ririko kept Jerome distracted while Selina searched for a secret passage to help free the hostages. Jerome asked Ririko on an awkward amusement-park date, giving Selina a chance to emerge from hiding after they left.

• Ririko ordered the Clown Army to feed the hostages and keep them secured after Jerome climbed out of the junk pile.
• Jerome secretly followed Ririko around the Castle, while Selina disguised herself as a Clown Army member and brought Ririko a map of the passage to the amusement park's back entrance.
• Ririko agreed to lure the Clown Army away around midnight so Selina could use the passage to evacuate the hostages.
• Jerome entered Ririko's room with plastic flowers and asked her on a date, raising his infatuation value to 32.
• Ririko teased Jerome about what happens after a date, and he refused to hold hands or do anything further before leaving with her.
• Selina emerged from the wardrobe after Ririko and Jerome left, puzzled by what Ririko had told him.

Ririko went on a date with Jerome at the abandoned amusement park, learning more about his violent childhood as she tried to keep him occupied. When a Clown Army member warned Jerome that Mr. E was coming, Jerome revealed that Mr. E wanted to kill Bruce, but he intended to keep playing with Ririko.

• Ririko and Jerome rode the carousel while members of the Clown Army pushed it, and Jerome told her his uncle had burned his hand while making soup.
• Ririko asked Jerome to ride the Ferris wheel, where he said his mother took him on dates with other men and described tying one boyfriend to the roller coaster tracks.
• At the top of the Ferris wheel, Jerome said his happy stories were all about Ririko, and his Infatuation Value rose to 40/100.
• A Clown Army member whispered that Mr. E was coming, and Jerome shot him dead for interrupting the date.
• Ririko offered to let Jerome handle the interruption, but he said Mr. E wanted to kill Bruce and that he was not done playing yet.

Ririko helped Bruce and the others escape the Castle, but Jerome’s Clown Army cornered them before the Falcone Family could arrive. She warned Jerome that William Earn planned to betray him, leaving Jerome willing to hear her out.

• Ririko spotted William Earn entering the Castle and realized he was the man plotting to kill Bruce.
• Ririko found Selina, Bruce, Sofia, and Butch in a secret passage and led them through it to an abandoned parking lot.
• Butch drove the group away in an Old Ford while Selina tried to charge a stolen Banana Phone and call the Falcone Family.
• Jerome and the Clown Army surrounded the car, and Bruce stepped out to distract them.
• Ririko stood beside Bruce and told Jerome that William Earn would betray him and send him back to Arkham, prompting Jerome to demand more details.