Spoilers: Remaining 'Gotham' Season 2 Episodes Won't Disappoint Says Cast Sean Pertwee
While there are no reports yet when the new "Gotham" season 2 episodes will air, one thing is sure - they will not disappoint.
"Gotham" season 2 cast has welcomed a lot of new members and some of them stayed longer compared to the ones who joined the series in its freshman year. This is one reason why the Fox TV series' sophomore run got better according to one of the regulars.
Sean Pertwee, who plays Alfred Pennyworth, believes the longer story arc for new characters is what makes the second season more appealable to the audience.
"It's a different season," Pertwee said during an interview with the Press Association, as shared by Mirror, when asked for spoilers on the upcoming "Gotham" season 2 episodes.
"It's less stand-alone episodically compared to the last season. There are bigger story arcs of four or five episodes so you'll get interaction with a lot of the characters now."
Pertwee, who appeared in other TV series like "Elementary" and "Jo" before joining the cast of "Gotham" season 2, also expressed how proud and optimistic he is for the future of the show because of the changes they made.
"We tried to tell too many stories," he conceded. "This season, we're able to sharpen the focus."
"It's our world that we're letting people into and the fans have been extraordinarily flattering to us in America so far. I think the English fans will follow suit."
Season 1 reviews of "Gotham," which stars Ben McKenzie as Jim Gordon, were not favorable after the first episode.
Entertainment Weekly slammed the first half of the season because some characters are "already nearly fully formed; all they can become is more or less than what they already are".
This is despite the fact that the show is advertised as the story before Batman.
Season 2, meanwhile, received better reviews.
In Rotten Tomatoes, the DC-Fox show got 90% average rating based on 20 reviews. A critical consensus says "'Gotham' is back with a renewed focus, moving away from disjointed case-of-the-week plots into a darker, more stable serialized story."
