Gotham Central (T.V series)

Gotham Central is a 2019 live-action TV series airing on HBO. This is set before Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham to become Batman.

Starring Cast

 * J.K Simmons as Commissioner James Gordon
 * David St. Louis as Agent Ronald Houston 
 * Joseph Levitt Gordon as John Blake
 * Mark Boone Jr. as Harvey Bullock 
 * Rosie Perez as Renee Montoya
 * Karen Fukuhara as Ellen Yin 
 * Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox

Recurring Cast

 * Tony Sirico as Mario Falcone
 * Andrew Stewart Jones as Ethan Bennett
 * Stephen Lobo as Jim Corrigan/Spectre 

Guest Stars

 * Doug Jones as Basil Karlo/Clayface 
 * Rainn Wilson as Arnold Wesker/Ventriloquist 
 * Frank Welker as Scarface 
 * Zach Woods as Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow (Seasons 1-3)
 * Aaron Eckhardt as Adrian Chase/Vigilante
 * Eric Roberts as Sal Maroni

Season 1 (2019)
1."Pilot"-In Gotham, police Commissioner James Gordon is at the train station to pick up Cisco Blaine, a special agent for the FBI sent by the bureau to investigate Mario Falcone, who has taken over Bruce's family business and renamed it to Falcone Industries. Gordon and Blaine witness a group of police officers led by Sergeant Branden who are assaulting a elderly man who is homeless for fun. Blaine and Gordon work together to defend the homeless man from Branden and the corrupt officers. Afterwards, Blaine gives the homeless man some money and demands to know from Gordon why those police officers would do such a thing. Gordon just responds that he dealt with corruption before and that it's not as bad as it used to be, however, Blaine still has his doubts. Blaine is introduced to the task force: John Blake, Harvey Bullock, Lucius Fox, Ellen Yin, Ethan Bennett, and Renee Montoya. Blaine refuses to trust Bullock because of his police brutality and reputation for taking bribes despite Gordon insisting that Bullock is a good cop. Meanwhile, the G.C.P.D. has their hands full when a criminal named Arnold Wesker, who is referred to as the Ventriloquist and takes orders from his dummy, Scarface, has filled the vacuum of Gotham's criminal kingpin and has been committing several acts of murderer and theft After several encounters, Scarface uses Catwoman to lure the G.C.P.D. into an underground tunnel but abandons her and sets off the explosives intent on killing them both. However, they survive this and Selina focused on getting revenge but knowing that she can't do it alone,  reluctantly allies with the team and gives them all of the information on Ventriloquist. Eventually, they get a lead and the duo take Ventriloquist and Scarface by surprise and disrupts his operations as Blake confronts him in a final fight and Wesker becomes devastated when Selina destroys Scarface in front of him. Afterward, Gordon sends him back to Arkham Asylum in Gotham knowing that Wesker is an escaped inmate. Meanwhile, Falcone hires Blaine, while being unaware that he is an FBI agent to work as head of security for a company.

2."Gotham City"-Falcone uses his influences over Mayor Hady, he promises to have Vernon Fields replace Harvey Dent as district attorney, acting as his own agent as Blaine works to figure out how to gain Falcone's trust upon realizing that he is always paranoid. Meanwhile, Gordon gives the team a case to figure out why homosexuals are attacked all over the neighborhood. Posing as a homosexual, Bullock is attacked by thugs. The team discovers the thugs work for Jefferson Skeevers, a dealer in Mario's pocket. Skeevers explains how business is great for the mob,  with recruitment, drugs, prostitution, protection all doing well. Blockbuster provides his people with cocaine, but he abstains because it gives him an edge over them. Suddenly, Blake, while disobeying orders from Gordon, confronts them. Blake informs Mario that Skeevers has been drawing negative attention to her by coordinating the recent attacks against homosexuals. Blake adds that Skeevers has a personal vendetta against homosexuals because he was twice a victim of gang rape while in prison. Despite this, Mario states that Blake won't have earned the right to be heard until he himself runs the mob's initiation gauntlet. Blake agrees, taking a heavy beating, and eventually having to drag himself to the end of the line. While successful, he is badly hurt. When asked what he wants, Blake explains that it's only a matter of time before the police follow the same trail he did to find Skeevers and the police will have to act because of the public. With the pressure on, a desperate Skeevers reveals that he contracted AIDS as a result of his rape, which he felt justified the murder of homosexuals. Mario kills Skeevers and allows Blake to leave. Gordon learns what happened upon finding Blake bloodied and beaten and has him suspended for disobeying orders. Blaine meets an FBI agent named Victor Sage, asking for help with investigating Falcone.

3."The Roman Empire"-In flashbacks, Mario went to Hong Kong where he quickly tried to take over as crime boss there, causing him to go head-to-head with the reigning crime lord Shen Fang. A huge gang war would take place, lasting five years, with Falcone using Yakuza from Tokyo while Fang countered with Triads from Shanghai, but towards the end it appeared that Falcone was on the verge of victory until one day, he received an invitation that told Bruce Wayne leaving Gotham in 1989 and that Wayne Enterprises went bankrupt because of the get rich quick scandals that Wayne's board of directors fell for. Seeing this as a lucrative opportunity, Falcone approaches Fang and makes a deal with him, he would leave Hong Kong and all of its operations to him and give the impression that Fang had won the war as long as Fang gives him a percentage of the entire Hong Kong operation. In the present day, Bullock, Montoya, Yin, and Blake are asked by Gordon and D.A Harvey Dent to investigate Old Gotham, due to rumors circulating that notorious crime boss Mario Falcone has based his operations there. Blaine deduces that Sage is working for Falcone as a test since the FBI doesn't have Sage as an employee. Deciding to play along, Blaine is asked by Sage to plant a bug in Falcone's office. However, Blaine explains everything to Falcone and Falcone reveals that this was all a test after having his associate Jay drive Blaine to meet him in the forest. Blaine then accept Falcone's offer to join the other side of Wayne Enterprises to make some extra cash, which Blaine accepts.