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"Mad City: Ghosts" is the twelfth episode of the third season of Gotham. It aired on January 16, 2017.

Synopsis

Falcone places a hit on Gordon after learning that he shot Mario. Gordon and Bullock discover a follower of Jerome, who plans to bring him back to life. Meanwhile, Penguin spirals out of control before the biggest television interview of his Mayoral career, and Bruce and Selina deal with Selina's mom's return to Gotham.[3]

Plot

While Falcone and Lee attend Mario's funeral, Gordon tries to enter but is stopped by Bullock, who states that Falcone may want him dead if he ever sees him. While they leave, Falcone watches Gordon from a distance. Meanwhile, Cobblepot attends a press conference programmed by his deputy chief of staff, Tarquin. After the press leaves, Tarquin Stemmel informs Cobblepot that he arranged an interview with Margaret Hearst, an interviewer who can take "his legacy on a national scale". After Hearst leaves, Cobblepot sees his father Elijah Van Dahl in the hallway.

Returning to his apartment, Gordon finds Zsasz, waiting for him as a "messenger". He states that Gordon messed it up, and it's only a matter of time before Falcone dispatches him to kill Gordon. On Selina's place, Selina confronts Maria for abandoning her, who claims that she had to run and she couldn't run faster because of Selina so she had to leave her on an orphanage. Selina refuses to acknowledge it and tells her to leave. In the GCPD, Fox shows Gordon and Bullock the corpse of a girl who was found undressed on the train tracks and died in her way to the hospital. Fox states that before she appeared, the marks signal an electrical current on her but the weird part is that three days ago, she was stabbed and taken to the morgue and yet she appeared the night before. Lee confronts Gordon in the GCPD after unsuccessfully demanding his arrest and claims that he's the "real virus" for entering into people's lives and destroying them.

In Dahl Manor, Cobblepot wakes up in the night to find a certificate broken and Dahl's spirit in front of him, who wants to help him. He tells Cobblepot that "he's not to be trusted" before disappearing. Then, Cobblepot is informed by the police that someone dug up Dahl's corpse. Gordon and Bullock go to the morgue to ask the night manager, Dwight Pollard about the revived corpse. Dwight claims that nothing weird has happened at the morgue and is shocked to discover the corpse gone but Gordon notices a bloody smiley on his clothes. Gordon and Bullock decide to follow Dwight after discovering that he worked at Indian Hill. Maria arrives at Wayne Manor where she brings a box she intended to give to Selina but Bruce decides to bring it to her. Selina opens the box to find all her belongings when she was young and she forgives Maria. Falcone meets with Lee, who claims that Gordon is the only one responsible and Falcone is the only one to ever kill him. Falcone decides to have him killed but makes Lee know that this will affect her too.

Gordon and Bullock follow Dwight to an abandoned theater where he gathers with a crowd. He takes the stage to criticize the systems that have spread around the city and the only person who stood up against it: Jerome Valeska. Then he shows Jerome's video of the GCPD massacre. Gordon and Bullock interrupt the presentation but the cult fends them off so Dwight can escape. While leaving, Gordon is attacked by Zsasz and his henchwomen. He flees to a restaurant kitchen where he kills the henchwomen and knocks Zsasz out. Back in Dahl Manor, Cobblepot is again visited by Dahl, who states that he cannot rest until he lies underground again and that Isabella is on the other side with him and tells him not to trust "the birthday boy".

Lee visits Barnes in Arkham Asylum to discuss the virus. Barnes claims that he felt "clearer, stronger and focused" and also claims that the virus is not a disease but an antidote. His behavior prompts Lee to believe that Mario may have not lived healthy with it. The next day on the city hall, Cobblepot finds Tarquin getting welcomed with a birthday party, finally seeing him as the "birthday boy". He breaks into his office and discovers Dahl's corpse. Tarquin enters and Cobblepot kills him just when he is called for the interview. During the interview, Cobblepot is again confronted by Dahl and leaves the interview, insulting the people of Gotham in the process. He returns to Tarquin's office to find his body and Dahl's corpse gone. Gordon and Bullock are again attacked in his apartment by Zsasz until Falcone arrives and calls off the hit as Lee convinced him to drop it. However, he is still angry at Gordon for murdering Mario.

Nygma is revealed to be behind Cobblepot's conspiracy, using Basil Karlo as Dahl and then make him lose control. They meet with Barbara and Tabitha where Nygma claims that he wants Penguin to suffer slowly, so that they could take his empire. Alfred takes Maria to a hotel, where she kisses him in gratitude. Maria finds a man, Cole Clemons in the room, who demands the money she owed. Selina enters and accidentally says Bruce's name, which makes Cole decide to pay him a visit later. Meanwhile, Dwight reunites with a doctor, claiming that they need to move forward to bring Jerome back. The final scene shows corpses on pods placed on a warehouse and Jerome's body is shown, still smiling and with his death mark.

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