It would make sense in terms of his character being the best part of the first movie. But it would also be a disservice to that same character.

Yes, even after all the bullshit Scorpios's done, if Scorpio just surrenders and doesn't go for that gun, Harry doesn't shoot him. That's the correct reading of that scene, IMHO.

and the reason things are bad is because god isn't there to take care of them anymore

wrt to humanity it's a bleak vision, but I took the interlocking characters to be one reincarnated soul's journey to enlightnement.

It's quite possible he subconsciously wants to be fired. Self-sabotage has always been part of Jimmy.

I'm guessing they are thinking "get into the content game" or "go out of business eventually" are their two options.

Maybe "overt" is not the right word? The Arkham stuff might be very clearly campy, but the actors are playing it straight. That's what I mean. No mugging or overdoing it really (I mean, Penguin is dramatic and emotional, but the emotions at least feel authentic. I think Robin Lord Taylor is doing amazing work).

Fair enough. I'll try to remember not to reply to you in the future, since that's not what you want.

There's a difference between acknowledging a simple fact "Chuck was there" and appreciating what that is intended to convey to the audience "Chuck pressured Howard to come down hard on Kim". That's what subtext is. Another bit of subtext that is Chuck stayed at the office so long he made himself sick. Why, to attend a…

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I don't think I'm biased, as much as I'm picking up on subtext that you are not crediting. Like the fact that Chuck was there when Howard met with Kim, or the fact that Chuck clearly wants Jimmy to quit practicing law.

Well, MHO here, and "camp" is a slippery concept, but Kevin seems to want Gotham to be campy in an overt way. Which, if you ask me, is exactly the wrong way to do camp. And it also seems to be why so much of the humor that works has flown right by him.

Except that he is using Kim in exactly the way that Jimmy says he is, you mean?

And listened to hours of tape, found the worst stuff and cued it up?

I grant that the lighting and framing were done to make it look as ominous as possible.

Ants were tougher in those days, see also, Myrmidons.

It looked like him, more than it looked like Sadie's husband.

Is a reel to reel tape machine that suspicious? Would Sadie just mess with it? Why did Bill leave it cued up to the part he doesn't want to listen to?

He threw down with ThinkTank, and with Sirena's bodyguard, for a while, but no lethal force in those cases.

Well, technically they are arching Doc, and not Jonas, thought they'd have hurt Doc more by taking Jonas' stuff. Not that they would know that, necessarily.