I really love how Chuck calls Ernie "Ernesto". I feel like it really speaks to his personality and the falseness behind him holding onto his approachable nickname while not accepting one for someone else.

See your problem is you saw "solid episode" and assumed it should be an A while the "of gotham" part of the statement made that impossible

Rereading the reviews as I rewatch to get ready for getting into the second season… Good ol' David Cameron…

It seemed to me like they were going for the zero matter changing the way that his mind is working. If that isn't the case and they're not building to something like that it definitely was pretty inexplicable.