In a Jim Gordon focused Batman prequel where he has no reason to name his daughter Barbara? Yeah, we ditched canon a LONG time ago.

The Hamlet joke was kind of ruined by the casting of the guy playing "Hamlet." That guy was Macbeth age, so why not just have him recite a speech from Macbeth and have Bullock quip "I hope his wife doesn't have to deal with THAT damn spot", instead? Again, basically the same joke (dark cop humour), but without having…

Yep. A Three Joys (Larson, Lawrence, Poehler) line-up is looking better in retrospect.

Aw, I actually like that episode. Enough disturbing undertones (she smiles in the face of death!) to give it more energy than this take.