Gotham (TV Series)

Wrath of the Villains: Prisoners (2016)

Ben McKenzie: James Gordon

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• [Jim Gordon meets the inmate Puck Davies] 

  James Gordon : I'm not a detective anymore.

  Puck Davies : Oh, I know. You're way more than that. You're a true hero. Two winters ago, my little sister was abducted by child snatchers. Three days she was gone. And then you found her, and-and busted the scum that took her. You saved her life and dozens of others. Right there, that's a true hero.

  James Gordon : Just doing my job.

  Puck Davies : [Puck smiles rolling his head]  No, sir.

• [Jim Gordon asks the inmate Puck Davies what he's in for] 

  James Gordon : What are you in for?

  Puck Davies : A girl. A beautiful girl. I asked her out and she said yes. And she was classy. I couldn't make her take the bus, so I snatched a car. Well, borrowed it. I was gonna take it back. Cops didn't believe me, so here I am.

  James Gordon : What'd they give you?

  Puck Davies : Six years.

  James Gordon : Steep.

  Puck Davies : Hey, I can't complain. I broke the law, right? The law is the law.

• [inmate Puck Davies tells Jim Gordon that he won't die in prison] 

  Puck Davies : I'm not gonna be like my grandfather. He died in here. And wouldn't let me and my father visit him after a while. But finally we did. Last time I saw him, he was different. Didn't recognize him. That's not gonna happen to me. No, sir, I won't die in here.

  James Gordon : [Gordon walks up to Puck]  Then stay away from me.

• [Warden Carlson Grey tells Jim Gordon that he knows everything] 

  Warden Carlson Grey : [to the prison guards]  Watch this one. He just lost a child. Makes him mad. That's right. I hear everything. I see everything. Everything you know, I know.

  James Gordon : I know something you don't know.

  Warden Carlson Grey : Yeah, what's that?

  James Gordon : [Gordon in a low voice]  I know what kind of man you are.

• [Harvey Bullock visits Jim Gordon at Blackgate Penitentiary] 

  Harvey Bullock : Damn. You look good, brother. This place agrees with you. Maybe I'll check in. Lose a few pounds, hmm? Get a cool tat.

  James Gordon : [Gordon shakes Bullock's hand with a stern face]  You don't need to check up on me.

  Harvey Bullock : Are you kidding? Highlight of my week to see your smiling face.

• [Harvey Bullock tells Jim Gordon to not let the loss of his baby break him in prison] 

  Harvey Bullock : Hey, don't let this beat you.

  James Gordon : It's good to see you, Harv.

  Harvey Bullock : [Gordon begins to walk off]  Jim, I'm gonna get you out of here, I promise. Jim, don't let this break you! Don't give up hope.

• [Carmine Falcone asks Jim Gordon what he wants to do] 

  James Gordon : I want to go find Lee. But to do that, I have to clear my name. And to do that, I have to go back to Gotham.

  Carmine Falcone : So there's your answer.

  James Gordon : Part of me says run. I'm breathing fresh air. I can't go back inside.

  Carmine Falcone : If you run, you've got to keep running. Some people can live with that.

• [last lines] 

  James Gordon : [Jim Gordon finds Puck dead in the passenger seat of the ambulance]  Puck? No. No, we made it. Come on! Don't give up! Puck?

  Harvey Bullock : He's gone. Jim, he's gone.

• [Warden Carlson Grey tells Jim Gordon that he's being moved to the general population] 

  Warden Carlson Grey : Well, it's time to move you.

  James Gordon : Where to.

  Warden Carlson Grey : F Wing. 'World's End.' General population. This should not come as a surprise to you. Protective custody is just a temporary privilege, one which can't be sustained for a sentence as long as yours. Perhaps you have an appeal pending, in which case I can prolong its arraignment.

  Warden Carlson Grey : [Mr. Grey removes his glasses]  That's got to sting just a little, no? Your people seem to have abandoned you. Being convicted for murder has its downsides. Don't fret so. I'm sure you'll see a lot of familiar faces over in F Wing. Many of which you arrested yourself.

• [Warden Carlson Grey and Jim Gordon walk pass a privileged cell, and walk Gordon to an empty cell] 

  James Gordon : That one wasn't mine?

  Warden Carlson Grey : If you show yourself as a team player, anything is possible. You a team player, Gordon?

  James Gordon : [Gordon pauses]  I love it.

• [Jim Gordon visits the beaten up inmate Puck Davies at the infirmary] 

  James Gordon : You hang in there, huh?

  Puck Davies : [Puck reaches to hold Gordon's arm]  Listen... don't give up hope. I feel your sadness. I do, but... you got to choose life, you know?

  James Gordon : Okay. Choose life.