Gotham (TV Series)

Wrath of the Villains: Azrael (2016)

Ben McKenzie: James Gordon

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Quotes 

• [Jim Gordon asks Hugo Strange about Pinewood Farms] 

  Hugo Strange : Pinewood Farms was started by Thomas Wayne in an attempt to cure humanity's greatest ailments on the genetic level - Old age, disease, even death.

  James Gordon : But that's not what happened, is it? Karen said the program tried to play God, and you ended up creating monsters.

  Hugo Strange : I was just a researcher with no knowledge of that until it was too late.

  James Gordon : A man of your skill and expertise a lowly researcher. Find that hard to believe.

  Hugo Strange : [Hugo Strange smiles]  But it's true. Mr. Wayne excelled at compartmentalizing every aspect of his life. Within Pinewood, the left hand often didn't know what the right hand was doing.

• [Hugo Strange asks Jim Gordon during their interview why is he there] 

  Hugo Strange : Why are you really here, Mr. Gordon?

  James Gordon : Excuse me?

  Hugo Strange : This whole city has turned its back on you, despite you risking your life to save it over and over again.

  James Gordon : I'm not here for a therapy session, Professor.

  Hugo Strange : No. It's more like an interrogation by a man who's no longer a police officer. Who no longer has the right to demand answers. The only reason you're sitting in that chair is because I allow it. So let me ask you, why... are... you... here?

• [Hugo Strange tells Jim Gordon he's lost everything and calls him a liar] 

  Hugo Strange : You've lost everything. You're trying to make up for the sins of your past, and you believe that this case will somehow bring about your own personal redemption.

  James Gordon : No.

  Hugo Strange : You're not doing this for your client. You're doing this for yourself.

  James Gordon : You're wrong.

  Hugo Strange : [Hugo Strange smiles]  You just exhibited several tells - facial ticks expressions and eye movements that people involuntarily betray themselves with when they lie.

• [Jim Gordon asks Hugo Strange where Victor Fries' body is and calls him a liar] 

  James Gordon : This is a court order signed by District Attorney Dent to exhume Fries' body. Where is it buried?

  Hugo Strange : [Hugo Strange smiles]  He was cremated.

  James Gordon : Thank you.

  Hugo Strange : For what?

  James Gordon : I can read tells, too. You're lying. I needed to be sure you were behind all this, and now I am.

  [as Gordon walks out, Hugo Strange opens the empty envelope Gordon carried] 

• [Jim Gordon sees Edward Nygma behind bars while at Arkham Asylum] 

  James Gordon : Go to hell, Ed.

  Edward Nygma : Oh, you've already put me there. Here.

  Edward Nygma : [Nygma laughs]  But not for long, my friend. I'll find my way out. 'Cause this place is just one big puzzle, and puzzles are my forte. Nobody beats me.

  James Gordon : [Gordon smiles]  I did. See you never, Ed.

• [Jim Gordon tells Bruce Wayne that he needs to be better the right way] 

  Bruce Wayne : What you did to Galavan. What you knew you had to do, because of the bureaucracy and the red tape.

  James Gordon : What I had to do? I chose to kill a man in cold blood, and it was the wrong choice, crossing that line. You'll pay for it over and over again, like I have been. Like I still am. And it will make you more like the evil you're trying to fight. You need to be better.

• [Jim Gordon tells Captain Barnes about Hugo Strange creating monsters] 

  Nathaniel Barnes : So, in a nutshell, Hugo Strange is making monsters out of dead people in his spare time, and he had Karen Jennings killed by Victor Fries, who's been dead for three months.

  James Gordon : I know it sounds far-fetched.

  Nathaniel Barnes : Far-fetched? No. It sounds insane!

• [Captain Barnes tells Jim Gordon man needs the law in Gotham City] 

  James Gordon : There are times when breaking the law is the right thing to do.

  Nathaniel Barnes : And who gets to decide that, you?

  James Gordon : Yeah. Someone has to.

  Nathaniel Barnes : No, Jim, you're wrong. Look where Gotham's going. Maniacs, perverts, freaks, coming out of every hole. It's like a sea of evil flooding the city. If a man doesn't cling onto the law, he'll lose his bearings, drown.

• [Azrael tells Jim Gordon that he'll show him the way to hell] 

  Theo Galavan : Finally. Come to me, and I will show you the way to hell.

  James Gordon : I know the way.

  [when Gordon fires his pistol at Azrael] 

• James Gordon : Trust me.

  Nathaniel Barnes : How can I trust you when you're talkin' crazy? How can I trust you when you've lied to me so many times? Monsters?

  James Gordon : I lied to you because it's hard to tell you the truth. You're stubborn and you're angry, and the GCPD has paid a price for it!