Gotham - Season 1 DVD

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Before there was Batman there was Gotham With a reputation synonymous with law & order Commissioner James Gordon is one of the crime world&s greatest foes Everyone knows the name But what is known of Gordon&s rise from rookie detective to Police Commissioner? & what did it take to navigate the layers of corruption that secretly ruled Gotham City the spawning ground of the world&s most iconic villains--the larger-than-life personas who would become Catwoman The Penguin The Riddler Two-Face & The Joker? Gotham is the origin story of the great DC Comics Super-Villains & vigilantes revealing an entirely new chapter that has never been told From executive producerwriter Bruno Heller (The Mentalist Rome) this drama follows one cop&s rise through a dangerously corrupt city teetering on the edge of evil & chronicles the genesis of one of the most popular super heroes of our time Brave earnest & eager to prove himself the newly minted detective Gordon (Ben Mc Kenzie) is partnered with the brash but shrewd police legend Harvey Bullock (Donal Logue) as the two stumble upon the city&s highest-profile case ever the murder of local billionaires Thomas & Martha Wayne At the scene of the crime Gordon meets the sole survivor the Waynes& hauntingly intense 12-year-old son Bruce (David Mazouz) toward whom the young detective feels an inexplicable kinship Moved by the boy&s profound loss Gordon vows to catch the killer As he navigates the often-underhanded politics of Gotham&s criminal justice system Gordon encounters imposing gang boss Fish Mooney (Jada Pinkett Smith) & many of the characters who will become some of DC Comics& most renowned enduring villains including a teenaged Selina Kylethe future Catwoman (Camren Bicondova) & Oswald Cobblepot The Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor) Although the crime drama follows Gordon&s turbulent & singular rise through the Gotham City police department it also focuses on the unlikely friendship Gordon forms with the young heir to the Wayne fortune who is being raised by his unflappable butler Alfred (Sean Pertwee)--a friendship that will last them all of their lives & will play a crucial role in helping the young boy eventually become the crusader he&s destined to be