Tonight’s Gotham on Channel 5: Red Hood

By John Freeman on April 20, 2015

Ben McKenzie as Detective James Gordon and Donal Logue as Detective Harvey Bullock in the Gotham episode “Red Hood”.

A gang of serial bank robbers has made their new home in Gotham in tonight’s episode of Gotham, “Red Hood”, on Channel 5. Meanwhile, Selina Kyle bonds with Barbara Kean at her apartment, and Fish Mooney attempts to reclaim her position in the criminal underworld.

David O’Hara as Reggie and David Mazouz as Bruce Wayne in Gotham’s “Red Hood”

Jada Pinkett Smith as Fish Mooney in “Gotham”

Camren Bicondova as Selina Kyle (future Catwoman) and Eric Richards as Barbara Kean.

Gotham, which airs on FOX in the US, tells the origin story behind James Gordon’s rise to prominence in the notorious Gotham City… and the origins of Batman and many villains, too.

• Visit the Channel 5 Gotham web site at www.channel5.com/shows/gotham

• Follow Gotham on Channel 5 on Facebook and Twitter

Images © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.