Gotham's Finest work around the clock to keep the world's most psychotic criminals off the street and clean up the mess left behind by Batman's one-man war on crime.
Television Inspirations
The Wire, True Detective, The Night Of
The Wire
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In the drug-ridden streets of West Baltimore, there are good guys and there are bad guys. Sometimes you need more than a badge to tell them apart.
True Detective
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Louisiana State Police Detectives Rust Cohle and Martin Hart are brought in to revisit a homicide case they worked in 1995.
The Night Of
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A contemporary look at crime, the presumption of guilt and the urban prison system in a New York City murder case.
Season I Story Arcs
In The Line of Duty
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Marcus Driver's partner is killed by Mr. Freeze while the pair is investigating a lead, making the GCPD's Major Crimes Unit aware of a bigger plot by Freeze.
Daydreams & Believers
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A story told from the point of view of Major Crimes Unit temp Stacy about life in the Gotham City Police Department.
Half a Life
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Det. Renee Montoya is outed at the department as a lesbian and finds her work environment and personal life turned upside down by former District Attorney Harvey Dent.
Soft Targets
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Gotham City finds itself under fire from the Joker as he begins sniping both police and civilians in a murderous campaign.
Season II Story Arcs
Unresolved
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An old murder case involving the Mad Hatter is reopened. However, the now disgraced Harvey Bullock suspects that the Penguin is involved.
Corrigan
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Crispus Allen's job is threatened after corrupt Jim Corrigan removes evidence from a scene.
Corrigan II
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Allen goes after the corrupt Jim Corrigan, only to be killed. Corrigan uses his connections and well placed lies to get off clean and persuades Renee Montoya to leave the force.
Cast
Paula Patton (Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, 2 Guns) … Renee Montoya
Lennie James (The Walking Dead, Blade Runner 2049) … Crispus Allen
Gillian Anderson (The X-Files, Hannibal) … Maggie Sawyer
Misha Collins (Karla, Supernatural)… Marcus Driver
Michelle Monaghan (Source Code, True Detective)… Romy Chandler
Olivia Cooke (Bates Motel, Ready Player One) … Stacy Kelley
Ernie Hudson (The Crow, Ghostbuster)… Sergeant Davies
Keith Carradine (Dexter, Cowboys & Aliens)… Nelson Crowe
Rutina Wesley (True Blood, Queen Sugar) … Josephine McDonald
Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Galactica, Taken) … Nate Patton
with Ray Winstone (The Proposition, The Departed) … Harvey Bullock
and Bruce Greenwood (Star Trek, The Place Beyond the Pines) … James Gordon
and Wes Bentley (American Beauty, Interstellar) … Batman
Season I Antagonists
Lars Mikkelsen (Sherlock, House of Cards) … Victor Fries aka Mr Freeze
Dominic West (The Wire, The Affair) … Harvey Dent aka Two Face
Michael Sheen (Masters of Sex, Passengers) … Joseph Kerr aka The Joker
Season II Antagonists
Timothy Spall (Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban, Electric Dreams) … Jervis Tetch aka The Mad Hatter
Albert Brooks (Drive, Concussion)… Oswald Cobblepot aka The Penguin
Damian Lewis (Homeland, Billions) … Jim Corrigan