Red Hood (Gotham)
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| "Red Hood" | |
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| Gotham episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 17 |
| Directed by | Nathan Hope |
| Written by | Danny Cannon |
| Production code | 4X6667 |
| Original air date | February 23, 2015 |
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"Red Hood" is the seventeenth episode of the television series Gotham. It premiered on FOX on February 23, 2015, and was written by Danny Cannon, and directed by Nathan Hope. In this episode, Gordon (Ben McKenzie) investigates the Red Hood gang, which specializes in heists. Meanwhile, Fish Mooney learns more about the place she may be in.
The episode was watched by 6.53 million viewers and received positive reviews. Critics praised the Red Hood gang and Bruce's storyline.
The Red Hood Gang, a band of thugs, commit a bank heist. A bank guard shoots at one of them; all miss their mark. Gus Floyd (Michael Goldsmith) wants the public crowd to swarm as a distraction for the arriving police so he tosses part of the loot.
Police investigators Gordon (Ben McKenzie) and Bullock (Donal Logue) review bank surveillance footage. They speculate that there was a test staged of police response time with a smoke bomb and where they could be found since one of the gang wore a Kleg's Auto shop uniform. The gang reconnoiters for the shop and Floyd says that whoever wears the red mask should lead the gang. Gang member Clyde Destro (Jonny Coyne) kills Floyd and takes the mask as a prize. Trope wounds Destro for the mask to impress his girlfriend. Gordon and Bullock discover Floyd's body in a refrigerator at the shop.
Destro is identified by a witness, and Gordon and Bullock use his release as a ploy to trail him to the gang. Destro is wounded by a member of the gang, and the red mask is taken as a prize. Gordon and Bullock find Destro who turns on the gang and reveals all about them. The GCPD get into a shootout and all of the gang are killed.
Fish Mooney (Jada Pinkett Smith) is brought to an office manager (Jeffrey Combs). He says he is not the official owner of the prison as the real doctor, "Dulmacher", is away in Gotham. When he tells her that her eyes would be of high value and tries to extract one, she removes her eye herself with a spoon and steps onto it, making it now worthless.
In Wayne Manor, Alfred (Sean Pertwee) receives the visit from an old SAS friend Reggie Payne (David O'Hara), who had been arrested for sleeping in the streets. Bruce (David Mazouz) lets him stay a few days. However, at night, Payne steals some files from Wayne Enterprises and Bruce's notes. Alfred finds him and while they argue, Payne stabs him and flees. Bruce takes Alfred to the hospital. Payne later gives the information to the Wayne Enterprises board, for which he receives a payment. In the streets, a boy finds the red mask and upon wearing it, he mimics shooting at the police.
