Rogues' Gallery (Gotham)

The episode was watched by 7.06 million viewers, with a 2.5 rating among 18-49 adults.^[2] With Live+7 DVR viewing factored in, the episode had an overall rating of 10.10 million viewers, and a 3.8 in the 18–49 demographic.^[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Rotten Tomatoes (Tomatometer)	43%[4]
Rotten Tomatoes (Average Score)	6.2[4]
IGN	7.2[5]
The A.V. Club	C−[6]
"GamesRadar"	[7]
Paste Magazine	7.5[8]
TV Fanatic	[9]
New York Magazine	[10]

"Rogues' Gallery" received mixed reviews. The episode received a rating of 43% with an average score of 6.2 out of 10 on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with the site's consensus stating: "While we've been waiting to spend time in Gotham's Arkham Asylum, 'Rogue's Gallery' was cluttered, confused, and borderline boring."^[4]

Matt Fowler of IGN gave the episode a "good" 7.2 out of 10 and wrote in his verdict, "I could have actually stood for more Arkham this week rather than paying obligatory visits to so many of the other Gothamites. I wanted more Leslie and more intrigue within the asylum walls. Plus, things are also now starting to point toward the Wayne Foundation, or some other big bad, in the shadows."^[5]

The A.V. Club's Kyle Fowle gave the episode a "C−" grade and wrote, "'Rogues' Gallery,' much like Gotham as a whole, suffers from a baffling identity crisis, as evidenced in the episode's opening moments. In the span of just a few minutes, we're re-introduced to all the relevant storylines via a montage. We see Jim Gordon on guard at Arkham Asylum as the inmates put on an incompetent production of Shakespeare. We see Harvey Bullock quietly pondering his life, or perhaps his next fedora purchase, while drinking from a flask. We see Selina Kyle peering out into the rain, also pondering, and Barbara sleeping next to Montoya, bottles of pills strewn about the nightstand. Establishing where these characters are isn't a misguided move, but the execution is off and indicative of what plagues this show as a whole. One minute we're meant to be laughing at the crazy Asylum patients and their strange rendition of Shakespeare, and the next we're meant to be contemplating the seriousness of the situation Gordon has got himself into, and how widespread corruption has corroded the city of Gotham and allowed good guys like Gordon to be buried. There's a frustrating imbalance here, all in the first few minutes. It's jarring to go from a comical stage play to an investigation into amateur shock therapy, followed shortly by an exploration of deeply-felt insecurity in romantic relationships. Gotham wants to be too many things at once, and it’s to the detriment of narrative precision and intrigue."^[6]

• "Rogues' Gallery" at IMDb