Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world's greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon's story and his rise from rookie detective to Police Commissioner? What did it take to navigate the multiple layers of corruption that secretly ruled Gotham City, the spawning ground of the world's most iconic villains? And what circumstances created them – the larger-than-life personas who would become Catwoman, The Penguin, The Riddler, Two-Face and The Joker?
Dog is poinsoned s2 episode 17 at around 25 minutes in. Not graphic - shows Penguin pouring the poisoned drink for the dog and then it is shown lying down presumably dead
A character lies to his mother about his life of crime, despite all evidence. It's not with the intent of gaslighting her, but it's worth noting if this is a relevant trigger. Especially intense in Under The Knife (S1E20). Potentially Beware The Green-Eyed Monster (S3E11) & Light The Wick (S3E18) also qualify.
Depends on your definition of 'child,' but Scarecrow (who appears to be about 15-17 years old and is referred to on occasion as a 'kid') is injected by his father with a serum that puts him in a state of constant terror (S1E15). In S4E1 the same character is kidnapped and psychologically abused/terrified by his captors.
Spirit of the Goat (S1E6) centers around a serial killer who stalks; Under The Knife (S1E20) shows a character stalking another character outside her home. Stalking also shown in They Who Hide Behind Masks (S4E3).
Kristen Kringle is abused by her boyfriend who is one of the cops at the gcpd. Ed later strangles her to death which I believe could count also. In season four Alfred meets a waitress who is also being abused by her boyfriend, whom later kills her.
Penguin’s mom catches a rat in a trap. The rat is screaming a lot, implying fear or pain. Neither confirmed.
The trap sounds like one of those cruel snap traps, though when picked up, it is in the shape of a small house, similar to those humane traps.
We are never shown the rat, and it is still alive when mother shakes the box a little.
It's only implied, but Alice Tetch alludes to the fact that her brother, Jervis Tetch, had "thoughts no brother should have" about her. He also gets uncomfortably close to her while she's restrained, and touches her corpse while in a morgue.
Cutting shown in Penguin's Umbrella (S1E7). A throat is cut in The Anvil or The Hammer (S1E21), but the victim survives. Throats are also cut in A Bitter Pill To Swallow (S2E9), The Son Of Gotham (S2E10), Pinewood (S2E18), Better To Reign In Hell... (S3E1), These Delicate And Dark Obsessions (S3E16), All Will Be Judged (S3E19), Pretty Hate Machine (S3E20), Destiny Calling (S3E21), The Demon's Head (S4E4). A character hallucinates a loved one who has slit their wrists in The Fear Reaper (S4E2) and is almost baited into cutting their own, the hallucination cuts are shown.
Yes, and more often than not they’re shown on screen and graphic. In S1 E8, a character’s hand is stabbed and pinned to a table with a brooch. In S4 E14 a character gets their hand bashed in with a hammer. Those are two that specifically come to mind, but there are two characters who later on have their hands cut off, etc
A burning person appears in a hallucination in The Scarecrow (S1E15). Many people nearly burn to death in Knock Knock (S2E2), but are saved. People are burned to death in Scarification (S2E5) & By Fire (S2E6), & Light The Wick (S3E18). Characters are very briefly on fire in Legion of Horribles (S2E21) & The Blade's Path (S4E5). A body is set on fire in Look Into My Eyes (S3E3).
What The Little Bird Told Him (S1E12), Damned If You Do (S2E1), The Last Laugh (S2E3), By Fire (S2E6), Mr. Freeze (S2E12), Legion of Horribles (S2E21), Anything For You (S3E5), Blood Rush (S3E8), & The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies (S3E14), These Delicate And Dark Obsessions (S3E16), All Will Be Judged (S3E19), Pretty Hate Machine (S3E20), Destiny Calling (S3E21), The Blade's Path (S4E5)
The Mask (S1E8), Beasts of Prey (S1E19), & Burn The Witch (S3E2), All Will Be Judged (S3E19), Pax Penguina (S4E1). Threatened in The Son Of Gotham (S2E10), This Ball Of Mud And Meanness (S2E14), & New Day Rising (S3E4) but not actually performed.
The Ogre episodes (Season 1 Episodes 19-21) contains torture; implied, only effects shown. Torture also implied but not shown in Season 2 Episodes 4-7. Torture also shown in These Delicate And Dark Obsessions (S3E16), Destiny Calling (S3E21)
Spoiler: Fish Mooney removes her eye with a spoon in Season 2 episode 12 (I think) towards the end of the episode and steps on it. It is incredibly brutal!
Characters fall to their deaths in Beasts of Prey (S1E19), Knock Knock (S2E2), Follow The White Rabbit (S3E6), & Light The Wick (S3E18). In Better To Reign In Hell... (S3E1) a character appears to, but survives with no injuries. In The Primal Riddle (S3E17) a character is pushed out a window and is injured, but ultimately survives. Threatened but not carried out in Pretty Hate Machine (S3E20).
In multiple episodes theres people stitching up skin. Not too gory but definitely worth mentioning. Also in episode 11 of season 5 they show Oswalds messed up eye and it's quite gory.
Two parents die in Pilot (S1E1), flashbacks are shown throughout. Parents also die in The Scarecrow (S1E15), The Blind Fortune Teller (S1E16), Everyone Has A Cobblepot (S1E18), The Anvil or The Hammer (S1E21), The Last Laugh (S2E3), Mommy's Little Monster (S2E7), Prisoners (S2E16), The Demon's Head (S4E4)
Non-evil clowns are shown in The Blind Fortune Teller (S1E16), in the context of a circus. Evil clowns shown in The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies (S3E14), The Fear Reaper (S4E2)
Spoiler Warning. Mark: 10 minutes Dr. Strange puts the Blood-Virus into this man who‘s trapped in a Glass-thingy and he spits on the glass, very foamy, could be triggering. just look away till the cut to the next scene
Gordon, and to an extent his friend-cops, are very much "the only good cops in a precinct of bad cops" trope. However, Gordon regularly breaks laws to terrorize and intimidate citizens of Gotham. The framing on this is neutral to positive.
Given the difference between the actions and framing, it's unlikely to persuade anyone critical of policing that cops are actually good. Most critique of policing in the show is focused on how cops are effected by their job, though it does have moments.
Ultimately a Yes for me because it is a police procedural at the end of the day, and consumed completely uncritically Gordon makes at least 3 speeches per season about how cops are good.
Used as torture in Rogues' Gallery (S1E11), What The Little Bird Told Him (S1E12), A Dead Man Feels No Cold (S2E13), This Ball Of Mud And Meanness (S2E14), A Legion Of Horribles (S2E21), Follow The White Rabbit (S3E6), Time Bomb (S3E10), Ghosts (S3E12), Smile Like You Mean It (S3E13), How The Riddler Got His Name (S3E15), Destiny Calling (S3E21), Heavydirtysoul (S3E22)
The Fearsome Dr. Crane (S1E14), The Scarecrow (S1E15), Tonight's The Night (S2E8), A Bitter Pill To Swallow (S2E9), Transference (S2E22), New Day Rising (S3E4), Beware The Green-Eyed Monster (S3E11), Smile Like You Mean It (S3E13), How The Riddler Got His Name (S3E15), These Delicate And Dark Obsessions (S3E16), Light The Wick (S3E18), All Will Be Judged (S3E19), Pretty Hate Machine (S3E20), Heavydirtysoul (S3E22), They Who Hide Behind Masks (S4E3)
Scenes in hospital setting in Red Hood (S1E17), Everyone Has A Cobblepot (S1E18), All Happy Families Are Alike (S1E21), This Ball Of Mud And Meanness (S2E14), Unleashed (S2E20), Follow The White Rabbit (S3E6)/Red Queen (S3E7), The Primal Riddle (S3E17), Light The Wick (S3E18), Heavydirtysoul (S3E22)
3x03/3x04. Jim gets hypnotized and is compelled to try and kill himself three separate times against his will. He is made to try jumping off the edge of a building, walking out into oncoming traffic and to try holding a gun to his head. In 4x02, while hit with fear toxin he is also strongly encouraged to kill himself by slitting his wrist. He ultimately snaps out of it.
Jim gets gassed with fear toxin and is strongly encouraged to kill himself. While it turns out to be a hallucination, there is a shot of him taking a razor blade to his wrist and of him cutting himself.
Edward AKA the Riddler is given an 'alter ego' that is evil and gives Edward 'murderous' thoughts and black outs, it's not as bad as other series but it's still a very stigmatized misconception that they portray as well with other disorders they have in the show.
The Son Of Gotham (S2E10), A Dead Man Feels No Cold (S2E13), This Ball Of Mud And Meanness (S2E14), These Delicate And Dark Obsessions (S3E16). Suicidal impulses discussed in Look Into My Eyes (S3E3) & New Day Rising (S3E4). A character hallucinates a loved one who has slit their wrists in The Fear Reaper (S4E2) and is almost baited into cutting their own, the hallucination cuts are shown. A character requests assisted suicide in The Blade's Path (S4E5), & is killed as they asked.
A canonically LGBT character dies permanently in Destiny Calling (S3E21). Canonically LGBT characters appear to die, or die and are later resurrected, in All Happy Families Are Alike (S1E22), The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies (S3E14), & Heavydirtysoul (S3E22).
edward nygma seems to be meant to have D.I.D, however, this is represented extremely poorly, and the disorder is referred to as "multiple personality disorder" in at least one episode.
A character mentions that another character they have not seen in years has gained weight in The Beginning... (S5E12). It isn't a joke, but it's worth noting.
Relationships, no; however, a recurring character has feelings for his sister. They do not have a romantic relationship, and he is very abusive towards her; she actively wants him dead. Discussed mostly in Look Into My Eyes (S3E3), New Day Rising (S3E4), & Follow The White Rabbit (S3E6).
There are also some iffy comments between a brother and sister in the first half of season 2. Additional iffy moment in Prisoners (S2E16) when a woman tries to seduce her step-sibling (not reciprocated, incest framed as disgusting).
The Son Of Gotham (S2E10), Better To Reign In Hell... (S3E1), & Smile Like You Mean It (S3E13). A child is nearly hit by a truck in Follow The White Rabbit (S3E6), but is saved.
Blood is shown very often, though with varying levels of "realness". Gore not noted in other categories in The Anvil or The Hammer (S1E21), Mr. Freeze (S2E12), Smile Like You Mean It (S3E13)/The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies (S3E14), These Delicate And Dark Obsessions (S3E16), All Will Be Judged (S3E19)