Best bets for April 25: “Gotham” ends … Batman begins (?)
1) “Gotham” series finale, 8 p.m. Fox. “This has been a long time coming,” Penguin tells Jim Gordon, as he prepares to kill him. It has, indeed; for five years, bad guys kept coming close to victory … then kept talking until someone intervened. Now all trends continue. As usual, this hour is too gory and too repetitious … with cops incapable of holding prisoners. And as usual, it has stunning, movie-quality sights and sounds. We jump ahead 10 years, with just enough glimpses of Batman to stir our souls. Read more…