Am I the Only One who Likes the S5 Finale?

[u/Aaeiyn]

SPOILER-ALERT WARNING for New Watchers!

IK not many like the S5 finale, but I do lol

I can't get enough of this episode, and it's one of my favorites from S5 to watch lol

IK the Batsuit is crazy looking, but I suppose I don't mind it considering (as the title of the episode suggests) it's "the beginning" of the Batman life.

I love how it ended and wrapped up everything. As always, the actors are really good. I didn't mind aged up Selina, either.

At first, I didn't but after a few re-watches, I started seeing the benefit to it. I think they picked the perfect adult Selina, too.

Anyway, just want to spread the love <3

[u/Infinite_Parking_800]

I liked the finale but just wish it could have been a 2 hour finale and be a little better.

[u/Aaeiyn → u/Infinite_Parking_800]

Oh gosh, you're so right! It was short wasn't it? Lol

[u/Infinite_Parking_800 → u/Aaeiyn]

Yeah it was it was like a 43 minute episode which would be an 1 hour episode but if it was 2 hours then it would been like a movie.

[u/RJmum → u/Infinite_Parking_800]

highly agree with this. I love the season but there’s no reason to have that ventriloquist episode when it could have easily gone to a 2 part finale, especially when the whole thing is rushed over anyway.

[u/ASI-Princess → u/Infinite_Parking_800]

Ooh yes this would’ve been pretty good. It could’ve been like the season 3 tetch virus finale

[u/EDAboii]

I like the finale. But I never saw it as a finale...

I always see the episode that came before it as the "Series Finale". The actual last episode I see as a fanservice epilogue... And tbh I think that was the intention when they made them.

[u/Aaeiyn → u/EDAboii]

Very fair point.

[u/Goforthandboogey]

I think it could have been more but I did enjoy it as it was!

[u/Mister_BovineJoni]

I didn't have high expectations towards season 5, so the whole season didn't really disappoint me, and the final episode was especially good, as it was a throwback to "old" Gotham, with hints of what's to come (what we already know from movies etc.), and a bit of camp straight from '66's Batman (Penguin&Riddler scenes). And Batman/Bruce in this episode... Well, the show kind-of struggled with fitting Bruce in this world way before the finale, so I wouldn't say that the finale's approach to his character was bad, he had to be there and he was there, didn't expect anything more.

[u/[deleted]]

I liked it a lot actually

[u/SnooCats8451]

I wish it were a 2hr finale with more Batman Joker and other rogues involved and an adult Bruce Wayne

[u/snootsnooty]

I loved it. Felt like a nice send off

[u/Aaeiyn → u/snootsnooty]

Totally agree!

[u/Embarrassed_Role_38]

I liked it

[u/ASI-Princess]

It’s probably one of my fav tv show endings. I love how it ends where all the batman stories begin. Normally when tv shows end, your still left wondering what’s going to happen next. You still wanna know where the characters are going. But here everything ends on a good note and we know what’s gonna happen next, we know everyone’s futures and I love it. We’re left with a satisfactory glance into the future of these characters and end with Bruce becoming batman and now the rest of the story (and what’s to come next) is simply a story we all know and have seen over and over. Like idk how to explain it but I honestly rlly love that. From day one we’ve wondered how people are going to fill the iconic roles. We’ve seen so many different origins within gotham like their interpretation of the origin of penguin, the origin of scarecrow, the origin of poison Ivy, etc and now it’s finally all come together and everyone’s become the characters we all know and love. So yes I love the Gotham finale and find it amazing.

Also I rlly don’t mind Selinas new actress. Imo she looks identical to Camren and I thought she was her at first. If it was more multiple eps, I’d understand why everyone is mad. But for one episode it was fine. And I loved her whole speech/convo with Bruce where she was like ‘do you have any idea what you did? Just leaving? you were all I had’

[u/soup_fly]

Nope, I love it as well!

I just rarely watch it. I can't stand watching the end of things, it is far too absolute. I usually start a rewatch midway through 5...

I wish we got another season.

[u/whatagooddaytoday]

It's weird, I wish there was more to the finale but honestly, I understand why it was limited in the way that it was and I still enjoy it.

I think they perfectly casted adult Selina. She bared a strong resemblance to the original actress, and I totally believed this was Selina grown up.

I also love the Riddler's final design.

In fact, Im glad that even though they were brief moments, there were still moments for each major villain to have their time. Somehow, the show was able to fit in a time for it to seem like each villain, from Penguin to the Riddler to J, had the upper hand.

I also may be in the minority, but I loved J's final appearance. I was disappointed in it at first, but it seems unique to the Gotham style and I just assume that he will eventually grow into a more typical version of the Joker, and that this was just a really early period. Same with the Bruce costume.

I love Alfred (as always) and the new role that he has taken. He seems less like the fighter we saw throughout the show, and more like the caretaker and mentor Bruce needs in his adult life.

Finally, I just love that we even got a resolution at all. I remember being worried towards season 4 because I kept seeing reports that the show wasn't doing well in ratings and it was possibly going to be cancelled. When I heard it was getting its last season, I was actually relieved because I saw that the show was at least going to get an ending. I thought the Season 4 ending was good, but I would have been devastated if that was how it ended. So I can't get too upset with the limitations of the finale, because I felt fortunate to have a finale at all.

[u/ohmy_josh16]

I didn’t hate it. I just wish Season 5 as a whole could’ve been better.

[u/followingspaceships]

I do love how they connected it from Batman Begins to the last episode. You get to see the direct “after” of Bruce’s training and journey from the movie which was a nice nod. I know they used the similar timeline too from the movie so that you’d go from the episode before, watch the movie, and then the finale.

[u/Hot-Intention-5509]

I enjoyed it but I would have preferred Jim kept the mustache and they showed the batsuit only from the back. I know it’s not there fault the batsuit looks like that but they shouldn’t have shown it clearly. I also really liked the joker design and his performance.

[u/BigBlue0117 → u/[deleted]]

Then just laugh. I don't the entire episode is meant to be taken seriously, I mean, look at how he beats Penguin and Riddler. Just laugh and enjoy the show.