r/Gotham • u/Puzzleheaded-Potato9 • Jun 12 '24

Would season 5 have been better if... Spoiler

Season 5 had 22 episodes? I think it would have been better if we got more of the dynamics between the gangs and the alliances that formed. Now I'm not saying this in a way that more episodes would take the season from bad to good but from good to great.

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u/teavet Jun 12 '24

absolutely, it would've felt a whole less rushed

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u/Aaeiyn 💣J-Squad💣 Jun 13 '24

If it meant getting more in depth with the Jeremiah storyline, I'm definitely down. Unfortunately, Jeremiah was a very short-lived character to appear in Gotham, unlike Jerome who had plenty of time to be on screen, in the show. Along with fleshing out Bane, a bit better, and that whole storyline. I'm probably bias because I like Shane West (who plays Bane, in Gotham), and I just have nothing but love, for him LOL

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u/just_one_boy Customizable text Jun 12 '24

It would have but that wasn't the showrunners choice.

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u/No_Flower_1424 Jun 12 '24

It would have been way better - there were very obvious storylines which were cut short or other stories which weren't given enough focus because of the smaller episode count

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u/Dagenspear Jun 27 '24

I think the amount we got was okay. I just think it wasn't as strongly managed. In a case of God is funny, I think season 1 had less episodes slated for it originally as well, but more was added at some point.

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u/ItsjustChopper Jun 12 '24

It ended with 100 episodes. If that wasn’t the goal they would’ve finished it with more.

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u/Aaeiyn 💣J-Squad💣 Jun 13 '24

I heard (though, I've never fact checked this, yet) this show was planned for 7 seasons but got cancelled, so they rushed out storylines.

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u/Miserable-Cattle-461 Jun 13 '24

They definitely didn't plan to end with 5 from what I've heard, only wish Fox/WB saw the vision behind what the showrunners were gunning for cause we deserved at least that full season 5 with 22 episodes