GOTHAM Casts THE WIRE Alum Leo Fitzpatrick As A Recurring Villain In Season 2

GOTHAM Casts THE WIRE Alum Leo Fitzpatrick As A Recurring Villain In Season 2

Gotham has added another face to it's very large ensemble cast. Former Kids and The Wire star has joined the FOX show's sophomore season as a new thorn in Jim Gordon and the GCPD's side. Hit the jump for more details on his role!

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By Minty - Aug 12, 2015 06:08 PM EST
Filed Under: Gotham
Source: Deadline

Season 2 of Gotham is said to focus on "The Rise of the Villains", and it looks like the show has added one more to their list of rogues. Deadline are reporting former Kids and The Wire star Leo Fitzpatrick is set for a recurring role on the FOX series. However, unlike several of his new castmates, he won't be playing a character from the comics. Instead, he'll portray gang leader 'Joe Pike', leader of an infamous group of arsonists known as 'the Pike Brothers'.

Pike is the latest villain headed to Gotham City in the wake of the deaths/departures of Fish Mooney, Sal Maroni and Carmine Falcone at the end of Season 1. He joins Jessica Lucas' Tigress and James Frain's Theo Galavan as new thorns in Jim Gordon's side next year. Are you interested in this original character, or would you rather have seen another familiar face from Batman's world famous rogues gallery? Sound off with your thoughts below!

Gotham Season 2 premieres Monday, September 21 on FOX.
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marvel72
marvel72 - 8/12/2015, 6:12 PM
Does this show have Recurring Viewers? I still haven't watched a single episode.
JamesMann
JamesMann - 8/12/2015, 6:15 PM
Happy the show is leaning towards having the stories overarc a few episodes like the last story in season one. It's an improvement over the freak of the week method.
GAThrawnIGF
GAThrawnIGF - 8/12/2015, 6:16 PM
Doesn't this sound like the enemy from the pilot of the 1990s Flash TV show?
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 8/12/2015, 6:16 PM
Is Batman going to show up on this show, is there any chance of a time jump? I know in the initial interviews before the show they said he wouldn't but I'm just wondering

I couldn't get into last season, surprised it got renewed
DEVWoulf
DEVWoulf - 8/12/2015, 6:18 PM
JamesMann
JamesMann - 8/12/2015, 6:32 PM
Speaking of Batman, this tv spot back when Batman Begins came out is [frick]ing hilarious. It's basically Batman by the CW.
ralfinader
ralfinader - 8/12/2015, 6:33 PM
Batman will kick this dude's ass! Oh wait....why is this show on the air?
CaptainAmerica
CaptainAmerica - 8/12/2015, 6:37 PM
Durrrrr why no Batman? Durrrrrrr I no like it.
CaptainAmerica
CaptainAmerica - 8/12/2015, 6:37 PM
The show is called Gotham not Batman you whiny turds.
KurtCrawler
KurtCrawler - 8/12/2015, 6:38 PM
@JamesMann

Damn why was that a thing
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 8/12/2015, 6:47 PM
@YoungThanos

"Just seems pointless."

Kinda like your comment! BAM!
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 8/12/2015, 7:00 PM
@Youareallstupid

It's also possible not to like the adaptation and the direction that they are taking. I'm not interested in watching a pre-pubescent Batman and Catwoman grow up on screen. I'm not interested in watching Gordon and the GCPD take down Batman's rogues' gallery, etc, etc.... If you are that's cool.

I'm not.

It's not just about straying away from the source, all movie and Tv adaptations stray away from the source because it's a different medium than comics. If you don't like the direction they are taking, it's very reasonable not to like the show
ismadder
ismadder - 8/12/2015, 7:11 PM
If i remember correctly one of the Pike brothers, Nicolas Pike was in the 90s Flash Pilot Episode

NicolausCopernicus
NicolausCopernicus - 8/12/2015, 7:17 PM
I dont mind about the changes from the source material, or the fact that Batman doesn´t exist. Im cool with all that. That being said, I dont like Gotham because it has tone issues. It doesnt know what its trying to be. Is it a buddy cop show? Is it a crime thriller? Is it a drama? or me, it tries to be too many things and in the end, its none of all those.
polarkyle
polarkyle - 8/12/2015, 7:22 PM
Yawn. Wake me up when they cast a young Mr.Freeze
TheFox
TheFox - 8/12/2015, 7:40 PM
@ismadder: Dammit, man, I was gonna make a Nicolas Pike joke!

It would actually make a lot of sense to be if Gotham and the '90s Flash show were set in the same universe: both are stylized in goofy ways and are loaded with cheese. But at least The Flash made good use of that cheese... and it actually featured the lead superhero in the show, of course.

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DallasAvenger
DallasAvenger - 8/12/2015, 8:42 PM
Love me some Gotham.
loki668
loki668 - 8/12/2015, 9:10 PM
Is he a bastard from the Iron Islands?
ForcedAccount
ForcedAccount - 8/12/2015, 10:19 PM
Johnny Weeks is coming to Gotham? Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.
lukasbolander
lukasbolander - 8/13/2015, 5:07 AM
@Youareallstupid

Gotham has some of the worst acting I've witnessed in a TV show. It looks cheap. It's a horrible TV show, the only reason it's still on air is because of the popularity of the batman mythology, and even then it's losing batfans quickly.
Darkknight2149
Darkknight2149 - 8/13/2015, 11:50 AM
Joe Pike may be an original character but his name sounds like it was ripped straight out of the Batman mythos.
LeonNova
LeonNova - 8/13/2015, 3:04 PM
I still say Maroni was killed off too early, though it was still awesome how unexpectedly it happened. I'm hoping to see Rupert Thorne on the show at some point.
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