New GOTHAM Clip - Jim Gordon Meets Dr. Leslie Thompkins
Gotham returns to Fox on Monday, January 5th, and we have a new clip from the upcoming episode, "Rogue's Gallery." The scene features Jim Gordon, who is now an officer working at Arkham Asylum, meeting Dr. Leslie Thompkins, played by Morena Baccarin, for the first time. Baccarin talks about her character and tells EW that they start out as friends, but they could end up being more than that.
“I’m a physician. I’m working at Arkham, but we’re not sticking too close to the original mythology. We are having her team up with Jim Gordon instead of the Wayne family and Bruce. Eventually, who knows—it could go in that direction, but it hasn’t yet.”
She also goes into a little more detail on what we can expect to see in the relationship of these two characters, saying:
“She gets out [of Arkham] which is really fun and her and Jim kind of pair up and have this really great relationship. I think it’s important. Arkham is a really kind of iconic and dark and crazy world but I don’t think you want to spend too much time in there. Jim finds an ally in her, which I think is important for him at this point. He’s beaten down by the system and he’s been fighting this one-man operation to make Gotham not as corrupt. I think it’s really important that he finds that relationship in Leslie.”
As for the type of person that Thompkins is...she doesn't take any shit from anyone:
“She’s just one of those people who doesn’t take shit. She doesn’t really care what anybody thinks. She’s a good person. She doesn’t do anything terrible, but she’s not going to cater to stupid people, so it can be disarming but it can also be infuriating to certain people.”
I've been eagerly anticipating the return of this show, and it will be nice to start watching it again.