Gotham

Previously on Gotham...

Last night some psycho

froze a cop to death.

He was using supercooled liquid helium.

It's one of the most effective substances in the world

for rapid temperature reduction.

He just wants to know where it comes from

so we can track down the guy.

- Do you confess to murder? - Yes, I do.

I'm not a criminal, you know. I'm just... insane.

- I almost crossed the line, didn't I? - How out of character.

- Scared me a little. - Welcome to my world.

I can freeze you, like we planned...

But... I can't bring you back.

Solution A14. No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

I'm just thinking of all those poor mice

you're experimenting on.

What are you going to do now,

look for this Malone guy yourself?

Honestly, I haven't thought that far ahead.

Nora.

You are going to help save my wife.

My husband did terrible things,

but he did those terrible things for my sake.

I'm dying. He wants to save me.

I'd like to make a confession.

I'm the man that's been freezing people.

A16. It worked.

- Am I dead? - I can't believe it worked.

I'm coming for you, Nora, I'm coming to save you.

Where is everybody?

Listen up.

Ace Chemicals makes the liquid helium

Victor Fries uses to power his weaponry.

Fries was spotted entering the building 20 minutes ago.

He's desperate and extremely dangerous.

Let's do this.

Damn.

What the hell happened here?

Night janitor.

Could be a hostage.

Detectives.

Canisters gone.

Looks like he got what he was after.

What's he planning?

"Free my wife."

How was Switzerland?

They have mountains, snow.

People are polite.

Alfred said you wanted to talk to me.

Alfred wanted me to speak with you.

He's worried about you.

He's worried that you might be concealing

any trauma you must be feeling.

He needn't worry.

I tell him I'm fine, which I am, and he doesn't believe me.

You were violently abducted. You nearly died.

You must have been very scared.

It's normal to feel trauma.

It's nothing you need to be ashamed of.

I wasn't scared.

No?

What did you feel?

I felt alive.

Intensely alive.

Do you think I'm abnormal?

You're certainly unusual,

if you're being honest.

I'm always honest.

That's a good way to be.

Tough to pull off.

I try.

And how do you feel now?

As I say, I feel... fine.

Invigorated.

I have a second chance at life.

What do you plan to do with that chance?

My plans remain unchanged.

Find the man who killed my parents.

Bruce, you need closure.

Exactly.

Closure.

Not a dangerous and possibly endless obsession.

I'll find him.

You're a schoolboy, not a homicide detective.

I believe people can be two things at once,

don't you think so?

Yes, they can.

So, you find the culprit, what then?

I'll let the law take its course.

Is that the truthful answer?

It's the answer I'm giving you.

What happened to Honest Bruce?

That's a very good question.

I guess that's the other Bruce.

Sorry,

I don't mean to be flippant with you.

This conversation has been very useful.

Clarifying.

Perhaps we can do it again sometime.

Sure, we can do that.

"Free my wife"?!

This guy thinks by killing seven cops,

he can get us to free his wife?!

I'll free my boot up his frozen ass!

Tin can lunatic, son of a bitch, I'll tear his...

I'm going to take a breath.

What about this hostage... the janitor... any demands?

Not yet.

Obviously, we're dealing with a madman,

and once he realizes that we're not going to release his wife,

he's going to come to us, try to get her, right?

- What else would he do? - I guess.

When he does, we'll be ready for him,

and we'll take him.

- Where is she now? - In a holding cell.

Lee and a paramedic are seeing to her.

Lee says if she doesn't move to a hospital soon,

she could die.

Damn it.

We can't secure Gotham General.

There's too many access points, too many civilians.

Arkham.

They have a full ER facility, right?

We'll take her to Arkham.

This way she can get the care that she needs,

and we can capture Fries without endangering any civilians.

- Makes sense. - Sense?

It's a lunatic asylum, filled with crazy people.

You got any better ideas?

N-No.

You prep her to travel.

I'll call the director at Arkham.

And get that out to press.

I want Fries taking the bait.

I'm going to let you tell Lee

that we're taking her patient to the nut house.

She'll understand.

Oh, yeah, totally, completely.

Let me get this straight.

You plan on using a dying woman as bait.

A tethered goat at Arkham.

It's not like that.

Are you going to tell her husband where you're taking her?

- Yes, but... - Then it is like that.

It's the least bad of several bad options.

We could spread false word that she's at Gotham General,

but what happens when Fries attacks?

It's filled with people who are too sick to move.

This is the rational way to go.

Sometimes the rational way is not the best way.

If there were a better way, we would take it.

Trust me, Nora Fries will be perfectly safe.

I-I got to go.

I'm going with her.

Lee, there are doctors at Arkham.

She's my patient.

I used to work there, I know those doctors. I'm going.

It's not safe.

- It's safe for Nora, - but it's not safe for me?

- No, now, now, now, look... - Yeah,

keep thinking, hotshot, I'm going to get my stuff.

No, you know what I meant.

If you use this on me, I'm going to scream.

Who was that?

One of Fries's victims.

I'd hoped to extract traces of Fries's formula

from the man's tissue, but no such luck.

Speaking of, you had a call.

The GCPD wants to transfer Nora Fries

to Arkham medical wing.

You mean the wife?

Apparently, she's very sick.

The police think Fries may try to break her out.

They need a more secure medical location.

Fries must be doing all this to save his wife.

How romantic.

How perfect.

Here I am desperately in need of his cryonic expertise,

and he's going to make a house call.

The fates are smiling on us.

Swiftly, Peabody, we must prepare.

...having recovered from

being frozen solid, before stumbling out,

to the bewilderment of the GCPD.

He was taken to Gotham Memorial,

where he was treated for minor injuries and released.

We are now getting word

that Nora Fries, wife of the infamous Mr. Freeze,

is being taken to the medical wing of Arkham Asylum...

Arkham?

She belongs in a hospital, not thrown in among lunatics.

...there have been no official charges...

It's a trap.

Of course it is.

They're using her to get to me.

The fools.

They think walls and guns can stop me?

They have no idea.

They'll learn.