I only recently found this on Netflix. It's very well produced with excellent photography and a storyline that grabs you from the beginning. Very well acted by Ben McKenzie as the rookie cop who will become commissioner Gordon. A very believable Alfred from Sean Pertwee, son of the amazing Jon Pertwee. Want to know the back story of Gotham and why Batman started? Want to know more about just who The Penguin is, where did Catwoman come from? Gotham tells the back story of the graft and corruption in the city, the rival mafia gangs and some of the ordinary people fighting back.I'm watching these back to back now and am totally enjoying it.

I had serious doubts before finally trying this show. I thought that the premise just seemed a little dull, but after watching season 1 and just starting the second I am 100% hooked. The smart, gritty, and disturbing world of Gotham is perfectly portrayed in this series. The biggest downside would be some of the smaller actors and actresses are just kind of bad, which puts a damper on a few episodes in which they are prominently shown. Getting past that I am excited to see where this show will go!

It would have been better if some of the film's characters did not revive after death. All parts of the series are well made. Sorry for my bad English.

Season 1 was a solid 9 with strong characters and storylines that did not in any way go against what is to be expected from fans.Season 2 grew what season 1 started with expanding with new characters but started to pit Gordon against Batman villians but not in a way that made them seem like they themselves could not grow to require a Batman to stop them. Again a solid 9.Season 3 started to take odd turns, connecting female characters in a "we need to stick together because patriarchy and how much men suck" and marred an otherwise excellent season with even more new characters that fit the Batman EU.This new season however took what was an otherwise excellent season and went full tilt WTF by making the League of Assassins look like a bunch of wussies, all of the men killed by a few female characters because all men are weak and it was time for a female lead, one that a male assassin said could never lead...a story that was so pointless and just plain horrible seeing as how the league is led by a woman longer in the Batman timeline than a man...all meshed in several other smaller stories of female victimization nonsense that dragged the overall storyline into the dirt.Sad, Season 4 gets a 6, barely and im near the point of no longer watching the show which will leave only Black Lightning and The Flash that I have not given up on due to the horrible push of SJW nonsense into the DC shows.EDITED to add new info having seen the last 4 episodes of Season 4. What was a great ending to the season was once again marred by the plague of social justice attitudes ruining the DC universe of shows with a resounding "Everything is the fault of men, time for a man free zone" proclamation by a now all female gang that is clearly set to target men and all while taking the name of a group that actually exists in the Batman series, The Sirens!This horrible change in story has made this the final episode I will watch of this series. Only The Flash and Black Lightning have so far manage to escape the touch of real world social politics which has no place at all in movies and tv shows that are meant to transport us into another world/existence.What a horrible waste of a good show. Lowering my rating for Season 4 from a 6 to a 3 for breaking immersion and making such a massive change to the Batman world.