Years before a caped vigilante watched over the dangerous streets of Gotham City, the unenviable task fell to an idealistic cop named Det. James Gordon. Gordon finds himself caught in Gotham's complex web of organized crime and police corruption while becoming an unlikely mentor to young orphan Bruce Wayne. This dark and gritty prequel series, based on DC Comics' Batman mythos, stars Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue, Sean Pertwee, Jada Pinkett Smith, David Mazouz, and Robin Lord Taylor as the Penguin.