Smith & Taylor Talk Gotham Season 3

Penguin & Riddler will team up again in the third season of Gotham

Season 2 of Gotham saw our favorite criminal duo, Penguin & Nygma, part ways as Penguin was incarcerated in Arkham Asylum, then “cured” of his homicidal tendencies, much to Nygma’s dismay. Then Nygma himself became a guest of Arkham after trying to frame Gordon and succeeding initially, only to have it backfire on him.

Now in the upcoming season 3 of Gotham, we will see this duo renew their friendship in season 3. Which Corey Michael Smith, who plays Nygma on the show, talked about in a recent interview:

"We’re [Riddler and Penguin] going to have a significant amount of interaction. This is going to be a very very important relationship in Season 3. We just got introduced to the Court of Owls at the end of Season 2, and we are becoming aware that their hand is really controlling. You know, Indian Hill, Wayne enterprises and frankly Gotham, and we’re going to be delving into that power structure and what that means. And then we’re going to have some cool people like Mad Hatter!"

Robin Lord Taylor who plays Penguin on Gotham, talked about how now Penguin has no limits:

"One of my favorite moments in season 2 is right after Oswald’s mother had been killed and he’s inconsolable and he’s talking about leaving Gotham city forever, and subsequently losing his father as well, he has all license to be the monster everyone thinks he is. so I think going forward I would like to see him be even more ruthless, even more just unhinged."

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I’m glad that Penguin & Nygma will be evil buds in crime again in season 3, as that was easily one of the most enjoyable parts of season 2. Gotham returns for season 3 on September 19th.

h/t Melty