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S01E03: The Balloonman - grimmfreak - 10-06-2014
Season 1 Episode 3
The Balloonman
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Air Date: 10/6/2014
The Balloonman
Air Date: 10/6/2014
Synopsis Detectives Gordon and Bullock track down a vigilante who is killing corrupt Gotham citizens by attaching them to weather balloons. Meanwhile, Oswald Cobblepot returns to Gotham and gets a new job close to an influential figure in the underworld.
RE: S01E03: The Balloonman - wfmyers1207 - 10-07-2014
Better than the 1st episode, but not as good as the second episode. At least the use of balloons was an inventive murder weapon!
I was interested to see 2 Grimm alumni in this episode. David Zayas from S1E19 and Dan Bakkedahl from S3E3.
All in all, the episode left me a little flat. Mostly because a lot of the behavior of the characters doesn't often make a lot of sense. People are doing things that are just plain stupid, even for criminals!
Why would Penguin (Cobblepot) come back to Gotham unless he was completely suicidal.Oh, being a bit of a geek, I crunched the numbers. To lift a grown man of average size would take a balloon of about 18 to 20 feet in diameter depending on whether you used hydrogen or helium. Hydrogen has a bit more lift. So go with hydrogen!