“Gotham” showrunner Bruno Heller is dishing details about future episodes, including an introduction to a new character.
Unfortunately, fans that were looking forward to seeing how Harley Quinn came to be won’t get the satisfaction from the first season of “Gotham.” Heller told Entertainment Weekly there are plans to introduce the Joker’s love interest, but not any time soon.
“One of the things about the size and scope and ambitious of this production is that—it’s not that there’s lots of chefs in the kitchen, but there’s a lot of people with opinions and views and inside knowledge,” Heller told EW.
“That aspect of the show—which characters to use and when — is a source of constant discussion. And that may well have been an issue that came up and was dropped. We haven’t got Harley Quinn in it. Riddler’s girlfriend is coming up. And Harley Quinn is definitely planned for later on, but so far no.”
However, Heller did confirm the appearance of a “prenatal Robin” before the end of the season. The show will be digging into Robin’s backstory and fans will get to see his parents.
“We’re going to do a prenatal origin story for Robin down the line,” Heller said.
“There are no MRIs involved,” he added. “There’s an episode coming up where we learn how Robin’s parents got together.”
Heller explained the show wants to slowly introduce villains and not overload fans with iconic characters. The intial introduction of Penguin, Riddler, Ivy and Catwoman was to get people talking about the show, but the character introduction will be slowing down to a steady pace.
“You can’t just keep pumping these characters into the show in a comic book sort of way, because you get the Super Friends effect—which isn’t a bad effect, but then you have spaceships and need to go underwater and get wacky villains and the rest of it,” he told EW. “You have to work as a character piece first. First it has to be real.”
