After the Gotham’s season finale, the city is apparently dealing with a crime vacuum. While this nothing but great news for Oswald “Penguin” Cobblepot – afrer all, he did want this all the time and he even shouted that he was the king of Gotham – there is still enough room for new criminals to try to seize power, and True Blood star James Frain will be one of these evildoers swopping in on the action when Gotham returns later this year.
Rumors are that Frain will be playing billionaire industrialist Theo Galavant in Season 2. He and his site Tabhitha, who hasn’t been cast yet, have been added as series regulars. Theo is described as “sexy, heroic, and lovingly devoted to his sister,” and he will arrive in Gotham City under the guise to its savior, but he’s really working with his sister to elevate the city’s chaos and violence in order to fulfill a centuries-old vendetta. Together, their plan will lead to new villains being created and other being destroyed.
Rumors also include that Tabitha will eventually become the supervillain Tigress, an identity used by several individuals in the comics.
Gotham has been taking the approach of establishing Batman’s rogues gallery before the Caped Crusader hits the scene, as opposed to vice-versa. (And they don’t even mind ending things early for some, as Carmine Falcone is out of the business, and Sal Maroni’s poor manner earned him a bullet in the head.) Since Theo and Tabitha are original characters, we can’t turn to the comics for clues on where the series will take them but it sounds like their plan is the next step forward in filling the dreary city the colorful foes for Bruce Wayne when puts the cape and cowl years later. Of course, Gotham City is only so big, and Theo and Tabitha will eventually face resistance, whether it’s from Jim Gordon and the GCPD or Penguin and the rest of the city’s underworld.
He is just one of the several new dark characters that will be appearing, including Mr. Freeze, Mad Hatter and Clayface.
Gotham Season 2 will premiere this fall on Fox.