Heroes Star Milo Ventimiglia Joins Gotham Cast

Fan-favorite Heroes actor Milo Ventimiglia will join the cast of Gotham in a recurring role, according to DC Entertainment.

He'll play a character original to the TV series, who will debut in Episode 19 and appear for a multi-episode arc, presumably extending to the season finale, given how close 19 is to 22.

Ventimiglia will play Jason Lennon, a.k.a. "the Ogre," and is described as a "handsome, wealthy and seductive" serial killer who has been preying on the young women of Gotham for nearly a decade, luring them into his web and confronting them with a series of "tests" as he searches for his perfect mate. When the women fail to live up to his impossible standard, Lennon disposes of them quickly and viciously.

Lennon's obsessions, combined with Gordon's determination to bring him down, send both Gordon and Lennon — and those around them — on a course toward tragedy.

Given the proximity to the finale and the "course toward tragedy," it doesn't seem impossible that his behavior could ultimately lead to a big death, and/or the creation of an iconic Batman villain. Could The Ogre inadvertently give birth to The Joker or The Riddler?

Yadda yadda same bat-time, same bat-channel.