Bruce Wayne Practices Knife Throwing In Gotham Clip

Before mastering the batarang — Batman’s signature throwing weapon — a young Bruce Wayne first has to learn the art of knife throwing. Of course, the boy billionaire isn’t learning on his own. He has Alfred Pennyworth, his butler and form former member of the British Special Air Service, training him, teaching him how block out distractions in order to consistently hit the target.

In the clip above, Alfred tells Bruce to distribute his weight on his back foot, pull the blade back evenly, and use a “chopping a tree branch” throwing technique. However, Bruce has trouble absorbing the lesson of precision under pressure, making an errant throw that is well off the mark after Alfred purposely draws Bruce’s attention away during his follow-through.

The clip ends with Alfred handing Bruce a note that Selina Kyle supposedly wrote and left in the Wayne Manor mailbox. It requests that Bruce meet with Selina in the city, though they haven’t spoken in weeks. Seeing as though the Court of Owls want to supplant Bruce with his Indian Hill doppelganger, I suspect it’s a phony letter intended to draw Bruce out in the open so they can make the switch.

Nygma convinces himself that he doesn’t need Penguin to succeed and begins to introduce himself to Gotham as “The Riddler.” Bullock and Lucius Fox get caught up in Nygma’s mind games, while Gordon learns troubling news about his father’s death. Meanwhile, the Court of the Owls reveals its next move.

The regular cast features: Ben McKenzie as Detective James Gordon, Donal Logue as Harvey Bullock, David Mazouz as Bruce Wayne, Morena Baccarin as Leslie Thompkins, Sean Pertwee as Alfred, Robin Lord Taylor as Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin, Erin Richards as Barbara Kean, Camren Bicondova as Selina Kyle/the future Catwoman, Cory Michael Smith as Edward Nygma/the future Riddler, Jessica Lucas as Tabitha Galavan, Chris Chalk as Lucius Fox, Drew Powell as Butch Gilzean, Maggie Geha as the future Poison Ivy, Michael Chiklis as Detective Nathaniel Barnes, and Benedict Samuel as Mad Hatter.

The guest cast includes James Remar as Frank Gordon and H. Foley as Winston Peters.

The spring premiere of Gotham, which is titled “Heroes Rise: How the Riddler Got His Name,” will air Monday, April 24 at 8:00-9:01 PM ET/PT on FOX.

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