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Posted in: Movies, TV | Tagged: Anthony Carrigan, entertainment, fox, gotham, Jim Gordon, television, Victor Zsasz
The Villain Gotham Got Wrong In The Right Way
One of the better villains on Gotham has very little to do with his source material counter-part.
In the comics, Victor Zsasz is a serial killer who usually uses knives and then carves a tally mark on his body for each kill. He first appeared in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1 back in 1992 done by Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogel. His backstory is that of a kid from a wealthy family that started successfully running his own business until the age of 25 when his parents died in a boating accident. Zsasz became so depressed that he gambled away his fortune, losing the last of it to the Penguin. He went to go kill himself but was attacked by a homeless man with a knife. Zsasz took the knife away, realizing that all of life was pointless and decided to thank the homeless guy for stopping him from committing suicide… and stabbed the homeless guy to death. He's now dedicated to freeing others from their pointless existence.
On Gotham, Victor Zsasz is a highly effective hit man played by Anthony Carrigan. He carries a two gun rig and is usually accompanied by two unnamed women. He worked / works for Carmine Falcone and at times Oswald Cobblepot. He's pretty much the last guy you want hunting for you. But unlike his comic counterpart, he's not crazy. It's all business for Zsasz… though I believe he still does the tally mark thing but they don't mention it much. Victor kills who he is contracted to kill, it's not personal. And if the contract is called off, then no big deal for him. Last weeks Gotham had a great scene between Zsasz and Jim Gordon where we get to see that the hit man has some respect for the detective… not enough to prevent him from doing his job, but its there.
What is the long term plan for Zsasz? Will he snap, pick up some knives and end up being the brutal serial killer from the comics? In this case, I hope not. I think Gotham's version of Zsasz is a bit more fun and unique in the show's universe than he would be if he was the comic version.
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