Binge-watched Gotham since I was so far behind. I only have the season finale to watch (hopefully tonight). I recall reading not-so-positive reviews of it, so I won't raise my expectations.
It does feel like the plotlines were just scattered all over the place. I always felt that Bruce's story arc was unnecessary, but funnily enough, I'm finding his investigation into his company a little more interesting. Glad to see the Riddler is heading down his life of crime. I'm not too surprised that his first murder was set up so that we sympathize with Nygma. I guess his lust for crime will shortly follow. Penguin, on the other hand, is just an amoral shit, and I'm glad that he's evolving into this villain that we just can't feel sorry for (his mother, on the other hand, is very sympathy-worthy). I kind of enjoyed watching him spark the mob war, though I was expecting that to come sooner.
Believe it not, I was enjoying the Fish story but not because of Fish. The story felt way out of place. It's like someone had a cool idea for a movie but couldn't pitch a screenplay for the silver screen, so he shoehorned it into Gotham. I would have enjoyed that storyline much more in an entirely different movie, though it seems odd that she'd be rewarded with undoing her act of defiance (you can see what I mean). I wasn't fond of that development.
And then Barbara… I did not feel any sympathy toward her for some reason, not even when she was being tortured. Breaking her mind was a little interesting, but it wasn't enough to grab me.
I'll have to see how these plotlines wrap up in the season finale.