Is This The Guy Who Killed The Waynes On Gotham?

There have been two burning questions that have been ongoing with the television series Gotham. 

One is, "Who turns out to be the Joker?"  Creators of the series have said that they are going to introduce characters in each episode that could potentially become the Clown Prince of Crime in an effort to keep you guessing and to keep watching.  With regards to this question, I hope that they don't give him an origin story.  He doesn't really have one in the comic books, and I don't think he needs one.  He just..."is," you know?

The second question, and the one that they seem to be building up an answer to, is "Who killed Thomas and Martha Wayne?"  The people at Legends of Gotham seemed to think that they've figured it out. 

The question of who killed the Wayne's has been the heart of the show, while not always being at the forefront of each episode.  Detective James Gordan has been following every lead and every potential witness to this case, even though it has been officially closed.  His investigation has introduced him to a number of soon-to-be prominent Batman characters, with Selena Kyle being his best bet on solving the murder.  She witnessed the attack that took place in the alley, and has even given a sketch artist a description of what he looks like.  One of the clues that she gave Gordan was that the killer wore "shiny shoes."  That line seemed a little trivial, but there may have been more to that clue than people had realized at the time.

Here's what they are saying over at Legends of Gotham: Do you remember the guy in the purple suit that was at the police station during the pilot episode?  No? Neither did I, but I went back and re-watched it to better familiarize myself with the guy.  He yells at Bullock for stepping on his shoes.  His "shiny" shoes. I know, that's not enough to make the case, but then in episode nine, when Selina gives the sketch artist the description of the guy, it looks remarkably like this same guy from the pilot episode!  Why would the writers expect anybody to remember a character that had a fleeting scene in the pilot episode?  It kind of makes sense...

If you want to see their whole theory and the proof that they've laid out, go onto YouTube and watch their video.  It's titled "WE solve the Wayne Murder on Gotham."

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