A Beautiful Darkness

"A Beautiful Darkness" is the thirteenth episode of the fourth season and 79th episode overall from the Fox series Gotham. The show is itself based on the characters created by DC Comics set in the Batman mythology. The episode was written by Tze Chun and directed by executive producer John Stephens. It was first broadcast on March 8, 2018. In the episode, Ivy goes after many people involved in a Wayne Enterprises project only known as "Project M", which affects her plants. After Selina abandons her, she uses her new powers on Bruce, who receives a precognitive glimpse from his future. Gordon sets to stop her before she affects Fox. Meanwhile, Penguin meets Jerome in Arkham and begins to uncover his sinister plans. The episode received positive reviews with critics praising Taylor’s and Monaghan’s performances and chemistry as well as the Arkham storyline. However, the dream sequences received criticism. Plot Ivy (Peyton List) begins to investigate "Project M", which is being conducted at Wayne Enterprises and involves the experimentation and deaths of several plants, much to her anger. After she murders a Wayne Enterprises employee, a horrified Selina (Camren Bicondova) abandons her. Ivy then visits Bruce (David Mazouz) and, after hypnotizing him with a kiss, poisons him, causing him to hallucinate his closest friends and allies along with a mysterious cloaked figure, who reveals to Bruce that he is a manifestation of him formed by his grief and sorrow after his parents' deaths. Simultaneously, Ivy hypnotizes Fox (Chris Chalk) and forces him to take her to the laboratory where Project M is being conducted and she collects a sample of the Lazarus water that is being used in the experiments before escaping.