Character Relationship Map: Gotham

Characters

• Harvey Bullock (played by Donal Logue) — protagonist

  Gordon's partially corrupt GCPD partner in the first season, assisting in solving criminal cases in Gotham City.

• Bruce Wayne (played by David Mazouz) — supporting

  Orphaned in Season 1 after his parents' murder. Survives assassination attempts, undergoes training directed by the Court of Owls and Ra's al Ghul, and emerges as the masked vigilante Dark Knight to p...

• Oswald Cobblepot (played by Robin Lord Taylor) — supporting

  Starts as a low-level thug caught in a gang war, rises to challenge Edward Nygma for underworld control, establishes a system of licensed crime, and is eventually captured by the vigilante after attem...

• Carmine Falcone (played by John Doman) — supporting
• Edward Nygma (played by Cory Michael Smith) — supporting

  Frames Gordon for murder in Season 2, competes with Cobblepot for Gotham's criminal dominance, and attempts to kill Gordon in the epilogue before being captured by the vigilante.

• Fish Mooney (played by Jada Pinkett Smith) — supporting
• Theo Galavan / Azrael (played by James Frain) — cameo
• Sofia Falcone (played by Crystal Reed) — cameo

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Harvey Bullock → Bruce Wayne (Professional Association)

  Harvey Bullock assists with criminal cases in Gotham while the murder of Bruce Wayne's parents is investigated.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Oswald Cobblepot → Carmine Falcone (Conflict Crime War Participant)

  Cobblepot is forced into the center of a gang war involving the crime family led by Carmine Falcone.

• Bruce Wayne → Carmine Falcone (Social Criminal World Connection)

  Falcone leads one of Gotham's crime families while Bruce grows up in the city shaped by that gang war.

• Edward Nygma → Harvey Bullock (Conflict Indirect Adversary)

  Nygma frames a GCPD detective for murder, and Bullock is identified as that detective's partner.

• Bruce Wayne → Edward Nygma (Conflict Adversary)

  The returning vigilante captures Nygma after Nygma attempts to kill the police commissioner.

• Bruce Wayne → Oswald Cobblepot (Conflict Adversary)

  A decade later, the bat-inspired vigilante captures Cobblepot after Cobblepot attempts to kill the police commissioner.

• Carmine Falcone → Fish Mooney (Conflict Crime Family Rival)

  A gang war brews between crime families led by Carmine Falcone and Fish Mooney.

• Sofia Falcone → Oswald Cobblepot (Conflict Power Rival)

  Sofia Falcone arrives in Gotham to reclaim the criminal underworld from Cobblepot.

• Oswald Cobblepot → Edward Nygma (Conflict Rival)

  Cobblepot and Nygma struggle for control over Gotham's criminal underworld.

• Bruce Wayne → Theo Galavan / Azrael (Conflict Enemy)

  Theo Galavan surfaces in Gotham with the task of killing Bruce Wayne for the Order of St. Dumas.

Story Analysis

A crime-ridden city gradually produces a masked protector amid gang wars, conspiracies, monsters, and recurring rivalries.

Plot Progression

1. A City of Criminal Families
2. Assassins and Hidden Monsters
3. Disease and Criminal Ambition
4. The Dark Knight Rises
5. The Signal Over Gotham