Cory Michael Smith's Edward Nygma will become the famous Batman villain "The Riddler" eventually.
It is inevitable. But what will turned him into that? (Warning: "Gotham" season 2 spoilers ahead).
It already started in last episode titled "By Fire." He got everything going his way with regards to his relationship with Kringle. However, when he admitted about killing her ex-boyfriend, Kringle instantly got scared of him and tried to runaway.
Edward chased her and while trying to keep her quiet to be able to explain himself, his grasp on her neck tightened and next thing he know, he has already killed the one he loves.
This tragedy is what will trigger Edward Nygma's insanity. He has shown shades of it in the past episodes. However, according to Cory Michael Smith, when asked for "Gotham" season 2 spoilers about what's next for his character, he said the next episode will be bigger for Nygma. His alter ego will return along with other imaginary friends.
"When the alter-ego comes back in Episode 7, as a repercussion from what he did in Episode 6, I think you will see very new colors of each personalities, and perhaps they are closer to becoming the same person," Smith told Collider.
"What's more important for me than cutting him up into even more little pieces is for him to eventually come to the place where he's embracing this other side of him. That's the voice that's going to lead him to being the super villain. It's more about luring Nygma into understanding that there's power in these things that he's feeling and doing."
Smith also teased that next "Gotham" season 2 episodes will see Nygma trying to figure out if he is a murderer or not after having already killed two people (his first kill was last season).
"The thing that happens immediately after that is that this alter-ego of his comes rearing his head in a really horrifying way," he said.
Show returns next week for episode called "Mommy's Little Monster." Read "Gotham" season 2 spoilers/synopsis below.
"Butch leads Penguin and his men to the warehouse where Gertrude is being held, as Penguin plots his revenge on Galavan for kidnapping his mother. Meanwhile, Nygma deals with the aftermath of a deadly accident."
