It's a show about how a city spawns criminals so bizzare that it actually forces a billionaire to become Batman.
It was never realistic nor was it ever going to be
And for the record, the comics are even more weird

You might wanna change the thread title, OP.
Back in early Season 1 when it was mere crime drama, it wasn't entirely realistic. There may not have been as many science fiction elements as now, but it was still highly improbable (a man killing people with weather balloons?)
It may've been more grounded back then, but A) Batfans wanted it to be closer to Batman, and B) it really wasn't working out very well.

No. It's Gotham.

Nope, don't remember that.
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Ha, remember wen this show is based on a comic book? Not based on a true story is it? get a grip its just a show.

If you want to watch realistic stuff you should stick with the news.

Yes. Yes I do.
I would say my memory is not what it used to be. But I don't remember what my memory used to be.

remember when EVERYONE knew that Batman and the other characters were NOT real people and so it didn't have to be "realistic"? Remember when you could just have fun watching a tv show or movie??

No. No I don't.
I would say my memory is not what it used to be. But I don't remember what my memory used to be.

I don't really think that Batman as a whole has ever been lauded as a particularly realistic story so it doesn't really matter what they do with it.

It never was realistic and while I am not sure I like the direction it's taking, I also don't want too much realism either. Characters like Bane, Killer Croc, Mister Freeze, and Clayface are as much a part of Batman as The Joker. So it does need to be set in a universe where those concepts are possible.

Interestingly, I think Season 3 is finally getting back to the basics of Season 1.

Yeah, but it still felt.more or less grounded, if anything there was some magic realism to it. Even Mr. Freeze i could somewhat deal with, but Fish with a supersuit and powers? Nope. And yes, i know these things all exist in Batman, and i don't exactly argue against plots about genetic modification, it's the style some things are presented that comes off ridiculous when put next to the otherwise VERY dark and "realistic" world we see.

Even in the 1st season, when it was basically a cop-drama, there weren't a lot of realistic things.

I kind of wish the show would stay immersed in all that crime drama intrigue
I remember people complaining a show about Gordon before Batman wouldn't work because there were too many crime-dramas

All 3 seasons have been good, and realistic villains are fine, but Season 2 was the best show on TV.

I kind of wish the show would stay immersed in all that crime drama intrigue because all these fanciful tropes and colorful villains are feeling out of place. They're also being wasted too early in the pre-Batman timeframe when they should have been saved for later.

Yah, good times I was about to quit with all the Hugo Strange mutants stuff, WAY over the top. Luckily, they've gone back to more down to earth stuff with Mad Hatter, and i'm actually enjoying myself with it again! (It probably will never be as great as when Falcone was THE big bad, or at least as when Jim went to prison, but let's hope!).