Three months later, Cobblepot announces that no one can commit crimes in Gotham without a "license" from him; corrupt mayor Aubrey James (Richard Kind) sanctions the scheme to keep crime down, and in return Cobblepot keeps the majority of the profits of any crime he permits. The GCPD reluctantly goes along with it – except for Gordon, who pledges that he will arrest any criminal he finds, and eventually Cobblepot himself.
