Jim Gordon's private life (Spoilers I guess)

[MajorHoy]

I do.

I think it opened the character up a lot, as a human being and not just a prop.

No offense, but I'm not big on people who cheat on their spouses while still in a marriage.

There are other, lesser faults that would still make him "human".

[Arnoldoaad]

Well, he got face-time / attention, but I'm not sure if adding "cheated on his wife" is all that great for the character's résumé.

I do.

Me too
It makes him human by giving him a very interesting flaw instead of just making him a perfect do-good cop

[t hedge coke]

No offense, but I'm not big on people who cheat on their spouses while still in a marriage.

There are other, lesser faults that would still make him "human".

I'm not pushing it as a heroic choice or anything. Quite the contrary.

But, it opened up Jim from being hero commissioner who stands in the night waiting for Batman into a character who, himself, can grow and change, a character who can take actions that will surprise us. The affair should surprise us.

It also shows a man who'll do things he knows are going to go badly some day, because his gut tells him to. A man who figures out the consequences after he does what he feels is right in the moment.

The kind of man who'd accept help from a Batman, but whose life doesn't revolve around Batman, either.