Gotham (TV Series)

Mad City: Better to Reign in Hell (2016)

Cory Michael Smith: Edward Nygma

Quotes 

• [Penguin visits Edward Nygma at Arkham Asylum with a present] 

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin smiles]  It's a puzzle. The trick is opening it.

  Oswald Cobblepot : [as Nygma starts working on the puzzle box]  The man at the store said it's one of the most difficult ever made. People pass it down unsolved for generations. A mathematician once went mad trying...

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguins scoffs when Nygma opens the box]  Yes.

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin laughs]  Well, there you go.

  Edward Nygma : It was a lovely thought.

• [Penguin tells Edward Nygma while at Arkham Asylum why he's being so nice to him] 

  Edward Nygma : Why are you being so kind?

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin pauses]  Talking to you these past months, I don't know how I would've gotten by otherwise. With Fish out there planning who knows what... Me being surrounded by morons and lunatics.

  Edward Nygma : [Nygma looks over his shoulder]  I know the feeling.

• [Edward Nygma reminds Penguin that penguins eat fish] 

  Oswald Cobblepot : Why didn't she kill me when she had the chance? I was powerless. She must have a larger goal. I-I need to know what she is doing.

  Edward Nygma : Do you?

  Edward Nygma : [Nygma pauses]  When Alexander encountered the Gordian knot, a knot so complex no one had ever been able to untangle it... he just removed his sword and cut it in two. Details can be distracting. Sometimes... a simple solution is best. See, no matter what she is planning, just remember... penguins... eat... fish.