What happened to nygma after he was frozen?

After his plan to prove Oswald didn’t love him failed, Edward would try to kill Oswald by shooting him and pushing him into the river. Edward took on the persona of the Riddler and terrorized Gotham until he was frozen in a block of ice by Victor Fries on Oswald’s orders, and suffered brain damage as a result.

Is nygma smarter than Batman?

Riddler is more intelligent, more disciplined and actually willing to beat Batman. He is also willing to study his opponents, predict their behaviors, duplicate their patterns etc. Riddler is different from Batman in that he is neither very motivated nor that vengeful.

Does Riddler get smart again?

When he’s comfortable in his own skin again, he will be ‘smart again’ and his brain won’t be ‘frozen’ anymore. A combination of two factors one physiological and the other psychological.

Is the Riddler still frozen on ‘Gotham’?

But for now, let’s focus on the episode’s biggest moment: the Riddler, Edward Nygma, is no longer frozen on Gotham, but however, he was facing one major change: the guy is no longer the super genius that made him into a criminal mastermind.

Are the villains in ‘Gotham’ suffering from mental illness?

Gotham is a batty city—particularly where its villains are concerned. From unhinged vigilantes to maniacal menaces, mental illness and criminality seem to go hand-in-hand in Batman’s hometown. But are all these hoodlums actually suffering from mental illness?

Is Cory Michael Smith’s Riddler back in Gotham?

It was inevitable as soon as Riddler appeared in his non-frozen form in the season’s promotional poster that the character would be back in his talking and walking form; but as soon as Cory Michael Smith returned, it felt like his performance and his character stood in for everything amazing about Gotham that came flooding back in this episode.

What caused Edward Nygma to become the Riddler?

Autism isn’t associated with violent crime, so something else must have caused Edward Nygma to become The Riddler. It’s possible, for example, that narcissistic injuries—lack of approval/admiration from GCPD detectives, failed attempts at courtship—put Edward on the road to villainy.