creations. He spares Mooney after she says she is proud of what he has become, and tells her to leave Gotham and never come back. He is hailed a hero for defeating Mooney, and makes a successful run for mayor with help from Edward Nygma, with whom he falls in love. When Nygma enters a relationship with a woman named Isabella (Chelsea Spack), Cobblepot grows jealous, and has her killed. When Nygma discovers what Cobblepot has done, he embarks on a campaign of revenge, ultimately causing Cobblepot to lose his mayoralty. Nygma then brings Cobblepot to the harbor docks, where he shoots his former friend in the stomach and pushes his body into the harbor. Cobblepot is later found and healed by Ivy Pepper (Maggie Geha), and forms a partnership with her in order to kill Nygma and combat gangster Barbara Kean (Erin Richards), who has taken over Gotham in his absence. They recruit Victor Fries (Nathan Darrow) and Bridgit Pike (Michelle Veintimilla) as muscle, and help Gordon stop the Court of Owls from using a weaponized virus on the city. Mooney is fatally wounded during a showdown between Cobblepot and Kean's forces, and with her dying words tells Cobblepot to make Gotham his or "burn it to the ground". The GCPD makes a deal with Nygma to entrap Cobblepot, but the plan fails when Kean, Tabitha and Gilzean show up to fight; Cobblepot escapes while the two sides fight each other. Cobblepot takes Nygma to the same docks where he shot him, and has Fries encase him in a block of ice; Cobblepot wants to keep him as a reminder to never again let love weaken him. Later, Cobblepot and Ivy work on their plans for the Iceberg Lounge, with Cobblepot intending to use the frozen Nygma as the centerpiece. Season 4 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. One night, Cobblepot discovers that Nygma is gone from his ice prison and orders his personal assassin, Victor Zsasz (Anthony Carrigan), to find him. Nygma sends