Wh ile ▁Goth am ▁hasn ' t ▁been ▁away ▁all ▁that ▁long , ▁' P ie ces ▁of ▁a ▁Bro ken ▁Mir ror ' ▁still ▁felt ▁like ▁an ▁under wh el ming ▁advent ure ▁for ▁a ▁return ▁episode . ▁It ▁was ▁also ▁very ▁busy ▁and ▁semi - sc atter ed , ▁jug g ling ▁a ▁Jim / Le e ▁story , ▁a ▁new ▁I vy ▁transformation , ▁and ▁a ▁sort ▁of ▁off - put ting ▁Alfred ▁arc . ▁The ▁best ▁part ▁was ▁Edward ▁real izing ▁that ▁he ▁himself ▁had ▁tried ▁to ▁kill ▁Lee ▁( oh , ▁and ▁the ▁Sir en ' s ▁Club ▁commercial ▁- ▁du h ). " ▁ ▁K yle ▁F ow le ▁of ▁The ▁A . V . ▁Club ▁gave ▁the ▁episode ▁an ▁" A " ▁rating ▁and ▁wrote ▁" I ' ll ▁admit ▁to ▁being ▁hes it ant ▁heading ▁into ▁this ▁week ' s ▁spring ▁premi ere . ▁After ▁all , ▁the ▁winter ▁finale ▁a ired ▁all ▁the ▁way ▁back ▁in ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁December , ▁and ▁that ▁kind ▁of ▁length y ▁break ▁had ▁me ▁question ing ▁whether ▁the ▁show ▁making ▁its ▁return ▁would ▁be ▁as ▁good ▁as ▁I ▁remembered . ▁Perhaps ▁the ▁first ▁ 1 1 ▁episodes ▁worked ▁only ▁as ▁a ▁contained ▁arc , ▁and ▁the ▁show ▁would ▁struggle ▁to ▁keep ▁that ▁momentum ▁going . ▁L uck ily , ▁' A ▁Dark ▁Knight : ▁Pie ces ▁Of ▁A ▁Bro ken ▁Mir ror ' ▁is ▁a ▁strong ▁premi ere , ▁one ▁that ▁follows ▁through ▁on ▁the ▁story lines ▁from