Dwight Pollard

"The people of this city are slaves. They wake up every dayand go to work so they can pay their taxes and mortgages. See, they believe what the papers tell them, they fear what the politicians feed them. See, they are mentally shackled and yet they do nothing about it! But there was someone who understood, someone who spoke out and stood up to the jailors, puppets - a man with no fear"

- Dwight's speech Dwight Pollard is a villain in the third season of the series Gotham. Dwight is one of the fanatic followers of Jerome Valeska and, after Jerome's death, plots his resurrection.

He is portrayed by David Dastmalchian.

Past
Dwight worked at Indian Hill, where he learned how to revive people at least to some degree.

During Jerome Valeska's episode of terror, Dwight was one of the many people who agreed with his point. He became the leader of a fanatical group of Jerome's followers who thought that in the world of lies, treachery and deceit, Jerome was the one who saw the world like it truly was and was thus the one who would 'save' the world from itself.

After Indian Hill was shut down and its director Hugo Strange arrested, Dwight managed to get away without charges. During the chaos in the aftermath of Indian Hill's exposure, Dwight stole the pod containing the frozen corpse of Valeska and stored it in a secure location.

Dwight eventually started a new job at a morgue. With the knowledge he obtained during his time at Indian Hill, Dwight started to experiment on the corpses for testing purposes - his true goal being the resurrection of Jerome. Although he managed to revive people, they were only able to remain alive for a short amount of time before collapsing to the ground dead again. Also, one of these experiments escaped into Gotham and, after dying again, were found by the GCPD.

Plans for Jerome's resurrection
After Lucius Fox analyses the corpse and finds out that it is supposed to be in the morgue, Detectives Gordon und Bullock head there to investigate. At the morgue, they meet Dwight whom they inform about the corpse. Dwight acts as if he did not know about anything and feigns surprise when the drawer supposed to contain the corpse is empty. While inside the morgue, Jim witnesses several stickers of a smiling face on Dwight's personal belongings. Noticing Dwight's strange behaviour, Gordon and Bullock decide to follow him.

They follow Dwight to an abandoned cinema. On the way, Dwight is calling one of his associates who was supposed to look out for the resurrected woman and tells him to be more careful.

Inside the cinema, Gordon and Bullock witness a large group of Jerome supporters, most of them dressed to look like Valeska. Although Bullock notices the weirdness of the cult, Gordon reminds him that nothing they are doing is illegal. Eventually, Dwight climbs on the stage and addresses the crowd. He rants that the people of Gotham are slaves of the media and the politicians and that the people are not doing anything about it. He then reminds the group that there was someone who stood up to the evil oppressors, a man who knew no fear. He then presses a button and a projector plays the tape Jerome made when he attacked the police precinct. While the tape plays, the cult laughs maniacally and applauds once it is finished. Gordon and Bullock then make their presence known to the cult, causing panic to spread. Most cult members flee the building, including Dwight, who successfully escapes. Gordon and Bullock attempt to pursue him but they are forced to stop the pursuit when they are attacked by Victor Zsasz.

Dwight returns to a secret laboratory where he talks to another scientist. The two discuss their plans of resurrection and come to the conclusion that it is time for Jerome to return.

Trivia

 * David Dastmalchian, the actor who portrays Dwight, also portrayed Thomas Schiff, another Joker follower, in the movie The Dark Knight.