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The Shield and former Fantastic Four star Michael Chiklis is heading to Gotham for its second season.

According to a report at TV Line, Chiklis will be playing Captain Nathaniel Barnes, a new broom at the Gotham City Police Department. The producers told the site that the captain “lands on the GCPD like a tornado, ripping out the dead wood of Gotham’s police force. He is a law and order zealot; unafraid of making enemies – on either side of the law. For Gordon (Ben McKenzie), Barnes is a hero and a mentor, someone with whom he can share the burden of heroism. Captain Barnes proves himself to be a strong ally to Gordon… but one day he will make an equally powerful enemy.”

At Comic-Con, the Gotham cast and producers indicated that the second season will be “where the origin stories really kick in”. Gotham returns in September.