Reversi commercial success. The name was selected by Hasegawa as a reference to the Shakespearean play "Othello, the Moor of Venice", referring to the conflict between the Moor Othello and Iago, and more controversially, to the unfolding drama between Othello, who is black, and Desdemona, who is white. The green color of the board is inspired by the image of the general Othello, valiantly leading his battle in a green field. It can also be likened to a jealousy competition (jealousy being the central theme in Shakespeare's play, which popularized the term "green-eyed monster"), since players engulf the pieces of the
Beware the Green-Eyed Monster viewers and had an overall rating of 1.7 in the 18–49 demographic. "Mad City: Beware the Green-Eyed Monster" received generally positive reviews from critics. The episode received a rating of 71% with an average score of 7.0 out of 10 on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. Matt Fowler of IGN gave the episode a "good" 7.6 out of 10 and wrote in his verdict, "'Beware the Green-Eyed Monster' was a decent fall send-off for "Gotham", focusing heavily on Jim and Lee's tortured love story. Last week, it seemed like Mario's blood rage might be the thing to bring these two