Back to Methuselah though Kennedy stated that he was quoting Shaw—"You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?' Back to Methuselah Back to Methuselah (A Metabiological Pentateuch) by George Bernard Shaw consists of a preface ("An Infidel Half Century") and a series of five plays: "In the Beginning: B.C. 4004 (In the Garden of Eden)", "The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas: Present Day", "The Thing Happens: A.D. 2170", "Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman: A.D. 3000", and "As Far as Thought Can Reach: A.D. 31,920". All were written during 1918–20, published simultaneously by
Things That Go Boom the rebellious partying teen, so that's good." Vinnie Mancuso of "Collider" wrote, "Compared to the absolute batfuck insanity that was the episodes preceding it, tonight's "Gotham" — titled 'Things That Go Boom' — was a bit boring. Keep in mind, this is a wonky scale I'm grading on; with "Gotham", 'boring' just means the writers got through a whole hour without, like, having a hot air balloon full of nuns plunge into a wood-chipper. So, be aware that when I say this episode was a little 'boring' I mean only one (1) mute orphan in a bow-tie died in a