Gotham's young Bruce Wayne may be inching closer and closer to becoming Batman, but as we see in a CBR-exclusive clip from the next episode, he's still got a long way to go before he's a true Dark Knight.

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While perched high above the Gotham City docks, Bruce is prepared to take on some of the Penguin's well-armed henchmen -- until Alfred reminds him that while his new suit of body armor is bulletproof, his mask is not. Of course, that only gives the young vigilante-in-training half a moment's pause before he spies an "unknown" thief (Really, Bruce? It's obviously Selina) entering the area and decides to join the fun.

Gordon takes matters into his own hands when he travels to Miami in attempts to persuade Carmine Falcone for his help in the fight against Penguin. There, he meets Carmine’s (guest star John Doman) daughter, Sofia (Crystal Reed), who unexpectedly follows Gordon back to Gotham. The battle for Penguin’s prized weaponry continues during auction night at the Iceberg Lounge and Bruce’s presence puts him on Penguin’s radar in the all-new “A Dark Knight: They Who Hide Behind Masks” episode of GOTHAM airing Thursday, Oct. 5 (8:00-9:01 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (GTH-403) (TV-14 L, V)

Airing Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Fox, Gotham stars Ben McKenzie as James Gordon, Donal Logue as Harvey Bullock, David Mazouz as Bruce Wayne, Robin Lord Taylor as Penguin, Cameron Bicondova as Selina Kyle, Erin Richards as Barbara Kean and Sean Pertwee as Alfred Pennyworth.