"Gotham" looks to raise the stakes in a big way in the second episode of the DC Comics-based Fox show's second season, as evidenced by a newly released "red band" trailer.

In the two-and-a-half minute clip, the worst of the worst of Gotham City's criminals -- including Jerome Valeska (Cameron Monaghan), the show's potential future Joker -- have banded together as "The Maniax," resulting in copious amounts of violent chaos.

"Rise of the Villains: Knock, Knock," next week's episode of "Gotham," airs 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28 on Fox.