the ogre character appears in the fox network live-action series "gotham", portrayed by milo ventimiglia. this version is reimagined as a handsome and seductive serial killer named jason lennon (born jason skolimski), who underwent cosmetic surgery to repair a facial disfigurement after murdering his father's employer, a wealthy heiress, in a fit of rage. lennon lures women and subjects them to so-called "tests" as he searches for the perfect mate, and kills them when they fail to meet his impossible standards. no one in the gotham city police department dares to go after him because he kills the loved ones of any officer who tries. detectives james gordon and harvey bullock try to arrest him after he threatens gordon's girlfriend, leslie thompkins. he then kidnaps gordon's ex-fiancée barbara kean, having initially intended to kill her. upon learning that she and gordon ended their relationship, however, lennon spares her life, considering her a kindred spirit. he drugs and terrorizes her before taking her to her parents' house. by the time gordon discovers their location, he finds barbara's parents dead and lennon holding barbara at knifepoint. in the ensuing struggle, gordon shoots lennon in the head, killing him and ending his reign of terror for good. it would be revealed in the season finale that barbara murdered her parents and not lennon.