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“Batman doesn’t appear in The Penguin, and if you accept the show on its own terms, you won’t miss him. Not when Cristin Milioti, as organized-crime heiress Sofia Falcone, is doing her best clenched-jaw O-Ren Ishii impression at the head of a table of cutthroat criminals, intimidating them and bending them to her will. And certainly not when Colin Farrell, from beneath a ton of prosthetics as striving henchman Oz Cobb, is providing an outsize version of gabagool excellence. This is all praise, and on the strength of those two performances, The Penguin’s eight-episode season, premiering September 19 on HBO and Max, pulls off an exorcism that initially seemed impossible.” — Roxana Hadadi, “Who Needs the Batman?”

  1. Episode 5 Homecoming
    The Penguin Recap: The City Took Them Their alliance is now broken, and Oz and Sofia make moves to take over the city.
  2. Episode 4 Cent’anni
    The Penguin Recap: Men Have Called Her Crazy Sofia’s origin story as “The Hangman” makes for a fun and sick ride.
  3. Episode 3 Bliss
    The Penguin Recap: This Is Gotham Oz and Sofia’s bid to take over Gotham gets more complex and precarious with each move they make.
  4. Episode 2 Inside Man
    The Penguin Recap: No One’s Untouchable We might still be relying too much on gangster cosplay, but Colin Farrell and Cristin Milioti continue to have a blast with these characters.
  5. Episode 1 After Hours
    The Penguin Series-Premiere Recap: Wrong Guy, Wrong Night Oswald Cobb sees his opening to take control of Gotham. The only thing standing in his way? A hellbent Sofia Falcone, fresh from Arkham Asylum.

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