I don't know what is going on with IGN lately, they have a lot of bad takes in recent years. They talk more like internet trolls than professional critics.
@ The only reason o left out any mention of the umbrella is because I don’t remember if in the scene he had a cane or an umbrella. lol. I need to rewatch
This show is utter perfection. Incredible writing, incredible performances and beautiful direction. Its the best show of 2024 and maybe even the best comic book season of all time. I am stunned. Bravo, HBO!
ITS NOT SEASON 2 IF ITS A DIFFERENT CHARACTER. The show is literally called The Penguin. Make a two face show if you want, but making it season 2 would be stupid.
Penguin killing Vic was something I called all the way back when episode 1 aired. But man it still hurts to watch. This is easily the best thing DC has put out in a long time.
The season finale of Penguin ruined my night. Vic's death didn't sit right in my soul, it just didn't. Oz is definitely a villain and they made sure we know that. I hope the writers of this show get A LOT more work.
Yeah I have been dreading another Joker appearance just cuz they feel SO GRATUITOUS at this point it's like a WB logo dancing through your otherwise-decent scene. Reeves is CRUSHING IT though. If there is anyone I would trust to give us something new and worth watching it's him (+ the rest of the team that just brought us The Penguin)
As a casual viewer of the batman movies I never understood why he was one of his main villains. He seemed weak to me. Like he’s just a fat gangster. But after watching this show I saw just how smart and cold blooded he is. He’ll used anyone and do everything to get what he wants.
That’s what makes him so special. He’s even physically disadvantaged. His “super power” is pure cunning and Macchiavellianism. He’s cold blooded but comes across as emotional and even relatable and he uses his physical pitiableness to his advantage. He requires good writing to pull off. It’s hard to put your finger on his intellect like you could with the Riddler because he’s a genius of human nature and his actions are often indirect. He doesn’t use force to get what he wants, he gets people to do what he wants be getting them to think they are doing what THEY want..
Another subtle twist at the end that y'all didnt mention: When the tear comes down Oz's mom's cheek and he says, 'I know, Ma. Its everything you ever wanted" But that may not be why the actual tear was there. He promised her that he'd kill her if she lost it and he didnt. I think she's crying because she's stuck in the one state she didnt want to be in and Oz completely misinterpreted it
@@knate_b he didn’t misinterpret it. He is beyond selfish. It’s similar when he could have told the truth to his mom but instead kept lying and her finger was about to get cut off. He is so obsessed that he doesn’t care what she wants, because he just wants her and her approval. So he lied in the first place when he said he would kill her. That scene saying he would kill her was also set up to mess with the audience in the first place
@@Brandon-k2l8u What I am saying is that his selfishness is what caused him so say what he did about the tear. In his self delusion, he does believe that he gave her all she wanted, but my contention is that her tears were really because she was stuck in her own personal hell being trapped in that vegetative state
@@knate_b he doesn't genuinely love her. he was crying when he heard she was a vegetable because he needed her to validate him. this is why in the final scene, his lover was pretending to be his mom and saying she's proud of him. the entire finale was an exposition on Oz Cobb's true nature: 1. Oz needs the affirmation of others. his mother was a tool he used to praise him. he showed no remorse for his brothers' deaths, because he now had his mother's attention all to himself. this is also why he wants power: so people can see him as powerful, and he can affirm himself as superior. 2. he's greedy. this is why after he killed Vic, he robbed him. in the very first episode, we saw him stealing from Falcone's safe. 3. he will justify his wrongdoings, no matter how despicable they are. he was willing to watch his mom lose her finger instead of admitting to himself he killed his brothers to feed his need to have her attention to himself. Vic saved his life three times (i believe), and even saved his mom, but he still believes he had to kill Vic because Vic is a loose end. he may even be so deluded that he believes his brothers' deaths are the fault of drowning and not him locking them in the tunnel, or that keeping his mom alive in that penthouse is really what she wanted, instead of him taking revenge for her stabbing him by doing the one thing she explicitly told him not to do! Oz Cobb is a selfish, narcissistic, greedy, power-hungry, murderous sociopath who will use and discard whomever he wants to appease himself, and will not only justify all his crimes, but also possibly lie to himself to achieve such justification. worst of all, he's cunning, that is, he can plan ahead and formulate effectively devious plans at the drop of a top hat (pun intended). he's a true villain, and his character development to full blown villainhood is one of the best i have ever seen in any crime drama.
I think an important detail is that he killed Vic not with a gun or a knife(ways to put distance to the neccessary killing for Oz) but with his bare hands which makes it more personal. He had to do it with his hands. It kinda shows in a twisted way that he indeed liked Vic because he didn't kill him with something that took this emotional component away.
Same. Especially because I was expecting him to die from the start & then when they sat on the bench I thought he might survive the show after all until he suddenly started strangling him. Such an unnerving end that made me think back of all his their moments & how Vic had a chance to escape all of this.
I commend the writers of this series for creating an elaborate chess game of contrasting interests and emotions, where conflicts are often resolved in unexpected but shrewd and (for the most part) believable ways. In this finale, we see that the Penguin has overcome all his obstacles, yet his victory has led him to a hollow, make-believe glory.
I absolutely loved this, but I see no reason for a season 2. Penguin was introduced in The Batman, fleshed out in this miniseries, and now he can just be in the next one or two Batman films, and that would be perfect. 👌🏾
I'm all for it either way. It was a complete origin if they only wanted a miniseries, but I can see directions they could take with a S2 so I'm not as "there's just no reason to do it" as others here.
In an interview, Colin Farrell did say that by the end of episode eight you’re gonna hate him, and he definitely lived up to that statement. I knew something was coming, but I didn’t expect Vic. They shouldn’t even do a season two because the first season is perfect.
At this point with the last episode, not saying otherwise he's most likely real. Although to be fair, his little presence and footprint in the show was very obvious that it seemed intentional. I saw a post on Reddit before the finale tracking his interactions in the show, suggesting he might be a hallucination. Throughout the entire series,excluding the flashback episode, no character directly speaks to Julian except for Sofia which seems odd for a sporting character. In episode five well in the meeting room waiting for Sofia with the rest of the mob family. Julian stands alone in the back of the room, no one acknowledges the fact that a stranger is in this very secret meeting, and when it comes time to sit down, he does not. In episode seven Julian tries to introduce himself to Oz's mother well standing in front of her and she gives no response or acknowledgement he's there. It was suggested in the post that a mother's condition could be a clever way of hiding the fact that even when he's trying to speak to someone other than Sofia he fails. The only physical reactions someone has had to Julian's presence was two instances where guards open doors for him, doors belonging to rooms that are only occupied by Sofia. It was suggested in the post that with the fact that no one has spoken to Julian in the entire show and that Sofia always talks to him in a empty room, that the guards could also be part of the hallucination. Now, with the last episode out, it seems the writers just severely underutilized the character to the point where we can tell his presence doesn't matter.
@ Sophia was phenomenal. I believe we’ve finally crossed the threshold where we have a villain in DC that should be ranked amongst top 3 DC villains ever
@@douglashesney6134 literally yes! maybe you're not the target audience and it's okay. the show is mostly for adults. And this is the best show in recent years, focusing on characters, not on portals multiverse BS.
@@carenthusiasm345 Cinema is for adults. "The Sopranos" is for adults. Hell even "Succession" was for adults. This derivative piss water, this mechanical recreation of the "Sopranos" and "Scarface" with a Batman patina - is most definitely not Cinema. Content maybe, but a beat-for-beat rip off of better art is def not Cinema
@@douglashesney6134 meh, penguin was a good movie, no character was wasted, all the characters are so deep and twisted in their own way, it's a creative master piece, and guess what? A good content is like wine, with time it gets better, so yeah absolute cinema
Has anyone connected that Vics family died by drowning and so did Ozs brothers, I feel thats some sort of link especially how at the end Vics license also disappeared in the water,Or is it just me?
Absolute facts. Thinking they'll lose money is asinine when R rated movies last year were some of the highest grossing of the year. Quality brings people to the theaters, and Batman 100% brings people to the theaters. Gotta keep this same dark tone after Penguin or it will seem really disjointed and goofy.
It was going to happen. Just a matter of when. Im glad they stopped this trend of really he's just a misunderstood good guy deep down. Nope hes a villain. Fantastic show!
I love the show so much I don’t want a season 2. I think we understand Oswald character in depth how far he’s willing to go and how sadistic he truly is. Season 1 truly gave a wonderful journey to understanding this beautiful character.
"We'll cut them some slack" - The show never made a mistake with him not keeping his promise to his mum... It goes with the theme of how evil and selfish the penguin is.
I expected vic to die when they were sitting on the bench.. the scene had an ominous vibe And considering penguin killed his own two brothers, it fit his character perfectly
This show was... SO F'N GOOD. Additionally, watching Charlie's breakdown video after each episode, over at "Emergency Awesome"... made it even better.🙂
A season 2 wouldn’t even work. This series was perfect at setting Oz up as the next batman villain. I genuinely want to see batman mess this dude up after what he did to our boi
Same. Although I vaguely see a season 2 premise with the duality of his public & criminal lifestyles & dealing with freaks entering the competition like Black Mask, Two-Face, & The Ventriloquist/Scarface. But the story is definitely complete as is imo. I see Penguin being a secondary villain in Part II & more of antagonist to Bruce Wayne as a philanthropist in the sense of an obvious corrupting force impeding the progress of Gotham's politics.
He may not be the main bad guy in The Batman 2. He could be an opportunist in that movie as well. Something happens, Batman stops the event but it results in something like the mayor dying thus season 2 can be about Oz becoming the new mayor.
Matt Reeves has said that he has met with WB in regards to a second season. WB has also stopped using the term "limited series" and are now using "first season" instead.
Same man. Fucking can't wait for severance S2 in Jan. Oh and Silo S2 this Friday!! I really really hope John and the crew will review both seasons weekly!!
Everyone did a phenomenal job. Not just the actors, EVERYONE. The costumes, cinematography, scriptwriting, makeup department, everyone involved should be proud.
When he looked at Vic’s ID to reminisce one last time, he solicited is status as a psychopath. And he had the prostitute dance with him dressed in her dress. Dude is crazy af
Vic's death didn't come to a surprise to me. I called it at the end of the episode where he was supposed to meet his friend at the bus station. Vic saying please as Oswald chokes him was icing on the cake.
@@redrick8900 I think the reason was because Oz didn't wanna ever be vulnerable again like he was when him and his mother was tied up. Oz had love for Vic but when Vic said you're like family Oz's face completely changed
FAIR WARNING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO AVOID SPOILERS, EVEN AFTER THE SPOILER WARNING IS NO LONGER ON THE SCREEN THEY STILL TALK ABOUT SPOILERS. **I WILL BE MENTIONING A SPOILER IN THE REST OF THIS MESSAGE PLEASE LOOK AWAY** John I trusted you.. You said to skip past when the spoiler word was on the screen, I just wanted your thoughts man. I just wanted to know if you thought the whole show was good by the end of it. The word spoiler was no longer on the screen, then you just casually drop that HE KILLS VIC. Bro I am so sad. I've been doing so well to avoid spoilers. I thought I was in the safe zone man.
If you watched closely throughout the show, there were a few times where people would look up or behind them when out in the city. I think they were looking out for Batman.
After seeing the bat-signal it just makes me wish they referenced him a few times. I didn't want him to be involved in the show, just acknowledgments of him. Maybe Vic asks "Do you think the Vengeance will show up" at one point & Oz replies "The Vengeance ain't nothing" & even lies about how he managed to escape from him. That way, it explains why in the end, he thinks no one can stop him.
I very rarely give 100% to a show or some episode, but this is clearly 100% show and finale. I absolutely hate Oz as an character, but in the same moment, he is that well written and played that I like to watch him and enjoy his story, I normaly have problem witch such kind of shows where main character is even main vilian, but not here, it was perfect.
Just give Dierdre O'Connor ALL the awards now, because you don't see a performance like that every day. A performance for the ages. Not to mention the awesome performances by Colin and Cristin. Geez!
I agree. Yes, Colin was phenomenal as Oz but the story was also phenomenal. It doesn’t make sense to drag out his story WITHOUT Batman. The whole point was to show his rise to villainous status and establish a backstory. I’m not saying the show needed Batman, but it made sense to not have him there since Oz was not committing major crimes. He’s at the point where he’s on Batman’s radar and that’s where he needs to stay. On the big screen. Not another season.
Sooooo good. I think, no I know, this show has beat "The Last of Us" and "House of the Dragon" for me. Not that it's a competition but man this show drew me in, and I truly felt pain and heartbreak watching "sitting on the bench" scene. Damn...
I hope his appearance in Part II has him sporting the look with the top hat the whole time. I'm a little concerned with how he quickly he took if off here like they won't ever have him wearing it for too long.
I think him going against her wishes and keeping her in a vegetative state fits the narrative. He is obsessed with his mother, her affection and time. What he is doing is about himself always and not about her wants and needs.
The best thing about this show is that it shows you it's hand in literally the first 10 minutes; but Colin is SO enigmatic - and the writing is SO good - that you don't realize that you're falling for the same trick Oz is pulling on everyone else before it's too late. He keeps you on his hook the ENTIRE time. This was so great I kind of want Oz to be the villain of the 2nd film. With him getting deeper into Gotham's political underworld - It would be a perfect segue into the Court. Oz as the primary antagonist with a Talon as his muscle would go hard.
I feel The Penguin will be a secondary villain who's going to be more of an antagonist to Bruce as the latter starts investing more in philanthropy & helping with politics. But also will likely face him as Batman.
This was a great character study of Penguin I wasn't all that surprised Vic was offed by Oz himself Victors a good show case of what happens when a good person gets tangled up in a cruel world with evil people I think I liked this more than the last of us season 1 id give it a 9/10
I always thought Sofia's version of evil was simply revenge based. She would do whatever she had to do, kill whoever she had to kill to get her revenge, but once her revenge was had, she would look to lead a normal life.
I don’t see there being a second season. This felt like a contained story that will move into the next film. If they do another series, I think it’ll be another series centred on another character.
Agreed. Don’t ruin a good thing. Plus, the point of the show was to show his transformation into the cold hearted villain that we all know. If anything, I hope they put the same effort into building another character. I’m hoping Poison Ivy.
Why the hell did IGN give this show a 5 out of 10? Blows my mind. Were they watching the same show?
It's IGN..... That is all
Don't list IGN there Haters
They did something unforgivable
WHY DO PPL KEEP BRINING UP IGN THEY GAVE SHE HULK AN 8 WHY DO PPL CARE SO MUCH ABOUT THEIR TINY OPINIONS
I don't know what is going on with IGN lately, they have a lot of bad takes in recent years. They talk more like internet trolls than professional critics.
I change my mind . Batman . Get his ass .
I felt the same way at the end of the episode lol
This the realest comment on the internet today lol
Maybe I could, but I don’t really want to change your mind. Batman, get his ass!
Cuz he felt like it wouldn’t have happened if victor could’ve protected his mother
Everyone is copy and pasting this comment 🙄
Very satisfying at the end to see Oz in his iconic tuxedo and top hat.
Don't forget the umbrella lol
@ The only reason o left out any mention of the umbrella is because I don’t remember if in the scene he had a cane or an umbrella. lol. I need to rewatch
The way Vic was pleading for his life while getting choked will forever haunt my soul...
I was clapping the whole time...not for the act but for the writers.
My genuine reaction: 😮
@@MrSenorfuego1 it's not real
This show is utter perfection. Incredible writing, incredible performances and beautiful direction. Its the best show of 2024 and maybe even the best comic book season of all time. I am stunned. Bravo, HBO!
It was the show of the year. One of the best of all time in my opinion. The acting and writing were 10/10.
I loved the show but I don’t think it needs a second season. It’s perfect as is. Leave it be. I’m ready for The Batman 2
There’s plenty of stuff for a S2 black mask, 2Face, etc the problem is how are you gnna top that season
I’d rather they do another show
Give us a different villain! Rumor is season 2 will be The Joker. I would love Mr Freeze, or Poison Ivy…
I love the idea of different villains as the different seasons. Joker, Mr. Freeze, etc
ITS NOT SEASON 2 IF ITS A DIFFERENT CHARACTER. The show is literally called The Penguin. Make a two face show if you want, but making it season 2 would be stupid.
A comic book piece of media that actually lets the villain be a villain is so refreshing.
I dont give tens out often. But this show was a 10/10 for me. Loved it. Colin Farrel and Christin Millioti were amazing
Poetically twisted finale to a great piece of cinema tiered TV.
The doc was the one who was gonna chop off the finger, he is also the one who extracted the info from the mom. He is very real
Oz also reacted to him walking to his mom
Penguin killing Vic was something I called all the way back when episode 1 aired. But man it still hurts to watch. This is easily the best thing DC has put out in a long time.
The season finale of Penguin ruined my night. Vic's death didn't sit right in my soul, it just didn't. Oz is definitely a villain and they made sure we know that. I hope the writers of this show get A LOT more work.
In regards to the Doctor theory, Penguin reacts and speaks directly to him in this episode
damn...i'm 43...and was crying out loud! THAT scene...was WILD!
Penguin set a high bar for villainy. Just imagine what kind of Joker Reeves will give us!
Yeah I have been dreading another Joker appearance just cuz they feel SO GRATUITOUS at this point it's like a WB logo dancing through your otherwise-decent scene.
Reeves is CRUSHING IT though. If there is anyone I would trust to give us something new and worth watching it's him (+ the rest of the team that just brought us The Penguin)
This is the kinda show MCU should've done for their villains.
Amazing ending
As a casual viewer of the batman movies I never understood why he was one of his main villains. He seemed weak to me. Like he’s just a fat gangster. But after watching this show I saw just how smart and cold blooded he is. He’ll used anyone and do everything to get what he wants.
I feel you and all my life I was wondering the exact same thing, now I know the past penguins were just a bunch of cringe clowns with bad writing
That’s what makes him so special. He’s even physically disadvantaged. His “super power” is pure cunning and Macchiavellianism. He’s cold blooded but comes across as emotional and even relatable and he uses his physical pitiableness to his advantage. He requires good writing to pull off. It’s hard to put your finger on his intellect like you could with the Riddler because he’s a genius of human nature and his actions are often indirect. He doesn’t use force to get what he wants, he gets people to do what he wants be getting them to think they are doing what THEY want..
Hands down best show of the year. DC has a goldmine on it's hands.
Another subtle twist at the end that y'all didnt mention:
When the tear comes down Oz's mom's cheek and he says, 'I know, Ma. Its everything you ever wanted"
But that may not be why the actual tear was there. He promised her that he'd kill her if she lost it and he didnt. I think she's crying because she's stuck in the one state she didnt want to be in and Oz completely misinterpreted it
Holy shit I forgot that detail
@@knate_b he didn’t misinterpret it. He is beyond selfish. It’s similar when he could have told the truth to his mom but instead kept lying and her finger was about to get cut off. He is so obsessed that he doesn’t care what she wants, because he just wants her and her approval.
So he lied in the first place when he said he would kill her. That scene saying he would kill her was also set up to mess with the audience in the first place
@@Brandon-k2l8u What I am saying is that his selfishness is what caused him so say what he did about the tear. In his self delusion, he does believe that he gave her all she wanted, but my contention is that her tears were really because she was stuck in her own personal hell being trapped in that vegetative state
@@knate_b he doesn't genuinely love her. he was crying when he heard she was a vegetable because he needed her to validate him. this is why in the final scene, his lover was pretending to be his mom and saying she's proud of him.
the entire finale was an exposition on Oz Cobb's true nature:
1. Oz needs the affirmation of others. his mother was a tool he used to praise him. he showed no remorse for his brothers' deaths, because he now had his mother's attention all to himself. this is also why he wants power: so people can see him as powerful, and he can affirm himself as superior.
2. he's greedy. this is why after he killed Vic, he robbed him. in the very first episode, we saw him stealing from Falcone's safe.
3. he will justify his wrongdoings, no matter how despicable they are. he was willing to watch his mom lose her finger instead of admitting to himself he killed his brothers to feed his need to have her attention to himself. Vic saved his life three times (i believe), and even saved his mom, but he still believes he had to kill Vic because Vic is a loose end. he may even be so deluded that he believes his brothers' deaths are the fault of drowning and not him locking them in the tunnel, or that keeping his mom alive in that penthouse is really what she wanted, instead of him taking revenge for her stabbing him by doing the one thing she explicitly told him not to do!
Oz Cobb is a selfish, narcissistic, greedy, power-hungry, murderous sociopath who will use and discard whomever he wants to appease himself, and will not only justify all his crimes, but also possibly lie to himself to achieve such justification. worst of all, he's cunning, that is, he can plan ahead and formulate effectively devious plans at the drop of a top hat (pun intended).
he's a true villain, and his character development to full blown villainhood is one of the best i have ever seen in any crime drama.
10/10 show. Brilliant. Bring on The Batman 2!
I think an important detail is that he killed Vic not with a gun or a knife(ways to put distance to the neccessary killing for Oz) but with his bare hands which makes it more personal. He had to do it with his hands. It kinda shows in a twisted way that he indeed liked Vic because he didn't kill him with something that took this emotional component away.
I'm still reeling for my boy Victor. When Oz strangled Vic, my hands were on my head and I said out loud, "YOU DIRTY MOTHERFUCKER!!!"
😅😅
Same. Especially because I was expecting him to die from the start & then when they sat on the bench I thought he might survive the show after all until he suddenly started strangling him.
Such an unnerving end that made me think back of all his their moments & how Vic had a chance to escape all of this.
i dont think i've ever seen a more painful death in a show, probably ever. 100/10 finale.
The Oz, Sofia, and Ma scene was a masterclass in writing and acting.
I commend the writers of this series for creating an elaborate chess game of contrasting interests and emotions, where conflicts are often resolved in unexpected but shrewd and (for the most part) believable ways. In this finale, we see that the Penguin has overcome all his obstacles, yet his victory has led him to a hollow, make-believe glory.
Oedipus means "Swollen foot" and Rex is Oz's hero. Oedipus Rex -I thought that was a cool tidbit
I was so convinced that oz would tell vic “da woilds a coild place kid” before killing him🤣
Man the way this builds for the Batman 2 is insane the penguins penthouse looks so comic book like
This the best comic book based show I’ve seen Hands down . 10/10. When Vic died I was legitimately upset for a couple of hours 😅
I absolutely loved this, but I see no reason for a season 2. Penguin was introduced in The Batman, fleshed out in this miniseries, and now he can just be in the next one or two Batman films, and that would be perfect. 👌🏾
Agreed. It’s a perfect origin, anything more and we would expect Batman to be more involved.
I'm all for it either way. It was a complete origin if they only wanted a miniseries, but I can see directions they could take with a S2 so I'm not as "there's just no reason to do it" as others here.
It was so well written. Excellent. I love that they made him likeable and then reminded you that he is in fact a complete piece of crap.
I can’t get enough of this Batman world.. bring on some more baby!!!
No need for a season 2. Penguin is perfectly set up. Same team can do a different character
Completely agree with you on that. I was thinking the same thing
I just wrote the same thing. 👌🏾
We need Catwoman
This show is just amazing. That finale was insane
In an interview, Colin Farrell did say that by the end of episode eight you’re gonna hate him, and he definitely lived up to that statement.
I knew something was coming, but I didn’t expect Vic. They shouldn’t even do a season two because the first season is perfect.
I saw the vic thing coming, but I still got shocked..
It is the best show I've seen in a long time.
BRO WE STILL ON THE DOCTOR NOT BEING REAL SHIT? lol.
At this point with the last episode, not saying otherwise he's most likely real. Although to be fair, his little presence and footprint in the show was very obvious that it seemed intentional.
I saw a post on Reddit before the finale tracking his interactions in the show, suggesting he might be a hallucination.
Throughout the entire series,excluding the flashback episode, no character directly speaks to Julian except for Sofia which seems odd for a sporting character.
In episode five well in the meeting room waiting for Sofia with the rest of the mob family. Julian stands alone in the back of the room, no one acknowledges the fact that a stranger is in this very secret meeting, and when it comes time to sit down, he does not.
In episode seven Julian tries to introduce himself to Oz's mother well standing in front of her and she gives no response or acknowledgement he's there. It was suggested in the post that a mother's condition could be a clever way of hiding the fact that even when he's trying to speak to someone other than Sofia he fails.
The only physical reactions someone has had to Julian's presence was two instances where guards open doors for him, doors belonging to rooms that are only occupied by Sofia. It was suggested in the post that with the fact that no one has spoken to Julian in the entire show and that Sofia always talks to him in a empty room, that the guards could also be part of the hallucination.
Now, with the last episode out, it seems the writers just severely underutilized the character to the point where we can tell his presence doesn't matter.
When he looked at Vic’s ID to reminisce one last time, he solicited is status as a psychopath.
Thanks for telling us twice
Thank god for this show and making villains villainous again!
I believe that Colin as the penguin is 2nd to heath ledger as best the villains DC has of all time
Yeah I would agree with that. What a performance ! Wow. Sofia was badass too
@ Sophia was phenomenal. I believe we’ve finally crossed the threshold where we have a villain in DC that should be ranked amongst top 3 DC villains ever
He's better than him
@@IrishPride7 I’m just happy we finally have a new undeniable Legendary DC villain
PS the doctor is totally real. He’s obsessed with Sofia and got his job back once she was admitted.
AMAZING EPISODE AND SERIES !!!
Absolute cinema, i am still recovering
Literally no
@@douglashesney6134 literally yes! maybe you're not the target audience and it's okay. the show is mostly for adults. And this is the best show in recent years, focusing on characters, not on portals multiverse BS.
@@carenthusiasm345 thank you
@@carenthusiasm345 Cinema is for adults. "The Sopranos" is for adults. Hell even "Succession" was for adults. This derivative piss water, this mechanical recreation of the "Sopranos" and "Scarface" with a Batman patina - is most definitely not Cinema. Content maybe, but a beat-for-beat rip off of better art is def not Cinema
@@douglashesney6134 meh, penguin was a good movie, no character was wasted, all the characters are so deep and twisted in their own way, it's a creative master piece, and guess what? A good content is like wine, with time it gets better, so yeah absolute cinema
Absolutely incredible show!! Phenomenal finale on all levels. A masterclass in writing, acting and storytelling.
I hate him now, justice for Vic
Vic chose that life.
Justice for Vic
Justice for Barb. 😅
The Penguin series has made me more excited over Batman 2 then the actual Batman movie.
Crazy to me that this is the best superhero movie TV show tie in. This show is goated y'all. Stands on its own and elevates the movie even more
Has anyone connected that Vics family died by drowning and so did Ozs brothers, I feel thats some sort of link especially how at the end Vics license also disappeared in the water,Or is it just me?
I thought they made that connection in Ep 5, when Oz said the city took them like Vic's family.
if they dont make The Batman 2 rated R they're doing themselves a massive disservice.
Absolute facts. Thinking they'll lose money is asinine when R rated movies last year were some of the highest grossing of the year. Quality brings people to the theaters, and Batman 100% brings people to the theaters. Gotta keep this same dark tone after Penguin or it will seem really disjointed and goofy.
I know it’s a little off topic but it really shows how much of menace The Riddler was to Gotham
It was going to happen. Just a matter of when. Im glad they stopped this trend of really he's just a misunderstood good guy deep down. Nope hes a villain. Fantastic show!
I love the show so much I don’t want a season 2. I think we understand Oswald character in depth how far he’s willing to go and how sadistic he truly is. Season 1 truly gave a wonderful journey to understanding this beautiful character.
So great how they basically worked Penguin's origin story into the last episodes instead of the first.
Probably the greatest show I've ever seen. Pure perfect in terms of what it tries do and succeed unexpectedly. Masterpiece
Never bet against HBO!
"We'll cut them some slack" - The show never made a mistake with him not keeping his promise to his mum... It goes with the theme of how evil and selfish the penguin is.
I expected vic to die when they were sitting on the bench.. the scene had an ominous vibe
And considering penguin killed his own two brothers, it fit his character perfectly
Wrd soon as Vic called him family was like well fuck it’s over😭
As soon as he put his arm around Vic, spider sense went off.
Grieving Vic today :( 😢
He had to go and you know it
GOATED show.
Hands down
The look on sofias face when she realises she’s going back to Arkham man give her the Emmy
Not since the RED WEDDING from GOT had I ever been AGHAST, incredible
This show was... SO F'N GOOD.
Additionally, watching Charlie's breakdown video after each episode, over at "Emergency Awesome"... made it even better.🙂
The doctor is not a hallucination. Oz’s mom sees him when she’s coming out of the trance.
Best show of 2024
Fact bro
A season 2 wouldn’t even work. This series was perfect at setting Oz up as the next batman villain. I genuinely want to see batman mess this dude up after what he did to our boi
Agreed
Same. Although I vaguely see a season 2 premise with the duality of his public & criminal lifestyles & dealing with freaks entering the competition like Black Mask, Two-Face, & The Ventriloquist/Scarface. But the story is definitely complete as is imo.
I see Penguin being a secondary villain in Part II & more of antagonist to Bruce Wayne as a philanthropist in the sense of an obvious corrupting force impeding the progress of Gotham's politics.
He may not be the main bad guy in The Batman 2. He could be an opportunist in that movie as well. Something happens, Batman stops the event but it results in something like the mayor dying thus season 2 can be about Oz becoming the new mayor.
Matt Reeves has said that he has met with WB in regards to a second season. WB has also stopped using the term "limited series" and are now using "first season" instead.
I love how everything comes together in the end and it really feels like a comic book villain
That last scene was a ‘sit forward in your seat going wtf!’
That last episode was like a perfect movie
Wow I didn’t even catch the Clayface connection. Great call
my favorite show since severance
Same man. Fucking can't wait for severance S2 in Jan. Oh and Silo S2 this Friday!! I really really hope John and the crew will review both seasons weekly!!
Everyone did a phenomenal job. Not just the actors, EVERYONE. The costumes, cinematography, scriptwriting, makeup department, everyone involved should be proud.
When he looked at Vic’s ID to reminisce one last time, he solicited is status as a psychopath. And he had the prostitute dance with him dressed in her dress. Dude is crazy af
Tony Soprano + Norman Bates 😬
Oswald Cobb; The man of the people!
Os Cobb for mayor!
Vic's death didn't come to a surprise to me. I called it at the end of the episode where he was supposed to meet his friend at the bus station. Vic saying please as Oswald chokes him was icing on the cake.
I'm not sure anyone thought he'd survive deep down, but i think it was the fact you just held onto hope that he would, which just makes it hit harder
@@redrick8900 I think the reason was because Oz didn't wanna ever be vulnerable again like he was when him and his mother was tied up. Oz had love for Vic but when Vic said you're like family Oz's face completely changed
FAIR WARNING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO AVOID SPOILERS, EVEN AFTER THE SPOILER WARNING IS NO LONGER ON THE SCREEN THEY STILL TALK ABOUT SPOILERS.
**I WILL BE MENTIONING A SPOILER IN THE REST OF THIS MESSAGE PLEASE LOOK AWAY**
John I trusted you..
You said to skip past when the spoiler word was on the screen, I just wanted your thoughts man.
I just wanted to know if you thought the whole show was good by the end of it.
The word spoiler was no longer on the screen, then you just casually drop that HE KILLS VIC.
Bro I am so sad. I've been doing so well to avoid spoilers. I thought I was in the safe zone man.
If you watched closely throughout the show, there were a few times where people would look up or behind them when out in the city. I think they were looking out for Batman.
After seeing the bat-signal it just makes me wish they referenced him a few times. I didn't want him to be involved in the show, just acknowledgments of him. Maybe Vic asks "Do you think the Vengeance will show up" at one point & Oz replies "The Vengeance ain't nothing" & even lies about how he managed to escape from him. That way, it explains why in the end, he thinks no one can stop him.
I very rarely give 100% to a show or some episode, but this is clearly 100% show and finale. I absolutely hate Oz as an character, but in the same moment, he is that well written and played that I like to watch him and enjoy his story, I normaly have problem witch such kind of shows where main character is even main vilian, but not here, it was perfect.
Just give Dierdre O'Connor ALL the awards now, because you don't see a performance like that every day. A performance for the ages. Not to mention the awesome performances by Colin and Cristin. Geez!
Get his ass, Bruce
Hands down the best from Max in a while, indeed within the top 5 shows for this year, I still have to fully watch Arcane S2.
Stop asking for a sequel. Enjoy what you got and move on
Totally agree.
Wasn’t this supposed to lead to The batman part 2
So they never should have made Empire Strikes Back? Godfather 2?
@@maxpops8427 Which is not a Penguin pt2.
I agree. Yes, Colin was phenomenal as Oz but the story was also phenomenal. It doesn’t make sense to drag out his story WITHOUT Batman. The whole point was to show his rise to villainous status and establish a backstory. I’m not saying the show needed Batman, but it made sense to not have him there since Oz was not committing major crimes. He’s at the point where he’s on Batman’s radar and that’s where he needs to stay. On the big screen. Not another season.
This show was 🤌🤘 master class
Brilliant show and the finale was outstanding. Really made you hate The Penguin as a person…can’t wait for Batman to catch up with him.
Yup. When he killed Vic, I was like 'I can't wait for Batman to get this guy'.
It has been a great fantastic show. I have to finish the final episode tonight
Sooooo good. I think, no I know, this show has beat "The Last of Us" and "House of the Dragon" for me. Not that it's a competition but man this show drew me in, and I truly felt pain and heartbreak watching "sitting on the bench" scene. Damn...
His final look looks like the penguin from batman the animated series.
I hope his appearance in Part II has him sporting the look with the top hat the whole time. I'm a little concerned with how he quickly he took if off here like they won't ever have him wearing it for too long.
john, the show deserves a spoiler discussion. make it happen. if you can. best show of the year
(SPOILERS for Sopranos!) Him killing vic to me felt very reminiscent of when Tony Kills Christopher after the car accident in season 6
Exactly what I thought of
I think him going against her wishes and keeping her in a vegetative state fits the narrative. He is obsessed with his mother, her affection and time. What he is doing is about himself always and not about her wants and needs.
I knew he was going to kill Vic when Vic said he was like family to oz.
The best thing about this show is that it shows you it's hand in literally the first 10 minutes; but Colin is SO enigmatic - and the writing is SO good - that you don't realize that you're falling for the same trick Oz is pulling on everyone else before it's too late. He keeps you on his hook the ENTIRE time. This was so great I kind of want Oz to be the villain of the 2nd film. With him getting deeper into Gotham's political underworld - It would be a perfect segue into the Court. Oz as the primary antagonist with a Talon as his muscle would go hard.
Why watch the show if it tells you everything in the first 10 minutes (it does). Oh I know! 8 hours to hit as many Sopranos story beats as possible.
I feel The Penguin will be a secondary villain who's going to be more of an antagonist to Bruce as the latter starts investing more in philanthropy & helping with politics. But also will likely face him as Batman.
This was a great character study of Penguin I wasn't all that surprised Vic was offed by Oz himself Victors a good show case of what happens when a good person gets tangled up in a cruel world with evil people I think I liked this more than the last of us season 1 id give it a 9/10
Idk if I want a season 2 this wraps who the Penguin is. Absolutely stunning , amazing finale. Outstanding performances from the leads.
BRUH!
THANK YOU for the (at LEAST 30) good takes on this series. I agree with you SO much.
I always thought Sofia's version of evil was simply revenge based. She would do whatever she had to do, kill whoever she had to kill to get her revenge, but once her revenge was had, she would look to lead a normal life.
I don’t see there being a second season. This felt like a contained story that will move into the next film. If they do another series, I think it’ll be another series centred on another character.
Agreed. Don’t ruin a good thing. Plus, the point of the show was to show his transformation into the cold hearted villain that we all know. If anything, I hope they put the same effort into building another character. I’m hoping Poison Ivy.
It’s the best show in ten years