If you havent been watchingThe Penguin, you should get on that.
However, the shows third episode, Bliss, was greatly rewarding for those in the know.
She suggests, though, that people in Gotham dont feel the same about their neighborhood of Crown Point.
Victor (Rhenzy Feliz) and Oz (Colin Farrell) have dinner on The Penguin.Image: HBO
At about this moment, they hear what they expect to be fireworks only…its not fireworks.
One after the other and thats when it all clicks into place if youve seenThe Batman.
Things move on from there but we just wanted to marvel (pun intended) at the storytelling here.
First of all, theres the reveal that youre watching a flashback.
Its wholly possible at the start that Victor just has the night off from working with Oz.
If youve seen the movie, you absolutely get a sense of the destruction Riddler created.
But here, in the third episode ofThe Penguin, we feel it on a whole other level.
Victor may not be the lead onThe Penguin, but hes the audience.
We like him, feel for him, and feel huge emotional impacts from his choices.
All you really need to grasp is explosions killed Victors family.
Its phenomenal use of the shows franchise status without really flaunting it.
The Penguinis now streaming on Max.
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