Clearly, Oz Cobb is a bad guy.
He is, after all, the Penguin,one of Batmans most notorious villains.
Watching a showon his rise to powerwas never going to be puppy dogs and ice cream.
Colin Farrell continues to impress on HBO’s The Penguin.Image: HBO
On this weeks penultimate episode of the show though, Ozs true evil was exposed.
And, oddly, it saved him too.
Episode seven ofThe Penguin, Top Hat, began with this crucial information.
He tells them Have fun getting out and goes home.
As the rain keeps coming down and his mom keeps worrying, Oz does nothing.
Its a chilling and frankly uncomfortable moment.
Maybe the hardest thing to watch of everything thats so far onThe Penguin, and thats saying a lot.
But what made the revelation even more interesting was how it came back at the very end.
Theyd kidnapped his mom and he was willing to do anything to get her back.
Only Sofia beats him at his own game.
When Oz discovers this, he ignores everyone who works for him and runs to save himself.
Where does he find refuge?
You dont often find yourself pondering comic book TV shows hours and days later.
But fact of the matter is this symbol of Ozs darkest moment comes back to save him in another.
Is he being rewarded?
Is he being further punished?
Is it merely a coincidence?
That you dont get to the top without some huge sacrifices.
And this one, causing the death of his brothers, is the biggest one yet.
One episode left ofThe Penguinand we cant wait to see how it goes.
What did you think of this weeks episode?
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