To this point, it felt like The Penguin was just about a sleazy underboss attempting to make his way to the top, but perhaps with a heart of gold. That's changed.

If HBO’s adaptation about the classic DC villain can be described as dark, then the fourth episode titled “Cent’Anni” is a straight-up black hole because it explains how Sofia Falcone ( Cristin Milioti) became the maleficent foe to Colin Farrell’s Oz Cobbs.

When executive producer Matt Reeves first talked to showrunner Lauren LeFranc about creating "The Penguin," he encouraged her to take the same approach he did with "The Batman": Do a deep dive into the Batman comics to find inspiration,