95% on Rotten Tomatoes from 195 critics. Colin Farrell's transformation and Cristin Milioti's scene-stealing Sofia Falcone gave critics what amounted to a character study wrapped in a mob drama - darker and more precise than superhero TV typically manages.
Renewal: A limited series of eight episodes; no second season announced as of June 2026. (Wikipedia)
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| Season | Released | BollyMeter | Critics | Audience | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 12024 · 8 eps | 19 September 2024 | 8.8 | 95% | 8.6/10 | MUST-WATCH |
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The Penguin picks up immediately after the Riddler's flooding of Gotham in The Batman (2022), dropping Oz Cobb into the power vacuum with nothing but audacity and tactical instinct. The premiere establishes the series' register - Sopranos-adjacent mob drama with superhero-adjacent origin story - and confirms that Colin Farrell's prosthetic transformation is matched by a performance of comparable depth.
Full episode review →Episode 3 is The Penguin's formal statement of ambition: a Sofia Falcone backstory episode that operates as a standalone psychological portrait. Cristin Milioti's performance is the episode's whole argument - what happens to a woman whose patrician family processes her as a liability. The episode reframes the entire season.
Full episode review →The Penguin's finale resolves the mob war it has been building since the premiere and delivers on Oz Cobb's coronation as the series' title character in both name and power. A satisfying close that earns its darkness without exploiting it, and leaves Gotham's gangland in a configuration the broader DC universe will have to reckon with.
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