On Sunday, The Penguin concluded a terrific eight-episode season of television that will go down as one of the best live-action narratives ever to come out of Gotham City, all without Batman making a single appearance.
Showrunner Lauren LeFranc and her team managed to take a minor character from The Batman and turn him into a fascinating protagonist who evolved from Carmine Falcone’s chief lieutenant into a criminal kingpin in his own right. That evolution has a lot to do with an incredible lead performance by Colin Farrell—and the remarkable work done by prosthetics and makeup designer Mike Marino to transform Farrell into the villainous Oswald Cobb—along with the rest of the show’s phenomenal cast. But it’s also a testament to the HBO series’ storytelling, as LeFranc and Co. crafted a thrilling crime drama that still fits within the narrative context of The Batman.
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