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The Penguin Recap: The City Took Them
Their alliance is now broken, and Oz and Sofia make moves to take over the city.
Initially, this series felt like a placeholder for Matt Reeve’s Batman movies, keeping the brand awareness out there, but with each new episode, the show eclipses that mandate because it’s getting quite good — it’s feeling more at home in the HBO Sunday night slot. At the top of the episode, Oz sets his Plum chariot ablaze (RIP King), reconciles with Victor, and kidnaps the Maronis’ shitass son Taj (Aria Shahghasemi) as ransom for the Bliss mushrooms they swiped. Chief Mackenzie Bock (Con O’Neill), one of the crooked cops last seen in The Batman, makes a welcome appearance — he has me absolutely howling with glee every time he opens his mouth and speaks in that thick East Coast tough-guy rasp.
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