Viewers are saying the newest episode of The Penguin is not just a great watch, but ‘the best hour of TV this year’, and more than that – it completely changes their view of Matt Reeves’ The Batman.
The show is a spin-off of the movie, this time focused on Colin Farrell’s Oz Cobb, aka the titular Penguin.
The series has only released three episodes so far, but it has been met with absolutely rave reviews.
With an 8.8 on IMDb at the moment, if it retains that until season's end, it will put the show on the same level as Succession, Bojack Horseman, Blackadder, and Twin Peaks.
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Add to that a whopping 94 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and you have a clear reaction – this is must-watch TV.
The newest episode is the highest rated yet, with a score of 9.1 on IMDb.
One fan tweeted: “The Penguin Episode 3 Bliss is one of the finest hours on television.
“The series is getting deeper, more complex, more layered as it goes on. We are seeing the full impact of Riddler’s terror on Gotham from different perspectives now & the birth of a new psychedelic drug.
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“The relationships between Oz, Sofia, & Vic are becoming more intense as their alliances are tested. It’s all so brilliant.”
Another tweeted that the episode was the ‘best hour of TV this year’.
A third went as far as to say: “The Penguin is generational television.. my God”.
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Others were focused on one particular scene which they said completely changed their view.
[Spoilers for The Batman and The Penguin episode 3]
One scene in particular from the episode shows the character’s perspective of the flood brought on by The Riddler in The Batman.
The episode focuses predominantly of the life of one of the main characters, Victor, who is played by Rhenzy Feliz, prior to his time working for The Penguin.
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One of the scenes in the episode shows Victor’s perspective on the flood, and makes it appear far more horrifying than the movie portrays.
One tweet said: “I feel like I didn’t understand the magnitude of what the Riddler did, until the beginning of this episode.
“Seeing the impact of those bombs and floods from Victor’s perspective hit way harder than it did seeing the same thing from Batman’s perspective in the movie.”
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Another said: “Seeing the Flood from The Batman from Victor's perspective was emotionally effective”.
Topics: TV, TV and Film, HBO, Batman
Michael Slavin