- "This is your dream. It's so sweet, too! And so pathetic. You really think people would make a float of your dumb face and march it down the street chanting your goddamn name? "Oh, oh, Oswald Cobb! Remember him? What a guy!" What a little bitch."
- ―Alberto Falcone
| "After Hours" | |
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| Series The Penguin Season 1, Episode 1 | |
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| Air date | September 19th, 2024 |
| Writers | Lauren LeFranc |
| Director | Craig Zobel |
| Producers | Lauren LeFranc; Matt Reeves; Craig Zobel; Noelle Valdivia; Dylan Clark; Bill Carraro; Erika L. Johnson; Colin Farrell; Daniel Pipski; Nick Towne; Shaye Ogbonna; Breannah Gibson; Jonathan Ferrantelli; Claudine Farrell; Bryan H. Carroll; Vladimir Cvetko |
| Starring | Colin Farrell; Cristin Milioti; Rhenzy Feliz; Deirdre O'Connell; Clancy Brown; Carmen Ejogo; Michael Zegen; Berto Colón; James Madio; Joshua Bitton; David H. Holmes; Daniel J. Watts; Ben Cook; Jayme Lawson; Michael Kelly; Mark Strong |
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"After Hours" is the first episode of The Penguin television miniseries. It was directed by Craig Zobel with a script written by Lauren LeFranc. It first aired on HBO Max on September 19th, 2024.
Synopsis[]
In the wake of the Ridder's rampage on Gotham City, organized crime middle management thug Oz Cobb tries to find his place in the new pecking order. Tensions within the city are at an all time high as the death of crime boss Carmine Falcone has left a power vacuum, with his young son Alberto stepping in to take over the empire. Al Falcone meets with Oz and brags about a ship coming in with a new product that he believes will outsell the already lucrative Drops narcotic. But Al's personality and attitude towards Cobb causes him great stress and embarrassment so he shoots him to death, then takes the ring that Falcone is wearing - a ring that once belonged to incarcerated mob boss Salvatore Maroni.
While laboring to dispose of Al Falcone's body, Oz comes upon some street kids attempting to boost his car. Oz scares them off with some gunshots, and accidentally slings a bullet into his own vehicle. He stops one kid, Victor Aguilar, from getting away and decides to take him under his proverbial wing as a driver and errand boy.
Oz meets with the other crime family heads who tell him that they are pulling out of Gotham. It is simply no longer a financially viable environment for them. Oz counters with the promise of new income (Al Falcone's alleged shipment of new product), but the bosses aren't hearing it. Everyone is wondering where Alberto Falcone is, but Cobb reveals nothing.
Alberto's sister, Sofia Falcone then enters the scene. Sofia is an alleged serial killer known as the "Hangman", who had only recently been released from Arkham Asylum. She too is searching for Alberto Falcone and suspects that Oz knows more than he is letting on.
Oz visits Salvatore Maroni in prison, but there is no love lost between these two. Oz gives Sal the ring he had taken from Alberto Falcone. It is his plan to pin Falcone's murder on Maroni. While driving back from Blackgate, Oz is spotted by Sofia, who gives chase. He tries to lose her henchmen in the street but is caught and knocked unconscious. He is taken to the Falcone mansion, where Sofia reveals she captured Victor's friend Calvin, one of the kids who tried to steal the rims off Oz's car the night Alberto disappeared, who implicates him. Oz adamantly lies and gets the boy killed, but he is nonetheless stripped and tortured, while Sofia demands to know Alberto's whereabouts.
Suddenly, a car crashes into the garden, and Sofia opens the trunk to find Alberto's corpse, his pinky cut and the word "Payback" scratched on the hatch. Oz is released and reunites with Victor, having secretly framed Maroni for Alberto's murder. As Oz and Victor drink slushies together, Oz reiterates his plan to take over the Falcone crime family, inviting Victor to be a part of his plan, which Victor accepts.
Cast[]
Starring[]
- Colin Farrell as Oswald "Oz" Cobb
- Cristin Milioti as Sofia Falcone
- Rhenzy Feliz as Victor Aguilar
- Deirdre O'Connell as Francis Cobb
- Clancy Brown as Salvatore Maroni
- Carmen Ejogo as Eve Karlo
- Michael Zegen as Alberto Falcone
- Berto Colón as Castillo
- James Madio as Milos Grapa
- David H. Holmes as Nick Fuchs
- Daniel J. Watts as Bruno Hess
- Ben Cook as Calvin
- Jayme Lawson as Bella Reál
With[]
- Michael Kelly as Johnny Vitti
- Mark Strong as Carmine Falcone
Co-Starring[]
- Eugene Solfanelli as Mirti
- Eric Berryman as Doctor Desoto
- Alex Anagnostidis as Ray
- Myles Humphus as Dom
- Barrett Martin as Augustine Waiter
- Gerald Bunsen as Wounded dealer
- Daren Donofrio as Blackgate prison guard
- Jupiter Genesis as Drag queen
- Christopher J. Alfaro as Drag queen
- Bobby Cuza as Newscaster
- Dean Meminger as Newscaster
- Roma Torre as Newscaster
Notes[]
- The Penguin was created by writer Bill Finger and artist Bob Kane. He was introduced in the first story from Detective Comics #58 in December, 1941 in a tale called "One of the Most Perfect Frame-Ups". Classically known by his actual name, Oswald C. Cobblepot, the Penguin has proven to be one of the infamous and enduring foes of the Batman and has appeared in every form of related media including feature films, animated movies & TV programs, and video games. The version of the character seen in The Batman and The Penguin is named Oswald "Oz" Cobb.
- The tagline for this series is "The city will be his".
- This episode is rated TV-MA. It contains strong language and scenes of graphic violence. Viewer discretion is advised.
- This episode had a viewership of 242,000 people upon its initial broadcast.
- This episode is a spin-off of the 2022 feature film The Batman and takes place in the same continuity as the movie.
- The events of this episode take place on November 13th and November 14th of 2022, which is one week after the climax of The Batman. Archival footage of the Riddler is briefly seen in this episode.
- An automobile license plate reveals that Gotham City of the Matt Reeves Batman continuity takes place in New Jersey. This is consistent with Post-Crisis information of Gotham City from the Comics as established by the DC Atlas.
See also[]
The Penguin
Batman Media
The World of Batman
Batman miscellaneous
External Links[]
Series links
Episode links
Keywords[]
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