So, I just finished watching the first episode of The Penguin on Max, starring Colin Farrell, and let me just say… who knew Oswald Cobblepot would emerge as the antihero we’re oddly rooting for? Sure, he’s a slimy, murderous, and manipulative gangster, but in this new series, Farrell’s Penguin is more than just a caricature of villainy. There’s a twisted kind of redemption arc happening here—and I’m all in for the ride.
The Penguin isn’t just about chaotic violence or grim Gotham aesthetics (though there’s plenty of both). It’s a psychological dive into the humanization of a character we’d normally dismiss. He’s mentoring this young, lost kid who’s desperate for guidance. The apprentice-buddy relationship is fascinating. Penguin sees potential in him while everyone else sees a nobody. And, isn’t that life? So often the ones who pierce through the surface are those who themselves have been pierced—enter Sofia Falcone, recently released from Arkham. Her character and Penguin share a deeper, eerie ability to see the truth beneath the mask. It begs the question: does it take a certain kind of brokenness to recognize someone else’s?
And let’s talk about that calm-to-sleazeball-murderer flip Farrell does. It’s chef’s kiss magnificent! The way he swings from chill to psychotic in a matter of moments is both jarring and incredible. Trauma runs deep here, folks—there’s childhood baggage, mobster mayhem, and personal demons to wrestle with.
With Sopranos mobster vibes and the promise of a tortured redemption arc, it’s clear there are more layers to peel back. If the first episode is any indicator, we’re in for some serious psychological unpacking. Grab the popcorn—I can’t wait for more.
Categories: Culture, current events, identity, mental health, Pop Culture, Psychology, society, TV
psychologistmimi 
SMiLes Dear Miriam Dancing in the Pale Moonlight
One of my Old Hobbies i Hone in on Now and then
To Remind me Where i Came From and Returned
True Human Nature is Complex the Spectrum Tween
Villain and Hero And Yes Anti-Hero in a Slight Mix of Both
Is Surely
Complex
While Humans
Typically Reduce
Reality to Rules for Order
And Labels That Define
Abstract Concepts of
Virtues and the Not
So Virtuous It surely
Is a Spectrum That
Changes Much over
What the Target Audience
Is Willing to Accept Yes Ranging
From Accepting Shootings in Broad
Daylight on 5th Avenue or accepting the
Fact That not even Economists Understand How
To Manufacture Utopia of Money/Stuff of Course
Associated With Greed Honestly Now It Truly is
More Like ‘Brother Fred Roger’s Neighborhood’
Where i Live True i Create This World Wherever i Go
Not a Hero Not a Villain Just Hello With A Smile And
Dance And Song Everywhere i Go True i Never Have
To Watch my
Back ThiS WaY
And on Top of that
Golf is Way too Boring
of a Villain Sport for me hehe
It’s True though At Best one may Come
From Hell and Not Need to Bring Anyone Down
As one’s Already Occupied the Bottom Level of the Living Dead
Where
even demons
fear to tread as there
is Neither fear or Hope
Yep Just the Living Dead…
True Though Once the
Devil Dances Solo
And Returns to
the ‘Other Place ‘
Dance Partners
Are Limitless Indeed Hehe..:():
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I was never a Penguin fan but he was one of the more interesting characters in the Gotham TV series from several years back. My wife didn’t really watch the show with me, but if she was in the room she would perk up a little when he came on screen. (I liked their take on the Riddler quite a bit as well.)
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