He’s got an underground lair, a network of tunnels, a sci-fi designer drug, and an alliance of all of Gotham’s gangs behind him. I think it’s official: The Penguin is a proper supervillain. This week’s episode of the bad guy’s eponymous show depicts Oz Cobb at the height of his powers to date — but its final scene indicates his time at the top of the world will be short-lived.
The action picks up some time after the events of the previous episode. By now, Oz’s subterranean headquarters is a virtual factory and nerve center for a city-wide Bliss distribution network. The Penguin and his troops, drawn from the impoverished people of Crown Point, are able to evade the combined forces of Sofia Gigante and Sal Maroni by using Gotham’s network of abandoned underground trolley tunnels to move around the city undetected.
Mostly undetected, anyway. Victor’s subplot this episode centers on Squid …