PENGUIN Episode 4 BREAKDOWN - Every Batman EASTER EGG and ENDING EXPLAINED!

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Written and Hosted by Colton Ogburn ( / coltonogburn )
Edited by Harriet Lengel-Enright, Brianna McLarty, Lee Mazzio, and Johnathan Harris
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[@Bat-Gos]

After watching this episode, someone’s getting an Emmy…

[@morganbrown392]

I was saying the same thing throughout the episode. Her and Colin Ferrell are getting them

[@jaylenjayden9305]

Definitely

[@olivergarrick1175]

Absolutely

[@Stnaney]

Dont see who else should win it lol this show is incredible

[@nardinadeleon]

Much deserved!

[@JehBasquiat]

Love the underlying fact that this crazy beautiful woman is Catwomans sister in this universe.

[@illslaptfouttaya]

Half sister

[@hoodieboykeylin6142]

I FORGOT ABOUT THAT

[@Marrlmaooo]

@@illslaptfouttayastill sisters like be for real … who introduces their sibling as their half sibling

[@JehBasquiat]

@@illslaptfouttaya I have never once called my siblings “half” and only one out of 5 have the same parents as me 🤣 they are sisters

[@jayyy1677]

@@illslaptfouttayaliterally still her sister, my aunts have a different mother from my dad and I’ll never call them my half aunts

[@KingOfMadCows]

Characters becoming villains due to corruption in Gotham is a staple of Batman stories. Half the villains in Batman: The Animated Series became villains due to greedy businessmen taking advantage of others or criminals using corruption in the system to screw over people.

[@BlueLeprechaun15]

Right. People thinking Batman created all these villians by himself

[@davidembrey4248]

Just give Cristin Milioti all the Emmy's

[@williammasters1620]

Every last one of them

[@Gods-bad-boy]

I shed a few tears when they booked her into Arkham. That was horrible. I'm not the crying type. I can actually be a real a-hole but my heart broke for her

[@TomKida]

If someone hasn’t mentioned it yet, the wallpaper Sophia peels is reminiscent of the short story The Yellow Wallpaper by Charolette Perkins Gilman about a woman’s decent into madness, an allegory about how women in medical situations are never taken seriously.

[@zhanehenderson24]

Really?? This makes this episode twenty times more cooler

[@Thisisabirthdaypony]

I’m really surprised they didn’t mention this in the breakdown highlighting how oppressive patriarchy society is for women, leading to women’s lack of agency and any woman stepping outside the norm being deemed as “insane.” They kind of hint at it without fully saying that’s what’s happening in the episode. Amazing episode.

[@ratelarmonter4736]

​@@Thisisabirthdaypony Listen, I don’t know where you’re getting this information from, maybe from children’s fiction, but throughout history absolutely any protest movements consisted mainly of men, while women stayed at home with their families, because the bourgeoisie absolutely don’t care who to rob for profit, therefore there is nothing to show, since the series is quite realistic, thank God

[@TwobitRules]

Also the yellow dress!

[@patrickhagood5407]

Hysteria!

[@blairhoughton7918]

Can we have some love for Mark Strong stepping in and playing John Turturro? That can't be easy.

[@phoenixstrong]

IGN giving this episode a 7 is BONKERS… this show is 🔥

[@brookpederson738]

ign is trash, it is known

[@henryRobshirts]

This episode was the weakest for-sure, especially following episode 3. The Arkham patients acting was so cringe 😂

[@rodrigob8164]

@@henryRobshirtsbro this was the best episode of the series at least top 2

[@Acidd-nm4hw]

ign gives everything a 7 💀

[@MentLeee]

@@henryRobshirtsI gotta agree with buddy, Sofia held the show up but the other actors were mediocre. This is weakest episode so far.

[@Amateuart]

Bro this show is so good. So good that I’m gonna draw all the characters! I’ve already drawn the penguin so far

[@williammasters1620]

Show us

[@Amateuart]

@@williammasters1620 I’ve uploaded my penguin drawing to my KZbin

[@ratelarmonter4736]

​@@Amateuart You are doing great

[@stwartic4296]

​@@AmateuartI just subscribed. Amazing work. Keep it up

[@Amateuart]

@@stwartic4296 thanks so much!

[@astrladam4392]

Millioti is an absolute FORCE.

[@maximusrusso8758]

Generational

[@Vortxe99]

Her dad foul for framing her like that. And the way her family is just living it up in the house that she grew up in is cold. I feel kinda bad cuz her family is mad weird.

[@hoodieboykeylin6142]

Literally her origin story makes sense

[@joshmciver4847]

Not anymore.

[@hoodieboykeylin6142]

@@joshmciver4847 why not? It makes sense why she is the way she is

[@layne5216]

@@hoodieboykeylin6142I think he meant not anymore about them living it up in the house she grew up in

[@cow4094]

She was absolutely phenomenal and omg...like....give this woman all the awards.

[@Brook11223]

Summer Gleason makes her live action debut who made her appearance first in Batman: The Animated Series.

[@michaeledwards6136]

I literally just started watching the animated series for the first time a couple weeks ago, and was extremely stoked and very surprised to see her appear. I assumed she first appeared in the comics and had no idea the animated series was her debut, thanks for sharing!

[@megaisgod1]

She looked GOOOOOD in that dress!

[@EzeICE]

Hell yeah!

[@deathproof8732]

Woooooooo man, come hang me.....wait no. Nevermind

[@aseem2985]

A little too good 🌚

[@alandewhirst7211]

This woman has an insane amount of range. But she is a delight as a person as well. Very down to earth and funny. But she is SO attractive because she isn’t conventionally “hot” But the crazy-eyed look she does with those eyeliner wings at the end with the yellow dress? Yeah that is some grade-A

[@atomicghoul4747]

The twist on the hangman is really cool, I liked how the entire episode focused on sophia and Arkham. Makes me excited for the show especially if they keep building on this universe.

[@Arroyo2099]

I’m surprised that you guys didn’t catch the clear reference for the story “The Yellow Wallpaper” this is a clear reference to Sophia’s transformation

[@jojetparedes4024]

New Rockstars will probably mention it in their breakdown tomorrow.

[@michaeledwards6136]

I literally only caught this masterful reference simply because someone mentioned that story (which I had never heard of before) in a instagram post I saw a couple days ago that was completely unrelated to The Penguin. I'm really glad I saw that post, because that scene had me gassed a fair bit with such a powerful allusion

[@Creyole]

I’m new to the “Universe” please explain. Thanking you in advance.

[@xSavedSoulx]

@@Creyole The yellow wallpaper is likely a nod to the short story 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, where the color and pattern symbolize mental breakdown and confinement. In the story, the character sees a woman trapped in the wallpaper, reflecting her own struggles. The show might be using that as a metaphor for a character's psychological descent or transformation.

[@ScreenCrush]

What did you think of the episode?

[@Thunderfan123]

I liked how she got an episode but I wish I got to see Victor and oz after what happened at the end of episode 3

[@IsiahBradley]

DISTURBING.....

[@TheDarthvaderonearth]

Sucked

[@olivergarrick1175]

Insane

[@Christopher-ms5ke]

@@Thunderfan123I’m sure we will

[@carter358]

HOLY SH!T !! That was the best TV episode I've seen since episode 3 of The Last Of Us!! All of the Requiem For A Dream moments during her admission to Arkham was crazy!!

[@IceCold_Carter]

I hope they do another Matt verse show based on a villain. This is prob the best show of a comic character

[@Ash-ji7bq]

This was such a dark episode and so heartbreaking to watch. But amazing acting though by Milloti!

[@olivergarrick1175]

This ep is actually like soulcrushing i cant even look at half of this.

[@Tha4704]

Thrilled they didn’t show to much in the fork death screen😮‍💨🙏🏾

[@duanein3d]

Cristin Milioti casually giving the best performance of the year

[@ktbkensame3243]

This Verses Arkham makes the idea of joker taking over sound like a slight improvement in management 🤣

[@RealSantinoblack804]

Glad he talked about The Sopranos she also played Johnny and Ginny Sacs daughter in that show

[@danielsilverstein9996]

My god. Beat ep yet. This cemented her emmy

[@olivergarrick1175]

Tall lady is pretty creepy it was cool to see another villain in magpie even though its a super minor character.

[@KingHenryIX_]

@@olivergarrick1175 i think she’s dead

[@patrickhagood5407]

This is a masterclass of tv adaption. Clear direction without pulling punches and phenomenal acting. I really hope other showrunners are paying close attention

[@sarahwilliams1956]

You missed the symbolism of her yellow dress in congruence with the very long necklace splitting her in half as well as the strings on the back of her dress, representing her acceptance of both halves of herself. The monster that was made, and Sophia herself. She is turning a new leaf and recognizing that she is who she is because of who raised her and because of her father throwing her in Arkham, and she’s found a peaceful resolve knowing that now she is a force to be reckoned with as opposed to a perfectly molded falcone.

[@valdie91285]

That's....a stretch.

[@williammasters1620]

Or it's just a dress

[@henryRobshirts]

“Missed” lol you reached

[@sarahwilliams1956]

@@henryRobshirts screen crush is all about metaphors and finding double meanings. I don’t think it’s a reach considering the writers and costume department dress her that way for a reason. Everything Sophia has worn has been representing of her current, past or foreshadowed struggles. This is the first time she’s worn anything so revealing and bright and the way the strings on her back and her necklace split her in half I thought was symbolic. Maybe you’re right tho. I just thought maybe I was on to something.

[@RosiestThorne]

She freaked me the fuck out at first and now I’m rooting for her and was begging her to burn the falcone house down but shit the gas was better, I love it she’s fuckin great but the writers for her should be given credit too just all of it is fuckin 10/10

[@zackthestrongest5683]

Just give Cristina millioti and Colin Ferrell Emmy’s

[@blairhoughton7918]

@@zackthestrongest5683 Should. But it's early in the TV year yet. Walton Goggins was a lock for Fallout last year, but then Shogun happened and just casually tipped the table into a sack. But if anyone else wants one this year they have to go through Sofia Falcone.

[@will420high4]

Makes me happy seeing Miliot in a good show showing her acting to the world!! I saw her once in a shortfilm on Apple's Mythic Quest and I "feel in love" with her acting, it was so real and relatable and she gives that goth girlfriend vibe you never forget haha

[@morganbrown392]

She looked damned good in that yellow dress 😮‍💨 I can fix her!!

[@kennethbarnhill]

I have to agree.

[@Tha4704]

😂😂😂

[@michaeldemiurgos1387]

She don't need no fixing, she's damn perfect 😂

[@swiftdog49er51]

This episode and the series, crushed at the highest level

[@juanrisa945]

Whoever was scared by this episode rise their hands ✋️

[@deathproof8732]

I kinda had a little wood. I love scary women for some reason. I might have issues with weak people.

[@BlueLeprechaun15]

​@@deathproof8732don't do crazy 😂

[@Yourstrulymelaniee]

{MISSED DETAIL ??} in the dining room there is a mural on the wall, whenever they pan out they made sure to perfectly frame that mural. If I’m correct, that is the Knight of Wands, a tarot card that /google says/ means a surge of energy or a desire for action. If anyone thinks that is a stretch, there is another card called The Hangman. 😌

[@timothylangston3560]

The hanging man, is very different than a hangman.

[@ReclaimJoey]

I dont think she was squeaky clean before arkham. Thats a weird assumption. She was literally on her way to take over her Dad's criminal empire and everything that went with it. She was on a collisiom course withe evil no matter what she did. With that said, loving this show.

[@Albino_Wolf]

Riddler did the right thing by taking down Falcone.

[@matthewtheabney]

I don’t understand all the Sophia hate in the comments. This was a good episode that showed depth and character/world building.

[@joshmciver4847]

I'm seeing nothing but praise, so... You're overly focused on the minority opinion it seems.

[@franciscootero9270]

Cristin's acting range is crazy. This performance is just phenomenal. Award worthy

[@kursedmilk]

This episode was a hard watch because you had to witness Sofia's mental degradation up close and personal. And with what was shown at Arkham, when she realized she wasn't getting out after her six months you could just feel her sink into that pit of despair as if you were sinking with her.

[@zinjabred]

The best episode so far.

[@Barefootjiggy]

That yellow dress 🫠

[@morganbrown392]

The green and black one or the yellow one? The yellow one was fitting RIGHT.

[@MusicLover-my6fo]

I love how there's not a true "good guy" in this series. Every character is seemingly just as bad if not worse than the last with no end in sight, The Penguin is really a true noir series.

[@Shamiknight8]

Yeah I love that about it, they all blame the world for the evil yet contribute so heavily to it

[@KnownUnknown711]

Now the little girl is gonna start her kill bill character ark 😅

[@TheHighlander2024]

Cristin is killin' her role! Emmy! Emmy! Emmy! 🙂🫡💯👏🏿🙌🏿

[@chriszapata4013]

Goated series

[@booradley3400]

ALSO! Sofias time in Arkham is VERY reminiscent of an Alan Grant story from the 90’s called “Scream If You Love Me” where an innocent man gets sent to Arkham and slowly goes crazy. The story beats are nearly identical

[@cinomaticsith]

See Disney and The Acolyte: THAT is how you do a flashback episode properly

[@Betto404]

Great episode, loved every part of it.

[@andrewfinnegan3453]

yeah they both get Emmys for this show i'm thinking

[@danielsilverstein9996]

Milloti is the goat of this show

[@nicholashandley4456]

Okay, but one thing; just because she was (understandably, even tragically) made into a monster and a villain doesn't make her NOT a monster and a villain. Understandable does not equal Excusable.

[@amiciprocul8501]

I like how they get the audience doubting Sofia when she's taking the girl into the greenhouse, having us asking, "What is she about to do to her?", making us complicit in her abuse.

[@pr1meashez623]

No one was thinking that

[@jayyy1677]

I knew she was trying to protect the little girl, thought she had poisoned cake and had a separate piece for her that wasn’t poisoned

[@Christopher-ms5ke]

Brilliant episode!

[@shaneoconnell9279]

Grimaced like Heath Ledger's Joker during the mess hall scene, like a live action Kletus Cassidy animated childhood flashback. The mob show core is amazing. When not appearing like the Nazgul and defeating Leonardo silently, the Foot Elite hand briefcases of cash to further the Shredders side hustles.

[@kidcore3]

That was a damn good episode

[@AngieDirk]

I feel like you guys need some feminine perspective in your writing staff... Sofia came across as an abused survivor from the moment we met her in episode one, and if anything, I was pretty much thinking "oooh her paying people back is going to be epic and well earned." And it was. I never disliked her or felt she was a villain, nor do I now. The show basically showed her living out the revenge fantasy a lot of women feel towards people to turn their backs to abuse. To me, that is what made this episode so phenomenal. It didn't shy away from showing her abuse, and it also had the guts to show her "hell hath no fury" with equal gravitas.

[@wesleysmith9959]

You don’t need a feminine POV to come to that conclusion

[@joecamps1119]

Mark Strong is HILARIOUS as Carmine. He just started talking, totally new accent, somehow a foot taller and definitely not much younger than John Turturro. It absolutely cracked me up and then he said “you’re not yourself” ☠️☠️☠️☠️

[@jayyy1677]

I liked it

[@Arina-1208]

She was built as this terrifying new villain, ruthless and bloodthirsty... But no, an evil MAN is responsible for her worst crimes. She is just a victim, you see. Very modern narrative. So dissapointing

[@BeeEffe]

This show keeps getting better and better. 10/10!

[@diggdirkler9445]

5:41 he wasn't framing her for the mothers death, she was 9 dude, he only framed her for the death of the club workers deaths'

[@TN-ts9dj]

In the comics, wasn't Magpie cell mates with Poison Ivey? Is it possible in this universe Sophia becomes Ivey? 🍃

[@gameplaytubhd]

and in matter of fact she poisoned the whole family

[@jessicasand9381]

Writers and casting amazing !!!

[@ShapeThings]

What a phenomenal episode. Cristin Milioti, writers, director, costume dept etc all deserve to win something after that. The Siouxsie Sioux look + yellow dress… 😍

[@timothylangston3560]

Definitely Sioux Vibes with that makeup and dress. Good Catch. I was thinking Death of the Endless.

[@robertatler6419]

This is the best show on right now.

[@charlesjohnson7458]

The Stranglers song here and Billie's song in Agatha were two F N GREAT song picks this week

[@neurostrike64]

Cool y'all got this out so fast, BUT details matter. Case in point: Carmine did not frame Sophia for her mother's death. That was attributed to her mental illness. He framed her for the more recent set of murders Summer was investigating-it isn't too much of a leap to assume The Hangman had killed many more ladies between his wife & the ladies at 44 Below. Otherwise solid breakdown as per usual 👏🏻

[@totalrandomness5425]

man reviewers read sooo much into everything.

[@SilverScale.]

Milioti is amazing! Loved her in Palm Springs, and in Made for Love -- cancelled too early on Max. Sofia Falcone is my favorite character on The Penguin. This episode and performance is 100% Emmy-worthy!

[@kb332000]

Random Gambit at 21:34 had me skipping back to see if I was imagining things

[@zhanehenderson24]

Watching this season I wanted Penguin to win, but watching this episode… I hope Sofia gets everything and more that her dad told her she can have before he framed her. So smart of her to poison that whole house and leave one room alone. Everything Sofia wants better be hers

[@notgibbs4966]

2:30 and then later when oz ratted her out she says he should’ve talked to her first but he tried to

[@timothylangston3560]

He didn't Rat. He was ultimately trying to get ahead (you got what you wanted My father noticed you) but he was being protective, he knew what could ( and did ) happen.

[@thebaneking4787]

Sofia is amazing. I can’t help but cheer for her. Colin Farrell reminds me of James Gandolfini in the Sopranos. This show is so much better than I expected. Mainly because I can’t stand the Batman movie. I don’t know why. I just wanted it to end. But when I watch the Penguin I don’t want it to end. It’s so good.

[@memyselfanddat]

Thanks for dropping such an informative recap so quickly😄 This episode was my favorite so far.

[@justinlang313]

I want to watch this new episode but I’m going to be mad when I have to wait til next Sunday

[@TheJaker5]

No dude she noticed that new jacket on Oz out of obvious suspicion that he earned it by talking to her dad. It wasn’t simply a “compliment”. She knew it right then that Oz disclosed her convo with the reporter to her father. Hence her attitude towards Oz all season.

[@valdie91285]

No.

[@BigBadFres]

@@valdie91285absolutely yes.

[@valdie91285]

@@TheJaker5 "Thanks for the information Oz. Here's a new jacket".....🙄

[@timothylangston3560]

Sorta both. But Oz definitely bought that jacket with Money Carmine gave him for bringing him this information. ( don't think Oz wanted Sophia to get in Real trouble. )

[@BigBadFres]

@@timothylangston3560it’s not sorta both. We already knew she was the only one who cared about him she didn’t need to point out his coat for us to understand this. She pointed it out to alert the audience he has made a move. We are meant to understand how quick witted she is. And you don’t have to “think” he didn’t want her to get in trouble. He was brought to tears explaining that to her in the previous episode. Are we all watching the same show?

[@TimothyMReynolds]

Don’t forget Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s THE YELLOW WALLPAPER

[@awesdrew348]

Aye colton is hosting, I can use my 22 minutes and watch any other breakdown instead. Thanks screencrush crew!

[@dafnev3643]

18:04 Not only that, but i think they pulled a "The yellow paper " reference but in a twisted way

[@garyfrombrooklyn]

This makes Batman almost as responsible when he has villains sent to Arkham. At least that’s what I think Matt Reeves is showing us, that and the possible Court of Owls hint from the Batman movie.

[@jointjunkieslangards]

Jesus. 4:24 a painting "hanging on the wall". Really, guys?

[@tylermcnair4921]

Phenomenal story telling and acting!

[@peekitty]

This episode was AMAZING. The only thing I don't get is how did Johnny survive the gas attack? It seems like Sophia "spared" him intentionally, but . . . how?

[@AllOfTheHallows]

What an incredible episode

[@iwantgoals1566]

Her whole story is like one huge self fulfilling prophecy.

[@nicholashandley4456]

The way you pronounce "penguin" is my villain origin story 😂

[@LilGTTO]

Man i just love the Soprano meme *i dont give ah f*ck "thinks it over" ok i give ah f*ck😂😂😂😂

[@TravlingNow]

Big thematic reference: When Sofia Falcone is in here cell and sees the wall peeling away to reveal the wallpaper in the room where she discovered her mother dead, I think that's a reference to The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It's an early work of feminist literature with the exact same theme as this episode, namely that men keep claiming to want to help but they only want to control and subjucate women. In the story, a man confines is wife, a journal writer, in an empty room in their mansion. She is totally isolated from anyone, with her husband trying to cure her ""temporary nervous depression - a slight hysterical tendency" - a total bullshit diagnosis. This treatment eventually drives her mad, and she believes that there is a woman hiding in the wallpaper that she must free. In The Penguin, that woman is her true self.

[@TravlingNow]

I just looked this up on Wikipedia - the cover of the edition they show there even looks a bit like the wallpaper in Sofia's mother's room.

[@cobracommander8133]

I had no idea that was Mark Strong. I thought they deaged Tuttoro and dyed his hair.

[@instantrameng0d36]

It's been a minuite when I said "Damn this guy's a jackass" about the maincharacter, like the penguin is a complete villain. and yet I'm still rooting for him. Same with sofia, but watching this some of the things you said felt like a stretch but it made more and more sense as u went on to explain, This is a great analysis! and now I have more care for this show

[@AlexisAdrian621]

Can’t wait to meet you on Philly

[@Paganscot]

Colton looks rough A/F

[@Alpha23TV]

Very good review!

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Many thanks to Colton, Harriet, Brianna, Lee and Johnathan (which I'm guessing is a misspelling, but that's how it's spelled in this video's description)! 🐧

[@craighaley1658]

I honestly wish they could cancel the follow-up movie to The Batman and turn it into a series like this. To think of the stories that could be told if they weren't confined to the time limits of a conventional motion picture.

[@rosecity_chris]

That yellow dress though 👀🔥

[@alandewhirst7211]

My theory from the jump was that she went down for Alberto. It was obvious she wasn’t the murderer of women. I thought maybe Al was just a chip off the old block. But I do like what they did here.

[@assiafalihp9850]

This episode revealed so much & moved me to her corner. I want her to win so bad❤ sorry oz. She's about to be on his ass & im excited to see it. Insane she spent 10yrs in Arkham. She deserves tto come on top

[@Wooshey_Wooj]

The guy in the TV looks like Chucky.

[@WordsWithWoody]

Colton was way off about the Hangman.."not the bees" haha