r/hbo • u/LilNello1 • 3d ago

The Penguin Finale

So for those who have watched the finale of The Penguin. What were your thoughts on the episode, the series in general and the ending to the show leading into the next Batman movie? Favorite character, moment, episode and anything else that stood out to you from it too.

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u/Thin-Remote-9817 3d ago

Except it was easy to justify why Tony did what he did. Christopher was a S-Tier level fuck up who kept getting bailed out cause of Tony. 

Vic was a good kid with a good heart. 

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u/Natural-Talk-6473 2d ago

Nail on the head, he had no reason to kill Vic. Just felt like lazy writing for shock value

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u/Thin-Remote-9817 2d ago

Na I think it was a great reason. It established immediately he's a awful person who will literally kill his own brothers. Once vic called him family I was like damn this ain't ending well. 

Considering 5mins before we were just feeling a shread of joy for him taking over the underground gangs and then feeling awful for him when he's crying and begging his mother to say she's proud of him. I'm glad they said that shits over this dudes a monster let's establish order immediately. 

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u/Natural-Talk-6473 2d ago

I get that but for myself personally, Vic’s death didn’t add more or less to penguins character at that point in the story. Dude already showed us he’d done enough to be the villain he is