The Penguin kicks into an even higher gear in Episode 2, with Oz narrowly avoiding death and, somehow, ending up in Sofia’s good books. Oz Cobb, aka The Penguin (though he doesn’t like that nickname very much), made a right mess in Episode 1. In the wake of Carmine Falcone’s death in The Batman , his son Alberto took over the business.
.. until Oz shot and killed him after he called him a “little bitch.
” It seemed to be the perfect crime: he tied up the loose ends, and he even recruited his own Robin with Victor Aguilar to clean up his mess. But Sofia Falcone saw through his lies and captured him, with her henchman garroting his armpit until he told her the truth. Thankfully, Victor came through, diverting her pointed finger to the Maroni family and taking the heat away from Oz.
In Episode 2, he tries to put his master plan in motion. Sofia is traumatized by Arkham The episode opens in Arkham Asylum, with Sofia shuffling into a visitation room (the same one where Batman shouted at the Riddler) to see Alberto. At first, it seems like a flashback, but it becomes clear it’s a frightening daydream: Alberto’s pinky is missing, and just as he swears to get her out, a hand emerges from the darkness holding a gun and shoots him.
As his blood splatters over the glass, red lights start flashing above her. She falls out of her daydream in Julian Rush’s office (it’s unclear why he was triggering her with red lights), and he manages to calm her down. She doesn’t like th.