Oz Cobb has always been a little wary of his brothers on The Penguin, and in Episode 7, we find out exactly how they died, and it’s horrible.

the penguin He’s already changed a few things about the iconic Batman villain. For a start, His name is not Oswald Cobblepot.He does not wear a monocle or a top hat and, unlike in the comics, he had two brothers: Jack and Benny.

Early in the series, Oz told Victor that they were “lost in the city”, implying that they died in the Riddler’s attacks. However, he bit Victor’s head off when he spoke to his mother about his brothers, telling her that he “had no right.”

In other words, there was clearly a story to tell about their fate, and Episode 7 goes back in time to the day they died.

The Penguin murdered his brothers

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As a child, Oz locked his siblings in an underground sewer during a storm. As rain poured down on Gotham, the sewer filled and no one could hear them scream before they drowned.

Oz was the middle child (Jack was 15 and Benny was 10 when they died). However, it is clear that he always felt like the most responsible brother of the three; more specifically, he cared more about his mother and wanted to dedicate all his time to helping her. He also idolized Rex Calabrese, the neighborhood gangster.

Oz’s mother asks her three sons to go outside while she works on the apartment, and they see Rex and his men beating up a guy on the street. He gives Jack a $50 bill and asks about Francis, but in Jack’s eyes, Rex is not a good person, something Oz disagrees with (remember that in the first episode, he told Alberto Falcone how much he admired Rex and wanted to be known). as someone who helped people the same way he did).

Before returning home, they play “gotcha with a flashlight” in the underground railway tunnels. Oz is “it” first, so count to 10 and try to find them. He finds them hiding in the sewer, but can’t get down because of his clubfoot. “Fuck you guys, you know it’s hard for me to get there,” he yells.

Jack tries to apologize, but Oz doesn’t listen. Instead, close the sewer door… which can’t be opened from the inside. He returns home alone and when his mother asks him where his brothers went, he lies and says they went to the movies.

He sits with Francis and watches a movie, occasionally looking at the rain dripping through the window, knowing that his brothers are still trapped underground. Meanwhile, Jack and Benny close the door and beg Oz (or anyone) to let them out.

Their cries fall on deaf ears. Her screams are eventually muffled by the sound of her gargling underwater, and soon, the sewer falls silent.

The death of Oz’s brothers proves that he is a monster

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The Penguin has painted Oz as a slightly tragic character, certainly a villain; he has a limpEveryone doubts him and makes fun of him, and all he wants is to be he boy that everyone respects and supports his mother.

He has also done (more or less) good things for people. Vic tried to steal the tires on his Maserati, and instead of getting revenge, he gave him more money, power, and purpose than ever before. He takes care of all the men who work for him and keeps his Bliss operation running. I also think he would have happily teamed up with Sofia if Salvatore’s wife hadn’t criticized him.

But here’s the difference: Oz is a bad person capable of doing good things and Sofia is a good person capable of doing bad things. Sofia has killed people (including her entire family), but she was betrayed and left to rot in Arkham while protecting the patriarch, who turned out to be a serial killer.

He captured Oz’s mother in episode 7, and while she was definitely tempted, he didn’t hurt her. Once she learned of Francis’ condition and visited her cousin Gia in Brookside, she realized the mistake she had made, to a point.

Oz, deep down, is broken and resentful. No peak is high enough and no agreement is set in stone. Even when Salvatore dies of a heart attack, he proclaims that he “beat him” and fills his corpse with bullets out of spite.

It didn’t start after the death of his brothers. His mother is not to blame. He was a clinical traitor from the beginning, and while I’m sure he mourns the death of his brother, that doesn’t change who he is: a villain.

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