01Oct
First Impressions: The Penguin
This show is both a success and a failure. It succeeds in being a truly excellent gangster drama. The series takes place in The Batman movie setting, at the end of which, the seawall surrounding Gotham City was broken (just accept it) and the city had been flooded. That’s just background setting and continuity. More important so far as this show is concerned, Gotham’s Godfather, Carmine Falcone is dead. Shot down in the street. The new head of the Falone family is...