THE PENGUIN Finale Featurette Breaks Down Oz And Vic's Final Scene As Official Look At [SPOILER] Is Revealed

THE PENGUIN Finale Featurette Breaks Down Oz And Vic's Final Scene As Official Look At [SPOILER] Is Revealed

Max has released a new featurette for The Penguin finale, "A Great or Little Thing," with the cast and crew taking us through all the biggest moments, including that shocking final scene with Oz and Vic...

By JoshWilding - Nov 11, 2024 05:11 AM EST
Filed Under: The Batman

Following last night's shocking, and oftentimes harrowing, season finale of The Penguin, Max has released a new featurette taking a deep dive into "A Great or Little Thing" (you can read our full spoiler recap here). 

As you might expect, Oz Cobb's decision to murder Victor "Vic" Aguilar in cold blood is a major talking point. The teenager has seen Oz at his most vulnerable and the villain decides that keeping him around will make him weak; he then cruelly strangles Vic to death despite the fact he wouldn't have reached the top of Gotham City's underworld without his help. 

"Towards the end of the show, Victor has seen Oz at his most vulnerable," showrunner Lauren LeFranc explains in the video below. "The two of those guys have been through everything together. Someone seeing his vulnerability feels like a weakness and, in Oz's opinion, he cannot achieve what he feels he needs to achieve if he has those weaknesses around."

She adds, "That moment when he kills Victor is him killing his own heart and becoming the monster...I knew that the goal of the series by the end was to rise to the top or get closer to that goal but when he's achieved power, he's lost a lot of himself as well."

Rhenzy Feliz, who plays Vic, chimes in to say, "For him to be betrayed by the person that he considers family now after we have finally done this thing. We got to the top of the game. It made me, reading the scripts go, 'Wow, this guy is worse than we thought.'"

Colin Farrell did warn us that we'd no longer like Oz when The Penguin ends and, well, he wasn't kidding. For producer Matt Reeves, "The fact [Oz] goes to such extremes because he's so broken, that's the tragedy of the story."

While Batman doesn't show up in The Penguin, the finale concludes with the camera panning outside of Oz's new penthouse apartment where the Bat-Signal shines across Gotham City's skyline.

The implication is that it will be Batman who puts an end to the villain's machinations, hopefully meaning the gangster won't get away with what we saw from him here. In other post-finale interviews, Farrell has confirmed he'll appear in The Batman Part II and The Batman Part III, so it very much feels like the stage is being set for him to become the Caped Crusader's final obstacle in ridding Gotham of crime and corruption.

An official look at that chill-inducing moment can be seen at the end of this featurette or in the X post below. 

The Penguin's cast includes Colin Farrell (Oz Cobblepot), Cristin Milioti (Sofia Falcone), Rhenzy Feliz (Victor Aguilar), Michael Kelly (Johnny Viti), Shohreh Aghdashloo (Nadia Maroni), Deirdre O’Connell (Francis Cobb), Clancy Brown (Salvatore Maroni), James Madio (Milos Grapa), Scott Cohen (Luca Falcone), Michael Zegen (Alberto Falcone), Carmen Ejogo (Eve Karlo), and Theo Rossi (Dr. Julian Rush).

The series is executive produced by Matt Reeves, Dylan Clark, Colin Farrell, Lauren LeFranc, who writes and serves as showrunner, Craig Zobel, and Bill Carraro.

Based on characters created for DC by Bob Kane with Bill Finger, The Penguin is produced by Reeves' 6th & Idaho Productions and Dylan Clark Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, where Reeves and 6th & Idaho are under an overall deal. Daniel Pipski also serves as executive producer.

All episodes of The Penguin are now streaming on Max.

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FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 11/11/2024, 6:19 AM
Oz is a real piece of shit
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 11/11/2024, 6:46 AM
He’s going to have to be a major player in the next movie. I think any other bad guy in the movie will have to be tertiary to Penguin. Batman 2 will be as much a continuation of Penguin as the Batman.

It has a very Freudian ending and the Bat signal is a perfect cap to the show.
HermanM
HermanM - 11/11/2024, 7:02 AM
Absolutely fantastic final episode. I did not think they's have the balls to go where they did with that last killing, but wow. This series was great. Well done, DC!
Conquistador
Conquistador - 11/11/2024, 7:56 AM
I think we all knew from the very 1st episode that Vic wasn't going to make it out alive.

Whilst i understand the motivate for Oz killing him, why did he just tell him to [frick] off?


I get we physically needed to see Oz kill of his 'weakness' and to be seen as an antagonist, but it seemed kind of weird that he knew Vic intially wanted to get away from Gotham and then he'd rather kill him than give him that opportunity. Especially when his mother and lady friend are still alive. Other individuals who've seen him at low points.

Series as a whole was up and down imo and whilst entertaining, i don't think it's reached the heights of Soprano's or Boardwalk Empire others have compared it to.
TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 11/11/2024, 8:06 AM
@Conquistador -

" I think we all knew from the very 1st episode that Vic wasn't going to make it out alive."

Yeah, but not like this. I thought he'd either get killed by someone else, or Penguin would kill him to save his mom. I never thought he'd kill him "just because". It really pushed just how evil this guy truly is.

"Whilst i understand the motivate for Oz killing him, why did he just tell him to [frick] off?"

He knew too much at that point, and he saw how other 2nd in commands rook out their bosses. He knew the potential he had, and was likely afraid of him using it against him one day. Even worse, what if he teamed up with Batman ?
Conquistador
Conquistador - 11/11/2024, 8:10 AM
@TheJok3r - "He knew too much at that point, and he saw how other 2nd in commands rook out their bosses. He knew the potential he had, and was likely afraid of him using it against him one day"

That's good point, but to me why does he not kill off the lady too? she's already shown that she can turn on him too.
TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 11/11/2024, 8:17 AM
@Conquistador - The lady wasn't smart or capable like Vic was. A grown up Vic with years of experience could easily take Oz out. There's also the fact that he now views that lady as a stand in for his mom which was...disturbing. This is someone Batman needs to make a priority about taking down.
Conquistador
Conquistador - 11/11/2024, 8:24 AM
@TheJok3r - "The lady wasn't smart or capable like Vic was"

See, I disagree with that. She was running her thing and partially saw eye to eye with Sofia when they had their scenes together. She came across as quite smart to me. The position she's in now aswell, seems like she could do quite a bit of damage to him if she wanted.
TheGrayGhost
TheGrayGhost - 11/11/2024, 8:50 AM
@Conquistador - I thought the same thing but then realized that I don't think he knows she betrayed him to Sofia. Was it ever exposed that she was the one who gave Sofia his location?

TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 11/11/2024, 8:04 AM
Penguin's definitely going to be the main antagonist of Batman II, most likely how Falcone was in Batman I. It will be interesting to see who else Batman has to face, and how their dynamic with Penguin ends up being. I can see how a Court of Owls, Hush, & penguin story would make sense moving forward.
Forthas
Forthas - 11/11/2024, 9:00 AM
Oz would make a great Sith Lord! I cannot commend Colin Farrel enough. It was an acting performance for the ages. When he was first cast I instantly thought he was a terrible choice. I must now eat crow! Stellar performance. I read an alternate theory that killing Vic was a "mercy" killing so he would not end up like Penguin. But I think the makers of the show were unambiguous. Penguin is just pure evil and there was nothing merciful about what he did.
Blastaar
Blastaar - 11/11/2024, 10:33 AM
@Forthas - I was the same way, I hated that he was cast. However, I've watched Farrell in many movies, I've never seen him put THIS much effort into and have this much gravitas in any of his performances. It's weird because it's a comic book character too. Not only he but Cristine Milioti gave a phenomenal performance as well. In fact I'd say its on par with Heath Ledger's joker. I hope he wins an Emmy, the makeup crew as well.
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 11/11/2024, 9:04 AM
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The Scorpion and the Frog proverb.

A scorpion asks a frog to carry it across a river because it can't swim.
The frog is hesitant, but the scorpion promises not to sting it because they'll both drown if it does. The frog agrees, but halfway across the river, the scorpion stings the frog anyway.
When the frog asks why, the scorpion says it couldn't help it because it's in its nature.

Oz was alwasy evil, and always will be.
HAUSMAN01
HAUSMAN01 - 11/11/2024, 9:07 AM
There's a theory saying if Vic (well, no ID) is somehow still alive or ends up in the Laz pits, he may become this universe, Jason User Comment Image Todd or Talon from the Court User Comment Image of Owls. I don't think either happens but after Rhenzy's performance in this, if I'm Feige, this is the guy I want to be MCU's Miles User Comment Image Morales
Blergh
Blergh - 11/11/2024, 10:04 AM
@HAUSMAN01 - not sure we’ll get a Lazarus Pit in this universe if it stays it’s own thing.

Besides, this death means a lot more if it’s definite and not undone.
asherman93
asherman93 - 11/11/2024, 12:28 PM
@HAUSMAN01 - Fun fact, he's already had a role in the MCU - Alex Wilder from the Hulu Runaways series.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 11/11/2024, 6:43 PM
@HAUSMAN01 - He was kinda Penguin's Jason Todd. He even met him while he was trying to steal hubcaps from the Penguinmobile.
HermanM
HermanM - 11/11/2024, 9:24 AM
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"I couldn't have done it without you, kid. Thing is, the screen actor's guild set a quota for amounts of time spent onscreen by nonwhite actors, and we just hit it"

Penguin finale was great. I didn't think they'd have the balls to make him kill this seemingly token "lovable" sidekick he had throughout the show who seemed to be immune to Penguin's shittyness, which made zero sense considering how awful Penguin was to everyone else in his life, but goddammit they delivered.
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 11/11/2024, 9:35 AM
@HermanM - I seriously thought OZ was about to tell Vic: "You and me kid, let's go build and Empire."

Obviuosly... I was wrong.

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HermanM
HermanM - 11/11/2024, 9:42 AM
@Nomis929 - It does make a bit more sense when you remember that Penguin did attempt to kill Victor at least twice early on but then spared him inexplicably but damn I admit I totally did not see that coming... but it makes sense.

I was double hyped that they gave him the top hat and the tux suit at the end. Farrel did great
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 11/11/2024, 9:57 AM
@HermanM - And OZ did show signs of Jealously toward Vic everytime his mom showed Vic some affection.

I had a grin from ear to ear when OZ stepped out his new car in "tops and tails". LOL!
HermanM
HermanM - 11/11/2024, 10:55 AM
@Nomis929 - that is true...

I am wondering if he will wack Eve considering she betrayed him.

I am both glad and impressed the writer's had the temerity to both commit and follow through on their characterizations as much as they did.
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 11/11/2024, 10:58 AM
@HermanM - Yes. Is was nice to see a classic Villain in a show... be a Villain.
HermanM
HermanM - 11/11/2024, 11:02 AM
@Nomis929 - so much better than that Gotham show ever was.
Blergh
Blergh - 11/11/2024, 10:06 AM
I love how this universe is a still a bit more fantastical than Nolan’s version in its visuals. I could totally see this series tackle Court of Owls, Joker or Hush.
Blastaar
Blastaar - 11/11/2024, 10:24 AM
Damn.................................................................................................
Blastaar
Blastaar - 11/11/2024, 10:27 AM
He should've left with his girlfriend......Oh well, he made that choice.

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