A darkly-comic crime drama unfolds as a measured villain rises through Gotham's gritty underworld.
Suspenseful and pulpy. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Max.
Some innuendo or implied sex and strong violence, about what a TV-MA should carry.
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With the city in peril following the seawall's collapse, Oswald "Oz" Cobb seeks to fill the power vacuum left by the death of Carmine Falcone and finally give his mother Francis the life he's always promised. But first, Oz must confront his enemies and his own demoralizing reputation as "the Penguin."
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