The Penguin Season 1 Episode 8, The Penguin Season 1 Finale, The Penguin Finale: HBO Max series The Penguin Season 1 Episode 8 started streaming on Jio Cinema on Monday and it fans are going gaga over the Batman spinoff series. After The Penguin Season 1 Finale, the stage is all set for The Batman 2 starring Robert Pattinson. The Penguin has been receiving massive praise from fans and critics on social media due to its dark and gripping storyline. The Penguin has been made in order to establish the character of Mat Reeves' The Batman 2 villain The Penguin aka Oswald Cobb. Since you have landed on this page, True Scoop assumes that you have already watched The Penguin on Jio Cinema or HBO Max and wondering why Oz killed his protege Victor. Below is a breakdown of it-
The Penguin Season 1 Finale
The Penguin Season 1 Finale starts with Victor coming to The Crowns Point of Gotham City to rescue Oz. However, seeing Oz's drug operation blown to ashes by Sofia Gigante aka Sofia Falcone, the reinforcements led by Zhao and Link return. On the other hand, The Penguin aka Oz is taken captive by Sofia's hitmen who take him to a place that was once a club where Oz was taken by his mother Francis during his childhood where he was supposed to be killed. Sofia asks Oz to confront why he left his brothers to die in The Crown Point tunnel. However, The Penguin did not accept that he left his brothers to die deliberately. On the other hand, Francis informs Oz that she always knew that he deliberately left his brothers to die. Notably, The Penguin flees from the spot somehow with his mother.
Victor then meets Oz in the hospital informing him that no one stood for him. Then, Oz heads to one of the Councilmen of the Gotham and reveals how he can sell Crown Point blast for his own benefit and link Sofia Falcone to it.
Why did The Penguin kill Victor?
The series showcased a special bond between Oz and Victor. Oz hired and prepared Victor in his line of work. Victor saw a father figure in The Penguin. In fact, Victor many times saved Oz from getting killed by both The Gigantes and The Maronies. (Spoilers Ahead) Still, in the end, The Penguin kills Victor after winning the battle with Sofia. One of the reasons why The Penguin killed Victor was revealed by him when he was talking to him while sitting outside the hospital. Oz says that Victor has seen him at his lowest and knows about his weakness i.e. his mother. Also, it was Victor's plan that influenced number 2 of every organised crime members of various gangs to turn on their heads. The Penguin accepts that Victor has outwitted him and he never thought of this. This was another reason why The Penguin killed Victor. One more reason why Oz killed Victor as he stated that he feels that Oswald has now become his family. Since, Oz is already twisted when it comes to family, it may also have been contributed to Victor's murder.
“When I created Victor, I did start thinking about Batman and Robin, and how a guy like Oz could use a Robin, in his way,” she says. “But at the same time, knowing that in crime stories it’s very common for older men to groom younger men, they tend to find young men who have a void within them.” LeFranc was quoted by Variety explaining this is why she killed off Victor’s parents: giving him a lack of attention, even love, for Oswald to fill.
LeFranc further revealed that she told Feliz about his character’s fate on the first day they met. "...it felt important for me to give Rhenzy a sense of who Victor was throughout, and then also for him to understand why his relationship on a deeper level for our show was so important to Oz.” She credits Feliz’s thoughtful, tender performance for amplifying that feeling of tragedy and loss that follows Oswald’s choice. "I remember so many moments watching him on set being like, as crude as this might sound, ‘This is going to work, because I love him and he’s going to break my heart’ — and I hope that means he breaks other people’s hearts, in that terrible moment."
Talking about The Penguin characters guide, it features Colin Farrell playing Oz Cobb, Cristin Milioti playing Sofia Falcone (later known as Sofia Gigante), Rhenzy Feliz playing Victor “Vic” Aguilar, and more in the leading roles.