“We’re in it now, Vic!” Oz Cobb shouts to his sidekick Victor at the end of The Penguin ‘s third episode, “Bliss.” The line provides symmetry to the opening of the episode, in which we meet Victor Agular’s family, just hours before they all die in the explosions and flooding the Riddler caused in The Batman.

The Penguin Episode 3 sees Oz and Sofia attempting to deal with a rival crime family, while Victor is forced to make a tough decision.

The following review contains spoilers for the third episode of The Penguin, “Bliss”

The third episode of HBO's 'The Penguin' adds the emotionally weight while peppering in top tier quotes from Colin Farrell's Oz Cobb.

The Penguin Episode 3 dances closely with tired crime story tropes but the unspoken story – what’s going on in the minds of Oz, Sofia, and Vic – more than makes up for some tired storytelling.