Sofia Falcone’s tour de force in this past Sunday’s The Penguin is all anyone can talk about. But did we miss something key about the real Hangman?

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The Penguin Episode 4 “Cent’anni” takes us back ten years in the past, when Sofia was less an unhinged mob boss and more the Audrey Hepburn of Gotham. As the society front of the Falcone family, it’s young Sofia’s job to host charity luncheons and attend major galas. It’s Oz Cobb’s ( Colin Farrell) job to drive her to these events.

The Penguin has spent its first three episodes teasing Sofia’s escapades as the infamous Hangman serial killer, an adaptation of the comics canon “codename” she earned in Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale’s Batman: Dark Victory by committing a string of calling-card murders.

The Penguin Episode 4 explains how Sofia Falcone ended up in Arkham and became known as the Hangman – and it’s a big change.

When Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti, in the role of a lifetime) told her therapist, Dr Rush, that she was off for a fresh start, this wasn’t quite what he had in mind. But after being framed by her family for the murder of seven women – and sent to Arkham State Hospital where she was tortured and abused for 10 years – it’s no wonder Sofia wanted revenge on those who set her up.

The following review contains spoilers for the fourth episode of The Penguin, “Cent’anni.” As gritty and grounded as 2022’s The Batman was, “grounded” is a relative term. Yes, there aren’t any super-powered people (and there won’t be,

The Penguin breaks its rhythm in episode 4 with an outing that’s almost entirely a flashback. With Sofia Falcone at its center, we finally find out her links to the Hangman, how she ended up in Arkham,