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The Penguin episode 5 recap
Oz Cobb is going underground in the latest episode of The Penguin.
We pick up with the gangster in the aftermath of him escaping the altercation outside of the Iceberg Lounge.
He burns his purple car, as he and Victor kick off their new alliance.
The Maronis and in particular their son, Taj Maroni, who the pair kidnap.
Oz wastes no time heading to Blackgate Prison either, blackmailing Salvatore and Nadia.
Its here he finds out whats happened to the Falcones.
Its revealed Johnny Viti isnt among the dead, and Sofia plays ignorant about where he is.
The police chief doesn’t believe her at all, but without evidence, shes a formidable foe.
Victor is given another task, though looking after Francis, Ozs mom.
He wants the ‘shrooms’ to grow the drugs, which is what hes been negotiating for.
Unfortunately, most of the shrooms are destroyed in the crossfire too.
“Youre cooked,” he warns him, before Oz reveals that hes killed Maronis wife.
He wants to work with her, becoming part of “whatevers next” that shes planning.
Sofia Falcone is gone, meet Sofia Gigante.
As soon as Johnny raises a slight issue, she shoots him in the head.
Its a new era for the crime family now.
“We join our families,” she suggests to him.
The area brings back a lot of bad memories for Victor, and it turns out for Francis too.
The walls are closing in around him.
“What kind of man doesnt take care of his own mother?”
she asks him, before Oz hints to Victor that something happened to his brothers when he was younger.
“City took them,” Oz says wistfully.
Its not all doom and gloom though, as of course Oz has a plan.
The Penguin episode 5 Easter eggs
Penguins purple car:RIP to the Maserati.
Rex Calabrese:Oz namechecks a local gangster that he used to look up to called Rex Calabrese.
Its not clear why this was changed.
The Penguin airs weekly on Sky and NOW in the UK and on HBO and Max in the US.
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