THE PENGUIN

I also liked it, off to a good start.

Premiere was an interminable slog... until Cristin Milioti's Sophia showed up and stole every scene she was in. Couldn't look away, I was transfixed by her.

*Sofia

OP might I remind you that it is a sacred job of the OP to always include links in posts such as this. Make a note to do better in the future.

Sophia

Another solid episode.

I enjoyed the second episode a lot more than the premiere. Man, Milioti is just something else, can't keep my eyes off her. A perfectly modulated performance, which doesn't for a second fall into the common trap of going overboard – and thus into cringe territory – when portraying someone with a mental disorder. Gaga should be taking notes.

The beautiful Theo Rossi appears, what a pleasant surprise!

End credits song – Lana Del Rey's cover of The Turtles' Happy Together – was haunting and sublime.

This show sucks.

Milioti is wonderful

First episode was FANTASTIC, the second merely pretty good.

Colin Ferrell is simply terrific in that latex fat suit, his performance is amazing. (I also love the performance of the actress of Oz's mother, who is suffering from dementia, and the relationship between the two). I'm really looking forward to the rest of the run - with some trepidation since it has various writers and directors (though the show-runner really seems on his game), and the writer of that first episode (Lauren LeFranc) won't return until the season finale, and the writing of episode 2 wasn't nearly as strong.

I completely forgot to mention that Shohreh mafuckin' Aghdashloo shows up in the second episode as well. And she's speaking Farsi! God, I love this woman so much.

I love her too r11. She's always a presence.

Picture it, Gotham 2024...

Tonight's episode was AMAZING!

Milioti better get an Emmy for tonight's work.

This show is my favorite of the year. And I did NOT see that coming.

The stuttering kid is fantastic - I had a stutter (still do to a certain extent) and he really nails it. It's not as easy to do as it might seem.

Milioti is somehow riveting when she's doing absolutely nothing.

Colin is always good.

Milioti is incredible, an award worthy performance.

My favorite gay man Michael Zegen is on this show!

He played Randall in the Walking Dead, but that was a while ago.

I'm glad to see that he's on another hit show.

He’ll always be Mr. Mazel to me.

Milioti was the girl that was molested by James Barbour. Landed him in jail.

[quote]He’ll always be Mr. Mazel to me.

As opposed to Mr. Tov?

The dreaded flashback episode. However, it was amazing, the best of the season so far! Mostly thanks to Milioti, who is just endlessly watchable. Can't keep my eyes off her Sofia.

Theo Rossi looked delicious in that tight red polo.

[quote]He played Randall in the Walking Dead, but that was a while ago. I'm glad to see that he's on another hit show.

Gurl, he was a lead on five seasons of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which he is best known for. Did you sleep through that? I had no idea he was gay, I don't think I've ever seen that mentioned on DL before. He doesn't ping to me. Like, at all.

Great episode, love the twist.

I've also never seen even one minute of the Mrs. Maisel show, and I'm not r17.

[quote] He doesn't ping to me. Like, at all.

Believe it or not but there are a lot of gay men who don't "ping."

It doesn't matter if you watched Maisel or not, it was in the zeitgeist when it aired originally, so you should at least be passingly familiar through cultural osmosis alone that Rachel Brosnahan and Michael Zegen were in it.

r23 Well, that comes as a complete shock to me. I've never heard anything like it.

r24 it wasn't a huge show that you would've been automatically aware of. It was a streamer with a niche audience.

I tried watching it but got bored. Snorefest.