The Penguin

TV show · 2024

An HBO crime drama miniseries (8 episodes, September-November 2024) following Oswald 'Oz' Cobb's brutal rise through Gotham City's criminal underworld, rated TV-MA across its entire run. Violence, language, and substance use are consistently severe throughout; the series functions as a prestige gangster drama in the vein of The Sopranos rather than a superhero show.

Explicit sexual contentSelf-harm & suicideHarm to childrenMedical traumaGraphic violence & goreAbuse & manipulationSubstance abuseFlashing lights

Episodes to know about

Graphic violence & goreS1E1Strong

The premiere establishes the series' violence baseline: a character is tortured with wire driven under the skin of their arm, another is shot in the head after interrogation; guns are fired with blood shown.

Graphic violence & goreS1E1Strong

A character is struck and killed by a bus; depicted with impact.

Explicit sexual contentS1E1Mild

A woman briefly exposes her chest through a see-through top to a main character; the moment lasts a few seconds.

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