Something has been clear to me since the first episode of The Penguinand it is that the series derived from The Batman is heading towards a depressing ending. Very quickly in the first episode of The PenguinColin Farrell’s Oz Cobb begins to take steps to climb the ranks of Gotham’s underworld. This was telegraphed in the final minutes of The Batman himself, but what we saw in The PenguinThe first episode of was he didn’t really have a good plan. Enter Vic, played expertly by Rhenzy Feliz, who gave Oz something he didn’t realize he needed, a friend and confidant. Now, six episodes later, with an episode of The Penguin left, I’m sure Vic is going to die and I think Oz will be the one to bring him out.

The Penguin Theory: Oz will kill Vic in the finale

Since Oz and Vic met in the first episode of The Penguin it was clear that Oz was putting on a font, trying to make it look like he was center stage. same level with his memories of Rex Calabrese from his youth. However, the threats Oz sends Vic carry no weight from our point of view, even though they clearly scare Vic quite well. But a sentence that Oz delivers stuck with meespecially since both characters have made their way in the world.

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Oz Cobb: “You’re going to do everything I say, or I’ll, uh… I’ll kill you and everyone you care about…”

In the other six episodes of The PenguinNot only has Oz become a major gangster in his own right, but Vic has also clearly become his right-hand man with bigger ambitions. At the top of episode 5 of The Penguin When Vic returns and helps Oz escape the Maronis, the partnership between the two becomes clear. Not only because they support each other, but also because they are both fully committed.

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Vic: “I only have one chance, I see that now.

Oz: “You’re back, Vic. Put your ass on the line for me. A hundred Maseratis couldn’t replace that. It’s you and me now kid, until the end.

Things go even further in the upcoming episode two, giving their partnership a more personal touch. When Vic admits to Oz that he killed Squid it becomes a tender moment between the two, like a father and son sharing an embrace after a difficult decision. Oz even offers some wisdom, telling Vic that he is both “strong” and adding “(killing) gets easier.” This is the scene where the two have clearly realized that their partnership is rock solid; but this is also where I can see the heartbreak of the finale already forming. Combining the close bond that Oz and Vic formed over the course of the series with the origin story elements of Oz’s life that we’ve seen, I know we’re headed for something depressing.

Vic’s story in The Penguin has deliberately been in some way a mirror of the ascension that Oz himself had upon arriving in the underworld, and Oz will realize this himself. I don’t know what will happen, but Oz will see something in Vic, or see Vic doing something, which will set off an alarm in his mind. Oz will realize that Vic is like him, someone with the ability to stand on his own in this world.

In the same way that Oz eliminated all his competitors and everyone who was a level above him, he will see that Vic has the same ambitions and recognize that this makes him a threat. Knowing very well that one day Vic will be in the same place as him and will perhaps try to usurp him… Oz is absolutely I’m going to kill Vic. He will try to justify it too, he “has to do it”, in his mind, knowing that the day will come when the tables will turn the other way. He may not even really believe it, but it’s a risk he can’t let drag on for the sake of his own future.

To be clear, this outcome feels like the direction the series has been heading all along, not some random surprise ending meant to stun the audience. The Penguin The show has done a good job of humanizing Oz as a character, but ultimately he’s a DC Comics villain, who will have a similar situation when The Batman Part II ends up coming out. While it gives us an even more complete picture of who Oz is as a character, the show still has to stick with its main character being a “bad guy.” Ending the series with this horrific moment will not only complete Oz’s portrayal as the Penguin, a ruthless gangster, but will also put his human side in an even more tragic light. Oz will not only become a man who must maintain a reputation for cruelty, but he will also keep everyone at arm’s length to maintain his own position in the world. He made himself an isolation bed and he will have to lie there.