The Penguin fans rave Colin Farrell's HBO show is already 'the best series of the year' and draw comparisons to a global fan-favorite series

HBO debuted its highly-anticipated bid The Penguin connected Thursday evening, and fans are already giving it precocious praise.

Colin Farrell returns arsenic the rubric quality - a.k.a. Oswald 'Oz' Cobb - reprising his relation from the 2022 movie The Batman.

This caller bid is acceptable conscionable 1 week aft the events of the film, showcasing however Oz plans connected taking vantage of the decease of Carmine Falcone successful the film.

Fans were speedy to praise the 70-minute occurrence connected societal media, with immoderate calling it 1 of the 'best bid of the year.

Some adjacent comparison the amusement to different iconic HBO series, which is considered by galore to beryllium 1 of the top shows of each time.

The premiere shows Oz taking immoderate analyzable and risky steps to effort and capable the void of powerfulness successful the Gotham underworld.

The opening scenes of the amusement truthful Oz getting confronted by the heir to the Falcone transgression family, Alberto Falcone (Michael Zegan).

While it seems that he's supplicating to the volatile Alberto passim the scene... he's pushed conscionable excessively far, rapidly sidesplitting him, which provides the thrust of Oz's arc. 

The amusement galore fans compared it to already was HBO's iconic mafia bid The Sopranos, since some shows woody with organized crime.

'A large commencement to The Penguin. It's precise Sopranos-esque and it's besides funny. Was not expecting the Dolly Parton needle drop,' said X user @ohhieverybody.

The Dolly Parton needle driblet is successful information the state legend's 1980 deed 9 to 5, which plays implicit the extremity credits... ironically, since thing but this transgression underworld beingness is simply a 9-to-5 gig. 

The archetypal fewer scenes amusement Oz up each night, trying to fig retired wherever to fell Alberto Falcone's body... which pays disconnected successful an astonishing fashion. 

The aviator occurrence follows Oz arsenic helium tries to play some Gotham mafia families against each different - the Falcones and the Maronis.

In doing so, helium finds himself an underling-in-crime successful Victor Aguilar (Rhenzy Feliz), a young punk helium caught trying to bargain his car and turns into his apprentice of sorts. 

While the young Victor struggles with stuttering, Oz intelligibly has a brushed spot for him since they some travel from a mediocre portion of Gotham and helium takes him nether his wing.

Not lone are the Falcones shutting down his cause operation, but his sister Sophia (Cristin Milioti) - precocious released from Arkham Asylum - wants to cognize wherever her member is.

The last moments of the occurrence wage disconnected brilliantly, with Victor proving his worth... crashing the car helium and Oz hid Alberto's assemblage in... and making it look similar it was the Maroni family's doing.

Early successful the episode, Alberto flaunted his begetter Carmine's ringing - which was primitively Salvatore Maroni's (Clancy Brown) - but erstwhile Oz killed him, helium swiped the ringing and gave it backmost to Salvatore successful prison.

When Alberto's assemblage was recovered successful the trunk, his pinky was chopped disconnected with the connection "Payback" written connected the trunk, making the Falcones deliberation it was the Maronis. 

With some of Gotham's transgression families present pitted against each other, Oz volition seemingly walk the remainder of the eight-episode play trying to prehend power of the metropolis himself. 

While the amusement is precise overmuch acceptable wrong the satellite created successful The Batman, galore others connected societal media continued comparing it to The Sopranos. 

'The Penguin is fire. Similar code arsenic The Sopranos,' said X idiosyncratic @youlovejackpot, portion @UndeadCaesar said, '#ThePenguin is the champion amusement successful years.'

@EandnotY shared a gif of Martin Scorsese and said, '10/10 archetypal occurrence #ThePenguin. 

@IAmDavidJTaylor added, 'How fortunate we are for getting much of Colin Farrell arsenic The Penguin? I'm amazed by the archetypal episode.'

He added, 'Going to beryllium hard to hold 10 much days for the adjacent episode, but I'm locked in. Plus you get Cristin Milioti being awesome arsenic Sofia Falcone. Glad to beryllium backmost wrong this Gotham.' 

@Ger_Leggett added, 'I did not cognize I needed to spot Colin Farrell playing The Penguin arsenic Tony Soprano until virtually close now.'

@kingofnc85 said, 'I'm calling it now. The Penguin connected MAX is gonna beryllium the champion bid of the year. I don't spot thing other touching it rn.' 

@DarthGuyv added, 'Excellent 1st occurrence of The Penguin' while @paultassi added, 'Ah convey deity The Penguin is successful information excellent.'

@RealBrickPal said, 'The Penguin is an unthinkable amusement truthful far! Great acting, large music, large ending. A fantastic continuation of this mentation of Gotham City! Love it. Can't hold for more!' 

@IzanaGeisler said, 'THE PENGUIN IS R RATED, GUYS,' apt referring to a changeable of a prostitute flashing young Victor. 

@Sharxfn added, 'If each occurrence of #ThePenguin is arsenic bully arsenic tonight's episode. It's going to beryllium the champion unrecorded enactment DC task to date. The amusement is phenomenal, the gritty underworld of Gotham, the crime, and the emergence of Oz is going to beryllium legendary.' 

@CFC_BaldKante said, 'The Penguin is simply a 10/10. Farrell is unreal arsenic Oz, but I deliberation Cristin Milioti outshines him arsenic Sofia Falcone, she's truthful so good.'

The Penguin returns with its 2nd occurrence connected Sunday, September 29 astatine 9 PM ET/6 PM PT connected HBO, continuing successful this Sunday 9 PM clip slot for the remainder of the season.