The Penguin and The Batman run the risk of making superheroes something they were never meant to be: realistic.

As a result, Sofia attacks and kills Magpie with a lunch tray. The Penguin might not have Batman in the Max series, but there's a kind of Robin origin story unfolding in a great way.

Of course, The Penguin falls between The Batman and its upcoming sequel, which means that the show needs to set the stage for ...

South African-born Marié Botha brings the complex and layered character of Magpie to life, in episode 4 of the Penguin series In The Penguin, Magpie’s role expands the lore surrounding Gotham ...

Why ‘The Penguin’ Is One of the Year’s Best Shows ‘The Penguin’ Episode 5 Is Complete Chaos Who Is Magpie on ‘The Penguin’? Without spoiling the ending, Sofia’s comic-book ...

Why ‘The Penguin’ Is One of the Year’s Best Shows ‘The Penguin’ Episode 3 Put Some Oz in My Cobb ‘The Penguin’: Who Is Magpie? While I pause my television to hear if Michael Mann and ...

Unlike tons of other comic book adaptations, The Penguin feels less interested in seeding future spin-offs than it does in telling a complex human drama. Okay, sure, we’ve gotten to meet Magpie ...

Anette’s instability, though, has been building for some time, as Sam Yates’s “Magpie” gradually reveals by way of brief encounters and deceptively casual conversations. There’s nothing ...

Not only in Sofia, who we obviously see a lot more of in “Cent’anni,” but characters like Doctor Ventress (in name alone, even), Dr. Rush, and Magpie ... s what The Penguin was ever really ...

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for The Penguin Season 1 Episode 4 ... Sofia even makes her first victim, Magpie (Marié Botha), simply because she is unable to tell anymore ...