It’s easy to call The Penguin a surprise success, but that’s not really true. The series had everything going for it: a basis in the grittiest Batman movie yet, a star with a proven track record and a firm grasp of the character, and Cristin Milioti, a TV veteran whose balance of seriousness and snark turns everything it touches into gold.
The real surprise was that The Penguin was advertised as a one-off miniseries, an interlude between The Batman and The Batman Part II. But between its huge success and the fact that Part II is moving even further into the future, The Penguin may come back with a vengeance — and Colin Farrell just teased a Season 2.
