Confronting the events that turned her into the Hangman - and led to a decade-long fight for survival in Arkham - Sofia makes plans for a more hopeful future.Confronting the events that turned her into the Hangman - and led to a decade-long fight for survival in Arkham - Sofia makes plans for a more hopeful future.Confronting the events that turned her into the Hangman - and led to a decade-long fight for survival in Arkham - Sofia makes plans for a more hopeful future.
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Cristin Milioti should win every award available for this episode alone. She won't, as this is a comic book adjacent show, but she deserves them.
I feel sick watching what they did to Sofia, the only decent human in her family and she paid for it. Oz was always the antagonist of the show, but he was presented as the main character and so you rooted for him. But, now, after this, all of use are team Sofia.
This episode allows Milioti to explore the full depth of her character's emotions, and she leans into the tension with intensity and nuance. Milioti captures a simmering rage and fearlessness, making her character's motives feel both deeply personal and hauntingly universal. It's not just that she's believable-she's magnetic, transforming every scene she's in, whether through a silent, haunted stare or an explosive confrontation.
Episode 4 cements Milioti as one of The Penguin's standout talents, proving she's not just a supporting player but a pivotal force in the show's unfolding drama. This episode, like each before it, stands as a testament to the high caliber performances that make The Penguin unmissable and has me awaiting where the series will go next.
This episode is proof alone, if any was really needed, of why a lot of the comic-book movies we're getting lately would be far better served by being made into series instead. Especially when the time and effort that went into this episode in particular is put into them in general.
Cristin Milioti shows incredible work in an episode that's light on the Oz stuff in favour of building out her backstory further - with a welcome, though brief, appearance by the always wonderful Mark Strong as her father Carmine - and also showing the potential she has to become a force of nature herself. It was also great to see Theo Rossi pop up again, but it's always great to see him in the screen.
I honestly have a hard time believing how much better this series gets as it goes along, and I kinda hope it never ends.
This episode goes back 10 years ago and we see how Sofia ends up in Arkham Asylum. Staying there for over 10 years has worn her down to say the least. This episode is all Sofia while also jumping to the current time and how she deals with the blow of last week.
Wow, wow, wow, this episode was absolutely fantastic! Sofia has been put through just sheer amount of torture for years !!! Claiming to be innocent of the crimes that are against her we see what that has done to her.
The whole 30 minute Arkham stint is HORRIBLE in a great way, normally I hate flash back episodes and usually skip through but I can honestly say I wouldn't skip a minute of this episode!
Cant fault this in any way, sheer brilliance in all areas ! This show just keeps getting better and better, 9/10.
The writers did such a compelling job describing the horrors of what it is like to be in Arkham. Since its inception, Arkham Asylum has been written to be atrocious and considered hell on earth, but no other depiction has shown the audience through the terrifying perspective of an inmate imprisoned in Arkham.
Did you know
- TriviaSummer Gleeson, the journalist who confronts Sofia at her mother's fundraiser, works for the Gotham Gazette, which is the major newspaper in the city in both the comic books and in the wider The Batman series. She's also a character in Batman: The Animated Series who makes it her work mission to find out who the Batman really is.
- GoofsWhen Sofia raises her red wine glass to toast her family, saying "Cent'Anni," the fill level is down one inch or more from the rim, whereas when she had begun her speech, the glass was nearly overflowing.
- Quotes
Sofia Falcone: I've had a lot of time to reflect. And I have to say... I was genuinely surprised at how many of you wrote letters telling the judge that I was mentally ill, like my mother. Not that the judge needed much convincing. My father saw to that. Still, I trusted you. I loved you. And yet, not one of you... tried to help me. Except for my brother, the man you all flew in to mourn. And you know, the real thorn in my side is that, unlike everyone here... I was innocent. I mean, Jesus Christ, Milos has a higher body count than I do.
Luca Falcone: Sofia!
Sofia Falcone: I know you're all anxious for me to leave. No one has been shy about that. I'd really hoped that it would be different. But I understand, I don't fit into this family anymore. So tomorrow, I'm starting a new life. For the first time, I have hope.
[Raises her glass]
Sofia Falcone: To new beginnings. Cent'anni.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards (2025)
- SoundtracksStrange Little Girl
Written by Jean-Jacques Burnel, Hugh Cornwell, Jet Black, Dave Greenfield, Hans Axel Wärmling
Performed by The Stranglers
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- 3 Dollar Bill, 260 Meserole St., Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA(Exterior: Alberto leans on open car door to talk to Sophia, who is sitting in car.)
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- Runtime58 minutes
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