The Penguin
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You act like wanting more is a bad thing, but dont you want a better life than this?
Does Oz Cobb really have what it takes to beat a shrewd psycho killer like Sofia?
Turns out it was more Sofias shipment than Albertos.
The shipment is from Arkham State Hospital, which means it was morehergame from the get-go.
Well,theseshrooms are less psychedelic than they are party-drug euphoric.
Its the red sap that the spores produce, not the mushroom itself.
They call it Bliss.
Sofia ignores Oz when he points out she mustve been put on this stuff at Arkham.
Bliss wasnt much of a party for her.
The path hes laid out for them is still a little too convenient to be believed.
This Bliss trial run is actually a trial run of his true loyalties.
She offers Victor a new way out of his budding life in organized crime.
The next morning, Oz takes Sofia to Chinatown to meet with Link Tsai, his Triad deputy homie.
What we got goin is more of a corporate restructure, Oz argues.
Plus, he and Sofia have support from the inside in Johnny Viti.
Time to play the blackmail-photo card.
Victor sees the opportunity to bribe the cop with the $1,000 stack Oz gave him the previous night.
In the next scene, Oz adds to the mounting pressure on Vic to keep rollin with the Penguin.
Victor seems to know hes being manipulated on some level, but he also believes the camaraderie is genuine.
Oz shows his ass a bit when he and Sofia crash Johnny Viti and Tinas afternoon hotel meet-up.
Vitis insults set him off real quick.
People keep the Penguin around as entertainment because everybody knows that youre a goddamn joke, Viti says.
He demands Viti make the call and storms out of the room.
Sofia doesnt seem impressed.
That night, Oz introduces Bliss to a test group of clubgoers via Eve and her girls.
Shes also suspicious of how comfortably Oz seems to be stepping into an authoritative role in their scheme.
Zhao is here to see me, not my former driver.
Theyve already raised the price on Bliss twice, and it hasnt affected sales, he argues emphatically.
Big, BIG projections, hes practically saying, doing his best Trump in the heat of the deal.
Their city has been decimated.
Our former mayor was assassinated.
A madman flooded our streets.
People lost their homes, their families.
The world as they knew it is gone.
Sofia drives a hard-line bargain now that Zhao knows what they have either make the deal or dont.
She doesnt really care who their sales reps are.
Oz takes this mighty personally.
Victor bolts in the Plum Penguin Special, leaving Oz to face an increasingly suspicious Sofia all alone.
The deal is done, and the triads are in, but Sofia isnt very excited about it.
Shes accurately sized him up and knows he cant be trusted.
So Oz makes another play for emotional sympathies.
But he never imagined Carmine would let that happen to his own flesh and blood.
Sofia isnt having it and cuts him down to size once more.
He ratted on her, and for what?
So you could become a capo?
Youre not even a made man.
It was worth it, Oz finally admits.
He doesnt regret what he has, but hes never going to live down what happened to Sofia.
You meant something to me, he says, and theres a hint of honesty to it.
All in time for Nadia Maroni to show up and put a gun to his head.
This will likely seal the deal for Sofia as well.
Her main competitor is showing up, demanding answers from her new partner?
Its the most sus thing shes had to take from this guy yet.
He rams into Nadias gunman and makes off with Oz.
