The Penguin (TV Series) Episode: After Hours

"After Hours"
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The Penguin  Season 1: Episode 1
September 19, 2024
Directors	Craig Zobel
Writers	Lauren LeFranc
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Next Episode	"Inside Man" (September 29, 2024)

I mean, it wasn't fancy, but it was the gesture... the show of love... of what he meant. Can you imagine? To be remembered like that? Revered?

—Oz Cobb

After Hours is an episode of season 1 of The Penguin. It premiered on September 19, 2024.

Appearing in "After Hours"

Featured Characters:

• Penguin (Oz Cobb) (Full name revealed)

Supporting Characters:

• Francis Cobb (First appearance)
• Victor Aguilar (First appearance) (Joins Penguin's gang)

Antagonists:

• Falcone Crime Family
  • Alberto Falcone (First appearance; dies)
  • Dom (First appearance; unnamed)
  • Johnny Viti (First appearance)
  • Milos Grapa (First appearance)
  • Sofia Falcone (First appearance)
• Maroni Crime Family
  • Sal Maroni (First full appearance)

Other Characters:

• Mayor-elect Bella Reál (On a TV or computer screen)
• Benny Cobb (First appearance; unnamed) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
• Carmine Falcone (On a TV or computer screen) (In a photograph only) (Also as a corpse) (Cameo)
• Calvin (Victor Aguilar's friend) (First appearance; unnamed) (Dies)
• Eve Karlo (First appearance)
• FEMA (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
• Gotham City One (First appearance) (On a TV or computer screen)
• Gotham City Police Department (Cameo)
• Gotham News 7 (First appearance) (On a TV or computer screen)
• Jack Cobb (First appearance; unnamed) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
• Penguin's gang
  • Doc (First appearance)
  • Mikey Stone (First appearance; unnamed)
  • Nick (First appearance)
• Riddler (Edward Nashton) (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
  • Riddler's follower (Unnamed) (Cameo)
• Councilman Sebastian Hady (First appearance) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
• Tina Falcone (First appearance) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
• Batman (Mentioned only)
• Burnley Town (Mentioned only)
• Don Mitchell, Jr. (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Gotham Knights (Mentioned only)
• Odessa Mob (Mentioned only)
• Rex Calabrese (Deceased) (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• United States of America
  • New Jersey
    • Bristol Township
      • Falcone Mansion (First appearance)
    • Gotham City
      • Blackgate Penitentiary
      • The Bowery (In ruins) (On a TV or computer screen)
      • Burnside (Cameo)
      • Drops Plant (First appearance)
      • East End
        • Buddy's Grocery (First appearance) (Cameo)
        • Crown Point
      • Francis Cobb's apartment (First appearance)
      • Gotham River
      • Gotham Square Garden (On a TV or computer screen)
      • Iceberg Lounge
        • Shoreline Lofts
      • Arkham State Hospital (Mentioned only)
      • Burnley (Mentioned only)
      • Chinatown (Mentioned only)
      • Coventry (Mentioned only)
      • Financial District (Mentioned only)
      • Gotham Heights (Mentioned only)
      • Grant Park (Mentioned only)
      • Lyntown (Mentioned only)
      • Old Gotham (Mentioned only)
      • Otisburg (Mentioned only)
      • Robbinsville (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Drops
• Penguin's umbrella
• Sal Maroni's ring

Vehicles:

• Penguin's Maserati Quattroporte

Events:

• Flooding of Gotham City (On a TV or computer screen)

Notes

• The corresponding episode of the series' companion podcast features interviews with showrunner Lauren LeFranc, executive producers Matt Reeves and Dylan Clark, and executive producer and actor Colin Farrell.
• While The Penguin is an HBO original series, this first episode premiered on Max on September 19, 2024, before it aired on HBO the following Sunday. Future episodes premiered on both simultaneously.

Trivia

• This episode takes place on November 13 and 14, 2022, one week after the events of The Batman.
• This episode uses archive footage from The Batman.
• The TV news tickers seen in the opening sequence of this episode show weather forecasts for several notable Gotham City districts from the comics, including Burnley, Chinatown, Coventry, Old Gotham and Otisburg among several others.
• According to Vic's driver license, Gotham City is located in New Jersey.

See Also

• 15 Images from The Penguin (TV Series) Episode: After Hours
• Episodes of The Penguin (TV Series)
• Images from The Penguin (TV Series)
• Gallery for the The Penguin (TV Series) series

Recommended Media

• The Batman

Links and References

• None.

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