Warning! This post contains spoilers for The Penguin Episode 1The penguin Introduces Sofia Falcone to Matt Reeves’ version of Gotham City in the DC Universe. Played by Cristin Milioti, Sofia Falcone is the daughter of major Gotham crime boss Carmine Falcone who died in The Batman. Now, Max is new Penguin Series with Colin Farrell in the titular role is debuting Sofia as she returns to Gotham, after spending time in Arkham State Hospital thanks to a very dark past.
As shown in The penguin Episode 1, Sophia Falcone’s return to Gotham and the Falcone crime family catches Oswald “Oz” Cobb completely by surprise. After being nicknamed “The Hangman” by the Gotham Gazette, it seems that Sophia was previously a psychotic serial killer who was turned by Oz himself, prompting Carmine Falcone to send his daughter to Arkham years earlier. While this mirrors elements of Sofia’s arc in the original DC Comics, here’s everything we know about Sofia Falcone in the penguin, And what she did in her past.
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Targeting members of the GCPD
In the original DC Comics, Sofia Falcone was first introduced in The Long Halloween By Jeph Loeb and Tim SaleThe daughter of Carmine Falcone. in the long halloween, Sofia is one of the few who survived the mass killing spree that killed many of her family members, one that was committed by her brother Alberto who became known as the holiday killer. In the follow-up story entitled Dark victorySophia herself becomes a serial killer known as “The Talien”.
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As “The Hangman”, Sofia from DC Comics targeted several officers of the GCPDMany of them have connections with former District Attorney Harvey Dent aka Two-Phase (who killed her father). Hanging her victims and make it look like two-phase was the killer, Sophia left clues using case files in the style of the game Tallien. She also avoided suspicion for quite some time, as she allowed many to believe that she was still crippled from her fall during The Long Halloween. However, Sophia ultimately lost her own life at the hands of Two-Phase (just like Carmine).
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Strangle and hang seven women
Sophia’s origins have certainly been changed for this new version of Gotham. As seen in The penguin episode 1, Sofia confirms that she is already known as “The Waist”Having strangled and killed seven different women rather than cops as was seen in the original comics. However, Sophia also claims to Oz that she has since been rehabilitated at Arkham and is allowed to go free.
Thanks to promotional materials for The penguin such as papers from the Gotham Gazette, It is revealed that Sophia was arrested and institutionalized 10 years earlier The Batman And the new series. As such, it will be darkly fascinating to see what she might do next, especially considering that Oz was the one who told Carmine what she was doing. That said, the other big change to this version of Sofia is that her brother Alberto is dead, secretly killed by Oz himself who pinned the blame on the Maronis at the end of the first episode.
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Sofia apparently wants her father’s throne
It seems as if Sofia has plans to run the Falcone crime family along with her brother. Together, they went on to introduce a brand new drug operation in Gotham that would have completely overtaken the dropsy epidemic that had long plagued the city. Now, she can try to handle things herself now that Alberto is gone, although Penguin pretending to be in on the operation will probably make them uneasy allies.
DC’s new version of Sofia Falcone could just as easily become a key rival to Penguin going forward. However, the idea of ​​the two of them working together makes sense as long as she never finds out what Oz has to her brother. either way, Sofia Falcone is uniquely positioned to become a major contender for Gotham’s throne beyond the Penguin himselfSomething that will eventually make you an enemy in Oz’s eyes.
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