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If I was asked "Who played The Penguin" with a hundred alternatives, Colin Farrel wouldn't make my list. Robert De Niro would be my first guess. Guess number hundred would possibly be Meryl Streep... :p

Every now and again a really good show comes along. "The Penguin" is one of them in my opinion. The show is about organized crime. In the Gotham universe. So the premises (except for the fact that it goes on in Batman-land) are not at all original. But it's very well made.

It's about Oswald Cobblepot. And his rise to "The Penguin", one of Batmans arch enemies.

Production values and acting is sublime. Farrel is not the only star here. An all-around great cast. Loved to watch Cristin Milioti.

Dame Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford. Sounds like a winning recipe. And it is. The Duttons are once again struggeling to keep their way of farmlife in Montana. The patriarch, (Harrison Ford) Jacob Dutton, is fighting pretty much the same battles as John Dutton (Costner) did in Yellowstone. Very entertaining.

There are two other very interesting archs to the story. One is Spencer Dutton. A disillusioned WW1 veteran. Now a hunter in Africa. Spencer meets an english girl whom he liked. Suddenly those two learned that they had to travel from Mogadishu in Somalia to Montana. Should be easy...

The second arch is told from a school where native American girls are abused by catholic priests and nuns. That part was highly unpleasant to watch. There was a bit of revenge going on there that made it somewhat watchable...

I normally rate TV shows after 1 season. Not this time. I did not like the last episode. Explaining why would meen spoiling. But I'm going to watch season two. I have to...