Years of being brushed aside

Packs a different punch. It's not a superhero series, nothing cartoonish about it, it's all about Mafia and gangsters in a gritty and grimy Gotham City. Colin Farrell as the mobster Oswald "Oz" Cobb, nicknamed The Penguin, is absolutely terrific and the noirish tone and violent madness of the episodes is incredibly arresting.