I want to be sympatetic towards oz but ... (spoiler)

Extremely disappointing. There was no reason to kill this kid. It was over-the-top writing, and a weak way to prove a point.

It's the same with the Joker in Batman (1989), where he killed Bob, his most loyal man. It seems the villains, needed new blood/new loyalty after a time. That's why they are villains.

I’m right there with you, I absolutely HATED it. It was the dumbest of excuses that he killed…..no……murdered the poor kid. Thing is i could understand if there was some sort of misunderstanding where he thought Vic betrayed him or set him up, either with Sofia or those other people, but what he chose to do made no sense whatsoever. To think, he had the nerve to call Sofia a psycho. Pot calling kettle black huh?

If his mother was still in decent shape, she would’ve stabbed him again over him doing that. She really would’ve.

They did it because these losers in Hollywood hate that people root for the villain. Even though people are going to root for the main character so it makes no sense.

I don’t see what you all aren’t getting….he decided he’d finally gotten where he wanted to be and he realized that having people he cared about around him was a weakness….and he couldn’t afford to have that weakness because it would make him make bad decisions and could be used against him by his enemies (like they did with his Mom). its pretty simple and a rational decision based on who he is and what he does.

Of course it’s also a vile and reprehensible decision….which makes sense because he is a criminal villain.

He did it for the fans! I mean, who could really stand the acting "skills" of that guy?

The Penguin is a villain. Villains do villainous things. Sympathetic humanised villains have been ruining villains for a decade. This show finally had a villain act like a villain.

If you wanted the villain to end up being a nice honourable dude I guess you were always going to end up disappointed.

They lured you in when he didn't kill Sophia, then BOOM.