HBO’s The Penguin made some significant changes to the names and even characters from the original DC lore. Oswald Cobblepot has three brothers in the comics, but the television series made changes here as well, and we get to meet two brothers of the twisted DC villain with the modified names: Benny and Jack. In the earlier episodes of The Penguin, we often see Oz avoiding talking about his brothers. He also warned Victor not to mention them in front of his mother. The Penguin Episode 7 finally reveals how the boys die, and it doesn’t match what Oz told us about their deaths.
How Did Ozwald’s Siblings Die?
Oz locks his brothers in the sewer and leaves them to drown. In The Penguin Episode 7, we see a young Oz, his elder brother Jack, and Benny, the younger one. The flashback clearly shows that Oz was always Francis’s most loving and protective son. Seeing his mother working even on the weekend, Oz asks her to watch a movie with him, but she ignores him because she has much work to do. When Jack and Benny enter the room, Francis gets distracted, so she asks the former to go out with his brothers for a while. Initially, Oz denies it as he wants to help Francis, but when his mother insists on him, the boy can’t deny it.
Jack, Benny, and Oz see Rex Calabrese on the streets, and when Jack approaches him, the mobster gives him $50. He also enquires about Francis before leaving. Oz can’t hide his excitement after seeing Rex, as he admires him so much. After that, the boys decide to play Flashlight Tags in the dark tunnel. Benny asks Oz to count to 10 before hunting them. Oz does the same and begins to hunt down the boys.
Oz discovers that Jack and Benny are hiding in the sewer. After trying for a bit, Oz takes it as a humiliation and thinks that his brothers are intentionally hiding in such a place that he can’t reach because of his clubfoot. He locks them up and heads toward home. After reaching, when Francis asks him about Benny and Jack, Oz lies to her. Oz’s brothers definitely died too young in the series, and Oz made that decision when he was just a child. He couldn’t think of any consequences for what he had done at the time, but now, he does carry that guilt in his heart.
Ajith Kumar
