The Batman and spin-off series The Penguin is unlocking the rich comic book history of the Falcone crime family.

To this point, it felt like The Penguin was just about a sleazy underboss attempting to make his way to the top, but perhaps with a heart of gold. That's changed.

When Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti, in the role of a lifetime) told her therapist, Dr Rush, that she was off for a fresh start, this wasn’t quite what he had in mind. But after being framed by her family for the murder of seven women – and sent to Arkham State Hospital where she was tortured and abused for 10 years – it’s no wonder Sofia wanted revenge on those who set her up.

Magpie is a lower-level Batman villain who first showed up in The Man of Steel #3. She really hasn’t been prominently featured in much of the comics or in the on-screen DC unive

But the majority of the episode actually takes place ten years prior to The Penguin's present-day events, instead focusing on a younger Sofia as she's framed for murder by her father, crime lord Carmine Falcone (played by John Turturro in The Batman and now played by Mark Strong in flashbacks).