SPOILER ALERT! This story contains details from Sunday’s episode of The Penguin on HBO. If HBO’s adaptation about the classic DC villain can be described as dark, then the fourth episode titled “Cent'Anni” is a straight-up black hole because it explains how Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti) became the maleficent foe to Colin Farrell’s Oz Cobbs.

A journalist named Summer Gleeson brings one theory directly to Sofia — that her father, Carmine Falcone (Mark Strong), is secretly operating as The Hangman. Carmine confronts Sofia about this investigation directly,

Showrunner Lauren LeFranc explains Episode 4's jaw-dropping conclusion and the origins of her surprising and feminist take on Batman, crime drama, and Arkham Asylum.