Gotham (TV Series)

Rise of the Villains: A Bitter Pill to Swallow (2015)

Robin Lord Taylor: Oswald Cobblepot, Penguin

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Quotes 

• [Edward Nygma tells Penguin the type of man he is] 

  Edward Nygma : [Nygma walks up to Penguin]  Mr. Penguin. For some men, love is a source of strength. But for you and I, it will always be our most crippling weakness.

  Oswald Cobblepot : Move aside, Ed.

  Edward Nygma : We are better off unencumbered.

  Oswald Cobblepot : What did you say?

  Edward Nygma : You said it yourself. Your mother is dead because of your weakness. But what you need to realize is that your weakness was her.

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin grabs a knife and shoves it up to Nygma's neck, screaming]  My mother was a saint! The only person who truly cared about me, and now she's gone! And now I have nothing left.

  Edward Nygma : A man with nothing that he loves... is a man who cannot be bargained. A man that cannot betrayed. A man who answers to no one... but himself. And that is the man that I see before me. A free man.

• [Edward Nygma confesses to Penguin that he's murdered people] 

  Edward Nygma : Recently, I've been going through a sort of change. 'What kind of change?' You ask.

  Oswald Cobblepot : I didn't.

  Edward Nygma : I've started murdering people.

  Edward Nygma : [Nygma takes a deep breath before chuckles]  Wow! That is thrilling to say out loud.

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Nygma laughs]  How many people?

  Edward Nygma : Three in total.

  Edward Nygma : [Penguin scoffs]  Two of them I really didn't care for. But one was my girlfriend, Miss Kringle. She was the love of my life.

• [Penguin gives Edward Nygma his advice] 

  Oswald Cobblepot : My empire is in ruins. I'm a wanted man with no friends. And my mother... the one person I swore to protect is dead because of my weakness.

  Oswald Cobblepot : [inhales sharply]  Believe me when I tell you that this path you're on leads to nothing but destruction and pain.

  [Nygma grins] 

• [Edward Nygma wakes up the Penguin] 

  Edward Nygma : [Nygma leans forward]  Hello, sleepyhead.

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin begins panting]  Where am I?

  Edward Nygma : [Nygma quickly stammers]  Rapid movement and elevated heart rate are counterproductive with the healing process.

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin starts screaming]  No! No! Don't kill me!

  Edward Nygma : [Nygma stabs a needle into Penguin's neck]  Apologies in advance.

  Edward Nygma : [Nygma's voice talks distortedly to Penguin]  Rest up, my feathered friend. We have a big night ahead of us.

• [Edward Nygma asks for Penguin's advice] 

  Edward Nygma : I have no ill intentions towards you.

  Oswald Cobblepot : Then what are your intentions?

  Edward Nygma : I need advice, Mr. Penguin. These murders... changed me. And like the butterfly, I've come to realize that I cannot be a caterpillar once again. And you're one of the city's notorious killers. I brought you here, in part, because I was hoping you could guide me on this new path.

• [Edward Nygma gives Penguin a riddle as Penguin lays in bed missing his mother] 

  Edward Nygma : I can bring tears to your eyes and resurrect the dead. I form in an instant and last a lifetime. What am I?

  Oswald Cobblepot : A memory.

• [Edward Nygma and Penguin go into Edward's closet to get the tied up Galavan lackey] 

  Oswald Cobblepot : My mother always said a party is not a party without entertainment.

• [Edward Nygma reintroduces himself to the Penguin] 

  Oswald Cobblepot : You drugged me.

  Edward Nygma : That was for your own benefit, Mr. Penguin. You have extensive injuries.

  Oswald Cobblepot : I know you.

  Edward Nygma : Ed. Nygma. We met once before at the GCPD.

  Oswald Cobblepot : You're not a cop.

  Edward Nygma : [Nygma laughs]  Oh, no, no, no. No, I'm in forensics. Do you believe in fate?

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin realizes he's in Nygma's pajamas]  Where are my clothes?

  Edward Nygma : Oh, I threw them away. They smelled.

• [Penguin tells Edward Nygma a story about his mother] 

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin sniffles]  Every night when I was young, my mother would sing that song to me when I was going to bed. And every time, she would tell me, 'Oswald... don't listen to the other children. You're handsome and clever. And some day, you will be a great man'. She said that every time. That's all I have left now. Memories. And they're like daggers in my heart.

  Edward Nygma : [Nygma replies with a stern face]  Not forever.