Gotham (TV Series)

Wrath of the Villains: Prisoners (2016)

Robin Lord Taylor: Oswald Cobblepot, Penguin

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• [Grace Van Dahl and her children tell Elijah Van Dahl the truth about Oswald Cobblepot] 

  Grace Van Dahl : He's a notorious criminal. We've been sheltering a killer.

  Grace Van Dahl : [Grace holds the newspaper up]  We could have all been raped and murdered in our beds.

  Sasha Van Dahl : [Sasha repeats after her mother]  'Raped and murdered.'

  Elijah Van Dahl : [Elijah reads the headline of the paper]  They call you the Penguin?

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Oswald stands up facing Grace]  To be fair... I never raped anybody.

  Grace Van Dahl : Oh, well, that's a mercy, now, isn't it?

• [Elijah Van Dahl tells the Van Dahl family his house has ghosts] 

  Grace Van Dahl : [around the dinner table]  Do you believe in ghosts, Oswald?

  Oswald Cobblepot : Yes, I do. I've seen them.

  Elijah Van Dahl : This house has several of them. But don't worry, they're all quite friendly.

  Grace Van Dahl : Don't listen to him. There are no ghosts here.

  Elijah Van Dahl : Oh, there's ghosts, all right. This house was built by my grandfather. He died here. His wife and two sisters also passed away upstairs. And my poor dear parents. Yes, many ghosts.

• [Elijah Van Dahl admits to Oswald Cobblepot that he has demons] 

  Elijah Van Dahl : [Oswald sees his father's medicine]  They're for my condition.

  Oswald Cobblepot : Your heart?

  Elijah Van Dahl : I have a hole in it. It keeps getting bigger apparently. I think my demons are feeding on it.

  Oswald Cobblepot : You have demons?

  Elijah Van Dahl : Sadly, I do. You, too, I fear.

• [Elijah Van Dahl defends his son Oswald Cobblepot and his former past] 

  Elijah Van Dahl : My son told me about his past. He just didn't tell me how famous he was. You're too modest, son.

  Grace Van Dahl : Elijah... a violent criminal in our house?

  Elijah Van Dahl : Grace, relax, he's changed. Redeemed. You're not this man anymore, are you?

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Elijah looks to Oswald as Oswald pleads to his father]  Oh, no, sir.

• [Oswald Cobblepot admits his sins to Elijah Van Dahl] 

  Oswald Cobblepot : There's so much I haven't told you. So much that I'm ashamed of. I was a criminal. I've done... horrible things. Hurt people, manipulated, lied. For power, for revenge. I've killed people, father.

  Elijah Van Dahl : [Elijah puts his hand to Oswald's face]  Our lives together started the moment I met you at the cemetery. Nothing before that concerns me. I forgive you for all your past transgressions. Be free of them and live here in peace.

• [Sasha Van Dahl holds Oswald Cobblepot in his bed as she tries to kiss him] 

  Sasha Van Dahl : I guess we're just a couple of crazy mixed up kids.

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Oswald slips out from under Sasha]  Restrain yourself, woman! I'm your, practically your brother. What are you thinking?

• [Elijah Van Dahl fits Oswald Cobblepot into a bright Italian suit] 

  Elijah Van Dahl : A man can say so much about himself by what he wears.

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Oswald chuckles]  I couldn't agree more.

  Elijah Van Dahl : I weep for today's casual youth.

• [Elijah Van Dahl tells Oswald Cobblepot the truth about his grandfather] 

  Elijah Van Dahl : I lied to you, son.

  Oswald Cobblepot : Oh?

  Elijah Van Dahl : My father was never physically ill. He only suffered a deep melancholy. He was plagued by dark impulses, evil thoughts of violence. Mother said many in his family had the same affliction. I remember the sound of the gunshot. I was outside his room. I screamed for my mother to get the key. I saw the warm gun in his hand. The blood. His face. Mother said never to talk about it. For years after the funeral, we never left the house. I don't pretend to understand my fathers torment. But I think perhaps you do. I feel for you, and I beg of you, my son. Never give in to the pain as he did. You are loved, and you are not alone. And the sun will come up tomorrow.

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Oswald smiles while tearing up]  Thank you, father.

• [Sasha Van Dahl tries persuading Oswald Cobblepot to join her against her family] 

  Sasha Van Dahl : Whatever you've got planned for the old man, I want in.

  Oswald Cobblepot : In?

  Sasha Van Dahl : We could do great things, you and me.

  Oswald Cobblepot : I suppose. I hadn't...

  Sasha Van Dahl : If you and me work together, we could have it all. We could even squeeze my mom and brother out.

• [Elijah Van Dahl tells Oswald Cobblepot that he wants to give Oswald the family house] 

  Elijah Van Dahl : Now I feel like a drink.

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Oswald chuckles and sniffles]  Uh... but your health.

  Elijah Van Dahl : To hell with that.

  Elijah Van Dahl : [Oswald chuckles as Elijah takes a drink]  I want you to have it all my son. This house and all that's in it. Keep it just the way it is, a piece of history. Our history. Gotham's history.

• [Elijah Van Dahl asks Oswald Cobblepot if his mother had a happy life] 

  Elijah Van Dahl : Did she have a happy life?

  Oswald Cobblepot : No. Not a happy life. But a good one. She never hurt a soul.

• [Oswald Cobblepot tells his father he was not always a good son] 

  Oswald Cobblepot : I was not always a good son, and she never spoke a word of reproach.

  Elijah Van Dahl : Not a good son? I find that hard to credit. A nice young man like you?

  Oswald Cobblepot : Believe me. I've done bad things.

  Elijah Van Dahl : [Oswald shakes his head]  We're all sinners my boy.

• [Sasha Van Dahl tries to seduce Oswald Cobblepot] 

  Oswald Cobblepot : Please, call me Oswald. I-I'm not that man anymore.

  Sasha Van Dahl : There isn't a little bit of Penguin left? A little bad boy?

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Oswald shakes his head]  No.

  Sasha Van Dahl : [Sasha opens up her shirt]  I got a little bad girl in me.