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“One less human. More room for the monsters to roam.” That’s how The Bride, the closest thing that Creature Commandos has to a sort of break-out character, justifies the eventual demise of Princess Ilana in the fourth episode.
To her, people are cruel and unstable, often falling prey to their own hubris and desires for power and love. And sure, the same can be said of monsters, but monsters are what The Bride knows, she understands that kind of chaos. And that’s why The Bride was always destined to the leader of the Creature Commandos.
She officially earns this spot in the final episode of the first season of the show, taking over in the wake of Rick Flag Sr.’s grievous injuries at the hands (well, mud) of Clayface. Flag himself had hinted at her skills before.
Back in the aforementioned fourth episode, just as The Bride disconnects from Flag due to the latter’s commitment to the idea that the Princess actually doesn’t want to rule the world, he commends her on how well she handled her..

After The Penguin took a detour into Sofia Falcone’s past, episode 5 brings The Batman spin-off right back into the present drama. Colin Farrell’s Oz Cobb and Sofia are on two sides of a war for power, as Gotham deals with the fallout of the murder of the Falcones. Add into the mix more drug trafficking, another criminal family on the rise, and plenty of betrayal, things are seriously heating up as we pass the halfway point of the season.
Below, we get into all the major details in our recap of The Penguin episode 5, as well as diving into some of the Easter eggs that we spotted in The Batman spin-off. Although, needless to say, we’ll be getting into spoiler-heavy detail from here on out, so make sure you’re up to speed with the superhero crime drama before venturing on.
While you’re here, why not check our guide to The Penguin release schedule too.
The Penguin episode 5 recap
Oz Cobb is going underground in the latest episode of The Penguin. We pick up with the gangster in the afte..

The official trailer for The Franchise, a new comedy about the making of a blockbuster superhero movie, is here – and we’re ready for the absolute absurdity.
In the brief clip, which can be viewed below, chaos ensues. We see everything from poor VFX to the director being accused of sexism (though he’s always “wanted to do a feminism”) to an on-set brawl brewing on the day the studio is supposed to come visit.
“Is this, by any chance, Taika Waititi’s biography during the filming of Thor: Love and Thunder?” one of the top comments hilariously reads.
The Franchise, created by Jon Brown, is a satirical comedy that follows the crew of an unloved franchise movie fighting for their place in a savage and unruly cinematic universe. The comedy series shines a light on the secret chaos inside the world of superhero moviemaking, asking how exactly the cinematic sausage gets made. Every mistake has an origin story.
The cast includes Himesh Patel, Aya Cash, Jessica Hynes, Billy Magnussen, Lolly Adef..