Creator Lauren LeFranc and costume designer Helen Huang take IndieWire behind the scenes of crafting the rise of Sofia Gigante a Crime Boss

The Penguin takes inspiration from some classic Batman comics in episode 5, "Homecoming," which follows Sofia Falcone as she takes the name Sofia Gigante.

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for The Penguin Season 1 Episode 4.

It seems impossible, but HBO’s excellent The Batman spin-off series, The Penguin, keeps getting better. Last week, we watched Cristin Milioti put on a masterclass as Sofia Falcone, learning how the scorned woman went from mafia princess to Arkham inmate to de facto head of the Falcone crime family after killing them all in one fell swoop.

What happened to Isabella Gigante? In the previous episode, Sofia realised that her dad, Carmine, had more than likely killed her mother, Isabella. We found out that in the immedi