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American Life
Mod hero Pennyworth returns to fight fascists again in ’60s London
“Mmm, you smell nice.” “Thanks – it’s gin.”
YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT TO FORMER GOTHAM and now Pennyworth series creator Bruno Heller – he knows how to squeeze unexpected gold from the Batman mythology. Both series were created as alternate paths into the legendary lore of Bruce Wayne, and with Pennyworth, he even crafts an alternate history for London to posit a unique origin story for Batman’s future valet.
Season two of Pennyworth fast-forwards one year after the explosive events of the first season finale, in which Alfie’s (Jack Bannon) father (Ian Puleston-Davies) died in a suicide bombing, attempting to murder the Queen (Jessica Ellerby) on behalf of the fascist Raven Society. It leaves the former SAS soldier wrestling with the treasonous legacy of his parents, their semi-sullied family name and a resurgent Raven Society.