Pennyworth: 9 Ups And 5 Downs From "Pilot"

3. Alfred's Parents Putting The Boot In

Granted, the Pennyworths had clearly been put through the wringer a little courtesy of Bet Sykes and her men. Even when taking that into account, though, it just felt a little too slapstick to see Mr and Mrs Pennyworth putting the literal boot into Bet and her cronies.

It’s easy to see what the series was going for with this scene, but it ultimately fell a little too on the nose and a little too cute to the extent that it felt a part of a different show entirely. Tonally, this felt off to anything we'd seen before in Pilot, not to mention it kind of took away a little of the edge behind Bet and her boys' villainous, sinister ways.

It's one thing to be schooled by Alfred, but seeing a couple of old parents taking down these rogues felt let it did more harm than good.