The Penguin has spent its first three episodes teasing Sofia’s escapades as the infamous Hangman serial killer, an adaptation of the comics canon “codename” she earned in Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale’s Batman: Dark Victory by committing a string of calling-card murders.

The Penguin Episode 4 “Cent’Anni” finally revealed the dark backstory of Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti) and the events that led to her being committed to Arkham Asylum for ten years. While getting that pivotal piece of backstory,

It feels counterintuitive, but it’s quite a joy knowing that you don't have to hunt through The Batman spin-off looking for Easter eggs. Here's a great example: The Penguin episode 4 took viewers to Arkham Asylum and didn’t show us the Joker.

This article contains spoilers for the latest episode of "The Penguin." Four weeks into "The Penguin" and there has been nary a reference to Robert Pattinson's masked, bat-themed vigilante colloquially referred to as "Vengeance" among Gotham's criminal element -- though that's not to say that the events of director Matt Reeves' "The Batman" have been brushed under the rug.

The following contains spoilers for The Penguin Season 1, Episode 4, now streaming on Max. In 2022, Matt Reeves' The Batman rebooted the franchise and wasted no time filling the streets of Gotham City with notable villains.

The latest episode of The Penguin focuses on Sofia Falcone and how she ended up in Arkham. At the asylum, she met one of Batman's villains, Magpie.

Magpie is a lower-level Batman villain who first showed up in The Man of Steel #3. She really hasn’t been prominently featured in much of the comics or in the on-screen DC unive