To this point, it felt like The Penguin was just about a sleazy underboss attempting to make his way to the top, but perhaps with a heart of gold. That's changed.

Showrunner Lauren LeFranc explains Episode 4's jaw-dropping conclusion and the origins of her surprising and feminist take on Batman and crime drama.

Given the titular villain's eight-decade-long connection to Batman and DC Comics' lore as a whole, The Penguin is inextricably bound to the voluminous mythology around Oswald Cobb