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.

Mobster Carmine Falcone was last seen in 2022's The Batman by way of actor John Turturro. The Riddler took out the patriarch of the Falcone criminal enterprise, a death that spark

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.