Warning! This article contains SPOILERS for The Penguin episode 8The Penguinepisode 8 may have set up the most rumored main villains forThe Batman - Part II. The chaotic chain of events Oz Cobb kicked off when he killed Al Falcone comes to a climactic conclusion inThe Penguinepisode 8’s ending, where Oz gets Sofia Gigante arrested, kills Victor Aguilar, and finds his mother a place to stay for the rest of her life.The Penguinends on a sour note for Oz Cobb himself, as he has fully given in to his darkest desires and lost all hope of maintaining any sort of genuine friendship.
The Bat-Signal inThe Penguinfinale suggests that Batman resumed his crime-fighting crusade after a short absence, and that both Sofia Gigante and Oz Cobb’s gang war will be the first thing the Dark Knight will investigate. However, a second encounter between Batman and the Penguin is only one ofthe sequel set-ups included inThe Penguinepisode 8. Besides Batman and the Penguin’s return, Sofia Gigante’s possible appearance, and a shake-up in Gotham’s criminal underworld,The Penguinfinale also seems to set upThe Batman - Part II’s main antagonists.
The Penguin Episode 8 May Have Featured The Clearest Court Of Owls Easter Egg
The Penguin Finale’s Courtroom Scene Includes A Court Of Owls Reference
Oz’s last-minute masterplan to defeat Sofia Gigante involves his improvised connection to a Gotham politician, councilman Sebastian Hady, whom Oz previously manipulated in order to restore Crown Point’s electricity.When Oz enters Gotham’s town hall to talk with Hady inThe Penguinepisode 8, the curtains hung along the chambers in the courtroom create clear owl shapes.The image of multiple owl silhouettes scattered a courtroom seems like a subtle but crystal-clear hint atthe Court of Owls' introduction inThe Batman - Part II, as it’s often theorized.
What The Court Of Owls’ Appearance Could Mean For The Batman Part II
The Penguin May Have Signed His Death Sentence
The Court of Owls' main antagonist role inThe Batman - Part IIwould uncover a deep and potentially ancient conspiracy that could explain Gotham’s crime and corruption. In the comics, the Court of Owls have influenced Gotham’s politics from the shadows for ages, and they have played a key role in almost all significant events in the city’s history. Instead of a single criminal with a plan to destroy Gotham like the Riddler, Batman may have to deal with countless faceless enemies who cannot be defeated by sheer force.
What We Know About The Future Of The Batman Universe After The Penguin
The Penguin ended with teases for The Batman universe, and its future includes Oz Cobb, Batman, and other spinoffs that have been teased or rumored.
Oz Cobb may also be affected by the Court of Owls' introduction inThe Batman - Part II. By establishing a secret relationship with a corrupt Gotham politician to get Sofia arrested inThe Penguinfinale, Oz may have put himself on the Court of Owls' map accidentally. One of Oz’s best weapons is his ability to shape Gotham’s criminal underworld without calling too much attention from competent authorities and the public. Now that Oz wiped out Gotham’s two biggest crime families and started working with individual politicians, the Court of Owls may want to eliminate him.
The Penguin
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Created by Lauren LeFranc, The Penguin is a crime-drama spin-off television series of 2022’s film The Batman. Set shortly after the events of The Batman, Oz Cobb, A.K.A. the Penguin, begins his rise in the underworld of Gotham City as he contends with the daughter of his late boss, Carmine Falcone, for control of the crime family’s empire.
The Batman Part II
The Batman Part II is the sequel to Matt Reeve’s The Batman, released in 2022, and will continue where the original film left off. The film shares a universe with the HBO Max original Penguin series and sees the return of the Riddler and a different incarnation of the Joker.
