The Penguin Episode 4: 11 Easter Eggs & DC References

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This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available.Warning! This post contains SPOILERS for The Penguin episode 4The Penguin episode 4 features several Easter eggs from The Batman alongside references to the original DC Comics. The dark past of Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti) is finally explored in this new episode, including the 10 years she spent in Arkham State Hospital. As such, there are several nods and teases along the way as she struggles to retain her sanity.
In The Penguin episode 4, Sofia is abandoned by Oz after it"s revealed that he killed her brother, Alberto Falcone. Wounded and needing assistance, the bulk of this new episode is set in the past, revealing the truth about Sofia"s past as the Hangman, and how she ended up in Arkham. To that end, here are 11 of the biggest Easter eggs and references to be found in The Penguin episode 4.
11 Summer Gleeson of The Gotham Gazette From Batman: The Animated Series

While speaking at a gala put on by the Falcone family"s foundation in honor of her late mother, Sofia is approached by Summer Gleeson of the Gotham Gazette. Gleeson first debuted in Batman: The Animated Series, a creation for the show before appearing in the comics (much like Harley Quinn). In The Penguin, Summer is investigating a series of murders where women were strangled and hung, each of them having ties with various businesses run by Carmine Falcone. Additionally, Sofia"s mother was said to have committed suicide by hanging.
10 The Penguin Debuts A Younger Carmine Falcone Played by Mark Strong

Returning home for dinner, Sofia eats with her brother Alberto and her father, Carmine Falcone. Set 10 years before the events of The Batman, Carmine is alive and is played by Mark Strong (rather than John Turturro). No stranger to DC projects, Mark Strong played Sinestro in 2011"s Green Lantern and Doctor Sivana in the Shazam! movies. As such, it"s very exciting to see Strong take on a brand-new DC character, especially one that doesn"t necessarily keep him away from taking on a bigger role in the upcoming DCU coming from new DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran.
9 Congressman Hill DC Comics' Hamilton Hill?

In The Penguin episode 4, Carmine makes mention of Congressmen Hill who finally started taking his calls thanks to Sofia. This is most likely Hamilton Hill from the original DC Comics, a corrupt politician and mayor of Gotham seen on the page as well as Batman: The Animated Series. While Alberto was supposed to look into Hill"s financial holdings, he"d yet to do so. Regardless, taking Carmine"s calls does imply that Hill is similarly corrupt in this universe as well.
8 Carmine and Alberto’s Relationship Similar To The Original Comics

Displeased with Alberto"s partying, irresponsibility, and overall disinterest in the family business, Carmine reveals that he eventually wants Sofia to take his place rather than his son. This mirrors the original comics in which Carmine similarly didn"t want Alberto involved in the family business. However, the reasoning is different as the Carmine of the comics believed Alberto could be better and do more with his life than crime. Regardless, Alberto grew bitter due to his father keeping him at arm"s length, resulting in Alberto becoming Holiday in The Long Halloween.
7 Detective Kinzie First Seen In The Batman

After Oz rats Sofia out to Carmine about speaking with reporters regarding multiple women"s deaths connected to Carmine, Sofia suggests she remembers that her father killed her mother. As such, Carmine has Sofia arrested and institutionalized at Arkham. However, the cop that does the arresting in The Penguin episode 4 is none other than Detective Kinize (Peter McDonald) who"s on Carmine"s payroll and first appeared in 2022"s The Batman.
6 Gotham Newspapers Teasing Firefly? A Major Industrial Fire

Gotham newspapers all start referring to Sofia as the Hangman, her father"s murders having been pinned on her thanks to Carmine"s various connections to the police and the courts, as well as coercing his family to testify to a history of mental illness (except for Alberto). However, it"s also worth noting that each paper also makes mention of a large industrial fire that"s currently under investigation. This could be a nod to the infamous Gotham arsonist and classic Batman villain known as Firefly, who perhaps caused the blaze.

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